#arizona protest

[abbysynth]

Snippets I got from the President's Day protest at the AZ State Capitol yesterday. I got interviewed by ABC15 and lots of photos taken! It was exhilarating to be amongst like-minded folk who won't back down!

EDIT: loljk looks like they didn't use any of my interview 🫠

[unbfacts]

When he was 11, Ted Danson and his friends cut down multiple highway billboards around Flagstaff, Arizona, because they obstructed scenic views of nature. His father, a museum curator, discovered their involvement when he noticed that billboards promoting the Museum of Northern Arizona were mysteriously untouched.

[angelx1992]

[hufflpuffin]

As the police escalate violence, beat and attack students and professors, and conduct mass arrests, student protesters should know their rights.

Here is the link to the National Lawyer's Guild booklet for protesters.

If you plan on going out to support the protests, please take some time to read through this and know your rights.

[violottie]

...i am seething... words arent enough... words are not enough...

"Four women at Arizona State University ASU had their hijabs removed by police following their arrest. In the blurred image, the police are seen removing the hijab from one of the four women and subsequently placing a hoodie over her head after she asked for it to be placed." from Land Palestine, 29/Apr/2024:

[dclanisms]

losing my religion

[igottatho]

Original tweet here.

Bonus, the video featured in the tweet:

[jazzednspazzed]

JANUARY 18th!

[gwyoi]

If Kamala was smart she’d get the astronaut to be her VP . Because Vance would look so fucking stupid and it would be funny to see how right wingers try to come up with something

[uchanekome]

Dear women of Idaho, Arizona, and Texas

Your rights have been taken away, if you want them back hit them where it hurts. If they want to take away your reproductive rights, take away the one thing they care for other than money. I suggest a protest of the most devious kind. Swear off sex. FOR THEM not you. You have toys and masturbation. If you have a husband who supports your rights, you can do foreplay and oral/handies. Use strap-ons! And if your looking to have children, think about adoption. Eventually legislators won't be able to ignore this because they won't be getting laid and they won't be getting their army of babies they seem to want so bad. HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS!

[angelx1992]

[3feetfrompeace]

Phoenix- Arizona

[commiepinkofag]

Join the Fight!

Trans activists have organized demonstrations at capitol buildings across the country and are currently coordinating protests for Trans Day of Visibility on March 31 and Trans Day of Vengeance on April 1. 

Activists have planned rallies at the state capitol of Georgia, which recently became the 10th state to ban gender-affirming care; Tucson, Arizona; the Missouri state capitol; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; New York City; and the Kansas state capitol, among others.

 “We are here and we will not allow ourselves to be erased,” Trans Radical Activist Network.

[foldingfittedsheets]

When deciding who to work for there is a sliding scale of employers that goes from lil mom and pop shops up to corporate monoliths. I have worked at both ends of the spectrum and I can pretty definitively say that tiny businesses are hands down the most insane employers.

The sweet spot is a place that has like 10-20 stores; that’s the best possible work environment. They’ll be polished enough to have protocols that make work structured, but not so bogged down with bureaucracy that nothing can ever get done.

This story is not from that sweet spot. This story is from my time working at Oil and Vinegar. Now, like many little franchise stores, the idea was solid. There was on tap imported olive oil and vinegar and it was really delicious. Top shelf. Unfortunately, each location was like the Wild West because owners varied wildly.

My owner was the human embodiment of Mr. Krabbs. His eyes were just constant dollar signs. Throughout my training he informed me of the price of every single piece of equipment I touched and how much it cost to replace it.

He had cameras set up to watch us, and an app on his phone to access the live feed. He’d call us to ask what we were doing when he’d just checked a camera to make sure we were being honest.

Now, the trouble was he had two locations. His location further south did amazing. It was way more centrally located and got three times the foot traffic. The one I worked in was in the snottiest mall possible in Arizona and consequently the rent was through the roof.

It was not going well for my store. We didn’t get as much traffic, so there was only so much I could do in a day. I could dust, sweep, and wait for customers. I read a lot and was frank when he called to interrogate me. I always asked for additional tasks but he never had any. What could I do to prop up a failing business?

But this man was convinced there was some Secret Reason that the store I was in was doing worse. He crunched numbers, looked at staff, and eventually hit upon the most insane possible solution.

We used too much toilet paper.

We were probably stealing toilet paper! Bleeding him dry one single ply square at a time! How dare we need to use the bathroom?! His south location used half as much toilet paper as we did, we must be thieving little monsters!!!!

Friends. The south location was populated entirely by men. My location had three people on staff who had to sit to pee. It was so blindly transparently the source of the discrepancy but this man was convinced we were making off with toilet paper to bankrupt him.

So he implemented what he believed to be an entirely reasonable response to this base treachery. We were allowed to have one roll of toilet paper. At any given time, one roll was permitted to us. This was so transparently unhinged that we protested but he insisted. If we were low on toilet paper we needed to call him to drop off a roll that he brought from his home. Smiling jovially, he assured us he lived so close by that it would be no problem!

When we needed to call him often for more he started tearing his hair out. What were we using toilet paper for?! Why wasn’t his genius plan to stop our scandalous waste working??!

Finally, the manager, the only man on staff had to pull the owner aside and be like, “Look, man, their bladders are smaller. They need to wipe every time they pee. They need to pee even more on their period. Is this really the hill you want to die on?”

Yes. It was. The manager was fired unrelated reasons and denounced as a traitor. The toilet paper ration lasted until I quit and probably until the store closed six months later.