To the US Congress, regardless of party: Grow some balls and do the job We the People voted you to do! You know the Executive Branch is breaking laws day in and day out. Trump and his sycophants must be indicted and prosecuted. Our Judicial Branch is a joke, it's up to you!
If Musk can spend $735 million on the elections & over $21 billion to buy twitter…
If Ellison can spend $17 billion to buy CNN & CBS…
If Bezos can spend $500 million on a yacht…
If Brin can spend $102 million against Prop 40…
Don’t tell me they can’t pay a wealth tax.
"We Need to Nationalize the AI Companies"
A weapon of mass destruction like artificial intelligence can't be left in the hands of oligarchs while your job, your freedom, and maybe even your life lie in the balance.
https://t.co/hAcQTjrMQ9
Just last month, DoorDash couldn’t seem to find the money to pay their deliveristas — until our administration forced them to give back $131M+ in stolen wages and penalties.
This week, they’ve managed to find $17 billion to acquire one of their main competitors.
Corporate consolidation means higher prices, harsher exploitation, and greater economic inequality for New Yorkers.
We’ve stood up to these giants before. That doesn’t stop now.
ALL CELEBS SHOULD USE THEIR PLATFORM LIKE MACKLEMORE
What incredible support for Palestine! 🇵🇸 Palestinian colours coming down and the crowds cheering.
LAST NIGHT OF HIS TOUR.
An Israeli propaganda campaign pushed the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory across 30 countries, portraying a Muslim invasion of Europe and Qatar to blame. It is reported to have reached 533 million impressions and views. https://t.co/yCDlfBGHjW
I'm not posting much about the US election because I'm choosing to believe, without much evidence, that you all will do the right thing and actually vote against the Rape and Murder party.
My daughter works full time here in Texas. Let me run her numbers.
State minimum wage is $7.25. She's making $16.
Forty hours a week equals $640 weekly.
That’s roughly $2,700 a month before taxes.
Texas has no state income tax—the thing they sell you on. So after federal and FICA she takes home roughly $2,300.
Average one-bedroom in our city runs about $1,550.
That’s 67% of her entire paycheck gone to rent before she eats a single meal.
Leaves her around $750 a month for:
- groceries
- gas
- car insurance
- health insurance
- phone
- emergencies
- savings
Car insurance alone eats a huge chunk of that in this state.
She works 40 hours a week and cannot save a dollar. Not because she's careless because there's nothing left to be careless with.
I spent thirty years paying off a house here. She's doing the same job I did at her age and she can't afford a basic apartment.
That's not a discipline problem. That's not avocado toast.
The floor moved and nobody lowered the ceiling.
Working full time should cover a roof. In Texas it barely covers the rent on one.
#USA — A banner reading “Israel Kills” displayed in the stands at a St. Louis Blues game last week became a topic of debate across the country.
The club issued a statement describing the banner as “vile,” “unfortunate,” and “unforgivable.”
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team representing the city of St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Once you start seeing troll farms and bot networks for what they are, transnational organised crime, then you can take action. Someone is funding these networks and someone is operating these accounts. They aren't infallible or impossible to find.
If we need new legislation then let's get it done.
Indefensible levels of brainlessness to replace heartfelt and personal acts with vapid slop from the hallucination machine. Anyone who does stuff like this is less of a human for it.
@zv_destroy@the0nlygirl AI is proven to make the part of your brain responsible for critical thinking atrophy. It legitimately makes you dumber.
And you are demonstrating that here by using the R slur.