pezmico

pezmico, 9 months ago to random

We are now in the middle of "Oops"

pezmico, 10 months ago to random

Here's one weird trick that billionaires don't want you to know:
Join your union.

#GeneralStrike #WGAStrong #WGASTRIKE #UnionStrong

pezmico, 7 months ago to random

"If we tax the rich they will just leave."

So?
Let them leave.
Pretty much anywhere they go they'll need to pay taxes.
They can't take the land, houses, resources, or infrastructure they're hoarding.
They're not doing us a favour, Trickle down is a lie.
If they're only staying as long as they can avoid contributing their fair share, why would we want them here anyway?

Either they contribute to the society that benefits them or they leave and free up their stash.

Bye bye. We can do better.

pezmico, 8 months ago to random

Quick reminder that we are not actually in a "Cost of Living Crisis".

It's a Extreme Inequality and Record Untaxed Profits Crisis.

While we struggle for the basics, banks, energy companies, supermarkets and the oligarchs are posting record breaking profits.

It would be pretty straight forward to even it out. If they wanted to.

Don't buy the framing that makes it seem like nothing can be done, other than suffering through it.

pezmico, 7 months ago to eattherich

We already have enough for everyone.
It's just being hoarded and wasted.

#EatTheRich #TaxWealth

pezmico, 8 months ago to Economics

We tried Trickle Down economics and it didn't work.

Time to try a new approach.

Comrades, the era of Piñata Economics is upon us.

#PinataEconomics #TrickleDownEconomics #Economics #EatTheRich #meme

pezmico, 8 months ago to random

Please don't say "After the pandemic" or "Post-covid world".

Don't use phrasing that reinforces the idea that the pandemic is over and it's all in the past. It is not.

Say "post lockdowns", "After the initial response", "since public health measures expired", "during the global emergency phase", "while schools were closed".

Use accurate terms for what you mean, don't erase this gigantic ongoing issue.

Don't gaslight more.

Remember that language is powerful and #CovidIsNotOver

pezmico, 8 months ago to random

If you ask me, I'd say what we most urgently need to do is less.

Less of almost everything.

Less work, less consumerism, less travel, less buying, less waste, less stress, less pollution.

'Slowing down is the Revolution.'

It wouldn't be a solution for everything but it would be a good start.

And then #degrowth and #ecosocialism or something, I don't know. There's a lot of smarter people than me thinking about that.

Perhaps that's why no one is asking me. 🤷

pezmico, 1 year ago to random

When you take a taxi in Tokyo, it's now pretty standard to have an air quality monitor inside.

The drivers all mask and there's plexiglass separating the driver and the passengers.

You may argue about the effectiveness of each of these measures, but it's clear that this is a society responding together and adapting to a new reality.

This is living with the virus: trying to mitigate it's harm. Instead of pretending it does not exist.

#CovidIsNotOver

pezmico, 10 months ago to random

What annoys me most about the phrase "This is the New Normal" is that it implies that we just have to accept it and there's nothing we can do.

Being sick all the time is Not Normal.

The oceans boiling and the forests burning down while the cities either flood or wither in droughts is Not Normal either.

A few assholes holding the vast majority of the wealth while the rest of us struggle to get by is definitely Not Normal.

And we should not accept any of it as Normal.
It is not.

pezmico, 1 year ago to random

Went to a donut shop in Japan today.

They had a CO2 monitor on the counter and a UV light on, plus circulating air through the ventilation system.

Also all the staff and most of the customers were masked. 😷

It's really not that hard and if a donut shop can do it we can certainly do it at least in schools and hospitals.

This is more what I'd think "Live with the virus" looks like. What we're doing feels more like "Pretend there is no virus".

#CovidIsNotOver

Standing shielded UV light plugged to the wall in the donut shop.

pezmico, 1 year ago to random

So the WHO is finally saying it out loud:

One in ten covid infections will need long term care.

As a #DnD player, I can tell you this is way more likely than it seems at first.

If infected with covid, and you roll 1 on a 1d10:
Gain a permanent level of exhaustion.

So wear a mask.
Get a decent modifier on your Constitution saving throw against infection.

#CovidIsNotOver

pezmico, 1 year ago to random

"I won't attend your event due to the lack of Covid protections."
-Sensible and reasonable but boring.

"A vow of solitude for the duration of the plague prevents my presence. Your careless congregations tempt fate and threaten the wellbeing of our bloodlines. My duty is to health and reason."
-Mysterious, heroic, epic.

pezmico, 7 months ago to random

A propos of the poor being a punching bag for the political right, the criminalisation of poverty and the ugly rhetoric they embrace every time they need votes.

Know your enemy.

We can do better. We can look after each other. #Solidarity is the way.

pezmico, 5 days ago to random

We laugh, but inside we're crying. 😁😭

pezmico, 3 months ago to cycling

Every time someone complains that "they built a cycleway and no one uses it"....

#AKLBikeLife #paihikara #BikeTooter

pezmico, 1 month ago to acab

Here's a cartoon about landlords.
#antiCapitalism #ACAB

pezmico, 2 months ago to random

I'm never going to not be angry at the fact that we've collectively accepted that it's fine to infect kids repeatedly with a virus that causes, among many other problems, brain damage and immune problems.

We could have at least given them clean air.

It's absolutely despicable, villainous behaviour for which some of them will suffer for the rest of their lives.
All so the money keeps flowing to the rich.

Unforgiveable.
#CovidIsNotOver

pezmico, 11 months ago to random

I used to work with a polio survivor.
He couldn't walk, his legs were too weak because of the virus. He moved around in a wheelchair or on crutches that held his whole body weight.
He was a gentle dude.
But one time, we were all just chatting away and one of the workmates starting saying vaccines were bad and a conspiracy to make children sick.
My guy slapped him and said "Be grateful that I can't kick you. If I had a vax, I would probably be walking. You don't know what you're talking about."

pezmico, 2 months ago to random

In case you needed some reassurance that wearing a N95 or better respirator made a considerable difference in the risk of infection by #COVID19 .

You are doing the right thing, keep wearing your N95 respirator.
😷

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp

pezmico, 9 months ago to random

Wish governments across the world dedicated to climate action even half the energy they spend stopping climate activists.

(and then they wouldn't need to stop the activists)

pezmico, 10 months ago to fediverse

I think my love for the #fediverse was cemented that time when Raspberry Pi brought a surveillance cop as a brand ambassador to do Influencer Shit™ on here and everyone dragged them for days.

#ACAB + #antiCapitalism = ❤️

pezmico, 6 months ago to blackfriday

It's nearly that time of the year again.
The time when our capitalists overlords do their utmost to push us into mindless consumerism.

Don't forget that this profit driven economic system is burning our ecosystems.
Every war and injustice traces back to the greed of the oligarch ruling class.

#BlackFriday is a trap.
Celebrate #BuyNothingDay instead.

pezmico, 27 days ago to random

Not sure if setting snipers on the rooftops of universities overlooking unarmed, peaceful student protests is the best way to demonstrate how committed your society is to freedom and democracy.

But I'm no political strategist.

#freePalestine #ceasefireNow #endTheOccupation #fromTheRiverToTheSea #sanctionIsrael

pezmico, 1 year ago to random

Wondering why protest so often needs to be disruptive?