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Scaroline

@carolinemoore.bsky.social

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Author of Punk Rock Entrepreneur and Self-Care Won’t Save Us. Designer, photographer, amateur violinist. South of Pittsburgh. www.hellocarolinemoore.com

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Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · Apr 8

Here’s the link where you can order Punk Rock Entrepreneur, or pre-order Burnout Revolution and its companion zine about the four day work week. It’s all my stuff in one spot!

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All products by Caroline Moore on Microcosm Publishing

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Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1h

The best boss I ever had introduced himself as “I used to be a designer” to folks, always with a tinge of sadness that he doesn’t get to do much design work anymore because his job is running the place. He’s done the job he expects me to do, he understands the work.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1h

Also these programs do not understand me. I’ve never had an experience trying to do text to talk, or asking Siri a thing, that didn’t take like three tries to get it.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 2h

It is a worse writer than me. The writing is fine, I guess, it sure does make sentences. But all its suggestions are less interesting than what I started with, it’s never improved on anything I’ve given it.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 2h

I went to a lecture where a guy said that any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be. People got big mad about it, but if chat gpt is a better teacher than you, it would seem you’ve chosen the wrong profession.

Brit Williams, Ph.D. @drbritwilliams.bsky.social · 15h

I’m in a room where a whole ass faculty member said “Chat GPT 5 would be able to write a better NSF proposal than me” and… well…

My inside thoughts got the best of me BC I said loud as fuck “that’s unfortunate, because there’s not a machine on earth that writes better than me.”

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Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 2h

My parents taught me a ton at home, I was in tenth grade before I learned anything academically new at school (chemistry!) but I absolutely learned social skills and working in a group and, honestly, dealing with assholes from school. It’s why I don’t want to homeschool my kids.

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Julia Gulia 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jrobb773.bsky.social · 5h

TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL (2010) is streaming free with ads on Tubi and it is FUN.

Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 15h

Like a lot of movies, Tucker & Dale uses unbranded prop cans for legal reasons. But prop cans are expensive, so they don't actually open them. To get around this, the movie uses pop-top sound effects but what really sells the illusion is Tudyk dropping his can out of frame to put some foam on top.

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Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 15h

I once bled for 30 days, and the doctor was basically like “yeah, you’ll have that.”

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 15h

They have to be getting some kind of kickback there, I can’t figure out why else they would give a shit. I think the specialty pharmacy is the the same though, and they’re already shipping me three months worth of xeljanz. And I have enough bisoprolol to last the rest of my life 😂

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 16h

We have to switch to a different prescription plan that wants me to mail order all of my maintenance meds (for reasons?) and I’m like… already preparing to have basically all of the meds that make me functional-ish disrupted for no reason. Love that for me.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah, I see my rheumatologist way more than my PCP, I get bloodwork every 3 months, and then I get to spin the bonus wheel on a few medical catastrophes a year. Plus specialty prescriptions for biologics. This is all so annoyingly complicated.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 16h

Art school crits really make you separate things that are about you as a person from things that are about the work. I have like… very little feelings about my work? I mean I’m proud of what I make, but saying it’s not effective for the brief doesn’t hurt my feelings, bc it’s not about feelings.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 16h

This song gets stuck in my head all the time now. www.youtube.com/shorts/lOjVh...

Pope’s from Chicago #pope #funnysong

YouTube video by Carter Vail

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Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah that seems like the biggest advantage. Bloodwork and X-rays re all covered under the HMO and not the PPO, but the maximum out of pocket is significantly higher (like $1k vs $4k) so I think maybe it’s better to just have a copay on labs?

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1d

This question is only for people who have to get bloodwork or medical imaging like, quarterly.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1d

Chronically ill friends: do you generally go with an HMO or PPO for insurance? Do you have advice on which one works better for you?

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1d

I haven’t been, and we’re so close to West Virginia here!

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1d

I bought a Mothman costume for Halloween, and my husband does not know what Mothman is. I made him google it.

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Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely zone out on anything that’s audio only. My brain just wanders off and then five minutes later I realize I haven’t been listening to big at all.

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Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1d

It sounds just terrible.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1d

You could absolutely nail it on like the third try and just marry that dude, I guess, that seemed to work for me.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1d

The last time I went on a first date I was not old enough to drink. I barely had a driver’s license. So when my grown up friends ask for advice about grown up dating I am absolutely zero help. Maybe take them to the Dairy Queen?

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Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 1d

And that’s assuming they’ll even bother to look at them.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 2d

When someone says Chicago is a terrifying hellscape, I like to share a photo with them of my 7 year old walking around town with his giant stuffed dragon. He went on the subway! It was fine!

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Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 2d

When I worked at the vet clinic and we were just feeling kind of beat down, one of the older techs would call dance break, and we’d have a dance break. Always helped.

Scaroline @carolinemoore.bsky.social · 2d

I have contributed to spooky season. The outdoor lights are also orange, that’s all I got, folks.

Straw bale with punpkins and a flamingo skeleton