happybadger [he/him]

I’m the commune orthopaedic surgeon this week. I make those decisions by community vote.

the power of friendship

It’s wild that OSHA won’t let an employer lock you in an unsafe room with an unsafe machine, but it’s fine if they force you to commute in unsafe conditions with an unsafe vehicle. A tech support job demanded I drive 70km on an interstate in a blizzard just to tell customers that the internet is out because there’s a blizzard. I couldn’t use my much better computer with my much better headset at home. Instead they wanted me to risk my life and my most expensive possession for $2 above minimum wage.

r/HitlerPlusHealthcare

It’s a good thread for mask off liberalism. There was a /c/slop guy yesterday who was posting on /r/progressiveHQ, chiding leftists for supporting “Palenstine”. They’ve never been on my radar before but it seems like a particularly evil subreddit even compared to /r/neoliberal.

There is a dignified way to enforce the law.

Social democracy is objectively the moderate wing of fascism.

edit: https://archive.is/wip/Gk0NA Archive of the thread at 1700 UTC.