Valerie Leppard โœ…๐ŸŸกโœ”๏ธโ˜‘๏ธ

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UK based, fed up with politics, MMT economics, peace-loving, anti austerity, citizen. Love dogs and all animals, homeopathy, the second of six daughters. Parents donโ€™t always get a boy in the end ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜Š
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Anarchy, today, is attack; it is war against every authority, every power, every state. In the future society, anarchy will be defence, the prevention of the re-establishment of any authority, any power, any state.
-- Carlo Cafiero

#anarchism #quote #bot

"Global multimillionaires have captured a disproportionate % of global wealth growth: the top 1% took 38% of all additional wealth accumulated since the mid-1990s, whereas the bottom 50% captured just 2% of it ... Since 1995, the share of global wealth possessed by billionaires has risen from 1% to over 3%. This increase was exacerbated during the COVID pandemic. In fact, 2020 marked the steepest increase in global billionairesโ€™ share of wealth on record."

https://wir2022.wid.world/www-site/uploads/2022/03/0098-21_WIL_RIM_RAPPORT_A4.pdf @sociology

RT @[email protected]

Enough is Enough !
Primal Scream & @[email protected] have come together to write a song in support of the @[email protected]. The song can be downloaded at Bandcamp - all proceeds go to the strike fund. Video directed by @[email protected]
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CkbY4bJjJDT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”—: https://twitter.com/ScreamOfficial/status/1587520454851452954

Primal Scream on Instagram: "Primal Scream & Dexys have come together to write a song in support of the @rmtunion & other workers on strike this winter for better pay & conditions. The song can be downloaded at Bandcamp - all proceeds go to the strike fund. Video directed by @douglashartfilm @eiecampaign"

Primal Scream shared a post on Instagram: "Primal Scream & Dexys have come together to write a song in support of the @rmtunion & other workers on strike this winter for better pay & conditions. The song can be downloaded at Bandcamp - all proceeds go to the strike fund. Video directed by @douglashartfilm @eiecampaign". Follow their account to see 2981 posts.

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Something quite serious now.

For the past 2 years on the birdsite, I've enjoyed being part of Sarah Millican's #JoinIn - there for anyone on their own over the festive season who would like to join in a group chat to help pass the day.

We've had some great times, and I'm planning to support it here too this year.

If you're lonely, just post #JoinIn so we can spot you, or search for the #JoinIn hashtag, and just join in!

Good idea? Give it a BOOST!

@ChrisMayLA6
Years of New Labour PPI and Conservative deliberate mismanagement have brought the NHS to the brink.
If we don't support the nurses as a starting point but then go on to ensure that the NHS is properly funded it will more and more rapidly go down hill.
This, of course, is what the NeoLibs have intended all along, set it up for total privatisation and an insurance based health system as in the US. We've all seen where that leads.
#NursesStrike #SupportOurNurses #NHS

The Dartmoor Collective is a grassroots based not-for-profit that promotes the visual arts on and about Dartmoor.

Our new Zine, "Linear", is available from this evening via the link below. This Zine features 20 artists, working across a range of mediums and styles, and looks at the marks made by humanity on the Moor over the millennia. It's a limited edition.

https://shop.dartmoorcollective.org/products/linear-zine

Grateful for boosts :)

#MastoArt
#landscape
#Zines
#limitededition

Cover image by @BeccaThorne

Linear zine

Quietly enjoying a cheeky Cinzano Bianco tonight and giving thanks to Poole Hospital for plating and pinning my older sisterโ€™s broken and twisted shoulder on Monday afternoon. As soon as she came round she could feel and use her fingers, and now can again sign her name. Small pleasures, greatly magnified. #FeelingBlessed
#JustGotMySisterBackFromHell

With climate change and other human activities reshaping the world at an alarming rate, belugas will have to rely on innovative cultural practices to adapt. But among the whales โ€” and the Indigenous people whoโ€™ve hunted them for generations โ€” itโ€™s likely that cultural knowledge is already being lost. 

https://undark.org/2022/11/30/in-alaska-a-mystery-over-disappearing-whales/

In Alaska, a Mystery Over Disappearing Whales

Belugas pass cultural knowledge across generations. Their survival may depend on how they collectively adapt.

Undark Magazine

Today in Labor History November 30, 1930: Mother Jones died, age 100, in Silver Spring, Maryland. She was an organizer or "walking delegate" for the United Mine Workers (UMW), famous for her bravado. When she and 3,000 women were released by a militia after being held all night in McAdoo, Pennsylvania, they marched straight to the hotel housing the soldiers and ate their breakfast. Even well into her 90s, she still roamed through the hills of West Virginia, encouraging miners to organize.

#union #strike #feminism #workingclass #labor #motherjones #mining #IWW

American rail workers are treated horribly, especially considering how essential their labor is. They deserve paid sick days that they can actually use, and basic quality of life. If they go on strike I'll support them 100%.

US rail unions decry Bidenโ€™s proposal to impose settlement through Congress
https://www.dumptheguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/30/us-rail-strike-unions-decry-biden-proposal

#railworkers #union #strike #solidarity #workersrights

US rail unions decry Bidenโ€™s proposal to impose settlement through Congress

Workers could be prevented by congressional decree from striking over paid sick leave and quality-of-life issues