#save the post office

[techiecreek]

A Familiar Feeling

October 19th 2021

#my pictures #liminal #save the post office

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i'm tired of otherwise-lighthearted media pushing this global obsession with being the best at something. exhausted with protagonists whose one driving motivation is to be the best in their chosen field, like that's a noble and healthy thing.

because see, there are nearly 8 billion people on this gorgeous godless blue earth. many-if-not-most of us live in abusive economies wherein we are regularly pushed to our limits to overachieve, at the cost of our health, happiness, and personal lives. being the very very best at something, out of all 8 billion humans on the planet, does not happen because of automatic talent or being divinely appointed by god/s. it happens because of talent, plus thousands upon thousands of hours spent in practice. and if those thousands-upon-thousands of hours come at the cost of your inner healthy and balance--as living under high psychological pressure often does--that's not noble. that's self-abuse.

and while I deeply empathize with characters who feel that pressure to push themselves to unhealthy extremes, I want to see that philosophy ultimately rejected, not romanticized. No one needs to be the best. No one even needs to do their personal best, not all of the time. It's okay to live life without constantly trying to measure up to something. It's okay to just live.

#romanticize life balance instead #characters who take a coffee break in middle of their world-saving quest #fantasy protagonists with personal hobbies and firm office hours #superheroes who sleep in on the weekends #not a shitpost #this post brought to you by the pokemon theme song

[c-hrona]

Vash > Woowoo tits + mistletoe prompt 6?

:3c (requests closed)

#trigun #vashwood #mistletoe ask game #chronart #suggestive #i guess? #tfw your other coworkers are being rewarded in the other room #(see previous post) #so you feel comfortable enough to get frisky in the ceo office #but your idiot of a partner gets all teary for scars and shit from medical surgeries that saved your life #tsk vash get a grip and make wolfwood happy ffs (before he gets emotional too) #(i don't know what the fuck this is i'm tired forgive me ahahah) #(i only know that this is like a mix of post baseball au and my own ww lives au lmfao) #(anyway thank you for this ask anon i enjoyed drawing this so much eheheh)

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

things from The Halloween Update that are concerning me more than i already am about Eddie:

his Frankenstein's Monster costume turning his face (and hands. ha, hands, like the hands on a-) half yellow half blue/purple like the clocks & Sally's door. that's fucking me up a little ngl

Eddie tacks "A bit of a moral conundrum-" onto his description of Frankenstein's Monster, who he's costumed as. which seems out of place with the rest of his description. he could've said "bolts" or "white streak in his hair" or another physical trait. nope. Moral Conundrum (one could also describe his costume as "two-faced"...). and the fact that he's dressed specifically as someone who was "brought back from the dead" makes me 👁️👁️. kinda reminds me of a certain set of artworks from Clown's tumblr a while back...

Eddie, despite his whole schtick being "bad memory", was the only one to accurately recognize Sally's costume as pedrolino from the Commedia dell'arte. could be a little 'inside joke', might be something else. i suspect it's something else due to his... ah... Everything.

#yk im starting to wonder if eddie's meant to have a naturally bad memory #or if something is purposefully fucking with em more than with anyone else #bc he seems to have these little moments where hes On Top Of It #kinda like moments of lucidity almost? hm.... #eddie dear what have you seen? why are you Singled Out? #the wrist watch / his eyelashes matching home's (whatever the rounded things under the sills are) #his halloween costume / his memory problems / the fucking tiny secrets sprinkled all over his post office / his color being purple #hi eddie how does it feel to have main character syndrome #jesting! kinda #eddison edward eduardo edmund edgar edwin edmundo. what the hell is your deal im dying to know #wh speculation #welcome home speculation #homebogging #i wonder. i. wonder... #if eddie got Caught by whatever is out there at night #maybe he didnt know to stay in doors. maybe he realized he forgot to deliver something and thought 'better late than never' #maybe the town mailman is too important to simply Remove so he had to be dealt with a different way #or wait maybe someone saved him? wally perhaps? home? id(k?) #a worse memory so that he doesnt remember what happened? #a personal clock on him at all times so that he never loses track of the time of day? #an overactive fear-response to make sure he stays in his lane Despite him apparently enjoying scary things? #kinda sticks with the 'frankensteins monster' thing dontcha think? brought back from the dead? Stitched back together? #and the monster was an emotional sensitive character. like eddie. IDK idk im just rambling now

[fadedrainbowbookshelves]

"Eddie, what did you do to this thing? It's traumatised."

"I'm traumatised! It's got no business havin' that many legs!"

