A week or so ago we received a gift box tower from friends, sent from Harry and David, the "Fruit of the month club" people. Three boxes of Christmas pears and other tasty treats. Which was good, but strange, in because we've never gotten one before, and mainly that for years, back in the 90s, my wife and I made extra Christmas money by taking phone orders for the company, and I've literally sold thousands of the things.

#HarryAndDavid #christmasGifts #HolidayJobs #TempJobs #christmastodon

***NEW PODCAST EPISODE!***

Catch Part 2 w/Valentine's 2024 lovebirds LESTER RAWW and ANITA BESHIRS ...

* their first kiss!
* their 1994 move to SF!
* jobs and bands they've had here
* KnownSF, Anita's art-curation business
* The Pine Box Boys/Apocalypse Sundays

Up now at the link in our bio. Also available wherever you get #podcasts.

📸 Jeff Hunt

#LittleRock #GeoPrism #TowerRecords #tempjobs #SFState #TheZagMen #CafeduNord #FlyBarSF #MiniBarSF #art #artcuration #DivisaderoArtWalk #KnownSF #PineBoxBoys #Madrone #ApocalypseSunday #storytelling #SanFrancisco #WereAllinIt

When k-12 teachers go on strike, I always have mixed thoughts.

When I read the demands of the teachers who strike I dually note them, and it all makes sense ( my spouse is an educator--- a sub-- and is treated very poorly on account of being Autistic), YET, the way strikers are going about it is poorly organized.

I think that bringing parents of students into the fight is IMPERATIVE.

The teachers are not the victims of the students. As exploited and manipulated as teachers are, it will never equate the oppression of youth.

Teachers won't be ultimately successful at striking, and winning those strikes, unless they bring their students, and students' families into that fight.

A teacher can't be arrested for repeatedly not showing up to work. A teacher won't lose custody of their family for not showing up to work. Parents do lose custody of children for repeat truancy. Students do have to show up to court for repeated truancy.

(This next part is especially toward educators)

NORMALIZE STUDENTS NOT SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL. NORMALIZE STUDENTS PROTESTING THAT SYSTEM.

Don't over explain and explain and explain how you're undervalued as an educator and then in a different post, talk about the problems of truancy and students "giving up".

It seems like you had no problem with being part of the school to prison pipeline as long as it benefitted you.

You all sound like you want increased pay and benefits for being the children's prison guards

Hypocrisy and double standards smell worse than fresh dogs' droppings on a hot summer day.

#Education #PublicSchool #Teachers #Covid #Strike #TeachersStrike #union #Students #HomeSchool #Disability #SubstituteTeacher #Autistic #Neurodivergent #Disabled #SchoolToPrisonPipeline #PrisonComplex #PrisonSystem #Prison #ForProfit #Michigan #LowIncome #Poverty #GOP #Politics #vote #truancy #LegalSystem #LongCOVID #LeweysDementia #Health #HealthCare #SNAP #Welfare #Edustaff #TempJobs #TempAgency #Economy #EducationIndustry #CommonCore #StandardizedTests #Test #college #HR #America #USA #Ohio #NTA

#Wimbledon
#planningUK

Money (esp #BusinessRates) trumps #PublicAmenity (incl #CapabilityBrown) & diminishes the adjoining public #WimbledonPark

#AELTC already creams all the annual #TouristReceipts apart from a few #DrivewayEntrepreneurs selling snacks to entry queues

As for employment, tournament stewards are just #TempJobs for 2 weeks

#Merton site is at the border with #Wandsworth so their councillors didn't get a vote

No #housing, not even tied housing...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/27/controversial-plans-to-expand-home-of-wimbledon-tennis-agreed-by-council