Mel
@newthoughts.bsky.social
Living the dream in the PNW. Here for conversation, sarcasm and cool pics of nature. Licensed Tax Consultant. #TaxBS
Ask yourself why a man of that age, experience, career status, wealth & power would be interested in a woman 30+ yrs younger without any of those things.
They weren’t bonding over shared experiences. He wanted someone who’d be grateful for his gifts & “help” so he could get what HE wanted.
They weren’t bonding over shared experiences. He wanted someone who’d be grateful for his gifts & “help” so he could get what HE wanted.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ask yourself why a man of that age, experience, career status, wealth & power would be interested in a woman 30+ yrs younger without any of those things.
They weren’t bonding over shared experiences. He wanted someone who’d be grateful for his gifts & “help” so he could get what HE wanted.
They weren’t bonding over shared experiences. He wanted someone who’d be grateful for his gifts & “help” so he could get what HE wanted.
Multiple things can be true simultaneously. She was a young woman w/agency. He was 30+ yrs older (life experience, wealthier, powerful, had exposure & access a young journalist would envy & could use to grow her own career).
You can hold her responsible for choices & judge him for exploiting her.
You can hold her responsible for choices & judge him for exploiting her.
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Multiple things can be true simultaneously. She was a young woman w/agency. He was 30+ yrs older (life experience, wealthier, powerful, had exposure & access a young journalist would envy & could use to grow her own career).
You can hold her responsible for choices & judge him for exploiting her.
You can hold her responsible for choices & judge him for exploiting her.
Advised by a reporter who KNEW he was guilty of soliciting a minor—at the least.
So, let’s see how many news stations continue to bring Michael Wolff on the air and who has the courage to demand answers about this email instead of just giving him promo time for his books.
So, let’s see how many news stations continue to bring Michael Wolff on the air and who has the courage to demand answers about this email instead of just giving him promo time for his books.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Advised by a reporter who KNEW he was guilty of soliciting a minor—at the least.
So, let’s see how many news stations continue to bring Michael Wolff on the air and who has the courage to demand answers about this email instead of just giving him promo time for his books.
So, let’s see how many news stations continue to bring Michael Wolff on the air and who has the courage to demand answers about this email instead of just giving him promo time for his books.
I’m so sorry for your loss. Grief is a long & winding road. Take care of yourself.
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’m so sorry for your loss. Grief is a long & winding road. Take care of yourself.
From time to time, when I’m talking about the need to navigate somewhere or needing directions I’ll say, “Just Mapquest it.”
My husband mocks me relentlessly. 🤣
My husband mocks me relentlessly. 🤣
October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
From time to time, when I’m talking about the need to navigate somewhere or needing directions I’ll say, “Just Mapquest it.”
My husband mocks me relentlessly. 🤣
My husband mocks me relentlessly. 🤣
Absolutely agree that French toast should be cooked through. Soggy texture is gross.
But brioche makes the best French toast. White bread is typically too absorbent and flimsy.
But brioche makes the best French toast. White bread is typically too absorbent and flimsy.
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Absolutely agree that French toast should be cooked through. Soggy texture is gross.
But brioche makes the best French toast. White bread is typically too absorbent and flimsy.
But brioche makes the best French toast. White bread is typically too absorbent and flimsy.
Like any tool, it doesn’t work well in every application. It may be phenomenally useful in some scientific/engineering functions but utterly useless in others.
The money & energy we’re wasting in pursuit of this tech as the solution to “everything” is disgusting and articles like this don’t help.
The money & energy we’re wasting in pursuit of this tech as the solution to “everything” is disgusting and articles like this don’t help.
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Like any tool, it doesn’t work well in every application. It may be phenomenally useful in some scientific/engineering functions but utterly useless in others.
The money & energy we’re wasting in pursuit of this tech as the solution to “everything” is disgusting and articles like this don’t help.
