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Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
Interviewer : Can you explain this gap on your resume?
Me : Sure, are you familiar with the 1500 companies collectively worth $5 trillion that have laid off 3,67,000 workers in the past 18 months?
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
whenever someone brings up using AI for creative work, I think about this
what we create also creates us
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
Someone said they miss when the internet felt like a library instead of a shopping mall, and I havenโt stopped thinking about it. We used to go online to discover things, learn from strangers, and fall down weird rabbit holes. Now every click feels like someone is trying to sell us something. I miss the internet that wanted to share knowledge, not monetize every second of our attention.
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
They still don't understand Gen X in the workplace.
We don't want free pizza parties.
We don't want mandatory team-building retreats.
We don't want motivational speeches about being a family.
And we definitely don't want another company-branded coffee mug.
You know what we want?
๐ฐ Pay us what we're worth.
๐๏ธ Let us take our vacation days without guilt.
๐ก Respect our time outside of work.
๐ค Trust us to do the job we were hired to do.
๐ต Stop expecting us to be available 24/7.
We're not looking for an office to become our second home. We have lives, families, responsibilities, and better things to do than pretend a pizza party makes up for being underpaid and overworked.
Pay us fairly, respect our boundaries, and let us get on with our lives.
That's the perk. That's the culture. That's it. ๐
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
Russia/Ukraine is not a โboth sidesโ moral equivalence thing. One side is the evil aggressor. The other side is defending their sovereign homeland.
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
Ok can we talk about how insane it is that in multiple cases of school shooters, the shooter very clearly had issues but their parents were like โIโm going to buy them a gun :)โ
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
I genuinely donโt care if someone works in an office, a warehouse, a restaurant, or cleans floors.
If you give 40 hours of your life every week, you should be able to pay rent, buy groceries, cover your bills, and still have enough left to breathe a little.
That shouldnโt be some dream. It should be normal.
The fact that so many people work full-time and still live stressed, behind, and one emergency away from disaster tells you this system is failing the people who keep it running.
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
A message to all sane Republicans:
He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals.
You said nothing.
He bulldozed the East Wing.
You said nothing.
He interfered with the release of the Epstein files.
You said nothing.
He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself.
You said nothing.
He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing.
He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.
You said nothing.
He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide.
You said nothing.
He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations.
You said nothing.
His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one.
You said nothing.
He alienated and insulted our allies.
You said nothing.
His ICE Army terrorized and murdered
U.S. citizens.
You said nothing.
He committed murder on the high seas.
You said nothing.
He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies.
You said nothing.
It's time to start talking!
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
A full-time paycheck in 2026 should cover:
- Rent without 2 roommates
- Groceries without putting stuff back
- A weekend without checking your balance
We're not asking for a house with a pool.
We're asking for a life that doesn't need a calculator to survive.
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
If you get your rocks off by watching someone in a wheelchair be executed by a firing squad live on television, you need a fucking psych evaluation.
Mike Powell ๐ฟ retweeted
I'm not calling it Gulf of America.
I'm not calling it Lake America.
I'm not calling it X.
I'm not calling it SI, or superintelligence.
NOBODY is calling it that, you dipshit.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
