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CW: Personal journey: trauma, medical injustice, and poverty
I carry many traumas, religious conditioning, family abuse, and the weight of workplace injustice. For years, I feared my own queerness, trapped by a world that told me who to be.
It took a near fatal illness to break that shell. Facing death did not just change my health, it shifted my soul. It moved me from a world of self-concern to one of deep empathy. I went back to school, unlearned old patterns, and found my voice.
I have known the cruelty of a "wallet biopsy" and the sting of being judged by doctors who didn’t see my humanity. I have stood in line for expired food and felt the bone deep cold of poverty. I know that poverty is a trauma that kills, I have lived it.
But today, I am no longer afraid. I will shout in the face of the oppressors. I will continue to speak truth to power.
#Queer #Survivor #MutualAid #SocialJustice #PovertyAwareness #MedicalJustice #PovertyTrauma #SpeakTruthtoPower #ReligiousTrauma #QueerJoy #MedicalTrauma #PovertyTrauma #SocialJustice #Resilience #ClassWar #EatTheRich #EconomicJustice #LivedExperience #Deconstruction #Exvangelical #PostReligious #PoliticalEvolution #LateBloomerQueer #Pride #LGBT #LGBTQIA #UniversalHealthcare #HealthcareIaHumanRight
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Don't you just love privatized healthcare? My doctor just left the practice that she was and went elsewhere in the same city. I called her old practice to ask for her new phone number so I could make an appointment. The man on the phone said: "We're not in the habit of giving out information for doctors who have left us."
Basically, if you aren't going to stay at our corporation, you can just "get sick and die."
#America #Healthcare #HealthcareIaHumanRight #BadExperience #USA
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RE: https://climatejustice.social/@resplendent606/115742072154276984
Congratulations to Oracle for being the Mastodon Linux communities most disliked company. It is hard to argue with the results. Oracle *is* a bunch of bastards.
However, I thought for sure it would be NVIDIA. From my personal experience, my life has been so much easier since switching from NVIDIA to AMD and replacing the Broadcom card in my laptop.
#GNULinux #GNU #Linux #poll #pollresults #Broadcom #IBM #Redhat #NVIDIA #Oracle
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I am so proud of my wife. She has moved over to GNU/Linux a few months ago and today she had her real first issue. Her Minecraft client, Prism, would not patch. She searched for a solution and was able to figure it out by updating Flatpak and enabling a setting in Flatseal. A lot of people would have been upset and just said "I don't know what to do!" She actually did the Linux thing and found the solution>
She seems to be enjoying her time on Linux Mint.
#GNULinux #GNU #Linux #LinuxMint #Mint #Minecraft #Prism #flatpak #flatseal
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I am so proud of my wife. She has moved over to GNU/Linux a few months ago and today she had her real first issue. Her Minecraft client, Prism, would not patch. She searched for a solution and was able to figure it out by updating Flatpak and enabling a setting in Flatseal. A lot of people would have been upset and just said "I don't know what to do!" She actually did the Linux thing and found the solution>
She seems to be enjoying her time on Linux Mint.
#GNULinux #GNU #Linux #LinuxMint #Mint #Minecraft #Prism #flatpak #flatseal
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I am so proud of my wife. She has moved over to GNU/Linux a few months ago and today she had her real first issue. Her Minecraft client, Prism, would not patch. She searched for a solution and was able to figure it out by updating Flatpak and enabling a setting in Flatseal. A lot of people would have been upset and just said "I don't know what to do!" She actually did the Linux thing and found the solution>
She seems to be enjoying her time on Linux Mint.
#GNULinux #GNU #Linux #LinuxMint #Mint #Minecraft #Prism #flatpak #flatseal
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I am so proud of my wife. She has moved over to GNU/Linux a few months ago and today she had her real first issue. Her Minecraft client, Prism, would not patch. She searched for a solution and was able to figure it out by updating Flatpak and enabling a setting in Flatseal. A lot of people would have been upset and just said "I don't know what to do!" She actually did the Linux thing and found the solution>
She seems to be enjoying her time on Linux Mint.
#GNULinux #GNU #Linux #LinuxMint #Mint #Minecraft #Prism #flatpak #flatseal
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Look, another way "ai" is used to violate your civil liberties.
This Flock Camera Leak Is Like Netflix for Stalkers
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This is why we self host and why open-source is a requirement, not a preference.
