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recreational space travel is objectively immoral

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You don't have to answer this publicly because I know it would probably damage your relationship with Amazon- but if you get the chance to support the union movement please take it. We need your help. You have more sway than you think.

I've been supporting it here on Tumblr and on Twitter in the past and will continue to in the future. I think a unionised workforce is more powerful and better. I also think Amazon should pay taxes in the countries they operate in, and I can absolutely imagine a future on which the various effective monopolies out there are broken up, and while Amazon isn't a monopoly it might wind up counting as one.

And having said that, I remember when AOL was the biggest thing there was. It doesn't take much in the way of technological game-changing to leave the biggest companies out there on the junkheap of Things That Worked At The Time. (When I was living in the Midwest in the 1990s, my nearest bookshop was an hour's drive away, and I knew people who lived in states that only had a handful of bookshops. I loved Amazon and Powells.com because I could order books and have them arrive a few days later. It changed everything. Borders or Barnes and Noble could have become Amazon if they'd taken online bookselling seriously back then. They were much much bigger than Amazon. And nowadays Borders is one with Nineveh and Tyre.)

Currently I'm in New Zealand where there's almost no Amazon presence, and I hope it continues, for the local retailers.

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I love politics

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don’t let anyone on this website call you cringe they literally have a tumblr account

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I absolutely love this viking dragonship incense burner! Not only is the design appealing & striking, but it works well too - the “belly” of the boat is broad & deep enough to collect all the ash.

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petition to make Americans google “euro” before writing fic

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day one of quarantine. i’ve gathered my most glamorous friends with the most shocking secrets to my secluded mansion. but there’s been a mysterious murder…….

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Average day in the US

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My drunk ass aimed my phone inside a chip bag and the flash reflected hardcore and got this crazy unedited photo

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Police: Walk faster

-Baby, I have heels on, how will I walk? I’ll walk slowly.

From Pride Parade Istanbul🌈

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man splaining isnt when a guy is excited and talking about something he likes thats just called sharing your interests with people man splaining was when one of my male coworkers started explaining storyboarding to me (a sequential arts major) because he “learned about it from a simpsons dvd extra” 

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so can we start hunting down white liberals now or what

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1900s french lace cape / black arches moth

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SSI Restoration Act of 2021

i have never made a post like this before but i haven’t seen anyone here talk about it yet so i want to at least provide some links because this is extremely important for disabled people with or without benefits in the USA.

link to this tiktok

she doesn’t name the bill in the video but in the comments it’s clarified that the act referred to is the SSI Restoration Act of 2021.

“The Supplementary Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act of 2021 has been introduced in both the House and the Senate. The bill would improve the lives of millions of SSI beneficiaries around the country, including over 2 million older adults who are living below the federal poverty level due to inadequate benefit levels, and often lose or are denied benefits due to outdated eligibility rules.” (link) - summary from Justice In Aging, an organization dedicated to fighting senior poverty

“This bill restores a program that plays a key role in the security of millions of Americans. Specifically, it modernizes and improves SSI by streamlining and simplifying the claiming process, expanding the resources and income limits, and eliminating punitive reductions in benefits.” (link) - summary from the SSI Restoration Act Section by Section, linked on Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva’s website, in the social security tab

below is taken from the issue brief on justiceinaging.org regarding what the bill entails

• The SSI benefit rate will be increased to at least 100% of the Federal Poverty Level, adjusted annually, so that no one receiving SSI will be left to live below the poverty line.

• Couples will receive their full SSI benefit, totaling twice the individual rate, rather than a reduced marriage penalty rate.

• Low-income seniors and people with disabilities who can’t work enough to meet all their basic needs will be able to save up to $10,000 and couples will be able to save up to $20,000 for emergencies such as car repairs, new roofs, and other unexpected expenses, without losing benefits.

• Individuals will be able to receive up to $128 monthly from other sources, such as Social Security benefits or pension payments, without a corresponding loss in benefits.

• Individuals who are able to work will be able to earn up to $416 a month without being penalized.

• Individuals who live in households with others, including family members, will no longer be penalized with lower benefits through the in-kind support and maintenance provision.

• Individuals who transfer assets (even small amounts of money to a family member) will no longer suffer harsh penalties.

• Eliminate installment payment requirements and extend the time to spend down resources so that SSI recipients who have been waiting for months or years to obtain their benefits can receive the full overdue amount.

• Exclude retirement accounts from countable resources to allow people with disabilities to build up their savings for retirement and use those resources to pay for expenses in later life.

• State and local earned income tax credits and child tax credits will be excluded from income calculations in the same manner as general tax payments.”

here is a link to the official bill

here is the issue brief from justiceinaging.org on the SSI Restoration Act of 2021 which explains what would change about SSI in more detail, and has the list provided above

here is the FAQ (also justiceinaging.org)

here is a carrd made by myelasticheart on tiktok, which also details the bill, AND includes a script for calling representatives, as well as links for finding said representatives

please reblog

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