the Plunder review linked above, incredibly depressing, will not read that book
― Nhex, Monday, 5 June 2023 13:01 (one year ago) link
yeah I've been reading that review slowly since yesterday, incredibly grim, I can't imagine reading the books.
I also wasn't aware of Monowitz before reading that, I can't believe (I can def believe it) that's not a more widely known fact.
― rob, Monday, 5 June 2023 13:14 (one year ago) link
yah xyzzzz thank you for sharing that, it's horrifying & vital reading
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 5 June 2023 13:31 (one year ago) link
my high school had an active shooting threat earlier. no one got hurt but students did find the shooters ig pic.twitter.com/3EkxBL2pjM— tony🗣 (@ratatatvandal) June 8, 2023
― 龜, Friday, 9 June 2023 01:28 (one year ago) link
This is truly depressing— gift read. Federal Policy on Homelessness Becomes New Target of the Right
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 11:25 (one year ago) link
Senator J.D. Vance, Republican of Ohio, used two recent hearings to argue that Housing First ignores the root causes of homelessness.
What, capitalism?
Joe Lonsdale, the tech mogul behind the Cicero Institute, has called Housing First part of a “Marxist” attempt to blame homelessness on capitalism
Ah, OK then.
― blatherskite, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 15:14 (one year ago) link
The Delaware House will vote today on a bill that would allow hundreds of LLCs to vote in local elections in the small town of Seaford.In the town of 8,500, hundreds of businesses voting could be the deciding factor in every election.https://t.co/61zVbv0P7B— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) June 20, 2023
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 17:10 (one year ago) link
corporations really are people ;_;
― slai gorgeous-alexander (m bison), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 17:12 (one year ago) link
an impressive showing for the thread, kudos
― rob, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link
no doubt at least five of the justices on the present day SCOTUS would beam and nod approvingly at corporations voting in elections, finding it to be an innovative improvement on US-style democracy
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link
hell the 'corporations are people' bit was green-lit by a SCOTUS much further left than this one.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 17:50 (one year ago) link
lovely! plus, it might be possible for five or six billionaires to club together to create thousands of corporations in a swing state, allowing them to cast thousands of votes, while structuring them as tax shelters at the same time. best of all possible worlds!
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 18:08 (one year ago) link
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/07/26/hisd-to-eliminate-librarians-turn-libraries-into-discipline-centers-at-28-campuses/
Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and converting the libraries into ‘Team Centers” where kids with behavioral issues will be sent, the district announced.This comes as part of the new superintendent Mike Miles reform program, New Education System (NES). Currently, there are a total of 85 schools that have joined Miles’ program, and of those, 28 campuses will lose their librarians. The district said they will have the opportunity to transition to other roles within the district.
This comes as part of the new superintendent Mike Miles reform program, New Education System (NES). Currently, there are a total of 85 schools that have joined Miles’ program, and of those, 28 campuses will lose their librarians. The district said they will have the opportunity to transition to other roles within the district.
― rob, Thursday, 27 July 2023 19:11 (one year ago) link
The comments have a reference to "feral attention-seekers."
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 27 July 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
Huh, I did not realize my children went to school in Houston
― Some people call me Maurice Chevalier (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 27 July 2023 20:44 (one year ago) link
Laws against feeding ppl
A man has been found not guilty of breaking a law against feeding homeless people in Houston, concluding the first trial to be held after dozens of tickets were issued against volunteers for the group Food Not Bombs. https://t.co/g6qCgajNOE— The Associated Press (@AP) August 2, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 3 August 2023 09:48 (one year ago) link
I like that this thread and the USpol ones have converged
― rob, Thursday, 3 August 2023 13:27 (one year ago) link
It's a bad law, but tbc, it doesn't prohibit anyone from giving a sandwich to someone on the sidewalk. The ordinance holds that anyone organizing an event at which food is given out to more than five people in need is required to publicly register the event and get permission from the property owner (in this case the city of Houston since it was on the grounds of the library).
― jaymc, Thursday, 3 August 2023 13:44 (one year ago) link
but also tbc the city would not have given permission
― rob, Thursday, 3 August 2023 13:57 (one year ago) link
Goes without saying the city should give permission, as the least they could do.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 3 August 2023 14:16 (one year ago) link
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Thursday, 3 August 2023 14:24 (one year ago) link
much like the time a potluck for the homeless was shut down a few years ago in some state, with all of the food seized, and then doused in bleach so nobody would eat it afterwards. they claimed it was because the food handling wasn't up to code/improper temperatures etc and "homeless people deserve the same food standards that everyone else does", but you know damn well that if it was some other type of potluck for any other reason, nobody would have given a shit.
