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ecommerce consultant | Etsy pro | retired from law | mitochondrial disease | sports fan | vegetarian | disability | jewellery designer
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Calgary, Canada
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CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · Aug 22
My microbusiness overview of the end of de minimis in the US is out now, including:

🔷which postal services are suspended
🔷available shipping options
🔷how to figure out tariffs owed
🔷marketplace & website builder options
🔷exceptions to US tariffs

It's a work in progress, so bookmark it!
The End of US De Minimis: A Brief Ecommerce Guide For Microbusinesses | CindyLouWho2
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And less than 24 hours after I tagged Etsy on LinkedIn, they fixed the issue.

I'd say thank you, but it really shouldn't be this difficult for multiple sellers to get Etsy's attention through Support and the seller forum.
cindylouwho2.com CindyLouWho2 @cindylouwho2.com · 15h
Thanks for writing about this, Ina!

Forgot to post my own coverage here yesterday:
www.linkedin.com/posts/cindy-...

#EtsySellerNews
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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creativitysilver.bsky.social
Day 9
Made in a glass fusing workshop at cambridge-glass-studio.co.uk. The very talented Michelle Matvi is so encouraging in the learning of new techniques and experimenting with ideas.

#ArtAdventCalendar
#FusedGlass
#StainedGlass
Small transparent glass panel with fused spikey red orange tulip like flowers and leaves in shades of green. Background is the studio window with countryside view of the stream and trees and a lovely blue sky with cottonwool clouds.
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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physgal.bsky.social
A photo I took of sunset on Vancouver Island near Qualicum Beach a few years ago. #ArtAdventCalendar
a beach view with pink skies and meandering water at low tide with two people in the distance with a tree-covered peninsula behind them.
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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This is a very specific request: reach out to me via DM if you are willing to run some searches on ImportGenius or another platform (signal is ezitron.76 too). Thanks!
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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404media.co
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on.

This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices...
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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#artadventcalendar 2025 day 8
Minninglow Beeches, Summer
More information on this work, including detail, inspiration, location, and a work in progress animation, can be found here
https://cognissart.co.uk/minninglow-beeches-summer/
@textileart
@fiberarts […]

[Original post on mastoart.social]
Stitched artwork depicting beech trees in summer. Light shines from behind casting shadows onto the undergrowth
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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washbearswares.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar day 9 🤍

“and as he stares into the sky, there are twice as many stars as usual”

#art #mammals #SciArt #twoheadedcalf #jewelry
copper wirewrapped pendant in the shape of a two-headed calf with a white stone body and weaved heads/legs/hind/tail
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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jaatee.bsky.social
Reflection
Day 9 #ArtAdventCalendar

#RockinTuesday
#ColorADay #BlueTue
Trees, clouds, and blue sky reflect in a small stream along a rocky path.
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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flisswave.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar 9/24 - from the long strange summer of 2020, a beautiful eerie #landscape near Kalaloch in Olympic National Park. One of my last solo camping trips; maybe someday I can go again. #photography #canonphotography
A color photo of a hazy shore with seastacks rising from the low tide flats. They are perfectly reflected in the wet sand. The background is obscured by fog and haze but the sky is blue. Trees on a hillside are dimly visible.
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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kerriedoodles.bsky.social
Day nine of #ArtAdventCalendar.

Tonight I am sharing this miniature mallard duck I made out of clay.
A tiny female mallard duck made out of clay and intricately painted. She is held between my thumb and forefinger.
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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nativecalgarian.bsky.social
Recall Rally and Signing event for Calgary East. We need 10,000 signatures.
Repost @recallpetersingh 🗣️ CALGARY-EAST, IT’S TIME TO BE HEARD! Join us this Saturday, December 13th, from 12–2 PM as we kick off our recall petition with a rally and signing event! We’re starting at Peter Singh’s office (3505 52nd St. SE) and walking up to Sobeys on 17th Ave. Bring signs, dress warm, and come sign our petition! This is our chance to stand up for democracy and show the UCP the people will hold them accountable for their corrupt, undemocratic actions. 📍 Where: Start at Singh’s office, march to Sobeys on 17th Ave ⏰ When: Saturday, December 13, 12–2 PM Share this post, invite your friends, and let’s make sure our underserved riding is heard for a change! . . . #Recall #CalgaryEast #Rally #ABpoli #Ableg #yyc
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Thanks for writing about this, Ina!

