Oorlagh💥

Just a dope Irish feminist Oscar-winning filmmaker from the Bronx with a hard to pronounce name.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

A young woman named MacKenzie Tuttle graduated from Princeton in 1992 with a degree in English. One of her professors was Toni Morrison, who later described her as one of the finest creative writing students she had ever taught.

After graduation, MacKenzie took a job at the New York investment firm D. E. Shaw. There she met a colleague named Jeff Bezos, who had an ambitious idea: selling books on the internet.

She didn’t laugh at the idea.

They married in 1993, and the following year drove across the country to the Seattle area to build what would become Amazon.

In the beginning, there was no global empire.

There was a garage.

MacKenzie handled accounting, wrote business materials, answered customer emails and phone calls, and packed orders alongside Jeff. Like many startups, everyone did whatever needed to be done.

As Amazon grew, MacKenzie stepped away from day-to-day operations to raise their four children while continuing to pursue her own passion for writing.

Her debut novel, The Testing of Luther Albright, won the American Book Award. She later published a second novel and quietly built a respected literary career.

Meanwhile, the story of Amazon became one of the most famous business stories ever told.

Jeff Bezos became one of the world’s most recognizable entrepreneurs.

MacKenzie’s role was rarely part of the public narrative.

She never seemed interested in changing that.

What many people don’t know is that she also knew financial hardship.

Her family filed for bankruptcy while she was still a student, and she has spoken about the kindness of people who helped her through difficult times—acts of generosity she never forgot.

In 2019, after her divorce, MacKenzie Scott received approximately 4% of Amazon’s shares.

Almost immediately, she made a decision that surprised the world.

She signed the Giving Pledge, promising to donate the majority of her wealth during her lifetime.

Then she did something even more unusual.

Instead of building a massive public foundation or attaching her name to buildings, she began giving away billions of dollars through large, unrestricted grants.

Universities.

Food banks.

Housing organizations.

Rural communities.

Women’s health initiatives.

Tribal colleges.

Climate organizations.

Small nonprofits that had never imagined receiving gifts of that size.

Many recipients reportedly thought the phone calls were scams.

They weren’t.

Since 2019, MacKenzie Scott has donated tens of billions of dollars to thousands of organizations, making her one of the most significant philanthropists of the modern era.

Despite giving away enormous sums, her fortune has remained substantial because of Amazon’s continued growth.

The woman who once packed Amazon’s first orders is now helping fund opportunities for millions of people she will probably never meet.

She never asked for buildings in her name.

She never demanded headlines.

Sometimes the greatest legacy isn’t the company you help build.

It’s what you choose to do with the success that follows.

[Covie @covie_93]

Iran sent people with PhDs to negotiate with American real estate agents and yet people are wondering how Iran got everything they wanted.

[Pistachio 🇮🇷 🇵🇸 @HarleyShah]

The US didn't want to let the Iranian football team in the country because they were afraid all the women would leave with them

[Niall Stanage @NiallStanage]

What a great cover.

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Can't stop thinking about Elon Musk, the wealthiest man alive worth $828 billion, spending $290 million to elect Trump, becoming $563 billion richer since Trump was elected and ending humanitarian aid that will lead to the deaths of 4.5 million of the poorest kids on the planet.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@HuffPost In Japan there is a huge financial penalty if your loved one jumps in front of a train. And it is a successful deterrent. There should be a penalty to the man’s extended family for family annihilation. It seems absurd and unjust but this is becoming a constant occurrence.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

The US should have a system where we can only go to war through a popular vote, but everyone voting "yes" is automatically drafted into the military.

[Joakim 🌹🇳🇴🇪🇺 @joakial_]

New ad by the Norwegian Consumer Council: "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator"

[Robert McCartney @McCartneyWP]

Great timing, Bezos: Reminder that WashPost sacked all of its Middle East staff correspondents less than a month ago.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@PainInTheAce @MadelaineLucyH She did. Many times. Then he used his father’s airline to force her to sit next to him for hours and wore her down.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@cevangelista413 The arc of the moral universe bending will be in the exact shape of Trump keeling over.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@franklinleonard The head poking in the “secure” curtain 🤣 Wiles face lift frozen face. It is giving behind the curtain of “the great and powerful Oz”.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@JoyceCarolOates Was he clever or perhaps just cunning and stoic? He appeared to have broad curiosity but some of the medical info (Klinefelter syndrome) emerging suggests he had an intellectual disability. In the few clips I have seen of him speaking, his lack of verbal acuity is surprising.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@RickyLaFleurRX7 This is a photo of a British person from a film directed by an Italian-American on a website owned by a South African.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@freitasdiogo @workerxParty He not she.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

this

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@JoyceCarolOates Picked up Zombie and read it without knowing anything about it. Was it good? Increadible. Will I ever blindly wander into a first person book again? Not a fucking chance.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@spaceghostRL @BillRocque @SAMMYverse @morninggloria Even if she did (which she did not), the penalty for hitting a police officer w/your car at 3miles an hour is not summary execution. There is no way to justify lethal force even if this was a suspect fleeing arrest. This woman was a bystander calmly communicating she is leaving.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@girlsavingface Noah Wylie has been posting pro Palestinian content on his IG. I wouldn’t assume to know his politics now based on the 2023 letter.

[Oorlagh💥 @oorlagh]

@jonfavs How are there no protests scheduled yet in LA this weekend? @CrookedMedia @NoKingsProtest