Matthew Merkovich :clippy: / is on Nostr

I currently work in the #movies which was a childhood dream, but my interests as an adult are wide and varied. Thus, what I type-shout into the void here is going to be just as wide and varied.

I’m currently probably writing something.

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2024-07-05 20:57:09

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The only Michael Steele I ever trusted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Steele_(musician)

2024-06-28 14:47:44

After having my feeding tube and chemo ports removed, there was some pretty intense scarring. But my radiologist recently gave me some advice, in a followup visit, to massage the scars. That has helped a lot. I only wish someone had mentioned it sooner.
This should be far better known, so spread the word.
#CancerTreatmentRecovery #Cancer
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7578190/

2024-06-22 15:49:54

Hasn’t anyone asked Chat GPT to plan out the perfect crime?

2024-06-19 19:05:37

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He was right that door to door salesmanship techniques back then didn't, in fact, work. And so refinements were made. https://deepcanvass.org/
But there's a lot more to organizing than knocking on doors and using call centers. There is also local organizing.
But don't lose the plot here. Voter shaming and haranguing on social media are also garbage. I'm not criticizing the tool. I'm criticizing the methodology.
@npub15ws…0e5k @npub17fs…gscc

2024-06-19 15:07:46

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Thank you for all you wrote here. Not only is the math wrong, the pontificating and shaming approach to voter outreach should be embarrassing. Small “d” democrats never seem to learn that.
This social-media preaching to the converted approach to “voter outreach” seems more about garnering likes and reposts than about actually motivating people to vote for their favorite candidate.
Bad at math. Bad at sociology. Bad at political organizing.

2024-06-07 18:16:17

As much as I want to reassure people who are Linux-curious that, "It's no big deal! It's just like what you are already used to. There's even a GUI ..." And alredy, right there, uncle normie is raising an eyebrow. "A goo-eee?"
I'm no computer dummie, but my latest forays into Rocky and even Ubuntu have been exercises is frustration.
Sorry, but even Windows 10 (which I hate), is at least fairly painless to get set up.

2024-05-09 22:20:06

I just had a conversation with a guy who said, “Yeah, well I’m a capitalist.”
So I asked, “Okay, how much capital do you have?”
Boy, oh boy, does that question put things in perspective. He became a caricature of an old Warner Brothers cartoon character, trying to compose himself as he fumbled for words, all while he avoided actually answering the question.
So I simply repeated the question. I highly recommend.