The money & energy we’re wasting in pursuit of this tech as the solution to “everything” is disgusting and articles like this don’t help.
This article is filled w/disingenuous arguments & justifications for these companies to ruin art & culture.
‘Well, if the janitor working in an AI factory isn’t paid more than any other janitor, why should a poet be paid for their written work. That’s discriminatory. ‘
AI is a tool.
‘Well, if the janitor working in an AI factory isn’t paid more than any other janitor, why should a poet be paid for their written work. That’s discriminatory. ‘
AI is a tool.
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This article is filled w/disingenuous arguments & justifications for these companies to ruin art & culture.
‘Well, if the janitor working in an AI factory isn’t paid more than any other janitor, why should a poet be paid for their written work. That’s discriminatory. ‘
AI is a tool.
‘Well, if the janitor working in an AI factory isn’t paid more than any other janitor, why should a poet be paid for their written work. That’s discriminatory. ‘
AI is a tool.
We had fantastic pizza in Parma, served from a little window while walking on the outskirts of town—not a restaurant. It’s a beautiful little town.
We were there in February years ago.
Also visited Maranello. IYKYK. 🏎️
We were there in February years ago.
Also visited Maranello. IYKYK. 🏎️
October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We had fantastic pizza in Parma, served from a little window while walking on the outskirts of town—not a restaurant. It’s a beautiful little town.
We were there in February years ago.
Also visited Maranello. IYKYK. 🏎️
We were there in February years ago.
Also visited Maranello. IYKYK. 🏎️
The northern lights viewed from Lofoten area of Norway.
The Musee Pissarro in Paris.
Whale watching from a Zodiac boat (orcas literally swam right under our 10 person inflatable boat).
Doubtful Sound in New Zealand.
The Musee Pissarro in Paris.
Whale watching from a Zodiac boat (orcas literally swam right under our 10 person inflatable boat).
Doubtful Sound in New Zealand.
September 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The northern lights viewed from Lofoten area of Norway.
The Musee Pissarro in Paris.
Whale watching from a Zodiac boat (orcas literally swam right under our 10 person inflatable boat).
Doubtful Sound in New Zealand.
The Musee Pissarro in Paris.
Whale watching from a Zodiac boat (orcas literally swam right under our 10 person inflatable boat).
Doubtful Sound in New Zealand.
It means, we wish American soldiers were refusing unlawful orders like the murder of Venezuelans our military is perpetrating for the “crime” of operating a boat.
September 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
It means, we wish American soldiers were refusing unlawful orders like the murder of Venezuelans our military is perpetrating for the “crime” of operating a boat.
I’ve “hate watched” this show for three seasons thinking it would get better so I clearly have issues.
Really despised Carrell’s character and most of Aniston’s character storylines. Just perpetual ‘victims’ with no accountability.
Why in the hell will I be watching another season??
Really despised Carrell’s character and most of Aniston’s character storylines. Just perpetual ‘victims’ with no accountability.
Why in the hell will I be watching another season??
September 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I’ve “hate watched” this show for three seasons thinking it would get better so I clearly have issues.
Really despised Carrell’s character and most of Aniston’s character storylines. Just perpetual ‘victims’ with no accountability.
Why in the hell will I be watching another season??
Really despised Carrell’s character and most of Aniston’s character storylines. Just perpetual ‘victims’ with no accountability.
Why in the hell will I be watching another season??
Interesting but I’m glad that’s your experience. For me, it’s a struggle every time they reinvent/redesign the UI to “improve” things for users.
Just now, it took me so many clicks just to find the Books Review/trx without payee screen and it took forever to load the results.
Just now, it took me so many clicks just to find the Books Review/trx without payee screen and it took forever to load the results.
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Interesting but I’m glad that’s your experience. For me, it’s a struggle every time they reinvent/redesign the UI to “improve” things for users.
Just now, it took me so many clicks just to find the Books Review/trx without payee screen and it took forever to load the results.
