Paula M Carlson
@BKLYNPaula
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Johnstown, Sydney, Belfast, NYC, Brooklyn - Living life one song at a time. Marathoner, space buff, and retired emergency manager. Views are my own.
Brooklyn NY
Joined September 2010
Yes, please. All of this … please.
I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place. I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
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RT @RobertMSterling: I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t w…
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In have had the honor of working with Chief Meuser. He leads by example and the City and its first responders are safer because of him.
Meet @FDNY Battalion Chief Robert Meuser. With 19 years of experience, Robert currently works in Battalion 8 in Midtown Manhattan.
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RT @EmpireStateBldg: I’m going to be sick. Shining in @Eagles colors for the rest of the evening
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@historyrock_ Ummm, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nuno Bettencourt, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Roy Clark to start.
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Diane, It’s happening. See you there. Signed, Gordon’s mother’s sister’s girl #NationalTwinPeaksDay🦉☕️🍒 #DavidLynch
#BrooklynBrewery
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Well, this is accurate.
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RT @DrHelenFry: RIP Gwen Watkins, who has passed at the age of 101. She decoded Luftwaffe codes at Bletchley Park in WW2, aiding RAF & USA…
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RT @SixTripleEight: Virgie Lee Caywood, was a WAC (Women’s Army Corps) in the war, but we never knew the details, nor did we understand its…
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