@cptofmysoul

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I’m just here to scream into the void.
At 51, I’ve had a growth spurt… but just in my feet. #isthisnormal #aging

I saw a post where a small business owner was quoted as saying “We’ve effectively been told to cease U.S. operations entirely.” - yes, that’s *exactly* what this is.

That’s something lots of American folks don’t seem to understand about tariffs and what they are for:

You’re not expected to pay them.

You’re expected to be unwilling or unable to buy foreign-made things anymore.

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#tariffs #UsPolitics #Politics #trade

(Credit to my colleague Jeff S. for this post.)

Admittedly don’t follow the news that closely, but has any legislator at all proposed a legislative solution to stop the disappearing of people to El Salvador? #constitutionalcrisis
They aren't being stupid, they are being evil They are purposefully crashing the economy, erecting a trade-wall, dismantling organizing rights, and gutting oversight so that the oligarchs can get rich doing whatever the hell they want with a newly minted class of increasingly desperate, low-wage workers.
every republican policy is just mad libs for sociopaths. “we’re banning [noun] to protect [imaginary victim] from [thing that doesn’t happen]”
IPhones should have a feature that prevents other iPhones in the vicinity from ringing with your wake-up alarm sound. #iphone

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a lengthy statement on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot a day after his campaign distanced themselves from a fundraising email describing Jan. 6. defendants as "activists."

https://t.co/C0PtMHvyLL

RFK Jr. wants to "hear every side" on Jan. 6

"Both establishment parties are using J6 to pour fuel on the fire of America's divisions," Kennedy said.

Axios
Spotify’s DJ just teed up some white supremacist song so I guess that’s a thing that happens. #spotify
I can’t get my head around why people want to go through the same enshitification process just with a different mix of characters. #bluesky
I closed my Twitter account well over a year ago but it sounds like being there is like ignoring grammer in a phishing email; if you’re there, you’ve self identified as a mark. #twitter