@fangirlJeanne@CAwkward Currently Going through the house I bought from my parents and floor by floor undoing all the things my dad did to it over 40 years.
Feb 12 1946 – Black US Army veteran Isaac Woodard beaten & blinded by policeman, hours after being honourably discharged & still in uniform. Helps galvanise Civil Rights Movement. Chief of Police Lynwood Shull was found not-guilty after a trial full of racist language & threats.
Remember UFW martyr Rufino Contreras: Rufino asked for ‘a more just share’ of what he produced; 44 years ago, the company answered him with bullets. Read the full story at: https://t.co/zLyR5m90AT
@Casein_Micelles I’m sorry I don’t have any exciting solutions. Just my sympathy. Like you I’ve used family, friends and losing pay because I had to stay home.
@c0nc0rdance@thebiologistisn My first job I found a set of slide stains left by the last guy. No idea how old they were, but one made the Geiger counter tick! Then I got to hear lots of fun stores from the hazmat crew who came for it.
@were_duck Finished it last night and it was so frustrating. I really wanted to like it, but even Warwick Davis couldn’t save it from all that teen angst.
Clotilde has been working in the mushrooms for 25 years. Packing and sorting mushrooms in a cooler can be cold work, but she is pleased she has a union contract with build in benefits & steady year round work that allows her to economically help her son and daughter. #WeFeedYou