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Speaking as a Pakistani it’s very telling the difference in media attention between the Greek boat tragedy and the Titan.
One was filled with hundreds of migrants, majorly from Pakistan who went there in search of a better life. People who are suffering due to Pakistan’s worst economic crisis in decades from rampant corruption.
The Titan had one of Pakistan’s richest men Shahzada Dawood onboard along with his son. They each paid 250,000 US dollars for a ticket. That money is equivalent to 71 million Pakistani rupees converted.
The people on the Titan risked their lives for fun. They were warned multiple times on the front page alone of the contract that this could risk death and yet they did it anyway, and they paid the price.
The migrants onboard risked their lives not for fun, but for a better future. They saw no other option, no better way and they risked their lives to provide a better future for themselves and their family.
They were risking their lives because of the rampant corruption and economic crisis in Pakistan. Corruption caused by its richest men. Men like Shahzada Dawood, who was named on the Panama Papers along with his father. Who’s legacy came from helping a Pakistani dictator in the 70s, one who helped murder labour activists.
One gets the scorn of the world and the other gets worldwide sympathy and media attention because to them? Only rich people matter.
i hope oceangate gets sued to hell for violating basic safety principles in pursuit of profit, i hope a teenager doesn’t die a horrible death, and i hope the world pays much more attention to the fact that 500 migrants died that same horrible death last week in a completely preventable sinking that was engineered by bureaucratic racism and cruelty. where were their millions of dollars and manpower hours in rescue efforts?
In case, like me, you as an American, have consumed very little news media and had not heard of what OP is referencing there are two stories currently occurring: a dinghy carrying 39 migrants capsized off the coast of Spain, and last week over 300 Pakistani magrants died when a similar thing occurred off the coast of Greece.
The response has been minimal (at least in mainstream American news), and many Human rights orgs have been (rightfully) criticizing the response from both Spain and Greece regarding any rescue operations and the overall handling of migrants in these recent cases and in older ones.
Additional Info / News Readings on this (all in English):
They want air-conditioning in the vans so they don't die from heat stroke.
I haven't found anything saying the drivers want people to boycott Amazon, btw.
BEHOLD! THE FUTURE:
POWER!
PRECISION!
PRESTIGE!
THE PINNACLE OF THE SCREENWRITERS ART!
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the Kakhovka HPP is completely destroyed and can’t be restored.
the scale of this terrorist act is difficult to predict. it threatens hundreds of thousands of lives — flooding will continue for at least another 4 days. international organizations created to save people and animals in such cases do not respond. Ukrainians were left alone for the second day in a row with a large-scale disaster!
please do not be indifferent, spread information, reliable information from the Ukrainians who are experiencing this catastrophe in real-time. do not believe russian propaganda, support Ukraine and Ukrainians in our battle for life!
Hello again Mr Gaiman! A more serious question this time.
I have some family members who are screenwriters for a living and are currently participating in the WGA strikes. The combined stress of family stuff and the lack of income is making them rethink participating. Do you have any words of encouragement for them?
Only that if we stand together we will win. If we don't, we won't, or it will take longer. And there is a Strike Fund for those facing hardship.
https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike-hub
people in the US: you may be able to order 4 more free covid tests as long as you do so by 11:59pm May 31st, when the government will be ending the program. it takes like 10 seconds and anyone who has not ordered free tests using this program since December 15th 2022 is eligible
I don't care if no new shows come out for 2 years, the sheer amount of media that exists couldn't be watched in a million years. Go back and watch old movies and shows, YouTube videos, documentaries, read a book. Anyone acting like this writers strike is less important than their entertainment, you aren't a leftist or an ally to the working class, you're a spoiled bougie brat
Production houses: but if the writers stay on strike we can't guarantee the future safety of your favorite shows 🥺🥺😭😭
Viewers who 1, have already lost their favorite shows because they were cancelled in spite of good ratings and good reviews or 2, have stopped watching new content entirely until the entire series has aired and concluded as a result of so many good shows getting cancelled on cliffhangers and thus leaving said viewers unable to gain closure with those characters and with a hollow viewing experience, so they've begun a, watching older shows they know came to a planned conclusion or b, revisiting their old favorites and enjoying the nostalgia or c, reading new books or fanfic instead: YOU ALREADY CAN'T GUARANTEE THE FUTURE OF OUR SHOWS SO GET FUCKING WRECKED AND PAY WRITERS WHAT THEY DESERVE!
Part of what the WGA is asking for is residuals prior to season 3. Netflix especially keeps canceling shows before they hit season 3 because they want to avoid paying residuals.
The WGA strike, if successful, will guarantee the future of shows. It will fix the problem. Production houses, if left to their own devices, won’t.
GREAT ADDITIONS FROM OP:
if you know a member of SAG-AFTRA, convince them to VOTE YES on the strike authorization by 5:00 PM PT on Monday, June 5th, 2023 using the link above!
take 3: https://vote.ivsballot.com/sagaftra2023
if you can, please rb or d*nate to the pp someone on twitter has shared for a friend of mine who recently escaped an abusive situation she'd been in for a very long time. she's one of the best and kindest people i've ever met in my life. thank you so much 💕
fewer posts about “why do women date men who hate them” and more posts about “why do so many men hate women that it’s genuinely difficult for women to find romantic & sexual intimacy with a man who doesn’t hate them”
update: this post was written by a trans person & is about misogyny, which affects all women, including trans women. transmisogynists begone, please.
