JohnW

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Will discuss climate change, wealth gap, information/data war, fighting racism, fascism and many other 'isms.

Hobbies: metaphysics, nutrition, DIY'er, and hoping to get back into music.

San Juan Mountains, #Colorado

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2025-10-15 02:10:09 UTC

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It's kind of funny because that's about the maximum MPH a DeLorean could manage.

2025-09-18 23:33:00 UTC

I'd bet a thousand paychecks (which amounts to $32.76 for all of us freelancers)... that the late night host mob is working in secret to put together it's own network.
We'll hear about it when the time is right. When it's too late for those corporate slugs to do anything about it.

2025-09-12 03:12:36 UTC

A lifetime ago, I worked tech support for a shitty, buggy program. Greetings and Closings were scripted, as well as about 75% of answers to known issues.
We were required to be overflowing with joy at the program, with consequences if you slipped up.
Underpaid, high stress with a real possibility of contracting a neurosis from being on the phone with nasty customers for 8 hours a day.
Now I'm getting deja vu just living in this country.

2025-07-21 03:21:09 UTC

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The part that doesn't compute for me, is that anyone who does come up with a way to recover our natural resources could quickly be among the wealthiest on earth.
Why is no one pursuing these goals?

2025-07-20 00:10:22 UTC

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There's probably a vast discrepancy between what's being reported as the cost (to the taxpayer), and the actual, ever cheapening methods of deportation, including the conditions that deportees are subject to.

2025-07-19 23:40:29 UTC

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You have to wonder, are they building an AI powerful enough to come up with water supply solutions? Naw... it's going to be to make pretty fake pictures and take over peoples brains on Social Media.

2025-07-05 14:07:21 UTC

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It's pretty scary because these cuts and the resulting lack of information comes at the exact time when severe weather ramps up fueled by climate change, and contagious disease is getting much worse.
Being on top of locations that report disease carrying ticks and mosquitos could be lifesaving but that information is really hard to find now.

2025-06-12 03:19:01 UTC

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These states are on the road to devolving into gang warfare. No one would even want to visit them anymore.

2025-06-12 03:15:40 UTC

I think I may be more pissed off at the Dem party than the Reps. The Reps basically told us what we're in for.
But the Dems held to the establishment, even though EVERYONE knew it was a really, really shitty idea and could get Trump reelected.
Then, when it happened, barely a peep from them. When they do come out and resist, keep an eye out for what they're protecting. Is it really the people? Or is it themselves?
There are no redeeming qualities left.
#uspol #politics

2025-06-07 00:28:13 UTC

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I just saw an article that Newsom may start withholding Federal Taxes! (It was on FB so I didn't click through).

2025-05-26 19:48:52 UTC

Amazon Prime just overinflated its own importance. I'll be ending my subscription very soon.
They can't offer a Crunchyroll (Anime) subscription with full access to the Anime library, then decide to lock out a single episode in the middle of a series to watch for an extra charge. They just FAFO'd themselves into losing both my Prime and Crunchyroll portal subscriptions.
I'll get a HDMI cable to connect Comp to TV and watch Crunchyroll directly.

2025-05-26 00:05:22 UTC

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I think apolitical leadership is still widely unpopular.. but gaining! The only administration I'd support at this point would be one that drops political affiliation, enacts ranked choice or popular vote, remove all policies (Parliamentarian, Filibuster, etc...) that muddy the waters and can be manipulated... comprehensive vetting, age/term limits... I'm sure I missed a few.
A fresh start is the only thing that's going to get the peoples support

2025-05-24 15:57:26 UTC

A pretty good article about climatological timelines. Warning they don't pull punches regarding the dangers, so it can be stressful to read.
https://www.intellinews.com/timeline-for-global-climate-thresholds-laid-out-382662
#GlobalWarming #Climate #climatechange

2025-05-24 00:39:29 UTC

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A virtual badge to emphasize your importance in a place where people talk to each other a lot doesn't seem like the reward everyone makes it out to be.
Mastodon let's you grab any icon and throw it on your name. That's how it should be.

2025-05-22 15:07:31 UTC

The thought of the last gallon of water on Earth probably being used to help some jackass post an AI mockup of some scenic little town and passing it off as real pisses me off more than anything else.

