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[newskinfortheoldceremony1974]

2025

ACTION IS THE ANTIDOTE TO DESPAIR

KEEP THE FAITH DO THE WORK

PASSION ABOVE ALL IS THE REMEDY AGAINST BOREDOM

EVERY DAY IS ALL THERE IS

WHAT YOU LOVE IS YOUR FATE

[innerchildabortionclinic]

the problem with genetically modified crops is not so much the genetic modification but the patenting of genetic codes (and crops in general) as a tool of maintaining agricultural imperialism, and for this reason I can't talk to most people about GMOs

[depsidase]

[mumble-bun]

“The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country. Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.

There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.”

― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

[catfancyceo]

Let's kill this guy with mama.

[hungwy]

Text message from a phisher pretending to be USPS departed with warm sentiment

[bugboy111]

[januaryhoney]

Late Spring, Mary Oliver

[beadyeyes]

Where's it made? Who brought it here? How much were they paid? Who makes it? Is it made in separate parts and put together? How much were they all paid to do this? Where do they get the materials? Who paid for that? Who brings it there? How much were they paid? Who streamlined the base materials? How much were they paid? Who gathered the base materials? Where? How much were they paid? Is it good for them? Is it good for us? Is it good for the land? Is it necessary? Is it biodegradable? How much does it hurt? Do I need it? Do I even want it?

[tinyuglyworld]

Palestinians burning an Israeli flag in the Balata refugee camp, near Nablus. Photographed by Mohammed Ballas, 2000

[houndmother]

anyway they should invent a global food system that doesnt rely on slave labour

[sparklejamesysparkle]

“𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝: ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬.’ 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭.” Happy birthday to Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and Golden Globe winning entertainment legend and style icon Cher, born on May 20th, 1946 in El Centro, California. 💗 Gifs of Cher wearing gowns designed by Bob Mackie from the Cher variety series, originally broadcast by CBS in 1975 and 1976.

[h4nifah]

this idealistic self-optimised fully healed completely emotionally regulated and stable person with zero negative qualities or behaviours that people imagine you can become after a certain amount of healing or therapy literally doesn’t exist

[niurd]

instagram.com/p/DRxpb0EETWf/

[stillnaomi]

using violence to liberate people from sweatshops, unsafe mines, and grinding poverty isn't the same as using violence to impose those things on people. the idea that violence is morally repugnant regardless of context is a belief that every oppressor throughout history would love for the oppressed to hold

[autisticadvocacy]

The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipi

The Trump administration wants to make a rule change that would decrease or end benefits for SSI recipients who live with their family. As many as 400,000 disabled people may have their benefits cut if this rule change occurs.

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

It's worth noting as always that as things currently stand, the MAXIMUM benefit a person can receive from SSI is $994 a month.

If two people on SSI are married, the MAXIMUM they can receive is $1,491 a month, total, for both of them. (Meaning marriage to another SSI recipient reduces your maximum income possible to $745 a person each month.)

Could you live on that?

Could you live on that without living with family?

[tothechaos]

we need to find the beating heart of The Job Market and we need to plunge a holy gleaming blade into it. its the only way to be free

[korrasamibottles]

Not enough people talking about how well broccoli holds a sauce