"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world." - Eric Hughes, A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/cypherpunk-manifesto/
#EricHughes #ACypherpunksManifesto #quotes #Privacy #FOSS #Linux #DigitalRights #HumanRights #SelfHosting #Homelab #OpenSource #HardwareSovereignty #Debian #AntiBigTech #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #TerminalTilt #CyberSecurity
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This is why we self host and why open-source is a requirement, not a preference.
"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world." - Eric Hughes, A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/cypherpunk-manifesto/
#EricHughes #ACypherpunksManifesto #quotes #Privacy #FOSS #Linux #DigitalRights #HumanRights #SelfHosting #Homelab #OpenSource #HardwareSovereignty #Debian #AntiBigTech #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #TerminalTilt #CyberSecurity
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This is why we self host and why open-source is a requirement, not a preference.
"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world." - Eric Hughes, A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/cypherpunk-manifesto/
#EricHughes #ACypherpunksManifesto #quotes #Privacy #FOSS #Linux #DigitalRights #HumanRights #SelfHosting #Homelab #OpenSource #HardwareSovereignty #Debian #AntiBigTech #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #TerminalTilt #CyberSecurity
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This is why we self host and why open-source is a requirement, not a preference.
"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn’t want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world." - Eric Hughes, A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
https://nakamotoinstitute.org/library/cypherpunk-manifesto/
#EricHughes #ACypherpunksManifesto #quotes #Privacy #FOSS #Linux #DigitalRights #HumanRights #SelfHosting #Homelab #OpenSource #HardwareSovereignty #Debian #AntiBigTech #PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #TerminalTilt #CyberSecurity
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I admit it, I cannot tell AI-generated music from actual music at this point. I was just fooled and I am so sad and angry. It has killed my joy of discovering new bands.
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After almost a year custody and 10 years fighting a criminal case that destroyed lives, Priyank Pardeshi has been acquitted of all charges in the TellyTorrents piracy case. The court found no evidence, no forensics, no money trail, no proof of domain ownership.
This isn't an isolated incident. As noted by legal analyst Kartik Sharma, this reflects a systemic failure in Indian law enforcement's approach to digital evidence. Similar cases have collapsed due to the same lack of technical proof.
The human cost is immense, 311 days in custody, career damage, social stigma, and the loss of a co-accused who died during the trial. Priyank's story is a stark reminder of how easily innocent people can be destroyed by overzealous prosecution.
It's also worth noting that the same media that once called him a "kingpin" is now reporting on the arrest of another alleged piracy mastermind - Immadi Ravi - with similar claims of millions in profits and forged documents.
https://torrentfreak.com/indian-piracy-kingpin-acquitted-after-10-years-due-to-lack-of-evidence/
#DigitalRights #Justice #India #CyberLaw #Piracy #LegalReform #Privacy
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Please stop using "Bipolar" as an adjective.
Have you ever heard someone say, "Watch out for him today, he's being so bipolar" or "My boss is being so bipolar" or even "I can't decide which shoes to buy, I'm being so bipolar about it"?
While it might seem like a harmless figure of speech, it is actually a form of casual ableism.
Here is why:
1) It trivializes a disability. Bipolar disorder isn't just "changing your mind" or "being moody." While everyone experiences ups and downs, Bipolar disorder involves physiological shifts in energy, sleep, and judgment that are often beyond a person’s control. It is a complex mental health condition involving intense manic and depressive episodes that can impact every aspect of a person’s life.
A manic episode is not just "being happy." It can involve a dangerous loss of touch with reality, racing thoughts, and physical exhaustion. A depressive episode is not just "being sad." It is a debilitating clinical state that can make basic survival feel impossible. When we use the word casually, we erase the immense effort it takes for folks to manage these extremes.
2) It reinforces stigma. Using the diagnosis to describe something "unpredictable" or "annoying" suggests that people with the condition are inherently difficult, "crazy," or erratic. The stereotype forces many people into silence.
The truth is, you likely know someone with bipolar disorder, like a colleague who never misses a deadline, a friend who is a pillar of support, or a family member who is incredibly high-functioning. Because of the way the word is thrown around as an insult, they often have to hide their diagnosis to avoid being judged by tropes you’re using. When you use the word casually, you are telling those people that you view their identity as a negative trait.
3) It erases the reality. When "bipolar" is used as a joke, it creates an environment where people living with the condition feel they can’t be honest about their struggles. If the word is always associated with being "dramatic" or "moody" in your social circle, a person experiencing a genuine crisis will likely stay silent to avoid being seen as a stereotype. It turns a medical necessity into a social risk. When we stop using the word as a punchline, we open the door for real, life-saving conversations. Language is the environment we live in. When we use clinical terms as insults, we make the environment toxic for the people who actually need those terms to describe their lives.
If you learned something new from this post or would like to help spread awareness, please share it. We should work together to make our language more inclusive. Have you ever experienced this kind of ableist language in your daily life? Whether you’ve been the one hearing it or the one who realized they needed to change their vocabulary, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Image: From Gerd-Altmann/Pixabay
#LanguageMatters #EndTheStigma #BreakTheStigma #CasualAbleism #BipolarAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #Ableism #InclusiveLanguage #SelfCare #Psychology #BipolarDisorder #Bipolar #VisibleNonApparent #Neurodiversity
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Please stop using "Bipolar" as an adjective.
Have you ever heard someone say, "Watch out for him today, he's being so bipolar" or "My boss is being so bipolar" or even "I can't decide which shoes to buy, I'm being so bipolar about it"?
While it might seem like a harmless figure of speech, it is actually a form of casual ableism.
Here is why:
1) It trivializes a disability. Bipolar disorder isn't just "changing your mind" or "being moody." While everyone experiences ups and downs, Bipolar disorder involves physiological shifts in energy, sleep, and judgment that are often beyond a person’s control. It is a complex mental health condition involving intense manic and depressive episodes that can impact every aspect of a person’s life.
A manic episode is not just "being happy." It can involve a dangerous loss of touch with reality, racing thoughts, and physical exhaustion. A depressive episode is not just "being sad." It is a debilitating clinical state that can make basic survival feel impossible. When we use the word casually, we erase the immense effort it takes for folks to manage these extremes.
2) It reinforces stigma. Using the diagnosis to describe something "unpredictable" or "annoying" suggests that people with the condition are inherently difficult, "crazy," or erratic. The stereotype forces many people into silence.
The truth is, you likely know someone with bipolar disorder, like a colleague who never misses a deadline, a friend who is a pillar of support, or a family member who is incredibly high-functioning. Because of the way the word is thrown around as an insult, they often have to hide their diagnosis to avoid being judged by tropes you’re using. When you use the word casually, you are telling those people that you view their identity as a negative trait.
3) It erases the reality. When "bipolar" is used as a joke, it creates an environment where people living with the condition feel they can’t be honest about their struggles. If the word is always associated with being "dramatic" or "moody" in your social circle, a person experiencing a genuine crisis will likely stay silent to avoid being seen as a stereotype. It turns a medical necessity into a social risk. When we stop using the word as a punchline, we open the door for real, life-saving conversations. Language is the environment we live in. When we use clinical terms as insults, we make the environment toxic for the people who actually need those terms to describe their lives.
If you learned something new from this post or would like to help spread awareness, please share it. We should work together to make our language more inclusive. Have you ever experienced this kind of ableist language in your daily life? Whether you’ve been the one hearing it or the one who realized they needed to change their vocabulary, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Image: From Gerd-Altmann/Pixabay
#LanguageMatters #EndTheStigma #BreakTheStigma #CasualAbleism #BipolarAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #Ableism #InclusiveLanguage #SelfCare #Psychology #BipolarDisorder #Bipolar #VisibleNonApparent #Neurodiversity
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Please stop using "Bipolar" as an adjective.
Have you ever heard someone say, "Watch out for him today, he's being so bipolar" or "My boss is being so bipolar" or even "I can't decide which shoes to buy, I'm being so bipolar about it"?
While it might seem like a harmless figure of speech, it is actually a form of casual ableism.
Here is why:
1) It trivializes a disability. Bipolar disorder isn't just "changing your mind" or "being moody." While everyone experiences ups and downs, Bipolar disorder involves physiological shifts in energy, sleep, and judgment that are often beyond a person’s control. It is a complex mental health condition involving intense manic and depressive episodes that can impact every aspect of a person’s life.
