Ruth
@ruthh1937.bsky.social
Just another defector from the bird app....
Retired "bad-ass level tech support" (according to my son). News junkie. Voracious reader of mysteries and hard scifi.
Retired "bad-ass level tech support" (according to my son). News junkie. Voracious reader of mysteries and hard scifi.
I was today years old when I learned that using em-dashes – like these – is considered a telltale sign of ChatGPT writing. Ditto for semicolons; proper punctuation seems to be a thing of the past.
I used both of them before desktop computers were even considered a normal thing.
I used both of them before desktop computers were even considered a normal thing.
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I was today years old when I learned that using em-dashes – like these – is considered a telltale sign of ChatGPT writing. Ditto for semicolons; proper punctuation seems to be a thing of the past.
I used both of them before desktop computers were even considered a normal thing.
I used both of them before desktop computers were even considered a normal thing.
This is very sad. Quote from the article shared below:
“Only 16 percent of Americans age 15 and over read for leisure every day in 2023, according to a study..”
So many people are missing the joy of immersing themselves in a world outside their own.
wapo.st/475WU6U
“Only 16 percent of Americans age 15 and over read for leisure every day in 2023, according to a study..”
So many people are missing the joy of immersing themselves in a world outside their own.
wapo.st/475WU6U
Why so few Americans read for pleasure
The decline in Americans’ leisure reading comes as attention spans are shrinking and print book sales are in decline.
wapo.st
August 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is very sad. Quote from the article shared below:
“Only 16 percent of Americans age 15 and over read for leisure every day in 2023, according to a study..”
So many people are missing the joy of immersing themselves in a world outside their own.
wapo.st/475WU6U
“Only 16 percent of Americans age 15 and over read for leisure every day in 2023, according to a study..”
So many people are missing the joy of immersing themselves in a world outside their own.
wapo.st/475WU6U
Those who can claim the deduction for no tax on OT: the IRS announced that employers will not have to report this amount on your 2025 W-2 form. You will need to keep your own records for this. The best proof would be paystubs showing regular & OT hours and rates. (1 of 4)
August 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Those who can claim the deduction for no tax on OT: the IRS announced that employers will not have to report this amount on your 2025 W-2 form. You will need to keep your own records for this. The best proof would be paystubs showing regular & OT hours and rates. (1 of 4)
I subscribe to the IRS Newswire, and received this. These notices are strictly for tax related information and regulatory notices.
So it angers me that this agency is following in the steps of the SSA and using propaganda like “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” when that is NOT the bill title.
So it angers me that this agency is following in the steps of the SSA and using propaganda like “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” when that is NOT the bill title.
July 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I subscribe to the IRS Newswire, and received this. These notices are strictly for tax related information and regulatory notices.
So it angers me that this agency is following in the steps of the SSA and using propaganda like “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” when that is NOT the bill title.
So it angers me that this agency is following in the steps of the SSA and using propaganda like “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” when that is NOT the bill title.
Okay, excuse me for having a geek moment here..
One of my all time favorite authors @gregegansf.bsky.social has done this for the second time on something I posted.
Pardon me while I sit here and giggle madly 😁
One of my all time favorite authors @gregegansf.bsky.social has done this for the second time on something I posted.
Pardon me while I sit here and giggle madly 😁
July 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Okay, excuse me for having a geek moment here..
One of my all time favorite authors @gregegansf.bsky.social has done this for the second time on something I posted.
Pardon me while I sit here and giggle madly 😁
One of my all time favorite authors @gregegansf.bsky.social has done this for the second time on something I posted.
Pardon me while I sit here and giggle madly 😁
I just got an email from the SSA with the subject "Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors"
Attached is a graphic of the email content.
This is disgusting. I have a SS account for managing my SS, not for receiving political messages.
Attached is a graphic of the email content.
This is disgusting. I have a SS account for managing my SS, not for receiving political messages.
