Thoughts and prayers!

Calling public servants "bureaucrats" is a depersonalization tactic. These are people, often with families, whose careers are being callously destroyed.

Beware of men who berate and shame you then claim you should be thankful

It's a good management practice to regularly report what you accomplished to your manager, especially when working remotely. I do it daily.

It's a fear and coercion tactic when sent to you by someone who is not your manager on a weekend with the threat of termination if you don't comply.

You know right from wrong.
Ethical behavior is not a political discussion.

Robert Reich has been banging that drum since the 90s

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

My AI-enhanced brain respectfully disagrees.

Diversity
Equity
Inclusion

We hold these truths to be self-evident

DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

You have to ask yourself, "Why would any government want to suppress those values?"

Thank you!

I'd gladly transfer a large portion of what my employer and I pay for private health insurance to fund a public option

Face it: we'll never have universal health care in the US as long as Americans continue to believe taxation is theft and privatizing government services for profit is in their best interest.

You mean those fake news alternative fact fires started by ANTIFA crisis actors who forgot to rake the forest?

... or a nation state

... and theirs

Send me a high protein smoothie when I'm chained to my desk at lunch, and I'm in

Trust but verify.

Not mutually exclusive

Back atcha!

D'nile ain't just a river in Egypt

I mistakenly read _omnibus_ and chuckled

[[ heading down to my office and adding a topic to our January release docs ]]

Those nations take a collective responsibility for building a healthy society. Americans perpetuate a myth that if a child can't claw themselves out of the pit of poverty without assistance, they don't deserve to do better in life.

We live in a Lake Michigan microclimate with lake effect clouds and snow. I've only been to Germany once but was shocked to find fall skies as grey and gloomy as home.

Insta is a den of lies

Ditto Michigan

On the contrary, they care very deeply about fees. How else can they generate profit without adding value to the buyer?

Collecting data offers an illusion of controlling something valuable. Few outside of cybersecurity understand the liabilities that come with holding onto it.

So is Facebook Fatigue