We desperately need exams for appointed officials. Sui Dynasty China (c. 607 CE) is really kicking our ass on this one.
tumblr users not immune to weird guy in a river
I rambled about this in tags on another post but I can’t emphasize enough how only focusing on large-scale issues WILL lead to hopelessness & burnout. Activism must include small-scale, achievable works. If you don’t have something you can get your hands around and look at directly, despair will eat you alive.
I want to elaborate here for people who don’t think they’re capable of practical activism due to disability: what a LOT of volunteer groups need most is clerical and logistical support. Maybe you can’t get down to the river to pick up trash, but how about working the sign-up table? Or sending out email reminders or creating promotional graphics? How about making calls to the city to get funds for supplies?
Many volunteer groups rely on retired people to run their day-to-day functions, so as the economy worsens and retirement ages go up, charities are feeling the squeeze as their aging participants aren’t replaced. If you’re unable to work full-time due to disability but have the means to attend a zoom meeting once a month and take minutes, there’s an activist group that needs you. If you don’t have the financial means to donate to charities you care about, there’s a local advocacy group that needs help deciding how to allocate donation funds.
If you’re not sure how you or your disability can fit into a group, call and ask. My prison book group works from a basement that isn’t wheelchair accessible, so when I was unable to do stairs last year, I built them a database.
You can help and you are needed.
the lovely woman who owned kabosu, the shiba known as doge, should get to take a point blank shot at elon musk with the doohickey that killed shinzo abe
I have to laugh
大野麦風 Ohno Bakufu (1888 - 1976) Lobster, 1950
My park is experiencing multiple brush fires, specifically the areas where I’ve been working with my friends every day for the past 2+ weeks.
i bet daniel craig and rachel weisz are engaged in forms of full time kink we can't even comprehend. like if he leaves even one speck of crust on her tea sandwiches she puts him in a christening gown and hunts him on their estate
this morning my train got delayed for an hour at the lake that makes you ponder your own mortality and the vast expanse of history :/
Dilemma: I want to get back to studying on italki and hit up my old Japanese teacher like hi [name] sensei sorry for lowkey (highest possible key) ghosting you,,,,,,can you help me with my pitch accent please 🥺 but I am worried it’ll be SO awkward. Yes I could make up a tragic backstory (2023 did kinda suck) but I do not want to lie to this very nice woman.
I also could just find another teacher but this one is both super nice/cool/progressive (not weird about me being a lesbian and mentioning my ex partner) and actually a good teacher.
yeah. i've got the wikipedia page for rat. on cassette.
running for president as a member of the American Fujoshi Party with a foolproof plan to address male loneliness