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Esther

Esther

@clawhammercrone.bsky.social

440 followers 540 following 540 posts

banjo, xlookups, dogs, wrath, Kitchener-Waterloo, renegadeoboe most places but it's time I upgraded, former Toastie

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Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 15h

I haven't had to watch tv with ads in so long and I'm filled with rage every break

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 2d

I still mourn the loss of eShakti

The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 2d

Once upon a time, eShakti was the go-to online shop for people sized out of mall stores, but no longer. @andreagrimes.com investigates its heartbreaking enshittification:

The Enshittification of eShakti

eShakti ghosted workers and customers alike, and the dream of something better than fast fashion died with it.

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 2d

Financial security

Chaotic Neutral @jawnthedon.bsky.social · 5d

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 2d

A left wing politics that is oriented around your rights and identity as an individual consumer instead of your responsibilities as a member of a social or political community is basically a left aesthetic pasted onto an internalized neoliberal ontology.

Urban Futurist Democrat @urbfuturistdem.bsky.social · 2d

Spin this out a bit?

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 3d

"The minimum wage is about $17/hr currently, but a worker in this community would need to earn more than $25/hr to afford a one-bedroom apartment at market rent without falling into core housing need. It doesn't add up. People are losing their homes, even while working full-time."

LETTER: Blaming encampments won’t solve Cambridge’s housing crsis

Homelessness didn’t kill a $60M development in Cambridge, policy failure did, says the Sanguen Health Centre Leadership Team

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 5d

I know you are right and it still drives me up the wall

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 5d

I try SO HARD not to be a dick but there is a little asshole inside of me that wants to start making comments back

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 5d

I don't know! It feels very junior high like "put the nerd in her place"

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 5d

I made the mistake of using the word "deluge" re: not wanting to play outside in heavy rain. Apparently a word only hoity-toity intellectuals know, as surveyed by this friend in her workplace.

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 5d

I have a friend who comments on every word I use over a 6th grade reading level and let me tell you: it is exhausting

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 6d

You need Tumblr to read this guide, but I use it every time: www.tumblr.com/nbstevonnie/...

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 6d

white collar crime should be punished more harshly than violent crime

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 9d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 6d

taxes are fucking rad

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 9d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Professor Freaksworth @proffreakzworth.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Beverly Crusher quoting the original post

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Michele Feltman Strider @michelestrider.bsky.social · 6d

If it can be categorized as a caper, is it really a crime?

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 6d

I think it was really nice of them to just take jewels instead of actual art and I’m fine with it

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 6d

One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 9d

Sometimes I just stop and think: imagine if any other party's leader lost their riding and went "I shall instead have a colleague give their job to me" just imagine

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 10d

I have had to deal with three new computers that all came with Windows 11 and I GUTTED it in the group settings every time. Fuck Windows 11.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 10d

*42 percent* of all Windows users are still on 10?! aftermath.site/windows-11-n...

I Will Go Down Swinging Against Windows 11 - Aftermath

The end of support for Windows 10 is a mess

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 14d

I do this too, and am always discomfited when it turns out dinner can, indeed, be spoiled by snacking

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 14d

I want y'all to know that at my workplace's (actually pretty good) inclusivity and belonging workshop this week I got to witness a well-meaning guy choose a sticker from a table of Pride stickers and say "I think I should be safe with a Star Trek insignia"***

*** Coloured like a lesbian flag

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 14d

SAME. Thankfully it was winter and I could put all the unopened dry goods on the balcony to freeze for like two weeks while I cleaned and lined everything with diatomaceous earth and sticky traps. But Lord, throwing away all my opened groceries was heartbreaking

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 14d

I do bay leaves! Supposedly they ward off pantry moths

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Ward "Boo" Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 14d

Inflatable frog suit that reads "this machine kills fascists."

Esther @clawhammercrone.bsky.social · 14d

hero