I like how it’s described as a union could “cripple American Capitalism” when more precisely it’s just that a union would be so powerful as to force WalMart (or any other company) to pay their workers like human beings. That’s not going to break Walmart. They’ll barely notice.
They’ve successfully convinced us that the unions are the greedy monsters. For so many years, the companies have painted unions as “we want you to pay janitors three million dollars a year and if you don’t we’ll set your stores on fire”.
But it’s more like “We want you to take an almost imperceptible fraction of your bountiful profits and use it to make your employees’ live marginally better, and maybe give them medical benefits, y’know, so they don’t die”.
Big companies did not stop hiring ten year olds to work in coal mines because they just woke up one day and said “my god, we’re monsters”. They did it because their workers stood together and said “really, enough of this crap”.
Companies are not going to give people raises unless it’s economically necessary that they do so. Anything they can do to lower their expenses, and raise their profits, they are going to do. And no one person can stop them.
But thousands of people, millions of people? Better chances.
I am dead serious: If you are a Walmart employee, at any level and in any store — like if you are a high school kid with a part time job stocking shelves — message me any question you have about unions. Like ask me “What’s a union” if you want. I will explain it to you.
I am a grievance chair for a white collar union whose workplace only unionized within the last five years and whose management fought as every step of the way, but in the end we fucking won. It can be done, and I can tell you how.
Just another reminder that Walmart Germany was a spectacular fail because of ver.di (which is a national service trade union that has it’s control over almost all trade and service companies in Germany) among other things.
Like, ver.di essentially came up to the CEO of Walmart Germany and was like “Hi, welcome, we wish you the best and that we can work together well :)” and the dude was like “hahaha no” and tried to pull the american concept here so ver.di pulled out a list of all the breaches of german law that Walmart was doing (underpaying workers, trying to avoid paying health care by using part-timers, trying to be open for more than 80 hours per week, firing people on short notice without warning or exit payments, etc) and long story short, they got some massive hefty fines for it. They also set up a list of demands for the workers and organized national strikes to push them through, making the employees of 85 hypermarkets neatly stand in front of the store doors with signs, whistles and chants (and certainly not the “Wallmart! Wallmart!” chant). In the end, that plus other things caused them to bail after 9 years with a gigantic loss (almost a billion just from sales) from one of the best retail markets in the world.
So all those issues like “no healthcare” or “work full-time and need food stamps” or “work on sundays and holidays” and shit? Unions are there to set their foot down against that for you. They are there to keep you safe from the corps wrath while fighting for your rights.
Cause if you, an individual, complain, they just fire you and laugh about it. A union is a collection of hundreds up to MILLIONS of people, supported by lawyers, going against employers for you.
Previously, parents were told SIDS could be prevented if they took proper precautions: laying babies on their backs, not letting them overheat and keeping all toys and blankets out of the crib were a few of the most important preventative steps. So, when SIDS still occurred, parents were left with immense guilt, wondering if they could have prevented their baby’s death.
Dr. Carmel Harrington, the lead researcher for the study, was one of these parents. Her son unexpectedly and suddenly died as an infant 29 years ago. (…) Harrington explainedwhat she was told about the cause of her child’s death.
“Nobody could tell me. They just said it’s a tragedy. But it was a tragedy that didn’t sit well with my scientific brain.”
Since then, she’s worked to find the cause of SIDS, both for herself and for the medical community as a whole. She went on to explain why this discovery is so important for parents whose babies suffered from SIDS.
"These families can now live with the knowledge that this was not their fault,” she said.
(…) As the cause is now known, researchers can turn their attention to a solution. In the next few years, those in the medical community who have studied SIDS will likely work on a screening test to identify babies who are at risk for SIDS and hopefully prevent it altogether.
Hello, I didn’t make it in time but I still wanted to share this short guide on applying varying line weight onto a drawing.
In my first year of art college, drawing class was like a treasure trove of new tips and knowledge which I looked forward to every week. I used to only draw either very lightly overall or with the same intensity and no variation in my lines.
But one of the first things introduced to us in drawing class was how to vary our lines and mark making to capture light and shadow through just our line drawings. I never noticed the big difference it made to drawing only in a line with the same weight or which was uniform in pressure. I saw how it added more depth and fluidity to the character or subject making them less flat and stiff overall.
So ever since then I have tried to observe more and make thoughtful decisions of where I can play with the pressure of my lines while drawing.
Remember my unsung artist rant? Here’s how to make an unsung get heard.
THIS IS TRUE yet people still dont do it.
Get those reblog buttons green guys
GREEN = SEEN
❤❤❤❤
Also, I’m a lot more likely to follow someone or reblog if it’s from a follower of mine as opposed to Tumblr’s stupid algorithms trying to push it on me. Just a thought.
FUNKING REBLOG PLEASE
being nice doesn’t hurt, people of tumblr
That really help
Cant emphasize this enough
Please reblog.
Reblog is love, reblog is life ~ <3
Yas
I want to get notice
I appreciate all the notes I get, but it’s true that reblogging can get a bigger audience to see it too.
okay i looked into this and apparently this isnt even just dracula the wolfman and frankenstein’s monster like. they’re DESCENDANTS of them who are normal guys who turn into a vampire a werewolf etc. they do this to “atone” for the actions of their ancestors.
ALT
this is them normally and they apparently transform by slapping their hands together and shouting WACKO and this is called the “drak whack.” dracula is alive too. they call him Big D.
okay i looked into this and apparently this isnt even just dracula the wolfman and frankenstein’s monster like. they’re DESCENDANTS of them who are normal guys who turn into a vampire a werewolf etc. they do this to “atone” for the actions of their ancestors.
ALT
this is them normally and they apparently transform by slapping their hands together and shouting WACKO and this is called the “drak whack.” dracula is alive too. they call him Big D.
We have to sit and watch a Press Conference in ENGLISH given by literally Palestinian children. Speaking a language that is not their mother language to beg for a ceasefire and the stop of bombing, because if they’re not killed by airstrikes they will die by starvation and dehydration… After a hospital stuff gave a press conference amid the killed bodies of martyrs of the bombed hospital now children are telling in your fucking language to ceasefire.
We have to sit and watch a Press Conference in ENGLISH given by literally Palestinian children. Speaking a language that is not their mother language to beg for a ceasefire and the stop of bombing, because if they’re not killed by airstrikes they will die by starvation and dehydration… After a hospital stuff gave a press conference amid the killed bodies of martyrs of the bombed hospital now children are telling in your fucking language to ceasefire.
sometimes you just have to let yourself be a bit neurodivergent.
i hate going out, it gives me a lot of anxiety and sensory input that i dont like, and i am often forced to talk to people.
so i do this thing on more difficult days, or sometimes just for fun, where i “bring a fictional character with me”. i walk and imagine Fictional Character walking next to me. they talk to me, reassure me, hype me up, whatever i need them to do.
today dean winchester came christmas shopping with me. he went over the list with me of stuff i needed to get, told me i was doing a good job every time i finished in a certain shop, reminded me to take a deep breath when i got a little overwhelmed.
and yea. its kinda silly. and i know its just me talking to myself in a different voice, but it Works! especially since all of my special interests/hyperfixations tend to be tv/movie related.
so do what you gotta do to Get Shit Done. stop holding yourself to neurotypical standards. if you need Fictional Character to tell you you’re doing a good job, do it! if you need Favourite Singer to walk you to school, do it! yea it might feel silly but you’re literally fighting against your own brain to get stuff done every single day. you can have a little self indulgent daydream, as a treat.
sometimes you just have
to let yourself be a bit
neurodivergent.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
was going to call red fans “redheads” then remembered that’s taken. considered “redpilled” and remembered all of human history at once and fell into a deep coma
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A polyamorous thruple are taking a hike through the forest when they find a weird rock and lift it. From under the rock a pixie comes out.
“Thank you for freeing me. I am a pixie of love, and as thanks I’ll give a gift of gold to each of you. But the gift will only go to the one you love most.”
The first member of the thruple says “but I love both my partners equally.”
“Then I cannot give you the gift.” the pixie replies.
“I’m okay with that. My love is more important.”
The second member also says “I also love both my partners equally”
“Then I cannot give you the gift either.”
“I’m okay with that. My love is more important.”
Finally the third member says “I love this one the most.” much to shock of both partners.
“Then they shall receive my gift.” the pixie says, grants the gift of gold and then vanishes.
After the pixie left, the first member says “I can’t believe you don’t love us equally!” and the second member concurs.
Then the third member sighs and then says “I love you both equally and very much so, but fucking hell are you stupid.”
is this a metaphor for egal marriage?
its just about how bottoms are emotional and foolish and tops are logical thinkers capable of being devious i think
my favorite historical thing about actual pirates is most of them were really young guys who died between the ages of 17 and 24 so one of the reasons blackbeard is so famous three hundred years later is because he was, like, thirty-two and still kicking which made him seem really wise and shit-together by comparison. it’s like when you’re a 28 year old woman and get tumblr asks from college freshman that say “oh my god you don’t look like a withered corpse at all”
Does anyone want a cute Palestine fact? In 1929, there were several proposals for the flag of Palestine from different newspapers and individuals in Palestine. One of these proposals was in a letter from Munir Dakak, who suggested a flag with an orange on it.
Oranges were exported out of Palestine in the mid-19th century and are commonly associated with the port city of Yafa (Jaffa). They remain a symbol of Palestinian art and literature; Ghassan Kanafani even wrote a short story about Al Nakba called ‘the land of sad oranges’.
Just like the watermelon and olives, oranges are also symbolic of Palestinian resistance and our ties to the land.
If the proposal had been accepted, the flag of Palestine could’ve looked a bit like this:
Anybody who says that the suffering of Palestinians would end if Hamas just surrendered and got out of power is not only engaging in victim blaming, but is in deep denial to how Israel’s systematic oppression actually works. It’s also purposefully ignorant of how Israel treated Palestinians in Gaza prior to the rise of Hamas.
not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]
[ID: A page from a What If? book that reads, “In fact, the Moon — our faithful companion — would act to undo the damage Andrew’s scenario caused. Right now, the Earth spins faster than the Moon, and our tides slow down the Earth’s rotation while pushing the Moon away from us. (There’s a footnote here, that says, "See ‘Leap Seconds,’ http://what-if.xkcd.com/26, for an explanation of why this happens.”) If we stopped rotating, the Moon would stop drifting away from us. Instead of slowing us down, its tides would accelerate our spin. Quietly, gently, the Moon’s gravity would tug on our planet…“
Here, the page has a comic of the Earth and Moon. There are four "panels” — there are no lines separating them, but there are four depictions of the Earth and Moon — and in each, Africa and Eurasia are shown on the Earth as the Moon spins around it. The Moon says, “Hey, Earth. Earth? Why’d you stop? / Oh no. Are you okay? Earth, are you okay? / Don’t be scared, Earth! I can help! / I’m here, Earth. Your moon is here.”
The text finishes, “… and Earth would start turning again.” There is a final panel of the comic, where the Earth has turned, showing Australia, a bit of Asia, and the Pacific Ocean. The Moon tells the Earth, “I will never leave you.” /end ID]
I’m going to base my character dynamics on this. Also cry
I’m going to base
my character dynamics
on this. Also cry
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
In the second Sonic movie, he refers to him self as ‘hedgehog of the house’ in Tom’s absence instead of ‘man of the house’ further implying his gender is hedgehog
not “he” as in “he/him” but “he” as in “hedgehog”
This post went in a completely different direction I imagined because at first I thought those were Sora and Kairi from Kingdom Hearts
remembering that weight lifting class where the coach said “lower yourself to the ground, there is no wrong way to do this” and so I rag-dolled and let my body drop, and then he paused and said “that is the only wrong way to do this.”
