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I love Neptune the cotton candy lobster he is literally a magical one in a hundred million beautiful freak of nature that thousands of people on the internet adore and he tried to eat a zip tie today
May we see him?
I need to take some new pictures of him. For now have the original:
something charming about how no matter what kind of animal one is looking after, the slightly panicked “oh god what is in your mouth?! don’t eat that!” experience is inevitable
The Fall (2006) dir. Tarsem Singh
Costume design by Eiko Ishioka
has anyone else ever noticed how good i am at picking pictures to reblog
I really hope people online aren't getting the wrong impression of unions and that they're flawless Things that will protect them from any and all mistreatment and that strikes are fun little treats union workers get
Unions are People not Things. Union leaders can fuck up. Unions can definitely operate in a way that gets you low wages and poor benefits if you're not being represented well.
A union by itself does not guarantee you anything. Unions take work and money to run. You pay dues, you go to meetings, you vote. You protect each other in a union. You don't join a union and magically have everything taken care of for you.
Strikes are a powerful tool but are scary. They're not a goal to achieve. Unions don't aim to go on strike during negotiations.
Also things do not become morally good or bad based on unions. The police unions that are all over the news being shitty about the idea that their members should be held accountable? Yeah those are still unions. The workplaces are still unionized workplaces. Because unions are just collective groups of people that get together to protect their interests.
Whether those interests are good for anyone other than those in the union or not. One of the struggles locally (that is, my province) is that the interests of the labour unions of a bunch of different industrial fields are genuinely in conflict with, for instance, a large number of kinds of environmental legislation.
Unions are a tool and a process by which you attempt to balance out the disproportionate power held by those with money or with overarching control over a particular area of work. They are a good idea and a good thing overall, but they aren't magic - as OP says if they're not run well they're not effective, and they are only as ethically or morally good as the people they represent choose to be. And a strike is literally the Final Weapon in a union arsenal, and are hella hard on both society (if they matter at all) AND on the strikers themselves.
And like I do want to draw out: unions are a good idea and a good thing. Unionize/join your union/prefer unionized jobs.
Just be aware that they are only as good as the people in them and to make them good you also have to show up and be part of making them better. It's organizing, not magic, and yeah strikes are the last nuclear option: they're part of a strategy, they're something you do to get a specific result that you're looking for.
Effective labour organizing is incredibly strategic, a lot of work, and very worth it. It's not magic wand and strikes are not a magic ritual where Do Ritual, Get Good World. They're a strategic and tactical tool utilized for a specific, articulated, considered purpose.
While the CDC has given up on providing any guidance on risk control measures for covid, The People's CDC is filling the gap and continuing to track and update guidance as the situation evolves. Here's where you can download their Safer In-person Gatherings Toolkit:
Here's an extremely detailed guide on what to do if you have covid that includes how long to isolate for, how to set up your house with hepa filters and ventilation, what supplies to have on hand, when to go to the hospital, and guidelines on how to pace from the MEAction Network in the event you end up with long covid:
The work these guys are doing is amazing. They're still tracking wastewater data too so you can still figure out transmission levels in your area and not just the hospitalization levels. Check them out!
I see people talking about the Brave browser in the whole Firefox vs chrome debate, and while people rightly point out that it's just chromium and that they do shady cryptocurrency shit, I never see anyone point out that Brave's founder and CEO is Brandan Eich.
He founded Brave after massive protests against him becoming CEO of Mozilla, resigning after 11 days. And the reason for those protests? He donated a lot of money to the Prop 8 campaign to ban gay marriage.
So just remember: it's not just another chromium fork, it's not just a browser with cryptocurrency bullshit, it's also the browser founded by a homophobe because he got kicked out of his former organization for being a homophobe.
Also, he invented Javascript. I'm willing to believe that maybe he has grown on the gay marriage issue, and made amends for his former mistakes. But Javascript cannot be forgiven.
huh, i did not know that.
My friend got a great poem published in Strange Horizons! Pls go read it.
Reblog to give the person you reblogged from the ability to finish their WIPs
having a genuinely garbage memory might not be the worst part of living with ADHD, but it may be the most embarrassing
"look, i'm genuinely sorry that i've apparently had this exact same emotional breakthrough with you two times, but also: i am having it again right now"
sharks every time theres a cataclysmic extinction event: damn thats crazy. anyway
Good thing I’m so smooth
no lie I had to get up to shake my ass this is potent
did u know u can pet me and call me cute
you will experience the funny surprise I do!
it appears you pet me!
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Just a couple of dudes reminding you that Aldis Hodge is, in fact, the sexiest man alive. In addition to being a horologist, he's also a painter and a violinist. He also went to school for architecture.
Holy shit, fucking drag him
The highlighted portions are good, but I also really like this line:
"People do not go to war for abstract theories of government. They fight for property and privilege and that was what Virginia fought for in the Civil War."
OMG, it took me ages to find this but it was worth it! I'm laughing so much, please watch this clip from 11 YEARS BEFORE STAR TREK was made I'm dying
[The Millionaire (1955) TV series - s2 e4 - The Iris Millar Story]
Okay, you need to make sure you play this game at some point. Maybe not today or anything, because you’ll need about thirty minutes and a serious willingness to understand how it works, but - it’s so worth it. It’s basically an answer to our occasional frustration - why do assholes always come out on top? - and the beautiful thing about it is that not only does it explain how that happens, but also how we can change it.
“In the short run, the game defines the players. But in the long run, it’s us players who define the game.”
This is fascinating if you’re into math or sociology or computer programming or all of the above.
Everyone, everywhere, without exception, should play this thing through.
Don’t check just this - check out all of Nicky Case’s work. They’re a brilliant creator and I heavily recommend checking out at least one of their projects. Their website can be found here.
Parable of the Polygons - an interactive experiment that shows how tiny individual biases can collectively cause segregation on a massive scale.
To Build a Better Ballot - an interactive experiment that shows the alternatives to the voting systems we currently use and how they can be more representative and democratic, along with their faults.
Coming Out Simulator - a short interactive story/novel about coming out, based off of Case’s own experiences. Not one I’ve played myself but still one I can recommend.
Loopy - a very simple but useful tool to show how systems interact with each other and how things can self-propagate.
We Become What We Behold - “ a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles.“ A short five-minute game about news and media. Warnings for violence, blood, death and stress.
OH MY GOD THIS IS FRICKING AMAIZNG WOW WOW WOW WOW YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS YES INTELLECT
