"In a document released Monday, Pope Francis addressed surrogacy, saying it “violates” both the dignity of the child and the woman, who “becomes a mere means subservient to the arbitrary gain or desire of others.”"
So does forcing a pregnant person to carry to term an unwanted child or to continue a non-viable pregnancy also violate the dignity of the woman and fetus? Doesn't forcing someone to give birth make the subservient to the desires of others?

A person who works in a different branch and with whom I am barely nominally acquainted with has decided that I am a troublemaker so I'm just going to lean into that. And completely ignore their existence.

You know what I love about Walmart? One of the richest families on the planet who pay their employees sub-living wages so that many of them need assistance, and then Walmart goes and removes almost all the checkout clerks, converting check stands to self checkout so that everyone who shops there also has the privilege of working there for free. Brilliant.

So because our supervisor has fragile mental health, the rest of us have to suppress and ignore our feelings and our mental health in order to protect his. Who is this helping exactly? I'm so fucking over it.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/19/us-inflation-caused-by-corporate-profits Capitalism is the best system. So long as you're a rich corporatist.

It's 4:30 in the afternoon and I just put fresh sheets in the bed. Is it too early to go to bed?

It's really weird and kind of unsettling to watch in real time a person you work with blow up in popularity on social media. Because that person on TikTok is not who I work with. And on the off chance you may guess or suspect who this person is, please don't say anything.

Why is it on every hiking trail when it specifically states "No Dogs" someone always brings their dog?