Andie's World

[teddythemongoose7]

[farialyton]

Facebook deleted this almost immediately. It's almost like the ultrawealthy don't want us knowing or talking about what's at stake.

[kalessinsdaughter]

Just want to add one thing:

In countries with universal healthcare, this is a non-issue during a strike. Our access to healthcare isn't tied to working. It's an unconditional right for each and everyone of us.

The US system screws workers over in oh so many ways.

[athingofvikings]

This is exactly why US companies fight so hard against universal healthcare; even if single payer healthcare is cheaper on a per-person basis and takes the cost away from the employer, it also takes POWER and leverage away from the employers... and they don't ever want to give that up.

[teddythemongoose7]

Station Eleven

An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie …

This might have been the bullet we narrowly dodged.

[teddythemongoose7]

The Creeping Man

I think The Creeping Man is the closest thing to science fiction ACD allowed himself to get within the Sherlock Holmes range. For him, fantastic plot elements, such as those found in this story, were mainly reserved for the Professor Challenger stories.