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fairuzfan · 4 months

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#usamerica #agree

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overstimulated-autism-creature · 16 days

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gay-jewish-bucky · 1 year

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**WTF is a garbage disposal?

The garbage disposal is mounted to the underside of a sink and is designed to collect solid food waste in a grinding chamber. When you turn on the disposal, a spinning disc, or impeller plate, turns rapidly, forcing the food waste against the outer wall of the grinding chamber. This pulverizes the food into tiny bits, which then get washed by water through holes in the chamber wall. (x)

#poll #polls #america #usamerica

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env0writes · 3 months

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Janus Estuaries Vol. 3, 1.20.24 “Paper Trails"

The Law only ever serves The Capitol And the Law only ever serves The Capital I learned as a child in the Alphabet Song A before O, but somehow this seems wrong They say in triplicate, in houses two and branches three Balance the blind scales and ruling might, oh, Land of Free Where the Price is (not) Right, but there’s one for everything How many servants to the public Left, or Right wing? Once a child would look for songs and be sued Tallying the cell-days they’ve accrued Only for Brokers and Investors to whine That the world isn’t fair, “What’s mine is mine and yours is mine!” What use is a system with one singular pursuit With Constituents begging to not be refute Businesses demanding for the use of our history Tailor-made adverts, machine-learned; no mystery The Capitol follows The Capital No matter how costly the flaw The Capital cares not for The Law In the future that they have foresaw

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circes-grotto · 10 days

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ok everybody lemme check something..........

reblog for sample size pretty please. also if you have funnier terms in other languages you speak that can be applied, share them in the tags

#america #english #usa #usamerica #language #poll

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macgyvermedical · 6 months

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Books That Interpret USAmerica

I'm trying to put together a list of books that interpret the USAmerican life at the individual and community levels. Please add to this list, including only books you have read and finished. I particularly need more books on this list by and about Black and indigenous peoples, but any book about the experience of life as a person living in the US will do. I look forward to expanding my to-read list!

Here is what I have so far:

Evicted, by Matthew Desmond- RE the housing crisis

Temp, by Louis Hyman- RE the staffing crisis

How the Other Half Eats, by Priya Fielding-Singh- RE how food, mother/daughter dynamics, and socioeconomics fit together

Shorting the Grid, by Meredith Angwin- RE the energy crisis and how grid electricity works in the USA

This is Your Mind on Plants, by Michael Pollan- RE the regulation of psychoactive plants

The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan- RE where food comes from

Savage Inequalities, by Jonathan Kozol- RE the severe inequality in the education system

Hyper Education, by Pawan Dhingra- RE pressures placed on children in and beyond the education system

Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism, by Peter J Hotez- RE: the fight over vaccines

$2.00 Per Day, by Katheryn J Edin, H Luke Shaefer- RE the lives of people below the international poverty line living in the USA

The Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan- RE the great depression

The Velvet Rope Economy, by Nelson D Schwartz- RE how different services and systems serve different levels of socioeconomic status

Janesville, by Amy Goldstein- RE a small town's struggle after losing it's main employer

Indebted, by Caitlin Zaloom- RE the student debt crisis

McMindfulness, by Ronald E Purser- RE how the lack of happiness was pushed on the individual instead of the system

Fat Talk, by Virginia Sole-Smith- RE questioning the source and outcomes of the obesity epidemic

Dopesick, by Beth Macy- RE the opioid crisis

#america #usamerica #life in the usa #book recs

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injustice-of-toren · 8 days

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The TikTok ban is almost certainly going to pass, since it's tied to Ukraine and Israel aid now. And Biden has said he'll sign in.

Not sure what to tell you other than please call your senators (but be normal when calling; don't threaten homicide or suicide because last time people did that I was hearing about it on NPR).

Also, there will likely be first amendment lawsuits challenging it when it passes but I don't know enough about *gestures vaguely* the constitution to tell you whether that'll work.

#npr #tiktok ban #free speech #tiktok #us politics #usamerica

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usauthoritarianism · 9 days

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scriobh-an-iontas · 21 days

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ACAB.

