I started buying things via Amazon back when they only sold books. I try hard not to waste my limited time on this earth with regrets, but if I were going to start regretting things, that would be high on the list.
Just cancelled all of my Amazon subscriptions. It’s just a tiny thing, but I don’t need to be giving money to billionaires who kiss Trump’s ass and destroy major free press institutions.
Hundreds of protestors lining Hwy 101 for at least a mile in Florence, Oregon this afternoon. And a dozen or so in tiny Veneta. Even in deep-blue Oregon, this was nice to see.
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
Oh, and they’re bringing in right-wing military contractors Palantir. This will be just fine for your personal data.
Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go.
An update on our economic outlook
J.P. Morgan goes on the record predicting a recession for this year. Folks who are too young to remember what 2007 was like are about to learn. I hope those of us who are too young to remember 1929 don’t get a similar and worse lesson.
“The Road Ahead”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 1250. In the North Bank Habitat Management Area.
Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants
File under “No, the courts are not going to save us.”
“Roads Not Taken”
Olympus E-M10 IV, M.Zuiko 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 160
Apparently the unitary executive theory includes “you can make up whatever laws you want and Congress won’t say a word.”