Too tired (she/her)
@lightanddarklove.dftba.social
Artist for fun & I was working office jobs before 2021, now a part time retail tool. 90's kid. Married to @professorherb.bsky.social
Banner art is drawn by me, the pfp is a picrew.
https://ko-fi.com/lightanddarklove
https://lightanddarklove.tumblr.com
Banner art is drawn by me, the pfp is a picrew.
https://ko-fi.com/lightanddarklove
https://lightanddarklove.tumblr.com
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This is unsustainable, especially now that billionaires are taking over our government.
December 6, 2024 at 6:01 PM
This is unsustainable, especially now that billionaires are taking over our government.
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this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional
December 6, 2024 at 2:57 PM
this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional
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Yes.
By their very existence, they are deeply immoral entities. They should not exist, and the necessary efforts, actions, nd mindset to become one are morally reprehensible.
There.
Are.
No.
Ethical.
Billionaires
By their very existence, they are deeply immoral entities. They should not exist, and the necessary efforts, actions, nd mindset to become one are morally reprehensible.
There.
Are.
No.
Ethical.
Billionaires
December 6, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Yes.
By their very existence, they are deeply immoral entities. They should not exist, and the necessary efforts, actions, nd mindset to become one are morally reprehensible.
There.
Are.
No.
Ethical.
Billionaires
By their very existence, they are deeply immoral entities. They should not exist, and the necessary efforts, actions, nd mindset to become one are morally reprehensible.
There.
Are.
No.
Ethical.
Billionaires
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This smells a lot like what UnitedHealthCare has been doing. Use an AI to deny a shit ton of people in need. It's being described as a "hurt first, fix later" approach. Stop being worried about welfare fraud by just doing universal basic income and taxing those with high incomes more than the UBI!
An artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare fraud is showing bias according to people’s age, disability, marital status and nationality prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud
Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM
This smells a lot like what UnitedHealthCare has been doing. Use an AI to deny a shit ton of people in need. It's being described as a "hurt first, fix later" approach. Stop being worried about welfare fraud by just doing universal basic income and taxing those with high incomes more than the UBI!
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In the Namibia universal basic income experiment that lasted two years, crime dropped by 42%. Animal poaching dropped by 95%. In Canada's Dauphin pilot of a basic income guarantee where poverty in an entire town was eradicated for four years, crime dropped by 15% and violent crime dropped by 37%.
“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime"
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
December 6, 2024 at 2:34 PM
In the Namibia universal basic income experiment that lasted two years, crime dropped by 42%. Animal poaching dropped by 95%. In Canada's Dauphin pilot of a basic income guarantee where poverty in an entire town was eradicated for four years, crime dropped by 15% and violent crime dropped by 37%.
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This has happened at least three times that I know of: A gender-clinic insider comes forward with lurid, non-specific stories of rushed transitions and botched assessments.
As soon as anyone engages with actual patients and statistics, however, the allegations fall apart.
As soon as anyone engages with actual patients and statistics, however, the allegations fall apart.
December 6, 2024 at 3:15 PM
This has happened at least three times that I know of: A gender-clinic insider comes forward with lurid, non-specific stories of rushed transitions and botched assessments.
As soon as anyone engages with actual patients and statistics, however, the allegations fall apart.
As soon as anyone engages with actual patients and statistics, however, the allegations fall apart.
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murder is an awful answer for being a teenager buying Skittles, or for being a man rumored to have passed a fake $20, or for being a lady asleep in her bed, and yet here we all are
It’s so interesting to see these urgent exhortations to reestablish decorum. I have not seen evidence of a “coarsening” of American society. If anything, the opposite: I’ve seen thousands of individuals asserting their humanity and protesting the indignity of the system UHC profits from.
December 6, 2024 at 2:24 PM
murder is an awful answer for being a teenager buying Skittles, or for being a man rumored to have passed a fake $20, or for being a lady asleep in her bed, and yet here we all are
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There’s one clear answer to “how we got here” and it’s this.
