#systemic problems

[thoughtportal]

Homeless Homicides Are On the Rise

The rising number of unhoused people being murdered in the United States is a grim and urgent reminder of our country’s housing crisis.

https://www.thenation.com/homeless-homicides-are-on-the-rise/

[b0bthebuilder35]

Too often, people believe homelessness is due to some type of character flaw. In reality, that’s not even close. The top causes being…

1. A lack of affordable housing

2. Unemployment

3. Poverty

4. Low wages

[pratchettquotes]

He shouldn't have done that with his badge. It wasn't like the old days. He had responsibilities. He should've stayed on and made things just a little less--

No. That never worked.

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

[reformthesystem]

Opinions About Making A More Society-Oriented Political System

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[infamouslydorky]

Stop removing ports, headphone jacks, and cd players from technology

I don't want to put my information on a cloud! I want physical media

[willtheweaver]

Ways to solve the Why Can’t They Use Magic To Fix Everything problem:

•Magic has a cost. The more powerful the spell, the more it drains the caster’s life.

•’We tried that ages ago.The gods grew angry at our arrogance and stripped most of our powers away.’

•Magic is tied to the stars and planets. Its full potential can only manifest on certain astrological events.(And these are once-in-a-millennia type events)

•Only one will a pure heart and selfless intentions can use their full power.

•All magic users are descendants of a (god/spirit). As the years have gone by, the blood has become more diluted, and magic has grown weaker as a result.

•Spell casters can only cast (finite number of spells). They end up using their gift on trivial matters.

•’After the war, we realized the dangers that magic presented. And so we sealed it away, lest it destroy the world.’

•Everyone has magic. Trying to solve one problem is futile as it can be easily undone(often violently and with much destruction)

•inverse of the above: everyone has magic, but their powers are limited and (mostly) harmless.

•Individual, company, or nation has a monopoly on the only substance that can negate magic. As they rule the world, they have installed anti-magic devices everywhere.

•Individual, group, company, or nation has a monopoly on magic. To insure their grip on power, all magic users that do not submit to them are killed.

•An act of good will spawn one of evil. The use of fire will cause somewhere to grow cold and dark. And to save a life, one must sacrifice another.

•The only magic people have access to is Chaos Magic. No one uses it, for obvious reasons.

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[possiblyawesometmblr]

i'm allowing myself exactly one (1) moment of pure delusion:

jon martin jonah. thanks for your time.

[cantarelaria]

head disciple shen yuan and his two little shidis who for some reason keep sneaking into the beast tamer peak ⛰️🐉

[gostupidoptimism]

The Canary in the Coal Mine: America’s Failing Education System is a Warning to a Failing America

According to Kat Eshner of the Smithsonian, over a hundred years ago, John Scott Haldane pioneered the use of canaries as an early warning system for coal miners to make them aware of the presence of deadly carbon monoxide in the mine. Unfortunately, this usually resulted in the canary’s death, but it saved untold human lives. That is, if the bird’s demise was discovered in time. The use of the…

[c-0-yote-teeth]

[kishdoodles]

Spring

'What if Renchanting duo were the last two left' AU (with a Jesus Christ Superstar coat of paint)

[laddertek]

desperation at the postal service

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

putting my prediction on record now that the coming decade is going to see the rise of viral-marketed fancy at-home water filtration systems, driving and driven by a drastic reduction in the quality of U.S. tap water (given that we are in a 'replacement era' where our current infrastructure is reaching the end of its lifespan--but isn't being replaced). also guessing that by the 2030s access to drinkable tap water will be a mainstream class issue, with low-income & unstably housed people increasingly forced to rely on expensive bottled water when they can't afford the up-front cost of at-home filtration--and with this being portrayed in media as a "moral failing" and short-sighted "choice," rather than a basic failure of our political & economic systems. really hope i'm just being alarmist, but plenty of this already happens in other countries, and the U.S. is in a state of decline, so. here's praying this post ages into irrelevance. timestamped April 2023

[reformthesystem]

WAYS TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT

Hi, this is my blog post on the need for the government to significantly improve and strengthen the people's socioeconomic status, in order to gain more support. If you like my articles and want to support my work, please consider subscribing to my blog. Thanks.

[meltedmush]

I’m a sane human being I swear

(I STILL HAVE SO MANY SVSSS DOODLES I DID,,,,,,,,, IMMA KEEP EM ON INSTA,, 🤡)

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

(I learned this from Hank.)