Rich person nepotism is “I’m going to suggest my son for this entry-level position that comes with a $45,000/year starting salary even though he’s completely unqualified, or I’ll ask my coworker to just make up a position that doesn’t exist yet so my son has something to earn a wage doing.”
Poor person nepotism is “I’ve been working at this Starbucks for a year, if you need some extra cash I can ask around to see if any stores are hiring and you can use me as a reference, there’s usually someone within driving distance that needs a new barista for a few of the shakier weekdays.”
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BELARUS 🇧🇾
Belarus is a small post-soviet country in eastern europe, closely ro Russia. It doesn't have a lot of resources as oil or gas. Belarus' population, of the whole country, is about 9 million people. It is nowhere near Russia, USA or China in terms of global influence and power, BUT!!! It does not mean that a lot of injustice is not happening here. Right now. Today.
I know tumblr is not the best place for a political discourse. This app/site is very-very USA-centric and let's be honest "western" world, especially on the other side of the Atlantic ocean, rarely really knows what's happening in eastern europe nor does it care.
Belarus has the same president for the last 25 years and Alexander Lukashenko won again, over 80% of votes, BUT!! the this year's election was rigged. As always. As not only in Belarus, but also in Russia. And people didnt agree with it at all and the protests all over the country were started. There was no violence from the protesters. There were no pogroms, no property damage, no fights to provoke the police. But the police attacks the protesters, they use tear gas and explosives to disorient people. Several people were injured. They buils brricades to protect themselves from the police brutality.
I don't know what to say, but please, don't be indifferent!! Share the information, spread the word!! I know that for a lot of people on the other side of the Atlantics and and western europe people who live in Russia and other post-soviet countries seem like savages who thrive under totalitarism and choose to be ignorant and undemocraric, but it is not true!! PEOPLE IN BELARUS ARE EXPRESSING THEIR RIGHTS AND OPINIONS AND DEMAND ANSWERS AND CLEAR DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS NOW! #ЖывеБеларусь 🇧🇾
im not kidding when i say it makes your life 1000x easier when it comes to this subject if you just abandon the vegan vs antivegan dichotomy entirely and invest in learning about food sovereignty
for those who have never heard about it: "Food sovereignty, a term coined by members of Via Campesina in 1996, asserts that the people who produce, distribute, and consume food should control the mechanisms and policies of food production and distribution, rather than the corporations and market institutions that have come to dominate the global food system. It also encompasses the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. The phrase "culturally appropriate" signifies that the food that is available and accessible for the population should fit with the cultural background of the people consuming it."
food sovereignty is inclusive of both vegan diets and those who cannot go vegan whether it's because of chronic illness, sustenance needs or anything else
it also addresses the economic root cause of animal and land exploitation, ie who controls the means of production and whether their goals are to feed the people or expand profit margins
food sovereignty is an indigenous and peasent led movement that seeks to end the abuse of land and animals by empowering the workers who grow and harvest our food instead of greedy corporations
i highly suggest checking out via campesina's website to start learning about food sovereignty and i encourage everyone to stop investing so much time in endless arguments about veganism when we could all be doing much more useful things to organize against the big agribusiness that is harming all of us– humans, animals and the land
Watch: In a powerful Congresional speech, Sandra Bland’s mother called people who think they’re woke “the walking dead” because of how little we still know
The speech included a rousing call to action before the newly formed Congressional Caucus On Black Women & Girls. And her words were incredibly resonant, even if you think you know the whole story.
Gifs: Josh Begley
Friendly reminder that there are 750 Quileute. Seven Hundred and Fifty. Think. For reference- how big was your middle school? (around that, maybe?) I think we tend not to understand how personal their inclusion in Twilight was. Smeyer took advantage of them. She's rich off of them and their culture. She exploited and misrepresented them. Seven hundred and fifty people. She could look each one of them in the eye and apologize in one afternoon and instead, she sits on 125 million dollars as if her hands are tied.
Do u think sci-fi writers realize how massively Bad destroying a planet is. Like, an Entire Planet, Exploded. Cool visual! Explosions. As we typically think of them are not possible in a vacuum but that's besides the point. The Point Is uh that's a whole planet? That is a Whole planet. If it can sustain life this is Infinitely Worse. I'm the kind of dumb ass that will think about it too hard and I just
That's. More death than any previous extinction event, anything the human race has endured, all at once. Just, no more life. That's any recorded history kept on the planet itself, destroyed. No writing no fossil record nothing. An Entire Planet, Gone. Like??? Y'all realize how huge blowing up a planet is, right. That's A Planet. If this was earth you'd have more than like 30 seconds of going "damn that sucks :/" before moving on with the plot but if it isn't earth it's just shock value huh. Okay
The last part reads like I'm an alien personally offended by this trope and yknow what. Perhaps
glassblowing videos are great because you get to watch the incredible precision and skill of a seasoned professional as they craft the tackiest item you’ve ever seen
