Listen, I’m part of the generation that uses humor to cope, I love all the memes about 2020 just as much as you guys do. I laugh at the “we got the real roaring 20′s”, “we wanted 2020 to be a movie but we got the wrong genre”, “we really thought 2020 would be our year” sardonic tweets.
But to the people like me, who really thought 2020 would be their year?
Love, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry you walked into this year with a smile and hope, and that smile immediately fell, and that hope was immediately crushed
I’m sorry that every day there’s something else, I’m sorry that you’re scared, I’m sorry that you’re angry, I’m sorry that you’re tired.
And I know, I know that you’re having a hard time hoping again. Trust me, I know.
To all the people like me, who thought 2020 was their year: We’re here. We’re alive. The world will grow. The world will heal. Maybe 2020 isn’t our year of stress free fun and memories, but it can be our year to learn and stand up and fight, so that next year? We get everything we hoped for.
Don’t give up, don’t leave. There’s a world waiting for you.
THEN SIT THE FUCK DOWN CAUSE I HAVE A NEW
MANGA FOR YOU
MEET SPY X FAMILY
THE MAN IS AGENT TWILIGHT, A SPY WHO HAS
DISCARDED EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS PAST IN OrDER TO WORK FOR THE COUNTRY OF
WESTALIS IN OPPOSITION TO THE COUNTRY OF OSTANIA
KINDA COLD
WAR-ISH
HE KICKS ASS, HAS ALL THE GADGETS AND CAN
CREATE MISSION IMPOSSIBLE-LIKE FACE-CHANGING MASKS
HE’S THE
KINDA GUY YOU REALLY DON’T WANNA FUCK AROUND WITH
FOR HIS NEXT JOB HE’S GOTTA TAKE OUT A
POLITICIAN WHO ONLY COMES OUT IN PUBLIC FOR HIS SON’S ELITE SCHOOL REUNIONS
AND TO INFILTRATE THAT AGENT TWILIGHT IS
GONNA NEED
*DRUM THE FUCKING ROLLS*
TO ADOPT A KID!
THIS IS ANYA
SHE SMOL
SHE CUTE
SHE A RUNAWAY CHILD FROM AN UNDERGROUND EXPERIMENT
THAT GAVE HER THE POWER TO READ PEOPLE’S THOUGHTS
SHE MAY HAVE
HORNS, ANTENNAE OR JUST A BOW, I’M NOT SURE
SHE LEARNS TWILIGHT IS A SPY AND TRICKS HIM
INTO ADOPTING HER AND THUS BEGINS THE FAKE!PARENT AND CHILD SHENANIGANS WITH A
HEALTHY DOSE OF CUTE BONDING
CAN YOU FEEL THE DIABETES YET
BUT THE SCHOOL ALSO REQUIRES MEETINGS TO BE
WITH BOTH PARENTS, SO TWILIGHT NEEDS TO FIND A WIFE
THUS ENTERS YORU BRIAR
SHE’S A
27-YEAR-OLD OFFICE WALLFLOWER
SHE’S AN ORPHAN WHO RAISED HER YOUNGER
BROTHER ON HER OWN
SHE STICKS HER LEGGY UP REAL FAR
SHE’S ALSO A
HITWOMAN UNDER THE CODENAME “THORN PRINCESS” WHO ESPECIALIZES IN KILLING
LOADS OF PEOPLE WITH HUGE NEEDLES AND CAN PUNCH YOU SO HARD YOU’LL THANK HER
(SHE’S
STRONGER THAN TWILIGHT TOO)
WHEN SHE LIES TO HER BROTHER ABOUT HAVING A
BOYFRIEND TO GET HIM OFF HER BACK, HER BROTHER INSISTS IN MEETING THE MAN
PERSONALLY AND WILL EVEN REJECT A JOB PROMOTION UNTIL THEY MEET
AND SO THESE TWO CASUALLY MEET AND WITH A
LITTLE HELP FROM ANYA, WHO FINDS OUT YORU IS A HITWOMAN AND REALIZES HAVING A
SPY AND A HITWOMAN FOR PARENTS WOULD BE ENTERTAINING AS ALL HELL, THEY DECIDE
TO FAKE A RELATIONSHIP TO HELP EACH OTHER’S GOALS
TWILIGHT WILL PRETEND TO BE YORU’S BOYFRIEND TO GET HER BROTHER OFF HER BACK
YORU WILL PRETEND TO BE TWILIGHT’S WIFE SO ANYA CAN GET IN THE ELITE SCHOOL
BUT BECAUSE THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IS SO HEAVY
WITH SUSPICION AND PEOPLE ARE BEING FALSELY ACCUSED TO BEING SPIES ALL THE TIME, THEY DECIDE TO FAKE-MARRY FOR
REAL, JUST TO APPEAR LIKE A NORMAL COUPLE AND THROW SUSPICION OFF THEM AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE SECRET JOBS
BUT JUST UNTIL THEY MEET THEIR GOALS RIGHT
GUYS
THERE’S
DEFINITELY NOT GONNA BE ANY REAL FEELINGS DEVELOPING OR ANYTHING RIGHT GUYS
YES THAT IS A
GRENADE PIN TWILIGHT USED AS A WEDDING RING GUYS
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL, GREATEST THING
IS? NOBODY KNOWS THE OTHER PARTY’S SECRET
TWILIGHT DOESN’T KNOW YORU IS A HITWOMAN
YORU DOESN’T KNOW TWILIGHT IS A SPY
NOBODY KNOWS ANYA IS PSYCHIC
ANYA KNOWS EVERYTHING BUT PRETENDS NOT TO SO
SHE CAN HAVE A FAMILY
IT’S SUCH A STUPID, HILARIOUS CLUSTERFUCK
THAT WILL BLOW UP IN GOD KNOWS WHICH WAY AND I CAN’T FUCKING WAIT FOR IT
THUS FAR THERE’S TWO CHAPTERS OUT, 50 PAGES
EACH. IT RELEASES ON THE SHONEN JUMP APP BI-MONTHLY WHICH IS A LONG WAIT BUT OH
GOD SO FUCKING WORTH IT
AND I HOPE
THIS POST WILL CONVINCE MORE PEOPLE TO READ IT AND KEEP IT RUNNING FOR MANY
YEARS TO COME
If you dare come at me about banning straws, I will throw you into the sun cannon. I’m disabled, I’m crippled, I need disposable plastic straws, and all those pricey ridiculous alternatives aren’t working as well. Plastic straws were invented for the disabled.
