christopher carfi
@ccarfi.bsky.social
strategy, customer experience, & community guy. small biz advocate. husband & stan of @lisastone
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
"Nonetheless, holy shit" is the funniest possible Krugman reaction
Paul Krugman@pkrugman.bsky.social · last yr.The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. Nonetheless, holy shit. What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.
The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. The stock market is not the economy. Nonetheless, holy shit. What’s remarkable is that there’s hardly any real news driving this. It’s just investors belatedly realizing that Trump is who he is, and always was.
Imagine being so insecure that you not only have to control a popular speech platform and demand it amplify your own voice over everyone else's, and modify the algo to pump up your supporters... But then also need to post biased "do you like me" polls to pretend what you're doing is actually popular
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE. (President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
holy hell. i’ve never seen this performance before. chills. youtu.be/fCP2-Bfhy04?...
Queen & Annie Lennox & David Bowie - Under Pressure - HD
YouTube video by derci luiza Gobbi
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QOTD: “Human interaction is now a luxury good.” (via Jessica Grose in the NYT via @benjaminwachs.bsky.social ) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/o...
Opinion | Human Interaction Is Now a Luxury Good
We’re increasingly becoming a society in which very wealthy people get human care, like concierge medicine and private schools with tiny class sizes.
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It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.
More good news out of Montana following last week's state Supreme Court ruling blocking their ban on gender-affirming care. A judge has now also blocked their effort to deny trans people self-identification on birth certificates and driver's licenses
Montana Court Blocks State From Refusing to Correct Sex Markers on Transgender People's Birth Certificates and Driver's Licenses | American Civil Liberties Union
HELENA, Mont. – A Montana court has granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state of Montana from enforcing policies that bar transgender...
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currently tip-toeing through holiday playlists avoiding LDB like an art thief avoiding lasers
You know how amazing strategic ideas will strike you when you’re doing something random? Shower, walk, driving? And even more so when reading very good long-form of almost any kind? So, are you taking the time to do that, or do you still think it’s a "waste?"
Cis people in my replies throwing a fit over me saying "cis." There's a social media site that bans the word cis so you never have to see it. Try going there.
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eve6@eve6.bsky.social · 2y agoBlue Sky! We are doing 3 shows in NYC, Philly and Baltimore in February with New Jersey's own Titus Andronicus. We are calling this "tour" Here's To Three Nights because we are very clever. Presale starts now! Go to eve6.com and enter password: herestothreenights
Suing Kendrick for having a superior diss track is something Kendrick would say Drake does in a diss track
So this is pretty cool: I think I’m the first national news correspondent to switch my chyron social handle from X to Bluesky. 💪🏽
I'm totally done with X/Twitter. I will still be doing my banking there, though.