"why do i even need to know how to read?" the animals in animal farm do not know the seven commandments have been changed because they can't read. the animals do not have the ability to question even if they suspect something is off because they can't read. pick up a book.
There’s a Nepalese man on the news crying because he has lost his family in these terrible floods.
He says the floods were 10 times worse than even the worst floods they’ve ever seen.
I know people get irritated with people like me going on about climate change, but these are the stakes.
A lot of people are going to die, potentially millions, at worst billions.
I just can’t understand why the media and politicians cannot reflect what the scientists are telling us about the urgency of this moment.
cant b around someone thats always embarrassed! dont wanna dance at a party, dont wanna introduce themselves to ppl, dont wanna ask questions, dont wanna exist like girllll get a grip!
as much as I laugh at the “can’t wait till HE dies” tweets, I can’t help but notice that it’s just another way people tie the evils of the american empire to one figure instead of a whole system. ultimately, him dying is meaningless because MAGA will live on
I do think the christians were correct that gay marriage would destroy traditional marriage, in the sense that traditional marriage was essentially a form of slavery that has been redefined (in theory) as an equal partnership
It’s so difficult to have earnest conversations with people who think that if enacting change (in their own lives or on a grander scale) won’t be easy or convenient, then they should just lay down and die lol. Tweeted about how it’s useless to ruminate on your teen years-
I stand behind the belief that personal automobiles make people more conservative because you both A) don’t get exposed enough to your fellow citizens and learn to live in a society and B) learn to hate other people because they only act as congestion that slows you down
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Kamala Harris’ 2024 Presidential campaign:
“And yet… why are we here? Are we here to just act like white men have acted everytime before?”
“The struggle means to me not just that we would get the boot of our necks, but that we would destroy the boot, that this would not happen to other people.”
I miss when "taking a class" at the community center cost $40. Now it's $380 for six sessions of yoga, pottery, or cooking. They rebranded public education as "wellness experiences" and priced out the community. Enrichment became a luxury good with namaste branding.
Nobody talks about how "parking" used to cost quarters. Now it's $8/hour, requires an app, won't take cash, and charges you a $2 "convenience fee" to pay digitally. You're paying a tech tax to leave your car in a painted rectangle. Public space has been monetized into oblivion.
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon.
Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
It leaves our workers unprotected and our streets less safe. It's time for a change.
I'm proud to support the Delivery Protection Act to crack down on exploitative subcontracting and build an economy that works for everyone.