July 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I just got an email from the SSA with the subject "Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors"
Attached is a graphic of the email content.
This is disgusting. I have a SS account for managing my SS, not for receiving political messages.
Attached is a graphic of the email content.
This is disgusting. I have a SS account for managing my SS, not for receiving political messages.
Ditto here. I have tried many times over the years, and get ignored every. single. time.
#Hawley #Schmitt
#Hawley #Schmitt
Neither of my senators give a single, solitary fuck what any of their constituents have to say.
#Fetterman #McCormick
#Fetterman #McCormick
If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
June 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Happy #Pride Month from this straight, white, retired, Christian woman who believes everyone deserves to be treated with respect and has worth as an individual.
June 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Happy #Pride Month from this straight, white, retired, Christian woman who believes everyone deserves to be treated with respect and has worth as an individual.
Heads up, folks – this scam is now hitting emails.
Just keep in mind that the SSA will never ask you to open an attachment on any of their emails. You always have to log into your SS account to do anything or get any information.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Just keep in mind that the SSA will never ask you to open an attachment on any of their emails. You always have to log into your SS account to do anything or get any information.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Fake Social Security Statement emails trick users into installing remote tool
Fake emails pretending to come from the US Social Security Administration try to get targets to install ScreenConnect for remote access.
www.malwarebytes.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Heads up, folks – this scam is now hitting emails.
Just keep in mind that the SSA will never ask you to open an attachment on any of their emails. You always have to log into your SS account to do anything or get any information.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Just keep in mind that the SSA will never ask you to open an attachment on any of their emails. You always have to log into your SS account to do anything or get any information.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Bad job story time!
At my worst job, one of my duties was to empty trash cans and put in a new trash bag. One day my bosses can had nothing visible in it so I left it alone.
The next day I was treated to a screaming fit because it wasn’t changed. She had put ONE HAIR in it. Deliberately.
At my worst job, one of my duties was to empty trash cans and put in a new trash bag. One day my bosses can had nothing visible in it so I left it alone.
The next day I was treated to a screaming fit because it wasn’t changed. She had put ONE HAIR in it. Deliberately.
March 29, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Bad job story time!
At my worst job, one of my duties was to empty trash cans and put in a new trash bag. One day my bosses can had nothing visible in it so I left it alone.
The next day I was treated to a screaming fit because it wasn’t changed. She had put ONE HAIR in it. Deliberately.
At my worst job, one of my duties was to empty trash cans and put in a new trash bag. One day my bosses can had nothing visible in it so I left it alone.
The next day I was treated to a screaming fit because it wasn’t changed. She had put ONE HAIR in it. Deliberately.
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
@malcolmnance.bsky.social This is awful. Our military academies are now subject to people who are not sane or stable, nor do most of them have any clue about what service means.
@malcolmnance.bsky.social This is awful. Our military academies are now subject to people who are not sane or stable, nor do most of them have any clue about what service means.
Trump Appoints Michael Flynn, Walt Nauta and Other Allies to Oversee U.S. Military Academies (Gift Article)
Among other appointees were Charlie Kirk, Sean Spicer and the daughter of Steve Bannon. President Trump purged several of the military oversight boards last month.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
@malcolmnance.bsky.social This is awful. Our military academies are now subject to people who are not sane or stable, nor do most of them have any clue about what service means.
@malcolmnance.bsky.social This is awful. Our military academies are now subject to people who are not sane or stable, nor do most of them have any clue about what service means.
This suit was filed by AG Schmitt before he became senator & pushed on by AG Bailey enthusiastically.
At the same time, Schmitt also filed lawsuits to prohibit mandatory masking in schools.
So he sued China for hoarding masks that he also sued schools for requiring.
apnews.com/article/chin...
At the same time, Schmitt also filed lawsuits to prohibit mandatory masking in schools.
So he sued China for hoarding masks that he also sued schools for requiring.
apnews.com/article/chin...
