Dave Olson

making poems, pods, paintings + collage in a cottage in #Japan / dig: trains, hot springs, beat lit, postcards, pals ~ prvsly #Vancouver VP Hootsuite blah

[Dave Olson @DaveOstories]

I am an artist against fascism (and companies who support fascists)

k bai

[Dave Olson @DaveOstories]

@JustinTrudeau Weird, I just got an assessment on my 2023 tax return (filed on time and not assessed until December 9) adding additional tax owed *with interest* charged when my only income is $1000 month CPP – D pension – but cool tax breaks on stuff, hope that works out for you

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Now I'm scrambling to figure out why I'm being charged because my only income is my CPP-D, about $1000 a month yet, somehow I owe more taxes?

Of course, "explanation" is completely confusing so now I've got to squeeze an hour out of my accountant leading up to the holidays :(

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@CanRevAgency just a "hello" to say I dutifully & professionally filed my 2023 return on time, you noted assessment would be done by June, was done December 9, and you sent a charge with interest *already added* with full payment due by 30th or more interest added. Not impressed

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Maybe I'm "old-fashioned" but really wonder why brands bother having *social media* accounts when they don't engage whatsoever

Isn't the point to spark conversations, solicit questions, foster community, gain advocates?

But nada, even from many social-media-centric companies

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@DuaneStorey @TechCrunch At least one is named Bernie

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@DuaneStorey It's so colossally frustrating… And having had the privilege of keynote in some of the word camps you wrangled, (+ setting up dozens of sites, making tutorial videos, advocating everywhere, setting up interviews with MM, I don't even "count" as a contributor in anyway)

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@AnthropicAI I can't finish the set up because I don't have a normal mobile number – have a landline and various VoIP numbers run on a mobile data plan (I live in Japan but require phone numbers from other countries) so I'm asking if there's another way to set up the account?

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@DuaneStorey Gosh there are truly hundreds of companies using those terms already well established

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@austinkleon No name for the cart but my goodness, that's a beautiful cart… Where does one get such a cart? Library surplus sales? I need this cart

Related: i used mechanics cart as a work party lunch cart

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@AmexCanada Cool, called and canceled. Appreciate your help

[Dave Olson @DaveOstories]

American Express Canada sent an email saying it shipped a new card package (for a card canceled a month ago) to a Canadian address (which no longer works) @AmexCanada :(

Meanwhile American Express Japan mailed me a postal letter asking me to call about my application @AmexJP :(

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BTW: folks who knew me in *previous professional life iterations* (like #Hootsuite) can catch up on the decades before and decade since on "Just Japan #Podcast" with Kevin @MadForMaple – definitely surprises, laughs, and possibly pathos on offer #gratis

https://t.co/1E88xLGDQj

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+ "Topics include social marketing creative culture, podcast making, DIY publishing, community cultivating, art making and renegade adventures. Again, not all "mine" but all have "me" :) govern yourself accordingly."

Note: some really solid riffs in here I think :-)

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Community Feasthouse / new #podcast feed

"All manner of discourse from media interviews to various lectures and presentations. Some or many come from other channels on which i was a guest but compiling here for personal archeology. " ~

https://t.co/hFJqxoDUJL

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@jakeadelstein In the early 90s, was filled with billboards and TV commercials with all kinds of these dudes, Bruce Willis, Arnold, Tommy Lee Jones… immediately come to mind not to mention the classic Coppola and Kurosawa collab

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@thematineemusic I was at that Hamilton show, and I have video evidence #LetGeoffSing #MorePeteSolos

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@bencathers @kempedmonds You caught him while he was here for my wedding in 2019… Great timing!

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@bencathers @kempedmonds And my goodness, Kemp and I have had so many adventures together, personally and professionally

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@bencathers @kempedmonds Fantastic! Glad to hear all of this… We must've just missed each other when you came on board and I retired for medical reasons. Still cheering from the sidelines