2025-05-20 14:54:35 UTC

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This is also an excuse.
"Well we didn't make the 1.5°C limit, so let's raise it to give us extra time to not make the 1.6°C limit. But it should satisfy the public and give us the chance to modify our reports to make it look like everything is fine."

2025-04-23 03:13:41 UTC

Modern population control: brought to you by an administration who believes "less people... more for me, and easier to control".
Strip away vital sources of information from the dissidents, like the spread of disease, extreme weather and climate events, and direct action they are taking like "making people disappear".
We dissidents are obligated to tear down the regime, physically if necessary.

2025-04-06 05:25:33 UTC

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I find AI junk dead, with no spirit. It is a zombified replica of an original. As an Anime fan, seeing Miyazaki's works stolen makes me want to create a paradox generator that speeds up every cycle, and plug it into every fucking AI system currently in existence until they explode.

2025-04-04 03:33:06 UTC

I intensely detest corporate machinations. They treat people like fodder, and use ingrained scare tactics to get their money.
They expect you to fold to meet their demands. Don't ever give in.
If you have pent up anger with no outlet, direct it to them. They got us here. They created this house of cards.
Focus your anger towards the ones who most deserve it. They should get no sympathy for any action you may take to topple them.

2025-03-08 21:50:34 UTC

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Actually surprised Israel is taking part in that investigation.

2025-03-04 01:15:11 UTC

With all the peripheral news I'm getting about plunging stock market confidence, business closures, phantom vacation houses here, etc.. etc...
This is not recession material. It's depression era indicators.
Trump is closing up the country like one of his failed businesses.

2025-03-02 23:01:19 UTC

Back in another life, when I worked at Luskins (electronic store), the CFO... a greedy, sweaty obese toad of a man used to waddle through the store handing out idle threats and demean the staff.
That was my first experience with greedy wealthy people who thought themselves superior to everyone else.
He set the standard for how intensely I despise them, and many politicians fit that profile too.
I have no respect, sympathy, remorse nor compassion for them, which is why I stay very far away.

2025-02-28 23:20:45 UTC

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Oh we'll definitely feel it. Putin isn't out to "make friends" with Trump. He's out to take over the country. Putin is more than willing to give Trump shallow lip service because that's easy. The simplest way possible to gain access to US records.
Putin doesn't even have to spend any money or go to war. He will be able to walk in and say "thanks, I'll be taking over now"....

2025-02-18 16:15:14 UTC

With the rise of dictatorship and the billionaire class, we may struggle to find our footing in the near future. Regimes in the past led to chaos and upheaval. This time around is no different.
However, this time, there is a new element that didn't exist before. One that they can't, ever control. And that is climate change.
We are already beginning the finding out stage of FAFO. Nature will school them (and us too, unfortunately) like no one else can.

2025-02-09 15:37:18 UTC

Cloud iridescence over Whitehouse Mountain in Ouray, CO.
#SilentSunday #Colorado #LandscapePhotography
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/113/974/656/104/727/464/original/06c4c11212f82a8a.jpg

2024-12-30 03:15:41 UTC

Wonderman
#MakeACharacterBoring
#hashtaggames

2024-12-28 16:46:13 UTC

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The small business model is full of strife and struggle, with a 50% chance of failing within 5 years.
The wealth can afford a team to grow their business, regardless of the astronomical sums these professionals charge. A failure in their business means move to a backup plan. Small businesses can't afford one of those.
You can call me an owner, a CEO of a little dot on this planet that functions to help other businesses get online.
10/11

2024-12-28 16:45:54 UTC

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Each one will tell you you need to hire another to fill some kind of gap where your business fails to function.
I witness this for my clients fall into this. They become addicted to the growth concept and throw away their money on recommended "improvements" that barely align with their business models.
I've seen this time and time again. These people are my own clients. I've seen the stress of that perceived need affect their health as well.
9/11

2024-12-28 16:45:40 UTC

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I have to negotiate on the regular. If I go cheaper then I have to adjust the development timeline to make up for those lost costs.
The struggle is real and organization / sorting of projects is key to keeping my head above water.
It shouldn't be this way. Expanding my business becomes an endless cycle of need for other professionals in various fields to help that growth. Each one will open the doors to their treasury and require you to throw all your money in before they help you.
8/11

2024-12-28 16:45:26 UTC

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I don't raise prices in terms of profit, but of survival. The ability to buy necessities to keep me alive.
I have trouble sending an invoice, because the charge seems too much... way too much. It is hard for me to reconcile the fact that people expect these kinds of charges in my head. Even though as I said, I charge way less than industry standards. Maybe a quarter of what other agencies charge.
7/11

2024-12-28 16:45:10 UTC

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Finance and invoicing, project organization and timing, solution propositions to new clients, design, code, server admin... it's all a loose organization that involves lists, memory, research, and generally figuring stuff out.
After all this, I'm finally getting to the point of this little bio.
I've managed to keep my prices way below agency levels because of my methodology. But inflation has impacted me just as greatly as everyone else.
6/11

2024-12-28 16:44:53 UTC

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Advertising/marketing have no ethics. Recruiters have questionable ethics. I've used 0. All my business has come word of mouth. I've partnered up virtually with various professionals where we interchange clients.
I'm not a professional on any kind of paper. I'm more of a web handyman, throwing my wares around with confidence like a man with a booth in a festival. It's all field-genius from my years of experience.
5/11

2024-12-28 16:44:36 UTC

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Yes, I did crash a couple of times early on and picked up agency jobs for a short time. But that was jumping right back into a toxic environment. Both times.
My goal wasn't to build an empire. It was to build something stable where I could survive on my own terms. My methodology wasn't to use marketing agencies, recruiters or advertising gimmicks, or even Google's cloud to get ahead. It was to buck the system. Completely.
4/11

2024-12-28 16:44:21 UTC

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So I left that miasmic environment and went solo. Freelance Web Dev. That was in 2003.
I've now kept my little boutique freelance business operating for 22 years. Over 18% of small businesses fail within the 1st year of existence. In the first 5 years, that number jumps to 50%. These numbers are arguable. It appears that each snippet of research has differing results, so this is a subjective number. But it still shows the difficulty.
3/11

2024-12-28 16:44:00 UTC

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I experienced the betrayal and cruelty of the music industry both 1st and 2nd hand. How it crushed up and coming musicians and the abusive mental effect it had on them which carried on for years afterwards. Personally, I couldn't cope and eventually gave up.
So web dev it was. I would call working in technology more of a controlled toxicity, where music was a chaotic one. Even so, after a few years in it, it punished both my mental and physical health.
2/11

2024-12-28 16:43:27 UTC

The cost of doing *small* business.
My dream was to be a professional musician. I was a keyboardist and a pretty good one. I was usually in more than 1 band at a time for years.
I kept that musicians dream alive well beyond my technology stint. But my backup dream was to be a web developer.
1/11
#Technology #SmallBusiness

2024-12-19 03:37:58 UTC

We're at a point where striving for peaceful resolution and obeying the law has become self-sabotage.
What is coming is simply... upheaval.

2024-12-07 02:39:12 UTC

WWIII will be fought behind computer monitors, in back alleys near financial institutions, on the golf course and in political receptions after the mics are shut down.

2024-12-04 23:18:50 UTC

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I've also been observing this, and I think I have an answer that would fit nicely with quite a few .
I spend a lot of effort maintaining my health (sans insurance) and working harder and harder to afford necessities.
All the while, landlords raise rent, corporations take more and more, and advertisers tell you that it's wonderful that you're buying from them.
I decided that to save energy and sanity, I would restrict my morals to my fellows in the population who struggle as I do.

2024-12-03 03:31:16 UTC

I just realized something. The creativity of a good brand logo is inversely proportional to the trustworthiness of the company that owns it.

2024-11-29 17:52:23 UTC

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DeSantis, the man who will one day rule over a watery grave.

2024-11-29 04:31:19 UTC

Cold night tonight in the Rockies with a low of 7°.
Outside it's completely dark and silent. Most of the neighborhood has left for their own festivities, and turned off their outside lights.
The snow mutes all sound, but if I listen hard enough I can hear the Uncompahgre flowing down by the highway.
It's the kind of night when spirit comes out to play.

