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Sam Greenlee
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Sacramento-based.
Interested in food justice, farmers' markets, inclusive economic development, gardening, policy. Views expressed here are simply my own.
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We're hiring with some interesting positions!
alchemistcdc.org Alchemist Community Development Corp (Sacramento) @alchemistcdc.org · Apr 15
Please share: We are hiring for multiple positions! Just posted:
- Lead Farmers' Market Manager (Full-Time), $28/hour
- Farmers' Market Sales Associate (Part-Time, Sundays), $20/hour
Still hiring:
- Accounts Receivable Specialist (Full-time), $26/hour

Find details at alchemistcdc.org/emp...
April 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Drive like your shark kids live here.
A plastic sign shaped like a child meant to alert cars to slow down. Someone has used a Sharpie to draw in a mouth full of sharp teeth.
April 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Name a more iconic duo.
A large rhubarb plant growing next to a small strawberry plant.
April 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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" Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good."
-Václav Havel
March 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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alchemistcdc.org
Tomorrow (2/25), the US House is scheduled to vote on a budget that will drastically cut Medicaid and SNAP benefits.

Please take a minute to call your Rep and let them know how important it is to you that the benefits are preserved. You can call 866-426-2631 or visit www.usa.gov/elected-...
February 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Reposted by Sam Greenlee
alchemistcdc.org
We're hiring for 2 roles:
- Accounts Receivable Specialist ($26/hr)
- Administrative Assistant ($24/hr)

Both are full-time; hybrid in Sacramento; include 100% company-paid dental, vision, and health insurance; flexible schedule; 3 weeks PTO; 5 days sick; 10 holidays.

alchemistcdc.org/employment/
February 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Big debate topic: is Elmo an order Muppet or a chaos Muppet? Or is he just a young child Muppet and as yet undetermined?
February 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Read about what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFP ) does.

