Update: Aktuell sind noch rund 500 #THW-Helferinnen und -Helfer in den Hochwassergebieten an Saar, Mosel und Rhein im Einsatz. Sie setzen weiterhin Pumpen ein, verpflegen Einsatzkräfte, beseitigen Schäden, messen die Wasserpegel, betanken Fahrzeuge sowie Geräte und beraten Einsatzleitungen. Derzeit liegt der Einsatzschwerpunkt des THW in #Wörth am Rhein. Das THW stellt sich darauf ein, dass der Einsatz bis Ende der Woche andauern wird.
(I bring a sort of “#Everyone has inherent #worth regardless of their productivity” Vibe to every #conversation that #ableists don’t really seem to like)
So-called "Objectivism", the "philosophy" of Ayn Rand, is nothing but ableism thinly disguised as a philosophy.
A person's abilities and disabilities DO NOT define that person's worth. Thinking they do is putting the cart before the horse. Who cares what you can or can't do if it isn't useful TO someone? So answer me this: Are people valuable because they can do things, or are the things people can do valuable because they're useful...to people?
The value of all the things we experience comes from our experience of them. Our moral worth originates within us. It is primary, and is not derived, as the value of our abilities is.
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s financial reports include an unusual redaction
“#Kacsmaryk’s entire net worth seems to be wrapped up in the one stock that is #redacted,” Palin said. “It negates the entire purpose of the financial disclosures if 96 percent of this judge’s #net#worth is #hidden from the general public. It’s clear as day.”
Gabe Roth, director of the court transparency nonprofit Fix the Court, agreed that “it makes very little sense” to allow the redaction — though neither he nor Palin had any information about the reason it was approved. “One of the ways that the public conducts accountability for judges and justices is by reviewing their financial reports,” Roth said.
Kacsmaryk has been criticized by members of Congress for not being forthcoming during his #confirmation#process. The Washington Post reported last week that Kacsmaryk did not disclose that he submitted an article to a law review criticizing Obama-era protections for transgender people and had asked that his name be removed from the article. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/21/kacsmaryk-stock-redact-abortion-pill/
What are the most unconventional sources of white noise you use?
I have started listening to random American city council meetings lately for white noise. Since they’re all bureaucratic-flavored boredom anyway.