A manic episode is not just "being happy." It can involve a dangerous loss of touch with reality, racing thoughts, and physical exhaustion. A depressive episode is not just "being sad." It is a debilitating clinical state that can make basic survival feel impossible. When we use the word casually, we erase the immense effort it takes for folks to manage these extremes.
2) It reinforces stigma. Using the diagnosis to describe something "unpredictable" or "annoying" suggests that people with the condition are inherently difficult, "crazy," or erratic. The stereotype forces many people into silence.
The truth is, you likely know someone with bipolar disorder, like a colleague who never misses a deadline, a friend who is a pillar of support, or a family member who is incredibly high-functioning. Because of the way the word is thrown around as an insult, they often have to hide their diagnosis to avoid being judged by tropes you’re using. When you use the word casually, you are telling those people that you view their identity as a negative trait.
3) It erases the reality. When "bipolar" is used as a joke, it creates an environment where people living with the condition feel they can’t be honest about their struggles. If the word is always associated with being "dramatic" or "moody" in your social circle, a person experiencing a genuine crisis will likely stay silent to avoid being seen as a stereotype. It turns a medical necessity into a social risk. When we stop using the word as a punchline, we open the door for real, life-saving conversations. Language is the environment we live in. When we use clinical terms as insults, we make the environment toxic for the people who actually need those terms to describe their lives.
If you learned something new from this post or would like to help spread awareness, please share it. We should work together to make our language more inclusive. Have you ever experienced this kind of ableist language in your daily life? Whether you’ve been the one hearing it or the one who realized they needed to change their vocabulary, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Image: From Gerd-Altmann/Pixabay
#LanguageMatters #EndTheStigma #BreakTheStigma #CasualAbleism #BipolarAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #Ableism #InclusiveLanguage #SelfCare #Psychology #BipolarDisorder #Bipolar #VisibleNonApparent #Neurodiversity
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Please stop using "Bipolar" as an adjective.
Have you ever heard someone say, "Watch out for him today, he's being so bipolar" or "My boss is being so bipolar" or even "I can't decide which shoes to buy, I'm being so bipolar about it"?
While it might seem like a harmless figure of speech, it is actually a form of casual ableism.
Here is why:
1) It trivializes a disability. Bipolar disorder isn't just "changing your mind" or "being moody." While everyone experiences ups and downs, Bipolar disorder involves physiological shifts in energy, sleep, and judgment that are often beyond a person’s control. It is a complex mental health condition involving intense manic and depressive episodes that can impact every aspect of a person’s life.
A manic episode is not just "being happy." It can involve a dangerous loss of touch with reality, racing thoughts, and physical exhaustion. A depressive episode is not just "being sad." It is a debilitating clinical state that can make basic survival feel impossible. When we use the word casually, we erase the immense effort it takes for folks to manage these extremes.
2) It reinforces stigma. Using the diagnosis to describe something "unpredictable" or "annoying" suggests that people with the condition are inherently difficult, "crazy," or erratic. The stereotype forces many people into silence.
The truth is, you likely know someone with bipolar disorder, like a colleague who never misses a deadline, a friend who is a pillar of support, or a family member who is incredibly high-functioning. Because of the way the word is thrown around as an insult, they often have to hide their diagnosis to avoid being judged by tropes you’re using. When you use the word casually, you are telling those people that you view their identity as a negative trait.
3) It erases the reality. When "bipolar" is used as a joke, it creates an environment where people living with the condition feel they can’t be honest about their struggles. If the word is always associated with being "dramatic" or "moody" in your social circle, a person experiencing a genuine crisis will likely stay silent to avoid being seen as a stereotype. It turns a medical necessity into a social risk. When we stop using the word as a punchline, we open the door for real, life-saving conversations. Language is the environment we live in. When we use clinical terms as insults, we make the environment toxic for the people who actually need those terms to describe their lives.
If you learned something new from this post or would like to help spread awareness, please share it. We should work together to make our language more inclusive. Have you ever experienced this kind of ableist language in your daily life? Whether you’ve been the one hearing it or the one who realized they needed to change their vocabulary, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Image: From Gerd-Altmann/Pixabay
#LanguageMatters #EndTheStigma #BreakTheStigma #CasualAbleism #BipolarAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #Ableism #InclusiveLanguage #SelfCare #Psychology #BipolarDisorder #Bipolar #VisibleNonApparent #Neurodiversity
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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We are not machines. It has taken me years to realize that taking care of myself and engaging in "unproductive" hobbies is just as important as paid labor. Doing something for yourself, or even doing nothing at all, has value that a paycheck can't track.