Forgot to post my own coverage here yesterday:
www.linkedin.com/posts/cindy-...

#EtsySellerNews
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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davecainseo.bsky.social
The EU has opened an investigation into Google over its artificial intelligence (#AI) summaries which appear above search results. The investigation will also cover Google's AI Mode, which gives people an answer in a conversational style with some links to other pages 🤖

www.bbc.com/news/article...
EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results
It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer "appropriate compensation" to web publishers.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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AIOs starting to trend down? Very interesting data from @alsoasked.com: An analysis of 24 million PAA questions shows a significant drop in AI-generated answers by Google in the last 4 weeks. Was this an experiment? Do users prefer real website answers over AIOs?
A bar chart titled "Percentage of PAA questions answered by AI Overviews" shows the growth in the percentage of "People Also Ask" (PAA) questions that were answered by AI Overviews from May '25 to November '25. The data points for each month are: May '25: 10.5% Jun '25: 19.5% Jul '25: 17.8% Aug '25: 26.6% Sep '25: 37.9% Oct '25: 41.4% Nov '25: 29.1% A note at the bottom right states: "*24.06m English language live PAAs analysed, May–Nov 2025." The logo for "AlsoAsked" is at the bottom left.
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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physgal.bsky.social
This is one of my favorite paintings by my Mum. It shows the Portland Bill lighthouse during stormy weather. #ArtAdventCalendar
A painting showing a hug wave crashing against the rocks at the base of the lighthouse at Portland Bill.
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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ENSHITTIFICATION in action 💥

Cory Doctorow on the Future Knowledge #podcast tells how a few firms captured the inkjet market & kept raising prices until ink became the most expensive fluid you can buy at $10,000 a gallon. 🐎

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ens...
December 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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liapas.bsky.social
Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar • Everyone seems to love this #SciArt #anatomy #embroidery, she breathed (2018). It appears on the cover of the anthology Sharp Notions arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/Shar...
An embroidery on a pale natural linen. There is a bone white diagram of a vocal apparatus, trachea, and bronchi/lungs. In between the branches of the bronchioles are small words embroidered in cursive in thin burgundy thread. They read: she breathed. Inhaled. exhaled. she knew. that breathing. was beauty. was the way. inside. to outside. when her breath. tightened. she found. ways. to soften. be still. to allow that. in. of the out. breath. to be. the. way through. she found the throughline. somehow. it. also found her. still. and   breathing. deeply. each day was. new. each breath. a. different. path. always. through her. and. throughout her. such a. simple. thing, breath. such a journey. through. trees. and. branches. how the body knows. to still. itself. if we learn how. to. listen deeply.
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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fluidfyre.bsky.social
Finished this embroidery for today's #ArtAdventCalendar, think to call it 'Verdant Ribbon'.

Already drawing another and picking colours 😋
A weavy green embroidery is on cream fabric. Each curve of the swirls is expanded into a gradient of green colours. The colours are full and bold, owing yo the satin stitch used.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Love this!
December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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thesouloftheearth.bsky.social
I found lots of billowy arrowleaf buckwheat on back roads in Northern California one spring, glowing on a pale gray day. This one offered the timeless hint that one should always match one's beetle with one's outfit.

#ArtAdventCalendar #nativeplants #flowers #flowerphotography #California 🌿
Vivid yellow, round clusters of arrowleaf buckwheat flowers (Eriogonum compositum) against a dark background. On one cluster rests a matching black and yellow ornate checkered beetle (Trichodes ornatus).
December 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Consultants who work with online sellers weighed in on new policies Walmart and Amazon are rolling out, one getting praise, the other getting panned.
www.ecommercebytes.com/o3q2
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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🤮

Glad I cancelled my @businessinsider.com subscription a few years ago
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Business Insider to use custom AI to write quick news stories, it will be reviewed by an editor, it will be labeled AI, it is a month long pilot www.seroundtable.com/business-ins... hat tip @glenngabe.bsky.social

#ai #content
December 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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quiddityks.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 8
I made this embroidered aerial view of a shoreline a few years back. It includes different yarn fibres for the waves and patterned fabric rocks.
An embroidery hoop showing an overhead view of waves in blue and white crashing into brown rocks on the shore. The rocks are made from patterned fabric in different colours of brown.
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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miasato.bsky.social
New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.

I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
www.theverge.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM