Everyone is posting about Martin Sheen's acting legacy, but failing to mention his long history of activism for farmworkers rights with the UFW. Sheen, aka Ramón Estévez, has been marching with the UFW, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez since the beginning! HBD! (img src AP & UFW)
For anyone who feels like they “wasted” quarantine because they didn’t write a novel or learn a new language or get shredded, I have good news: Quarantine ain’t over get back inside.
THREAD: Today I went to the public library for the first time in a long time. A woman came up to me and asked me to help her with the computer so she could apply for a custodial job. She had gone to the organization she wanted to work at, and was told to apply online.
I will literally pay hundreds of dollars more to never fly @AmericanAir again. Flights are CONSISTENTLY canceled or delayed or incompetent. Current delay - and will miss my connection - because of a wet seat cushion that was forgotten about last night and now has to be cleaned🙄
Client: We just want you to do your thing!
*Does Thing*
Client: So we like the thing, but it's not very similar to this really specific thing we found on the Internet but didn't show you that we hoped you would perfectly recreate.
Some people are taking my "art for arts sake" quote the wrong way.
I wasnt saying there SHOULDNT BE "art for arts sake".
I was saying there ISNT "art for arts sake". It doesnt exist.
All art has a political viewpoint. You dont notice it when it upholds the status quo.
Single-payer healthcare: Exists in 16 countries
Tuition-free (or nearly-free) college: Exists in 15 countries
Major economies already running on at least 30% renewable energy: 4
Super spoOoky, right? 👻
It’s not that the US can’t have these things. It’s that we choose not to.