Missouri plans to seize assets to make China pay a $24.5 billion judgment, but can it collect?
Missouri’s attorney general is threatening to seize Chinese assets across the U.S. to collect $24.5 billion awarded in a lawsuit against China stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This suit was filed by AG Schmitt before he became senator & pushed on by AG Bailey enthusiastically.
At the same time, Schmitt also filed lawsuits to prohibit mandatory masking in schools.
So he sued China for hoarding masks that he also sued schools for requiring.
apnews.com/article/chin...
At the same time, Schmitt also filed lawsuits to prohibit mandatory masking in schools.
So he sued China for hoarding masks that he also sued schools for requiring.
apnews.com/article/chin...
This is the text of the message I just sent to my US Senators and US State Rep. As I live in a deep red state I don't know how much good it will do, but at least they know my opinion:
February 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is the text of the message I just sent to my US Senators and US State Rep. As I live in a deep red state I don't know how much good it will do, but at least they know my opinion:
The most unbiased news org I know has been blocked from the Oval Office because they hurt someone's feelings:
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
www.ap.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The most unbiased news org I know has been blocked from the Oval Office because they hurt someone's feelings:
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
We have:
A president ignoring federal laws & claiming the right to take over other countries
Election deniers holding high office
Tech kids without security checks messing with a federal payment system they can’t possibly understand
What is happening to our country? Will it survive?
A president ignoring federal laws & claiming the right to take over other countries
Election deniers holding high office
Tech kids without security checks messing with a federal payment system they can’t possibly understand
What is happening to our country? Will it survive?
February 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
We have:
A president ignoring federal laws & claiming the right to take over other countries
Election deniers holding high office
Tech kids without security checks messing with a federal payment system they can’t possibly understand
What is happening to our country? Will it survive?
A president ignoring federal laws & claiming the right to take over other countries
Election deniers holding high office
Tech kids without security checks messing with a federal payment system they can’t possibly understand
What is happening to our country? Will it survive?
Heads up, MO residents:
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Sen. Eric Schmitt made no secret of his support for RFK. And, as usual, Sen. Josh Hawley didn't even address the subject of my contact email...just the usual "your perspective is important to me". We all know what that means.
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Sen. Eric Schmitt made no secret of his support for RFK. And, as usual, Sen. Josh Hawley didn't even address the subject of my contact email...just the usual "your perspective is important to me". We all know what that means.
x.com
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January 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Heads up, MO residents:
x.com/RuthH1937/st...
x.com/RuthH1937/st...
Sen. Eric Schmitt made no secret of his support for RFK. And, as usual, Sen. Josh Hawley didn't even address the subject of my contact email...just the usual "your perspective is important to me". We all know what that means.
x.com/RuthH1937/st...
x.com/RuthH1937/st...
Sen. Eric Schmitt made no secret of his support for RFK. And, as usual, Sen. Josh Hawley didn't even address the subject of my contact email...just the usual "your perspective is important to me". We all know what that means.
Once again, MO leads in idiocy: governor.mo.gov/press-releas...
Flag code § 7. Position and manner of display: ..The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former President..
Even Nixon honored this; his inaug flags were half-staff due to Truman's death.
Flag code § 7. Position and manner of display: ..The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former President..
Even Nixon honored this; his inaug flags were half-staff due to Truman's death.
Governor Kehoe Orders Flags to Fly at Full-Staff in Honor of Inauguration Day | Governor Mike Kehoe
Today, in an act of respect and patriotism, Governor Mike Kehoe signed Executive Order 25-09, ordering U.S. and Missouri flags to be flown at full-staff on Monday, January 20, 2025, at all state build...
governor.mo.gov
January 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Once again, MO leads in idiocy: governor.mo.gov/press-releas...
Flag code § 7. Position and manner of display: ..The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former President..
Even Nixon honored this; his inaug flags were half-staff due to Truman's death.
