fleur du maladjusted

Queer and Unapologetic. Divine alchemy of disparate elements. Rising from the foam of infinite chaos. Warrior of Love. Enemy of religious moralism.

[Jeremy @jeremyct]

Just got off the phone with my college roommate.

His daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in January.

He has insurance. Good insurance. The kind you feel safe having.

7 months later:
Savings: wiped out. 401k: cashed early. Penalties and all. House: refinanced to cover the gaps insurance decided weren’t their problem.

He told me he’s not the same person anymore.

Said watching your child fight for her life while simultaneously fighting an insurance company over coverage codes does something to you that doesn’t go away.

They did everything right.
Two incomes. No debt. Responsible their whole lives.

One diagnosis undid all of it in 7 months.

And somewhere a health insurance CEO is getting a $30 million bonus this quarter.

I don’t know how people defend this system with a straight face.

I really don’t.

[chrißy (rt pinned) @chribdotnet]

probably the worst thing you can do for a child is have it to where their brain associates cleaning with punishment

[fleur du maladjusted @lunaemoth]

@stoppfeenin Only 9? Those are rookie numbers. I've been going to the bars for about 20 years and have been successful in picking someone up twice. I'm not mainstream attractive so it can be hard to even get a bartender's attention to be served. Cruising the bars isn't for everyone.

[𝓔𝓶 ♡ @emkenobi]

The whooping crane is said to be a symbol of hope btw. He’s literally killing hope.

[middleclassparty @middle_class_us]

Every corporation in America is running the same experiment right now.

How much will we pay before they stop?

Bag of chips at $8. They found out.

$20 cocktails. Still paying.

$400 weekly grocery bills. Still paying.

$800 car payments. Still paying.

They will keep raising prices until enough people say no.

And because most Americans have no alternative.

The answer keeps being yes.

That is not a market.

That is captivity.

[lina | لينه @labushouk]

Americans are so committed to a politics of “feeling” good that they overlook the material realities that undergird that delusion. Obama deported more people than any president before & after him; he was actively bombing 6 countries at the same time; & he failed to shutdown Gitmo

[hasanabi @hasanthehun]

establishment democrats and republicans weren’t fearful he’d fail and ruin nyc. they were worried he’d succeed and represent the threat of a good alternative

[danny @d4nnytye]

it is genuinely scary how the ‘gay men aren’t oppressed / never had to fight for their rights compared to other groups’ myth has propagated online, when it has no historical basis and no benefits for the wider community

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

If you haven’t figured it out by now, our entire government is a huge mafia who launders our tax payer money right back to themselves through foreign aid and endless wars.
They all hate you and could care less if you suffer and die horrible deaths, as long as they get dirty rich.

[Tod🔻 @idertod]

The French Marxist theorist, filmmaker, and professional troublemaker who led the Situationist International and wrote The Society of the Spectacle (1967) would see motorcycles flipping in front of the White House for what they are: not rebellion, but the spectacle flattering itself...a high-octane screensaver for a Herrenvolk democracy. The riders risk their necks so cameras can mine clips; the crowd risks nothing and calls it participation, mistaking adrenaline for agency. Power is so relaxed it stages "danger" at its own front door and sells it back as freedom, merch, and content. You walk away with a video instead of improved material conditions, convinced you've seen subversion when all you've really seen is how completely even your urge to rebel has been neutered. This is the movie they show on the Ship of Fools as you literally sail into your misery and destuction...Enjoy.

[sam. @suddenxfear]

queer cinema as we know it today would not be the same without the gay pornography that emerged during the 70s and 80s. more people should explore this particular period. the work of someone like arthur j. bressan jr. was groundbreaking and inspiring.

[•* @Miruciiii]

unfortunately being gay also means you’ll meet men who are deeply attracted to you but deeply committed to pretending they are not 😭

[endora bullshit @collectdust]

in a different, less reactionary america, they'd advertise this movie at pride and just print money

[Cincymilla @CincyShadow]

Speaking as a former pool operator. Painting the bottom of a shallow pool exposed to direct sunlight that's surrounded by trees dark blue simply creates the perfect conditions for algae to bloom lmao.

This is the perfect exemplar for Trumps presidency.

[The🌙Magician @ArmoredNorman]

The more we learn of Rome, the more we understand that Disney's Hercules was actually realistic (that the modern/post-modern era has more in common with the classical people, sociologically, than we previously thought)

[Uzi @UziCryptoo]

BOOMER: “Nobody wants to work anymore.”

ME: “The warehouse down the road pays $18 an hour.”

BOOMER: “That’s good money.”

ME: “Average rent is $2,200.”

BOOMER: “Get roommates. Work overtime. Stop complaining.”

Funny how every “solution” demands workers lower their standards, kill their free time, and live like broke college students forever.

But nobody ever tells corporations to pay enough to survive.

[ebonically intelligent papi 🌻 @julianakilrose]

‘Taxing AI’ won’t protect our water or air. It will however give Dems a way to make it seem like they’re doing something about the outcries, without doing anything drastic.

‘Get a cut of your own destruction’ has always been a terrible offer and it’s time we reject it with fury

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

“Nobody wants to work anymore” is capitalism for “it's getting harder to exploit the poor.”

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

That's slavery.
24 people in Georgia were indicted for enslaving Latin Americans.
Americans have slaves in the 21st century.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.