the_itsb [she/her, comrade/them]

more likely “an ill-tempered sea bass” than “the ill-tempered sea bass” – surely there are others

42f late-dx AuDHD cis bi married parent of trans kid

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Cake day: August 13th, 2023

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  • This is unfortunately widespread in my community. Kroger has had baggers under this program since at least the 90s – probably longer, but I was too young to notice – and many other chains and local businesses also participate. When I worked at Papa John’s 20 years ago, there was a guy who would come in a couple days a week, and they’d have him just fold boxes or something.

    I have never seen any indication that anyone was being prepared for a better job. It is just an easy way for a corporation to pretend to give a shit while keeping labor costs down. I would be surprised if there aren’t additional tax breaks written into the program that allow them to write-off a couple admin jobs because they’re necessary for oversight of the workers they’re abusing, which makes it win-win-win for the company.


  • Since I returned from my visit, I have been trying to place my experiences there into a larger context. The reality on the ground is so devastating, and the future appears so bleak, that I have allowed myself to indulge in some counter-factual history and to entertain some hopeful speculations about a different future. I ask myself, what would have happened had the newly created state of Israel fulfilled its commitment to enact a constitution based on its Declaration of Independence? That same declaration which stated that Israel “will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations”.

    agony-deep

    this was a devastating read











  • What the actual fuck

    What is her breathing tube connected to?? The fucking ocean? The sky?

    There’s just so much going on here and all of it is so very, deeply wrong

    Edit: upon reflection, I’d rather see hundreds of fucked up pornographic AI images than even 5 more of these, these are just so incredibly fucked. The idea of a machine feeding on images of babies suffering and then spitting back up new babies suffering just really, really deeply bothers me.