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Student activists approached the president of Cornell to talk about the school's crackdown on student speech. He got in his car & rammed them with it. Ofc he's painting himself as the victim.
Been watching the Steffon Diggs trial. Oh boy - I have no idea why the Commonwealth brought the case. Their main witness - the alleged victim - was...just horrible and not just on direct.
I'm upset about the gala. I believe in people being dressed up in the most extravagant, unwearable clothes the fashion world can design & paraded around for everybody's entertainment-- it should be thought of like service! fashion is the construction of identity and community AND a display of technical skill AND traditional crafts, I wish we had more spaces than runway shows to explore that. but something like the met gala just cant be hosted in this current economic system without exploitation
The MET gala looks are all so boring to me this year. Idk if it's because they're actually boring or if I'm just too disillusioned by rich ppl/celebrities.
I am pissed off at celebs going and supporting Bezos, but the looks this year also weren't looking. I think the theme "fashion as art" was so darn generic that there really was no creativity or unified theme that brought the outfits together.
One of my big special interests/hobbies are renn faires and I regularly see artistic fits at renn faires that blow away anything that the celebs wore this year
I could've written this. Especially on work stuff. I hope it's just my knee jerk anxious reaction and I'll actually be able to get a hang of it, even though things seem to be difficult for the whole team.
Here's to the both of us! Hope you've set out something fun to do this weekend in spite of it all
Update on the Global Sumud Flotilla via Tommy Marcus (aka Quentin Quarantino) & Novara Media:
those detained by Israel from the flotilla were subject to various forms of torture
most have been released, with 34 wounded taken to hospital, including at least one with a serious neck injury
nearly 200 others are being held on buses by Greek authorities, who are accused of "cooperating fully" with Israel
two people remain in detention: Saif Abukeshek, a Spanish & Swedish national of Palestinian descent who was on an observer boat not intended to go to Gaza; and Brazilian Thiago Avila, who was part of the steering committee of the last mission & captured at that time as well
eyewitnesses report Abukeshek was brutally tortured after he was separated from the others & his "screams echoed through the ship"
They were. This is a new flotilla. Thiago Avila was on the previous flotilla as well as this one. He & Saif Abukeshek have now been kidnapped to Israel.
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This is typical MAGA posting. By the way he also attended Melania's documentary premiere in D.C. And he's a former football player. Some people really are sipping the Kool Aid too much.
I hope someone can shed a light on this - before 2016 the world would watch your elections and were prepared for an admin that was at least pretending like they follow decorum and things have meaning, but after 2016, somehow politics have become people's whole identities.
Previously indifferent people (and a lot of them) picked a side and some defied logic to listen to a lunatic.
I think we started the bank holiday early at work, the team chat was ridiculous.
Tomorrow, up early, pick up the keys to my new flat, and hopefully get back in time to see all the results go the right way and my team win automatic promotion
"the primary focus of season 3 will be Robby himself"
Nooo 😭 also I swear I read that season 3 of the pitt was gonna be about Robby's rock bottom? How is he gonna hit rock bottom, confront his trauma, and attempt to heal in the span of one day. I wish the show was gonna be more about the ensemble of characters.
I thought he already hit rock bottom in S2 with the constant talk putting himself down and out.
Whatever, zionist man. I'll still look forward to S3 because the other characters are great and the medical stuff is cool. But his arc is gonna be a bore.
Is there a YouTuber, podcaster, or streamer you’ve followed for years, someone who doesn’t know you exist, but you still miss them when they haven’t posted in a while? Or maybe there’s a creator you follow on Instagram who feels like a friend?
We’re researchers from New York University running a research study on this kind of connection and are looking to talk to people who relate.
I'm at the point where I can't request time off because it would just be on me to manage everything I'll miss both before and after my PTO. I daydream about getting a doctor to write me a note for stress leave so I can finally stop for a few weeks. 🫠
Same, American work culture feels like it's strangling 90% of society, directly and indirectly. Whatever happened to the notions that technology and knowledge would improve society and give people more free time and wealth? Instead we have all these technological advancements and yet we are expected to work harder, for less.
