She reportedly parted ways with Bezos with a jaw-dropping $38.3 billion in Amazon stock. Their divorce settlement included a 4 % stake in the online retail giant or 19.7 million shares. Under the agreement, Bezos kept 75% of the couple's Amazon stock, along with voting control of her shares. Jan 11, 2023

MacKenzie Scott has given away over $19 billion in the last 5 years and experts say she's 'changed entire fie... MacKenzie Scott acknowledged another $2 billion in donations as 2024 comes to a close.

MacKenzie Scott, worth $41.1 billion, is on a philanthropic tear and has donated an estimated 46% of her net worth.

Just to give a sense of the insane scale of billions of dollars…MacKenzie Scott got about $38 billion after divorcing Bezos in 2019. She has become the world’s most generous philanthropist, giving away over $19 billion…and she’s currently wealthier than she started.

Just. Tax. Them.

This guy gets it.

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

Trump administration: Record-high homelessness is caused not by housing costs but by mental illness and addiction.

Also Trump administration: We're decimating the programs that treat mental illness and addiction.

HUD.gov page showing quote: “God blessed us with this great nation, and together, we can increase self-sufficiency and empower Americans to climb the economic ladder toward a brighter future.” - Secretary Scott Turner

This has been the HUD homepage since at least March.

Justice for Wallace

a man sitting in a chair holding a bag that says bag o ' glass Alt: Dan Akroyd on SNL sitting in a chair holding a bag that says bag o ' glass marketed as a children's toy

Did Irwin Mainway create this?

I said the same thing after this line!

I'm in Detroit. It's 25 degrees & dropping. I met a woman who has slept outside for 5 months. Yesterday, all of her belongings, incl her blankets, were thrown away. She has nowhere else to go.

It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.

When I worked retail 25 years ago we were trained to do the same, but as a loss prevention tactic. Shoplifters might think twice if they know staff are aware of them.

@jeetheer.bsky.social

This would be amazing merch!

For the daily cost of deploying the DC Guard, $420,000, 9 folks could move from homelessness to housing.

This doesn't include the costs of the 4 states sending guard units to occupy DC.

We have the money to solve homelessness, but we don't have the political will.

THERE ARE NO SHELTERS IN DC FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO. 900 ppl sleep outside each night. There are 40 open shelter beds. Ppl will be arrested for being unable to afford rent.

Every reporter needs to ask Trump and his cronies where he wants people to go.

Maybe his new ballroom?

"This order does nothing to lower the cost of housing or help people make ends meet. The safest communities are those with the most housing and resources, not those that make it a crime to be poor or sick."

Full statement at homelesslaw.org/statement724...

a cartoon of bart simpson sitting in a chair talking to a man Alt: a cartoon of bart simpson sitting in a chair talking to Lionel Hutz altering his business card to say "Works on contingency? No, money down!"

Works on contingency? No, money down!

What book is this passage from?

For the purposes of this section doesn't this mean that if one has children older than 7 the work requirements apply? It seems people are interpreting it to mean that children older than 7 are no longer considered dependents and not eligible for benefits.

Gaining

These are great! There were similar bathrooms in Vancouver, BC when my family visited, and it was so great to have my husband take my girls instead of it defaulting to me. Hearing my daughter's concerns about the junior high bathrooms I would love to see some of these changes.

Any one interested in an alternate history where this happened and the hippos went feral should read River of Teeth by @sarahgailey.bsky.social. it's fantastic 🦛🤠

Do you have "Border War" sticker available? If not, you should!

Someone doesn't want to hear "Hey, hey JRB, how many kids did you kill today?” (Not quite the same ring to it)