#us events

[radiation-risk]

Reminder for anyone scared about KOSA

KOSA has a good chance of not passing! The Senate is only the first part, and even if The Senate doesn’t pass the bill, it’ll go to the house, which has even more opposition! Still, don’t refuse to call, as your call may help oppose the bill! I cannot call, but please, pass on this message along with anything else you reblog regarding World/US events, it may save our fandoms!

[doot-slayer-scp666]

Professionals have standards!

Be polite!

Be efficient!

Have a plan to kill every CEO you meet!

[flashbackonyourbehalf]

I was reading the latest news on the manhunt for the CEO killer (bc I thought I read that they ID’d the wrong guy or something?) and it said that the NYPD said, and I quote:

“The motive for the deadly attack still remains unknown.”

Like…BRUH

Have you not looked outside and seen all the capitalism recently?? Have you never been denied life-saving healthcare?!

I get that they’re not gonna release a formal statement saying, “He was probably killed because he’s a terrible person” but I actually laughed.

ACAB, Fuck 12, and may America’s hero not only never get caught, but also take more health insurance CEOs off the census.

[orchuris]

recent events be like

[unofficialrivermonsters]

We extend our gratitude to extreme angler, biologist, "River Monsters" documentary TV host and author, Jeremy Wade, along with North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Elizabeth Biser, for conducting a thoughtful and inspirational talk at our first Grandfather Presents event of 2024!

Jeremy shared insights on his journey, the success behind his hit show, the decline of megafish and why water quality is so closely related to the health of aquatic ecosystems and humans.

Thank you to Jeremy Wade and all in attendance!

📸: GMSF

[dragon-hoard]

there was a shooting at a middle school in iowa today. I live about 3 hours from there. fuck you kim reynolds. you arent going to do shit to change this. kids at ANY age are allowed to handle guns (with supposed parental supervision)

"every iowan stands with you (perry)" THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN

[hevexns-realm]

“Watch them run, and they’re going to tear themselves to pieces Jesús Christ this will be fun!” <3 (if you know, you know! 🖤)

HELL YES, look how scared they are at the public's reaction, this is amazing

[strawlessandbraless]

What an unsurprising & completely expected turn of events that literally everyone saw coming 😮

Source 🔗

Free 🔗

[shamebats]

I think we owe an apology to the Americans, looks like at least some of the issues with their healthcare system can be addressed with guns

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

Please, spread this for those who might need it right now

U.S. suicide hotline: call or text 988 (available 24 hours)

U.S. trans lifeline: (877) 565-8860 (when you call, you’ll speak to a trans/nonbinary peer operator. full anonymity and confidentiality)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) – provides 24/7 confidential support and referrals for individuals and families facing mental health and substance use disorders, including panic attacks and anxiety.

LGBT National Help Center: (888) 843-4564

Trevor Project: Call (866) 488-7386, text START to 678-678, or chat online.

Take care of yourself and each other. Please stay safe ♡

[politijohn]

Source

[sturionic]

Activism is not cold-calling.

Activism is not cold-calling, and this is critically important to understand.

I'm seeing a lot of posts on here about 'building bridges' and 'finding community,' and then (extremely valid) response posts saying "BUT HOW??" And I'm going to explain something that can be very counter-intuitive: there is strategy involved in community.

As a longtime volunteer labour organizer, I’ve taken and taught many trainings on the strategy of talking. Something that surprises a lot of people is the very first thing you do in a union campaign. You sit down with your organizing committee, take out pen and paper, and literally map it out. You draw a physical map of the workplace: where are the entrances, exits, break rooms, supervisor offices. Essentially, ‘where is it safe to have a union conversation.’ Then you draw another physical chart of your coworkers. You sort out who is union-friendly, openly hostile to unions, or somewhere in the middle, and then you plan out very deliberately and carefully who talks to whom and in what order.

Consider: If Vocally Leftist Jane walks up to Conservative David and says "hey what do you think about unions," David is going to shut down immediately. He's not inclined to listen to Jane. But if Jane talks to Moderate Jason and brings him into the fold, then Jason is a far more effective strategic choice to talk to David, and David may actually hear him out without an instant reaction.

IMPORTANT CAVEAT: If Conservative David turns out to be Alt-Right David, and could be dangerous to follow organizers, we write him off. We are not trying to reach Alt-Right David. We are trying to reach Conservative David, who may actually be persuaded to find solidarity with other employees as fellow workers. Jason is a safe scout to find out which one he is. It does no one any good if Leftist Jane (or even Moderate Jane who is a visible minority) talks to Alt-Right David and puts herself on his radar. Not only has she done nothing to convince Alt-Right David to join a union - she's probably actively turned him against the idea - but now she's also in danger and the entire campaign is at risk. NOBODY WANTS THIS. Jane was NOT a hero for doing this. The organizing committee was foolish and enacted a terrible strategy to everyone's detriment.

Where you can make a difference is with people who will listen to you. You having a conversation with your well-meaning but clueless Centrist Democrat Auntie, and maybe gently helping her understand some things the media has been glossing over, is way more strategically useful than you marching up to MAGA Neighbour You've Met Once and trying to "build community" or "understand" them. They don't care. They're impervious, dangerous, and cruel. But maybe your beloved auntie will think about what you said, and then talk to her friend Anna who IDs as "fiscally conservative" but didn't vote because she can't bring herself to get on board with Trump. Then perhaps Anna talks to her brother Nic who has MAGA leanings but isn't all the way there yet. Proto-MAGA Nic would not have listened to you, nor would he have listened to Centrist Democrat Auntie, but he might absorb some of what his sister is saying.

This is not a cop-out or an echo chamber. This is you spending your time and energy strategically and safely. You are not a useful activist to anyone if you’re dead. Anyone who is telling you to hurl yourself directly at MAGA assholes like cannon fodder has no understanding of the strategy behind community building, and you should feel comfortable writing them off.

Last point: If you are tired, emotionally devastated, and/or in danger: take a break. This post is for people who would feel better jumping into action, not for people who are too overwhelmed to even think about it right now. You are worth so much even if you’re not actively Doing Activism, and your rest is worth more than “a break period so you can recharge and Do More Activism.” We all deserve the individual dignity of being worthy of comfort, rest & safety just on the basis of being human, outside of whatever we're doing for others' benefit. To deny ourselves that dignity is to devalue ourselves, and that’s the absolute last thing any of us should be doing right now.

[everlastingrandom]

This morning there was a nation-wide text spam campaign targeting Black Americans (largely students) telling them that they’ve been selected to pick cotton and will be picked up to be sent to a plantation after Trump’s inauguration.

People online are making jokes about it, but it’s genuinely a disturbing sign. Someone was emboldened enough to intentionally run a background on thousands of young Black people and send them racist messages the day after a very exhausting and stressful election.

[flashbackonyourbehalf]

NOOOOOO they caught him?? Or at least someone they *think* is him? I’m devastated to say the least

I was reading articles about it and one of them said that he was caught by “good old-fashioned police work” and then the article goes on to say that someone from the McDonald’s he was eating at tipped off the cops based on resemblance. My good bitch, that is not “good old-fashioned police work,” and I hope that snitches really do get stitches.

Fuck…I really, really hope it’s not him…

[moonlayl]