They just don’t get it. Acts that are perfectly legal and normal become overt acts in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy when they’re part of the plan to commit a crime.
Vince Gattuso
DC Comics, House Music, foodie, tea lover, & proud geek. Inclusive, progressive, social justice warrior. Equality, fairness, & compassion are key in life.
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A gen-Z told me today that his generation has largely accepted that they live in a plutocracy, everything is corrupt, and the Musks, Zuckerbergs, and Trumps are just a fact of existence. They accept it as SOP. It's pretty dark, and exactly what GOP wants them to feel: totally hopeless and disinterested in voting. If they let that despair keep them from voting in 2024, they will learn the hard way just how much more there was and is to lose. We need to change their minds. For their sakes.
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To anyone thinking about joining BlueSky, especially artists: everything you post is sent to a third party for AI labeling.
BlueSky uses AI to label content for moderation, and to do that they use a company called https://thehive.ai. If you look through their privacy policy, you will see that they can use content sent to them to train models for all their services, which include generative AI for both text and images.
Update: https://meow.social/@FluffyDeveloper/110652053858910840
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So it seems the 'wage-price' spiral may not be a complete figment of political rhetoric; its just that its not #publicsector or the #lowpaid who are the one's receiving #inflation inducing pay rises... no, its the top 1% of earners who are actually the one's getting pay rises above inflation.
It makes further mockery of the notion that striking #NHS #workers & others are the greedy causes of inflation.
Blaming workers for this inflation is not analysis its #classwar
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Just a small reminder... cuz that's it.
#blackmastodon #blacktwitter #blackfedi #racism #ally #community
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If you are okay with having Muslim, Jewish and Hindu students sit through a Christian prayer in public schools, and not okay with having Christian students sit through a Muslim, Jewish or Hindu prayer, then it’s NOT religious freedom - it’s religious oppression.
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I know there are people reading this who work for major companies still advertising on Twitter (Apple, Google, and Amazon at least), so: two days before the SF Trans March, Elon is making it even more explicit that Twitter is a transphobic platform. You have the ability to influence the behaviour of your employers. Maybe do that?
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Where are you on the political scale? Please boost wildly!* 😃
(*) Yes I mean Wildly not just widely
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Did you know: The annual cost of burglary, robbery, larceny, & auto theft COMBINED is $14B—but the annual cost of wage theft by employers exploiting workers is $50B?
Remember this when media or politicians cite crime but ignore the most costly crime of all—corporate wage theft.
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He doesn't know how to do this, does he.
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This is so damn good.
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Business leaders: We can't find enough workers!
Workers: You could pay more.
Business: Nope.
Workers: Better benefits?
Business: No.
Workers: More flexible hours?
Business: No way.
Workers: Treat your current employees better to build your employer brand?
Business: Never.
Workers: Well, what's left?!
Business: Child labor!
https://apnews.com/article/iowa-governor-child-labor-laws-e8cb29e2a45b956489c4a192b7ddeba5
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Heard about the 'woke mind virus'? It's the first time I've encountered a pathogen that promotes empathy, equality, and critical thinking—quite an upgrade from the usual plagues.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Climate deniers can claim any nonsense they want, but it's the insurance industry that will bring the reality of climate change to your doorstep. And your pocketbook.
#climate
https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-farm-halts-home-insurance-sales-in-california-5748c771
@QasimRashid Or maybe someone else bought it for them or maybe they bought it before they were poor or maybe they got it as a free or low cost promotion from their service provider.
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