There's an old adage that goes like this: "If there’s a Nazi at the table, and ten other people are sitting at the table talking to them, then you have a table with eleven Nazis."

But let's take it further. Let's add a twelfth person. Let's say that the twelfth person wants to remove the Nazi from the table. They are against the Nazi.

The ten do not like that the twelfth wants to get rid of the Nazi. They think that casting out the Nazi would be rude, or would set a bad precedent, and that is an uncomfortable thing to worry about at a polite table like theirs. So the ten say 'the Nazi has as much right to sit at the table as you or I.'

The Nazi does not change. They are a Nazi.

So the twelfth person leaves.

When another person comes, there is a ten in twelve chance that they will be neutral. There is a one in twelve chance that they'll be good. And there's a one in twelve chance that they'll be a Nazi. And there's already a Nazi at the table, and there are ten people who are fine with that.

Policing in the North had its start in defending the property of shopkeepers and the wealthy. Policing in the South had its start in catching runaway slaves.

The people who joined those initial groups were not interested looking out for the public good. They were interested in a job that let them hit people professionally. That is the soil that the culture of police grew up in, and that fell soil birthed a fell plant, which has born fell fruits.

True, more duties have been given to the police over time, but the old guard never left, and was never discounted, so they were able to pass on what they knew to the young bucks, and the cycle continued.

That is why, nowadays, there are no good cops. There are bad cops, and there are cops who do nothing when bad cops do bad things.

40% of cops are domestic abusers. That is not a question, nor is it a debate. It is a fact. It also means that we can assume that 40% of cops are bad cops, because domestic abuse is a bad thing, and the people who do it are bad people. That is also not up for debate, no matter the abusers' reasons or rationales.

Let's be generous and assume that the other 60% of cops aren't domestic abusers. Let's call them neutral cops.

Of that 60%, let's say that there really are a few good cops. They have heard about what police are expected to do now, and truly wish to serve the public good.

These good cops do not last long. They report the bad cops, because they are doing bad things. But reports mean accountability, and accountability upsets the apple cart, and upset apple carts are unpleasant to be in, if you are a neutral person. Besides, this is a polite table.

So the good cops leave, or are forced out, and the young bucks become the old guard, and they teach the next generation what they learned from their elders, and the fell soil police culture grows in does not change, and the cycle continues.

ACAB.

#acab #1312 #acab1312 #police history #11 nazis at a table #nazis #slave patrol #thugs with sticks #usamerica

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hatchi-matchii · 3 months

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How about we don’t have a president at all and we just agree to be cool

#text #textpost #usamerica

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awkward-potato-504 · 2 months

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Did you hear USamerica voted to band TikTok?

#USA #usamerica #TikTok #TikTok ban #America #news #lowkey click bait summery from me

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basilsbestpainting · 7 months

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So.

My partner and I were sitting and having some coffee before we went on today's adventure when someone knocked on our door.

I got up and answered.

And the people, who were obviously there to sell me Jesus, said "Oh sorry, we were looking for Spanish speaking households." And left.

I just got out of being sold jesus for being white in america and I honestly cannot stop laughing.

#usa #usamerica

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callmedarthrevan · 6 months

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My university's radio station shut down today for the national strike that I've heard whispers about (but havent actually seen anything closed irl) and I just have to wonder. Would it not be a better use of time to, rather than stop broadcasting, to read articles about the genocide on air? Play Palestinian music? Have Palestinian activists on to speak? Actively participate and use your airtime for good and to speak out rather than simply shutting down? As far as I can tell, Palestinian people have been asking us to keep talking about them and keep them in the public consciousness to put pressure on American politicians to hopefully actually do something.... not take a day off from work. If all the employees went to a protest today I would get it, I guess. But maybe. They could have broadcast a feed from the protest. Perhaps. IDK. A work stoppage at a university radio station doesnt really do anything.

