Link dump, 13 April 2020

[firecat]

"the Post Office would actually be a successful business if not for the GOP-sponsored Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006....When people say that USPS is not a profitable business, it's specifically because of that law, which legally forbids them from making a profit, and also requires the Postal Service to fully refund its retirees' benefits 75 years in advance."
They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? by Thom Dunn
https://boingboing.net/2020/04/13/theyre-never-going-to-get-ri.html

Washington, Oregon and California announce Western States Pact https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/washington-oregon-and-california-announce-western-states-pact

A couple of ways to donate to people in the SF Bay Area suffering from COVID-19–related financial difficulties:
• GiveDirectly Bay Area COVID-19 Fund (for Bay Area families enrolled in SNAP; they also have funds for other areas) https://www.givedirectly.org/covid-19/bay-area/
• Pledge to give some of your stimulus check to undocumented immigrants (this project is based in Oakland, CA):
https://stimuluspledge.org/

Comments

[cynthia1960]

The scorpion story is connected to my own chickens at the post office story.

[firecat]

Yes, I saw that!