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Touch grass.
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Touch grass.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I don't think that is the reason why sabrina can't open New Yorker magazine links
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Bad bot
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
You're chearing for the cancelation of a clean energy project in a solidly Democratic area because you want the Unions in the area that voted against Trump to suffer because you think they voted for Trump. And on top of all that you think you have a leg to stand on calling anyone else a dink? Lmfao
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Teamsters is the only union that supported Trump. So... your people. Not the ones in my shop.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
You are deflecting because you can't defend your argument. Maybe just stfu next time.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
As I understand it, your own trucker unions haven't exactly been singing kumbayah either. Should I assume they are also an accurate representation of all Canadian unions and wish pain on all Canadian trade workers because of it?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
You commented on a post about an offshore wind project in Connecticut and Rhode Island saying "I don't feel sorry for anyone who voted for him, fuck around and find out". What the hell else were you trying to say?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
The only unions that endorsed Trump in 2024 were the Fraternal Order of Police and the Teamsters. The two most well known for corruption. Saying "it serves them right" that a clean energy plant off the coast of Rhode Island was shut down just makes you look like a fucking idiot.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social)
I just want to share this as a cautionary tale. This is an absolute shit take. Don't be like this asshole.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Are you under the impression that people i Connecticut and Rhode Island voted overwhelmingly for Trump?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Are we absolutely certain that welding and erector unions in Connecticut and Rhode Island voted for Trump? Just because the asshat running Teamsters is a moron doesn't mean every union ever is full of dumbasses.
Steve Hofstetter (@stevehofstetter.bsky.social) reposted
“If someone tells you it's raining and another tells you it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both. It's your job to look out the fucking window and find out which is true.” -Jonathan Foster, journalism professor
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
We demand bells!
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
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NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, I'm all for freedom, but yall do have a really shitty filter when it comes to the discovery feed...
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
...she said while sunning poolside at Mar a Lago while on "work release."
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Is it wrong that I am more excited about this prospect?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Fucking embarrassing
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
It's a little plush doll that looks like a character from Where The Wild Things Are. This is all just your standard "kids today," complaining that has gone on for all of human history.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I have been consistent in my point here. Your continued insistence that all criticism is "lies" and "oppositional" is just hammering the nails in the coffin.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
You are tired of backtalk from people who should shut up and fall in line. You view requests to be more specific (what I originally posted) as dissent. You have no tolerance for it. And as long as the party holds that view, it will never win. I am trying to sound an alarm.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Agresively ignoring the weaknesses in your argument won't make them disappear. Pretending it is all out of your control will not save you from it. You are just increasing its inevitability. You are frothing over an ally asking you to be more clear in your communication. That will only end in failure
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
You don't understand constructive criticism. And that is what is going to kill us all.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
You. YOU. Are the problem. This argument is the problem.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I was a staffer for the original Obama campaign. I have led canvassing campaigns and chaired planning meetings for joint organization events. I am a financial sponsor for local annual fundraising events. You assume I am ignorant because I disagree. That doesn't earn you trust. That is the problem.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
It tells me there is a serious issue with messaging. Which is exactly what I am trying to point out. Being browbeaten by you over how being browbeaten by you is exactly the fucking problem.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Keep beating that drum.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
No, I am a disaffected voter because you have given me nothing to hope for. I am screaming at you to please for the love of god give me some fucking hope, and you are doubling down on the same strategy that has dashed it.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the best distillation of the Democratic Party platform you could possibly make. And it is completely ineffective. THAT is my point.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
That is what I am doing right here and right now, Karen. "I support x" doesn't tell me what your plan to help "x" is. Give me a plan because historical evidence and current polling data show me that vibes don't win votes.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
And how well did that as your only talking point work last time?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
"I like tradesmen" isn't a platform, it is a platitude. And a party built on platitudes is fucking worthless.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I am agonizing over the fact they won't win because it is like pulling teeth to get them to actually say what they even stand for. You want a repeat of the last election? Where did your "we aren't them" platform get you then? If you are the responsible option, show me a fucking reasoned argument.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
"Well, that other guy is worse" has been such an effective strategy... Is that really all the party can offer? That ineptitude is better than malice? Those are the only options we are allowed to choose from?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
"Trust me, bro" is not an effective platform.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, the autos, aerospace, and any other industries that depend on raw materials subject to tariffs (all of them) are on the verge of mass layoffs. Do you have a plan to counter the rogue executive branch if you take back Congress, or will Chuck still be running the party into the ground?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Anatole France made a solid argument for this in 1914 (Revolt of the Angels). It's full of benevolent demons and anarchistic angels who regularly misplace explosive devices or harass librarians.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social)
Saving this to read after I finish this data set.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the evil billionaire supervillain version of "the girls are fighting"
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Uzumaki. It is art, not brightly colored chibi characters.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social)
I have moved on to Harrow of the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir at work and La Bas Joris-Karl Huysman at home.
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=iferror(skills, get good)
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
But it does mean that you can hype up the stock price of companies you own majority share in, which you can use as collateral on a loan to become a trillionaire.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Bill McKibben (@billmckibben.bsky.social) reposted
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social is a great American institution--Ira Flatow has carried on a smart colloquy about science and engineering for decades now, and I've always enjoyed the times when I've been able to be a part of it, never more than last Friday! www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sol...
