[grlquartz]

hey y’all! wanna take a minute of your time to help fight for the USPS?

if you haven’t heard, tr*mp is refusing to help the postal service financially during this pandemic (and beyond) in an effort to starve it of funds/resources and kill it off so it can be privatized. also:

obviously this is not great, as tons of us rely on the USPS for all kinds of different reasons, and the privatization of this essential service would have a dramatic effect on the entire nation. namely: voting by mail would become nonexistent (❗️), and the cost of shipping mail and goods will change astronomically.

if this sounds terrible to you (and if you live in the us, then it should!), then text USPS to 50409 to sign the petition and instantly send a signed letter to your senators and representatives. it’s fast, easy, and it’s action that you can take right now.

the letter urges your senators to make the financial support of the USPS a priority, and outlines why the USPS is an essential service in our country that must be defended. here’s my letter:

don’t want to use the text service/send an electronic letter? mail a paper letter to your senator’s office.

you can also call your senators and house representatives at (202)224-3121 and urge them to support the USPS financially.

you can also buy a roll of stamps right now to help financially support the USPS on an individual level!

in conclusion: please take a minute to help support the USPS in any way you can. this is an important issue that affects all of us here in the US.

it would be AWESOME if you could reblog this & spread it, or if you’d rather not reblog this post, then i encourage you to make your own post on the social media of your choice and share with your friends.

thx!

[elphabaforpresidentofgallifrey]

FYI: Petitions and form letters are often ignored by Congressional offices. Call your state’s US Senators and demand they work to pass S. 2965 the USPS Fairness Act, which passed the House and has been sitting in the Senate since FEBRUARY 2020.

S.2965 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): USPS Fairness Act

Summary of S.2965 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): USPS Fairness Act

congress.gov

The American Postal Workers Union has a good explainer on this, as well as Last Week Tonight. Even before Trump’s DRASTIC directive to screw over USPS, a 2006 law from the Bush administration and Republican-led Congress has basically slowly led to the US postal service’s decline, and this is a final nail in the coffin.

The TLDR is that that 2006 law required the USPS to pre-fund postal workers health care benefits for 75 years, which meant they had to have money for employees who weren’t even BORN yet.

Support the USPS Fairness Act

For over a decade, the United States Postal Service has been plagued with the onerous burden of prefunding its retiree health care benefits

American Postal Workers Union

Here is more on this issue:

Also, the issue with Trump’s latest target at the USPS isn’t just refusing coronavirus aid. His new appointee to lead it is now purposely handing down directives to restrict employee overtime and late delivery trips so that mail delays start to pile up. The guiding slogan was “every piece, every day.” Now it’s “get in, get out.” Just like Betsy Devos forcing schools to reopen, this will destroy trust in these systems, force reliance on private companies, which is exactly what Trump and the businesspeople he appoints want a) as capitalists and b) to surpress people further as they become more reliant on worse and more expensive services.

Mail delays likely as new postal boss pushes cost-cutting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mail deliveries could be delayed by a day or more under cost-cutting efforts being imposed by the new postmaster general.

AP NEWS

[theartingace]

Ohh, finally this one has actionable things to yell at our senate about!

Contact your senators! Just send them a quick email telling them to get their butts in gear! pass S. 2965

https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[hearthome-deactivated20210601]

Additionally, if you are financially able to, buy stamps, bags, and other merch from the USPS to support it. It has many cute stamps, lovely tote bags, prints, and many other items in their “gifts” category of the USPS store.

[evileidolons]

if you dont feel inclined to buy stuff from usps just look at what they have! cute stamps!! rat mug!!! a crop top!!?! make a phone call to your senators and buy some stuff!

[lovemylarents]

One Direction once said “give you this, give you that” but did they ever actually give us anything we asked for? only thing i remember getting was stress and sleepless nights smh?

[umbrellanumber5-deactivated2021]

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Anonymous asked:

hii i wasn’t here during this time and i’m just curious about how the hiatus was announced. or was it not announced? how did the boys “confirm” or address it? did they say that they’re going away for 18 MonNtHs or like was it something assumed? i know niall released a solo song first so like was it expected or?? even with zayns departure, was that going around before as well? did the boys ever address it? thanks so much!! x

ificouldflymp3 answered:

It was the Sun who first reported on it, saying it was a break. And then Niall chimed in because of disband rumors.

And Louis

Later Harry has said according to Rolling Stones they were discussing it late 2014 apparently. (and 2 months before the announcement they denied it the liars)

I don’t know how expected it was for all the fans, guess for some it was for others it wasn’t.  Many of us in our corner was like “ah good for them, 5 albums in 5 years is stressful as fuck, bye Simon” (as illustrated in this lovely fanart). In that regard many of us did expect it, speculating in a 5-album contract and because Zayn left. Also because of wiki-leaks saying Syco’s share of 1D ends by fiscal year march 2016.  

During Mitam promo they started talking more about the hiatus/break. Harry said 1 year:

And later they said they’re not planning kind of guys so they don’t know, Louis pledged they’re coming back and pinky swore, and then Liam said 2 years off:

And the 18 months is was Louis who said during Chatty Man in mitam promo:

If you want more about the break, check the Big Break tag in chronological order. 

About Zayn, that was more out of the blue, quite a shock I’d say. Though some, including myself and friends did speculate if something was going on right before because of Louis’ and mostly Harry’s mood on stage. But we didn’t expect THAT. But Sandy Beales for example didn’t know about it, and several has said it was not a decision made months ahead, and that it was quite sudden. 

The others broke silence a day or couple of days later:

More about Zayn leaving in chronological order here. 

[farawayfromlou]

So a while ago I made a text post about wanting to tie dye louis’ merch sweatshirt. AND SO I FUCKING MADE IT AND IT LOOKS AMAZING.

rollingstone.com

'Better Than Words': How One Direction Became One of Great Rock Bands of the 21st Century

Collaborators Savan Kotecha, Carl Falk, Julian Bunetta and John Ryan recount the group’s story and sound for their 10th anniversary

Jon Blistein

[hlupdate]

A bathroom figures significantly in the origin stories of at least two classic One Direction songs. The first will be familiar to any fan: Songwriter and producer Savan Kotecha was sitting on the toilet in a London hotel room, when he heard his wife say, “I feel so ugly today.” The words that popped into his head would shape the chorus of One Direction’s unforgettable 2011 debut, “What Makes You Beautiful.”

Keep reading

[dailytomlinson]

Louis via twitter - 11.07                                                                                                Happy beginning of a new chapter, Louis! 

[sunflowrsix]

sex is good, but have you watched that old wmyb acoustic performance that made abundantly clear that louis carried the chorus of 1d’s most successful song?

[perseusjcakson]

1d: all you need to know is you can call me when you’re lonely when you can’t sleep

me, feeling lonely and can’t sleep:

[dunkirks]

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