Way to shit all over a vital access need because you think straws are worse than corporate greed.
We all care about the turtles, the seals, the oceans, obviously. Notice how the easiest thing to yell about was something that would barely affect anything but appealed heavily to emotional discourse.
The disabled community is huge, and it can be joined by anyone. Most of those As Seen On TV products were invented for us. Society still mocks us and ignores us, and often outright harms us in multiple ways.
Communicate better. Listen better. But stop putting us out in the cold because you are inconvenienced by our simplest needs.
Straws aren’t killing the planet, its animals, or people. They’re a microscopic fraction of an iota of a percentage of the problem. You want to do something? Ban plastic fishing nets. Anything else is just a hollow feel-good gesture at the expense of real living disabled people.
i have an environmental degree and i’ve been saying this since this straw ‘debate’ started: its all a tactic by those in power to distract people’s attention from bigger issues such as fishing waste. don’t fall for it. and don’t be a dick to disabled people who need straws to make their lives easier.
You’ve been fired. According to your employer’s data, your facial expressions showed you were insubordinate and not trustworthy. You also move your hands at a rate that is considered substandard. Other companies you may want to work for could receive this data, making it difficult for you to find other work in this field.
That may sound like a scenario straight out of a George Orwell novel, but it’s the future many American workers could soon be facing.
In early February, media outlets reported that Amazon had received a patent for ultrasonic wristbands that could track the movement of warehouse workers’ hands during their shifts. If workers’ hands began moving in the wrong direction, the wristband would buzz, issuing an electronic corrective. If employed, this technology could easily be used to further surveil employees who already work under intense supervision.
Whole Foods, which is now owned by Amazon, recently instituted a complex and punitive inventory system where employees are graded based on everything from how quickly and effectively they stock shelves to how they report theft. The system is so harsh it reportedly causes employees enough stress to bring them to tears on a regular basis.
UPS drivers, who often operate individually on the road, are now becoming increasingly surveilled. Sensors in every UPS truck track when drivers’ seatbelts are put on, when doors open and close and when the engines start in order to monitor employee productivity at all times.
The technology company Steelcase has experimented with monitoring employees’ faces to judge their expressions. The company claims that this innovation, which monitors and analyzes workers’ facial movements throughout the work day, is being used for research and to inform best practices on the job. Other companies are also taking interest in this kind of mood-observing technology, from Bank of America to Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.
These developments are part of a larger trend of workers being watched and judged—often at jobs that offer low pay and demand long hours. Beyond simply tracking worker performance, it is becoming more common for companies to monitor the emails and phone calls their employees make, analyzing personal traits along with output.
Some companies are now using monitoring techniques—referred to as “people analytics”—to learn as much as they can about you, from your communication patterns to what types of websites you visit to how often you use the bathroom. This type of privacy invasion can cause employees immense stress, as they work with the constant knowledge that their boss is aware of their every behavior—and able to use that against them as they see fit.
Lewis Maltby, president of the National Workrights Institute at Cornell University, tells In These Times that the level of surveillance workers are facing is increasing exponentially.
“If you look at what some people call ‘people analytics,’ it’s positively frightening,” Maltby says. “People analytics devices get how often you talk, the tone of your voice, where you are every single second you’re at work, your body language, your facial expressions and something called ‘patterns of interaction.’” He explains that some of these devices even record what employees say at work.
this is extremely good because he’s an outspoken MLB player in a sport where most American athletes are brain-dead MAGAs. Please baseball players be more like Brandon!
This is what people mean when they say that privilege is invisible to the people who have it. It never occurred to him that knowing someone’s orientation would be important to anyone, because to him, a straight man, representation is everywhere. It’s overabundant. It’s so common as to be taken for granted. To him, representation of his sexuality isn’t important because it’s there.
I love that he learned. I love watching people understand their own blind spots when it comes to privilege.
The California company, Wonder Hoodie, produces the bulletproof protection in smaller sizes for young children and teens after the rash of school shootings in the U.S.
Vy Tran, 25, says she came up with the idea after her neighbor was killed in front of their home and she couldn’t find protective gear for her mother or brother.
Wonder Hoodie products meet the requirements for body armor by the National Institute of Justice. The company also sells bulletproof jean jackets, vests and other accessories, reports KTRK.
All of the company’s bulletproof products can protect people from weapons such as a .44 magnum.
“We only use dupont kevlar and a newer version of their kevlar, called kevlar xp,” said Tran. “They’re rated as 3A, which is the highest level of protection you can get from soft body armor.”
Tran says one man bought a hoodie for his wife, who is a teacher. Another customer bought one to feel safe to go to the movies.
The fact that this is normal is absolutely ridiculous.
The website is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen uh
