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The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich

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Decentralize it: Mastodon Quick Start In 280 Characters

Mastodon Quick Start In 280 Characters (Including This Title) 1) Pick a server at https://joinmastodon.org/ that admits new users. 2) Register account and confirm email. 3) Search for users or check out the “Trending” tab. 4) Follow and engage with users. Mastodon works like Twitter. Feel free to copy, modify or use the above as you please 🙂

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The evolution of COVID-19

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“All unintellectual labour, all monotonous, dull labour, all labour that deals with dreadful things, and involves unpleasant conditions, must be done by machinery. […] At present machinery competes against man. Under proper conditions machinery will serve man.” (Oscar Wilde, 1891)

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If it means people are tired of working for free, then yes, they are less “ambitious”

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Walmart made 572.8 billion USD in revenue this year why do they still pay minimum wage?

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We need to lobby to strengthen the position of immigrants.

This year alone 2.5 million people crossed the border from Mexico. Not only that but they are being bussed around. This isn’t a political stunt it’s done to increase desperation. Millions of people who can’t claim unemployment forced to work for whatever they are given with laughable repercussions if any for hiring illegal aliens. They will have no choice but to be scabs at Walmart Starbucks Kellogg unless their rights are bolstered.

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“The desire to organize life together as equals in solidarity is not so crazy: not individualized as strangers and competitors, […] but sharing in the form of a commune. Yet with the desire for communism also comes its real history, its disappointing heritage. And we have to deal with this.”

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I quit because I felt employer was asking a lot about my health

I’m in NY. I recently quit my job. I was experiencing migraines only at work. Like horrible, bed ridden migraines. The office I worked in was very dirty, very unkept and poor lighting. I became scared because I would be dying from a headache all day and then have to drive home. I almost got into a horrible accident. Few other issues to note, I had sinus issues, lots of sneezing and some coughing, and recently there was an out break of bugs. A bug bit my leg and I had a huge reaction. My doctor wrote me a note to work from home. She wanted to see if removing me from the environment would help (it did, no more headaches). I showed her photos of my office and she suspected the lack of proper lighting and the desk (not being ergonomic) was causing my headaches. Even a possibility the…

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Seen this on a job application, is this even legal ?