#SelfCare #Capitalism #Productivity #Hobbies #AntiCapitalism #RestIsResistance #SlowLiving #Humanism #MentalHealth #WorkLifeBalance
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We are told our nation is "broke." We are told we can't afford to solve our most basic human crises. But this is a lie of priorities, not of scarcity.
Wouldn't it be better to redistribute the wealth by feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, and healing the sick? You know, because it is the right thing to do.
Estimates show it would cost around $20 billion per year to provide the permanent supportive housing needed to effectively end chronic homelessness in the U.S.
Making the national school lunch program universally free for every child, ending "lunch debt" and child hunger at school, would cost approximately $5.6 billion per year in addition to current funding.
These are not astronomical sums. They are a rounding error for the ultra-wealthy. We could solve these profound social failures for a fraction of the annual gains on the stock portfolios of the top 1%.
Instead, we are told to worry... "Oh no, Bezos might move away! If we tax the ultra rich they will all move away!" Cool, we'd be so much better off!
First, that threat is mostly a bluff. The "irreplaceable founder" is a myth. If Bezos leaves, he doesn't get to take the Amazon warehouses, the distribution network, or the thousands of U.S. employees with him. The assets, infrastructure, and markets that generate the wealth stay right here.
Plus, academic studies and historical tax data show "tax flight" is not a real phenomenon. One of the most thorough studies on the topic was by Stanford sociologist Cristobal Young who analyzed 13 years of tax returns for every millionaire in the U.S.
He found that millionaires are the least likely group to move. They are more rooted in their communities, businesses, and social networks than the general population. The idea that they will all flee to a low-tax country is a political scare tactic, not an economic reality.
When I say we'd be "better off," I'm not just being facetious. Their departure would be a "corruption drain."
Extreme, concentrated wealth doesn't just sit there; it is used to buy political influence. It is funneled into an army of lobbyists, Super PACs, and media organizations, all designed to do one thing: skew policy, kill regulations, and lower their own taxes.
The massive financial influence strangles our democracy. It ensures that the needs of the wealthy are heard in the halls of Congress, while the needs of the people are ignored. Getting that corrupting money out of our political system is a massive net gain for a functioning society.
Finally, the redistributed money is simply better for the economy.
Wealth hoarded at the top is "low-velocity." It sits in passive stock portfolios and hedge funds inflating asset bubbles but doing nothing for the real economy.
Money given to the poor and middle class (through programs like universal school lunch or housing) is "high-velocity." It gets spent immediately on rent, groceries, car repairs, and local services. This directly stimulates Main Street, creates jobs, and builds a more stable, resilient economy from the ground up.
Taxing the rich to feed the hungry isn't just charity; it's a powerful and efficient economic stimulus.
This "high-velocity" principle doesn't just apply to one-off programs. It’s the logic that underpins the biggest progressive goals: Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Universal Healthcare (UHC).
Universal Basic Income is the ultimate economic stimulant. It's a direct, recurring cash injection to the bottom 90%, creating a stable consumer base that fuels local economies. Roosevelt Institute found that a UBI, by increasing demand, would grow the economy by 12.5% over eight years. It’s not a "handout"; it's a permanent investment in the Main Street businesses that are starved for customers.
Universal Healthcare acts as a massive economic liberation. It frees tens of millions of Americans from medical debt, which is still a top cause of personal bankruptcy. That money would be "high-velocity," but is instead is siphoned off by collection agencies and a the parasitic insurance industry.
By separating insurance from employment, UHC would finally break the "job lock" that traps millions in jobs they hate. Studies repeatedly show "job lock" suppresses entrepreneurship. The act of freeing people to take risks, start their own businesses or move to a better-fitting job would unleash a wave of innovation and economic dynamism that our current system smothers.
The choice is clear. The "lie of scarcity" is a tool used by the wealthy to protect their hoarded wealth at the expense of our society.
Sources and further reading:
American Progress - https://www.americanprogress.org/article/faith-in-values-resolve-to-end-homelessness-in-2013/
American Inequality - https://www.americaninequality.io/homelessness
Jacobin - https://jacobin.com/2023/03/universal-free-school-lunch-means-testing-education-fees
Cristobal Young - https://cristobalyoung.com/research/taxing-the-rich-millionaire-migration/
UBI (Roosevelt Institute): https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/macroeconomic-effects-universal-basic-income-ubi/
#longrant #rant #EattheRich #Equality #economy #homelessness #hungry #SNAP #universalhealthcare #schoollunch #universalbasicincome
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I finally did it! After several months of navigating the challenges of deGoogling, I just deleted my Google account after 15+ years. I was deeply invested in the Google ecosystem, and it has not been easy. However, the journey has been worth it.
I've replaced everything I used from Google with FOSS options, and I'm already noticing the benefits, like increased privacy and control over my data. One of the biggest challenges was finding reliable alternatives, but I’ve discovered some fantastic tools along the way.
Have any of you made a similar switch? I’d love to hear your experiences or any recommendations you might have!
#deGoogle #FOSS #Google #privacy #security #digital #intentionalism #antibigtech
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I finally did it! After several months of navigating the challenges of deGoogling, I just deleted my Google account after 15+ years. I was deeply invested in the Google ecosystem, and it has not been easy. However, the journey has been worth it.
I've replaced everything I used from Google with FOSS options, and I'm already noticing the benefits, like increased privacy and control over my data. One of the biggest challenges was finding reliable alternatives, but I’ve discovered some fantastic tools along the way.
Have any of you made a similar switch? I’d love to hear your experiences or any recommendations you might have!
#deGoogle #FOSS #Google #privacy #security #digital #intentionalism #antibigtech
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I finally did it! After several months of navigating the challenges of deGoogling, I just deleted my Google account after 15+ years. I was deeply invested in the Google ecosystem, and it has not been easy. However, the journey has been worth it.
I've replaced everything I used from Google with FOSS options, and I'm already noticing the benefits, like increased privacy and control over my data. One of the biggest challenges was finding reliable alternatives, but I’ve discovered some fantastic tools along the way.
Have any of you made a similar switch? I’d love to hear your experiences or any recommendations you might have!
#deGoogle #FOSS #Google #privacy #security #digital #intentionalism #antibigtech
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I finally did it! After several months of navigating the challenges of deGoogling, I just deleted my Google account after 15+ years. I was deeply invested in the Google ecosystem, and it has not been easy. However, the journey has been worth it.
I've replaced everything I used from Google with FOSS options, and I'm already noticing the benefits, like increased privacy and control over my data. One of the biggest challenges was finding reliable alternatives, but I’ve discovered some fantastic tools along the way.
Have any of you made a similar switch? I’d love to hear your experiences or any recommendations you might have!
#deGoogle #FOSS #Google #privacy #security #digital #intentionalism #antibigtech
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Their game, Checkout, is on Steam and its cheap right now with the Steam Summer Game Sale. So I bought it. It reminds me of Papers Please with its game play.
The game is made for Windows but it works well on Linux with Steam Proton enabled. The only command I added was
gamemoderun %command%
I plan to update Protondb for it.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2969140/Checkout_Cashier_Simulator/
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2025 was a year of radical change for me. Despite a UCTD flare up, I lost 50 lbs and took the vital step of cutting ties with toxic family to protect my mental health. Most importantly, I finally came out openly as Queer. I am omnisexual, and living that truth has been a major part of my journey this year.
I also finally deGoogled. It was a hard but cathartic experience. I deleted my accounts with Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Discord, Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit, moving my digital life to privacy-respecting, left-leaning services. Embracing FOSS, Debian, Docker, and Proxmox has been an incredible learning journey.
Moving to the Fediverse has been life-changing. For an introvert, finding a home here and posting regularly has been huge!
For 2026, I’m leaning toward the analog. I want to solidify my journaling habit, read more, and start walking in the beautiful park near our new home. I am even hoping to pick up a 35mm film camera.
Thank you to everyone I have interacted with here for giving me such a great outlet. I look forward to more conversations in the coming year.
Happy New Year and stay safe!
:NoAI: :gnu: :tux: ♿️ 🏳️🌈
#noAI #DeGoogle #FOSS #OpenSource #SelfHosted #PrivacyMatters #Linux #DigitalSovereignty #MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #UCTD #Disability #Journaling #AnalogLife #FilmPhotography #Fediverse #Mastodon #Humanism #Queer #NewYear2026 #Omnisexual #ComingOut