@ocactus.bsky.social
Former Texan, now long-time Tokyo resident. Lover of movies, books, music, art, mindfulness, kindness. 🏳️🌈 Anti-MAGA, pro-Ukraine.
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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Don’t know if it is good or bad, but with ChatGPT, challenging literature becomes a lot more accessible. Just finished reading Othello, and loved it. Now on Pynchon’s Inherent Vice and it is great, and making sense. Read Eliot’s Middlemarch, too. Are others using ChatGPT this way too?
May 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Don’t know if it is good or bad, but with ChatGPT, challenging literature becomes a lot more accessible. Just finished reading Othello, and loved it. Now on Pynchon’s Inherent Vice and it is great, and making sense. Read Eliot’s Middlemarch, too. Are others using ChatGPT this way too?
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If you’re born in America, you’re an American.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
May 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If you’re born in America, you’re an American.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
Before the election, the media constantly said voters were worried about ‘kitchen table issues.’ That’s a vague expression, but shouldn’t the media be using it now? I never hear it any more. Are people worried about kitchen table issues now?
April 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Before the election, the media constantly said voters were worried about ‘kitchen table issues.’ That’s a vague expression, but shouldn’t the media be using it now? I never hear it any more. Are people worried about kitchen table issues now?
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Wow, I had no idea all the countries of the world were ganging up on the US and treating it unfairly. I’m glad the US has never been unfair to any other countries.
April 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Wow, I had no idea all the countries of the world were ganging up on the US and treating it unfairly. I’m glad the US has never been unfair to any other countries.
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Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
April 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Excited for all the new American banana and coffee factories.
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Self-inflicted economic implosion expert
April 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Self-inflicted economic implosion expert
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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media.tenor.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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The problem with Elon is we can't fire him because we never hired him.
And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office.
But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.
And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office.
But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.
February 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The problem with Elon is we can't fire him because we never hired him.
And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office.
But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.
And we can't impeach him because we never put him in office.
But the DC police can arrest him as a private citizen for trespassing next time he barges into federal offices without legit authorization.
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hey question, is this bad?
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
hey question, is this bad?
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If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.
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Because they are evil, we must stand up to them.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
January 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Because they are evil, we must stand up to them.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.
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These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.
44 Republicans Voted Against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention in December
The funds allow states like California to create barriers to stop the spread of fires
meidasnews.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.
I just finished reading Middlemarch. Holy moly what a novel!
Took me about three months but was worth every second of it.
Took me about three months but was worth every second of it.
December 23, 2024 at 2:04 AM
I just finished reading Middlemarch. Holy moly what a novel!
Took me about three months but was worth every second of it.
Took me about three months but was worth every second of it.
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Perfect.
December 22, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Perfect.
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
December 21, 2024 at 1:05 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
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Oh. So he’s not ending the Ukraine-Russia war in 24 hours as promised anymore?
December 17, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Oh. So he’s not ending the Ukraine-Russia war in 24 hours as promised anymore?
I find I’m more angry with the 36% of Americans who didn’t vote than with the 33% who voted for Trump.
I don’t understand what kind of world they live in. Did they think it didn’t matter?
I don’t understand what kind of world they live in. Did they think it didn’t matter?
December 1, 2024 at 11:42 PM
I find I’m more angry with the 36% of Americans who didn’t vote than with the 33% who voted for Trump.
I don’t understand what kind of world they live in. Did they think it didn’t matter?
I don’t understand what kind of world they live in. Did they think it didn’t matter?
It’s Thanksgiving. Do something kind for somebody.
November 29, 2024 at 3:39 AM
It’s Thanksgiving. Do something kind for somebody.
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Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, Ginni Thomas, Martha Alito, John Roberts, Sam Alito, and Clarence Thomas love it when you blame Garland and Biden for the fact that the Supreme Court stopped the cases against Trump.
November 25, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, Ginni Thomas, Martha Alito, John Roberts, Sam Alito, and Clarence Thomas love it when you blame Garland and Biden for the fact that the Supreme Court stopped the cases against Trump.