Wonder why products and services are less than helpful these days? Read Cory Doctorow's new book: Enshittification, Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About it tinyurl.com/mwuzdtyx

I don’t normally read the comments, but these ones give me hope. I know we are all seeing a lot of hate toward our Somali friends and neighbors, but I wanted to share these. I hope they bring a smile to your face like they did mine.

Just in time for your Thanksgiving gathering. www.aclu.org/the-aclus-ho...

Amazon loves loopholes washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/05/t...

Article to help you decide if shopping Amazon is worth the social cost. www.cnbc.com/2021/11/19/t...

Why I Don’t Use Amazon or Its Services - 2 of 2 posts 4. Exploits tax loopholes to avoid paying taxes 5. Unfair working conditions 6. Data Center impact on the environment and nearby residents

Why I Don’t Use Amazon or Its Services - 1 of 2 posts 1. Collects sensitive personal customer data (e.g., records/keeps conversations even if Alexa is “off”) 2. Eliminates competition through buyouts, mergers, and other questionable tactics 3. Engages in predatory pricing

You have the power to fight back. Refuse to shop Amazon from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. indivisible.org/campaign/we-...

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

Trump didn’t just rewrite history with MBS this week. He rewrote America’s red lines. My latest deep dive on the F-35 sale and the cost of Trump’s loyalty to Saudi Arabia:

You have the power of the purse. Watch the video and join the movement Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday. substack.com/@50501/note/...

Zumbrota is a small rural town. But even here, residents are concerned about the path our government is taking. Below are photos (shared with permission) from a silent protest last weekend.

Last night, the federal government started promoting vaccine conspiracy theories on the CDC’s website. We should be investing in vaccines that stop preventable diseases, not undermining the science that prevents them.

On November 19, 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. May we continue "...to be dedicated to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." youtu.be/qe_LQbeIQhQ

Just posted 4 reasons why I don't use Facebook. I wish organizations (like AARP) would stop using Facebook. I refuse to maintain or contribute to Facebook's growth.

Why I don't use Facebook. Post 4 of 4. Reason 4: Creepy Origin Story - Platform for college guys (known originally as Facemash) to rate the hotness/date-worthiness of female students on campus. (mashable.com/article/mark...)

Why I don't use Facebook. Post 3 of 4. Reason 3: Facebook enticed users in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Pakistan by offering “free” internet access; however, recent investigation found Facebook charged users through their mobile carriers. (See www.theverge.com/2022/1/25/22...)

Why I don't use Facebook. Post 2 of 4. Reason 2: Facebook’s role in enabling the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar (systemicjustice.org/article/face...)

Why I don't use Facebook - post 1 of 4, from most current to initial reason. Reason 1: Meta 2025 policies allow denigration & harassment of racialized minorities, which has the potential to enable mass violence and genocide, especially in poor countries. (www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...)

"Quiet, piggy!"

Need a break? Looking for inspiration? Hope? Take a few minutes - watch, listen, and recharge your spirit. youtu.be/oFbjilFowi8

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HEY LA: Join the protest at Spotify HQ in the LA Arts District at 12p PT. Spotify is doubling down on its decision to help recruit for ICE, so we're turning up the volume on our Cancel Spotify campaign until they stop running ICE ads: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Frustrated? Consumers fight back! weaintbuyingit.com

Indivisibles in Los Angeles are ready for today’s protest at Spotify HQ. Join us at the top of the hour to demand that Spotify stops running recruitment ads for ICE: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies

Jon Stewart sums it up perfectly. youtu.be/eFI6MwlLJ08

The fine print: On Sunday, 7 Dem and 1 Ind Senator voted to allow 8 Republican senators to sue gov’t for $500,000 in compensation (each) over their involvement in Jan 6 attack on the Capitol. Thanks for nothing, Senators King, Shaheen, Hassan, Fetterman, Kaine, Cortez Masto, and Rosen.

Data Centers are popping up everywhere, including SE Minnesota. Here's what you need to know BEFORE one is built in your community. youtu.be/t-8TDOFqkQA

H.R. 1467 (introduced by Andrew Garbarino, R-NY-2) would deny federal funds to any state that does not allow odd-year elections. In 2023, only 4 states allowed odd-year elections. Is this an attempt to suppress voting? www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Enough is enough. Contact your Democratic senators TODAY and tell them to call for Senator Schumer to step aside as Minority Leader. We desperately need new leadership in the Democratic Party.

Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work. Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.

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Americans deserved a better deal than this one.

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.

@schumer.senate.gov how curious that the senators who voted yes with the GOP are either retiring or not running for another term. What kind of game is the Democratic Party playing?! I am done giving Dems the benefit of the doubt. Stand up or step aside.

@schumer.senate.gov @amyklobuchar.com After the vote betrayal, I’m embarrassed to be a democrat. I thought the Dems would stand up and fight for our country, our constitution & human rights. No more. I will no longer give Dems the benefit of the doubt. Either fight or loose my support and my vote.

Shame on the Dem Senators bending the knee to Trump and his GOP minions and vote for tonight's deal. The voters will not forget their betrayal. (They can't possibly believe Trump/GOP will keep any promises they are making.)

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Keystone Kash needed a distraction from the story that he took another private govt jet to watch his girlfriend sing. apnews.com/article/detr...

Last week, I picked up my knitting needles after abandoning them 50 years ago. I also resubscribed to The Great Courses Plus to watch a course on knitting. A perfect way to decompress after a crazy day of fighting for democracy.

Why is anyone still watching 60 Minutes/CBS?! There are better and more productive ways to spend time. Rekindle an old hobby. Take up a new one. Visit your local library - they have books, movies, and music you can borrow free of charge! #libraries

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

MUST READ: A club for courageous Americans www.treason.io/p/must-read-...

When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?

“You don’t need a political-science degree to understand why having wealthy individuals cutting secret checks to the president to pay the military is a bad idea,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.

Okay, folks, you know what you need to do! www.treason.io/p/read-trump...

I've begun breaking ties with BIG Tech companies and spending more time off-the-grid. Funny I forgot how fun life can be beyond the screen. (And less expensive.)

Apple, Google, and Microsoft: I know you don't care what I think. After all I'm only a customer. I no longer trust your company. You'd rather give money to a man who bankrupted a casino and let him use that money to destroy a historical building. Good-bye.

Anyone else notice how difficult it is to send general feedback to Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc.? Once upon a time if you were mad about something a company did, you could write or call. Today it is almost impossible to find an email or phone number to lodge a complaint.