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 3 August 2023 14:28 (one year ago) link
i would imagine it’s motivated more by “CYA” rather than any genuine concern for unhoused folks’ well being
― brimstead, Thursday, 3 August 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link
nah table is absolutely otm
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
the state is great at throwing up a bunch of valid-sounding reasons that ultimately have the same effect, protecting capital
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link
yep, table otm
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:21 (one year ago) link
right, wasn’t disputing his point, more just responding to straw men
― brimstead, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
I'm ambivalent about 'dystopia' because that implies there's an attempt to create kind of ideal utopian society, but goes horribly awry (1984, Brave New World, etc.)
Any country that can't/won't feed its people, and then criminalizes others who attempt to do so, is in no way a failed utopia.. it's just a failed state
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
a potluck for the homeless was shut down a few years ago in some state, with all of the food seized, and then doused in bleach so nobody would eat it afterwards
^ if that's not dystopian i don't know what is?
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:31 (one year ago) link
i think it implies a failed utopia, it's comparable to a utopia more in the sense that it seems unreal or impossible
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
*don't think
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link
like, it's just beyond belief
― Deflatormouse, Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:38 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I've always thought of it as the opposite of utopia.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 3 August 2023 21:38 (one year ago) link
The general "attitude" towards homeless people in this country borders on genocide. Trump is campaigning on a "Escape from the Bronx"-esque roasting homeless alive with flamethrowers.
― Moritz von Oswald von Wolkenstein (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 3 August 2023 22:47 (one year ago) link
As a person who lived in a truck while holding a full time job, I can attest to the hatred and loathing that the US and many of its people have for the unhoused or marginally housed. The “fuck you i got mine” bootstraps ethos is so inculcated in the populace, no wonder this country is broken and so full of rage and pain.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Thursday, 3 August 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
It's a problem as well because yea ok we know a lot of liberaly people are massive hypocrites, but homeless people are where many of them dngaf about proudly demonstrating it
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 3 August 2023 23:09 (one year ago) link
ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of Mussolini if someone wants to build a shelter in my zip code
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 3 August 2023 23:14 (one year ago) link
― Moritz von Oswald von Wolkenstein (Boring, Maryland)
y'all i figured out where it all went wrong
A website dedicated to both this film and its predecessor 1990: The Bronx Warriors was set up in 2004.[12] The site contains two interviews with Enzo G Castellari and details an ongoing attempt to locate Mark Gregory (Trash) who vanished from public view in about 1989.[13] There is also a message in MP3 format (in Italian) from Enzo and his son Andrea to Mark asking him to get in touch and saying how much they miss him.
we need mark gregory now more than ever in these dark times
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 3 August 2023 23:20 (one year ago) link
Nearly 4,500 children were found to be working in violation of federal child labor laws in the last 10 months.Some of them were operating dangerous machinery like deep fryers and meat-processing equipment.It's corporate profits over everything — including the safety of kids.— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 3, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 August 2023 09:15 (one year ago) link
don’t worry, we’re solving that by… loosening the labor laws in states
― mh, Friday, 4 August 2023 12:53 (one year ago) link
implies there's an attempt to create kind of ideal utopian society
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_upon_a_Hill
― budo jeru, Friday, 4 August 2023 15:15 (one year ago) link
Always makes me flash back upon Land of the Dead
https://scarina.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiddlersgreen.jpg
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 4 August 2023 15:27 (one year ago) link
there's an Irish pub here with that name and I always look over my shoulder from time to time due to that movie
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 4 August 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
from wikipedia: The relationship between utopia and dystopia is in actuality, not one simple opposition, as many utopian elements and components are found in dystopias as well, and vice versa.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 4 August 2023 18:44 (one year ago) link
WIkipedia otm.
― Tommy Gets His Consoles Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 August 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link
Dianne Feinstein, 90, cedes power of attorney to daughter — but still serves in Congress https://t.co/6ii3oDWEeI pic.twitter.com/HZN99fr0uq— New York Post (@nypost) August 4, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 August 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
ugh The NY Post though?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 4 August 2023 20:56 (one year ago) link
It's also the name of an open-air venue south of Denver, Colorado. It's plopped in the middle of a business park. When it was built in the late 80s, it was kind of the pinnacle of corporate rock venues, which is, in a very real way, dystopian.
From 2010 to 2013, it was known as "Comfort Dental Amphitheater."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 4 August 2023 21:02 (one year ago) link
they got spoon, qotsa, wu tang, weezer, and “lost 80s live” coming this fall. and somehow gwar. overall vibe: preserved in amber.i would only see gwar if it’s original members. q: how can i be sure
― toenail fungus (Hunt3r), Friday, 4 August 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
I saw Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty (with the Replacements opening), Jimmy Buffett (with the Neville Bros. opening) there back in the day. Kind of the same vibe.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 4 August 2023 21:22 (one year ago) link