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acc0y:

feywildwest:

feywildwest:

employees should be allowed to steal, actually

idk. yesterday was a slow day and at the end of it, I still stared into a cash drawer, one of three, that had more than my rent in it, even if you only count the 20s. I spent a lot of that day trying to calculate in my head how many hours of work equal one pair of pants, let alone how many hours of work equals the fun thing I want to do next month.

I feel a cough coming on, because I work in a drug store, and all of my customers are sick. I always feel a little bit sick, now. I can’t afford to eat well enough to keep my body healthy. Cough medicine is worth two hours and 20 minutes of work. Our store probably bought a case of cough medicine for they price we’re selling one box. If this cough gets worse, I might have to call out, which will cost me more than the medicine in the long run- but that doesn’t give me the money to buy the medicine right now. I stock a case onto the shelf. I don’t buy any.

A mom wrangling three crying, sick kids enters my line and sets two types of children’s medicine down, says they’re both on sale and thank god for that. I ring her up, and she gets very quiet, because she misread the sign, and her total is twice as high as she was expecting. Her youngest screams in the cart, because she’s burning up with fever. Her mother very quietly asks, please, she’s so sorry, if I could please take the more expensive one off her total.

I agree, I move the box below the counter, and when she’s not looking, I slip it into her bag. I pray as hard as I can that if she notices the “mistake” she says nothing, because I so desperately want her to have that medicine. The store has lost profit at the cost of a child’s health. I don’t bat an eye. This is a terminable offense. If I’m presented with the same situation tonight, I’ll do it in a heartbeat.

The myth of evil employees stealing from the company falls apart the second you realize the company would shoot you dead to make a profit. This isn’t two equal players, one of whom is stealing from the other. This is someone fighting for survival versus someone fighting to make an extra million. It’s not equal.

Employees should be able to steal, actually.

Bro I teared up oh my god bro

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zyrafowe-sny:

theroseunblown:

rthko:

Rent DVDs from your library or use library streaming services like Kanopy I am so serious.

Reblogging this again to emphasize that this shit is free

You can borrow DVDs from your library for free with a library card. If your library is a participant in programs like Hoopla or Kanopy, these things are free to you with a library card. And library cards are freeeeeeee. $0 USD.

You can also borrow video games from the library!

Certified Library Post

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wilwheaton:

“In February, the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) put out a survey showing that white evangelicals in the U.S. are defined more by the “white” part than any coherent faith tradition. More than two-thirds of white evangelicals signed off on the concept of Christian nationalism, which is a belief, as PRRI president Robert Jones explained, “that America is destined to be a promised land for European Christians.” “Christian,” then, is less about a set of religious beliefs and more an ethnic, tribalistic marker. This is why the vast majority of white evangelicals reject a very basic teaching of Jesus: “I was the stranger and you welcomed me.” More than 90% of white evangelicals, for instance, want to make it much harder for people to immigrate to the U.S. Most Christian nationalists also believe immigrants are “invading our country and replacing our cultural and ethnic background” and want restrictions on immigration meant to exclude people of a different race or ethnic background than themselves. Unsurprisingly, Christian nationalists tend to be very sexist, with 7 out of 10 agreeing that a woman should “submit” to her husband. Race and gender matter a lot to Christian nationalists. What doesn’t matter so much, however, is God. About 40% of self-proclaimed “evangelicals” go to church once a year or less.”

— Jim Jordan’s curious rise: A tale of how Christian nationalism consumed the GOP

(Source: salon.com, via guardianspirits13)

mamoru:

mamoru:

mamoru:

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trans colors AND it has a headphone jack. your SP could never.

so do you remember those 100-in-1 game consoles? this is one of them, but actually good. this can play NES, SNES, GB, GBA, arcade systems, presumably some playstation 1. maybe slightly heavier systems if we are extra lucky. you add games with a micro SD card and the whole process is super easy.

these types of game consoles have really taken off in the past few years and are fantastic for portable gaming without having to use your phone. and it is about fucking time some folding ones got made. if those hinges are sturdy and the build quality is decent this is probably an instant buy for GBA SP enthusiasts. look at it!

ooooo you want to learn about handheld emulation ooooooooo

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joofsterslanitster:

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mygreatadventurehasbegun:

marzipanandminutiae:

ocqueen:

aapidae:

the decrease in costuming quality over the last 20 years has been soooo precipitous & nauseating. i’m not even talking abt marvel’s cg supersuits or anything this time, look at the fabric quality, structure, layering, character, and craftsmanship of older costumes in 102 dalmations (2000) vs cruella (2021)

ever after (1998) vs cinderella (2021)

lord of the rings (2001-2003) vs the rings of power (2022)

this trend should upset you not just because it looks cheap, but because it suggests a strong anti-art and anti-labor movement in film and tv making. don’t forget costumers are unionized

I WORK IN COSTUMES AND CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE SPECIFICALLY

It’s not just that we’re unionized, though that absolutely plays into the financial aspect of it to a degree. There is 100% not just an anti-labor and anti-artistic sentiment, but also just an overall shift from these productions being treated as less like storytelling and performance, like they were in the past, and more like corporate investments and business endeavors. Everything is bottom line vs potential profits, marketability, and modern trends, or what will trend on tiktok, and you have to design to that constantly.

It’s also that filmmaking has developed the expectation of making movies on such a short production time that there’s no time to MAKE amazing beautiful pieces like this. A good gown may take weeks or months to complete and many rounds of fittings and mockups, and might be very heavy or restrictive to actors and limit how long they can shoot in a given costume. From my experience, things are decided on one day and have to be ready to shoot in a few weeks, and that’s only if the writers aren’t constantly having to make last second changes because the directors and producers change their visions constantly on a dime, down to the very last minute, and there’s nothing we can do as the costume team except make it happen or make a REALLY good case for why we can’t just find some cheap option fast that would work instead. So you might spend thousands on that beautiful dress only for them to completely cut the scene, change the context entirely in rewrites, or just decide they don’t like the dress and want something else.

And because directors and producers get last say, and often they have Bad Taste and want things that are modern and marketable, and often will think things look great that are actually pretty unfitting for the character or make no sense for the design of the film, they insist on bad choices that then get pushed through to the end result of the film. Actors do this too sometimes, like what happened with Emma Watson and Belle’s dress in the live action Beauty and the Beast remake, but usually only the big name actors have enough star power to swing full changes like that.

And of course, yes, there’s not enough budget for high quality work. Costumers, like everyone else on film sets right now, are expected to stretch the budgets they’re given to ‘make it work’ because so many have (in order to make the producers happy and keep their jobs). And in return, quality goes down, because in order to build a costume you need good fabric, embellishments, and labor. Good fabric costs a lot of money, embellishments cost a lot of money, hand fitting and skilled labor cost a lot of money, and costume budgets are being given none of that because the studios are incredibly strict and frugal with what they expect you to spend so they can make the most profit off of a given project, so cuts to quality end up being made somewhere in order to make up the difference and get the actors clothed.

I’ve rambled enough, but basically, yes, unions, but also there’s a lot of deeper layers that go into why these things have been declining that are all interconnected and related to the general commodification of art and framing of art as content to consume rather than stories to tell that’s happened in the past ten years or so.

and it results in VERY VERY GOOD costumers being hampered

Rings of Power? that was Kate Hawley. who also did Crimson Peak (2015) and produced costumes like this:

so it’s not always a skill issue, to be sure

To continue with “it’s not always a skill issue”, Jenny Beavan designed the costumes both for Ever After and Cruella.

It just shows what a talented designer can do with time and resources (and no interfering from directors, producers or actors).

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ethicalhorseslaughter:

catsofyore:

In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. Source.

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gwydionmisha:

spooniestrong:

Bridge Access Program | CDC

cdc.gov

Just in general for medically essential american health care, the magic words for things like this and the ER and doctor ordered medical tests that aren’t covered are “Bridge Program Application.”

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capricorn-0mnikorn:

theauspolchronicles:

This is a sad day. My heart goes out to all the Indigenous peoples who are hurt by these results. This is just gross. Right wing fearmongering, vile racism, and bold ignorance have won today. Check in on people. Comfort each other. Remember we are a community and we’ll continue fighting as a community for better outcomes and more say and self determination from Indigenous people.

And for those who need it there’s the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander crisis support line 13YARN on 13 92 76

For those who don’t know what this is about (particularly Americans, ‘Cause our media is terrible about covering news from other countries), a referendum to recognize Aboriginal Australians in their constitution got voted down in Australia.

…The fact that they haven’t been recognized all along is infuriating enough…

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anarchafemme:

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pick one you bald genderless idiot