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CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · Aug 22

My microbusiness overview of the end of de minimis in the US is out now, including:

🔷which postal services are suspended
🔷available shipping options
🔷how to figure out tariffs owed
🔷marketplace & website builder options
🔷exceptions to US tariffs

It's a work in progress, so bookmark it!

The End of US De Minimis: A Brief Ecommerce Guide For Microbusinesses | CindyLouWho2

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CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 15h

Some sellers finally have the ability to appeal Etsy's bot removals under the Creativity Standards, and Etsy has already restored some of the items.

More from me here: www.patreon.com/posts/etsys-...

#EtsySellerNews

Etsy's New Listing Appeal Process Is Rolling Out - And It Works! | CindyLouWho2

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Etsy's New Listing Appeal Process Is Rolling Out - And It Works! | CindyLouWho2

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404 Media @404media.co · 1d

The Trump administration’s tariff regime and the elimination of fee exemptions for items under $800 is limiting resource sharing between university libraries, trapping some books in foreign countries, and reversing long-held standards in academic cooperation.

🔗 www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 23h

Moving accounts between Mastodon and Bluesky is about to get much easier, thanks to Bounce 2.

Bounce introduces a tool to move your Mastodon account to Bluesky | TechCrunch

Moving accounts between Mastodon and Bluesky is about to get much easier, thanks to Bounce 2.

techcrunch.com

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CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 20h

The over-optimism of the AI folks is really something to behold.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 22h

Zendesk has launched a new autonomous support agent that should solve 80% of support issues without human intervention.

Zendesk says its new AI agent can solve 80% of support issues | TechCrunch

Zendesk has launched a new autonomous support agent that should solve 80% of support issues without human intervention.

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cm 🇨🇦 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 1d

Free burgs for teachers at Boogies

IG post: www.instagram.com/p/DPhsqDHAQq...

FB post: www.facebook.com/share/p/19h9...

#Calgary

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CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 21h

This is really unfortunate. Most of my early Amazon purchases were out of print books I needed for my graduate studies. It was an excellent place to find them!

Ina Steiner @inas.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon sellers may no longer list books and other media not already in its catalog - only publishers may do so. Booksellers say the policy is devastating, especially for longtime sellers of rare and out-of-print books.
www.ecommercebytes.com/ci3a

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Liz Morton ~ Value Added Resource @valueaddedresource.bsky.social · 1d

USPS shippers report problems accessing claims website, preventing them from getting compensation for lost or damaged packages.
www.valueaddedresource.net/usps-claims-...

USPS Claims Page Down, Preventing Sellers From Reporting Lost & Damaged Packages

USPS shippers report problems accessing claims website, preventing them from getting compensation for lost or damaged packages.

www.valueaddedresource.net

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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 21h

In just under two years, the cofounder of a Codesmith competitor managed to nearly destroy the company.

How? He became the moderator of a learn-to-code subreddit and posted relentlessly, took down competing posts, and weaponized the sub against them: larslofgren.com/codesmith-re...

INSANE

The Story of Codesmith: How a Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp By Becoming a Reddit Moderator

Let’s say you decide to start a coding bootcamp. Your background is in pedagogy and you love teaching. Your parents were teachers. You find a co-founder, raise a bit of money, and pour your soul into ...

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Seán Doran @theseaning.bsky.social · 1d

'Satellite Swarm Zoom'

A star trail image made with a time-lapse image sequence photographed by Jonny Kim from ISS. Each image was restored, remastered then retimed using frame interpolation for a short film. These new frames allowed for a simulated long exposure photograph.

Stars and satellites glowing in long exposure streaks of light as ISS orbits Earth.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 1d

Facebook updated its algorithm so users can have greater control over which Reels videos they see.

Facebook updates its algorithm to give users more control over which videos they see | TechCrunch

Facebook updated its algorithm so users can have greater control over which Reels videos they see.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 1d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2d

Connor McDavid signs two-year, $25M deferral of Leafs fans’ speculation

EDMONTON – Connor McDavid and the Maple Leafs fanbase have agreed to a two-year, $25 million deferral of all overoptimistic conjecture about the Oilers captain one day signing with Toronto. The contra...

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CTV News Calgary @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social · 1d

The City of Calgary has modified schedules at recreation centres for the duration of the Alberta teachers' strike #yyc www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

City of Calgary expands activities for children during teachers’ strike

Calgary parents looking for activities to keep their children busy during the Alberta teachers’ strike have some options with the City of Calgary and its partners.

www.ctvnews.ca

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CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 2d

Aaaand it's back!

CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 2d

My Reddit app is not working; looks like they are down

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3d

Also, as an aside, contender for this month's headline hall of fame in the FT today.... www.ft.com/content/3cf3...

Shrimp caught in tariff net as US buyers are forced to shell out more

Wholesale shrimp prices have risen 21 per cent since April as Trump imposed heavy tariffs on their biggest supplier India

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 2d

🎉 Celebrate 1 trillion pages saved on the #WaybackMachine with music inspired by shared digital memory of in THE VAST BLUE WE by the Del Sol Quartet 🌐

📅 Tues, Oct 7 at 7 PM PT

🎟️ IN-PERSON ➡️ eventbrite.com/e/1626895701...

💻 VIRTUAL ➡️ eventbrite.com/e/1626897768...

#Wayback1T

Members of the Del Sole Quartet at Fort Point, San Francisco, with the arch of the Golden Gate Bridge behind them. Left to right: Benjamin Kreith, Hyeyung Sol Yoon, Charlton Lee, and Kathryn Bates. Photo: AFW Productions & Chris Yeh (as listed).

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CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 2d

Good luck!

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 3d

Folks in the US:

I'm trying out Royal Mail DDP shipping to America this week.

If you want paints/zines from my store, & would be prepared to help me test the service with a custom order, drop me a line!

Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning, my shop is open & I'm doing a big shipping run this aft! Order by 2pm for shipping today, at:

lycomorpha.etsy.com

(Pardon the shameless self-promo, I know the world is a garbage fire, but a body's gotta live y'know?)

Promotional pic for handmade red chalk paint. An unwrapped half pan is sitting on a postcard swatch that has stripes, lines, and circles showing how the paint looks at different dilutions with water.

Promotional pic for handmade blue vivianite LL paint. 3 wrapped pans are sitting on a postcard swatch that has stripes, lines, and circles showing how the paint looks at different dilutions with water.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 2d

A new Nature Medicine study analyzing health records from >100 million people in the US offers compelling evidence that reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ,the same virus that causes chickenpox and shingles may contribute to dementia risk.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Varicella-zoster virus reactivation and the risk of dementia - Nature Medicine

Large-scale longitudinal health records reveal consistent association of varicella-zoster virus reactivation with dementia.

www.nature.com

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CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 3d

I don't have room for another printer. I don't even have room in my office for my postal scale LOL

Like I said, this is a one-time issue. I just need a place to print it.

CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 3d

That doesn't help me ship tomorrow, unfortunately, and no, I don't expect to need many of these labels. I get very few orders outside of Canada and the US, plus Canada Post will be back eventually.

CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 3d

Help!
I'm in Calgary, using an alternative shipper during the Canada Post strike

Unfortunately, I didn't know that some international orders need to be printed as a THERMAL LABEL, 4 x 6"

Does anyone in Calgary provide this printing service? Any national chains?

I don't want to cancel it 😞
#yyc

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