Flag code § 7. Position and manner of display: ..The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former President..
Even Nixon honored this; his inaug flags were half-staff due to Truman's death.
Every time I see something like this, it makes me laugh…
Spammers replying to spammers. How very meta of them, on Meta 😄
Spammers replying to spammers. How very meta of them, on Meta 😄
January 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every time I see something like this, it makes me laugh…
Spammers replying to spammers. How very meta of them, on Meta 😄
Spammers replying to spammers. How very meta of them, on Meta 😄
@dceagle1.bsky.social I know you still have family in California; are any of them in danger from these fires? I hope not.
January 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@dceagle1.bsky.social I know you still have family in California; are any of them in danger from these fires? I hope not.
This is awful. In my state, about 9% of kids entering school are not getting the typical vaccinations. I know from personal experience that a lot of parents believe the conspiracy theories about vaccines. I recently parted ways with my bro-in-law over this:
www.missourinet.com/2025/01/01/n...
www.missourinet.com/2025/01/01/n...
Number of kindergarteners in Missouri getting vaccinated is dropping - Missourinet
The number of kindergarten students in Missouri who are not vaccinated continues to grow. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said roughly 9% of all public school kindergarteners in ...
www.missourinet.com
January 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is awful. In my state, about 9% of kids entering school are not getting the typical vaccinations. I know from personal experience that a lot of parents believe the conspiracy theories about vaccines. I recently parted ways with my bro-in-law over this:
www.missourinet.com/2025/01/01/n...
www.missourinet.com/2025/01/01/n...
I remember the middle of the Cold War period. I was young but it made a big impression on me. Tensions were high worldwide, and people were fearful of what could happen.
Maybe I am wrong, but our current time seems to have the same feel. The world seems to be on a precipice…. 😱
Maybe I am wrong, but our current time seems to have the same feel. The world seems to be on a precipice…. 😱
December 31, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I remember the middle of the Cold War period. I was young but it made a big impression on me. Tensions were high worldwide, and people were fearful of what could happen.
Maybe I am wrong, but our current time seems to have the same feel. The world seems to be on a precipice…. 😱
Maybe I am wrong, but our current time seems to have the same feel. The world seems to be on a precipice…. 😱
If your posts consist of mainly selfies showing your naked chest or other body parts, I block you. Immediately.
It is a sad commentary on your life if that is all you have to share.
It is a sad commentary on your life if that is all you have to share.
December 17, 2024 at 1:43 AM
If your posts consist of mainly selfies showing your naked chest or other body parts, I block you. Immediately.
It is a sad commentary on your life if that is all you have to share.
It is a sad commentary on your life if that is all you have to share.
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social I don't know if this is good or bad, but I have found that all I need to do is open your posts and read the replies to discover tons of people to block.
I am so sorry you have to see these hateful words, but obviously you are annoying them. Good for you!
I am so sorry you have to see these hateful words, but obviously you are annoying them. Good for you!
December 6, 2024 at 2:19 PM
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social I don't know if this is good or bad, but I have found that all I need to do is open your posts and read the replies to discover tons of people to block.
I am so sorry you have to see these hateful words, but obviously you are annoying them. Good for you!
I am so sorry you have to see these hateful words, but obviously you are annoying them. Good for you!
This is the time of year I make my annual donations, and I am curious – do you have regular places that you donate to each year, other than those who give in their local church?
I don’t have a lot of money but I do support a few organizations annually. How about you?
#charity #donations
I don’t have a lot of money but I do support a few organizations annually. How about you?
#charity #donations
December 4, 2024 at 1:45 PM
This is the time of year I make my annual donations, and I am curious – do you have regular places that you donate to each year, other than those who give in their local church?
I don’t have a lot of money but I do support a few organizations annually. How about you?
#charity #donations
I don’t have a lot of money but I do support a few organizations annually. How about you?
#charity #donations