#palestine #usamerica #protests

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may-or-may-not-be-me · 10 months

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Genuinely forgot it was the 4th of July. I thought there was a super long shootout happening in the alley

#op #usamerica

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erikkamirs · 1 year

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#polls #poll #US states #states #united states #usa #top 10 based on population size #state #usamerica

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writing-with-olive · 11 months

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“ hold the line until somone who actually gives a shit comes” people like you have been saying this for half a century . “Reinforcements” ain’t coming , and the dems use this argument to get away with doing absolutely fuck all every single time they get power because hey look at him he’s worse . Hell half of us our votes are worse than useless from gerrymandering Everybody I know has had enough of being told the sun will come out tommorow if we just eat shit today .

In reference to this post (linked)

So i'm gonna preface this by saying, I hear you. Because this situation is beyond fucked and I wish that everyone would just get their head out of their ass and actually represent in this representative democracy rather than play emperor wannabe. You are right in that the democratic party, especially as it stands now, are not our saviors. And you are right that the maps have been gerrymandered into oblivion.

However, I stand by what I said.

First, gerrymandered maps up until recently had to still look competitive, even if they weren't, in order to get through. What this means is if you get enough people out to the polls, especially people who don't normally vote and were thus not part of the calculations, districts can be flipped. Maps are also drawn based on likely voters, people who have already shown they're consistent about coming out. Therefore, it does not include first-timers; it does not include the youngest of voters.

This is what stopped the red wave. Generation Z voted about 70% blue and came out in record numbers. There will be two years more worth of them during the next election. There is no reason to believe they won't do it again, especially since the state of the country has gotten even more severe. It's not some "hopefully someone out there gives a shit and will magically change their decisions." It's "there's a fuckton of people who already do give a shit and weren't old enough to voice it yet."

Second, I am not saying the dems care. I am not. But they are not the ones about to default on our country's loans and send the world economy into recession. They are not pushing for forms of genocide on trans people. They are not pushing for forms of genocide on the latino population. They are not endorsing outright hate groups. They are not the ones cutting people off from abortion access. They are not the ones banning books in schools. They are not the ones pushing to make guns more and more accessible every time a school gets shot up. They are not the ones who told their followers to seize the capital after they lost an election. No. It's the Republican party that is doing all of that.

This is why I said "hold the line." Not "this will be victory." One election isn't going to make this go away. I wish it would, but it won't. However. Part of the reason it's getting so bad is because the politicians who are making hate and scapegoating core to their career thinks it will work and they will not change unless it is beyond painfully obvious it won't. The bar is on the ground right now. The first order of business is establishing that bringing shovels is not acceptable.

Third, I refuse to sit back, go belly up, and surrender. Using your expression, "being told we just have to eat shit today," it's either that or starving to death. It's not fun, it's not pretty, and I am certainly not saying that you should like it, but it's hard to grow and cultivate some nice crops if you're dead.

Here's the thing. No successful movement in history worked because its members were telling each other "this is useless we might as well give up." That pushes new members away. It stops people from even trying. There's a reason voting rights are so contentious in this country, and it's because if people believe their voice has power, they're going to use it, and that will give it power. I don't think that this post will change your mind. If you are this jaded, 900ish words won't do it. However, I ask that you keep the nihilism to yourself. For all you know, the people who you talk to could be the reinforcements and you do no one any favors by going and stopping them before they get a chance to start. We may be more or less on the same side, but the thing about friendly fire is it ain't all that friendly.

I say "hold the line" because a sense of camaraderie gives people hope. Hope is what fuels change. Part of my job in this fight is to get more people to join. It is about proactively generating reinforcements. And before you say "but posts on tumblr of all places aren't going to do that," I will say that tumblr is only a piece of this. I can make a whole separate post on that if people want, but I firmly believe that if I talk the talk, I gotta walk the walk.

And what if I'm wrong and you're right and none of it's going to change the state of the country? Because of everything else, we have a mental health crisis in this country. Having a longterm goal is huge for people who are trying to find the strength to pull themselves out of that pit. I know this from firsthand experience, and from watching other people grow once they had a chance to find purpose themselves. Giving people the opportunity to care about something, to find connections, that is a worthy goal in and of itself, even if it only helps people on an individual level.

This is all to say, while I hear you and I am not saying you have to change your beliefs, I ask that you do not get in the way of the people who are trying to do something about it.

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