#welcome home #welcome home fanart #frank frankly #eddie dear #eddie x frank #frank x eddie #So new asks answered by Clown lends to Frank being Resident Bug Catcher for everyone in Home that's hysterical #This was me to frogs at the last job I worked at #Eddie's at work and called Frank sobbing to come save him from the poor equally-upset centipede #Babe come pick me up I'm scared #Comes in and Eddie's on the opposite side of the post office like :(( #Unaffiliated with the incredible Welcome Home creation I'm just a fan having fun!

[renjunnipeikko]

HC and HX to YY: Aren’t you tired of being nice? Don’t you just want to go apeshit?

#that’s the dynamic I want from them #ESPECIALLY post canon when yy is… listen he’s a ghost now #ghost!yy my love #hc and hx post canon trying their damnest to get yy to do crazy shit #ghost city trio #ghost city ghouls #idk those fucks all need FRIENDS #and clearly hc and hx like yy enough bc they helped SAVE HIM #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official's blessing #hob #hua cheng #crimson rain sought flower #he xuan #black water sinking ships #yin yu #waning moon officer #tgcf hua cheng

[chipthekeeper]

WAIT OH MY GODDDDDDD

#THEY SAVED THIS FUCKING PICTURE FOR THIS??? #FOR THIS?!?!?!!! #i’m dead i’m dying i am in tears at the office #i need psychological help #I DEMAND THE FULL PICTURE #vel sartha #cinta kaz #velcinta #andor #my posts

[flame2ashes]

People always be like "Oh I left Ashley on Virmire because it seemed like her sacrifice was a satisfying way to end her arc" but also, like. Do you ever think about what it means to save her instead

Shepard actually has the choice to confront her martyrdom. She says "It should have been me, I'm the lower-ranking officer" and Shepard can basically be like "Are you trying to be a martyr? For whom? Your grandfather?? Listen. What the Alliance did to your family was unfair. But I'm not going to lose a good soldier over it"

And it's like, now Ashley has a chance to keep going. Because Shepard gave her a second chance in life

There's no redemption in death, is the point here

#I like to imagine in AUs where both Kaidan and Ashley survive that she still has this debacle #Like ''You saved Kaidan AND me???'' #And Shepard's basically like ''Yeah I wouldn't leave either of you behind'' #And Ash is like wait. You put me on the same level as Kaidan? As my superior officer??? #Anyway I'm crying. If you told me when I played ME1 for the first time that there are now mods that save both of them #I would be crying then too #Mass Effect #btw if you go onto this post bashing on Kaidan then get the hell out LMAO

[housewifebuck]

saw people's comments about that guy at chris' school being all🧍🏾when eddie shows up after the earthquake and it reminded me of my fave extra, who i discovered once when i was giffing some stuff from 2.04 stuck.

behold my man standing with his face 6 inches from the wall staring at nothing while he allegedly waits for the elevator

PLEASSEEEE THIS ONE ALWAYS MAKES ME LAUGJ SO HARD 😭😭😭 somebody told him to argue with the wall and he took it literally

#hi Jess:-) #there are so many shots like this where extras are just in the background doing the most random weird shit #and it’s my fave thing ever #I actually have been meaning to make a compilation post about this #I have a bunch of screen caps saved #asks #office hours

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

By Annie Norman

The public learned last fall of one particularly controversial element of United States Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan for the U.S. Postal Service that would be rolling out soon. Essentially, the function of sorting and delivering mail would be consolidated into regional centers, leaving empty former sorting space in the back of post offices. No layoffs were announced.

At first glance, this sounds innocuous, but seasoned postal observers suspect that with less activity happening at smaller or rural post offices, they become vulnerable to a reduction in hours or closure. This leads to the kind of job losses that initially present as don’t worry, we’ll relocate you to the regional center but are experienced by postal workers as if I don’t commute two hours there and back each day or more, I lose my job.

In response, The Save the Post Office Coalition, which I coordinate, wrote to the Secretary of the USPS Board of Governors to ensure the board was made aware of emails from 160,000 postal customers across the country urging them to stop the disastrous elements of DeJoy’s plan before it’s too late.

Among the several thousands of personalized messages, we highlighted a handful in our note:

“The USPS provides a service to the public. It was never intended to be a profit-making business. I’m disappointed & ashamed at where politics seem to be taking us.”

— David B. (veteran) Seattle, Washington.

“As a former United States Postal Service employee and as someone who regularly uses the [USPS], I ask you to do something about DeJoy, who continues to degrade everything about the postal service — especially the service part of it.”