“A Child’s View from Gaza” was an art exhibition showcasing drawings created by the children of Gaza.
“The captioned illustrations were created by Palestinian children who lived through the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in 2008-09. The pictures were drawn as part of an effort to help children deal with the horrors they had experienced. A Bay Area nonprofit, Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), arranged to display a collection of these pictures at the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland, California. However, under pressure from the Jewish Federation of the East Bay and other organizations, the museum backed out of the agreement at the last minute.”
The last video recorded and shared by the IDF, shows footage of yet other Palestinians kidnapped, stripped, tortured and humiliated. There are literal CHILDREN in there. If this doesn’t horrify you then I don’t know what to say to you.
The level of ridiculousness genocide denial has reached as of late is mind boggling
Forbidding the use of the word “genocide”..or the impermissible-deemed comparison to isr*eli genocide of Palestinians to that of the holocaust (which was literally a point of reference for the 1948 Nakba) or the altercations over the definition of genocide..
posting your thoughts on tumblr is so embarrassing like hey here’s what’s happening in my life in grotesque detail. here is my literal stream of consciousness. no one really cares about this. Whatever
I don’t have the spoons to add an image description but I need y'all to see something wildly fucked up.
These are screenshots of a tumblr post calling out staff for erasing something that debunked Israeli propaganda. It includes the video debunking the lies. I tried to like the post and tumblr “conveniently’ glitched. I tried to reblog ten times and got an error message. This post cannot be liked and cannot be reblogged from any of the dozens of different blogs I tried in the notes.
I’ll reblog this with the link to the post and a link to the video ASAP, but I want you all to know that tumblr is, again, silencing that video by making spreading that post impossible.
I don’t have the spoons to add an image description but I need y'all to see something wildly fucked up.
These are screenshots of a tumblr post calling out staff for erasing something that debunked Israeli propaganda. It includes the video debunking the lies. I tried to like the post and tumblr “conveniently’ glitched. I tried to reblog ten times and got an error message. This post cannot be liked and cannot be reblogged from any of the dozens of different blogs I tried in the notes.
I’ll reblog this with the link to the post and a link to the video ASAP, but I want you all to know that tumblr is, again, silencing that video by making spreading that post impossible.
the work printer cries out, “no stop, that’s too much! youre gonna make me jam!” as i load a full ream into her tray, but it’s too late. “see, you can take it. you’re doing such a good job for me.” i coo into her feeding tray as i begin printing the morning reports. her warning lights turn red as she moans in i assume ecstacy
my favorite sonic related debate i’ve seen on twitter was people getting genuinely angry that someone said the moon still has a hole in it but in every other appearance it’s turned to the side so no one can see the crater cause that’s unrealistic like you know what else is unrealistic?? hedgehogs that are blue and run fast
“the moon doesn’t work like that” this is shadow the hedgehog’s biological father
like if you want realistic maybe this isn’t the series for you
I will never forgive them for taking away his fire, useful arms are not a fair trade. I know they had to level the playing field so Grim is somewhat equal to the others, but he’s the king, he deserves to be a little bit stronger.
i love the chameleonic nature anonymous messages offer.
sometimes they’re a love letter or sometimes they’re the most heinous and hateful thing you’ve ever read. sometimes they’re a dark and guarded secret. sometimes they’re unhinged prophecies begging to come true. sometimes they’re just the word “penis.”
increasing anti-muslim violence in india. 3 lynchings in the last week in west bengal alone. more murders, more abuse, more torture is expected at this point against indian muslims and kashmiris (x), given upcoming elections and hindutva’s growing obsession with emulating israel. who better to take inspiration from if you intend to eradicate an entire group of people and steal land?
It’s not “everyone” acting like it’s normal. The majority of people know something’s wrong they just don’t have the tools to fix it. Maybe a plurality don’t know that the problem is capitalism, they blame it on something else, but they’re still aware there’s a problem. “Everyone” is just too exhausted from working 4 jobs, 50 hours a week to scream into the void in their spare time.
