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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • Serious answer then: you won’t be fired for being yourself.

    When I had this conversation with a trans mate (who had a fucking awful Daily Heil-reading co-worker with no notion of what was appropriate conversation for the workplace) I said, “hang on a moment, isn’t [being fired over being out] illegal?” He said, “yes, but it doesn’t stop it happening.”

    I believed him - he was living it, he had the experience. Conversations with him involved me getting smacked in the face with my own privilege on a regular basis. You have it easy.



  • Once the water companies were privatised, they took out massive loans and performed no maintenance. The loans were purely to pay shareholder dividends. Now they’re loaded down with debt.

    Atop this, that crumbling infrastructure can’t handle the increased water flow that’s due to rainfall increases. So there’s been a general trend of dumping raw sewage into rivers (the fines are cheaper op ex than the capex needed to fix the situation).

    It’s parasitic capitalism at its finest.