Two headlines, one above the other: Unemployment claims are rising and CEO pay rose nearly 10% last year

Wait a minute... this is the bad place!

A light switch plate cover with an acrylic painting of two cats on a dock

A light switch cover with a painting of the Cape Lookout lighthouse

I like how these came out #art #supportartists

Mother’s Day presents
#ocart #artsky #art

What.

NASA Ordered to Remove Anything About 'Women in Leadership' From Its Websites: Report

Wouldn't it be great if part of that change spurred them to talk about all the women erased from space history? gizmodo.com/nasa-ordered...

Panel one: Bart Simpson says "This is the worst Constitutional crisis I've seen in my life" Panel two: Homer responds, "The worst Constitutional crisis SO FAR"

US citizen told by Trump admin to self-deport amid crackdown A senior Department of Homeland Security official told Newsweek that emails were sent to those associated with parole cases.

Yes, of course it’s an error. These assholes are doing laparoscopic surgery with Elon’s decorative chain saw. And, seeing that the admin is currently defying SCOTUS… www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-t...

This admin is turning on the firehose hoping you’ll burn out and give up.

But you don’t have to do it all. Do one thing, take one step each day.

Put your phone down. Take a walk. Find the thing that moves you and focus.

If we all find our one thing, we’ll build something better—together.

Flashback to that time in my 20s a guy convinced me to read Ayn Rand.
I told him I didn’t like her, found her point of view too fearful.
“You mean ‘fearsome’?” he asked.
No, I did not.

Teacher gives $20 to her students with one rule: Use it for kindness Kristina Ulmer does the kindness challenge each year in memory of her sister who died in a car crash. She said students run with it.

I love this www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

Yes!

Libraries Are Resource Hubs During a Disaster When disasters strike libraries are ready to help

When disasters strike, libraries are ready to help

Brilliant:

www.scrubbygreenwash.com

Okay, I found how to reach Amazon. Call customer service at 1-888-280-4331.
- Tell them why you won't do business with Amazon anymore.
- BE POLITE

I just spoke to Victor, a lovely man who allowed me to read my email to his recorded customer service line.

Aaand, Amazon has disabled their customer service email. If anyone has a back up contact email that goes to a person, I would appreciate it. They REALLY don't want to hear from us 😂

it absolutely sucks. As a full-time cruiser, it will likely be impossible for me to entirely ditch them. In the Keys, for example, there literally no local retailers in a whole range of segments. But, I'm at a place in my life where I sometimes have the luxury of paying more or waiting for goods.

I'm in. I'm also canceling Prime because fuck those guys.

Those who are saying a one-day blackout isn't enough: you're right.

So, do more.

- write to retailers to tell them why you aren't buying
- commit to longer boycotts
- buy from alternative sellers who support your values

There are more of us than there are them. We don't have to take this.

This is unacceptable.

I'll continue checking back throughout the month, but do not plan to order from Amazon any time I have any other feasible alternative.

One of the richest men on earth has taken over much of the retail commerce in the country and has now decided he will govern public discourse as well.

A newspaper with a specific agenda ceases to be a newspaper. It becomes a propaganda platform.

I can't find a way to cancel this current trial membership, probably because Amazon wishes to capture automatic renewals from the set it and forget it crowd.

"We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets... We'll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others."

(cont)
However, in light of Jeff Bezos's directions to the Washington Post's editorial board, I wish to minimize my use of the Amazon platform. His direction, as a reminder, is this:

a cancellation email sent to Amazon. Text from the image is in the post & comments

Transcription of the screencap:
Dear Amazon,

I allowed my Prime subscription to lapse because of increasing ambivalence about doing business with Amazon. I recently accepted a free one-month trial to restart Prime.

(continued in comments)

Someone on Reddit finally found a use for ChatGPT

MACKLEMORE - fucked up (official video) YouTube video by Macklemore

Guy's got "Fuck ICE" in the first three seconds of the new video. I'm sharing that shit everywhere youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4?...

You are missing an absolutely fire video, then. He is not fucking around

Did you visit the link before responding?

Even Grok thinks this is a terrible idea (you can try it yourself).