One of Jonathan’s eight children drew a picture of people sitting together, drinking tea, none of them quite touching the ground. That drawing became the origin image for the ‘Sippin Ethereal Tea’ subscription model and the name of the DSS portal.
Grandmother kept a jelly jar on the kitchen table. Every week, something went in. Nothing came out unless the family voted. That was the first cooperative ledger Jonathan ever saw.
Jonathan’s grandmother quoted Luke 12:48 at the kitchen table like it was tax law. ‘To whom much is given, much will be required.’ She didn’t mean it as inspiration. She meant it as a standard you are held to whether you like it or not.
Jonathan’s wife makes a new playlist every spring. Not for public consumption — for the kitchen, for the car, for the eight kids. She is a tastemaker who has never been paid for it. JukeBox Initiative is built for her.
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Enforcement A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) was signed in 2022 and went into effect June 27, 2023. The 119th Congress is considering enforcement-strengthening provisions and addressing implementation challenges identified in the EEOC final regulations. What does it actually do? Reasonable accommodations: Requires covered employers (15+ employees) to provide reasonable accommodations for known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. EEOC enforcement: Strengthens EEOC investigation and enforcement authority. Private right of action: Workers can file suit; remedies parallel Title VII. Coverage: Applies before, during, and after pregnancy. Documentation: Limits what employers can require for accommodation requests. Who votes when? House and Senate: Active enforcement-amendment consideration EEOC regulations: Already finalized and in effect President: Signature dependent on amendment scope How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #5 The Family Table (Ai-jen Poo + Ashton Applewhite + Marc Freedman three-Crown architecture) and the cooperative’s broader $11 trillion unpaid-care-work framing. PWFA enforcement directly affects the working-mother cooperative-class member experience — and the cooperative’s Initiative #5 is structurally designed to fill the gaps PWFA leaves (informal caregivers, unpaid care work, intergenerational care coordination). ...