Working & Thinking

I'm Carlo, 26 years old with a lot going on. Avid reader, musician, martial artist, activist, anarchist, geek, and joker. From NYC, living in DC. Black & Latino and proud. I have a lot of interests and things on my mind. 

[ryukandmorty]

[writing-prompt-s]

One evening, in the sky, a message appeared: “In 24 hours, a billionaire will die.” Everyone everywhere on Earth could see it, in every language. Nobody could explain it. The next day, one of the richest men passed away. “In 24 hours, 2 billionaires…”

[theradicalace]

like to charge reblog to cast

[taretaglia]

[digital-magus]

[kukoyi-deactivated20210512]

This will never not be hilarious

[mysharona1987]

[the-windrider]

Honestly, why are ppl even inserting that...

The ironic part is there's going to be a third party that causes Atlantis and Wakanda to go to war, and if that's not a great metaphor white supremacy instigating misplaced aggression non-black latines and indigenous communities have for black ppl idk what is.

[ace-pervert]

Its Disney..... literally the only thing it cares about is money. And if that means stripmining entire cultures just to appeal to a bunch of middle class white/black people, who have no clue that what theyre watching is the neutered remains of several cultures then theyll gleefully do it.

Hell many if not most of the movies that arent about modern American society are exactly that.

[the-windrider]

Please save the fake deep bullshit (Which has nothing to do with the topic discussed). We know Disney is a capitalist corporation.

Ruth E Carter has entire PUBLIC segments online explaining the specific cultures and ethnic groups' influences on the clothing and designs to create the world of Wakanda. The entire point was to create a world where the African Diaspora influences can be seen in the work and fantasy world of Wakanda, and a majority of us knew that because we have eyes and common sense.

In the real world, we also have multiple influences that create a distinct culture.

[specseven]

I don't like being the bearer of bad news, but it is imperative we know what is going on right now. So many people are still playing catch-up after a week of atrocious SCOTUS decisions, and I'm sure when they realize this has happened (and it absolutely will happen), SCOTUS will already be on to the next horrible thing.

Better let the smart people explain:

More info:

It’s Hard to Overstate the Danger of the Voting Case the Supreme Court Just Agreed to Hear

An extreme decision here could fundamentally alter the balance of power in setting election rules in the states and threaten future election

If you want to know what this could lead to, this is a very, VERY bleak thread explaining the upshot of SCOTUS recent fuckery:

To sum it all up:

[guerrillatech]

[blodia-riot]

[owochimuwu]

Ignore the homunculus in the corner. So did your father love you

[allvampiresaregay]

[thegirlofposting]

some would actually consider societal improvement to be a good thing

[shofarsogood]

Okay, I've seen a lot of people claiming that Biden is somehow responsible for the baby formula shortage. You're looking at the wrong president.

I've attached a picture of the man responsible below.

It's a fun picture of Trump with some other suits surrounded by piles of paper cutting a ribbon with a gold pair of scissors. This was to represent cutting regulations. This was the point where everyone who's ever worked in a lab started screaming.

See, those regulations weren't there because OSHA agents were bored and wanted to slap fines on people. They're there because people got hurt.

These were laws that said don't put workers around radioactive materials without hazmat suits--caused by the Radium Girls ingesting radium daily and daily. Don't leave meat out for hours on end and don't just pick maggots off--Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is about the meat packing industry and how unsanitary it was. Workers have to wear helmets where falling is a risky--helmets reduced death and paralysis. Use vents and fume hoods to move gases away from workers--look at all the people with different cancer from breathing in Lord knows what. Provide a fire escape and don't lock workers in--146 people died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Don't dump waste into the waterway--the Cuyahoga River literally caught fire. Don't produce medical equipment in unsterilized factories with unsterilized equipment--the Dalkon Shield caused millions of infections because it was made in a repurposed Chapstick factory with no sterilization (among other things).

These laws are written in blood.

Every single regulation that is part of the EPA, OSHA, the FDA, and the DOJ is there because people were grievously injuried or died. They're not there for fun. You might say that this is all common sense stuff but right now Amazon is tallying work place injuries faster than a textile factory at the start of the industrial revolution. Tesla refused to paint orange lines around machines, delineating where it was safe to stand. History tells us that capitalists will put profits first, worker safety be damned.

Now I haven't read the very, very long list of all the regulations that Mr. Trump decided was worth getting rid of. I don't think he read that list. But I'm guessing that there was a law about sterilizing equipment for food, maintenance for equipment, and/or consistent inspections that suddenly Abbott Laboratories no longer had to follow. And just like so many other big companies, they decided to put the profit over babies' lives.

Capitalism is the monster here, and this wouldn't have happened if one company didn't have a monopoly on making baby formula. But regulations were a muzzle on that monster and they kept rampant capitalism somewhat in check. With that gone, this is what happens. It's only a matter of time before we lose another important commodity because regulations were erased.

[thissometimepoet]

I remember the day this picture came out, and having worked in the food industry my whole life I knew it was going to lead to disaster...