Just now, it took me so many clicks just to find the Books Review/trx without payee screen and it took forever to load the results.
Um…I’m gonna need you to be more specific. What do you think is better?
August 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Um…I’m gonna need you to be more specific. What do you think is better?
On my client’s page, when I hover over the “My Menu” button a long list of options appears. After scrolling down that list, you should see “Reclassify transactions” under the Tools header.
August 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
On my client’s page, when I hover over the “My Menu” button a long list of options appears. After scrolling down that list, you should see “Reclassify transactions” under the Tools header.
Oh, I thought it was gone, too, but after searching for a long time I found it.
After I log back in today, I’ll see if I can find it again to share.
They are destroying the product and driving away its users. So maddening.
After I log back in today, I’ll see if I can find it again to share.
They are destroying the product and driving away its users. So maddening.
August 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Oh, I thought it was gone, too, but after searching for a long time I found it.
After I log back in today, I’ll see if I can find it again to share.
They are destroying the product and driving away its users. So maddening.
After I log back in today, I’ll see if I can find it again to share.
They are destroying the product and driving away its users. So maddening.
Can you explain how this bill “helps Wall Street fleece the working class”?
Neither of your links say anything remotely similar (and in fact don’t criticize the bill’s intent). So, what exactly is your issue with the bill?
Neither of your links say anything remotely similar (and in fact don’t criticize the bill’s intent). So, what exactly is your issue with the bill?
July 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Can you explain how this bill “helps Wall Street fleece the working class”?
Neither of your links say anything remotely similar (and in fact don’t criticize the bill’s intent). So, what exactly is your issue with the bill?
Neither of your links say anything remotely similar (and in fact don’t criticize the bill’s intent). So, what exactly is your issue with the bill?
It’s absolutely asinine they refuse to make this available after so many years of intense demand & it’s far from the only example that would radically improve the ability of users to better serve their customers & analyze their own data. They don’t want to make the product better. They want more $$.
July 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It’s absolutely asinine they refuse to make this available after so many years of intense demand & it’s far from the only example that would radically improve the ability of users to better serve their customers & analyze their own data. They don’t want to make the product better. They want more $$.
One single example: the ability to print the Class field on an invoice. You can input it on the invoice but there is no way to print it for the customer and accountants and users have been asking for that for I’m guessing 10+ years according to thousands of Google search results.
July 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
One single example: the ability to print the Class field on an invoice. You can input it on the invoice but there is no way to print it for the customer and accountants and users have been asking for that for I’m guessing 10+ years according to thousands of Google search results.
Same, same. He has no idea what I’ve prepared or for that matter how many bank & investment accounts we have. 🤣
July 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Same, same. He has no idea what I’ve prepared or for that matter how many bank & investment accounts we have. 🤣
It’s fake justification for their incessant fee increases. “Look at all the new things we’ve given you & how often we ‘update’ functionality & the user interface!”
It’s not helpful, most of their improvements suck and they refuse to fix things their accountant users have been begging for for years.
It’s not helpful, most of their improvements suck and they refuse to fix things their accountant users have been begging for for years.
July 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It’s fake justification for their incessant fee increases. “Look at all the new things we’ve given you & how often we ‘update’ functionality & the user interface!”
It’s not helpful, most of their improvements suck and they refuse to fix things their accountant users have been begging for for years.
It’s not helpful, most of their improvements suck and they refuse to fix things their accountant users have been begging for for years.
Someone learning art history, archaeology, journalism or marketing won’t help a single person in my community but those courses have major value elsewhere in the US/world & I support them because I’m not a bigoted narcissist who thinks my opinions are the most important indicator of value. 🤷🏻♀️🖕🏻
July 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Someone learning art history, archaeology, journalism or marketing won’t help a single person in my community but those courses have major value elsewhere in the US/world & I support them because I’m not a bigoted narcissist who thinks my opinions are the most important indicator of value. 🤷🏻♀️🖕🏻