Play Ball and Fight Fascists

@cafechatnoir
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Cats, Coffee, Whiskey & Writing. And Padres baseball. And the O's, too. GMU alum. I cuss a lot. She/her Anti Fascist. Mid-Atlantic, USA.

Also, it's not that I don't follow back, it just takes me forever to get around to it.

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Play Ball and Fight Fascists1h ago
Maggie Maybe9h ago

The publication Mother Jones is doing a story on mask bans and this journalist is looking to talk to people:

“Covid cautious reporter working on a mask ban story

Hi! My name is Julia Métraux. For an audio story, I'm looking to find Covid cautious folks who fit the following categories to interview:
Anyone who has been harassed while wearing a mask in North Carolina or Nassau County in New York after the mask bans there.
Anyone who has been detained or arrested for wearing a mask at a protest
My email is jmetraux at motherjones.com, please reach out if you fit #1 or #2.
Stories of mine just to show I'm not a bad faith opp:
Hey Jon Stewart, Jokes About Wearing Masks Aren’t Funny
Defying a Ban, Long Islanders Masked Up for “No Kings”
Free Rein and No Guidance: Long Island’s Cop-Enforced Mask Ban Isn’t Going Great
Citing Health Concerns, Some Jewish New Yorkers Push Back Against Proposed Mask Ban
North Carolina’s Protest Crackdown Now Includes a Ban on N95s

Covid cautious reporter working on a mask ban story : r/ZeroCovidCommunity https://www.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/1sassfu/covid_cautious_reporter_working_on_a_mask_ban/

#MasksWork #CovidIsNotOver #MaskBans #reddit

Play Ball and Fight Fascists1h ago
Sitting here with Jorge in my lap and Sean by my side and my arms aren't long enough to get a pic, but do you know how hard it is to not just lean forward and just smash hug them??!?
Play Ball and Fight Fascists3h ago

WE ARE FIX IT PROS AROUND HERE!!

Sitting here and the AC kicks on (it got that warm today) and the compressor outside is making...A Noise It Should Not.

I had one moment of panic and said, "I bet that is a stick hitting the fan."

Sent my brother out with a flashlight and he didn't see anything at first, then saw one leaf on top of the compressor - and picked it up and there was a whole long stick with it.

The compressor sounds normal now, YAY.

Show threadPlay Ball and Fight Fascists5h ago

Still better than the year when I spent most of the week helping a client as a favor to support & my VP, I told them on Thursday, “Hey, when I get off at 5, I’m going to be handing this off as I will be on PTO until Tuesday” and they said, “But your PTO isn’t really until tomorrow.”

My VP was also on the call, and said, “No. She has to travel and get on the road. She has handpicked the person taking over to finish it off, you will be fine.”

Y’all, I was not traveling, he just lied for me. 🥰

Show threadPlay Ball and Fight Fascists6h ago

The extent of your work on the case was asking an LLM and getting the wrong answer.

It is an annoying problem, but they can get around it, even without a permanent custom workaround. It is not mission critical.

I will get back to you on Tuesday after my long weekend.

Show threadPlay Ball and Fight Fascists6h ago

On the 17th in our meeting with support, you gave me a general description and I told you to have the client try X/Y/Z. I heard nothing more.

On the 31st in our meeting, you said X/Y/Z didn’t work and you hadn’t had time to do anything else with it. Told you to send it to me.

You didn’t, and I had to chase you down for the case number later that day.

I did a bunch of testing, and asked for client data first thing on the 1st.

You didn’t even acknowledge the request until this morning.

Play Ball and Fight Fascists6h ago

I don’t know what it is about the last day before Easter weekend that has people thinking I’m gonna work late cause they didn’t get things done. I swear, Every. Freakin. Year.

Today at 12:30 PM - when I leave at 1PM: Here is the data you asked for. The client is escalating and need an answer because otherwise they’re going to have to do a custom workaround if it’s something we can’t/won’t change.

Ma’am. This case is a month old.

Play Ball and Fight Fascists10h ago
If anyone needs me or Sean, we will be napping until further notice on this fine Friday afternoon.
Play Ball and Fight Fascists17h ago

Somehow we have made it to another Friday.

Pats on the back all around - well done all of you.

Show threadPlay Ball and Fight Fascists1d ago

The sommelier in question is Samantha Capaldi. I knew she was my type of sommelier when the first thing I saw was about pairing wine with Taco Bell.

https://www.instagram.com/samanthasommelier/

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