Link in Bio, Your Highness
But first, a diddy on impending doom
Earlier this week, I sat at the bar of one of my favorite dives in my Brooklyn nabe, having a ‘how was your day’ chat with my husband before daycare pickup. Suddenly, he nudged me toward the guy sitting a few seats down. ‘He just mentioned getting laid off today,’ my husband whispered.
As a recent victim of the pillaging currently happening in our federal government myself, I whipped my head around and inserted myself into his conversation. Turns out he was a part of the early morning extermination of HHS this week.
Fast-forward half an hour, and we’ve compared notes on our guillotine-like oustings, realized we have professional mutuals, and added each other on LinkedIn.
It was gratifying to talk to another person directly impacted by Elon’s deeply unwell soul, but it also reinforced that things are about to get even weirder. The slashing and burning of the federal government will impact just about everyone. Right now, it might be contained to the world of people working directly with the federal government, but the domino effect to almost every industry is coming. Sorry, Elon—the tentacles of this government run deep!
If you or someone you love is currently in school, I would encourage law school—that’s the only profession that feels safe and secure at this moment.
It’s going to be an interesting Q2!
On to some snark…
While scrolling through Instagram the other day, I clicked on a story by Duchess Meghan. Her influencer tone immediately took me aback: “SoOoOo MANY of yOu hAvE bEeN asKiNg!” My jaw hit the floor. Surely, she’s not linking to an online storefront where she’ll get pennies off commissions, I thought to myself.
Reader, she linked to an online storefront.
Why is a literal Duchess shilling edible flowers and ShopMy links???? Why did she invite Mindy Kaling over to her (NOT REAL) house to scold us all for still referring to her by her maiden name???
Before I untangle this, we’ve always been a country obsessed with wealth. However, recently, we’ve become especially fixated on its presentation. In my eyes, we have three buckets in play: