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ggothamite:

everyone say happy birthday to him

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alpaca-clouds:

southernsolarpunk:

I think we a group need to consider what the early “zero waste” movement did in the 2010s. You know. They’d keep “all” their waste in a glass jar, live in a nice apartment somewhere in LA where they had easy access to a refill store and didn’t stop to consider that just existing in the US creates waste they couldn’t see.

I remember watching a video in 9th grade (around 2013) about a chick who did that and even then I was like “that’s bullshit” and it really turned me off the zero waste movement.

The inherent classism of a lot of zero waste purists created a wall between me and them, where instead of them admitting their privilege, they simply said “anyone can do this”. Most people can’t. A zero waste refill store does not exist in my state! Sure, I could try online but this is 1. More expensive- something my dirt poor family could not do at the time and 2. Creates more carbon emissions!

This isn’t to say zero waste is bad- it’s simply a standard most Americans can’t reach. I think this is why I’m so drawn to solarpunk, because I think solarpunk recognizes the classism that is in a lot of eco-friendly products and movements (something I do think is being addressed- I’ve seen more affordable products now than I did in high school). Solarpunk includes diy- reusing packaging that many of us still have to buy because we can’t afford the eco-friendly version.

Idk I just had some thoughts

Absolutely agree. This is a general issue within the environmental movement, that people, who can affort certain things - or live in an area where things might be easy - will just act as if this was the case everywhere and for everyone.

Stuff like “I do not need a car, I will use public transport”, like, tough luck if you live in an area without public transport. Or “I will just take the bike”. As if all people could bike (disabilities are still real) or each place has bike infrastructures.

Or a classical one is: “Everyone can be vegan.” Which is just not true. For one, again, disabled people exist. And especially in areas like food deserts it is actually fairly hard to get proper vegan food.

Just some examples.

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modestaesthetics:

roxy206:

ACLU South Dakota post

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alpaca-clouds:

southernsolarpunk:

I think we a group need to consider what the early “zero waste” movement did in the 2010s. You know. They’d keep “all” their waste in a glass jar, live in a nice apartment somewhere in LA where they had easy access to a refill store and didn’t stop to consider that just existing in the US creates waste they couldn’t see.

I remember watching a video in 9th grade (around 2013) about a chick who did that and even then I was like “that’s bullshit” and it really turned me off the zero waste movement.

The inherent classism of a lot of zero waste purists created a wall between me and them, where instead of them admitting their privilege, they simply said “anyone can do this”. Most people can’t. A zero waste refill store does not exist in my state! Sure, I could try online but this is 1. More expensive- something my dirt poor family could not do at the time and 2. Creates more carbon emissions!

This isn’t to say zero waste is bad- it’s simply a standard most Americans can’t reach. I think this is why I’m so drawn to solarpunk, because I think solarpunk recognizes the classism that is in a lot of eco-friendly products and movements (something I do think is being addressed- I’ve seen more affordable products now than I did in high school). Solarpunk includes diy- reusing packaging that many of us still have to buy because we can’t afford the eco-friendly version.

Idk I just had some thoughts

Absolutely agree. This is a general issue within the environmental movement, that people, who can affort certain things - or live in an area where things might be easy - will just act as if this was the case everywhere and for everyone.

Stuff like “I do not need a car, I will use public transport”, like, tough luck if you live in an area without public transport. Or “I will just take the bike”. As if all people could bike (disabilities are still real) or each place has bike infrastructures.

Or a classical one is: “Everyone can be vegan.” Which is just not true. For one, again, disabled people exist. And especially in areas like food deserts it is actually fairly hard to get proper vegan food.

Just some examples.

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spooky-deerling:

clonehub:

spooky-deerling:

clonehub:

SAG officially considers cosplays of current/past media as crossing the picket line as it can be seen as supporting the studios they’re currently striking against.

(link is to a series of tweets, which include the original poster of the screenshot directly asking SAG-AFTRA what the rules are for cosplayers who want to support the strike)

This is worrisome, is it not? Are they providing a list of what not to cosplay? Is cosplaying a comic book character okay so long as it hasn’t been in a movie? Is cosplaying that character only okay if it’s in an outfit not represented in a movie?

Given the union can ban you from joining FOR LIFE if you cross the picket line, they really need to do a better job at educating people at what that means.

I can’t imagine wearing an innocuous cosplay in your early 20s on a stream, just to find out a decade later you’re barred from a life saving union due to the “evidence of crossing the picket line” from back before you were even aware what that was.

Are we not allowed to talk about media we enjoy? What happens if we do? Do we have to exclusively speak negatively about these things, or is any reference to film/tv considered advertisement?

I’m not seeing any real resources for what constitutes “crossing the picket line”, but I do keep seeing posts about how we need to not do it.

The notes have sources and explanations. The official SAG-AFTRA strike site has an FAQ about this too, if you want to Google.

“If you want to google”, I understand where your frustration is coming from that has led you to be condescending, but let me reclarify some things I’m sure you’re aware of but not focusing on due to your frustration.

Google as a search engine has been malicious and purposefully misleading for years now, as it’s an engine that cares more about showing you advertisements and AI generated information that isn’t always accurate. Counting the fact they got rid of pages in favor of an infinite scroll model, and “just google it” becomes the fastest track to making less informed, non-internet savvy folks, less informed and more likely to consume well advertised propaganda than actual results.

