@shoesthecat.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I have POTS. I can walk fine, but I can't stand in long lines. Fucks up my autonomic system for days. I haven't traveled more than a one day's car trip in years because I just can't face this dhit
December 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I have POTS. I can walk fine, but I can't stand in long lines. Fucks up my autonomic system for days. I haven't traveled more than a one day's car trip in years because I just can't face this dhit
Sorry typos. It's a shift from employers. I started working right before the tech bubble burst. I was dating someone older than me. The changes in corporate culture were a common topic at happy hours as they knew lots of people who were getting laid off after decades at the same company.
December 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Sorry typos. It's a shift from employers. I started working right before the tech bubble burst. I was dating someone older than me. The changes in corporate culture were a common topic at happy hours as they knew lots of people who were getting laid off after decades at the same company.
feel they have toward there employees. I've talked about the shift with HR people who were a generation older than me.
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
feel they have toward there employees. I've talked about the shift with HR people who were a generation older than me.
so you were stuck if you hated your job, or your boss sucked. You had to socially conform in ways you don't now in order to access that life. I don't even disagree with Will that life is better now for the majority of people. But I have seen a cultural shift from corporate employees
December 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
so you were stuck if you hated your job, or your boss sucked. You had to socially conform in ways you don't now in order to access that life. I don't even disagree with Will that life is better now for the majority of people. But I have seen a cultural shift from corporate employees
I grew up in Minnesota, with a disproportionate number of these types of jobs, so perhaps my sense of how common it was is skewed. There are downsides to how it was. They were jobs just for white men. Life is much better for people outside that demographic. Being disloyal to your employer was bad,
December 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I grew up in Minnesota, with a disproportionate number of these types of jobs, so perhaps my sense of how common it was is skewed. There are downsides to how it was. They were jobs just for white men. Life is much better for people outside that demographic. Being disloyal to your employer was bad,
That relationship was after I'd grown up to leave home. He'd been long sober by the time my mom dated him. No trauma at all.
December 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
That relationship was after I'd grown up to leave home. He'd been long sober by the time my mom dated him. No trauma at all.
I have worked in white-collar jobs for 25 years in Minneapolis. Addicts have poor job performance long before they enter rehab. You won't be employed to have ADA accomodations. I agree that many of the changes in employment over the last 40-50 years are good.
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I have worked in white-collar jobs for 25 years in Minneapolis. Addicts have poor job performance long before they enter rehab. You won't be employed to have ADA accomodations. I agree that many of the changes in employment over the last 40-50 years are good.
Where exactly did I say it was perfect? I have 300 characters. This is not the sum totality of what I believe about the cultural changes surrounding employment.
December 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Where exactly did I say it was perfect? I have 300 characters. This is not the sum totality of what I believe about the cultural changes surrounding employment.
people didn't understand why young people like me didn't have any loyalty to our employer. It maybe needed to happen because our postwar global economic dominance was ending, but the sense of stability and safety was good for people's well-being.
December 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
people didn't understand why young people like me didn't have any loyalty to our employer. It maybe needed to happen because our postwar global economic dominance was ending, but the sense of stability and safety was good for people's well-being.
The deregulation that started with Carter, picked-up under Reagan, and was fully embraced by Clinton came with a huge cultural change in the paternalistic attitude companies had for employers. I started working at the tail end of the change where the guarantee of a job was gone, but old HR
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The deregulation that started with Carter, picked-up under Reagan, and was fully embraced by Clinton came with a huge cultural change in the paternalistic attitude companies had for employers. I started working at the tail end of the change where the guarantee of a job was gone, but old HR
It was better in the post-war era. More workers had union protection. Companies didn't do mass lay-offs of white-collar workers every time there was an economic downturn. I'm 49. My mom dated someone who worked for Cray who had his 28-day stay at Hazelden covered three times. Who would do that now?
December 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It was better in the post-war era. More workers had union protection. Companies didn't do mass lay-offs of white-collar workers every time there was an economic downturn. I'm 49. My mom dated someone who worked for Cray who had his 28-day stay at Hazelden covered three times. Who would do that now?
and some Frey surrogates reacted this way. Wedge Live is just joking that the DSA folks should react the same way. It's not a serious objection to paying the mayor more.
December 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
and some Frey surrogates reacted this way. Wedge Live is just joking that the DSA folks should react the same way. It's not a serious objection to paying the mayor more.
This post was an in- group joke for Minneapolitans that follow city politics, not an actual objection to the pay increase. The DSA/more progressive bloc on the City Council and Frey have an extremely contentious relationship. The City Council tried to increase their own, also underpaid, salaries 1/
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This post was an in- group joke for Minneapolitans that follow city politics, not an actual objection to the pay increase. The DSA/more progressive bloc on the City Council and Frey have an extremely contentious relationship. The City Council tried to increase their own, also underpaid, salaries 1/
I'm sorry Cole.
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I'm sorry Cole.
Here's another voice on the chorus. I like Walz, but he needs to take responsibility and step down.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/02/f...
minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/02/f...
First step for Walz: Take responsibility • Minnesota Reformer
He should consider respecting our intelligence, and coming clean about how he and key people in his administration failed us. It would be a start.
minnesotareformer.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Here's another voice on the chorus. I like Walz, but he needs to take responsibility and step down.
minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/02/f...
minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/02/f...
I really, really wanted him to step down at the end of this term. Two terms is enough, even without the fraud issue. I'm in about the same place as him in terms of desired policies, but he hasn't been an effective administrator. Would prefer Steve Simon, who appears to have done a great job as SOS.
November 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I really, really wanted him to step down at the end of this term. Two terms is enough, even without the fraud issue. I'm in about the same place as him in terms of desired policies, but he hasn't been an effective administrator. Would prefer Steve Simon, who appears to have done a great job as SOS.
I'm so sorry.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I'm so sorry.
Then learn to write clearly. Relative to the U. S. population as a whole, the number of people who want to live in Brooklyn is not "huge" or "most". It's a rounding error.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Then learn to write clearly. Relative to the U. S. population as a whole, the number of people who want to live in Brooklyn is not "huge" or "most". It's a rounding error.
Would more people choose NYC if it were more affordable, yes. Most is a wild, wild overstatement. If my choice was between living in Brooklyn the rest of my life and shooting myself in the head I would seriously consider suicide.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Would more people choose NYC if it were more affordable, yes. Most is a wild, wild overstatement. If my choice was between living in Brooklyn the rest of my life and shooting myself in the head I would seriously consider suicide.
I have been trying to figure out what the actual issues are. The reporting is terrible. Just the same comments from the same people, but no actual analysis of any issues or what the implications are.
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I have been trying to figure out what the actual issues are. The reporting is terrible. Just the same comments from the same people, but no actual analysis of any issues or what the implications are.
I feel like I read one time that current Sulzberger's dad ran around with Roy Cohn, but I can't find where I read that. I did a Google search with nothing coming up. You can pay forms to scrub for you though. It may go back further than Epstein. The NYT has always been deferential to him
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I feel like I read one time that current Sulzberger's dad ran around with Roy Cohn, but I can't find where I read that. I did a Google search with nothing coming up. You can pay forms to scrub for you though. It may go back further than Epstein. The NYT has always been deferential to him
I am so, so sorry. It hurts so much. I had to put my beloved Shoes down last December. I still cry. Hugs to you.
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I am so, so sorry. It hurts so much. I had to put my beloved Shoes down last December. I still cry. Hugs to you.
Thank you so much for running. You were my first choice and the first mayoral candidate I was excited to vote for in a long time. Your vision for the city was inspiring. Thank you again.
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thank you so much for running. You were my first choice and the first mayoral candidate I was excited to vote for in a long time. Your vision for the city was inspiring. Thank you again.
Thank you so much for running. It was great to have a candidate who so clearly loves our city with such a positive vision.
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank you so much for running. It was great to have a candidate who so clearly loves our city with such a positive vision.