Carltona
@carltona.bsky.social
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
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Throughout his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, Marcel #Proust (who died #onthisday in 1922) would time and again turn to the visual arts. Explore here the artworks he mentions including paintings by Giotto, Botticelli and Poussin: publicdomainreview.org/collection/p... #OTD
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Throughout his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time, Marcel #Proust (who died #onthisday in 1922) would time and again turn to the visual arts. Explore here the artworks he mentions including paintings by Giotto, Botticelli and Poussin: publicdomainreview.org/collection/p... #OTD
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This is one of the most important yet least told stories in Seattle over the last 5 years: the steady scaling back of transit service, even as we expand light rail. We need to bring transit back closer to more people.
Seattle used to fund so much transit service until covid (and jenny durkan)
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
In 2019, almost 75% of the city lived within walking distance of a bus every 10 mins or better. Today, it's only like 50%!
Time to get the buses running again!
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
This is one of the most important yet least told stories in Seattle over the last 5 years: the steady scaling back of transit service, even as we expand light rail. We need to bring transit back closer to more people.
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I will never forgive the greedy freaks who destroyed the PAC-12.
Flipping through the channels looking for an interesting game, which previously would have been something like Colorado-Arizona or WSU-Cal or UW-USC and…there’s *nothing* compelling.
Flipping through the channels looking for an interesting game, which previously would have been something like Colorado-Arizona or WSU-Cal or UW-USC and…there’s *nothing* compelling.
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I will never forgive the greedy freaks who destroyed the PAC-12.
Flipping through the channels looking for an interesting game, which previously would have been something like Colorado-Arizona or WSU-Cal or UW-USC and…there’s *nothing* compelling.
Flipping through the channels looking for an interesting game, which previously would have been something like Colorado-Arizona or WSU-Cal or UW-USC and…there’s *nothing* compelling.
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There’s a widespread, leftishly-coded take that young people’s gambling+meme stocks activity is a result of their fiscal precarity, that they “know the economy won’t work for them”
It’s pretty much the opposite! this is a prosperous generation and gambling is a sign of their prosperity
It’s pretty much the opposite! this is a prosperous generation and gambling is a sign of their prosperity
“The youth are so into gambling/meme stocks because they see the economy just doesn’t work for them and want lotto ticket payoffs”
Also with better wage growth at the lower end than any generation has at the high end.
Maybe it’s just that young people like gambling!
Also with better wage growth at the lower end than any generation has at the high end.
Maybe it’s just that young people like gambling!
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
There’s a widespread, leftishly-coded take that young people’s gambling+meme stocks activity is a result of their fiscal precarity, that they “know the economy won’t work for them”
It’s pretty much the opposite! this is a prosperous generation and gambling is a sign of their prosperity
It’s pretty much the opposite! this is a prosperous generation and gambling is a sign of their prosperity
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Today’s fun tax tip…
(It’s a similarly daft situation that railways pay tax on fuel/energy but airlines don’t pay any tax on their aviation fuel, a huge hidden subsidy)
youtu.be/dr9MH0NuUtg?...
(It’s a similarly daft situation that railways pay tax on fuel/energy but airlines don’t pay any tax on their aviation fuel, a huge hidden subsidy)
youtu.be/dr9MH0NuUtg?...
Private jets don't pay fuel tax. Now I don't either.
YouTube video by Oli Frost
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today’s fun tax tip…
(It’s a similarly daft situation that railways pay tax on fuel/energy but airlines don’t pay any tax on their aviation fuel, a huge hidden subsidy)
youtu.be/dr9MH0NuUtg?...
(It’s a similarly daft situation that railways pay tax on fuel/energy but airlines don’t pay any tax on their aviation fuel, a huge hidden subsidy)
youtu.be/dr9MH0NuUtg?...
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'Alone and warming his five wits, the white owl in the belfry sits.' Tennyson was a great fan of William Webbe who painted this exquisite picture in 1856. Though Webbe is included in Percy Bate's early study of the Pre Raphaelite movement, he remains a mysterious figure.
November 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
'Alone and warming his five wits, the white owl in the belfry sits.' Tennyson was a great fan of William Webbe who painted this exquisite picture in 1856. Though Webbe is included in Percy Bate's early study of the Pre Raphaelite movement, he remains a mysterious figure.
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Tonight, the Second Round of the #USOC2026 Qualifying tournament concludes with a replay. @sharktopusfc.bsky.social hosts Bellevue Athletic FC at 11pm ET. We'll have updates from Marymoor Park.
WATCH LIVE (no announcers): www.youtube.com/live/bL_sK8S...
WATCH LIVE (no announcers): www.youtube.com/live/bL_sK8S...
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Tonight, the Second Round of the #USOC2026 Qualifying tournament concludes with a replay. @sharktopusfc.bsky.social hosts Bellevue Athletic FC at 11pm ET. We'll have updates from Marymoor Park.
WATCH LIVE (no announcers): www.youtube.com/live/bL_sK8S...
WATCH LIVE (no announcers): www.youtube.com/live/bL_sK8S...
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Following up on The Oregonian's reporting, here is my piece on Gabe Winkler's wrongful termination suit against Oregon State University and athletic director Scott Barnes.
www.si.com/college/oreg...
Winkler, the Beavers' men's rowing coach for 11 seasons, was quietly dismissed this past summer.
www.si.com/college/oreg...
Winkler, the Beavers' men's rowing coach for 11 seasons, was quietly dismissed this past summer.
REPORT: Scott Barnes, Oregon State Sued for Wrongful Termination
Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes has his hands full. In the midst of a national search for the Beavers’ next football coach, Barnes and Oregon State
www.si.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Following up on The Oregonian's reporting, here is my piece on Gabe Winkler's wrongful termination suit against Oregon State University and athletic director Scott Barnes.
www.si.com/college/oreg...
Winkler, the Beavers' men's rowing coach for 11 seasons, was quietly dismissed this past summer.
www.si.com/college/oreg...
Winkler, the Beavers' men's rowing coach for 11 seasons, was quietly dismissed this past summer.
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V poignant words, Matt. Please pass along this troubling news to friends and colleagues of novelist and publisher Rick Harsch
October 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
V poignant words, Matt. Please pass along this troubling news to friends and colleagues of novelist and publisher Rick Harsch
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You ever think to yourself “but I am just one person, what can I do to make a difference?”
It turns out that “wear an inflatable frog costume and go downtown” is actually a really reasonable answer.
#portland #portlandfrog #uspol
It turns out that “wear an inflatable frog costume and go downtown” is actually a really reasonable answer.
#portland #portlandfrog #uspol
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
You ever think to yourself “but I am just one person, what can I do to make a difference?”
It turns out that “wear an inflatable frog costume and go downtown” is actually a really reasonable answer.
#portland #portlandfrog #uspol
It turns out that “wear an inflatable frog costume and go downtown” is actually a really reasonable answer.
#portland #portlandfrog #uspol
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Alright, let's do it. Here's a little prospective reader's guide to every Thomas Pynchon novel. We'll take them in order of publication. This might be a long thread. Buckle up! 1/x
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Alright, let's do it. Here's a little prospective reader's guide to every Thomas Pynchon novel. We'll take them in order of publication. This might be a long thread. Buckle up! 1/x
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The Sickos Committee Game of the Week Rankings - Week 6
IN A NEVER SEEN BEFORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL MATCHUP INVOLVING A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP TO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS 🏔️
THE BEAVERS 🦫 BATTLE IN BOONE AGAINST THE MOUNTAINEERS
THE SICKOS COMMITTEE GAME OF THE WEEK
OREGON STATE 🆚 APP STATE!!
IN A NEVER SEEN BEFORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL MATCHUP INVOLVING A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP TO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS 🏔️
THE BEAVERS 🦫 BATTLE IN BOONE AGAINST THE MOUNTAINEERS
THE SICKOS COMMITTEE GAME OF THE WEEK
OREGON STATE 🆚 APP STATE!!
October 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Sickos Committee Game of the Week Rankings - Week 6
IN A NEVER SEEN BEFORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL MATCHUP INVOLVING A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP TO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS 🏔️
THE BEAVERS 🦫 BATTLE IN BOONE AGAINST THE MOUNTAINEERS
THE SICKOS COMMITTEE GAME OF THE WEEK
OREGON STATE 🆚 APP STATE!!
IN A NEVER SEEN BEFORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL MATCHUP INVOLVING A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP TO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS 🏔️
THE BEAVERS 🦫 BATTLE IN BOONE AGAINST THE MOUNTAINEERS
THE SICKOS COMMITTEE GAME OF THE WEEK
OREGON STATE 🆚 APP STATE!!
