"Fuck You, Pay Me" Thousands know this, but the billions served do not. Person: Maybe I should get a franchise....? Ronald: Great, you bear all costs and pay. Person: Okay, guess I'll set up over here? Grimace: No, we pick the spot, buy it and you rent from us. 1/2

Whether cynical or realistic, I am viewing expenditures and essentially all governments' activities with a far more critical eye. Thank you @raquelreveals.bsky.social -Bill

Throughout his career, Jerry Demings has led with compassion and strength, and been a tireless fighter for Orange County. Rachel and I will be thinking of him and his family as they face this challenge, and we wish him a quick and full recovery.

With nothing original to post tonight, I rest on my re-skeets. Night-night.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upheld an Alabama Congressional map that denies Black voters fair representation. This decision flies in the face of democracy and is another critical blow to our voting rights.

“If I’m hated there, I’m hated everywhere.”

Honored to be associated in any way with this group. go.bsky.app/NnFitKG

I cooked food I had in my house instead of eating out. Clap for me.

Our government will give sports teams billions of your tax dollars for stadiums, billions to build fossil fuel plants, billions to corporations to improve profits. Our government will not give taxpayers solar panels to reduce utility costs or build great public transit. Our priorities are against us

We have secured the release of a brilliant and caring 18-year-old teenage girl held in ICE custody for months. She is now back on track to graduate from High School.

Kindness is free, I never run out of it to give away. Remember to be kind today. Bitterness is always a waste of time.

REP. DEAN TO BLANCHE: "The president lied about being on Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove it. It's all covered up. The 🇺🇸 people are not stupid.” (H/T @atrupar.com )

This belongs in every classroom. When systems fail people, solidarity is our lifeline. #Education #Unity #Literature

As I read more and more, it is abundantly clear progress usually results from people refusing to accept cruelty as normal. Obviously not a lawmaker, going to do what I can to challenge cruelty I see immediately around me. Then ramp it up. #resist

Fuel prices rising for the fifth week straight.....

With what frequency is “tradition” invoked to defend practices that were never admirable? Shall we conduct periodic reviews of our traditions?

Housing in Germany is becoming absurd. Students, apprentices, young workers—everyone competing for the same handful of flats. A society that can’t house its youth is sabotaging its own future. #Wohnungskrise

Kamala Harris is the biggest "I told you so" winner in history.

Spirit shutting down is hitting Latino families hard. Those cheap flights kept people connected to home. Now prices jump and options shrink. #Aviation

In all you do please do not behave like MAGA Trump supporters who sees his destruction of democracy/ economy as America first. Let’s resist the monster and stay focus in reclaiming our country from the tyranny trump. A clarion call to all lovers of our great country and democracy. The end is near!

UPS cutting 30,000 jobs and Amazon eliminating thousands more hits working families hardest. Investor moods and whims impacting stability of millions. #community #economy

For the first time in history, you can simply say "he is an idiot" and 90% of world will know about whom you are speaking… Am I right?!

In heartbreaking news, food banks reporting higher demand again. That’s the real economic indicator, not the stock market. #Economy #Trump #Greed #Capitalism

Pharma profits soaring while patients ration medication. Seriously, are we ever going to evolve?! #HealthcareCosts

Why do people talk about “division” like it’s a natural disaster? It is nearly always engineered. Someone benefits when neighbors and communities stop comparing notes and start pointing fingers. #Money

Codifying Roe, passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and holding members of this administration criminally accountable are important goals, but none of it sticks without Supreme Court reform.

Global fertility‑rate dropping. Declines everywhere, and governments scrambling for incentives. Even if you could afford children would you even want to bring a life into this world? #Demographics

Well: - FDA approved another weight‑loss. Demand is so high pharmacies can’t keep up. But: - No limit on amount of sugar, carcinogens and preservatives packed into our "food." #Profits #Greed #Sugar #Pharma

But, Mo how I gonna qualify? Gotta sign some papers or testify? No my friend it ain't like that Ain't gotta be nothin' not even black. All are members who say they are Long as you got justice in the heart. Wanna join this movement, just put #BlackStandardCollective in your posts or bio.

I can think of zero examples of tech fortunes NOT built on theft, hype, stock manipulation, exploiting developers. Zero.

Isn't LinkedIn the nexus of AI and crypto? With some career looksmaxxing?

They profit from society and need to pay into it….much more bigly!

Spawn of Satan.

Generally I am still a cheerful guy by nature. Disturbing me lately: seeing so little pushback on Trump. He is pillaging and looting in broad daylight. Not seeing our leaders doing much at all. No checks on anything or effort to dislodge him. go.bsky.app/X4rfRW

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I wonder what happened to all that glorious food from the event… They probably donated it to homeless shelters, right?

Slowdown is already visible in hiring patterns and I feel the IMF’s warning about global debt didn’t get enough attention. #markets #IMF

Indeed, it will be....

Every headline this week keeps talking about “resilience,” like people aren’t already carrying more than they should. Starting to feel like a powder keg. #truth

This is probably one of the longest threads in BlueSky history (I’m not even going to number it, but it's long), and if you plan to fight, read it all. Something is going to break. I don’t know what. I wish I did.

All you lucky lucky people who still have your mothers go give them hugs and kisses this weekend and give them even a few from me!!!!

If living under Trump, you find yourself confused as shit to be missing Nixon...we can go get fitted for straight jackets together. #Trump #Nixon #Confusing

If you have ever gone to college, seen a college or even heard of college, you know there is a problem. ls.berkeley.edu/news/new-uc-...

⭐Word about my profile banner, lest you all think it is Conservative/Liberal thing. It is not. It is about #women having imposed upon them some weird patriarchal demand to account for a single damn thing they do. Women make their decisions. End of story.

Like all of you--perhaps more than some, less than others--I tend to fret a great deal about the state of the world. I am unlikely to be of any help if I do not perform a system shutdown each evening. I like to retreat into a book and I highly recommend it. #MentalHealth

The economic remains oddly detached from daily life. “Cooling inflation,” they say, while the price of a simple shop seems to rise with every visit. One learns to read the footnotes and subtext in addition to the headlines. #Economy

LeBron was taken #1 in the 2003 NBA draft and there's no one left in the league from the 2004 and 2005 draft classes and for 2006 it's just Kyle Lowry, who played 118 minutes all season. Just unbelievable longevity.