[acceptableduraz]

Trump also made it a lot harder to import baby formula through the USMCA free trade agreement. Basically every Republican administration is a long process of setting time bombs that future administrations will be blamed for.

[hellboundhorrormovielover]

[hokuto-ju-no-ken]

there’s an agenda at play

[ayellowbirds]

from her autobio comics:

[dodgylogic]

#on a darker level #being from Hokkaido means she has reason to be personally invested in the Ishbal annihilation #because Hokkaido is stolen land #like a lot of other places colonized in the last few hundred years #if you’re sensitive to this kind of thing #it gives you a personal stake #in genocide stories #that most Japanese people don’t have #>> #idk i felt the way she handles the genocide #speaks to having been aware of that #from a formative age (via whetstonefire)

[fanfckery]

Those tags are 100% right and Arakawa has confirmed that it was intentional in an interview as she has family that are part Ainu.

So her family history definitely had a role in how she presented the genocide in FMA.

[mortalityplays]

[catsoverloaded]

A black dragón floating above the clouds

[themediocrehuman]

So others need not squint to read “On March 11, 889 CE, 17 year-old Emperor Uda wrote:  ‘On the 6th day of the 2nd Month of the First Year of the Kampo era. Taking a moment of my free time, I wish to express my joy of the cat. It arrived by boat as a gift to the late Emperor, received from the hands of Minamoto no Kuwasahi.  The color of its fur is peerless. None could find the words to describe it, although one said it was reminiscent of the deepest ink. It has an air about it, similar to Kanno. Its length is 5 sun, and its height is 6 sun. I affixed a bow about its neck, but it did not remain for long. In rebellion, it narrows its eyes and extends its needles. It shows its back. When it lies down, it curls in a circle like a coin. you cannot see its feet. It’s as if it were a circular Bi disk. When it stands, its cry expresses profound loneliness, like a black dragon floating above the clouds. By nature, it stalks birds. It lowers its head and works its tail. It can extend its spine to raise its height by at least 2 sun. Its color allows it to disappear at night. I am convinced it is superior to all other cats.’”

[hellscabanaboy]

“[list of traits common to many or all cats] I am convinced it is superior to all other cats” is the cat owner’s creed

[paulfrankjuliusthemonkey]

anyway. onto better things

[sweetlikeacherry]

looking back, I was always stronger than I felt

[slipping-into-madness]

[vaspider]

https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1524224285082066953?t=AW-7wEu820f0TP0xImVRMg&s=19

Just me crying in the bathroom so I don't wake my partners with this, fuck.

So to sum up: CT and DC have passed laws making it illegal to extradite someone to another state if they are being charged in that other state for crimes pertaining to abortion or trans health care, and makes it legal to sue and get your money back if you are targeted by a TX-style "bounty" law. DC also includes "crimes" of consensual adult sex, gay and interracial marriage and cohabitation and providing or using contraception.

This is, as the thread explains, basically legal interstate warfare. CT and DC's laws bar compliance with such laws.

This is, on one hand, kind of terrifying, because this is where we are now. It's going to get worse long before it gets better.

On the other hand... holy shit, someone fucking did something.

Someone fucking did something real.

[vaspider]

Okay folx so... this kind of tags has been fairly common on this post.

I'm glad people are checking, but! If you didn't know, this is what it looks like now if you post a link to Twitter on Tumblr. And!

If you click/tap on the highlighted bit, it goes to the thread on Twitter, which contains screenshots of the amendment's text and a link to the full amendment text on the official CT.gov site.

Here are the screenshots of CT's amendment. The important stuff in the 2nd screenshot is what's underlined. There is too much text for alt text, it's on the link above, but the tl;dr is "it covers abortion and gender-affirming health care." It has been passed and signed by the Governor as detailed on the ct.gov link:

Here's a link to the press release when the DC bill was introduced from the Twitter thread linked above. Here is a link to an article about it. It appears that this is currently only proposed and not passed.

This is the text of the proposed DC legislation:

So yes, this is very very real, and Tumblr changed how they display Twitter links - the thread had all of this info in it except for the link to The Hill. :)

[vaspider]

Please reblog this version before I lose my fucking mind over people reblogging the original post saying "I haven't checked this and I don't know if it's real."

[jehovahhthickness]

Pro choice cuz I don’t wanna be any of these niggas’ baby mamas.

[jehovahhthickness]

Pro choice cuz not everybody got the coins to flee the country to go have an abortion.

They should be able to have the procedure done safely and comfortably in a accessible clinic in their hometown.

[jehovahhthickness]

Pro choice because no child should be born to parents that will neglect them, abuse them or simply won’t love them.

[jehovahhthickness]

Pro choice because if someone does not want to be a parent, they shouldn’t have to be.

[meauxnique]

The last two points — why do people have such a problem accepting this? They must’ve never witnessed child neglect, or seen what it’s like when someone is truly unprepared for a child. Things don’t just fall into place. This shit can ruin a woman’s life AND the life of the unborn child.