Some union basics:

1. Striking is the LAST RESORT. If a union is at the place where a strike is being proposed it is because they have been bargaining for a long time and exhausted all their other options.

2. Before a strike happens, all the members vote. Everyone is very aware of the status of negotiations long before they’re made public. But if a strike is occurring it’s because an overwhelming majority voted to strike—you want almost everyone in the union to agree before you take such a huge step.

3. Strikes are difficult but necessary demonstrations of workers’ collective power. The hope is that your labor is so essential that the bosses lost profits will make them come back to the bargaining table. The bosses are hoping that the workers will starve to death.

4. Working during a strike is called scabbing. Coming in from an outside industry to do work during a strike is sometimes called crossing the picket line. Both send you straight to hell.

Fun fact: Teachers going on strike is literally illegal for exactly this reason!

SING A NOTE 🎤

This is pure art.

For those curious, this was taken at the Oceti Sakowin camp during the No DAPL protests in Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The photograph is titled “Defend the Sacred” by Ryan Vizzions. I did not find the name of the subject on horseback.

Her name was  Marissa Blacklance. #Dakota38 rider, & front line water protector at Standing Rock. She was killed by a drunk driver in January of 2018.  Her mother is using this tragedy to make changes benefitting our community with the Yellow Scarf tribute. 

transmasculine is not an afab exclusive word and transfeminine is not an amab exclusive word go forth and be transsexual Be ftmtf. be mtftmtnb. Be god. be the moss on the sidewalk. be a whole forest. Love the creature u live in. Just stop telling people they're wrong for existing in the most lively and loving way they can.

HOLD THE LINE!! KEEP PUSHING!!!!!

GO LOG INTO YOUR ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW

If you manage an account for a small business or a personal project, go log into your account right now and back up your work.

Things are getting worse on Twitter by the day and the suspensions are not rumors, they are happening. Please make sure to make copies of things you don't want to lose forever.

guy who learns new things about his shitty boyfriends powers and physiology every day and is constantly stressed out over it

every transfem needs a little transmasc friend who had a cannibalism or horror phase for a few months to years and is obsessed with blood and every transmasc needs a little transfem friend who has rejected humanity and identifies as a dog & has memories of being a computer

Art by Apofiss

I was looking at Gordon art and someone had commented “why does he have scars on his chest?” and someone replied “probably from the soldiers”, like damn they cutt his tits off too?

I think this is one of my favorite clips in the series. Gordon fullofloveman. Gordon loveshisfriendsman.

Transcript:

Gordon: Where was I- where did he-

Bubby: Who are you talking to?

Gordon: Where did- [laugh] Your voices are echoing in my mind cause I love you so much! Oh...

So my "friend" here made me draw Bill with a propeller cap and a lollipop

Hope you are satisfied cause I most certainly am NOT

things that can be symptoms of autism

- having no empathy. at all

- anger issues, being easily frustrated, explosive anger, destructive behavior

- being "over emotional" and sensitive- laughing for too long or too much, being easily amused, having big meltdowns over things people think "don't matter", having meltdowns because of even being able to hear horror movies or something sensitive someone told you. you could argue this is a type of "taking things too literally" too

- being too rough. i personally throw things i mean to just put down and slam doors i mean to shut quietly

- experimental behavior (saying or doing things just to see what will happen)

- not understanding boundaries

- not understanding consequences

- not understanding that other living things are real and have thoughts and feelings and bodies

- not understanding good and bad

- not knowing how to express emotions

- expressing or feeling a different emotion than is expected

- expressing an emotion you don't feel because you have no other way of communicating

- systemwide flat affect (tone, body language, and face)

- shallow emotions (feeling something but not feeling it as strongly as is expected)

- just flat out not feeling what you're expected to, at all

- what's considered manipulation because your brain just doesn't... work another way

- self absorption. both in terms of "only i exist to me" and "i will walk into the fucking road unless someone helps me watch where i am going". something parents of autistic children often complain about is their child coming out of their room, walking into the room where they are and they say hi and the child doesn't even acknowledge them. that. not acknowledging other people or objects or your environment at all. for me it's because my brain just literally doesn't "see" stuff but also sometimes i don't acknowledge people for reasons i don't even know. if anyone else gets this and knows why you do it lmk

- impulsivity

- incontinence

- not being able to understand, interpret, or process body signals like hunger, exhaustion, or needing to use the bathroom

- dysphagia and problems with eating and talking. can result in drooling

- issues with balance, proprioception, and motor skills (frequently bumping into stuff, tripping, falling, knocking stuff over, spilling, missing trash cans, being unable to grab something, missing your face when you eat, having a hard time dressing yourself, messy handwriting, having a hard time with buttons or staying in the lines or drawing a straight line)

- atypical gaits and mobility issues (may require the use of mobility aids)

- not being able to understand sarcasm or jokes. by themselves. just sarcasm and jokes. no complexity.

the point of this post is "please keep all of this in mind when you think about and discuss autism, and when you interact with others, especially people you know are autistic."

happy autism month.

yeah hi if the parts of this you're relating to are the dysphagia, mobility issues, incontinence, atypical gait, etc and you are able to, please rule out other neurological disabilities as the cause of those symptoms first, because they can be signs of just pretty much anything though i'm particularly worried about stuff that can cause problems with your lungs, heart, and diaphragm, like whatever the fuck is wrong with me, which is literally miserable

these are also not solely symptoms of autism in general- as someone else very politely (/sarcasm) pointed out, a few of these are also symptoms of cluster b personality disorders. they're also symptoms of autism. (and depression and schizophrenia and brain injury and other developmental disabilities)

and a lot of people have been using this as "maybe i'm autistic" which i like, yeah i knew that would happen actually, but the purpose of it was... not that. the purpose was, i get tired of seeing "autistics are actually highly empathetic" and "autistics actually do understand sarcasm". "x autism symptom that actual people experience is actually a symptom of trauma"

*electrocutes myself and smacks into the ground*

here's my impression of one of those painfully earnest self-care posts if it was a youtube poop

🏞️ gentlesestion FolF

hey. don't crHey. one million one million one million one millionTea. eat a pEace of fruif. go for a walk. brew some fruit. go some bruit. eat DINNER. take a showerower. showerowerowerowerTake a shit. cry. don't Your stuffed animals. fuffed animals. fuff. gooooooooowooooohhhhooohhooohhhhh. DIE

maybe youd feel better if you drew your favorite character more transgender

Below the cut is a clean verbatim transcript of the StaffCon2023 “Live With the CEO” stream. Featuring the CEO of Automattic, Matt Mullenweg [@photomatt], and the Tumblr COO, Zandy Ring [@zingring].

Built from the videos by @secondbeatsongs [x] and @chainswordcs [x]. Additional thanks to my fellow archivists, @eiimblr, @sharksfood, and @fokron.

The stream was about an hour, so there's a lot of dialogue. There are timestamps next to the questions and important statements if you want to skim. 

A true verbatim transcript is available by request.

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