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!
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
Motherβs Day presents
#ocart #artsky #art
What.
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"
Yes, of course itβs an error. These assholes are doing laparoscopic surgery with Elonβs decorative chain saw. And, seeing that the admin is currently defying SCOTUSβ¦ www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-t...
This admin is turning on the firehose hoping youβll burn out and give up.
But you donβt 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, weβll build something betterβtogether.
Flashback to that time in my 20s a guy convinced me to read Ayn Rand.
I told him I didnβt like her, found her point of view too fearful.
βYou mean βfearsomeβ?β he asked.
No, I did not.
Yes!
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 π
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
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).