Tag Archives: economic inequality

OH HELLLL NAW, NASA

Posted on April 30, 2020 by amywinns

NASA Picks Companies to Develop New Moon Landers It seems unlikely the space agency will meet President Trump’s goal of a return to the lunar surface by the end of 2024. NASA announced on Thursdaythat it had picked three designs … Continue reading →

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Do your best, or at least do no harm

Posted on April 16, 2020 by amywinns

Overheard in NYC, during the plague: Scene: Flatbush/PLG neighborhood of Brooklyn, largely black, very working-class population. A Black man probably in his 40s is talking to a well-spaced friend on the sidewalk outside a discount store. An “Auntie” type older … Continue reading →

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It’s just too f’ing much sometimes

Posted on April 10, 2020 by amywinns

Dispatch from NYC: Doing OK, keeping pretty steady… oh what’s this? News and photos about the number of unclaimed coronavirus bodies overwhelming the normal facilities and being interred to mass graves in pine boxes on a small island off Long … Continue reading →

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The Uninterrupted Income Challenge! (Help the disrupted!)

Posted on March 12, 2020 by amywinns

Hello. The Covid-19 crisis has had me thinking about how fortunate I am in many ways, not the least of which is financially. My heart goes out to all who can’t say likewise. But for now, I’m talking to those … Continue reading →

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2-46-8 what do you appreciate??

Posted on February 17, 2020 by amywinns

Howdy friends! My birthday is coming up, as it always does, next week, at the end of dark and dreary February. Well, you know I love a theme, so this year I want to combine birthday time with a gratitude … Continue reading →

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GoFundMe? GoFuckYou — Kavanaugh vs Ford edition

Posted on October 1, 2018 by amywinns

Did all of you see there was really a real GoFundMe fundraiser for affluenza monster Brett Kavanaugh? Probably more than one, honestly, but I haven’t the stomach to search. I noticed this one, which started and concluded in the week … Continue reading →

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Activist journalism wins over civil forfeiture — for once

Posted on December 2, 2017 by amywinns

We need some good news this morning. I am so glad to see there is a happy ending to this case of potentially heartbreaking injustice. There is no erasing in this man’s unnecessary trauma at the hands of those sworn … Continue reading →

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“I asked you the question, but I already know the answer…”

Posted on October 5, 2017 by amywinns

This might be the most cogent and devastating segment I have ever seen from Elizabeth Warren. And that is reeaaally saying something. You have GOT to see her just draw and quarter this guy in a Senate hearing! Precise, polite … Continue reading →

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Puerto Rico = America and America’s responsibility

Posted on October 3, 2017 by amywinns

Puerto Rico is OUR RESPONSIBILITY. This video is insightful. Its economic and financial issues are a direct result of colonialist policies. These American citizens have been struggling for decades and we cannot further abandon them in the wake of catastrophic … Continue reading →

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Foodie braggarts can afford ‘whimsical’ meals, why not a cab?!

Posted on February 6, 2017 by amywinns

Late commute silent subway scream: Ugh lawd, please save me from these rich New Brooklyn demi-hipster (business suit plus “edgy” piercings) foodie a-holes scrolling through memories of expensive meals past on their phones, complete with running vocal fry commentary: “… … Continue reading →

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