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Amazon Is Ditching The United States Postal Service

After nearly three decades of working together, Amazon is ending its delivery relationship with the United States Postal Service, a move that significantly alters how packages are moved across the country, according to MSN.

The partnership once played a major role in Amazon’s rapid expansion while generating billions in yearly revenue for USPS. The decision comes as the Postal Service continues to struggle financially, including a reported $9.5 billion loss in its most recent fiscal year.

For much of Amazon’s growth, USPS provided nationwide coverage, especially in rural and remote areas where private carriers often cannot operate profitably. That reach allowed Amazon to deliver to virtually every address in the country, making the arrangement one of the largest public-private logistics partnerships in U.S. history. Recent contract negotiations and changes to USPS pricing appear to have pushed Amazon toward a different approach. Instead of renewing the agreement, the company is shifting more deliveries to its own expanding logistics network, tightening its control over speed, cost, and customer experience.

MSN notes that the shift raises serious concerns for workers. Analysts estimate that as many as 100,000 jobs connected directly or indirectly to Amazon’s shipping volume could be affected across postal operations, transportation, and contract delivery services. Although the changes may unfold gradually, declining package volume could lead to staffing reductions across multiple regions.

For USPS, losing Amazon removes a key revenue source that helped offset long-term declines in traditional mail. Without that income, the agency may be forced to accelerate cost-cutting, restructure routes, and reduce staffing through attrition and reorganization. At the same time, consumers may begin to notice changes in delivery patterns. In urban areas, Amazon drivers and third-party contractors are likely to take over more deliveries, while in less populated regions customers may experience shifts in delivery timing or service availability as Amazon adjusts its logistics footprint.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/amazon-ditching-united-states-postal-service

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🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israeli Haaretz reports that Israel ran a covert online influence campaign which sparked the protests in Iran

Israel ran a covert online influence campaign targeting Iran, using fake accounts and AI-generated content to promote Reza Pahlavi and amplify calls to restore the monarchy.

The operation used avatars, deepfake-style videos, and coordinated hashtags, timed with Israeli military actions in 2025, to create the illusion of grassroots support inside Iran.

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"Less controversial are the floods unleashed by the ending of the Ice Age, in about 12000 BC, 9500 BC and 5600 BC– the last one being the biblical Flood and probably the most catastrophic. Caused by the melting of the Hudson Bay and James Bay ice dams, all three increased sea levels by 120 metres. The last caused a tsunami in the Atlantic, the flooding of the Baltic, Black Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan and Persian Gulf, triggering large migrations by land and sea. 9.65 million square miles of land disappeared. Coastal settlements were drowned. Bearing in mind that coastal settlements have throughout history produced the greatest advances, this was devastating."

https://nickcollins1953.substack.com/p/cataclysms-of-antiquity