i don’t give them money but i’m on their email list. i just saw a request to donate that i dismissed and it went right to the article.

i have never known the intercept to paywall stuff?

probably direct support with your time and funding is a good idea, if you can. it certainly looks like federal grants are going away ☹️

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/agency-funding-libraries-and-museums-puts-all-employees-on-leave-ahead-of-major-cuts/?readmore=1

honestly, that’s bullshit. i dunno if i’m just taking something too literally here, but no.

this is a real name.

literally my schedule for today, except The Call happens at noon.

why not? serious question, i don’t really know a lot about military leadership.

i think it could be, depending upon circumstances. likewise, i think it could also be actively harmful (depending upon circumstances).

omg i have been trying to forget this since the last time i saw it 😢

they were also children, presumably echoing the narratives of their parents. it is not a foregone conclusion that they are incapable of empathy.

nah, i also enjoy pointing and laughing when i see a cybertruck on the highway

edit (and at the people driving them)

to your last point, you’re not wrong. a lot of people are so fucked they know it doesn’t really matter, and i won’t blame them for the state of the nation.

where i live, voting is not necessarily easy or convenient for folks relying on public transport. that much harder if they are, say, a working single parent living below the poverty level. and my work involves talking to people like this every day - there are millions like them.

is irc still a thing?

i know at least three meth addicts right now. two told me they used because they can’t/couldn’t access their mental health medication. one told me that many people don’t start until they are already on the street, and the misery plus being forced by cops to move over and over instead of sleeping encourages use. one told me it was the only way they could stay awake to work enough to support their family.

addicts need real help, like medical/mental health care, housing, a living wage.

but yeah, desperate people will do desperate things.

why the heck would someone want to waste time with an interview process if they don’t know the most basic expectations and compensation? no, i don’t think you should have to wait for an official offer to learn things like hours and benefits.

you know a lot of Texans are Mexicans, right? edit - it drives me nuts to see entire populations painted with such a broad brush.

androids was 1968, blade runner 1982.

but yeah, this movie is foundational, and you don’t get gits and fallout without it. edit - a word

i mean, probably more people experience anxiety about an interview than don’t. having created a mechanism which supports this person in conceptualizing herself and her experience more positively to manage that anxiety is a good sign, to me.

and you will suffer with them, most likely.

this is not the way to class solidarity.

my daughter said to me one day - you have to have more empathy for those who are oppressed than hatred for oppressors.

right now, i see a lot of people lumping those who are most vulnerable together with incoming leadership. indifference to those who are most vulnerable doesn’t help any of us.