"#DOGE wants businesses to run #US #government services ‘as much as possible’"

#MailDelivery

#Musk is going to have First Class Parcel Post (if not all mail) taken over by #Amazon and #JeffBezos

OK: don't know about urban ZIP codes, but in the rural (10K residents) ZIP code I live in, the #USPS is already doing last mile delivery for #AmazonPrime

An Amazon truck drops off Amazon Prime parcels at the PO back door and the parcels are carted inside and sorted into delivery routes carried out by USPS drivers

Big problem is, most USPS drivers will not leave their trucks to deliver to front doors - all Prime parcels are dropped atop the street-side mail box stands

But I don't have street mail delivery so I have to get into my car, drive to the Post Office, park, wait in line to get up to the counter, only to be handed a Prime order that UPS would have dropped on my doormat two days earlier

#RichGetRicher #Plutocracy #Corporations #Kleptocracy #Oligarchy #USpol #Law

Ferocious hawk attacking villagers and disrupting mail delivery

The Harris hawk – a medium-large bird of prey – has attacked more than 50 villagers over several weeks.

Talker

I can understand the reasoning for Danes. Republicans want to privatize US mail service. Not because of expense, but so some wealthy Republican donor can buy it cheap and make money off it. Reagan's Presidency was a role model for this.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg8jllq283o #MailDelivery #PostalService #Politics

Denmark's postal service to stop delivering letters

The decision will end 400 years of the company's letter service, and postboxes will disappear from June.

One Billionaire vs. the Mail

some description

[thread] privatization: U.S. Postal Service
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service

* indep. agency, executive branch, U.S. federal gov't
* provides postal service in U.S., its insular areas & associated states
* one of few gov't agencies explicitly authorized by U.S. Constitution
* USPS competes against private package delivery services United Parcel Service, FedEx, DHL

#USPS #USmail #PostMaster #LouisDeJoy
#MailDelivery #MailBallots
#capitalization #privatization #libertarianism #CharlesKoch #SPN

United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

Don't Fall for Mail Delivery Scams Among Your Christmas Packages: Here’s How to Stay Safe

Think twice before clicking that link.

MakeUseOf
USPS Replaces Mail Trucks with Carrier Pigeons to Cut Costs #carrierpigeons #Humor #maildelivery #Satire #USPS
US Postal Service Launches Electric Vehicles, Now Do Elections

The US Postal Service is finally pumping more electric vehicles into its fleet, but critics want to see an election protection plan, too.

CleanTechnica
US Postal Service Launches Electric Vehicles, Now Do Elections

The US Postal Service is finally pumping more electric vehicles into its fleet, but critics want to see an election protection plan, too.

CleanTechnica