December 6, 2024 at 3:45 PM
There’s one clear answer to “how we got here” and it’s this.
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Amnesty International: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza with Full U.S. Support
Amnesty: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza with U.S. Support
Amnesty International has released a landmark report that concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, making it the first major human rights group to do so. The nearly 300-page...
www.democracynow.org
December 6, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Amnesty International: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza with Full U.S. Support
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My cat is battling infectious peritonitis and has been hospitalized for over two months. We really need help
Any retweet or donation, no matter how small, would mean the world to us. Thank you for your kindness
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November 29, 2024 at 6:40 PM
My cat is battling infectious peritonitis and has been hospitalized for over two months. We really need help
Any retweet or donation, no matter how small, would mean the world to us. Thank you for your kindness
her fundraiser: fundtails.com/f/support-ja...
Twitter: x.com/jennyserenty...
Any retweet or donation, no matter how small, would mean the world to us. Thank you for your kindness
her fundraiser: fundtails.com/f/support-ja...
Twitter: x.com/jennyserenty...
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This could be a game-changer for a lot of folks.
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:11 AM
This could be a game-changer for a lot of folks.
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This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:29 AM
This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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i promise you have have far more in common with every trans person than you do with the corporate or government elite
December 4, 2024 at 5:59 PM
i promise you have have far more in common with every trans person than you do with the corporate or government elite
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Another ⬇️ crucial piece of the puzzle, highlighting the urgent need to heavily tax the ultra-rich and dismantle oligarchy to restore the power to the people.
#Democracy #Limitarianism #WealthTax
#Democracy #Limitarianism #WealthTax
To beat Trump, we need to know why Americans keep voting for him. Psychologists may have the answer | George Monbiot
US culture is an incubator of ‘extrinsic values’. Nobody embodies them like the Republican front runner, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Another ⬇️ crucial piece of the puzzle, highlighting the urgent need to heavily tax the ultra-rich and dismantle oligarchy to restore the power to the people.
#Democracy #Limitarianism #WealthTax
#Democracy #Limitarianism #WealthTax
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This a good explainer about the differences between negative income taxes and universal basic income.
They are indeed the same thing theoretically in outcome, although I still prefer UBI because of the ability to lower the marginal tax rate by using other taxes than income. I also dislike NIT guessing what people should get instead of just taxing what they got.
www.scottsantens.com/negative-inc...
www.scottsantens.com/negative-inc...
Negative Income Tax is Not Cheaper Than Universal Basic Income, Nor is Guaranteed Income 'More Progressive' by Excluding the Rich
Many people don't know this, but Milton Friedman was once asked in the Spring of 2000 what he thought about a universal basic income (UBI) in comparison to his proposed negative income tax (NIT) and t...
www.scottsantens.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:04 PM
This a good explainer about the differences between negative income taxes and universal basic income.
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If you see this post, can you please help spread this information?
#ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US.
People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women!
Let’s spread word! ❤️✊
#ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US.
People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women!
Let’s spread word! ❤️✊
Click to Visit #ASafeChoice Network
social.demcast.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:00 PM
If you see this post, can you please help spread this information?
#ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US.
People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women!
Let’s spread word! ❤️✊
#ASafeChoice is a referral network of physicians who provide medication abortion services ACROSS THE US.
People everywhere need to know about this option. These doctors have capacity to help more women!
Let’s spread word! ❤️✊
I'm not here for everyone's wrapped unless it's Nintendo or Steam games. #BoycottSpotify Might have to start muting people or blacklist "Spotify" and "wrapped" for the next few days...
Some fun Spotify wrapped stats:
86%: How many tracks artists say Spotify has demonetized on its platform.
$0.004: How much the average artist makes per stream.
US$114M: Spotify CEO's investment firm spending on AI military tech.
$0: How much the intern who says she created Wrapped was paid.
86%: How many tracks artists say Spotify has demonetized on its platform.
$0.004: How much the average artist makes per stream.
US$114M: Spotify CEO's investment firm spending on AI military tech.
$0: How much the intern who says she created Wrapped was paid.
