fujoshiwarrior:

in spite of whatever hole resembling a grave our ceo is currently digging himself into i want to emphasize that trans women are invaluable to our communities and you enrich our lives just by being here. i know my life wouldn’t be the same without the trans women in it and the same goes for hundreds of thousands of people. i’m horrified thinking about what predstrogen and every other trans woman on this site is going through right now and i cannot stress enough that regardless you are loved and my support for trans women will always be unwavering

always-coffee:

WV Libraries Are Under Attack: How to Help

News came out yesterday that West Virginia House passed House Bill 4654. This would remove “bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to a minor of obscene matter. …

Potentially criminalizing librarians is bad, and it’s straight out of the fascist playbook. “Opponents of the bill said that while the bill does not ban books, the bill would have unintended consequences for public and school libraries, resulting in increases in challenges to even classic books and attempts to criminally charge librarians over books not pornographic in nature, but books that include descriptions of sex. They also said it could result in improper criminal charges against library staff,” Steven Allen Adams writes.

So, the question is: now what? What do we do? Where do we go from here?

If you live in West Virginia, call you state senate reps. You can find them listed here.

It’s okay to keep your message short:

“Hi, I’m [full name] calling from [ZIP code], and I’m a constituent of [Senator Name]. I am calling to voice my opposition to Bill 4654, because this is a dangerous step toward book banning. It could potentially harm librarians and libraries, which is incredibly wrong. Do not back this dangerous bill.

You can also ask how many people have called to voice their opposition to this bill. This may annoy the person on the phone, but they technically have to answer you. They may be evasive anyway. But you can either give them your contact information and tell them you’d like a call back or you can call back again later and ask for the tally.

The thing is, people rarely call in. A handful of calls is considered a lot, and the best thing you can do right now is make yourself a nuisance. Good trouble, etc.

Only call if you live in West Virginia, because they do not count calls from those outside their constituency. I am obviously not an expert, but if you have additional questions, ask them and I’ll try to help. I learned way more about how politics work during the last presidency than I thought humanly possible.


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kedreeva:

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cryscal:

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dreamlike-twunk:

amuseoffyre:

actualaster:

ruinedrainbowpooka:

dramaticowl:

lierdumoa:

guerrillatech:

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“If stuff was just handed to me I’d have no motivation to do anything! That’s human nature!”

No, babe, that’s depression. Psychologically healthy people are still motivated to do things even when their survival isn’t being actively threatened.

[Image description: tweet by Roxi Horror @roxiqt on March 30, 2022 at 11:13 AM: “’Oh, so you think everyone should just be handed enough money to live?’ lol. lmao. yeah.”]

okay so like, we all know that housekeeping in a hotel is a Shit Job, right?

I worked with a woman who was independently wealthy. But she liked working housekeeping. So she did. And if the manager got bitchy with her, she’d just shrug and be like “Okay, I can quit.”

Like the manager treated her like a human being because she knew she had to because otherwise she’d lose one of her best workers.

Yes, everyone should be just handed the money to live.

I worked with a lady who’s husband made more than enough to support them both.  She just did the retail to have something to do with herself part-time.

There’s a lot of people who’d happily do the same sort of thing.  Honestly?  A lot of the jobs we consider “shitty” jobs?  Are shitty because the employees are treated like garbage.

If employees weren’t being screwed over by people higher up the chain constantly or being forced to kiss the asses of customers currently shitting all over them, those jobs would by and large be a whole lot more bearable, and appealing to more people!!

Plus rich people are just handed a lot of money, whether they earn it or not, and no one questions that. Only poor people getting money gets interrogated over and over and over again.

I’d like to add a footnote to this thread that the US gives more money (by way of the income tax reduction) to homeowners than it does to poor people who need subsidized housing.

My best teacher in high school was the guy who had previously made a ton of money that he could’ve retired at like 30. Man just wanted to teach teenagers.

If people as a whole were handed enough money to live on, maybe more people like him wouldn’t be put off by the poor salary teachers make. (also teachers should be paid a lot more)

There’s also this assumption that if people were just handed enough money to live that they’d do absolutely nothing, as if they’d be satisfied being completely bored all the time.

They’d still buy food. They’d still buy video games. They’d still go out and get coffee and put money into the economy even if they didn’t want to work because they still want to LIVE. They’d buy movies. They’d go DO stuff.

