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Now the head of the #Philadelphia #PostalWorkers Union is speaking. #HandsOffPhilly #PostOffice #USPS #HandsOff
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A recent audit conducted by the United States Postal Service showed a number of deficiencies in some Houston stations' mail theft prevention efforts.
Houston Public Media · Some Houston post offices are deficient in mail theft prevention, USPS audit report finds
From Nakayla McClelland: New Mexicans who live more than 50 miles from Albuquerque will have to wait additional time to receive their mail — the result of another cost-cutting change within the U.S. Postal Service that went into effect Tuesday.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_cd70c753-01b8-46da-bca0-7801342a8800.html
Albuquerque JournalMail outside of Albuquerque will take an additional day to deliverNew Mexicans who live more than 50 miles from Albuquerque will have to wait additional time to receive their mail — the result of another cost-cutting change within the U.S.
Middle of the Road Mailbox
Gillespie, Illinois, USA
i am sometimes really mystified by the routing algorithms that various shippers use. this package from California is in theory addressed to me in upstate New York. #usps
Post Office
Stauton, Illinois, USA
This almost 100 year old post office has beautiful tile and woodwork and a wonderful painting of coal miners.
I'll note that I received Postmaster approval to take this photograph since photography is otherwise severely restricted in US post offices.
What the fuck.
Ordered from North Carolina (9hr drive, 1hr15min flight). It came to a facility within 30miles of my doorstep.
Then it went to Puerto Rico (3h45min direct flight, or a 12hr drive to Key West + 16hrs underwater drive to San Juan/Catano).
DeJoy...
"#DOGE wants businesses to run #US #government services ‘as much as possible’"
#Musk is going to have First Class Parcel Post (if not all mail) taken over by #Amazon and #JeffBezos
OK: don't know about urban ZIP codes, but in the rural (10K residents) ZIP code I live in, the #USPS is already doing last mile delivery for #AmazonPrime
An Amazon truck drops off Amazon Prime parcels at the PO back door and the parcels are carted inside and sorted into delivery routes carried out by USPS drivers
Big problem is, most USPS drivers will not leave their trucks to deliver to front doors - all Prime parcels are dropped atop the street-side mail box stands
But I don't have street mail delivery so I have to get into my car, drive to the Post Office, park, wait in line to get up to the counter, only to be handed a Prime order that UPS would have dropped on my doormat two days earlier
A letter from an Italian postal worker to the USPS Workers that are faced with a fight against the privatization of the postal service in the USA:
World Socialist Web SiteLetter from an Italian postal worker“I write to you from Rome, Italy, where we postal workers have already lived through the catastrophe that now looms over you in the United States: privatization. I write not only in solidarity but in warning, so that you may learn from our painful experience and resist this assault with the full strength of an organized working class.”
If USPS is going to remove packages from my delivery dashboard after 2 weeks, then they need to actually start delivering them in less than two weeks. I hate having to go back and re-add a package that hasn't come yet.
Postal employees rally against #DOGE: "It’s about rich versus poor. Who built this country? It wasn’t people in suits. It was people in coveralls."
https://www.labornotes.org/2025/03/postal-workers-throng-500-rallies-save-postal-service
Labor Notes · Postal Workers Throng to 500 Rallies to Save the Postal ServiceFrom big cities to small towns, postal workers organized hundreds of rallies across the country in the past week to defend a beloved public service—and the nation’s largest union employer—against privatization and DOGE attack. “Whose Postal Service?” workers chanted in New York: “The people’s Postal Service.” “U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale” was the rallying cry March 20 at 250 rallies organized by the Postal Workers (APWU). “Fight Like Hell” was the theme March 23 for another 210 rallies led by the Letter Carriers (NALC). A hundred people came out to the NALC rally in St.
Wow.
Ten voting House Republicans have now signed on to a resolution that says Congress "should take all appropriate measures" to make sure USPS remains an independent government agency and "not subject to privatization,” including Reps. Sam Graves and Thomas Kean
I’m stunned Kean signed on to this. He’s a total trump stooge but this is good news.
The pandemic showed the #USPS is critical to this country
Privatizing #usps will kill "Rural America"
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@FrChazzz I’m tempted to leave #Reddit but I’m really fond of the #Episcopal subreddit (and a few others) Also, honestly, just by its nature the internet & social media are insecure (not a typo) & have been compromised from the beginning. The problem is that bad actors will always exploit information & use it against those they perceive as enemies faster & more efficiently than the general population. How long before they come for any platform including the #Fediverse #Mastodon #Bluesky I mean, they are even going after the #USPS & #mail so going off-grid & offline doesn’t help.
Network news doesn't usually notice the art on a new postage #stamp. But, of course, the late #BettyWhite was always tough to ignore.
NBC News · Betty White's new stamp has hidden details — and a story full of heart
#BettyWhite now has her own #ForeverStamp from the #USPS , thanks to Boston-area artist #DaleStephanos .
It took him about a year to design and complete. At the request of Betty's family, he included references to her work championing the cause of #AmimalRights , the most obvious symbol being the pawprint earring.
Stephanos' image of Betty brilliantly captures her sense of mischief and fun, by perfectly portraying her joyful smile and sparkling eyes.
#BettyWhiteStamps are now available for purchase through the U.S. Postal Service.
#Philatily #StampCollecting #Stamps #Art #CommemorativeStamps #PostalService #PostOffice #Boston #AnimalAdvocates #USPostalService #USMail
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The goal in privatizing the USPS is to make sending regular mail unaffordable to the point most communication occurs online, not in real life.
While the public recognizes mail is a service to the public that is not supposed to be for profiteering, the cheeto admin doesn't care that the costs of online services to the poor & elderly are far in excess of sending & receiving mail.
They just want to skim off as much as they can from people.
Link: https://sherwood.news/business/parcels-make-up-over-40-of-usps-revenues-but-just-6-percent-volume/
Pretty sure the #USPS packages would not all arrrive a day later than they promised if they stopped the folks in Oakland from sending packages on unnecessary tours of the SF Bay Area. Why did my package need to go to San Francisco, before returning to Alameda (which, for those unaware, is right next to Oakland on the east side of the bay)?
My new #mcm starburst clock arrived and I just love it! It was hand crafted in #Ukraine. I was a little skeptical about shipping from a war torn nation, but the vast majority of the month long time it took to reach me was spent at #USPS facilities in USA.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1803838248/302725-atomic-wall-clock-dark-and-light