Uber and Lyft really might suspend operations in California.

Personally I think that would be a flying start to closing down this wealth extraction plan that operates an an excuse for a business.

I’m not going to name the bank …

… but seriously it is 2020 … I just want to move money from one account to another.

… this apparently can’t be done online - despite what their web site says … you have to call in on a phone …

… i was greeted by one of those confounded bots …

… found my way to a live person - who now has had me on hold for 5 minutes - and counting - because he is having technical difficulties …

…. with his phone.

You just cannot make this s***t up.

OK - the bank is Citi - why should they not be named?

The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election.

“Good thing nobody’s predicting a huge surge in mail any time soon.”

Aaron Gordon

Meanwhile - WaPo : USPS warns 46 states, DC that delayed mail-in ballots could disenfranchise voters.

What’s the Real Point of the Lincoln Project?

“Democrats shouldn’t reject their help, but they also shouldn’t give them money.”

Martin Longman

Anyone else as frustrated with ‘Bobby’ as I am?

Examples:

• Use a preset - and subsequently can’t change color
• Can’t organize the list in any useful way
• Categories ? There are none.
• A web app to bulk import?
• Nesting the list?

etc

Anyone know what the plans are?

Facebook Fired an Employee Who Collected Evidence of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment

Good Ol' Zuck.

Of course - he has no idea all of this is going on - he’s kinds like the Ellen of the software industry.

‘Election night’ will end in 2021

and if you wonder why he is likely to put up such a fight … here’s one clue;

The Biggest Trump Financial Mystery? Where He Came Up With the Cash for His Scottish Resorts.

ME: I need to deposit money - what account number do i use?

THEM: Sorry - you have to call us - we cant send through email because of security

I call

I have to provide zero proof of who I am. NONE.

They give me the account number.

Tell me again why this is more secure?

It’s almost 1 year to the day that @Manton announced annual billing - and in that 1 year, I have done nothing about making the switch - until now!

Why the Second Wave of the 1918 Spanish Flu Was So Deadly.

”The rapid spread of Spanish flu in the fall of 1918 was at least partially to blame on public health officials unwilling to impose quarantines during wartime. In Britain, for example, a government official named Arthur Newsholme knew full well that a strict civilian lockdown was the best way to fight the spread of the highly contagious disease. But he wouldn’t risk crippling the war effort by keeping munitions factory workers and other civilians home.

95 App updates says two things ….

1] I should delete some of the apps.

2] It has been a while since I used this iPad.

Herman Cain, Former Presidential Candidate, Dies at 74.

Doesn’t 🍕 👨 seem to be from such an innocent time?

James Murdoch Resigns From News Corp.

“My resignation is due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions.”

Well yes - all good - but really? You only just noticed?

What Happened to Stacey Abrams Will Happen to Joe Biden

Will?

Or could be avoided?

Trump says he’s banning TikTok in the U.S.

All good but I suspect it has nothing to do with tracking, trafficking, casual access to user data and transparency to Chinese government and everything to do with his ongoing ‘Jina’ spat!

Harsh. But Fair.

Even If Joe Biden Wins in a Blowout, the ‘Global Economy’ Is Not Coming Back. - at least non too quickly … then watch the Rethuglicans spin it all around for it all to be Joe’s fault … and sadly the American voter has a very short memory.

‘These are his people’: inside the elite border patrol unit Trump sent to Portland

Elite?

I wonder how the ‘elite’ feel about being sent home with their tails between their legs?

I wonder what they’ll tell their grandchildren?