— Kristin F. in Cottonwood, Indiana.

“It is important for seniors like me to be able to count on a dependable means of getting medications without having a further drain on our resources.”

— Peter L. in Los Angeles, California.

“I believe that a well supported and functioning post office is a hallmark of a healthy, advanced nation. Stop DeJoy’s undemocratic plan now before it’s too late.”

— Janet M. in Downers Grove, Illinois.

“We senior citizens depend on USPS. Please help keep it viable.”

—Joanne L. in Akron, Ohio.

“Our postal service should be about serving us rather than serving businesses that give it money.”

— Douglas L. in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

We have yet to hear a response or acknowledgement that the messages from the public were received, and DeJoy continues to make it clear that he doesn’t want anyone asking questions about his 10-year plan.

On the same day that USPS leadership received our coalition’s messages, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued a public inquiry order to DeJoy asking that USPS provide details on the sorting and delivery changes under his plan. In the order, the Commission said it “notes that stakeholders have expressed concerns regarding a lack of a forum to explore the impacts of these proposed changes.”

DeJoy responded with an objection to the Commission’s inquiry. On May 17, DeJoy delivered congressional testimony for the first time in nearly two years at a hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations. Rep. Summer Lee asked him why USPS is objecting. In his response, DeJoy was openly hostile toward the postal regulator, accusing them of actively participating “in the destruction of [USPS].”

Just last month, DeJoy sat down with the press for a 90-minute interview where he once again doubled down with an adversarial attitude toward postal regulators who seek details for the public on his 10-year plan, calling the Commission’s inquiry “nonsense,” saying, “We don’t need to be babysat.”

On May 22, DeJoy delivered the keynote address at the 2023 National Postal Forum where he spoke at length touting his efforts to implement “dramatic changes” and increase the pace of his 10-year plan. The postmaster general told the audience that “dramatic changes must be done at a pace, and with a tenacity that is rarely seen.” However, these changes are a mystery to many, and for a public institution, this mystery is dangerous.

If the past is any guide, the effects of potential post office closings and reduced hours will be devastating, particularly to rural and Indigenous communities. The Save the Post Office Coalition organized a petition to the Postal Regulatory Commission and the USPS Office of Inspector General urging them to stop DeJoy’s “dramatic changes” and demand public input, and so far has received over 131,000 signatures from the public who regularly use the postal service.

The bottom line is that the public has a right to more transparency and input in the decision-making process at a public institution. This requires engagement with said public — which DeJoy is actively resisting. When you put a rich, white, private-sector executive who isn’t used to public accountability and cooperation in charge of a treasured public institution, such a clash might be inevitable. It’s plain DeJoy doesn’t have the temperament for public service.

Communities across the nation want dramatic change at the post office too, but that dramatic change is not to be secretive or a surprise; it must be a shift toward protecting and expanding the public footprint and services available at the post office to meet new needs and change with the times. The People’s Postal Agenda outlines a framework for an expanded USPS that includes things like postal banking, expanded nonbank financial services like bill payment and ATMs, WiFi in parking lots, and public electric vehicle charging.

We still remember former President Donald Trump’s plan to privatize the post office, right before he put his thumb on the scale to have his donor DeJoy appointed as postmaster general. We also remember DeJoy’s role in sowing public fear and uncertainty in the vote-by-mail process by slowing down the mail and then sending out mailers to voters that meeting their state’s deadline would not ensure their vote would arrive in time to be counted, causing him to be sued by the NAACP and Public Citizen, as well as secretaries of state.

There is nothing to suggest that DeJoy has abandoned the privatization vision of the people who got him the job. So it’s our job as citizens to make absolutely sure any upcoming “dramatic changes” to the post office don’t shrink and privatize the institution but protect and expand it for generations to come.

#us politics #news #truthout #2023 #republicans #donald trump #conservatives #louis dejoy #Annie Norman #op eds #united states postal service #Save the Post Office Coalition #USPS Board of Governors #Postal Regulatory Commission #House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations #us house of representatives #Rep. Summer Lee #2023 National Postal Forum #People’s Postal Agenda #vote by mail #mail in ballots #mail in voting

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

hes beautiful

#bhima #bhima....bnima....save me nmia.........sabve me from mediocre sound mixing... #my post #offical merch

[soullessjack]

it’s like actually so phenomenal to me that jack is somehow the best worst written character ever. like yes your honor he’s a plot convenience device mirror foil but it’s not his fault. my client was simply doomed by the narrative

