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IngeK73

@ingek73

She/her/hers, asexual&aromantic
Dutch nerdfighter & Sussex Squad with a shitload of interests including volunteering, reading, movies, series, museums, travel(anglophile), (local)history etc.
Fan of(but not limited to) Disney, Marvel, Rick Riordan, The Good Place, the Mandalorian, Pixar, Star Trek, Muse, de Staat, Good Omens etc.
TERF’s&racists kindly fuck off
DFTBA!

I know there are shower products that aren't marketed towards a specific gender, but out of the ones that are, which do you prefer? (Also apologies to multigender/genderfluid people for the lack of options - I had limited space)

Nonbinary, don't use showergel or body wash.

Affirmative action, but pretend it's meritocracy when it's for rich white people.

I read Elizabeth Wurtzel’s book, Prozac Nation, about her attending Harvard. She goes into some detail about it.

Look, she wasn’t dirt poor, by any means. Her mother worked at a book publishing company. But they weren’t rich, either. Dad was no help whatsoever. She got a scholarship.

Her mother visited her there and scolded her for ““wearing cheap jeans” around all these rich kids.

Her answer: “They were cheap jeans too. They’re still rich, mom. They just feel they need to pose as poor to make themselves feel better about being here.”

Granted this was 1987, so things might have changed. But it was an interesting remark.

Tumblr is so funny because you can make a post like "hey do not mix bleach and vinegar in your cleaning, you'll make chlorine gas and you do not want to make chlorine gas. It is dangerous to mix these two specific chemicals together", and the comments are like

"Um vinegar isn't dangerous?? My mom cleans things with vinegar all the time and we have never had lung issues. White people are insane." (<- does not use bleach, missing the point)

"OH MY GOD BLEACH IS CHLORINE GAS? NOBODY EVER TOLD ME I'VE BEEN CLEANING WITH BLEACH MY WHOLE LIFE, I WILL DIE." (<- has literally never used vinegar in cleaning, and never mixed the two, missing the point)

"This is just stupid fearmongering, we use bleach and vinegar to wash the floors all the time, OP is lying." (<- does not actually know what "vinegar" is, and is confusing the word for something else)

"Yeah this is true enough but also keep in mind that this kind of household cleaning product chlorine gas is too weak and unreliable to use for domestic terrorism purposes." (<- raises concerns, but potentially has a point)

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Idk if this is still active I haven't checked it regularly since I was a teen, i know this is meant for teens

My GF is on e, she's 28 and she's thinking about leaving her because she fears it won't do anything because of her age and i wanted to seek other people's experiences or ask about resources to comfort and reassure her

autumn says:

the myth that HRT doesn't do anything when you start "later" in life is bullshit and and a lie created by transphobes to stop people from transitioning. E (and by extension T)'s effects don't really care about what age you start, E is gonna do its magic. I know so many trans women who started E even later than she did and they are the most gorgeous people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. Don't let the transphobes get to her.

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A reminder that last year it was revealed that gbp 32000 was spent on travel for Charles&Camilla and William&Kate to the James Bond Premiere.

The premiere was at Royal Albert Hall.

The same Royal Albert Hall is 4 car minutes from Kensington Palace, W&K’s London residence

And 8 min from StJames Palace, C&C’s London residencd

What a waste

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More Robert Jobson allegations, remember he's writing a biography about Charles and is the same man behind the rumours about Kate finding the September walkabout one of the "hardest things" she's ever had to do. Ironically, the article swears up and down that Charles doesn't have William (or Harry)'s temper and is way more chill. Sure, Jan . . .

Propaganda aside, It's interesting that William has allegations from a senior aide similar to what his staff pinned against Meghan back in 2020. I doubt there will be any ham-fisted investigations into bullying, though.

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Ok, but if you’re an independent contractor in the US and this happens? Find a lawyer, because you might have just gotten a huge payday.

Your position was just referred to as employment. Independent contractors do not have employers; they do not have employment. Congrats, your contact at this company just provided evidence that you were illegally missclassified.

This contact is claiming that you have set hours you’re obligated to fulfill. Unless a work task can only be done at a set time for practical reasons (i.e. you’re an audio freelancer paid to support a live event that occurs at a particular time and requires a certain amount of pre-show setup), a company cannot set an independent contractor’s work hours. This is further evidence that you were missclassified.

The whole exchange establishes that the company is interpreting an employer-employee relationship rather than expecting a service. Discipline and potential for firing (you cannot fire an independent contractor; no longer purchasing their service is not equivalent) establish that this person views themselves as a manager. Independent contractors cannot have managers.

This one text exchange could:

  • Get you back pay for the full duration you’ve worked there, to bring you up to the compensation that an employee would have gotten
  • Get you back compensation for lost benefits that an employee would have gotten
  • Get you back pay for the additional self-employment taxes the company should have covered
  • Get the company to pay back taxes to the government
  • Get the company to hire everyone who performed a similar role, or face further penalties and fines
  • A win would encourage the rest of their missclassified workers to sue for the same, or give them leverage to demand a better deal

If the company is going to screw you over like that, may as well make them pay for it.

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Since this is getting a lot of reblogs, here’s a federal source that can help you determine if you’re illegally classified as a contractor:

You can also file a form with the IRS to force the company to correct your classification (assuming you meet the criteria), without necessarily having to sue:

Keep in mind that this is just federal. Most states also prohibit missclassification as an independent contractor; and even if states have more lenient rules, companies still have to comply with this federal law. The rules have largely been bipartisan and existed for decades, so they’re common.

States also have an interest in having regulations about missclassification: it’s a significant loss of tax revenue. Your self employment tax does not fully equal what a company would have paid for you in payroll taxes.

A lawyer can help point you in the right direction if a company is currently missclassifying you.

Fantastic addition

Landscape in Groningen with cloudy sky - Jan Altink , c. 1928

Dutch 1885-1971

oil on canvas, 89 x 72 cm.