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#booksky for #literaryfiction 📚💙
Essay-review: Andrew Katzenstein on Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Shadow Ticket — brisker than his other work; it’s full of his usual vaudevillian sensibility & addresses his favorite theme: how to live freely under powerful systems of control.
archive.is/DaP1B
Essay-review: Andrew Katzenstein on Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Shadow Ticket — brisker than his other work; it’s full of his usual vaudevillian sensibility & addresses his favorite theme: how to live freely under powerful systems of control.
archive.is/DaP1B
September 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#booksky for #literaryfiction 📚💙
Essay-review: Andrew Katzenstein on Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Shadow Ticket — brisker than his other work; it’s full of his usual vaudevillian sensibility & addresses his favorite theme: how to live freely under powerful systems of control.
archive.is/DaP1B
Essay-review: Andrew Katzenstein on Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Shadow Ticket — brisker than his other work; it’s full of his usual vaudevillian sensibility & addresses his favorite theme: how to live freely under powerful systems of control.
archive.is/DaP1B
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The 2025 Cercador Prize finalists have been announced! Congrats to the authors, translators & publishers!
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The 2025 Cercador Prize finalists have been announced! Congrats to the authors, translators & publishers!
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September 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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In Portland, the act of riding a bike is an excellent way of being outside, observing life, and being completely present in public space.
Riding with other people builds friendships + builds communities of trust.
Be well. Be strong. Bike with a buddy Portland! 🚲❤️
Riding with other people builds friendships + builds communities of trust.
Be well. Be strong. Bike with a buddy Portland! 🚲❤️
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
In Portland, the act of riding a bike is an excellent way of being outside, observing life, and being completely present in public space.
Riding with other people builds friendships + builds communities of trust.
Be well. Be strong. Bike with a buddy Portland! 🚲❤️
Riding with other people builds friendships + builds communities of trust.
Be well. Be strong. Bike with a buddy Portland! 🚲❤️
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#Schattenfroh #Lentz25 #MichaelLentz published by @deepvellum.bsky.social translated by @maxlawton.bsky.social with thanks to Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social #beedoubleokayess📚🐦 #Paperpills💊 Starting soon! Give a like to join the group read. Let's do this!!! www.instagram.com/reel/DOa_jIr...
September 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#Schattenfroh #Lentz25 #MichaelLentz published by @deepvellum.bsky.social translated by @maxlawton.bsky.social with thanks to Andrei @theuntranslated.bsky.social #beedoubleokayess📚🐦 #Paperpills💊 Starting soon! Give a like to join the group read. Let's do this!!! www.instagram.com/reel/DOa_jIr...
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To those who are going to read Schattenfroh when it's published in a month. I encourage you to use my visual guide, but it is not a good idea to go through it before you start reading the book. Consult it as you make progress through the novel.
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
A Visual Guide to Schattenfroh
I finished my 2019 review of Schattenfroh with these words: “it would be great to have an album with complete colour reproductions of all the artworks described in the novel, preferably in the orde…
theuntranslated.wordpress.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
To those who are going to read Schattenfroh when it's published in a month. I encourage you to use my visual guide, but it is not a good idea to go through it before you start reading the book. Consult it as you make progress through the novel.
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
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One of the many remarkable things about Against the Day is that in addition to its whole sprawling metaphysical philosophical historical thing, Pynchon does a pitch perfect parody of boys adventure books that impeccably ties into everything else. The effort behind all this is gargantuan.
July 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
One of the many remarkable things about Against the Day is that in addition to its whole sprawling metaphysical philosophical historical thing, Pynchon does a pitch perfect parody of boys adventure books that impeccably ties into everything else. The effort behind all this is gargantuan.
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For those who perhaps aren’t keen to patronize Am*zon, A TABLE FOR FORTUNE is also now available for preorder at Bookshop/Indiebound and Barnes & Noble. Check out the links below:
June 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For those who perhaps aren’t keen to patronize Am*zon, A TABLE FOR FORTUNE is also now available for preorder at Bookshop/Indiebound and Barnes & Noble. Check out the links below:
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A TABLE FOR FORTUNE, William T. Vollmann’s long awaited novel on whatever we might call our national character - from Cold War to War on Terror - is available for preorder! 🔗 ⬇️
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
June 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A TABLE FOR FORTUNE, William T. Vollmann’s long awaited novel on whatever we might call our national character - from Cold War to War on Terror - is available for preorder! 🔗 ⬇️
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
If not his masterpiece, then certainly yet another precious stone set in the crown of his oeuvre.
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June 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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The new Vollmann is gonna be heavy
June 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The new Vollmann is gonna be heavy
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Here in Washington state, 3,866,398 acres are on the line. This includes some of the most carbon-dense forest in the world, with immeasurable value for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and human health and well-being.
June 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here in Washington state, 3,866,398 acres are on the line. This includes some of the most carbon-dense forest in the world, with immeasurable value for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and human health and well-being.