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The website Linkedin started out as a multi-purpose business listing where professionals could post their career/job information and make business networking contacts.
Quote from their site:
We want LinkedIn to reflect the best version of professional life

That was then... now it's filled with bogus profiles.
Lots of scammers use (read: misuse) Linkedin for all sorts of reasons.

The site goes through lots of changes where profiles are blocked and they request you create an account and sign in. Half the time it's open and you have limited access to see profiles without joining.

A few weeks ago I found the profile of Tom Farted who claims to be a junior engineer at Ford Motor Company.

Today, I came across one with stolen photos of an adult model and her dog. Different name and location than the real person pictured.

The thing is, other bogus profiles network with them giving a false sense of credibility.
Who would you believe more... a lonely profile or one with a dozen 'business' contacts?

Obviously, there isn't anyone in the driver's seat at Linkedin checking validity of the members.

Serena Fuller:


(Stolen photo of Dani Daniels and her dog)

Tom Farted:




I doubt people realize how much scammers have infiltrated all areas of the internet.

Besties JoAnn MacQueen and Marlisa Mercer won a million dollars playing the lottery, and immediately decided to keep the good vibes rolling by giving heaps and heaps of it away to the community. Identifying several causes and charities in their hometown of Orillia, in the Canadian province of Alberta to give fat checks to, local news reports it making a huge difference.

First of all, MacQueen describes the moment that she scanned her ticket at the Lotto Max machine at her neighborhood Shoppers Drug Mart. There was no ring-a-ding-ding, indeed there were no sounds at all. The screen simply read $1,000,000,00 and a free play. She recalls being stunned, and that she began to shake; “it was pretty cool,” she remembers.

They donated varying amounts to places that MacQueen’s brother, who died recently due to alcoholism, might have accessed during his life, which included Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, the Orillia SPCA, and the Farley Foundation, an Ontario-based charity that helps low-income pet owners take care of their animals. They also donated to the Salvation Army, the Royal Canadian Legion poppy campaign in Orillia, Mariposa House Hospice, the Comfie Cat Shelter, and the Sharing Place Food Center, which helps the economically disadvantaged get access to nutrient dense fruits and vegetables.

“They are completely focused on how can they help to make this community a better place through this win,” Chris Peacock, executive director of the Sharing Place, told local news. “Not many people win a million bucks and have the core goal of spending it on others and improving this community." For the Comfie Cat Shelter, the $10,000 check they received was the fifth highest donation in this no-kill shelter’s history. “It covers our vet bill for October, and it gives us money for more spay and neuters,” said shelter manager and founder Barb MacLeod, who described it as “fantastic” and bringing her to tears.

Orillia Matters reports that the pair plan to split the remainder among their family and friends, as well as take care of some renovations.

Actor Howard Hesseman who played Disc Jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the TV sitcom ‘WKRP in Cincinnati has passed on. According to a story, he had complications to colon surgery from last summer. He was 81.



He was the highlight of the show and I'll always remember him as the off-beat coffee drinking late night DJ on WKRP.

Trump has been indicted in the Federal probe over the effort to unto undo the 2020 election. In other news, Ron DeSantis ain't doing so well after the NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida, warning visitors that the state has become “openly hostile toward African Americans” under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s leadership.
Two major Black organizations announced they are moving their annual multimillion-dollar conferences elsewhere.
Ron's politics is killing tourism in Florida with his fights with Disney.
Since he's been out on a failing campaign trail, Florida gets neglected.
But... maybe that's a good thing as his presence here is quickly turning sour.


These are the two top contenders in the Republican primary.

Issues, issues... let me get you some tissues.

On Tuesday August first, Donald J. Trump received his 3rd indictment. This one was for his efforts to undo the results of the 2020 election leading up to the January 6th insurrection. He appeared in court Thursday for the arraignment. Travel from the Regan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia to the courthouse to was by way of motorcade with an entourage of secret service. Private entrance around the courthouse was prepared for his visit. The street to the courthouse was lined with barricades and details of special security.

After leaving the courthouse, he gave a brief speech to news media waiting at the airport and stated “This is a very sad day for America, and it was also very sad driving through Washington, D.C., and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that I left. It’s a very sad thing to see it.”
He blamed this all on president Biden... were you expecting that?

I got to see a news feed of the tree lined highway path back to the airport and unable to catch any buildings along the way. I'm sure there were some between the highway and the courthouse. My plan was to trace the route with Google Earth just to see for myself what was actually visible along the way.

My schedule is super busy right now, having submitted a revised quotation for a project, the GC also wants the drawing revisions. That could take most of today and part of the weekend.

The good news is many of the people on social media who are familiar with the Washington DC area contested Trump's statement about the filth and decay.

Anderson Cooper said: “We should point out that when the former president left office and left Washington, D.C., the city was on lockdown because of the attack on Jan. 6,”
“That is the city he left behind.”
It was noted that damages caused by the Capitol riot exceeded $2.7 million.

Again, it's a case of who do you want to believe?

But sometimes, it should have been the first place to look.



Some people just take longer to.... find themself.

Feel free to share your opinion on them. I never really liked having pics taken of me. I have been using my high school graduation pic from the 80's since I've been on here. So, anyway, this is what I look like today at 55 years old. I don't think I look bad for a 55 year old, eh..... Okay, I'm still a little backwards when it comes to pics of me, so that's why I have the mask. But hey, I am after all following the trend over the past two years, right?

FYI: No, I don't have any facial hair. I'm clean shaven. And yes, I am sporting a mullet. I have pretty much had one off and on through the years since about 17.



Eh, I'll go ahead and post a pic of me NOT in my mask. This too was taken today.

Today from Reuters;

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