Wil Weston

‘I had never the intention of working a job, and when I got into the pilot, you'd think that that would convince me even more not to work, because why do I need to work, right? I've got the money coming in. But when the pilot came through, I thought, “Well, if I work, then I can save all the money from the pilot and maybe some from the job as well,” and if I'd never been tempted by the pilot weirdly enough to go and do more work to get more money, then I never would have become more social and gone out of the house, and just developed as a person as I have over the past 2 years.. it made me happy. It changed how I acted quite a lot’ (YP62 - End of Pilot)

Love this experience by one of the basic income pilot participants in Wales. They got £1,290 a month after tax for two years (about $1,862/mo), and at first they planned to not get a job, but then after getting into the pilot, they changed their mind, because why not do more to get more money?

I see that they are addressing the house crisis at the same slow pace as we do… seems like we’d be on our 14th or 15th circle at this point. 🪏⭕️⭕️⭕️⭕️⭕️

This is a good reminder that if you stole a plate or something that is a crime, the police come and you might go to jail. Steal hundreds of thousands of you pay a fine years later, the police don't come and it functionally is not a crime.

Cartoon of 3 men singing, “We’re Fuuuuucked!”

cover preview image for Hallowed Ground by Kevin Wada

HALLOWED GROUND

An Afterlife Horror Comic Anthology.

110+ pages, 12 stories of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, from LGBTQIA+ Creative Teams.

Launching March 23rd on Kickstarter:
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Republicans are all death cult evangelical fanatics, billionaires that want to be royalty, racists that want Hitler 2.0 in America — and the profoundly gullible & stupid.

Gas prices, grocery bills, investment in education — kitchen table issues — they don’t give a single fuck about that.

The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime America has blood on its hands.

New in PN: The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime

"American disinterest in the lives of people abroad is a resource politicians use to justify cynical wars. It's hard to see on what moral grounds we claim a right to decide the fate of those about whom we clearly care so little."

I think it's a pretty grim state of affairs that it's not the bombing little girls or the poisoning of a major city that will cause political backlash in the US but god forbid bubba can't fill his lifted f-250 and people will finally start caring.

picture of a article in a newspaper thats reads revenge on rapist A WOMAN made pregnant by a rapist shot him ten times and cut his head off after authorities refused to let her have an abortion The victim hurled the severed head into her village square shouting that her attacker had 'toyed with her honour' The man had taken nude photos of her and blackmailed her before raping her repeatedly The 26-year-old has been hailed a heroine for her actions by women's groups in Turkey.

Women are very powerful.
This is what all men like this deserve.
Happy international women's day.

Not really inspiring confidence in their… definitely not a war… an encounter? engagement? operation? assault?? — whoops — LOLZ not that ONE with the Republicans.

Maybe, “peacekeeping mission, but with some à la carte death.”

a cartoon character says i think i 'm gonna have a heart attack and die from not surprise !! ALT: a cartoon character says i think i 'm gonna have a heart attack and die from not surprise !!

Well, considering that it is likely all of them took credit for other peoples work to get their job…not really surprising they take obvious off-ramp to ketomine 24/7 and being the always online “Go HAM” on Counter-Strike 2.

Both my grandfathers worked on family farms. One joined the military and the other became a door-to-door life insurance salesman.

Think about that for a sec. Walking dirt roads, in the heat, knocking on a stranger’s door and saying basically, “You know, you’re gonna die, right?”

Farming sucked.

The Party of Bad Faith, ladies and gentlemen.

The rot is everywhere, not just at the top.

In Edinburgh you’ll find a statue of Bum the Dog - not an instruction but a twinning link between #Edinburgh & #SanDiego.
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“the thinker of tender thoughts” by shel silverstein [an illustration depicting a boy growing into a man. as he grows, his hair grows out as flowers. people laugh at him for it and he becomes sad. he starts trimming off the flowers, but as he reaches the last one he stops. he is then depicted with a smile and a flower in his buttonhole on his jacket.]

“the thinker of tender thoughts”
by shel silverstein

Hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, and discrimination are viruses, magnified by suffering, carried in buckets, spilled onto the world.

We cannot eliminate them by actions that magnify hatred, ignorance, fear, greed, discrimination and suffering - only by actions that relieve them.

two dogs are laying on the floor and one has a tennis ball on the floor . ALT: two dogs are laying on the floor and one has a tennis ball on the floor .

Good night lovely people

The 8 White Identities by Barnor Hesse White Supremacist Clearly marked white society that preserves, names, and values white superiority White Voyeurism Wouldn't challenge a white supremacist; desires non-whiteness because it's interesting, pleasurable; seeks to control the consumption and appropriation of non-whiteness; fascination with culture (ex: consuming Black culture without the burden of Blackness) White Privilege May critique supremacy, but a deep investment in questions of fairness/equality under the normalization of whiteness and the white rule; sworn goal of 'diversity' White Benefit Sympathetic to a set of issues but only privately; won't speak act in solidarity publicly because benefitting through whiteness in public (some POC are in this category as well) White Confessional Some exposure of whiteness takes place, but as a way of being accountable to POC after; seek validation from POC White Critical Take on board critiques of whiteness and invest in exposing/marking the white regime; refuses to be complicit with the regime; whiteness speaking back to whiteness White Traitor Actively refuses complicity; names what's going on; intention is to subvert white authority and tell the truth at whatever cost; need them to dismantle institutions White Abolitionist Changing institutions, dismantling whiteness, and not allowing whiteness to reassert itself

Time to pull out old reliable once again.

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

At a certain dampness threshold it ceases to be fart… I believe that Fetterman might soon cross that threshold.

It was a great trip/hike!

I try to make sure my surroundings are doing the heavy lifting when I get my picture taken. 🙃

Zombie holding detached arm with hand waving while saying, “Can I lend a hand?” Woman washing dishes says,”Still not funny, Karl.”

Barbershop trio singing, “We’re fuuuuucked!”

Couple of old doodles…

Squinty eyed old man in front of a mountain peak.

Squinty eyed old man in front of a mountain peak holding hat on head.

Old photo (10 years ago) of me in the Canadian Rockies, happy & oxygen deprived. In the 2nd, about to lose my hat from a gust of wind.

This is how terrorists are made. These sailors' sons and daughters will hate the U.S. for their entire lives.

I know everyone is watching what’s happening in Iran, but Ice arrested another set of journalists for reporting on their black bagging of American citizens in Nashville last night.

“I mean these people aren’t even donating any money to my BALL- ROOM, which will be the biggest … and the BEST EVER BALL - ROOM. That would make the election simple, so simple, you give me money - you get to vote. These billionaires, strong billionaires, tears in their eyes - is it fair to them?”

If LLM boosters were so confident in their tools. they wouldn't be ashamed to put "made with AI" on their stuff. They would consider it a badge of excellence.

The simple fact that they try to hide it tells you everything you need to know.

Murdering children is part of the Republican/NRA platform.

If they are black, brown, LGBTQIA+, female, or educated — their ghoulish joy over the murder just scales.

They are all child molesters and abusers — that is why they support him.