Notices by Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)

@Darkphoenix
They're not mine, but doing a search for guillotine earrings returns dozens of hits from Etsy shops. Adding the text to the search returns identical pairs, most of them available for under $30

I'll bet if you posted here on Mastodon asking if an artist can make a pair, you'd find some takers

Protest earrings of the day

#handsoff

As it happens, one of the oldest Mastodon instances – octodon dot social – is going to close down very soon.

This is a sad milestone, but it also shows the resilience of the broader network – people migrated, and relations remain.

That tiny volunteer-run instance survived longer than Google+ – a gigantic behemoth of a social network, backed by one of the largest tech companies in the world, and pushed down on everyone and their dog through mandatory integration with YouTube.

2/🧵

Nobody:

Absolutely nobody:

Me, an editor who retired my red pen eight years ago and promised to stop scolding people who misuse 'begs the question':

"After the tariffs announcement, the S&P fell only 5% on Thursday and it will probably fall another 5% on Monday. As of the close on Friday, it's down 10.6%

So if you want to write that Trump's tariffs are 'decimating the economy' you have this small two-day window when you will be technically correct..."

If the delay of the Switch 2 is the tariff domino that brings about the revolution, we’re going to have so many headlines,

“Luigi May Have Started It, But Mario Finished It”

Gonna have to rename it the Woke Street Journal

@chris
I have two friends who live in Point Roberts. I wonder if the island about to experience a real estate collapsing exodus

"For many, Point Roberts’ appeal is sheer economics. Canadians own summer homes here because waterfront real estate is much cheaper than in the Vancouver area. And there’s steady traffic year-round drawn by lower-priced petrol, milk and alcohol, due to lower US taxes and Canadian management of its dairy production that keeps prices high."

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20191201-a-us-town-only-reached-through-canada

the #protest Do’s, cont:

- if you are going alone, go find:
- labor unions
- religious group
- student groups

- DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, WEAR YOUR LAB/HOSPITAL COATS. you don’t have to, but it’s always cool to see doctors in their coats at protests.

- YES #BikeTooters RIDE YOUR BIKES. here in NYC we sometimes have the local equestrian clubs at protests. horseys are always rad.

- did i say, WEAR A MASK AND BRING EXTRA? and not just an N95. #cosplayers do your thing… 🧵

The Onion doesn't miss

https://theonion.com/nation-could-have-sworn-russell-brand-was-already-convi-1850849838/

Back in 2020, finance guy Morgan Housel got asked what skiing taught him about investing. From the stage he told a story so compelling that I reread it every three months or so

It's not just insightful, it's a masterclass in narrative structure. I reread it again this morning and it holds up, especially on a day like today

Forgive me for spoiling the ending. I assure you it takes nothing away from the story or the message

https://collabfund.com/blog/the-three-sides-of-risk/

I can't see Republicans defying Trump on tariffs for real. They don't have the courage. But I can easily imagine them voting to halt / pause the tariffs as a way to give Trump a face-saving out

Everyone's been happy to let Elon be his heat shield for the last two months, but there's no way to pin the market collapse on DOGE. Trump needs an exit from this "strategy" that will let him scream, "The tariffs would have worked if congress had let them stand! Countries were caving left and right!"

@ECityMom @AlexanderVI
It's Rufus Wainwright on the album; it's John Cale in the film. This upset a lot of people when they bought the Shrek soundtrack expecting to hear John Cale

And I wasn't joking about the Puddles version. You haven't really heard Halelujah until you've heard it sung by a 6'8" clown

https://youtu.be/ItXygU9SJCA?feature=shared&t=55

"I raise"
-- China

It's super fucked up that simply receiving this mail made my stomach drop

And I'm not even worried that it's a phishing scam! I'm way more concerned that Elon thinks I should be checking my SS statement. I somehow doubt it's for my benefit

@heidilifeldman
Tim Cook had a better day than the CEO of Restoration Hardware. He was on an earnings call yesterday while his stock tanked in after hours trading

It closed today down 40%. And yet on the same call Friedman said,

"I think we've got a very smart administration negotiating at a level we haven't seen any administration, at least in our lifetimes, negotiate. It’s like I say to our team, don’t move until you see it. Take your time. This is a chess game, not a checkers game."

Lol

Spouse: Who sings Hallelujah?
Me: Everyone
Spouse: Okay, but—
Me: It's a Leonard Cohen song
Spouse: Whose ver—
Me: About Jews having sex
Spouse: Really? Okay, but whose version is the most famous?
Me: Tough call. k.d. lang is the one Cohen liked best. Kate McKinnon famously performed it on SNL as Hillary after the 2016 election. I'm partial to Jeff Buckley or maybe Puddles, but the John Cale version is the one you've heard 300+ times
Spouse: John Cale? Do I know who that is?
Me: <puts on Shrek>

I've heard there was a secret plan
That Donald hatched when his term began
But you don't really need your savings, do ya?
It goes like this, the blunt tariff
The minor graft, the major grift
The dipshit prince created DOGE to screw ya
Elon screwed ya, Lutnick screwed ya
Bessett screwed ya, they all screwed ya

@xconde
That's a great answer but not the one they wanted

Both 'cwm' and 'dyffryn' translate to 'valley' in English. However, the word 'cwm' has a more distinct meaning. 'Cwm' is often attributed to rounded, glaciated valleys such as a corrie or cirque, while 'dyffryn' refers to more extensive valleys such as Dyffryn Ogwen (Ogwen valley).

They wanted 'cwm' and because I am a Scrabble player, I happened to know that one

This is perfect narcissist "logic"

Loomer was a trusted advisor, then everyone made fun of her looks, and Trump exiled her because she reflected badly on him

But now he looks extremely foolish on the tariffs, so he reaches back to someone who had no hand in yesterday's decision because everyone around him currently is problematic

Being part of an NPD person's recyclable harem is so exhausting, although it can feel exhilarating in the moment

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/politics/nsc-firings-trump-laura-loomer-meeting/index.html?cid=ios_app

I don't know about anyone else, but as a lib I sure do feel owned today

I'll bet MAGA is super tired of winning