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm glad to see the long tradition of overinflating Notre Dame is still holding strong.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
We call them "unicorns" for a reason: they don't fucking exist.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Garbage that is desperately attempting to prop up an overvalued industry pretending to be journalism.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
That is one end of the spectrum. You also have stuff like Uzumaki or Evangelion that fall toward the other end. You can also commit what should be a war crime by watching Urotsukidoji.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Bluesky demands that we all look at its cartoon furry porn.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
That absolutely is what happens. More than once, it has turned the entire discovery feed into a solid feed of dick pics when I started blocking. At this point, I think I have got to be close to blocking all of them.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Same. The only thing I can think of to explain it is that the algorithm ranks clicking the "show me less of this" as engagement. Because the more I tell it no, the more dick pics and furry porn cartoons it shows. Discover is just a cursed hellscape.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Remind me, what was the scorecard on round 1?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Seriously, does your editor just have every penny to their name riding on a rugpull? You are overselling this shit more than a Nigerian Prince.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
If there was a dialog bubble of her saying "Fuck!" I would be all over this.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
More to come. Where I am at, we are looking at a shear cliff in order volume about 3 weeks out. Blanket orders have been fulfilled and are not being renewed. We are B2B manufacturing across a very broad section of American manufacturing. No orders for us means no orders are happening for anyone else
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This is notable because McDonalds’ breakfast daypart has long been seen as a proxy for employment. You’re more likely to visit if you have somewhere to go in the morning. $MCD
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm going to make a meme coin and name it "this-is-totally-safe-and-not-a-rug-pull-bro coin" so these hacks at The Economist will promote it like this.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Sure thing, Mr. Nash.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Do the sources tell you to do things?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
☝️ I'll have what he's smoking.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I doubt they had anything to do with the election, but even the NSA acknowledges that they have collected information on Americans. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_war...
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
No one wants to work with him. The guy is a raging ultra right wing jerk and hasn't had a job outside of "Gods Not Dead 7" style low-budget trash for the last 30-some years.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
It is clearly an emotional support lap dog.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I got a work email today on company culture that labeled Gen X as one of the "younger generations with different workplace values." These kinds of things seem to all be written by boomers who lost touch with reality sometime around the mid-90s.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social)
Breaking news: Trump has climbed back onto the roof of the White House briefing room to announce a 30% tariff on the UberEats driver who forgot the diet Coke with his lunch order.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Are we expecting this to go on for 800 days?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I mean, that has always been a factor for TF. The fact that they are also making new animation for this one just compounds it.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I was just watching the "Cell in Hell" spinoff they did. It is a great comedy sitcom spinoff of Cell, Raditz, Freeza, and the Ginyus going through therapy with the HFIL ogres.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Naw, they are just going to keep telling the kids to shut up and vote for Cuomo. They desperately need the younger voters but refuse to let them have a seat at the table.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
"Finish Kingslayer."
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I have attempted to use AI to help with a complicated Excel formula on 3 separate occasions. It spat out useless, broken trash each time. I know the tech guys desperately want LLMs to be AI, but it is all hype and no substance.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I have attempted to use AI to help with a complicated Excel formula on 3 separate occasions. It spat out useless, broken trash each time. I know the tech guys desperately want LLMs to be AI, but it is all hype and no substance.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social)
At work, I am listening to the audiobook of Gideon the Ninth. At lunch and coffee shop, I am reading The McMaster Guide to Homicide (Book 1): Murder Your Employer. At home, I am reading The Myth of Sisyfus by Albert Camus.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
As someone with ~20 years of experience in American manufacturing, machining, and the logistics of such, you have not overstated the tariff issues.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I could have gone my whole day without knowing what Brett Kavanaugh masturbates to, but here we are.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, being asleep at night when there was no reason to suspect it would be anything but another night shouldn't be news. The failure of infrastructure and warning systems should be the focus, not the coincidental timing of someone's vacation.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Delete your account.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember, folks, if a headline is written as a question, the answer will always be "no." umbrex.com/resources/to...
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Won't anyone think of the poor health insurance CEOs? They are really struggling to afford more 150ft yachts!
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Check around on youtube. There are a few people posting how-to videos with design schematics that just need some basic soldering skills to convert/create your own devices. Just order some cheap parts from Temu, cheap board from PCBway, and make a bedside light that can work as a room controller.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I am openly daring the CHRO on a daily basis now. Do it. I want you to try. See what happens.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
"Listen here, Karen, president trump said I am allowed to express my faith. Now forsake your false god and embrace the eternity of the void!" *begins chanting in fake enochian at the center of a goats' blood pentacle on the floor of the breakroom while waving around an athame*
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Stop peeking at my google search history!
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
So you have met my ex?
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I think the issue is more the nationality of the cook. This is like someone had heard that some bbq sauces are tomato based, then decided to bake chicken in ketchup and call it bbq. This would get your shop burned down if you tried serving it in the US.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
This just looks like strawberry shortcake made with cake bread instead of biscuits...
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
The only benefit to using stablecoin is a quick and easy way to launder money or commit fraud. I just assume that anyone advocating for it's widespread adoption has a few felonies in their browser history.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
It's on the menu at virtually every bbq spot in the American south. Come off it.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
This opens up the possibility of a grilled cheese with mac and cheese for bread....
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
We should focus on the real fight then: stopping the Texans from their constant insistence on brisket.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
In Georgia, they put brown sugar based BBQ sauce and beef in their brunswick stew, smdh.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, I had one for lunch yesterday in a former confederate state, at a bbq joint that has been winning national awards since the 70s...
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Pulled chicken is a generally accepted alternative to pulled pork for folks who don't eat pork, but it is supposed to look like this.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
EverRoast the UnMeat definitely sounds like some kind of eldritch horror lich pig. That could be the mascot for this new Metal AF veganism rebranding.
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
Hardback if it's something I absolutely must have on display in my library. Growing up, my grandfather had a room that was walled in floor to ceiling bookshelves, and it was my favorite thing. Paperback if it's something to read on the go (on the train, at lunch, etc). This is the selection process
NotThatMikey (@theothermikey.bsky.social) reply parent
I knew it. He was just hiding behind the couch this whole time.