Note that nearly everyone who immediately said Biden should stand aside were never Trumpers and crypto-Democrats (ones who claim to be but seem to have no alignment with liberal or progressive policies). If Bront Stephens is saying “step aside,” you know by definition he’s wrong.
Airlines should start offering LGBTQIA+ aware flight paths so you don't have a layover in a state that doesn’t recognize your existence or right to live.*
*Odds of this are zero on an airline site! But I wonder if a Green Book -> Pride Flag Book online site could help navigate those sorts of travel plans.
ALERT for indie makers and publishers: On July 1, USPS rates will increase from a little to a lot for packages. Make sure you update the fees on your websites and e-commerce platforms!
Media Mail is 50–60¢ more expensive (overall, not per pound) for starters. Ground Advantage jumps a couple bucks or more as part of the base price.
Folks, if you’re able and in one of the areas affected by heat: put out a cooler with ice, water, soda, and snacks, because so many delivery people and postal carriers will be coming to your door. It’s a great thing you can do to help folks who have to work in the heat to bring things to you!
I don’t entirely understand who Republicans are performing for. The ones who are most in the bag for Israel, no matter how genocidal Israel is, and are currently yelling about antisemitism on college campuses, do not care about antisemitism or students or Israel as a state or Jews. Many of them are either overtly or covertly antisemitic. Who is the audience?
Glenn researches and writes about the history of printing, focused particularly on newspaper comics and printing molds. Pre-order his book How Comics Were Made. He’s a long-time technology journalist, who contributes regularly to Macworld and TidBITS and writes books in the Take Control Books series. A former Amazon employee (1996–97) who used to eat burritos with Bezos, Glenn is more interestingly a two-time Jeopardy! winner.