Oh my goodness, someone pointed this out on Tumblr years ago, but it desperately needs repeating:

Dear English Language Fanfic Writers,

• Wanton: an unrestrained desire, usually of a sexually nature.

• Wonton: a type of dumpling found in Chinese and East Asian cuisine.

Right now… it’s “one of the most pro worker employers in the US” right now.

If they have no problem with being such, then they shouldn’t mind a few collectively bargained contacts which ensure they stay that way.

Yeah, was gonna say, this is 100% Anti-Union Tactics 101. Literally get warned about this kind of stuff while organizing and there’s a history of it dating back to the beginnings of labor organizing.

The trap is laid out thusly: promise unionizing workers a pay rise without a collective bargaining contact. The workers reject unionization because the wages are “fair.” A year to two years later, after all talk of unionization has died down and they’ve had a chance to fire or layoff the organizers, the company will then walk back all wage hikes citing “needed” cost cutting measures and the workers get screwed.

Remember folks, you have a right to collectively bargain and unionize (at least right now; who knows what Trump and this SCOTUS might do over the next four years)… without a legally binding labor contract, every benefit and every red cent of your pay is at the whim of the company (and lobbyist addicted politicians). Companies only have one directive: profit. They’ll do anything (including taking a wash on twelve to eighteen months of wage hikes) to ensure profits. Do not ever forget that united we bargain, divided we beg.

It’s their least favorite game right behind Q&A at the SEC.

Thank you!

You can still buy one! You’re an adult now, treat yourself!

An upside down flag is meant to be a signal of distress.

The “cactus-shaped” thing is most likely a fasces, which is a bundle of sticks with an ax in the middle of them. It’s a common symbol of like “together, we are stronger.” It’s used in some generic US iconography, but has also been used by fascists.

Well, what was Ukraine wearing? Maybe they were asking for it?

Obviously /s

OP got it out of a gachapong machine… that it actually keeps time is already incredible in and of itself.

The guy with the Rolex will just tell you he’s wearing one. That’s how it works.

Bought a Casio Data Bank DBC-32B-1ADF “calculator watch” about three years ago for like $30 USD. I get more compliments on that watch than any other piece of clothing/accessory that I own. Started using it as my daily driver watch and it’s genuinely great, a real conversation starter. If anybody wants one, they’re still in production and can be easily bought new on the big retailers’ sites.

VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO, because they’re all hilarious, woahfully ineffective at combatting conservatives and the far right, but hilarious.

If it’s retroactive, then we haven’t had a single male president.

Bird flu really feels like a thing we all need to be watching right now… just saying.

The only recorded instance of which I can think of someone who was even slightly pro-fascism taking out a fascist is literally Hitler… he killed himself, but only because the Red Army was already inside Berlin and looking for him.

Do whatever you feel you need to do (it’s your money), but check to see if the union is asking people to not sign up first. They may not want folks to stop signing up or to cancel their memberships. Part of their bargaining tool kit is basically “see, the company’s customer base is growing, almost all of that can be attributed to us the people actually working, you need to pay us more/give better benefits.”

If the union folks feel that a customer/memeber boycott is necessary, they’ll call for it.

Give Fedilab a try. I’ve been using it for about a year now; it’s been pretty smooth and straight forward.

You can follow Lemmy threads and users on Mastodon right now, but it’s super clunky just from the fact both platforms are so different from each other. Here’s this thread, as seen from my Mastodon account on the Tusky app.

I’ve never used the official app for PixelFed, I’m just on Fedilab for both it and Mastodon… is the PixelFed app worth a look?

He reined over a period of drought, but there’s no way he could have controlled the weather. That’s like blaming the government for there being car accidents. Simba exploited the working and noble classes into thinking that Scar was to blame for natural cycles. Thus he was able to lead a rebellion against their best interests and restored his line to the monarchy. Upper nobles playing everyone else against each other but, at the end of the day, the monarchical status quo was maintained. Feudalism in action.