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ffs- smug Amazon commercial: “AVERAGE Amazon worker makes $22/hr” —> Questions:
a) and the MEDIAN wage, Amazon?
b) and how many workers get 40 hours/wk?
fwiw: $22/hr x 40 hrs/wk = <$47,000, a good wage… in 1990
February 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
richardinpelham.bsky.social
No universal healthcare? Fine, then let’s do this (found on Reddit)
February 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
richardinpelham.bsky.social
We’re in a surreal universe, long-time allies cast aside for nowt but naked greed. We need to ask: when do we take a stand, if that means leaving everything behind so we’re not unwilling players? I never wanted to live in 1930s Germany and yet….
michaelianblack.bsky.social Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · Feb 19
"My theory is that Pitt wanted to do Fury as an antidote to Inglorious Basterds, or maybe as a mea culpa." I didn't write about the news today.
michaelianblack.substack.com/p/inglorious...
Inglorious Fury
Somehow this Tuesday feels like a Friday.
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February 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Yay!
petebuttigieg.bsky.social Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Feb 10
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
richardinpelham.bsky.social
The self-own is stratospheric levels of cringe - then again, this lack of self-awareness underlines the problem
oddthisday.bsky.social Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · Feb 10
Was it your byline photo that did it?
Screenshot of 'i' headline: By Stefano Hatfield i columnist: I gave a woman 'the ick' - men have it too hard these days - The trend reinforces an impossible standard. The photo of him is perfectly inoffensive, really, although it is a bit 'look at me, i have serious opinions'
February 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
richardinpelham.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/20
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#20BookChallenge
February 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Not an NFL fan per se (40+ years a Giants fan, you get my point) but there’s no gnashing of teeth over egregiously bad officiating calls. And then the Chiefs lost, big. Correlation? Causation? Don’t know, I’m just here sayin’
February 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 12/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
February 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20
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Image of a ground level view of a portion of the 17th century Dutch colony of New Amsterdam
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
richardinpelham.bsky.social
Not sure who needs to hear this but the executive branch trying to take over all functions of the government has a word. Coup
February 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
richardinpelham.bsky.social
Current administration has run smack dab into the realities of govt institutions. Department lifers take pride, find meaning in the work they do (an alien concept to this administration). Govt institutions - suddenly our first line of resistance. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
Accidental’ F.B.I. Chief Builds a Following as Agency’s Defender
Brian Driscoll was accidentally catapulted into the acting director’s chair on Jan. 20 and has defended the bureau from the potential of mass firings, inspiring memes and satirical clips.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Brian Driscoll was accidentally catapulted into the FBI acting director’s chair on Jan. 20 and has defended the bureau from the potential of mass firings, inspiring memes and clips celebrating him.
Accidental’ F.B.I. Chief Builds a Following as Agency’s Defender
Brian Driscoll was accidentally catapulted into the acting director’s chair on Jan. 20 and has defended the bureau from the potential of mass firings, inspiring memes and satirical clips.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
richardinpelham.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
#20BookChallenge
February 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
richardinpelham.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 9/20
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February 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 8/20
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#20BookChallenge
February 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 7/20
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#20BookChallenge
February 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
richardinpelham.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 6/20
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Facade of the original JP Morgan Bank at the intersection of Wall and Broad in Manhattan
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 5/20
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January 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20
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January 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
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Catcher in the Rye, an outlined merry-go-round pony superimposed over a lined drawing of Manhattan near Central Park
January 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
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January 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20
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January 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM