wordiuma.bsky.social
@wordiuma.bsky.social
~ be kind ~ vote ~ donate blood ~
http://988lifeline.org http://vote.gov #newyorkforever
(personal account and opinions, repost≠endorsement)
Reposted
The USPS has changed its postmark rules (effective late 2025) so the postmark date reflects when mail is first processed at a regional facility, not when you mail it, causing potential delays of days for time-sensitive items like tax documents or bills.
December 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reposted
December 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Reposted
New tax plan released by R’s

Low-income earners, including many single-parents, would pay a higher tax under the proposal because refundable credits are reduced or restricted, while tax cuts for higher earners are expanded and made permanent.

That’s not a talking point — it’s how the math works.🤬
December 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Reposted
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Reposted
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Reposted
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.

Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.

Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reposted
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.

As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Reposted
Following the worst mass killing in the state’s history, Maine has become the 22nd state to adopt a “red flag” law for regulating guns, with the approval of nearly 59% of voters.

The latest from @markfollman.bsky.social:
Maine voters approve new law to prevent suicides and mass shootings
The red flag policy follows the worst mass killing in the state's history.
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Reposted
It's been 41 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.

Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Reposted
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reposted
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Reposted
The brutal reality is that America is a place where having a job—even two or three jobs—doesn't guarantee that your most essential human needs will be met.

And now it's a place where millions of families are losing food assistance the same month as Thanksgiving.
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Reposted
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Reposted
We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

Make it make sense.
October 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Reposted
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Reposted
If the HPV vaccine had been available 20 years earlier, my beloved Grace might still be alive.

Get vaccinated.
“Healthcare personnel often do not realize that in the U.S., HPV-related mortality far surpasses the mortality from tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis & meningococcal disease combined. Each year, about 4,000 deaths are the result of cervical cancer; most are preventable through pre-exposure vaccination”
Technically Speaking: Why HPV Vaccination Before Age 11 Years Is a Good Idea
Dr. Sean O’Leary, Chair of AAP’s COID, explains why AAP and CDC recommendations about HPV vaccine differ.
www.chop.edu
March 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Reposted
This won’t be trickling down.
September 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reposted
Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees.

In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.

Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.

Textbook corporate greed.
September 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted
NEWS: Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor

"We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
September 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Reposted
Dear politicians who want more security because they fear for their lives: When there are 4 times more guns in America than there are people,when life's necessities like housing, food,healthcare & education are unaffordable,when capitalists get richer & average Americans get poorer, maybe that's why
September 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Reposted
Yes. Yes, they are.
September 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Reposted
Trump will likely try to use this to justify authoritarian crackdowns...and delegitimize dissent. Democrats should preempt that by warning: “Yes, violence is unacceptable...and equally unacceptable...is using this tragedy as an excuse to strip away constitutional freedoms.”
September 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Reposted
I was grew up in 1950’s Jim Crow Alabama. Many if you have never known what it was like…water hoses and dogs turned loose on people of color just for congregating in groups, crosses burnt in your yard, hangings, beatings, people disappearing. YES this can happen to YOU too now.
September 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM