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FinchHaven sfba<p>&quot;<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DOGE</span></a> wants businesses to run <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>government</span></a> services ‘as much as possible’&quot;</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MailDelivery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MailDelivery</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Musk</span></a> is going to have First Class Parcel Post (if not all mail) taken over by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Amazon</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JeffBezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JeffBezos</span></a></p><p>OK: don&#39;t know about urban ZIP codes, but in the rural (10K residents) ZIP code I live in, the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPS</span></a> is already doing last mile delivery for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AmazonPrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmazonPrime</span></a></p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>But I don&#39;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</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RichGetRicher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RichGetRicher</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Corporations</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Law</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Ferocious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hawk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hawk</span></a> attacking villagers and disrupting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maildelivery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maildelivery</span></a></p><p><a href="https://talker.news/2025/03/28/ferocious-hawk-terrorizing-village-and-disrupting-mail-delivery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talker.news/2025/03/28/ferocio</span><span class="invisible">us-hawk-terrorizing-village-and-disrupting-mail-delivery/</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>I can understand the reasoning for Danes. Republicans want to privatize US mail service. Not because of expense, but so some wealthy Republican donor can buy it cheap and make money off it. Reagan's Presidency was a role model for this.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg8jllq283o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/ckg8jllq</span><span class="invisible">283o</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MailDelivery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MailDelivery</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PostalService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostalService</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>