I know the support local journalism meme is a but of a cliche, but support local journalism. This woman and this paper could teach the soft beltway class a thing or three.I know the support local journalism meme is a but of a cliche, but support local journalism. This woman and this paper could teach the soft beltway class a thing or three.
Today JD Vance said he wanted to kill the National Labor Relations Act and the headline Semafor ran was that he's sad about union decline www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
I know it's the big overall fault of the systems and authorities but people have power too. It's the last power left to most people. To refuse to cross a line. Just following orders isn't an excuse.
I can't get my brain round the people who actually killed #MarcellusWilliams last night. The ones who strapped him down. How did they go through with it? If there was ever a time to down tools? Yes, you lose your job but you don't MURDER someone. Is there this little solidarity?
The glee at having parties with journalists and the wealthy, accepting 'gifts', condemning the concept of protest, pledging to 'reduce net migration', targeting disabled and poor people while reassuring the super-rich that they're not going to be affected at all. I *despise* these people. 2/
I will never have the words to describe how much I despise these people. The last week has been like watching 1997-2002 condensed into a few days. I knew they were New Labour through and through but I thought they were at least smart enough to avoid the obvious reruns. I was wrong. 1/
As it's #BiVisibilityDay, your regular reminder that the issues for bi people are less 'sadness about not being ~valid~' and more 'experiences sexual assault and rape at a higher rate than any other sexuality' and 'experiences homelessness, discrimination and assault'. 1/
I mean, an app can't monitor my heart rate and sleep cycles without something to connect to?
My fitbit died and I'm looking to replace it but all the things I want to try which track what I need have ridiculous subscription prices. I cannot justify >£25 a month. The thing is, it might help me get better enough to do more work. But I don't know. Rage.
There's some qualitative data about bi people not being welcome in services tending to gay or lesbian communities, but that's a thorny subject. Overall, there just isn't good, detailed research into LGBTQ homelessness. This is a good summary of what's missing: 2/
This article explores existing evidence concerning the causes and experience of homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people. A total of 88 sources, published after 2000, were ...