Sean Gunn says “in 1980, CEOs made 30x what the lowest worker was making, now Bob Iger makes 400x what his lowest worker is making.”
“I think that’s a fucking shame Bob, and maybe you should look in the mirror & ask why is that? Is it morally okay?” https://t.co/yJkbz9QT28
I know I’ve tweeted/said this before but I’ll say it again…
As a society we would all be better off if we changed our mindset from the Western ways of “I have rights” and moved towards how many Indigenous cultures view it as “I have obligations.” /1
In the aftermath of the Uvalde shooting, Greg Abbott went to a re-election fundraiser while Beto O'Rourke went to donate blood. The difference could not be more obvious.
At least try. Call it the No More Dead Children Act. Ban every automatic and semiautomatic weapon from consumer sale. Generous buybacks for banned guns and ammo. Extensive background checks, minimum age to purchase 21 for hunting rifles. At least try
Reminder that active shooter drills are especially worthless now because the war on elementary schoolers has been going on for long enough that the active shooters also went through active shooter drills
In Judaism, if you say a prayer over something, then fail to do the requisite action that follows, like blessing bread and not eating it, it’s a bracha levatla - which is a sinful act.
If you pray for victims of gun violence but do nothing, it is a sinful act.
florida high school class president zander moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” in his grad speech, so he replaced gay with “having curly hair.” i am in awe
I keep thinking about the fact that these babies murdered today spent the last two years dodging covid, how much of their little lives was spent trying to survive