Good morning and welcome to the daily thread for all the important stuff in #Ukraine's valiant battle for its future.
Tomorrow will be a landmark day, marking the 500th day of #Russia's invasion. For now, settle back and enjoy the thread for Day 499 of the war in #Europe.
Survey from Bankrate finds that
🇺🇸 Americans would need to earn $233,000 a year to feel financially secure and $483,000 annually to feel rich.
The median salary for an American worker is around $56,000.
This is the current scene on private property in South Dakota: an out-of-state, for-profit corporation with armed patrol intruding on property without the landowner’s consent to lay a carbon sequestration pipeline that the landowner doesn’t want. This is not freedom.
$99 drone + grenade vs Million $$$ #Russian APC
Seeing this made me suddenly realize that
we are about to witness the collapse of an army on a scale not seen since WW2.
Russia will respond... badly.
#NoteToSelf... Buy Iodine tablets.
Watching @twitter die is not as fun as one might think.
Remembering ALL of the money, energy, and time it took to build up business and how one man with a giant metal phallic spaceship destroyed a decade of work.
Is there a class action lawsuit yet?
BREAKING: Harlan Crow and his family's average yearly political contributions went up 862% after Citizens United was decided in 2010.
Who provided a deciding vote for that case?
Justice Clarence Thomas, a "family friend" they showered with luxury travel and gifts for 20+ years.
Just lost my Twitter verification, but that's not a real problem. The real problem is the oligarchs who have too much power over the internet.
And our economy.
And our democracy.
Remember, we have more in common with each other than we do with them — blue check or not.