A Tiny Lender Sorts Through the Wreckage of Americans’ Finances - WSJ

A debt burden that seemed manageable when everyone had a job became unbearable in a matter of weeks.

The fallacy of consumer debt, summarized in a single sentence. It’s “manageable” until suddenly it’s not.

Beautiful Friday night.

Joining the micro.blog pizza mafia tonight. 🍕

It’s been 10 weeks and I still can’t find baking yeast.

Trying my hand at adult coloring on the iPad. The No. 2 Apple Pencil is amazing.

The bank wants to borrow your money at .05% interest so that they can loan it back to you in the form of a credit card at 14.5%. That’s a great deal for them!

Maybe we should get into banking…

Tweet Responsibly: A Guide to Twitter in 2020 - WSJ

The first rule of Twitter? Don’t use Twitter. It’s a hellhole.

Opening line of the article, and all that you need to know!

Words to live by.

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I’m getting dangerously close to needing a 4-slice toaster.

It is a constant source of frustration that iCloud cross-device file sync in 2020 has not yet caught up to the speed and performance of Dropbox in 2012.

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China Votes to Override Hong Kong’s Autonomy on National Security - WSJ

2,878 lawmakers voted for the motion, with only one dissent. Six others voted to abstain, and one didn’t cast a vote.

What a joke.

Nation That Revolted Over Three-Pence Tax On Tea Now ‘Pretty Cool’ With Government Locking Everyone In Their Homes - The Babylon Bee

A new poll has confirmed that the country that threw crates of tea into a harbor because they’d have to pay a little more for their caffeinated beverages is fine with tyrannical states destroying everybody’s lives, as long as they have their Netflix and Amazon Prime.

Trump Rows Across Great Lakes In Surprise Attack To Liberate Michigan - The Babylon Bee

“Give the people seeds and ammo, or give them death!” Trump declared, holding his saber to Whitmer’s throat.

SiriusXM: Good luck cancelling!

Knights of Columbus founder Fr. Michael McGivney to be beatified - Catholic News Agency

the miracle recognized by Pope Francis involved an unborn child in the United States who was healed in utero of a life-threatening condition

Big day! 🇻🇦

Ugh, weather scrub for SpaceX.

Hopefully the weather will cooperate on Saturday!

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U.S. Officially Declares That Hong Kong Is No Longer Autonomous - WSJ

It is now clear that China is modeling Hong Kong after itself.

We didn’t even get halfway through the agreement before the Chinese Communist Party reneged on its promises.

Good luck to the NASA/SpaceX teams today!

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The gardeners at the zoo have been hard at work. The grounds were gorgeous!