Mastodawn

And I have found that the digital help inevitably cannot address my question/problem, and puts me on hold until, the majority of the time, they put me through to a woman who actually knows what to do. Wonder how the people who can solve real problems will learn that skill when the entry level is denied them. #Sheesh

C.May 9

Random observation of our blobular house rabbit, George...

George has never been a huge fan of hay. You're supposed to make sure that hay/grass form a large part of a rabbit's diet - a majority of it, in fact - but that seems a bit too rustic for some bunnies. George is one of them.

He always has access to hay, of course - even if his food bowl is empty, there's always hay. And you'll see him pick at it sometimes.

But in the last few days I discovered that George is perfectly happy to eat hay for an indeterminate period - provided I sit on the floor and hand-feed it to him, one blade at a time. 🤦‍♂️

I've been a rabbit ~~owner~~ servant for 25 years, but I think this level of service is beyond me.

Sheesh.

#sheesh #HouseRabbit #rabbit #bunny #blobular #hay #grass #servant

Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Apr 21

Great - let's make servicemembers disease vectors. Clearly there are not enough hazardous situations to threaten their lives. #sheesh

US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/military-flu-shot-requirement-pete-hegseth?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth makes announcement and calls military’s flu vaccine mandate ‘broad’ and ‘not rational’

The Guardian

Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Apr 21

"As a Fed governor, Warsh made it clear that he sees the Fed’s role as one that deals exclusively with monetary policy and cautioned against the central bank slipping into “fiscal” territory – tax and spending decisions usually taken by the government."

Because as everyone knows, treating problems with complex, interacting functions by treating the functions as independent #silos with their own solutions is the best way to solve the problem. #Sheesh

Trump’s ideal choice to push Fed to cut interest rates
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/21/kevin-warsh-trump-federal-reserve?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#economy

Kevin Warsh: Trump’s ideal choice to push Fed to cut interest rates

Former Wall Street banker faces questions at confirmation hearing – but his biggest backer is also his biggest liability

The Guardian

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Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Apr 19

@CiaraNi
I have yet to have any of the AI enhanced help "services" actually provide useful information; they just obstruct resolution of the question/problem. #sheesh