Tim Ellis 🦝

I host the podcast "Dispatches from the Multiverse" & comment on, podcasts, data, games, real estate, economics, EVs, drones, & all things awesome. Also I'm the guy who posted that video of a raccoon trying to catch snowflakes.

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2024-08-07 17:51:20

Democrats going up against #Trump with a lady at the top of the ticket and a Tim as VP… Why does this feel so familiar…
…and yet, it feels _completely_ different. The #Harris #Walz campaign has so much more positive energy and excitement than Clinton/Kaine _ever_ did. I feel better than ever about my prediction of a blowout in November.
Get wrecked, MAGA. #politics

2024-07-31 19:40:30

WOW I cannot believe #Trump agreed to be interviewed live at the National Association of Black Journalists #NABJ. This really highlights how awful and downright insane he is.
I'm watching the whole thing right now, and I suggest everyone else do so too. Link should jump to the start of the actual interview over an hour in. It's only about 30 minutes long. #politics https://www.youtube.com/live/yjN5dvDTeaE?si=DawQEZy0rmRAkKNG&t=4365

2024-07-31 17:46:27

Zero surprise that the Venn diagram of #MAGA & #crypto are heavily overlapped. Grifters gonna grift.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/31/bitcoin-2024-conference-donald-trump

2024-07-26 04:51:35

If I worked for the #Harris campaign, I would buy 10,000 of these Crazy Cat Lady action figures from Archie McPhee, slap a "Harris 2024" sticker on the box—or better yet, make a tiny "Harris 2024" sign appropriately-scaled for the lady—and give them away at rallies. https://mcphee.com/products/crazy-cat-lady-action-figure
Feel free to steal this idea. #politics #catlady
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2024-07-23 16:50:42

Repugnant. #politics #jdvance https://meidasnews.com/news/vance-calls-harris-a-miserable-childless-cat-lady

2024-07-21 18:35:57

I'll #vote for whoever the Democrats put on their ticket. Whatever it takes to keep #Trump out of the White House. 🗳️ #BidenOut

2024-07-15 20:36:05

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The real reason #Trump picked #Vance: cheap and easy sign re-use.
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2024-07-15 20:05:56

"I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him."
"I find him reprehensible."
"My god what an idiot.”
"I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he's America's Hitler."
These aren't quotes from any Democrat. They're all straight from Trump's VP pick JD Vance. #politics #trump #jdvance

2024-07-07 16:57:53

If you are into word games, a buddy of mine just launched his latest game creation on Kickstarter: "Word Ravel," a casual card-based word game. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peternewland/word-ravel #games #cardgames #boardgames #kickstarter #wordravel

2024-06-20 19:37:18

A recruiter reached out to me about a job, saying that my "sophisticated background" was "spot-on" for a job they were looking to fill at her company.
I agreed to talk with her, and the company proceeded to hit me with a lengthy, multi-step technical assessment, after which they rejected me with a generic form letter. Didn't even hear from the recruiter personally.
Am I crazy or is that kind of a crappy way to treat a person? #jobsearch #recruiting

2024-06-15 04:01:20

For some bizarre reason, my former employer—the one that laid me off in November 2022—sent me seven nearly-identical copies of this "Earnings Statement" in the mail, letting me know that they paid me $0.00 for 0.00 hours worked during the period of June 2-15.
…
Huh?!? 🤔🤔🤔
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2024-06-11 04:04:57

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2024-06-03 02:28:06

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@npub1c57…awu5 Us too!

2024-06-02 17:44:14

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@npub1c57…awu5 Somehow I missed this in the flood of notifications. Nothing was stolen. It appears it might have been accidental. A drunk individual who frequently hangs out on the sidewalk there smashed it with his elbow.

2024-06-01 16:48:59

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Wow. I did not expect much from putting up that post on a Friday night but the Mastodon fam really stepped up.
Thanks so much for all the boosts and especially for the tea orders, everyone! 💚💚💚
Heading into the shop early this morning to fill all the orders that came in last night and this morning—14 so far!

2024-06-01 01:43:55

Got a very un-fun call last night from the local PD, telling me that someone broke a window at our tea & spice shop. 😨
We have insurance of course, but we're still going to be out the $500 deductible, which really sucks considering I'm still unemployed, unemployment benefits have run out, & the shop isn't profitable. 😩
If you like loose leaf tea & want to help, go place an order at https://chaicupboard.com/
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2024-05-24 23:00:18

Posted on LinkedIn about the utter futility I've experienced trying to find a decent job in the 18 months since being laid off. This comment wins the prize for least helpful response. 🤦 #unemployment #jobsearch https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thetim_rip-my-tech-career-2010-2022-its-activity-7199452637832830976-NIYh/
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2024-05-23 06:36:02

In just a few days my current #jobsearch will officially hit the 1-year mark.
I'm about ready to just completely give up. #unemployment #jobs #economy #despair
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2024-05-21 02:48:00

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@npub1c57…awu5 Aww, thanks! 😊

2024-05-10 05:57:15

"WELL ACTUALLY, the indiscriminate murder of civilians, including literal infants and children is OK because of the history of the area" is quite the take. 😬 #palestine #israel #hillaryclinton
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2024-05-04 15:35:43

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@npub1tel…4v4v Forth day of month five be with you, also.

2024-04-23 20:41:07

Going on record with my prediction that #Biden will have a blow-out victory in the US Presidential #election this November.
The more that people actually pay attention to the absolutely crazy, hateful, & dangerous garbage that constantly spews out of #Trump's mouth these days, the less they'll be willing to vote for him. Eventually all he'll have left are the hardcore MAGA cultists.
The polls will gradually reflect this reality the closer we get to November. 🗳️ #politics

2024-04-23 19:14:27

Who could have possibly foreseen it. 😒 #layoffs https://fortune.com/europe/2024/04/23/spotify-earnings-q1-ceo-daniel-eklaying-off-1500-spotify-employees-negatively-affected-streaming-giants-operations/
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2024-04-22 18:43:54

Time for my annual dose of nasally-administered mood-enhancing drugs.
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2024-04-12 19:44:25

Yo Dawg, I herd you like lizards… #animals #photography https://qz.com/best-wildlife-photos-world-nature-photography-awards-1851402098/slides/10
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2024-04-05 20:57:07

New skill unlocked: Product #photography. https://chaicupboard.com/product-category/teas/chai/
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2024-04-01 23:37:57

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@npub10av…5kkx Forgot good socks. https://youtu.be/76HijAoXi6k

2024-03-30 20:15:26

Finally got the custom-rolled online shop for my wife's tea & spice shop Chai Cupboard up and running so we don't have to use the annoying, bug-laden Square shop anymore. 🎉 https://chaicupboard.com/shop/
Now I just have to take pictures of… checks notes… nearly 400 teas and spices. 😲

2024-03-25 01:40:48

Inflating a marshmallow Peep with a tiny vacuum chamber.
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2024-02-17 06:02:00

In case anyone else wants to know how to disable the dumb #AI #Copilot that #Microsoft enabled by default to live down in your taskbar in the latest #Windows11 update, here's how.
1) Right-click an empty space on the taskbar and click "Taskbar settings."
2) In the "Personalization > Taskbar" window that comes up, toggle the "Copilot (preview) switch from "on" to "off."
You're welcome.
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2023-10-20 15:26:27

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@npub153s…cvd9 Yeah all four options it made for that one had pretty decent dragonflies (although one had three wings on one side and one on the other), but none of them had anything resembling a mayfly. 🤷

2023-10-20 15:22:34

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@npub153s…cvd9 Midjourney's attempt on that one:
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2023-10-03 15:56:18

🤦
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2023-09-07 23:28:02

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@npub15te…wdn7 Those things were all the rage a few years ago. Sold out everywhere. Or so I heard. I'm not the kind of person who would be likely to put a 12-foot-tall skeleton in my yard.
I'm more a 6-foot Moai kind of guy.
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2023-09-04 20:00:11

Finally got my @npub1z7z…xh0v. It's a little bigger than I expected though! 😏 #PAX #PAXWest #playdate
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2023-08-31 04:19:16

I only just #today realized that the character of Chef Louis in the original Little Mermaid was voiced by René Auberjonois, a.k.a. Odo from Deep Space Nine.
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2023-08-25 04:14:34

I couldn't help making some variations with Midjourney. #TrumpMugshot
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2023-08-21 19:53:09

Found an envelope with an 1887 postmark while thumbing through an old book that was printed in 1886. Sadly someone else already took the stamp.
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2023-08-09 22:13:54

Spotted a #Christmas ornament for sale at #Costco yesterday. In early August. 😐
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2023-08-04 00:46:37

Personally I'm tired of billionaires.
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2023-07-17 18:30:51

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@npub1c57…awu5 This is a real direct quote from his conversation with the local paper.
“I want to make sure the status quo isn’t in jeopardy."
I just can't even. https://www.heraldnet.com/news/everett-at-large-council-race-hosts-crowded-field-for-position-6/

2023-07-17 16:37:15

A #PAC supporting a city council candidate here in #Everett sent this mailer.
I really hate scare-mongering ads like this. He has plausible deniability, since it was sent by a PAC and not his campaign, but an ad like this still immediately disqualifies him in my opinion.
I just donated $50 to his opponent. #politics #elections #citycouncil
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2023-07-01 02:38:01

Young #raccoon striking a pose.
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2023-06-20 15:21:52

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@npub15st…rlzj Wow really saying the quiet part out loud there.
I'm super cynical, but I can't help thinking that deep down, the RTO push is really all about bailing out commercial real estate owners.

2023-06-12 01:36:18

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@npub1xzm…eykm Major galaxy-brain move to aggressively piss off your users when your site's value comes 100% from user-generated content.

2023-05-16 01:06:07

Boomers perched atop their hoards, wondering why the kids these days aren't willing to work hard like they did. #Midjourney
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2023-04-27 17:09:49

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#[0] How about people using "decimated" to mean mostly or completely wiped out, despite it literally beginning with a prefix that means TEN.

2023-04-15 20:53:35

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#[0] Party of small government.