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Holy shit someone finally leaked what went down with the Hugos and from a quick skim it appears to be the worst possible scenario: that is, Western award-runners PREEMPTIVELY censoring anything they thought the Chinese government might not like. Clownery AND fascism.

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Cat meeting in Italy. 1956. Source.

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The IWW FJU is a union for all freelance journalists, bloggers, and other writers in the news media.

Contact us today!

You have nothing to lose but your unpaid invoices!

We’re a group of freelance journalists, bloggers, and other writers in news media from all around the world, organizing to improve our working conditions and assert our rights. In the tumultuous, insecure world of contemporary news media, more and more of us are forced to work on a freelance basis. While it’s difficult to put a precise estimate on the numbers, self-employed writers make up the majority of the profession in the United States and there are legions of us around the world. Publicizing this union comes after a months-long organizing effort in which we’ve had one-on-one conversations with hundreds of freelance journalists and group meetings with dozens, discussing the struggles that members of our profession face and how we can collectively overcome them. Many of us deal with long overdue payments, low rates, vast pay disparities, exploitative contracts and frustrating invoicing systems at publications throughout the industry. While nearly every news outlet relies on freelance labor, few are committed to treating workers with dignity and providing fair compensation. In order to change these conditions, and to gain power through solidarity, we created the Freelance Journalists Union. The FJU is part of the Industrial Workers of the World, an international, member-run union for all workers, which was established in 1905. To learn more, contact us today!

And read more about the FJU’s organizing strategy here:  https://industrialworker.org/a-plan-of-attack-for-iww-fju/ 

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You know someone by their words and acrions.

Hey just a reminder that thought crime doesn’t exist and pretending to have empathy is just as good as having it! You can be the world’s biggest dickhead in the privacy of your own mind and as long as you’re outwardly kind it literally Does Not Matter

i actually really needed to hear this. love this outlook, thank you.

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i was driving myself insane trying to find this meme and couldn't figure out why there were no traces of it on google so i was about to ask you all to send it to me but i just realized i made it and never posted it. this isn't even a meme it's just a file on my computer

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I’ve had an apple account since the ‘90s. Somewhere in the early 2ks, Apple decided to switch from @mac.com to @me.com (why the fuck?!!). I’ve never used my me.com account but man, it gets the weirdest email. Just after perusing this season’s holiday hijabs from some Indonesian store, I have an email from the governor of Irkutsk. Feels like I’m suddenly in a game of RISK i did not know I’d started playing. Weird!

Dear residents of the Irkutsk region!

On November 4 we celebrate National Unity Day - a national holiday, a day of military glory.

Our multinational country is bound by strong traditions of patriotism and cohesion.

National Unity Day, fulfilling an important historical mission, restores the connection between times and generations, the inextricability of the traditions of serving the Fatherland, and responsibility for its future.

We must be worthy of the great history of our country, remember those who faithfully served and are serving the Motherland, working for its development, for the benefit of our children. The Angara region values ​​the bonds of brotherhood and friendship, the hopes and thoughts common to the whole country, and remembers that the prosperity and glory of the Irkutsk region grows through common joint efforts.

I wish you success, health and all the best!

Governor of the Irkutsk region

Igor Kobzev

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back at the turn of the century there was this brief fad for techno mixes of classical music, which despite its short lifespan remains possibly my absolute favourite subgenre ever, even above ‘this angry robot wants to fuck you’. it appears the orchestral world has responded.

not saying I’ve been stressed recently but i was so happy to see this that i genuinely burst into tears

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love those old soviet posters that are just advertising like, an activity. not some “go to mike’s hardware for the BEST deals around!” just “hey, you can learn stuff at libraries” or “consider going for a hike in the countryside�� big kin

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Choose your team

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fascinated by this screenshot where they took out the poster's username and replaced it with a very small picture of alex the lion

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A machinist milling a 16 Inch/45 caliber Mark 6 gun barrel at the Bethlehem Steel factory, Pennsylvania, circa September 1940.

Photographed by David Scherman for LIFE Magazine.

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