#I don’t know how to continue this post #I’m tired and I think my excedrin is wearing off lol #spn #supernatural #jack kline #like yes officer he’s the best guy around but god his writing is so fucking bad I need to save him from it #I trust nobody with jack except for yockey and bobo and that other guy whose name is failing me #at least they tried. but did anyone else try? did anyone else care? nooopeeee!!!!! #spn meta #sort of #he’s literally doomed by the narrative in real life isn’t that so fucking sick #brought to you by my autism getting worse and also me having to call off my first day of my second job because god hates me

[arts-i-enjoy]

AHHHHHH

#this post brought to you by: me #i. applied for a preapproval letter for a mortgage yesterday. and spoke to a realtor to start finding me houses #i want to move several states away which further complicated things. but the houses there are CHEAP #like under 100k for a 2 bedroom move in ready #anyways i got approved for 80k with a 20k down payment. and im FREAKING THE FUCK OUT #and because i got that pre app letter i have a loan officer calling me today to talk #and we literally work at the same bank so i can SEE that hes active and hasnt read my message #even though its been 45 minutes. KEVIN MESSAGE ME BACK. IM NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO FOCUS UNTIL I DO THIS CALL #AHHHHHHH S C R E A M. it might happening!!!! i might be finally.mov8ng out in a few months!!! #i mgiht be a HOMEOWNER by the end of the year #i have been saving money for this since i was. 16? 17? #ive had a good well paying job since i was 18. #AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #once i have a house then i start job searching in that area. and start getting really serious about LEAVING my very good job #which is soooo scary. this job was supposed to be my lifelong career. but then everyone fucking moved to other states and left me behind #so theres no point staying here. #i might never have this kind of job security again. #but also my realtor said that theres a lot of bank jobs in that area so maybe itll be easy to find something #on the fence on if i tell my parents that im Making Moves right now #on one hand its hard to not talk about it becuae im STRESSED TF OUT #but on the other hand when i tentatively mentioned the state i want to move to #richard started yelling and swearing el oh el #might be better to wait and avoid the tension as long as possible? #but also i dont know how they can stay angry when its literally my best option #the other places where my friends live either have 0 opportunity and high housing prices. or are even moe liberal than where im going #idk. why do half of my problems come down to “my parents will be mad” like im a 12 year old or something. shit fucking sucks #this is why i want to get out of here #also it feels weird and bad to talk to my friends about how stressed i am about buying a house when all of them are stressed about #not being able to make rent or something. my problems feel like a brag in a really odd and shitty way. but hey! #if this works out maybe ill start being stressed about how im going to make my mortgage payments! :') yay!

[noisytenant]

Now that I have a job I can go on to the next stage which is finding a different better job that doesn't leave me unable to be a human being at the end of the day despite being a sub-32hr week

#indexed post #Cushy office job save me <- doesnt believe these exist any more #I would be in emotional anguish for different reasons but i'm ready to sell out again

[flakytartart]

some stamps I made for my Art Fight page instead of starting any attacks

(stamp base 1) (stamp base 2)

#stamp #da stamp #blog stamp #rarepair #persona 5 #p5 morgana #mitsuo kubo #chilis #usps #save the usps #united states post office #i love the usps for real #persona 4 #p4 #5 #tohru adachi #flakygarbage #my meowtsuo #caleb #f2u #free to use

[reasonsforhope]

"The US Postal Service is going to try and reduce its carbon footprint by buying 9,000 new Ford electric vehicles.

To support the new EVs, the USPS will construct 14,000 additional charging stations in 75 different counties and municipalities.

“We are moving forward with our plans to simultaneously improve our service, reduce our cost, grow our revenue, and improve the working environment for our employees,” said Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, in a statement.

“Electrification of our vehicle fleet is now an important component of these initiatives. We have developed a strategy that mitigates both cost and risk of deployment, which enables execution on this initiative to begin now.”

The benefits of electric vehicles are well-known, and for inner city delivery routes they are the optimal choice for a service dependent mostly on a 0-35 mpg average speed.

The USPS inspector general recently found in an analysis that 99% of all postal routes are between 24-70 miles long, as even the smallest towns have a post office. This makes them serviceable by nearly any commercially available EV.

“As the technology has evolved, there is no longer any question that electric vehicles can serve the functions necessary for postal delivery,” the IG wrote in a recent white paper.

By 2026, [USPS] has said that all new purchases of EVs will be electric."

-via Good News Network, 3/14/23

#usps #save the usps #dejoy sucks so much but at least his attempt to block usps getting electric vehicles went down the toilet #post office #us politics #united states #electric vehicles #ev charger #air pollution #good news #hope