“Humans caused this” no. humans have lived alongside and even grew ecosystems for hundreds of thousands of years. What has caused this is European-driven and influenced settler-colonialism and mass industrialization. There’s no way around that.
gas high, rent high, groceries high, medicine and overall healthcare are unaffordable, the job market is in the dirt, childcare is nonexistent… and these people are voting on whether it should be 6 or 8am when the sun rises. 😂
Everything Trump has touched is worse. Like at no point in the past 17 months have I woken up, read the news, and seen life improve for average Americans. This is not normal in the slightest. It’s EVIL
They’re giving away Lindsay Grahams seat to his sister and they’re giving Mitch McConnells seat to his cousin.
We do not live in a democracy anymore. This is not how a democracy functions.
We did not vote for these people.
The biological part isn’t a social construct. The way societies classify, organize, interpret, and attach meaning to biological variation is. Those categories are historically contingent, socially mediated, and have changed over time. They aren’t derived from nature alone.
I was called to the jury pool for this, and had to excused the first day because they said it would be 2-3 months of unpaid full time labor, and I would end up homeless if I did that.
The only people who can serve on juries have non-essential corporate jobs or are retirees.
Fun fact: every Muslim American in Congress strongly supports LGBTQ rights. Every single one. Islam isn’t the problem. Religious extremists, be they supposedly Christian or Muslim or whatever, are the problem.
ben & jerry (ben cohen & jerry greenfield) tried to boycott their ice cream from being sold in israel, so unilever went behind their back and sold a portion of the company to an israeli licensee against their wishes. israel is selling ben & jerry's through corporate domination
My rent went up $300 a month.
I told people I couldn’t afford it. They said just move.
So I looked up what moving actually costs.
First month’s rent. Security deposit. Application fee. Credit check fee. Moving truck. Utility deposits. Time off work to do all of it.
That’s $4,000 minimum just to escape a rent increase.
The solution to not having money is apparently having money.
Poverty isn’t a mindset problem.
It’s a locked door that charges you to find the key.
A mi de pequeño nunca se me acercó una persona queer a mostrarme penes de goma, pero ¿saben quienes SI se me acercaron a mostrarme sus penes reales? Hombres adultos HETEROSEXUALES que se metían en grupos de fandom donde predominaban menores de edad
This Karmelo Anthony verdict being found guilty right after a Chinese man was found innocent after chasing a black kid down and killing him should tell you everything you need to know about what our priorities should be in these United States