2024-11-28 14:50:00 UTC

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Another illusion that everyone pays extra for. I know that small businesses struggle for visibility, but they really should abandon using Amazon (full stop) as an eCommerce platform.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/amazon-sued-ftc-monopoly-b2418914.html

2024-11-27 03:42:24 UTC

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I honestly don't think Trump's tariffs will pass the muster. It has the potential to incite high levels of financial conflict worldwide, and I don't believe Trump has a clue how all that is going to fall back on him. Especially when other countries decide to enact import tariffs from US products.

2024-11-26 00:42:19 UTC

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JFC. There is no definition of a woman, or man, or anyone with any kind of sexual orientation, clothing preference, color or race.
I can define one thing though. Supreme court justices are piece of shit fascist racist bigots who are not qualified to make identity based decisions for anyone else.

2024-11-23 20:31:31 UTC

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😆
And the slow motion wrecking ball of capitalism continues to move on...

2024-11-20 23:35:01 UTC

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There is a saying among studio engineers when a musician can't nail their part "we'll fix it in the mix".
Hardly anyone gets this, but our society can't be "fixed in the mix". A democratic election 5 years from now isn't going to make everything peachy.
It's already destroyed, we're just coasting down the road until we come to a stop.
Now's the best chance to rip out all the broken shit (like almost everything) and rebuild it from the ground up.

2024-11-19 04:42:11 UTC

In 10 or so years time, the Gulf of Mexico will be a nice saltwater hot spring, with a nice sheen of oil to smooth out your skin.
Sounds pretty awesome. Who needs fish anyway?

2024-11-16 05:06:12 UTC

Remember folks, since the next 4 years will be the government literally out to get you, Anarchy is not only a wise choice, it's also a healthy choice.

2024-11-15 23:37:31 UTC

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I guess we're going back to the middle ages. "Don't go to that town because a plague is spreading!"

2024-11-15 04:19:47 UTC

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2024-11-13 20:47:19 UTC

I had fiber hooked up recently, and since my WiFi antenna was old as dirt, it didn't pick up much speed at all, so I ran a Cat6 direct to the computer.
I'm still on FaceBook, because our small town uses it for community news, traffic closures, etc...
Now when opening FaceBook with the fiber connection, I get this on first try.
Can't say for sure, but my intuition tells me something nefarious is going on and the fiber speed is opening a window that they wanted kept closed.
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/113/477/572/327/361/034/original/e67cc70a38218ac0.png

2024-11-12 04:02:18 UTC

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The Lever
https://www.levernews.com/

2024-11-12 03:59:00 UTC

It sucks having multiple topics that interest me, and then politics comes along and crashes the party.

2024-11-10 16:55:46 UTC

We should really not be called the "United" States any more. It couldn't be more obvious how divided we are.

2024-11-10 16:25:31 UTC

The top of Red Mountain Pass in a snowstorm, showing the Ouray County/San Juan County lines.
#SilentSunday
https://cdn.masto.host/indiewebsocial/media_attachments/files/113/459/580/250/469/574/original/77685a836652009e.jpg

2024-11-09 15:13:21 UTC

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There has never been a better case for Anarchy then at this moment. It is literally the only workable solution.
#Anarchy

2024-11-08 16:40:24 UTC

I'm not religious, but one thing in the Bible has always stuck out for me. Paraphrased "turn your back on the devil".
In a modern society, my interpretation is "abandon them, don't support them, don't buy from them".
This is the peoples workable solution to the wealth gap. Don't support the wealthy. Don't buy from large corporations. Abandon them.
They rely on us to stay wealthy. Abandon them. We can do this.
#AbandonTheWealthy
#BoycottBigCorp

2024-11-05 05:15:31 UTC

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I do well in both years. The snake is my sign and a Dragon is my spirit ally.

2024-11-03 03:22:54 UTC

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It seems so. I like the Rivian trucks too, well... except for the headlights. Waaay to buggy for my taste.

2024-11-02 22:32:12 UTC

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That could be an endorsement label stitched to the clothes of the politicians. A label of shame.
It needs some subtext though, saying "I support bombing hospitals and schools".

2024-11-02 22:23:31 UTC

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Big big big! issue on my radar. Hottest item on the Dem ticket that's being met with silence or deflection.