there's only one way fascism has ever been defeated and it wasn't this

"statue of liberty tips over because of a freak storm in a US vassal state next to a mcdonald's" no jeff you're fired

As a guy who has to run a media company, the web has wholly balkanized and the places people get their information are YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, then everywhere else. Text-based social networks have been split up into hegemonic forums. Threads has faux scale, X has ragebait, Bluesky has jokes.

i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.

what about the somali customers? good chance they were working class too. do they not deserve to live in a world where they can buy a snack without an assault on their dignity?

there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”

why is it suddenly a niche position that if someone's personal bigotry interferes with their ability to perform their job like a normal person, they can't have that job???

(chewing gum is a way to flex it if you don't know how to flex it without an aid)

you should either be upright or lying on the opposite side. it's not a cure, just helps reduce symptoms

this isn't a standard treatment or anything, but i get frequent ear infections and i find it helps drain inner ear fluid to take a high-powered vibrator (i use a hitachi magic wand for it) and put it on my temple/jawbone for several minutes while flexing and relaxing my tensor tympani