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barbarakb

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💻 📲 Online Wrangler longing for real search here, in the meantime, hashtags: 🏞️ #Nature #Photography 👩🏻‍🌾#Gardener #Zone6 👩‍🍳#Cook 🥾#Hiker 〽️#Michigander 📚#Books 🎥 #Movies More hashtag curiosity goodness: #fedi22 #Michigan #music #audio #socialmedia #marketing #travel #gardening #cooking #baseball

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barbarakb, to Michigan
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Dear voters 🗳️

Absentee ballot in my mail box today for special May 7 .

In my county and precinct, it’s for a school levy that are often voted on in spring “special elections.”

Go find out if there’s in your county and precinct here: https://www.michigan.gov/sos/elections

barbarakb, to Michigan
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Red Valentine Amglaonome enjoys a sunny January day.
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And I got it in the 50% off bin at Oakland , a favorite central nursery.

barbarakb, to geopolitics
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Why are people upset about even though it’s gotten better in 2023 from NYT “The Daily” podcast:

  1. 20% <~ consumer prices are up in last 4 years
  • “sticker shock ” such as groceries & gas
  1. 47% <~ home price increase in last 4 years
  • hard to buy first home and rent is up as well
  • car loans high & college repayments resumed
  1. 50% <~ get news on esp TikTok
  • what performs well in social media is negativity
  • misinformation numbers on “Silent Depression”
barbarakb,
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basically, important items have significantly increased from four years ago and viewing “news” about the economy on social media has made 50% of us negative about the economy

barbarakb, to Bloomscrolling
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and now, for all you red flower fans, here’s my cactus.

barbarakb, to Flowers
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boxing up the tubers today 🌱

all dry and ready for their winter nap in my cool garage

Last bouquet of dahlia flowers.

shoq, to random
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Yesterday, a former Berner tried to tell me why voting for RFK Jr. was the only path to Medicare for all. Good thing it was by DM, because I wanted to punch him in the throat.

barbarakb,
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@shoq ugh. this POTUS election, yet again, will be insufferable but in a new way. I’m not sure how to survive. 🤔

barbarakb, to mastodon
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I want to do well. I love how this place works.

But… I like people and engagement even more.

Currently, there’s lots of engagement at because there’s literally more people there.

Will it last? Who knows.

In time, I hope to be able to combine both Mastodon and Threads.

barbarakb,
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@liztai completely agree. wiser people than me say you can only handle friendship with about 400 online contacts. I’ve been online for close to 30 years. friends everywhere. I need to find a place where they’ll all be. :)

shoq, to random
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Is still don’t see much engagement on Threads. All the big accounts are posting what they post on Twitter first, or also, but not seeing a lot of conversation going on.

barbarakb,
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@shoq whether Masto, Bluesky or Threads, they’re all different in engagement. depends on subject, people and timing. It’s been an interesting. as always, though: wherever you spend time is where you find benefit.

barbarakb,
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@shoq has really picked up in past two weeks. they’re furiously adding features and awful bots are under control. Masto is stable for me for likes in popular hashtags but conversations have slowed. great for gardening and baseball conversations. I don’t miss the Bird Site. At all!

barbarakb, to Michigan
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barbarakb, to Bloomscrolling
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today’s flower bouquet filled with colorful

Yellow and red dahlias in the garden
Peachy pink with yellow center dinner plate dahlia

barbarakb, to Artist
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Painter Matthew Wong caught my attention

self-taught who studied anthropology at @uofmichigan

incredible

https://www.artofchoice.co/matthew-wong-reflects-on-the-melancholy-of-life/

barbarakb,
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@seachanger very cool. I feel such a connection with his work.

barbarakb,
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@cynblogger ty! exhibit at the Boston Fine Arts museum and article in The New Yorker this month.

barbarakb, to Bloomscrolling
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the pink perennial finally blooms and comes on strong

Two pink hibiscus blooms in SE Michigan
Single pink perennial hibiscus bloom with red center

davew, to random
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    barbarakb,
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    @davew what replaces MySpace? will anything replace Twitter? Mastodon is best so far for me.

    barbarakb, to Bloomscrolling
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    gardeners begin their yearly boast posts

    Dahlia bouquet on windowsill
    Stripes red dahlia
    Pink fuchsia dahlia

    barbarakb, to random
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    Got a bad feeling for the Oliver Anthony Music guy. I’m afraid he will be used and will not end well for him.

    barbarakb, to random
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    need a vacation from the vacation

    MittenGirlPeach, to random
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    I’m thinking of Lucinda’s song Big Red Sun Blues this morning. Happy Wednesday all.

    barbarakb,
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    @nancylwayne @MittenGirlPeach I love that it’s called a “Sturgeon Moon”

    barbarakb,
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    @nancylwayne @MittenGirlPeach oh my yes. thank you for correcting. :)

    barbarakb, to random
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    Barbra Streisand spells “Barbara” wrong and us Barbara’s find it annoying.

    , on the other hand, has made it so no one names their child “Barbara” any more.

    caseynewton, to random
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    I realize this won't be a popular opinion around here. But of all the Twitter clones so far, Threads has the most juice. I wrote about why ➡️ https://www.platformer.news/p/five-reasons-threads-could-still

    barbarakb,
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    @caseynewton as long as Zuck lets Mosseri really run Threads, I think it has a good chance. spam has been horrendous the past three days. 😣

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