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I mean, I don’t know why y’all are shocked when y’all run this value assessment on disabled peoples worth vs access every single day.
Here is Gurner Group founder Tim Gurner (Worth 677 million dollars) giving a little speech about how unemployment needs to rise so the poor's will learn their rightful place again, people will work for crumbs and be grateful for it.
Despite the largest wage gap in human history.
"We need to remind people that they work for the employer, not the other way around"
Pay people fairly Tim, pay them enough to live a decent life without worrying how they will survive and i bet you won't have an issue anymore.
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“Being comfortable with ableism means that at some point you would be comfortable with some form of fascism so long as it doesn’t overtly target you first. It will”
Please watch this entire video by EVN if you’re just now learning of ableism’s intersection with EVERYTHING.
It’s 10 min long and worth it. Promise.
tiktok.com/t/ZT8N4Cop9/
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If you are able to donate, we will double it.
CNHA is partnering with Alakaʻina Foundation Family of Companies and Kākoʻo Haleakalā to match up to $100,000 in community donations for ʻohana impacted by the devastating wildfires on Maui.
memberplanet.com/campaign/cn…
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the fact that this technology exists but is almost completely inaccessible to the masses should remind you that the one of the largest indicators of one’s health/lifespan will always be class
Kim Kardashian shares new photos after getting a Prenuvo full-body scan:
“[It] has the ability to detect cancer and diseases such as aneurysms in its earliest stages, before symptoms arise. It was like getting a MRI for an hour with no radiation. It has really saved some of my friends lives and I just wanted to share #NotAnAd”
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The American College of Radiology® (ACR®), at this time, does not believe there is sufficient evidence to justify recommending total body screening for patients with no clinical symptoms, risk factors or a family history suggesting underlying disease or serious injury.
cbsnews.com/losangeles/new…
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A lot of people keep saying that Elon’s decisions don’t make sense, but I have a trick. Simply ask “Is this going to get everybody talking about Elon Musk?”
If the answer is “Yes” then, to Elon, it is a good idea.
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Today my brother made a video about how the patent on a drug for Tuberculosis should be expiring, but that Johnson and Johnson is extending with a legal loophole for four extra years.
As a result, experts estimate that six million people will die.
youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5SW…
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(deep sigh) All six wildfires in the Pacific Cascade Region this weekend were caused by fireworks.
ALT Wildland firefighter Michael Scott expresses disbelief that someone would be reckless with their fireworks. "When I specifically asked you not to?" he says, reflecting on how he asked SO NICELY, too.
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Today we released our 2023 Accelerating Acceptance report, measuring American’s comfortability with and acceptance of LGBTQ Americans. The report this year reveals a high level of support for equality as LGBTQ Americans face rising rates of violence and harmful legislation.
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Last year, Washington state enacted a wealth tax on capital gains profits of the richest .2%.
It was fought tooth and nail by billionaire-funded groups & passed by one vote.
In one year, it's raised $850 million for child care & school construction—triple what was expected. 🧵
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Hi. I'm hoping to ask if developers with disabilities, who use Microsoft developer tools, in the Seattle/Redmond area would be interested in spending an afternoon in Redmond (3h, w/ gratuity) with our designers to discuss how we can make these tools better for you.
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Payton Washington is in the ICU after she was shot for getting in the wrong car in Texas
Kaylin Gillis was shot to death for driving into the wrong driveway in New York
Ralph Yarl was shot in the head for ringing the doorbell at the wrong house in Missouri
It’s the guns
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BREAKING: Twitter has quietly, covertly, removed its longstanding policy that protected transgender people from targeted misgendering & deadnaming.
More here 👇🏽
glaad.org/releases/glaad-res…
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Virtually every inch of contemporary U.S. cities has been privatized and enclosed. If you don't have money, it's hard to find a place to use the bathroom, take shelter from rain, or gather with friends. Enforcing this arrangement with force is one of the main things police do.
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From @brotherjones_ on the ground in Nashville— the Tennessee legislator is planning to expel lawmakers who stood with gun control advocates today.
They have been stripped from committee assignments and their member ID’s have been shut off.
THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY.
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In January: It's not price gouging, it's just "normal economics"
Today: Profits up 718% last quarter
ALT Egg prices rose 60% in 2022. One farm group claims it's a 'collusive scheme' by suppliers
ALT However, food economists are skeptical an inquiry would uncover wrongdoing. "I don't think we've seen anything that makes us think that there's something there other than normal economics happening right now," said Amy Smith, vice president at Advanced Economic Solutions. "I think it was just kind of a perfect storm of stuff that came together," she added.
ALT In a statement, Cal-Maine denied any allegations of gouging and said it does not set retail egg prices. "The domestic egg market has always been intensely competitive and highly volatile even under normal market circumstances," the company wrote. Cal-Maine cited the avian flu and the high cost of feed, labor, fuel and packaging.
ALT Cal-Maine Foods, the largest egg producer in the United States, reported revenue doubled and profit surged 718% last quarter because of sharply higher egg prices
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I hope we're all aware that other countries haven't had an opioid epidemic like ours, and that that really does ultimately boil down on the US healthcare industry's inability to protect itself against greed.
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Ke Huy Quan was born in Vietnam, fled to Hong Kong, and then came to the United States as an eight-year-old refugee.
The White House last month released a new rule that would ban refugees that stopped in another country before arriving at the US border.
"My journey started on a boat. I ended up in a refugee camp ... They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe this is happening to me. This is the American dream!" - Ke Huy Quan #Oscars
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The mug that shows you care: catawampus.ink/products/nokw…
(also supporting Filmjoy is cool!)
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When we say "crime is a social construct", what we mean is that you, as an individual, can go to jail for littering, but a corporation can poison the air, the soil, and the water of an entire town, and no one will go to jail.