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kitten seeking answers's avatar

thankful you’re all ok, have been sending prayers your way🙏

also… I never signed up for the Substack app and haven’t had any major issues posting from my cheapo apple se (other than self-limiting the time I spend on it due to emf exposure)… I don’t trust ANY app

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Elizabeth's avatar

Kitten do you know what 'followers' mean? It's not something that's available to me. Do people get alerts when you post comments?

I'm confused.

I keep getting new followers.

It sounds like stalking to me.

I just have a phone, no wifi, no app. Off the grid, in many ways!

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kitten seeking answers's avatar

have been wondering about this too… was thinking of “following” someone just to see what it means… assuming it means they are alerted to your “Notes” but think there are some serial followers who try to build subscribers this way because they seem to follow everyone.

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Elizabeth's avatar

Yeah, people looking for subscribers too.

There was a time, a ways back, where I could see what feeds someone had been on, so I wondered if that was still an option.

If you do decide to follow someone to see what it means, will you report back?

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kitten seeking answers's avatar

if I do, will do💝

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Elizabeth's avatar

Thank you 💝

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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

So glad the other dogs are ok. Milkthistle comes to mind, used to help the liver. Re computers, you might check out laptops from FreeGeek.com, (based here in Portland but sells online), they are reconditioned and the best prices I have found. Plus they train kids on computer fabrication and repair. Doublecheck re whether it comes with a battery, fyi. I got a Linux laptop for $150 recently, now to learn to use it! They sell reconditioned Windows stuff too.

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Amy Sukwan's avatar

I've been all about mineral water for the dogs. Laptops are pending!

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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

I am sure there is a milkthistle equivalent from where you are located...maybe its spikey too? thanks A -ps Love that Doctrine of Signatures thing or however its called? ie How plants look like what they heal, or their look relates to what they heal. At least a way to remember plant uses. The mittens of Sassafras they do occasionally beckon. https://www.healthyhildegard.com/doctrine-signatures-healing-plants/

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kapock's avatar

(1) Does Substack have someone an active writer such as yourself can contact to ask technical questions, such as how to make the app work on a phone?

(2) Pepe and family would probably prefer to have bugs for Thanksgiving, but they’ve got them eating turkey and potatoes. Fucking WEF.

(3) Are you talking about abandoning your dogs?

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Amy Sukwan's avatar

Not precisely. As far as substack is concerned I'd love technical answers. I've been feeding the dogs who no longer like my cheap Chinese dog food. My guess is they are getting better fed!

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nymusicdaily's avatar

glad you were able to get a thxgiving in, humble as it may have been.

laptops are more readily available than most people think. back in 2015 when mine died i didn't have a backup so i put out a desperate call to see if anyone had a spare. i was inundated with offers from places as faraway as australia. i'll bet someone has an old one gathering dust and would be glad for you to take it off their hands.

amazed at how your stylistic superbness never wanes, even on a small screen. i need a real keyboard for any serious attempt at wordsmithing!

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John Kennedy's avatar

Fun times with the Pepe family!

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

I have the app but I don't use it for that very reason. I can write posts on my phone, but only if I am using a search engine. I find the app to be considerably less functional in about every regard. It might be good for readers, but definitely not writers.

You do have a curious life. Here is to balance and equilibrium in the midst of chaos.

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JamesDuff's avatar

💊💌🩷

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Kathleen Devanney. A human.'s avatar

Always good to include gratitude (though sometimes not easy) and good on you for it, especially dealing with poisoned animals. Ouch. Stay well. Best to you and yours.

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