I review comic books on the internet and I love doing it, but I often have to compromise on some things because I just can’t afford to do otherwise and I stress out about stuff because I need to earn money.

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“Psychologically healthy people are still motivated to do things even when their survival isn’t being actively threatened.”

Speaking for myself, I would be even MORE motivated to do things if my basic needs were guaranteed met. IJS

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What I think some people miss about stuff like UBI (universal basic income, the idea that everyone gets a staple amount of money that could cover basic housing and food needs) is that… It doesn’t really need to be a lot of money. The idea isn’t “give everyone so much money they’re now rich and can do whatever they want forever.” The idea is to provide enough for their most basic needs (food water shelter). It’s enough that if your job mistreats you, you are safe enough to leave it without the threat of becoming unhoused or starving. This, in turn, forces employers to treat their workers better because if they don’t, then they don’t get workers.

But the other side of this coin is that ONLY a person’s basic needs are covered. As someone above said, people still want to do fun stuff! Fancy coffee and vacations and doing leisure activities like movies or bowling or whatever. Keeping pets. Having get togethers. If someone wants the extras in life, THAT’S the stuff they “should” be working for. That’s the “well if they don’t want to work then they don’t get [whatever]!” that is the consequence of not working. Are some people gonna be fine not doing any extra stuff and just living basically? Sure! And that’s okay. But most people DO want extra stuff and will work for it if they can (and if they can’t they should still get extra basic income! Humans deserve enrichment!)

But “You don’t get the vacation” is not the same consequence as “you don’t get to live in a home or eat food today.” The consequence of not working should NEVER be no longer having your basic needs met. And it’s absolutely ridiculous that so many people have normalized that you work or you perish. We live in a society! We invented civilization to make it easier to care for one another and ensure everyone’s basic needs get met! Human civilization began when we decided it’s not “survival of the fittest” on our watch, but “survival of everyone we care about.” We have lost our way if we cannot protect each other.

ask-artsy-oncie:

gg-selvish:

the worst thing that could possibly happen to ao3 is it being put on the app store so please stop asking for it because you don’t understand what would happen if that went through. ao3’s whole deal is it archives EVERYTHING, while the apple app store’s whole deal is keeping everything clean and safe. so if ao3 were to have an app all of the ‘bad’ stuff, including nsfw in general, would have to be censored at best or would be purged at worse. the google play store is more lax but who fucking knows what GOOGLE would police if they got their hands on the archive. do not ask for an app. do not use third party apps. it’s on mobile browser functioning perfectly, just fucking use that before you ruin everything for everyone please.

Stop demanding that your entire fucking online experience exist through apps. Buckle down and figure out how to use your internet browser goddammit!!!

Your dependency on apps is exactly *why* the app store and google play have the power over social media that they do. The less people rely on them, the less platforms will have to focus on becoming sanitized in anticipation for some obligatory app release.

thegroundsofbrooklyn:

thegroundsofbrooklyn:

thegroundsofbrooklyn:

guys why the fuck aren’t we talking about what’s happening in the uk right now

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nobody outside the uk is talking about this. why is nobody talking about it

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again, i know it’s depressing and i’m sorry for putting negative stuff on everyone’s dash but it’s so fucking frustrating that nobody is talking about this because if nobody listens to us then nothing will happen and nothing will change, please please please start speaking up

it got worse 😁

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source: pinknews

spread the word, scream, shout, TALK. we will scream ourselves hoarse before we roll over and let this happen.

wolg-fang:

I’m tired of advertising. All of it. I don’t want any ads even for things I like. Even if I would 100% buy it. It’s INSANE that we just accept that people can throw a business flier in our face at any time of day in any setting. Aren’t you mad? Don’t you just want to go apeshit?

nondivisable:

disabled people are allowed to have hobbies that clash with our disabilities by the way

I’m allowed to like journaling even if my hand tremors make it so I can’t do something as “pretty” as an abled bodied person

I’m allowed to like crocheting even if it’s bad for my joints and it takes me double the time it would take someone else to finish a project

and yes I’m trying to switch to knitting which is lighter on the hands, but even that - even fucking using my phone - makes my finger hurts

I’m allowed to complain about it, just like you - specially if you’re abled - are not allowed to tell me off about it

it’s so hard for us to find joy, you’re not allowed to police the small things that help