Now, to circle back to my original concern, the one that you have either misunderstood in your frustration or, in that frustration, chose to ignore for what you felt was more important, let me reclarify. 

There is so much news going about as far as the various strikes are concerned, and it’s very easy to see post after post that links to relevant social medias/websites, crowdfunding, and accurate news articles. Those are in grand supply. What is not in grand supply, is clear cut information on these very same posts about what the constantly shifting news means for people who have been doing their best to keep up in a world where, quite frankly, there are too many things to keep up with to be 100% correctly informed on all of them. Especially for those of us who are not financially secure, don’t speak English as well as what is considered “typical”, don’t live in the Americas, etc. etc. a long list of other circumstances that I am confident you are already aware of given what website we are both on at this moment in time.

What is worrisome to me, is there is more noise on “don’t cross the picket line” without people explaining, in full, what that actually means. It becomes hollow, everyone shouting the same thing over and over again, but not taking the time to express how it’s more complex than just saying you support strikers, or saying not to cross the line “or else”. 

You made a post that sourced a Twitter thread, but that thread does not clearly convey the specifics of what is and is not crossing the line. You say that, well, easy, just go into the notes of  your post for sources. What worries me is that you (like many others) did not include those sources yourself. While, yes, theoretically everyone has the chance of having equal access to the notes of this specific post, that’s not true of every post made. Everyone should do their own research, absolutely, but what worries me is that you yourself, like many others, did the bare minimum (linking a twitter thread that doesn’t post clear sources), which not only leaves a lot to question (as described in my initial reblog), but puts everyone in an unfair situation.

You may say, “Well, I didn’t have the time to properly research this, so you need to do it yourself.” which brings us to the earlier problem; If you didn’t have the time, capabilities, or resources to do it, why would you believe everyone else would?

This is the concern. Plenty of information, vaguely being pumped out, creating confusion and fear-mongering about what is and isn’t allowed, because somewhere down the line, a person (yourself) chose not to do research in favor of hoping thousands of people viewing your post would do it. When, truly, had you just included clear sources, clear research, yourself the first time, you would be helping out the many people who (like yourself, I assume, due to your response to me), do not have the time, capabilities, or resources to do it. 

And if the thought process here may be “Well if I didn’t say something, even without clarity, nobody else would. I had to bring this to everyone’s attention.” then you’re, very unfortunately, proving my point in that the information regarding these strikes is not being conveyed in clearly accessible ways for the general public or those incapable, without time, without resources.

So, I’ll ask again, this is worrisome, is it not?

sunrisedragon:

ravenoftheskyes:

clonehub:

ravenoftheskyes:

clonehub:

SAG officially considers cosplays of current/past media as crossing the picket line as it can be seen as supporting the studios they’re currently striking against.

(link is to a series of tweets, which include the original poster of the screenshot directly asking SAG-AFTRA what the rules are for cosplayers who want to support the strike)

Neil Gaiman confirmed this was a troll.

SAG-AFTRA themselves says otherwise, as applies to influencers.

Like idk the original link to the tweets definitely makes it clear that this is applying to influencers and the like and the anon in the screenshot is not talking about the same thing (saying “any” online content implies to me that they saw the final screenshot in isolation rather than as part of the thread, or at least didn’t read it carefully)

Okay, yes, I understand what you’re trying to say. But the way you phrased it makes it sound like you can’t Cosplay at all, and that’s what people in the tags are taking it as. What they’re saying is you can’t take money for cosplay. That’s crossing the picket line.

What people are suggesting is a boycott, which once again, SAG-AFTRA has actively discouraged. A boycott shows there’s no demand for writers and actors, but they want a lot of demand and no writers or actors to make new content. What people are taking this to mean is that you can’t make fan content, and that’s actively counterintuitive to the strike!

“Neither union has called on supporters to stop streaming their favorite shows or going to movie theaters — they don’t consider such commonplace activities to be crossing the picket line, the Washington Post reported.

The actors union has said, however, that it considers a content creator or up-and-coming actor taking a job that would normally be filled by a union member crossing the picket line.

And if they do fill those roles, it may come back to bite them in the future. ‘Any non-member seeking future membership in SAG-AFTRA who performs covered services for a struck company during the strike will not be admitted into membership in SAG-AFTRA,’ the union’s strike notice outlines.”

(so from what I understand, the picket line blocks professional content creators/influencers - people who earn money from cosplay - from taking jobs and money that would/should have gone to striking actors. afaik, it therefore does not apply to hobbyist cosplayers?)

How to support the SAG-AFTRA/WGA strike: Streaming TV shows, going to movie theaters doesn't cross the picket line

The best way to support the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes is to donate to hardship funds that provide financial assistance to actors and writers

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breelandwalker:

violetsandshrikes:

violetsandshrikes:

violetsandshrikes:

watching people on tiktok consume borax is uh. something.

having to say “don’t eat borax” was not on my 2023 bingo

@the-puffinry

Can’t believe in the year 2023 we have to say: do not consume borax. It will not provide a “parasite cleanse”, it does not combat the “evil fluoride” in your water, and it is not a super mineral. It will damage your organs. Also, it’s not rated for human consumption so frankly, who knows what it’s cross-contaminated with (my personal bet would be arsenic).

Arsenic is another naturally-occurring element that our bodies are usually deficient in….

Lol

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