Beautiful!

Not sure the heart reaction is what I wanted here - I needed a 'horrified' emoji. Time to email some representatives. Again.

I guess we can say goodbye to the DoD IG.

Well, that same president having a massive senior moment and forgetting to sign the order, maybe.

And in case it wasn't clear, I think that's a worthwhile use of resources. (and I have the yarn and art supply inventory to prove it.)

If you are trying to make a living or supplement income with pottery, it's a problem. But if it's something you love, the question becomes, how much of your budget are you willing to devote to the combination of enrichment and entertainment?

In a world of Matts, be a Derek.

Bernie Sanders: "I think this is a prelude not only to cutting benefits, but to privatizing Social Security ... why do you lie so much about Social Security? Why do you make it look like it's a broken system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the system so you can give it over to Wall St"

Sounds like ActBlue needs to create an ActBlue crypto coin. That seems to be the acceptable way to receive otherwise illegal donations.

This is the most chilling article I've read, well, ever. Within 90 days, for example (or sooner) Social Security recipients will likely see delays receiving their monthly checks. It will affect over 70 million Americans, more than half of which need this to survive. That's just part of it:

I muted the conversation with 112 messages - most of which said something about getting removed from the thread.

I will miss the second wave of a corporate email cluster f%%% which involves another wave of people replying to all to say 'stop replying to all'

And now for something completely different. Someone sent out an email at work with a typo in the address that meant it went to everyone in our (25k+ employees) company with a login to the expense account system.

The replies to all have been Something.

5. I have not been able to bring myself to close the credit card and cancel Prime yet. We'll see how the next couple weeks go. (5 of 5)

4. I have already deleted all of my 'save for later' items from our Amazon account along with our wish lists. I cancelled all of our subscribe and save purchases and have endeavored to find substitutes for things that would have been an Amazon purchase in 2024. (4 of 5)

3. The greater effect will come from changing purchasing patterns over the longer term. Trying to move spend to local retailers, cash rather than credit cards or just away from Amazon etc... to other retail concerns that are not obeying in advance could cause real pain for those companies.

2. For someone like me, however, who probably shops too much and can be prone to impulse buying, a purchase deferred is often a purchase never made. Win for the boycott and my budget. (3 of 5)

1. A one day pause in spending probably won't have much meaning or effect for people who already shop locally and in person and who generally only buy things they need. In that, I agree with my friend. (2 of 5)

An old acquaintance on that other platform indicated that he thought the single day spending boycott and similar would be meaningless because the spending would just be shifted in time. Here are my thoughts on that: (1 of 5)

Check motives

So let's review. Over the last 24 hrs we've learned that two DOGErs embedded at IRS are finalizing a plan to share your tax data with people throughout the government; that's plainly illegal. Meanwhile Mike Johnson claims that Elon is already pouring your Social Security data into his AI and he's...

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

Some are saying Democrats shouldn't attend Donald Trump's State of the Union.

I disagree.

They should attend. And the minute he starts speaking, start getting up, one-by-one, and solemnly leave the chamber.

It will be all anyone talks about the next day. And will drive Donald crazy.

So is it time to start planning our flu shot vacations to Canada?

Volunteer pretrial support aims to reduce Cleveland jail population The program will track outcomes for pretrial clients assisted by 40 volunteer “navigators” who have had extensive training.

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I'm old enough to remember when trump tried to say people in the Biden Administration were incompetent, but none of them accidentally fired the Ebola team. Or the nuclear weapons folks.

Just sayin'.

A little annoyed that I need to ask about getting an MMR update the next time I see the Dr.

The Adolescent Style in American Politics The version of manhood placed on display by Trump and his aides is the one imagined by teenage boys.

I'm glad someone finally pointed out that the new "masculine energy" is extremely fucking childish. Grow up. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Big accomplishment for the weekend- successfully made strudel for the first time after taking a class earlier in the month.

Me too. We did some serious grocery shopping over the weekend.