The median annual pay during the Great Depression was 22% of the cost of an average home. Today's it's 14%. That means that pay relative to home cost made it easier to buy a home during the Great Depression than right now. This is absurd.
Pat Tillman was shot three times in the head at less than 10 yards by other U.S. soldiers after becoming openly disillusioned with the U.S. war in Afghanistan. His unit burned his body armor and notebooks to hide evidence after and the military tried to cover up his murder.
I’ma say this again.
A hurricane.
Went from New Orleans.
To New York.
OVER LAND.
And had enough juice to spawn tornadoes and shut down THE WHOLE SUBWAY.
But this is just normal and we don’t need to mitigate climate change in any way.
We NEED to stop glamourising overworking. Please.
The absence of sleep, good diet, exercise, relaxation, and time with friends and family isn't something to be applauded.
Too many people wear their burnout as a badge of honour.
And it needs to change.
if you’re watching the catastrophic storm that is about to hit louisiana from afar, a reminder that the state has lost ~2,000 sq mi of its coastal wetlands - a natural hurricane protection system - because of the fossil fuel industry