shoq

shoq, 5 hours ago to random

Has anyone here done or helped with at least one reasonably successful Kickstarter campaign? for a consumer product? Someone said they had a few months back, and I’ve misplaced my notes about it.

shoq, 5 hours ago to random

Indeed. Unfortunately, they often point to what they occasionally do right as cover for what they more often do wrong.

In reply to…
https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/112412042267276156

shoq, 6 hours ago to random

Fucking language barriers. After 4 days of trying to arrange shipping for samples, this woman in Shandong says “sorry, our Alibaba writer Engish not so good.”

No shit. They wrote “Minimum Order: 10” when they meant “10 pallets.” Doh!

shoq, 7 hours ago to random

And I have increasingly limited patience for “influencers” who discovered a talent for making people laugh using sources from another Tweetdeck column, or spewing out time-tested virtual signaling designed to project their imaginary moral center to their imaginary online friends.

shoq, 7 hours ago to random

I am so fed up with seeing the same old twitter celebrities post the same shit they’ve been posting for years. The pretexts may change, but the snide snark and sardonic humor are just the same old bits reworked for a new topic. It’s like so much stand-up comedy now. The same acts reworked over and over, with occasional flourishes of brilliance.

shoq, 7 hours ago to random

The fact is, social media has been stagnant for well over a decade, but everyone is so addicted to it, they rarely step back and ask WTF any of this is for, or if it’s even productive for society or their own lives. The only new things to have happened in years were TikTok and Elon Musk. Ho hum.

shoq, 7 hours ago to bluesky

I think the next sea change of behavior will be when @Mastodon, #bluesky and @threads are bridged, and a Groups protocol matures. They will provide a kind of selectivity of topic, qualifications, and behavior. People are welcome to lurk, but what and how they engage will drive popularity.

shoq, 7 hours ago to random

So much of social media is hit and run. People stare at their screens, thinking up funny, salient or poetic things to say, and taking great satisfaction if it gets a few responses (that they often never read). There has to more to social media life than this.

shoq, 7 hours ago to random

With apologies to @morningmika, we need a national movement that compels retailers, makers, and other commercial establishments to “Show your values.” Not to sow more divisions, but rather to encourage a more collective spirit and affinity that radical conservatism has crapped all over for the last 60+ years.

shoq, 8 hours ago to random

No One Wants To Talk About Judge Aileen Cannon’s Husband’s Mob Connections | Crooks and Liars

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/05/no-one-ever-mentions-aileen-cannons-mobbed

shoq, 8 hours ago to random

I’m always a few years behind the stylish TV watchers (on purpose), so I just watched the first season of Hacks. I don’t like most TV dramedy, but this show is brilliant. I almost choked on more than a few lines.

shoq, 8 hours ago to random

Few things in life make you feel as violated as a stolen bike. No matter how many times it happens. This is my fourth. But I’ve probably forgotten a few.

shoq, 8 hours ago to random

Argggh Nothing ruins a lovely morning like going out for a bike ride (first since my foot surgery), only to find the bike was stolen right out of my carport overnight. I blame Republicans. Because I can.

shoq, 20 hours ago to random

I am negotiating a pre and full production buy of some melamine furniture board with a company in Shandong, China. I am learning the hard way (once again) just why some industrial business brokers do so well. Just getting the basic specs agreed upon requires a lot of time zone and language drama.

shoq, 22 hours ago to random

President Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/israel-weapons-shipment-us-eed365ebef0477ba74bf9848cacae4f4

shoq, 22 hours ago to random

Well, that’s certainly news.

In reply to…
https://mastodon.social/@politicalwire@politicalwire.com/112407809549332125

shoq, 22 hours ago to random

Notice how easily Americans just accept Cannon’s overt corruption. Despite the reputation of my father’s generation, who actually fought for small d-democracy, we look like spineless, complicit, serfs without even a hint of interest in making a ruckus about any of it. Good trouble, my ass.

shoq, 22 hours ago to random

This is the poll by Michael Beschloss’s son that i was posting about this morning,

College students shrug at nationwide campus protests

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/07/poll-students-israel-hamas-protests

shoq, 22 hours ago to random

Omarosa took anything Trump gave her, and turned on him the second she saw the opportunity to exploit the flip. There is nothing about that woman I can respect except maybe her name, which might work for a next-gen Lamborghini roadster.

shoq, 22 hours ago to random

You know, it’s entirely possible that @davidplouffe’s choice of podcasting partner might just be another case of brain worms. We’re all at risk.

aaron.rupar, 1 day ago to random

Four years ago today, amid an out of control pandemic, the unemployment rate hit the highest level since the Great Depression. It's now been under four percent for more than two years. The Biden administration did a remarkable job leading us out of covid and bringing back jobs.