Spotify officially demonetises all tracks with under 1,000 streams
Customers could soon be paying for more services, according to reports
djmag.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:07 AM
I'm not here for everyone's wrapped unless it's Nintendo or Steam games. #BoycottSpotify Might have to start muting people or blacklist "Spotify" and "wrapped" for the next few days...
Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets.
Everything Everywhere all at Once, keep Ke Huy Quan (Waymond).
Everything Everywhere all at Once, keep Ke Huy Quan (Waymond).
Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets.
Fury Road, keep Charlize.
Fury Road, keep Charlize.
Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets:
Parasite. Cho Yeo-jeong (the rich mom) stays.
Parasite. Cho Yeo-jeong (the rich mom) stays.
December 5, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Pick a movie, keep one actor, rest are Muppets.
Everything Everywhere all at Once, keep Ke Huy Quan (Waymond).
Everything Everywhere all at Once, keep Ke Huy Quan (Waymond).
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The 300 Whole Foods workers forming a historic union in Philly know what they're up against.
They called out "the company’s thirst for profits" and said management talks about the store bringing in $1.6 million in a matter of days while workers struggle.
substack.perfectunion.us/p/meet-the-w...
They called out "the company’s thirst for profits" and said management talks about the store bringing in $1.6 million in a matter of days while workers struggle.
substack.perfectunion.us/p/meet-the-w...
Meet the Workers Who Could Organize the Only Whole Foods Union
We spoke to the Philadelphia workers who could reverse Amazon’s union-busting playbook.
substack.perfectunion.us
December 4, 2024 at 8:04 PM
The 300 Whole Foods workers forming a historic union in Philly know what they're up against.
They called out "the company’s thirst for profits" and said management talks about the store bringing in $1.6 million in a matter of days while workers struggle.
substack.perfectunion.us/p/meet-the-w...
They called out "the company’s thirst for profits" and said management talks about the store bringing in $1.6 million in a matter of days while workers struggle.
substack.perfectunion.us/p/meet-the-w...
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The world’s richest 1% have more wealth than the bottom 95% put together, according to Oxfam.
There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.
It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.
It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
World’s top 1% own more wealth than 95% of humanity, as “the shadow of global oligarchy hangs over UN General Assembly,” says Oxfam | Oxfam International
www.oxfam.org
December 4, 2024 at 10:11 PM
The world’s richest 1% have more wealth than the bottom 95% put together, according to Oxfam.
There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.
It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
There is no moral justification for this extraordinary level of inequality.
It's distorting politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people.
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It really can't be stated enough how the AI craze is rooted deeply in utter vitriolic disrespect for the working class. Like I've seen multiple cases of this tech being marketed directly on sticking it to us filthy poors who want things like "benefits" and "fair pay for our labor"
December 4, 2024 at 6:38 PM
It really can't be stated enough how the AI craze is rooted deeply in utter vitriolic disrespect for the working class. Like I've seen multiple cases of this tech being marketed directly on sticking it to us filthy poors who want things like "benefits" and "fair pay for our labor"
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pretty grim when health insurance company executives have to try to hide their identities online like they're public school history teachers, government employees or doctors who care for transgender people
United Health just deleted this page from their website lol
December 4, 2024 at 9:50 PM
pretty grim when health insurance company executives have to try to hide their identities online like they're public school history teachers, government employees or doctors who care for transgender people
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“Both Tesla and SpaceX quite likely would not exist as successful businesses if it were not for the use of public funding, either through subsidies, through the electric car industry, or through actual government contracting in the case of SpaceX,” Ramaswamy said in 2022 on a Fox News podcast.
Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China | CNN Politics
Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency alongside billionaire Elon Musk, has a lengthy history of attacking his partner’s ties to China, frequently referring ...
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:35 PM
“Both Tesla and SpaceX quite likely would not exist as successful businesses if it were not for the use of public funding, either through subsidies, through the electric car industry, or through actual government contracting in the case of SpaceX,” Ramaswamy said in 2022 on a Fox News podcast.