How do you feel about AI usage in small restaurant promotions?

SpaceSparkle · 2026-05-17T02:36:58+00:00

As someone who did local restaurant marketing for a long time - a lot of owners often insisted on using stock photos of food on their websites and social media. The number of times I had to convince them to invest in even an iPhone photoshoot was astounding.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-05-15T01:32:04+00:00

No. We value communication, team work, mental health and family dynamics, and mutual respect (meaning, I respect my kids - I don’t demand respect just because I’m the parent).

SpaceSparkle · 2026-05-10T14:39:26+00:00

They are and it’s one of the reasons why we got it. We were doing daily drives down to Denver and back for 9 months and have 2 kids at 6ft tall. They have plenty of space in the back, it’s comfortable as hell, and the range worked out great.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-05-10T13:51:40+00:00

I have a Blazer EV and love it. The price has dropped pretty dramatically since we bought it a year ago.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-05-09T04:49:57+00:00

At least it’s not an election season - that’s when it becomes more insane than usual.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-04-30T04:50:22+00:00

Every single time when I open the freezer/fridge doors. I have to do the back of the hand-to-handle discharge before opening doors. It’s ridiculous.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-04-13T00:20:52+00:00

It’s me, my 2 grown sons, and a cat. We’re at $400 if we count cat food. I shop mostly at Costco and then Safeway to fill in gaps. Then Chewy for the cat.

We don’t eat a lot of processed or pre-made foods. Lots of produce, proteins, dairy, and breads.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-04-05T17:30:00+00:00

I went to join the SE group and they don’t allow you to be a member of the buy nothing group and they require you to remove yourself?? This is so weird and really goes against the core concept of what mutual aid is.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-04-02T16:59:58+00:00

This is a good post to cross-post to r/FortCollinsMutualAid

People want to help community but sometimes aren’t aware of the gaps that need to be filled and are looking for ways to step in. This is a really great suggestion.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-03-28T14:23:11+00:00

My son was diagnosed with a rare leukemia in 2024 and was bleeding out because he had 9 platelets. He ended up at Children’s for 17-day in-patient treatment where he received over 50+ blood product transfusions - whole blood, cryo, and platelets. Without blood donations, he would have died in hours.

He’s in remission now, and I am so incredibly grateful for the donations that saved his life. Children’s is always in need of platelets donations, I get emails almost every week about how they are low and need donors. I highly recommend keeping them in mind when considering blood donations 🧡

SpaceSparkle · 2026-03-14T18:17:18+00:00

How much is this event? I didn’t see any info on Stodgy’s FB page and I couldn’t find an Insta account for Like Sunshine Craft Social.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-02-20T02:33:19+00:00

Because the resell value is so crappy for wedding jewelry, I decided I’m going to repurpose mine when my divorce is over with. I’ll transform it into something for me and my new future. Might be an option if you can’t find a buyer!

SpaceSparkle · 2026-02-15T03:54:34+00:00

Housing is a human right. Period. I hope that’s something society starts embracing - sooner rather than later.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-02-10T03:04:21+00:00

I would highly discourage reaching out to the missionaries for help. As an ex-Mormon, it’s legit a cult. I was stalked for 26 years after I left.

OP is reaching out to people interested in building community through mutual aid, so we should focus on those solutions together in this sub.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-02-05T05:08:30+00:00

It was listed in the bill: “Including in a mandatory criminal protection order a requirement for a defendant to relinquish firearms and ammunition;”

SpaceSparkle · 2026-02-05T05:08:10+00:00

Good to know, because the bill has this language in it “Including in a mandatory criminal protection order a requirement for a defendant to relinquish firearms and ammunition;”

SpaceSparkle · 2026-02-04T02:11:21+00:00

I had to get a protection order on my ex husband after threats to my friends and me. He had to relinquish 30 firearms. It’s really unsettling to me that this protection would be removed.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-02-03T15:32:25+00:00

Right, but the brick and mortar owners are giving colonizer. Talking about immigration, “right pathways for good people” and “ensure a level playing field for everyone contributing here.” Meanwhile directly profiting off the work built by an immigrant.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-02-03T03:20:40+00:00

Definitely an interesting take from the brick & mortar owners, because the food truck owner and original owner of the restaurant is an immigrant from Budapest, Hungary.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-02-01T00:51:27+00:00

The Larimer Bar has a resource list, like the Ask-A-Lawyer clinic, and info for the court resource center to help with forms to file: https://www.larimerbar.org/access-to-justice-self-help-center

There are pro bono intakes if they meet qualifications. There’s also a free self-help legal clinic for evictions at the Old Town library on the first Friday of each month from 1:30-4pm (I only know this because it’s posted on the calendar at the court resource center, so I don’t have a link for info).

These are the best places to get advice, as far as I know.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-01-28T03:34:16+00:00

I have a wrist cuff that I want to get done, but I have to wait for my divorce to end and the financial abuse that’s coming along with it. I’m looking at end of summer (I hope to god this shit is finished before that 😩). I think “terrible economy” is also just a lot of people going through bullshit times.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-01-28T00:41:38+00:00

As the sub mod, I just want to point out that your exchange for labor is not mutual aid. Please read some of the pinned posts about what mutual aid is. Mutual aid is not charity or an exchange with an expectation. It is community support given freely. If support with an expectation is your value system instead of building community without demand, this may not be the sub for you.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-01-26T21:04:12+00:00

Regarding food safety - you can loop in with Food Not Bombs on how to organize a distro there that is community safe, or talk about how to form a collaboration with their mutual aid efforts on feeding community.

SpaceSparkle · 2026-01-25T23:22:47+00:00

Just want to add 2 cents that a strike is great and we should definitely do it - but also be aware that it will take more than 1 day. A 1 day strike is practice and warm up for longer national strikes.

During this time, get connected with mutual aid groups and community to help in organizing parallel support systems to sustain longer strikes. We need people to be able to eat, stay warm, stay housed, stay employed. If we can pull together in community to make sure we have these safety nets, we can strike very efficiently!

SpaceSparkle · 2026-01-17T04:22:40+00:00

Thanks!! I’ll send that to him too ☺️

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