Notices by Kim Possible (kimlockhartga@beige.party)

I'm using the Watch Duty app to track the California fires even down to a granular street by street level. If you stick a pin in the map, it will ding you to let you know of any new fire nearby and if that fire gets bigger. If you tap on the icon for an individual fire, it shows you its exact acreage and level of containment. The map also shows every place where World Central Kitchen has a meal distribution center, and also where to find animal shelters. I find it useful if you know anyone in the area.

I propose a 100% tax here on corporate landlords.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7enzjrymxo

For those of you on mastodon social, please be aware that your instance is becoming a real headache for other instances and their admins. mastodon social has attracted/not blocked too many trolls and disinformation bots.

It's up to you whether you stay there, but people are blocking the whole instance to avoid these bad actors.

If you are worried about how to migrate to a new instance, fedi tips is a great help, with instructions on how to do the switch.

If you need help finding an instance that is a good fit for you, there is help for that, too.

https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

https://fedi.tips/which-server-should-i-join-how-do-i-find-out-more-about-a-server/

Even with mud mats and high traffic rugs, the dogs have tracked in so many dirty pawprints that it would be easier to move than to clean up.

#SilentSunday #StillerSonntag

The ice event has begun. Reach you out a cup for your Coke! It's sleet, I guess, very much like crushed ice. A little loud, tbh.

All lanes blocked on I-75 at Mt. Zion Rd. on the Southside. They said not to get out, but even beyond emergency workers, many employers required their associates to come to work. It's not their fault, but it is dangerous. The only person who has special skills to drive on ice is the Zamboni driver! #Atlanta #IceStorm

Photo Credit: the L.A. Times

Social media users have long expressed consternation about shared helplessness via the "this is fine" meme. :thisisfinefire: But I realize now that this was us looking in. Now, I fear we are in the fire, looking out.

(This picture was taken at a rapidly evacuated wine bar in California.)

Boy, you folks weren't kidding about the egg shortage due to #BirdFlu. The shelves were bare at my store. I'd never seen that before. Reminds me of the height of the Pandemic.

Also, I told one of you wrong about an egg substitute for recipes: it's flaxmeal + water, not flaxseed + water. I apologize for that.

When they ask you to send them your sexiest pic:

I'm trying not to be unreasonably pessimistic, but I read that even beloved New Zealand is plagued by the rise of fascist populists. *world's longest sigh*

When corporations fire all of their customer service reps, and replace them with largely ineffective AI, that's the robot uprising you've been worried about all this time.

It's amazing how much those in power have framed how we see the business world.

We say:

Cost-cutting, instead of profit boosting.

Employers as job creators, instead of Labor as business builders.

Maximized shareholder value, instead of poverty wages.

Advancement opportunities, instead of Dangling a carrot.

High-paced environment, instead of Doing the jobs of three people.

Right to Work, instead of Union busting.

The customer is always right, instead of We never back up our employees.

@bookstodon A little trick I've learned while buying books for cheap: folks get books for Christmas that they don't want. Many end up at used book retailers, or are donated to library sales.

The first couple weeks of January is a good time to keep an eye out for these newly discarded treasures.

Hope does not spring eternal, but maybe she can sort of slide forward on her butt.

Time to break out the Santa stripper leggings and head to the store.

These Healthy Choice entrees aren't too bad if you melt some cheese on top and add pepperoni.

@sashin @skinnylatte having spent a few years in the Midwest in the 70s, I can concur that the (mostly) Norwegian-Americans I knew did not like seasoning. It was really odd.

Separation of Church and State turned out to be a load-bearing wall.

Michael Steele was on TV the other day saying that it would set a bad precedent to pre-emptively pardon known targets of political retribution. Really, Michael? REALLY?

Does he not get that litigation, even the baseless kind, can easily bankrupt a person?!? They need some semblance of protection. And even this won't be enough.

Of course, this is the same Michael Steele who pooh-poohed our concerns over Roe.