To be shot in the face and still return to protesting against injustice is the height of bravery and dedication.

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I had neurosurgery to correct brain stem compression. I regained the ability to walk without weakness and tremors and to function in general.

I had to fight my insurance company for months because they denied my first surgery due to their perceived lack of “medical necessity.”

You mean you are not motivated to make rich people even richer? Shame.

He seems to be enjoying himself, lol.

What percentage of the US economy is low wage firms?

I think as mainstream porn has become more extreme more people are viewing it as harmful.

My library also has Hoopla, maybe yours does as well?

Employee-ownership of the company, like Bob’s Red Mill.

https://www.bobsredmill.com/employee-owned

It’s a modified form of slavery: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery

‘The abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass initially declared “now I am my own master”, upon taking a paying job.[31] However, later in life he concluded to the contrary, saying “experience demonstrates that there may be a slavery of wages only a little less galling and crushing in its effects than chattel slavery, and that this slavery of wages must go down with the other”.’

I am in the middle of fracking country. I can’t go to certain parks because the chemical smell the wells give off makes me lightheaded. One of the workers I met said they also use copious amounts of biocides to keep the wells clear of growth.

Huh? Homemaker is a unpaid job and is very useful when it involves cleaning, organizing, and cooking.

If no one pushes back there will be no “better” jobs…

Police in my town spend a significant amount of time at the scenes of car accidents. I wonder what percentage of their time?

Their priority should be on crime and accident response and prevention and I feel like it is in my small town. I don’t know how this compares to police in larger cities, which makes studies like these valuable.

Lol, so accurate.

In addition to taxation, make them share their wealth with all of their employees. Their working people deserve the money more than the government.