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Freebies
What if instead of burning 4 to 6 trillion dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we’d given every poor person in America $85,000 – 128,000? Or every person period $12,000 – 18,000? Or added 4-7 years of funding to the Social Security pool? Or paid off everyone’s (non-mortgage) debt? Or gave every homeless person a nice […]
Industry employers are pushing training costs onto universities and devaluing degrees
And universities are bragging about it. This is a flyer for a heavily advertised co-op program within my university.
How I failed to watch the democratic debate
cnn.com Firefox + Ubuntu cnn.com CNN Chromium + Ubuntu cnn.com OSX + Chrome cnn.com iPad + Safari cnn.com iPad + Firefox iPad + CNN app cnn.com Android + Firefox cnn.com Android + Chrome Android + CNN app But apparently you can watch in virtual reality if you’ve got a Samsung GearVR. Also on this site […]
While you’re waiting for the bus
Too Much Information “Informed choices” is code for overwhelm and obscure The Movies of My Youth Against Charity Aside from challenging the rule of capital, a non-capitalist’s only readily available option is donating to charity — thus subsidizing its profiting from basic necessities — or else ignoring those in need.That subsidizing capital accumulation has become […]
Hard lessons I learned from a chronic illness, or why libertarians are young, white, healthy, male
As a younger woman, my vision of equality was shaped in good part by the liberal feminist concept of emancipation through independence. I recognised my privilege in being able to access to many of the civil rights made possible through the feminist movement and didn’t expect to experience any significant barriers to achieving equality with […]
Mine mine mine
Oh god poly disaster. Remember, other people are not your relationship toys. Also, if you believe in hierarchical relationships, you are probably doing it wrong. I’ve been married to my husband for five years, and in a relationship with him for fifteen years. About four years ago, we became poly with a friend. At the […]
The destruction of life and identity is the unbearable part of disease
And the funny part is, I’m not the least bit frightened of the cancer itself—even if it turns out to be a death sentence. It’s just what it’ll do to my life.” Source: The Sororal Death – The New Inquiry