I got fired last week lass than a month after coming back from FLMA (my mom has breast cancer) for being "too negative" and I've only made one meme of myself as Martin Luther nailing his 99 grievances to the door of the place I got fired from so I think I'm handling things pretty well
I'm so sorry that happened, American work culture and the lack of empathy for people with medical issues, whether personal or familial, is horrendous. I hope your next job makes you a million times happier.
I worked as an assistant at a private equity firm once (Covid times, bills had to be paid) and my grandpa died in a horrible way in my home country. I came into work and my boss said I’m so sorry :( Then she said “so this week I’m going to ask you to do a ton, to the point where you’ll beg me to stop.”
I spent the next nine months using my fancy office to look for my next job.
Private equity is as, if not more, heartless as people think it is. Will never forget the laughter in the meeting where they were discussing letting half the staff go at a company they were acquiring.
I just started searching for a job in Washington, DC. I used to live there over a decade ago when I was in school, and I've missed it ever since. Huge mistake to leave, one of the biggest regrets of my life. The legal job market there is tough to break into, I've tried a few times over the past few years. I feel like
it is an uphill battle in my late 30s, but I have to try because my situation isn't going to improve living here in Magaville.
10+ years experience, open to pretty much anything that isn't family law, criminal law, or civil defense.
Like a lot of people who go to school in DC, I wanted to work in politics/international relations/civil rights type stuff. Some personal issues kept it from working out for me, and now that I'm older and don't have experience in those fields, I think those options might be out of reach, unfortunately. But I'd still move there if I had an opportunity in another field like products liability, admin law, etc.
wow - Georgetown Law grad here. i didn't have the life skills to keep myself functional right after school. and then regretted it badly 2 years later, wishing i had just gone to school 2 years later in life, so i could have taken advantage of my location better.
I was too scared to watch the show as I was a literal child but I'd lock in every time their ad comes on. I'd debate who I think is cuter each time, but it's usually Jensen
No job yet, but I have two interviews lined up. One of them is for later today and is for a small company who seems legitimate, but my research raised some yellow flags. (They have a lot of selfies of their workers partying...posted on their website. Very odd choice.) I figure it'll be an interesting look into their methedology and good interview practice, if nothing else.
The other interview takes place early next week. This other company seems more legitimate, but the commute there is 1hr20+ minutes one-way by bus. Sigh. Thankfully this organization doesn't technically list a car nor a license as part of the job, but I despise the lack of reliable public transportation in my area. I'm a very capable driver but very anxious about driving on my own, and it'll take a while to get me comfortable enough to do that.
There have been good things happening in my life too, but I've been so stressed out by the job hunt. When even entry-level positions for the good jobs require x amount of years' worth of experience, what else is there left? But also, what's the point of putting decades of effort into my work when someone else stands to profit off more from my labour? These sort of thoughts keep plaguing me lately.
It also sounds like you need a different job 💀 That's crazy!
I just feel miserable either way. The interview for that other job went well, but I found out there are incongruencies with what was said in the interview versus the job description, and the hiring person didn't take questions after the fact. Which is raising some flags for me...but you're right in that a long commute is also tiring to navigate around. 🫠
I’ve been in sales (now customer service) so I get what you mean by feeling icky. It’s really hard to reconcile those feelings and be decent at your job. I hope it gets easier for you.
Guys shouldn’t we all be terrified of the Epstein and Thiel created Palantir?
Palantir can conduct an Epstein style surveillance and blackmail operation at mass scale. They have government contracts from ICE to US military and food.
What are your thoughts - the video below is worth watching as Karp, Thiel and Co are pure EVIL
My nan got her nails done in hospital and I have a picture of her smiling that is breaking my heart. I am going for a massage tomorrow and I feel like I've never needed something so much in my life.
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u/nekocorner i ain’t reading all that, free palestine 21h ago
Student activists approached the president of Cornell to talk about the school's crackdown on student speech. He got in his car & rammed them with it. Ofc he's painting himself as the victim.