Mots Mystique

A place to explore the rants, reblogs and poetry of Homme de Sept-Iles.

[hommedeseptiles]

Fartspam on top discord.gg/spamming

Fartspam on top discord.gg/spamming

[aimseytv]

how it feels being the only lesbian

[aimseytv]

i just realised i didnt add 'in my friendgroup' and now it just looks like i got rid of all the lesbians and i'm sad about it

[weantuniverse]

[nando161mando]

Rehabilitation, not Devastation. Fuck The Police.

[bertramwilberforcewooster]

Denver's STAR program set to expand amid tension over its future

STAR sends paramedics and clinicians to calls like welfare checks.

[odinsblog]

☠️⚰️🕳️

[soberscientistlife]

mic drop

[fyblackwomenart]

“1970s Black Woman” by Sebastian Star

[thetetra]

[thekampalareport]

Nuba joins She Cranes in South Africa

Nuba joins She Cranes in South Africa #Nuba #SheCranes #SouthAfrica

KAMPALA: The national netball team, the She Cranes, who arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday, beat Barbados 53-33 in a World Cup warm up game played at the city’s International Convention Centre on Sunday evening. Uganda’s UK based shooter, Mary Nuba joined the team in time for the game with the technical team describing her performance as encouraging. The She Cranes next play Scotland…

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[soberscientistlife]

[whatbigotspost]

Always nice when math helps make it all the more clear how ridiculously reasonable the worker demands are.

This is what the studios have brought everything to a grinding halt for.

[hopepunk-humanity]

ANTI-CAPITALIST AFFIRMATIONS

i am allowed to spend my time creating things, even if they are not beautiful.

there is no such thing as a "real job." all forms of work are real and valid.

there is nothing that i need to accomplish to be worthy. i am already worthy.

doing nothing is good for my soul.

i am not defined by what i produce.

my worth cannot be measured by my paycheck, my job title, or a list of professional or academic achievements.

i do not need to monetize my hobbies, it is enough to spend time doing something i love.

i will not let society decide what success looks like. i can define what successful life looks like for me.

[whatbigotspost]

This is awesome…some body focused ones would be so nice add, too, seeing as how much money is made off of our insecurities (insecurities they manufacture in us btw)

•I am not only allowed to be still, rest, and eat, I must do these things to survive.

•My body doesn’t need to look or function to someone else’s standards.

•I’m allowed to seek pleasure in my body.

[quoms]

How a Drugmaker Profited by Slow-Walking a Promising H.I.V. Therapy

Gilead delayed a new version of a drug, allowing it to extend the patent life of a blockbuster line of medications, internal documents show.

At the time, Gilead already had a pair of blockbuster H.I.V. treatments, both of which were underpinned by a version of a drug called tenofovir. The first of those treatments was set to lose patent protection in 2017, at which point competitors would be free to introduce cheaper alternatives.

The promising drug, then in the early stages of testing, was an updated version of tenofovir. Gilead executives knew it had the potential to be less toxic to patients’ kidneys and bones than the earlier iteration, according to internal memos unearthed by lawyers who are suing Gilead on behalf of patients.

Despite those possible benefits, executives concluded that the new version risked competing with the company’s existing, patent-protected formulation. If they delayed the new product’s release until shortly before the existing patents expired, the company could substantially increase the period of time in which at least one of its H.I.V. treatments remained protected by patents. [...]

Gilead ended up introducing a version of the new treatment in 2015, nearly a decade after it might have become available if the company had not paused development in 2004. Its patents now extend until at least 2031.

The delayed release of the new treatment is now the subject of state and federal lawsuits in which some 26,000 patients who took Gilead’s older H.I.V. drugs claim that the company unnecessarily exposed them to kidney and bone problems. [...]

Today, a generation of expensive Gilead drugs containing the new iteration of tenofovir account for half of the market for H.I.V. treatment and prevention, according to IQVIA, an industry data provider. One widely used product, Descovy, has a sticker price of $26,000 annually. Generic versions of its predecessor, Truvada, whose patents have expired, now cost less than $400 a year.

If Gilead had moved ahead with its development of the updated iteration of the drug back in 2004, its patents either would have expired by now or would soon do so.

[anarchapella]

Please fucking lie to your employer. Like they don’t need to know your mental health issues or what drugs you do. Ffs

[thecolorsfucked]

its not lying if its to employers or cops

and look up ur rights on what they can and cannot ask u many places ban asking about ur record and transportation status and things like that resources will also tell u how they reword sketchy questions so ur prepared

[beemovieerotica]

here’s a quick guide for Americans with very common interview questions I’ve been asked:

🚫 illegal: how old are you?

