I do not care who you voted for or what political party you belong to, you deserve clean air, clean food, clean water, a living wage, & healthcare.
New: Drivers getting stuck near Lake Stevens & Everett with snow coming down on Hwy 2. WSP trooper just shut down this exit because cars can’t make it up the slightly-elevated off-ramp. @KIRO7Seattle@NickAllardKIRO7@NikuKazori
The Socotra Island in Yemen has long been a land of mystery. Described as ‘The Galapagos of the Middle East’ & ‘The Jewel of Arabia,’ the unspoiled alien-like landscape of the island has intrigued travelers & scientists for decades.
A thread on the enchanting Socotra Island…
The FTX story just gets wilder.
Earlier this year, SBF invested $11.5m in Farmington State Bank in Washington St. (nearly double the bank’s value).
It’s the 26th smallest bank in the US. It serves a town of 146 people. Has only 3 employees. And looks like my parent’s garage.
An archived version of the now-scrubbed Sequoia SBF article follows, and everyone should read it.
This is the shark-jumping of elitism. This is our generation’s “let them eat cake” moment
1/n
Twitter tonight has some serious "everyone gathered around grandpa's bedside at the hospice center" energy except everyone is also making fun of grandpa.
This holiday season Twitter fires 4K workers, Amazon fires 10K workers, & Facebook fires 11K workers—all while US Billionaire pandemic wealth increased an absurd $1.7T.😳
A reminder that billionaires don’t create jobs—they exploit workers. Tax billionaires. Unionize workers.
USA to Ukraine: "here's $8,000,000,000"
USA to Israel: "here's $3,3000,000,000"
USA to Taiwan: "here's $1,000,000,000"
USA to Mississippi: "don't drink the water"
I must say that conservatives melting down to the point where a Republican Congressman admits that student debt is partially about coercing people to join the army is an unexpected benefit of this whole thing
Cis people: I need you to understand (and help others understand) that “the trans debate” is NOT relevant “to only a small number of people” but to everyone. Thread below for why:
(This is focused on cis women, but cis dudes I need you to listen too. You are also in danger.)
Speaking of meat, Tyson Foods responded to $1.5B in higher costs with nearly $2B in price increases.
This means the company extracted $500M from consumers to keep profit margins huge.
When I say corporations are using inflation as cover for their greed, this is what I mean.