John McCarrick

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Hopeless idealist, indie game dev, anxious mess. I mostly re-toot inclusivity, creativity and thoughtful things.
right now there are trees being chopped down in Mississippi, USA. They are taken to a plant that smashes them up, makes pellets out of them, loads pellets on a truck, drives to the port, where they are put on a boat and shipped to UK. There, the pellets are taken off a boat, loaded on rail and truck to send to a electricity plant where they burn those pellets AND GET ENVIRONMENTAL $CREDITS$ for doing so, cause wood is categorized as a 'green' renewable bio-fuel #Climate
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/29/drax-owned-wood-pellet-plant-in-us-broke-air-pollution-rules-amite-bioenergy-mississippi-emissions-limits?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=edit_2221&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1685361168
Drax-owned wood pellet plant in US broke air pollution rules again

Amite BioEnergy, which was fined $2.5m in 2021, notified Mississippi facility had breached emission limits

The Guardian
The Serfs on Twitter

“Ethan Schmidt the anti-LGBTQ+ troll who claimed he wanted to "hunt LGBTQ+ people" and has been at the center of the viral video harassing Target stores has been allegedly revealed to be using gay dating apps and wanting "guy milk in [his] beard"”

Twitter

I’m usually not one to beg for boosts, but this requires the 6 degrees of separation treatment.

I want to migrate to a more musician centric instance. reading all the “official” guides leaves my head spinning. a while ago someone posted a step-by-step process that all fit into one toot. I’m trying to find that toot (or person) with no luck.

if you are or know that person please put me in contact.

if not, please boost this to further the 6 degrees thing.

love y’all like chicken!

HH

I see the liberals are trying to catch nazis in logical fallacies again as some way to triumph over them. Unfortunately, while it might feel good to go "ha! they can't even define what woke actually means!" the thing is that it doesn't matter to them

The right doesn't care if it lacks definitions or if it's hypocritical or even contradictory. "Woke" is just their dog whistle for "people we want to exterminate" that they can say without being perceived as "not being rude", something the liberal establishment seems to care more about than the underlying sentiment

Saying "you can't even define woke" is about as effective as saying "the president is not named Brandon". It doesn't matter. The important thing is that "let's go Brandon" gives them social cover that "fuck the president" doesn't

Stop asking nazis to define woke and start telling them that you know they want to commit genocide and you'll fight them

Your insipid word games aren't going to beat fascism

Howdy friends! @McCarrick created us awesome logos for The Union Place, and now I find myself needing one for Labor Union Networking, Inc., our parent non-profit.

Anyone interested in donating such a thing? Or cutting us a deal? I am terrible at all things design. If you're in the US I can now write you a tax receipt for a donation of services if you are so inclined!

In our history textbooks, we learned that European settlers pushed westward, displacing Indigenous tribes until sadly they were no more. But this is wholly inaccurate.

The “Indians”—as Columbus infamously misnamed them—are still here in America. They number well over five million according to the 2020 census. And yet, as hard as it is to admit, a genocide of Indigenous people and cultures continues in this country even to this day, as Native children are removed from their families and tribes to live in primarily White, Christian homes.

That continuing assault is today’s subject in The Big Picture. Head over to #TBP to read now: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/indigenous-genocide-foster-care-icwa

ICWA's Role In Ending Indigenous Genocide In Foster Care

Foster care took over where boarding schools left off with Indigenous children, so the Indian Child Welfare Act was passed. But now that protection is under attack.

The Big Picture

@tim Glad to hear you're still using it! I'd be happy to make another one for Labor Union Networking, Inc. if you provide me with details for what you need.

Size/Resolution in pixels (say 1920x1080) or inches (20x11.25), logo incorporation, general idea of what you're looking for.

I'd be happy to take advantage of the tax receipt if we work together, no need for payment though. If you'd rather find someone more professional no offense will be taken!

I would like to be more active on this platform, however I find it is much faster than I can keep up with. It is almost like turning on the TV to whatever channel it was on before, never knowing exactly what you'll see, though thankfully I follow people who make it compelling to watch.

If our messages rely on reblogs, how do smaller voices get heard?

Huh, just saw a segment in the news about a South African man who fights for less production in the western world and better improvement on things we have..

Inspiring!

Things like:

- private jets
- fast fashion
- SUVs

are kinda unnecessary while we shoudl improve on:

- durability
- sustainability
- overal product improvement

This makes so much sense, what's wrong with us

@mekkaokereke I wonder how much money in this country goes to football and how it compares to how much goes to social services...