⚠️ dicey: what year did you graduate?

✅ legal: are you 18 or older?

🚫 illegal: do you have kids?

⚠️ dicey: what responsibilities do you have at home?

✅ legal: can you adhere to this schedule?

🚫 illegal: do you have a disability or are you mentally ill?

⚠️ dicey: is there anything we should know about you that would interfere with your job?

✅ legal: can you perform these specific (named and described) duties?

🚫 illegal: have you ever been arrested?

⚠️ dicey: would you like to tell us about any problems you’ve had with the law?

✅ legal in 37 states: have you ever been convicted of a crime?

[fullmetalfisting]

I recently filled out an application that asked me what kinds of medication I was on. Naturally, I said I wasn’t on any because. That’s so illegal.

Lie on your job applications.

[gideonisms]

I LOVE being alive so I can be mediocre at SO many different hobbies

[gideonisms]

People in the tags keep saying this but unironically but this WAS unironic I actually do have hobbies and I am mediocre at them. And they do make me happy anyway

[mygeekcorner]

[zarnitza]

had an old guy call in for an order and he asked if I was a good singer, and i said oh no, definitely not.

He replied "Well I'm a BEAUTIFUL singer, just fantastic! Other people though, well their ears aren't very good. MY voice is BEAUTIFUL though!"

Now I think about that every time I sing or make something

I hope everyone can channel this old man's mindset & go be AMAZING at whatever you're doing

[bookgeekdom]

[skulls-n-ivy]

They also usually have free wifi. One of the few places you can use the wifi without being expected to buy something.

[julieverne]

Ebooks! Ecomics! They have stuff that is very hard to find in Australia if you’re boycotting Amazon and you don’t have to leave your house!

[dkc2017]

Many libraries also have access to Great Courses and other online classes.

Most libraries have story time for kids, tax forms during tax season, D&D groups for people of all ages, knitting or crafting groups, 3D printers, study rooms, used books for sale (funds support library programs), community movie nights and so much more.

My favorite thing that my public library does is at Christmastime they have a secret Santa exchange where you submit your likes and they pair you with someone who has recommended a book that fits those likes. You each end up with a book to check out over the holidays that a complete stranger recommended with your interests in mind.

Something we forget about libraries is that because they are actual brick and mortar places, most cities use their public libraries as warming stations so the unhoused have a safe space to get warm in the bitter cold months. And they often serve as polling places for city, county, state and federal elections.

[ladyorlandodream]

Reblogging because this is important

My library is not this cool

[hommedeseptiles]

Racist bartenders. Tell me about it. Ah ha ha ha ha!! Start with the beard. End with the butt-hurt.

[shadow-banned-the-hedgehog]

https://apnews.com/article/university-stabbing-canada-waterloo-2b32c876596c576bb3093c147eb856a3

@politicsofcanada have you seen this shit.

And message to all the TERF and Nazi and other miserable excuse of a human being. That blood is on your hands. I hope you all die.

[newsfromstolenland]

Professor and 2 others stabbed in gender issues class at Canadian university. Suspect is in custody

Canadian police say a professor and two students have been stabbed during a class on “gender issues” at a university in the Canadian city of

this was at the university of waterloo, luckily none of the wounds were fatal, but regardless this is awful

[one-hell-of-a-sheep]

For anyone who’s not aware, the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre was a mass shooting in a Montreal university, perpetrated by a man who was “fighting feminism” by murdering women engineering students. He killed 14 women and injured 14 more before killing himself.

The anniversary of the shooting is commemorated in Canada as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. It’s the kind of event that should serve as a cautionary tale forever, that should drive us to ongoing action so that nothing like it ever happens again. Clearly we’re not doing enough.

[fungaldeity]

image id: the image is a tweet by erin reed @ErinInTheMorn. the tweet contains a screenshot of a news headline titled “3 people stabbed in canada university building and police say a person is detained”.

the body of the tweet says “i have been informed that a stabbing occurred today in canada. a young man entered into a gender studies class, asked what was being taught, and proceeded to go on a stabbing spree. it was a sickening action fueled by bigotry pushed by those pedaling [sic] anti-LGBTQ+ panic.” end id

[shadow-banned-the-hedgehog]

[everythingfox]

The kitty harvest is bountiful this year