hello! call me oliver. i enjoy crochet, homosexual tv, and i have an unhealthy obsession with house m.d.. the stylish cowboy above my pfp is from the show "what we do in the shadows", which is on hulu, and my pfp is a picrew by makowka.
an update to my insulin pump (a model which is highly recommended by doctors because it has software you can update, unlike other models) would allow my doctor to see more of my medical data because of the way my pump would now function.
i technically had the choice not to update it, but if i didn’t, my insurance company would not cover the cost of fixing or replacing it if something happened to it. they could say that the damage came from not updating the system, even if the damage was completely external.
some of the software updates have been beneficial, and have made my life easier. however, the choice to use these new system has always been made for me. i can’t afford to replace this $3000 device that allows me to live without injecting insulin upwards of five times a day.
disabled people already live in a world that is hypermanaged by people who have absolute control over our health and safety. anyone with a prosthetic, hearing aid, or pacemaker can face the same problem i did if the manufacturer decides they need to exert their presence in our lives more than they already do. the “cyberpunk dystopia” is already here, and if you want to change the ever-growing vice grip of “smart technology,” help disabled activists. we’ve been here all along.
(if you want a short primer on what it’s like to be disabled and rely on technology, read Jillian Weise’s personal essay in Alice Wong’s Disability Visibility).
Unions are why you have 5 day, 40 hour full-time work weeks. Unions are why they have to pay you in actual dollars instead of “company credits” that you can only spend at the company-owned stores. Unions are why there are fucking fire exits at your place of work. Unions are why it’s not okay for your supermarket ground beef to be any percentage human.
You think your company pays you out of the goodness of their hearts? Or even out of “market pressure?” The “job market” is a myth perpetuated by the capitalists. Corporations would pay you nothing if they could get away with it. And you argue “oh, but if they paid me nothing I’d just go to another one.” Wrong. Because to maximize profits, they all want to pay you nothing. Corporations exist to maximize profits while reducing risk for investors. It’s part of their entire function to find ways to cut costs as much as possible, and that includes finding ways to pay you nothing.
Unions are your defense against that. You think all a union does is strike? If you pay union dues, a lot of that is spent on lobbyists in various governments reminding your lawmakers that you have rights as a living human being that a corporation should not be able to stomp all over. Unions hire lawyers so that if you’re fired for bullshit reasons, the union can stand up for you against your boss. They’re called unions because workers are uniting to pool resources so that they can stand up to these corporate overlords with more money than God. Unions exist because you might not have the words, resources, or time to fight workplace injustices all by yourself. That’s the whole fucking point.
And if a business shuts down because a union is striking, it’s because the business was abusing people and didn’t deserve to be in business anyway. Don’t make excuses for the corporations. They already have trillions of dollars and a couple million lawyers to do that for themselves. They don’t need your help.
A lot of union folk very literally fought and died for the workers’ rights we have today. Like no joke, bosses would hire goons to straight-up murder unionizing and striking workers.
All the most basic workers’ rights we have today were all paid for in blood. And conservatives have never stopped trying to take them all away again.
NEVER FORGET THAT LABOR DAY IS ACTUALLY ABOUT. I know people who legitimately think it’s like a secondary mothers day - you know, for going into labor.
But it’s about workers rights and the people who campaigned for it to be a holiday knew this fucking day would come.
If you are in the US and about to celebrate a 3-day weekend, thank a goddamn union worker.
i've received asks and messages from several palestinians regarding their campaigns, so i'm compiling them all into lists for more visibility. please reblog this post and donate to these campaigns if possible!
last updated: 12 august | part 2
FORMAT: NAME | PROGRESS | VERIFICATION
mohammed bardaweel | €7,105/€37,000 | vetted by el-shab-hussein
issam aziz | €23,530/€25,000 | vetted by nabulsi
aya maher | €6,283/€25,000 | vetted by nabulsi
bassam shaqqoura | €27,831/€45,000 | vetted by el-shab-hussein
abdelrahman | €15,265/€20,000 | vetted by el-shab-hussein
nada saftawi | €12,680/€16,000 | vetted by el-shab-hussein
ghada saftawi | €1,395/€10,250 | vetted by 90-ghost
amira alanqar | €20,820/€29,000 | vetted by nabulsi
mohammed alanqer | €55,040/€58,000 | vetted by nabulsi
ahmed alanqar | €48,755/€59,000 | vetted by nabulsi
ahmed zakout | $10,049 CAD/$50,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
mohammed aldeeb | €35,358/€55,000 | vetted by el-shab-hussein
ashraf alanqar | €17,088/€20,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
ayman sharif | $3,988 USD/$40,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
sahar shehab | €31,702/€50,000 | vetted by el-shab-hussein
yousef helles | €12,994/€23,000 | vetted by el-shab-hussein
moamen majed | $7,993 USD/$30,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
ahmed ziad | £9,014/£30,000 | vetted by nabulsi
asmaa majed | $2,700 USD/$50,000 | vetted by northgazaupdates, banyulepalestineactiongroup
salahaldin hor | €4,904/€40,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
musab abed | £3,375/£8,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
doaa jadalhaq | kr97,960 SEK/kr300,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
mohammed ismaeel | €8,935/€25,000 | vetted by ibtisams
mahmoud albalawi | €33,185/€50,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
bilal rabou | €6,657/€80,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
mahmoud khalaf | €20,704/€30,000 | #151 on the vetted fundraiser list
islam al-najjar | €1,194/€30,000 | vetted by 90-ghost (verification is of islam's terminated blog)
hanaa al-haq | £8,484/£20,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
eman zaqout | $20,178 CAD/$40,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
abdel al-habil | €7,905/€50,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
shymaa taiser | $10,538 USD/$50,000 | #141 on the vetted fundraiser list
mohammed hijazi | €8,158/€20,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
muhammad atalla | €10,914/€82,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
muhammad al-habil | €23,179/€50,000 | #166 on the vetted fundraiser list
amal alanqar | €6,722/€50,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
mohammad bakroun | €20,675/€40,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
intisar abushammaleh | $12,808 USD/$40,000 | vetted by nabulsi
ghazi younis | $2,902 USD/$50,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
ahmed halas | €4,781/€80,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
ahmed alanqar | €3,128/€30,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
mohammad taysir | €8,842/€50,000 | vetted by northgazaupdates
fatima alanqar | €4,089/€20,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
ibrahim hijazi | €171/€20,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
muhammad shehab | €4,558/€25,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
munna tashmali | £12,670/£30,000 | vetted by nabulsi
wafaa resh | €23,853/€100,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
shahad & farah | €1,871/€20,000 | vetted by dualdeixis, 90-ghost
mahmoud ayyad | €1,520/€100,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
i've received asks and messages from several palestinians regarding their campaigns, so i'm compiling them all into lists for more visibility. please reblog this post and donate to these campaigns if possible!
last updated: 12 august | part 1
FORMAT: NAME | PROGRESS | VERIFICATION
asmaa ayyad | €6,058/€45,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
mahmoud halas | €8,435/€50,000 | #198 on the vetted fundraiser list
haya nahed | €68,412/€100,000 | vetted by operation olive branch (#26 on their list)
youssef al-habeel | €580/€20,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
noor alresh | $6,706 USD/$45,000 | vetted by roadimusprime
mohammed almanasra | $8,172 CAD/$50,000 | #192 on the vetted fundraiser list
heba alanqar | €2,897/€60,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
mohammed ayyad | €14,425/€35,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
mahmoud al-sharif | $4,984 USD/$60,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
reham al-soufi | $1,659 AUD/$40,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
ahmed balousha | €5,850/€15,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
hatem salem | €315/€3,000 | vetted by el-shab-hussein
basel ayyad | CHF6,431/CHF60,000 | #214 on the vetted fundraiser list
aya alanqar | €7,697/€15,000 | vetted by 90-ghost
husam farhat | $2,819 USD/$29,500 | #248 on the vetted fundraiser list
