TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@social.cleverlibre.org

I signed up for a program that connects learners with boot camps. I received a call from the welcome team within 5 minutes. Ever since that phone call, I have received:

* 3 texts daily asking when I'm going to set up a consultation
* 5 emails a day asking the same
* 2 emails a day reminding me of the appointment

I signed up for the consultation on the first day.

My Gen-X embedded mentality is already thinking that the call with the consultant ain'tn't gonna go well. Not one bit.

Don’t stop

#GOPCircus #TaxCuts #Trillions

TFG, Mnuchin & others were responsible for most of the COVID RELIEF LOAN FRAUD & the many recipients were likely Republicans too: $5.4B in covid aid may have gone to firms using suspect Social Security numbers. Nearly 25% of the loan applications were approved from April 2020-Oct 2022. The revelations are likely to galvanize GOP critics who INITIALLY HELPED APPROVE PPP, EIDL & other pandemic programs-:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/30/ppp-covid-fraud-social-security/

Amazon be like, hey Todd, you running low on anchovies? I'm like fuck yeah I'm running low on anchovies. Amazing.

It's no exaggeration that Ron DeSantis wants to kill people. I'm not putting a cw on this post about capital punishment. Stop here if you don't want to read more.

As societies mature, they move away from capital punishment. 23 states and DC have abolished the death penalty and 3 states have a moratorium.

The rest of the western democracies have stopped executing people. The leaders are China (by far), Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

DeSantis wants to be able to kill people for more reasons, and doesn't care that what he's doing is unconstitutional. Current law requires a unanimous jury to impose the death penalty, and there are few state crimes for which it can be imposed. (It can for federal crimes like terrorism and treason.) DeSantis doesn't care. He figures it can go to SCOTUS, which will overturn its own precedent.

It will probably result in more murders, because capital punishment for other crimes removes the incentive to not kill victims.

He's a monster.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2023/1/30/23574423/ron-desantis-supreme-court-constitution-death-penalty-execution-sixth-eight-amendment

#DonFalls #TeachersAreHeroes

I’m a Florida teacher who’s been forced to cover up the books in my classroom. Here’s why I’m suing Ron DeSantis. https://www.businessinsider.nl/im-a-florida-teacher-whos-been-forced-to-cover-up-the-books-in-my-classroom-heres-why-im-suing-ron-desantis/

I’m the spirit of sharing quality content, please enjoy my favorite meme of all time.

I have been surrounded by gay, trans, and drag queens my whole adult life. Not once have I ever had to fear violence or harm from any of them, or had to have special training in case one came into my workplace. Meanwhile, I have been bullied and threatened by “Christians”, harassed by cops, and have to be trained out in case someone shows up at the office with an AR-15.

Enduring

The shriek of a small child
Who awakens
Christmas morning to see
The tree transformed
By profusion of gifts
Brightly enticing the hem of
The skirt modestly concealing
Her barren ankles
The sharp delighted yelp
That escapes vocalizing
Shocked surprise when
Playfully splashed with
Frigid creek waters droplets
Drying quickly in the hot
Sun of summer
Daddy’s home! Yelled
High pitched giggled peals
Emitted heartbreak sob interspersed
Dot leader scattered between
Welcomed warming snuggles
Sharp pinprick pain needles
Penetrating vaccine dispensed
The sudden yelp involuntary sting
Quickly forgotten in the cheer
Of the subsequent prize the
Sugary lollipop proffered
Plopped soothingly orally calming
I have borne witness to
Each of these and more now carefully
Tucked away indelibly stored where
Delineated memory resides
Afflicts my days of
Impermeable silence
Solitude imbued
Ceaseless
Eternal
echo
echo
echo

@tanweerdar
#MastoPrompt Monday 30 January 2023
#shriek
#SmallPoems #Poetry #MicroFiction #SmallStories