Raven @raven0144@sunbeam.city

Godddd stop spreading the propaganda that entry-level retail workers are punished for other people's shoplifting. They aren't! I've worked retail for 4 years at 5 different places (Walgreens, Target - at 2 locations, Sam's, and 2 local places) and have never heard of this happening. Shrinkage is considered part of expenses, entry-level employees aren't expected to stop shoplifting (and are more often explicitly told not to), and this is definitely against company policy at any big chain

I'm sure it does happen under the table or at small businesses, but people talk about it like it's guaranteed every time you nick a drink. It's fucking not, and by saying this every single time someone talks about theft you're doing exactly what the capitalists - including the ones who enact this policy - want. They're holding workers hostage and you're giving in to their demands

Boosts appreciated

I am sure you will also enjoy another pair of Graham Burnett classics, illustrating the difference between the industrial cup of tea and the permaculture cup of tea :)

Looking forward to 8 days from now when one person is still refusing to give up their fire avi

150 million workers and workers in India are taking part in a two-day general strike, which is probably the biggest general strike in history.

Describing solarpunk. For those new to solarpunk, or looking for ways to describe it
https://cafe.sunbeam.city/~/GwenfarsGarden/describing-solarpunk

#Solarpunk #ClimateChange

"Do your part" energy conservation plans, like turning lights off when you leave the room, are great for your energy bill, but their job as part of "lowering carbon footprints" is to deflect from the big corporations that actually use the vast majority of the power.

For example, the average US stand-alone home uses ~11,000 kWh per year.

The VERY MOST EFFICIENT roadside LED billboard uses ~61,000 kWh per year. That number rises to ~323,000 kWh at the top end.

An update on my tomato plants: tried transplanting some, ran out of pots... had to upcycle a few items, and I still have about a third to transplant.

Remember kids: borders are political fiction

Here's a re-purposed toilet paper roll craft I did the other day - making a puzzle treat feeder for my cat!

You just cut 4 loops from the roll and push them inside each other, then stick a treat in!

one of the cool parts of the xenofeminist manifesto:

Xenofeminism is gender-abolitionist. ‘Gender abolitionism’ is not code for the eradication of what are currently considered ‘gendered’ traits from the human population. Under patriarchy, such a project could only spell disaster — the notion of what is ‘gendered’ sticks disproportionately to the feminine. But even if this balance were redressed, we have no interest in seeing the sexuate diversity of the world reduced. Let a hundred sexes bloom! ‘Gender abolitionism’ is shorthand for the ambition to construct a society where traits currently assembled under the rubric of gender, no longer furnish a grid for the asymmetric operation of power.

PF 2019
To all folks of good will,

remember to be soft but powerful, strong but caring, kick ass with precision, devour your masters and love tenderly with a burning passion. Live each day like your last. I believe in you whoever you are.

Yours truly,
Pupper

Ways to improve the world that aren't confrontational

- Teach
- Model what you want to see
- Ask people to explain their motivations a bit
- Dissent, but move on
- Decline to participate
- Hang out with who's been left out
- Share resources

Trees are plugged into the ground and if they are unplugged they will lose power.

The KKK rally at Stone Mountain is one month away! Spread the word where you work, your neighborhood, your churches/places of worship, your union halls, etc... community support/action is needed to stop white supremacists organizing where we live!
#noklan https://flowerunited.org/ 

yet another unforeseen benefit of a living wage.

@MoreHuman https://hackmd.io/s/Skh_dXNbE# maybe something helpful here