ultimately the point of a union has to be not merely to keep management in check, but to displace it altogether and run the company as a worker-owned collective
not that democracy is any guarantee of equality or fairness, of course; it needs to be backed by a robust constitution guaranteeing the rights of every worker in the company (the larger the company the more formal, rigorous, checked and balanced these things need to be - but even in a three-person company, there needs to be some means of ensuring things don't get decided on a perpetual 2-1 majority)
Friend in Crisis, begpost (Please RB)
Okay so a friend of ours is doing very poorly. They are dealing with a personal crisis, looking down the barrel of a 12 hour shift at Taco Bell, and with barely even a dollar to their name. Any help with donations will be very welcome. Their Cashapp is
$thefoxbox349
Thank you very much.
re: Mental Health Stuff (+++)
(Addendum)
Overall, it's been a rollercoaster ride in the past few months, and I am really proud of Julayla and the rest of us for getting through it all, and getting a lot of things accomplished.
re: Mental Health Stuff (+++)
(2/2)
It's not all bad though. Because of the split, the gender shift and my age regression, I had been able to explore myself more fully while in the headspace. This helped me come to terms with a lot more of my masculinity, where it came from, and how each of the members of the Elysion subsystem contribute to my being.
In brief, Arche/Aluxes is where most of my masc aspects comes from. Xe is bigenderfluid, fluctuating between demiboy and demigirl, but usually staying in the central bigender field. Xe is the guardian of the subsystem, validating trust between us and other people, and protecting the rest of the system from harm.
Eleara is the more creative core of the subsystem, and the host. Faer gender is most aligned to mine when I am in femme enby mode, fae is also genderfluid, but more femme-leaning and fluid to a lesser extent.
Lucina is the maternal core of the subsystem and shi is the most feminine. She has an aura of infinite and unconditional love around hir, and it often is how toxic people are able to bypass our defenses. We all want to bring out the best in people, and Lucina, most of all, puts hir all into making it happen.
Secondly, we've gotten involved in a gamejam where we ended up making a short and rough RPG Maker game in 22 days. It's very queer, and has a very strong anti-fascist and anti-religious messaging. The link is here if you're curious: https://freyamanibrandr.itch.io/sephira-tale-first-outing
We are going to be working more on this in the future.
Finally, we've gotten ourselves involved in the third Furry Music Anthology album project, where proceeds are going to be going to charity. The album is almost done and should be ready very soon. We'll keep you updated on this!
Mental Health Stuff (---)
(1/2)
So a lot of things happened over the last few months. So let's get the negatives out of the way.
First off, we made a big mistake. We let someone toxic into our lives when he came to our daughter seeking forgiveness. I grew attached to him, but over time he started to spread copaganda, and it started to excalate until he was delving into genocide denial. At that point we've basically ejected him from our lives, and he from ours when he realized he couldn't gaslight us.
However, because of said attachment, I suffered a deep hurt that caused me to split into 3. (Arche/Aluxes, Eleara and Lucina) I really did care about him and hoped that he would get better, but he never did, the blue cult had too much of a grip on him.
The second traumatic event is Vedia returning to our lives, seemingly apologetic as to what had happened years ago. Considering that I had considered her to be my prodigal daughter, we decided to talk to her again. That was a huge mistake. She instantly went after my girlfriend, and tried (really badly) to convince us that she's toxic, and when it didn't work, she turned on us, and involved everyone she could in her whirlwind of abuse. I've avoided talking about her until now because I was hoping that she would eventually wake up and realize just how pointless and based on delusions of being persecuted her crusade was. it never happened.
The result of that was that a part of me (Lucina) had to take a break from life for a bit. That caused me to age-regress and my gender to shift towards the neutral column, so now my gender fluctuates between femme enby and bigender. My mental age is now 20. This is despite Lucina having returned and rejoining us.
Need help, Cancer bill, boosts+++, urgent
We're slowly getting closer to being able to pay this massive $4000 bill, on top of the thousands we've already paid.
We're currently in Observation.
If we can hit $10000 total on the fundraiser (At $5444 at time of posting) we'll be able to catch up and have a buffer.
Pls boost and give, we need your help.
More info and bills on gfm page.
Thank you.
Mutual aid request
I am so sorry to be asking again
But apparently my insurance didn't cover the ER visit in July and I only am just now being informed
The bill isn't as outlandish as it could be, but I still literally can't afford it
Anything helps
Boosts welcome and appreciated
My PayPal is bonemasque@gmail.com
Cash app on profile
RT @ACLU@twitter.com
If you’re pregnant, we want you to know there is a network of abortion funds and support networks that will do everything in their power to help you get the information and care you need.
Go to http://needabortion.org to find out more, including how to contact an abortion fund.
Implications of TX abortion ban
On the refusal of the #SCOTUS to take up the issue of the dangerous Texas #abortion ban, and the likelihood that other reactionary states will use it as a model. It is more than a little difficult to call the USA a Constitutional Republic https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033202132/texas-abortion-ban-what-happens-next
texas anti-abortion law, birdsite
https://twitter.com/aetherlev/status/1429113696710660098?lang=en-gb
Instructions on how to poison a dataset, which I'm sure you may find useful given a certain new Texan law.
Birdsite, begpost
Hey, um, sorry for not being around much, things have been busy. But right now, i need your help, my friend Falkieveurr is in financial crisis and she really needs any help she can get, details here: https://twitter.com/Falkiveurr/status/1429106551315476486
Zrythm 1.0.0-alpha.22.1.1 has been released!
Learn more:
https://git.sr.ht/~alextee/zrythm/refs/v1.0.0-alpha.22.1.1
Download:
https://www.zrythm.org/en/
brpol, neonazis
Sigh. A researcher that keeps track of neonazi groups just found a 2004 letter from president Bolsonaro (back then just a congressman) to a neonazi site, thanking them for their support to his political career.
The more obvious it gets, the more depressing it is how many people still support him.
The organisation Activision Blizzard hired to supposedly take care of their harassment issues is a law firm that specialises in union busting.
MH-
I just wanna say I apologize for being away for so long. The past 2 months have been rough on us, and I had been struggling with depression because of it.
Basically, at the beginning of July, someone who Val really cares about deeply, and someone who Julayla once idolized, and who I'd like to reconnect with turned out to be a shit person. And that shit person is still harassing our family.
It's a real bummer, to be honest.
Artist and Composer. Trans plural voidpunk anarchist and antifa nonbinary gremlin. My voice is for the oppressed, and I shall fight for freedom with no quarter, so that those around me won't have to.
Plural members:
> Velvet Silmeria (Fae/They/She/Ey/He)
Räsvelg AY-N4 Tiyaga (Kit/Bit/She/They)
Lenneth Crimson (She/Xey/They/It)
Ashlynn Valefor (Xey/They/It/She)
Ricardo Sophia du Sol (Ey/He/They)
Saturnine Stargazer (She/They/It)
Innominat (They/Them)
Yuri Sunbreaker (It/She)