Ask yourself 3 questions
1. Why might people trying to kill it avoid calling it by its full name?
2. Why might billionaires and mega-corporations want it gone?
3. Are your interests aligned or in conflict with the billionaires?
The CFPB | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The CFPB
www.consumerfinance.gov
February 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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As a connoisseur of odd Citizen app headlines, this one is among the best.
"Report of person with pipe bitten by dog during fight"
February 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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I have always--including my 20s--been a total square. But I was never so actively uncool as a 20-something helping a billionaire to end medical care for children living in extreme poverty overseas.
February 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The @nytimes.com reports that Democratic leadership has no coherent message in opposing Trump. I'm no political strategist but I have some ideas.
Screenshot of New York Times Facebook post saying that more than 50 interviews with Democratic leadership revealed a party that is struggling to define what it stands for. I am no political strategist, but if I were them, I think you'd need to go beyond mere resistance to lay out a popular positive platform. It seems to me that they would be best served by proposing and passing good, strong meat-and-potatoes bills in their chamber, laying out what it would look like if they could actually get their bills made into law. These would include things like: - universal healthcare, and emphasize how freeing people from the constraints of employer health insurance will allow more people to take entrepreneurial risks - federal paid parental leave - redirecting funds out of the ever-growing defense budget into housing, healthcare, and mental health programs for veterans - policies to assist small family farms that would also help more people to become small farmers (e.g. low-interest loans on purchasing farmland for farms of 10 acres or less, crop insurance for non-staple crops and for polyculture farms, preferential contracts for small farmers to supply government programs with food) - policies that make it easier for municipalities to create their own public utility companies (including internet) so that fewer communities are beholden to for-profit utility monopolies - policies that mandate that any future federal stimulus funds addressing a recession must be disbursed directly to citizens rather than to banks or corporations (imagine the bail-out money for US auto manufacturers going out in the form of credits for Americans to buy American-made cars rather than giving the funds to Ford or Chrysler directly) - plans for substantially reducing the cost of college - plans to help people afford trade school - policies that provide very-local communities with veto power over environmentally-destructive practices near them (e.g. fracking operations, mountaintop removal mining, etc.) - a carbon tax (the revenue from which is VERY CLEARLY distributed as a tax credit to American citizens) - a trade policy that uses tariffs to penalize tra… I am no political strategist, but if I were them, I think you'd need to go beyond mere resistance to lay out a popular positive platform. It seems to me that they would be best served by proposing and passing good, strong meat-and-potatoes bills in their chamber, laying out what it would look like if they could actually get their bills made into law. These would include things like: - universal healthcare, and emphasize how freeing people from the constraints of employer health insurance will allow more people to take entrepreneurial risks - federal paid parental leave - redirecting funds out of the ever-growing defense budget into housing, healthcare, and mental health programs for veterans - policies to assist small family farms that would also help more people to become small farmers (e.g. low-interest loans on purchasing farmland for farms of 10 acres or less, crop insurance for non-staple crops and for polyculture farms, preferential contracts for small farmers to supply government programs with food) - policies that make it easier for municipalities to create their own public utility companies (including internet) so that fewer communities are beholden to for-profit utility monopolies - policies that mandate that any future federal stimulus funds addressing a recession must be disbursed directly to citizens rather than to banks or corporations (imagine the bail-out money for US auto manufacturers going out in the form of credits for Americans to buy American-made cars rather than giving the funds to Ford or Chrysler directly) - plans for substantially reducing the cost of college - plans to help people afford trade school - policies that provide very-local communities with veto power over environmentally-destructive practices near them (e.g. fracking operations, mountaintop removal mining, etc.) - a carbon tax (the revenue from which is VERY CLEARLY distributed as a tax credit to American citizens) - a trade policy that uses tariffs to penalize tra… I am no political strategist, but if I were them, I think you'd need to go beyond mere resistance to lay out a popular positive platform. It seems to me that they would be best served by proposing and passing good, strong meat-and-potatoes bills in their chamber, laying out what it would look like if they could actually get their bills made into law. These would include things like: - universal healthcare, and emphasize how freeing people from the constraints of employer health insurance will allow more people to take entrepreneurial risks - federal paid parental leave - redirecting funds out of the ever-growing defense budget into housing, healthcare, and mental health programs for veterans - policies to assist small family farms that would also help more people to become small farmers (e.g. low-interest loans on purchasing farmland for farms of 10 acres or less, crop insurance for non-staple crops and for polyculture farms, preferential contracts for small farmers to supply government programs with food) - policies that make it easier for municipalities to create their own public utility companies (including internet) so that fewer communities are beholden to for-profit utility monopolies - policies that mandate that any future federal stimulus funds addressing a recession must be disbursed directly to citizens rather than to banks or corporations (imagine the bail-out money for US auto manufacturers going out in the form of credits for Americans to buy American-made cars rather than giving the funds to Ford or Chrysler directly) - plans for substantially reducing the cost of college - plans to help people afford trade school - policies that provide very-local communities with veto power over environmentally-destructive practices near them (e.g. fracking operations, mountaintop removal mining, etc.) - a carbon tax (the revenue from which is VERY CLEARLY distributed as a tax credit to American citizens) - a trade policy that uses tariffs to penalize tra…
February 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Asking for input from anyone for our Alchemist Public Market project. Text limitations are a frustration so I'm adding screenshots with alt text. The first comment below will have a link to the Alchemist Public Market project if you want more info.
Asking for input from anyone: Many of you know that we are building Alchemist Public Market (opening in 2026, link for more info in the first comment). One of its many purposes is to be a safe and welcoming community gathering space for a broad range of people. This includes people of all ages: babies, toddlers, young children, older kids, tweens, teens, young adults, middle adults, older adults. I am listing these not because you don't know what "all ages" means but because I want to get across that it's not just generically for everyone ("all are welcome") but that it is thoughtfully created to be of real value to these various stages. We've tried to incorporate as much of this into the design for the actual built environment of the space as we can, but there are real limitations to on what you can do with limited space and funds, so much of this will depend on the space being flexible activated with events/programming and movable items that can be set out for use and stored when not in use. Obviously we have to take into account the risk of theft and damage and replacement cost, the potential risk to other patrons (probably won't be encouraging kids to use skateboards on the property even though we'll encourage getting there by skateboard), cleanliness and maintenance, etc. With that said, I think brainstorming is best when people don't feel limited so don't hesitate to share ideas that might be questionable. My request for anyone reading this is: what are objects/items that you think are great to be able to deploy to activate a space for specific age groups? These don't have to be things that are always out (for instance, more items for toddlers might come out in the morning, more teen/tween items on a weekday afternoon, etc.) I'll give some examples below: - copies of the day's newspaper for adults - a rolling cart of children's books - different books and magazines for all ages - table top chess sets and board games - big foam blocks for kids - sporting g… Asking for input from anyone: Many of you know that we are building Alchemist Public Market (opening in 2026, link for more info in the first comment). One of its many purposes is to be a safe and welcoming community gathering space for a broad range of people. This includes people of all ages: babies, toddlers, young children, older kids, tweens, teens, young adults, middle adults, older adults. I am listing these not because you don't know what "all ages" means but because I want to get across that it's not just generically for everyone ("all are welcome") but that it is thoughtfully created to be of real value to these various stages. We've tried to incorporate as much of this into the design for the actual built environment of the space as we can, but there are real limitations on what you can do with limited space and funds, so much of this will depend on the space being flexible activated with events/programming and movable items that can be set out for use and stored when not in use. Obviously we have to take into account the risk of theft and damage and replacement cost, the potential risk to other patrons (probably won't be encouraging kids to use skateboards on the property even though we'll encourage getting there by skateboard), cleanliness and maintenance, etc. With that said, I think brainstorming is best when people don't feel limited so don't hesitate to share ideas that might be questionable. My request for anyone reading this is: what are objects/items that you think are great to be able to deploy to activate a space for specific age groups? These don't have to be things that are always out (for instance, more items for toddlers might come out in the morning, more teen/tween items on a weekday afternoon, etc.) I'll give some examples below: - copies of the day's newspaper for adults - a rolling cart of children's books - different books and magazines for all ages - table top chess sets and board games - big foam blocks for kids - sporting good…
February 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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This CoinDesk article is downright Orwellian. In what world is it bullish for long-term Bitcoin holders to sell their coins off?
Bitcoin News: Long-Term Bitcoin Holders Are Spending BTC, And That's Bullish, Analysts Say
Analysts observing previous BTC bull market said the outlook remains constructive while long-term holders continue to distribute their coins.
www.coindesk.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I'm curious as to whether maintenance issues at Disneyland indicate a decline in the corporate culture. Overall the park is clean as ever, but we not only encountered several broken animatronics but saw simpler issues like a broken orb held by the snake in Jungle Cruise, clearly showing its bulbs.
A nonfunctioning Buzz Lightyear animatronic.
January 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Oh, cool. Meta is going to be bankrupt by 2027.

finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-to...
Meta to spend as much as $65 billion on AI in 2025
Meta said on Friday that it will spend as much as $65 billion on capital expenditures in 2025.
finance.yahoo.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The year is 2030. The #Oscars now include:

- Best screenplay adapted from a video game
- Best film about a consumer brand
- Best screenplay adapted from the collective knowledge of the internet by a Large Language Model
- Best digital likeness in a supporting role
- Best drama about a tech CEO
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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A few years ago, I read an article about how some Inuit parents use stories to discipline young kids, such as warning of sea monsters to keep kids from wandering dangerously toward the water. A thought today: did the US kidnap panic begin as an unconscious way to deal with the real dangers of cars?
January 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Unethical Marketplace sellers trying to capitalize on the death of David Lynch.
A photo of a Marketplace listing for two chairs upholstered with blue velvet that is titled, "Blue velvet chairs. $150)
January 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Lenten rose.
A dusty pink Lenten rose with yellow stamen.
January 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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It's been a while since any Marvel movie has really piqued my interest (I still eventually watch them all) but this is a great poster.
A promotional poster for Captain America Brave New World.
January 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Public Safety

Today I saw a man
driving alone
wearing a mask
running a stop sign

I can only he assume
he was in a hurry
to play lawn darts
on his pesticide free sod

(From 2022)
January 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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I've never been so jealous.
January 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Help me with a fun, informal three-part poll:

1. Out of which of these mugs will your coffee taste best?
2. If the mug could be any color, what color mug would make the coffee taste best?
3. How do you take your coffee?
A table with photographs of 24 different styles of coffee mug shapes, all in the color white.
January 15, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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My door is always open if you want to stop by and fix my door
January 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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A new record: I had 11 posts in a row on Facebook that weren't from people, pages, or groups that I follow. Two were ads overtly ads, the rest were from groups and pages I've never followed.
January 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM