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Voting against the fashier of two fascist parties literally saves lives

please vote :blobheart:

imagine a smol dragon trying really hard to breathe fire, and they only manage a little but theyre really proud of it 🔥 :dragnuwu:

holy shit check out this beautiful cloud of dust around a triple-star system, trying to imagine what those skies would do to a sentient creature born on a planet in there is pretty crazy

like, motie or krikkiter levels of different attitudes about the rest of the universe

syfy.com/syfywire/a-triple-sta

re: Work rant 

Also... somehow two separate sales folk asked if HR would help them commit UI benefit fraud while the corporate general council was in the meeting..

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Work rant 

Grrr... HR fucked up and was totally unprepared for this clusterfuck of forced 2 weeks unpaid vacation... with 3 weeks until CARES ends.

Thanks a lot asshats. Especially for the misinformation about being able to claim CARES and take 1 day off a week for the remaining days in july and then coming back after the weekend and admitting you were wrong and salaried employees must take a full week, Sunday-Saturday off to make an unemployment claim.

The worst part is, if this bullshit was announced or decided on even a month ago.. things would have been dramatically easier instead of having every single fucking salaried employee in the US scrambling to fit 2 weeks of unpaid vacation in the next 3 weeks because CARES covers a good chunk of the salary reduction.. Like for me... CARES covers 1/3rd of my missing income from having to do it.
Also... extra fuck you HR because some people will literally not be able to afford to take the 2 weeks off... straight, claim UI+CARES then wait... 8-12 weeks for the benefits to actually arrive.

Amazon VP Tim Bray Resigns, Calls Company "Chickenshit" for Firing Protesting Workers 

vice.com/en_us/article/z3bjpj/

> In his resignation letter, Bray said that “firing whistleblowers isn’t just a side-effect of macroeconomic forces, nor is it intrinsic to the function of free markets. It’s evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture. I choose neither to serve nor drink that poison.”

Fuck YEAH! :blobcheer:

A piece for @kelseyhusky !!! Several times while making this I thought "well hrm this seems like an excessive amount of hydras" but the hydras are losing so clearly it's not enough

#mecha #furry #sciencefiction #queerartist #transartist

"Normal people business hours" and "phonecalls" are both not my friends

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KosMediaPicks, Webcomic, Science Fantasy, Very dark at times 

avasdemon.com/chapters.php

Ava's got a problem.
The demon in her head just won't let her live her life of.... well, let's be honest. Being a dystopian orphan. Instead she gets wrapped up in plans far too large for her to handle.

This comic is BEAUTIFUL and dark and it hurts that it's not been updated lately.

Every page is a panel, the pacing and composition flowing so perfectly with the narrative.

#KosMediaPicks

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What should financial loss documentation include? 

• Date of income loss
• Duration of income loss
• Type of income lost (job/gig/charity/etc--- homeless folks could cite a lack of panhandling clients, even!)
• Cause of income loss (cancelled shift/appointment/laid off/quarantine reduced client base/etc)
• Amount of income lost (estimate if you can't put an exact number on it. Tips included here!)
• Photo evidence where possible (schedules vs paystubs, etc.)

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"Hey."
The voice comes from behind me. I turn around, and there is nothing there. Literally nothing.
"It's me, the Void."
"Hi," I say.
"Are you okay? Only, you haven't come to scream for a while."
I gesture helplessly.
"I know," the Void says. "But if you need me..."
"Thanks."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Random thought: The comment "Stay safe out there" is a signal-to-noise-ratio danger notifier. 

One or two from friends is a friendly gesture.

When you hear it from everyone you meet, it's a warning.

It's kind of fantastic that the most well-spoken and best made point on the subject of governance in all of Monty Python's production history would from an anarcho-syndicalist peasant responding in irritation to a king.

youtube.com/watch?v=ZtYU87QNjP

After seeing a gorgeous, fierce person on the bed yesterday, and being to scared of being an awkward creeper to even ask for a picture, I have realized that Tank Girls are just going to be my type.

The witch glared at the spellbook.
"Fresh virgin blood," she muttered. "That's a stupid ingredient."
"Can't you use your own?" her raven asked.
"Depends on whether the author meant 'Never had sex' or 'Never had sex with a man'."
"Did a man write the spell?"
"Hah! Good question."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Thought experiment: What if it were made illegal for parent companies to brand their products without the parent company name listed first? 

@mawr

I LIKE THIS A LOT

Oh fuck this.... another invite... to a thing...

fucking Hors d'oeuvre with the Executives.... starting an hour and half after I usually leave the office for the tomorrow... grah

I was one of two people not in an official leadership role at the dinner but my director invited me... so eh...

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Hnngg.... why is peopling around coworkers so exhausting?

I vaguely regret attending work paid dinner (had some tasty fish tacos), specially since I had a semi-valid excuse to avoid it (had some dental work done today). I get along well and like my team mates and a few other coworkers... but dinner with literally ever single manager in our organization was mentally exhausting.

"Light the beacons when you need our aid, and we shall come!"
With that, they left.
Years passed in peace. The beacons, once looked after, were at last forgotten, unlit.
The monitoring satellite left in Earth's orbit by the aliens still watches, ready to relay a call for aid.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

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