ReiRose

joined 2 years ago
 

Mountain climbing, hiking, driving....homelessness

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Blue and black!

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

This is a good response. And I did read the wiki you shared. In regards to video evidence, this festival had a lot of non-venue performances, I just don't know where the people were when they said they'd been poked. Also, it's easier to prove this than disprove it. For example if the tox report is negative then maybe theres something that wasn't texted for, or maybe the point is fear. People could be going around with pins rather than syringes. Of course no evidence means no conviction, and some people doubting what they thought they experienced. For me 145 people claiming something happened is evidence that something happened. (Ranging from 145 hallucinating or colluding all the way to 145 being targeted by a nefarious needle gang.)

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (8 children)

145 women speaking up is evidence of this happening

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You make some good points, but i cant resist the thought experiment:

Is there even an incentive for solving women's problems? Patriarchy can use women to portray the ultimate evil; influencers can use that portrayal to criticize women, engage in rage bait, get attention and secure brand deals.

Capitalism can appease men to promote consumerism wrapped in misogyny. Corporations can capitalize on women's loneliness and low self-worth.

I have noticed that women with low self-worth find meaning in work, which ultimately profits corporations, the money they will earn will be expanded on consumerisms/additions which again can be profited by capitalism and corporate.

The rich can have as many resources as they want, so why solve it? Other than individuals (women) taking matters in their own hands and rescuing each other I don't think there is enough incentive to help women as community or whole

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I make 3k/mo and spend $70/mo on trash/water/sewage services.

I'm hungry too

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Quantitative analysis showed a steep and consistent decline in institutional religious involvement. The number of respondents attending religious services dropped dramatically between 2003 and 2013. At the start of the study, over 80% attended services at least occasionally. By the end, nearly 60% reported never attending.

Affiliation with religious institutions also declined, with formal identification falling from nearly 89% to just 60%. Belief in God showed a more modest drop—from about 83% to 66%—while individual spiritual practices like meditation actually increased. The percentage of participants who practiced meditation rose from 12% to over 21%, suggesting that spirituality remained meaningful even as institutional ties weakened.

The 'nones' didn't say no to religion, just to organized religion. Atheists are not in that percentage, nor are people who have a religious identity (eg Pagan, Jewish etc) but don't actively go to gatherings of that religion.

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

They have either had this day or will have this day And I send my love bc I have had this day and I'm not even a chef

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

😆 never thought of this. But I just used them to fill up my Hotmail storage by emailing them to myself

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Take pics of sentimental things of little value. Then throw out the thing and keep the pic

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where are the phish fans?

"...723 times"

 

This is a nightshade eating machine, they're tiny at the mo, but will be really big when all fattened up.

 

this little guy and his friend were on my dill, so I brought them in and fattened them up with Parsley. the friend has changed and this one probably will tonight or tomorrow, when they emerge I'll release them back into the garden

 

I really would love to know what it is, and also I kind of want one, so let me know if there's a reason I shouldn't.

 

I went round in circles trying to think what my action should be, but I'm a crafter not a bullet engraver. The most vicious thing I could see myself doing was sending threatening decoupage.

I landed on building community with my neighbours, and have started be giving homegrown produce (mainly kale and loofah), homemade bread and free childcare in my neighbourhood (just a couple of hours a week). I'm also just not spending money until I must, and being more conscious when I must.

The death of the united Healthcare CEO started me thinking, and made me take action. It's small action, but it's within my ability. What did it do for you?

(Pic: my photo but not my craft, I bought these fingerpuppets a long time ago, but of course now I have a fave)

 

Rather than paying a living wage, Broward college has decided to distribute food bags to their employees. 50 bags for 500 employees 👍

(They do regularly do this for students too)

 

This article does a great job of explaining people's frustration with having to vote for Biden again. It's long, so here are some quotes. They're totally cherry-picked, I'd recommend reading the whole thing (especially if you think the problem started with Biden, and that Clinton and Obama were ever good choices).

during the 1980s and early 1990s, fears of a relentless Republican juggernaut pressured those left of center to take a defensive stance, focusing on the immediate goal of electing Democrats to stem or slow the rightward tide.

Today, the labor movement has been largely subdued, and social activists have made their peace with neoliberalism and adjusted their horizons accordingly. Within the women’s movement, goals have shifted from practical objectives such as comparable worth and universal child care in the 1980s to celebrating appointments of individual women to public office and challenging the corporate glass ceiling.

Each election now becomes a moment of life-or-death urgency that precludes dissent or even reflection. For liberals, there is only one option in an election year, and that is to elect, at whatever cost, whichever Democrat is running. This modus operandi has tethered what remains of the left to a Democratic Party that has long since renounced its commitment to any sort of redistributive vision and imposes a willed amnesia on political debate.

I mean, you probably should vote Biden this time, because he's not all that bad, he's done some good things. And trump is so terrible, it probably will be the end of democracy and the victory of fascism if he wins. Right? But what about in two years time, or four years, or eight years?

 

This little guy chomped down on my pepper before burrowing underground.

 

I'm a nursing Mum, USA, and my work (transportation) is not protected by the pump act. https://www.usbreastfeeding.org/the-pump-act-explained.html I was told via email from HR that they "do not make accommodations for crewmembers." Legally they don't have to, so I applied for disability. It was denied with some accommodations for my return to work that needed clarification, but I didn't expect much more. I then started my return to work process, including a medical return to work form for my provider to complete. The provider used the exact same, cut and paste, language as the original request for disability form. My return to work has been denied because they cannot accommodate me. Local unions advice: break the rules. So, yes, lawyer up, of course. However, that will take months or years (like the Frontier case https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/settlement-reached-frontier-airlines-pregnancy-and-lactation-discrimination-lawsuit ) and I am running low on my savings.

So, despite ten years with my company, I will now lose my $50~/hr pay, schedule seniority, union Healthcare, tribal knowledge, skills etc and go to another company. All because I wanted twenty minutes every four hours to pump for my baby - some coworkers take longer shits.

Regular pumping avoids mastitis and maintains flow. Breastfed babies have less health problems in early years. Nursing mothers have lower instances of certain cancers. Formula is a great invention, but costs money, and just isn't a good fit for my family. https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/features/breastfeeding-benefits/index.html

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