I'm so old that when all the pride post polls say "what flag did you get" I have to remind myself that the "rainbow" option is in fact the progressive flag 😭😭😭😭
I don't write posts often (literally it's been years)
But the people of COSI showed me what a family /should/ be like. Not my blood parents, not anyone related to me. Them.
I am so pissed. So EXTREMELY pissed that they have been treating their workers like they are disposable as of late. The building opened with only 2 or 3 (I think) paid staff and the rest were VOLUN FUCKING TEERS.
Now you have to be 16 to volunteer (which lol they're all getting paid jobs) and the company and museum is suffering for it. THIS IS ALL BULLSHIT.
They fired everyone, no notice, at the start of the pandemic and doing that shit again is absolutely fucking absurd. They are ruining their reputation and they are going to drive my childhood safe haven into the ground even more than it has been.
I am severly, unendingly, and absolutely disappointed in the choices of the CEO. When COSI was in its golden age (in the 2010s) it was run by a kotherfucker who started as a VOLUNTEER at 12 YEARS OLD.
They left that behind and are going to comepeltly fuck themselves over and I will be so devastated to see the place I knew, loved, escaped to, and found myself in be smothered but this absolutely fuckin nonsensicle bullshit that is modern capitalism.
COSI, you were an escape from the capitalism and corruption of the modern world. Between the choices of being/dying a hero and becoming the villain. You have chosen the latter.
If you had to choose to live the rest of your life in one of these cities (both requiring carefully pressurized buildings, growing food, etc) which would you choose?
Underwater city at the bottom of the Pacific
Orbiting ring city on the far side of the moon
Voting ended onJan 30
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Your Support Saves LGBTQ+Youth's Lives Every DayDonate June 18, 2025 – The Trevor Project received official notice yesterday that the […]
Article about this happening above. It also provides Actionable Steps to try and make Congress undo their decision to stop it.
For example you can sign this petition here. It only needs “1,379 more until our goal of 52,000”.
(Also, you don’t have to call the Trevor Project either. Text "START" to 678-678 or go to the website).
I know I posted a draft of this yesterday but this is better actually
[ID: a 5x5 grid with the caption "sea shanty generator". The top X axis is captioned "I am" with the options "horny" "mean" "sad" "drunk" "gay. The Y axis is captioned "about" with the options "boats" "my friends" "the captain" "the fair bonny shores of home" "treasure". End ID]
Some seashore detail photos from a trip to the local beach a little while ago. It was a cloudy day, and the seaweed patterns on the sand were so pretty!くコ:彡 <3