@ingforart
Artist, indy-comicer. Fan of things. Things are good Portfolio at https://tophatartooning.neocities.org/ https://cara.app/ingakatophatart/all Patreon at https://tinyurl.com/yeyua873 comics work at whatisbrandecho.com
You start to realize the era of the nation state is long since dead and that everything that happens is wealth and oligarchical class jockeying for power between people and groups that sometimes partner and sometimes hold the global economy hostage in a perpetual game of chicken.
Good on you, Dan Green
From the bio pov it feels like digital algorithms becoming sapient or intelligent is nonsensical. It's like trying to knit a spaceshuttle
if the phrase "nitrogen fixing" means nothing to you, I promise you are wildly overestimating how well you'll do in a post-apocalypse
3.6 Relationships As discussed in Section 3.5, for many participants, the basic income increased their ability to socialise and take part in activities with others, and this was perceived to have improved their relationships. Furthermore, participants frequently recounted spending their basic income on others and financially supporting them when they were struggling: ‘I was more willing to go out and do things and, you know, sometimes cover people's bills, and it just being able to do that, you know, it did... it made me happy.’ (YP62 - End of Pilot) ‘...it's indirectly helped my family at points as well at some points when I was on the income pilot, because there was points where my eldest brother was really struggling because he wasn't on much money with Universal Credit, and he was barely getting by each month, so he started asking to lend off money, but then my mum couldn't help as much or my sister, because they were struggling themselves, so I was able to help...’ (YP89 - End of Pilot) For the participants offering these examples, there was clearly a sense that being able to support those around them in this way was rewarding; they valued being able to spend on their loved ones. As one participant put it, being fortunate to be on the pilot meant “...you want to give as someone who hasn't had” (YP51 - End of Pilot).
Love this too. For many, the basic income increased their ability to socialize and take part in activities with others, and this improved their relationships. They also frequently recounted spending their basic income on others. As one person said, "You want to give as someone who hasn't had."
‘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?
Source?
I’m not even sure I remember my Mastodon handle or password or anything if this place’s wiring is pulled out to sell for meth money. But it’s probably a variant of “Wolter”
will remember jay as the person who deleted lexi alexander and link, worked hard to cut palestinians off from their one chance at survival, ignored the ongoing abuse of Black and trans users, and then when confronted about the whole thing said 'waffles'. and for that fugly no caesars shirt.
when I was a teenager, there was a man at some family dinners, somebody's boyfriend or fiancé, who always made a big point of not using salt and pepper, because "you can't taste the food then." at the time I just thought he was stupid, but with every passing year I have thought he was even stupider
Well long as they're healthy
Q: What if I have children? A: Thanks to your forthcoming reduction in SNAP benefits, you won’t have to worry about that for much longer.
What To Know About The New Requirements For SNAP Benefits https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-the-new-requirements-for-snap-benefits/
Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. are acquiring a drone company that is seeking to meet Pentagon demand after Trump banned the use of Chinese drones.
We’re barely a week into Trump’s war and already his family has found a way to cash in.
Everything is for sale.
Feels like that should be not allowed
In case you're wondering how bullshit the anti-trans bathroom police really are, last year an opposing counsel sent a male cop into the women's bathroom during a trial break to remove me.
I was the only person in the whole bathroom because it was after 5 and ours was the only case still going.
He looks like a clown who does birthdays exclusively for divorced republicans
Basically, take the amount of money you think your favorite author gets, halve it, and then halve it again, and you have a number that's probably a lot closer to their actual earnings from writing.
"But I don't think they make that much!"
Halve that. Halve it again.
this is the ideology of the bourgeoisie, the model citizen is a narcissist begging a more powerful narcissist for the right to abuse people
There is apparently credible evidence that the president of the United States is a pedophile. The comforting phrase “accused him without evidence” no longer fits this situation, and journalists must resort to the more perfunctory “hasn’t been formally charged.” www.thedailybeast.com/key-details-...
He's not even electable in CA anymore
Christine Violent Anarchy says she supports Democratic Presidential Candidates in everything but this clown.
so the new objective is basically to safely open the strait of hormuz, the strait that was open before they started this war for no reason
cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch
www.theverge.com/podcast/8914...
It would be AWESOME if people could stop waxing poetic about how Khamenei was actually sooo cool and kind or whatever
The man was a bigot, a zealot, and a murderous thug. His station was that of a theocratic dictator for life.
America and Israel's war crimes don't suddenly absolve him.
After slashing SNAP & Medicaid, Trump is using his Iran War to line the pockets of military contractors.
I'm reminded of the words of MLK:
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom."
An important memory.
HULK SMASH EVERYTHING is an EXTREMELY fun book. So far we've dropped the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs on top of him, then threw him into Sagittarius A* (the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy) - where he smashed out at the end of time to fight Galactus. NO REGRETS
Digital art of a 90s style superhero resembling an Extreme(!) version of an angel, with spiked metallic halo, gold chains, a flaming sword, and a swooping white cape of liquid metal. He's standing on a Church and there are stained glass windows of saints behind him. There's a OHOTMU-style bio next to the painting. I don't have room here to write up all the text, but I'll summarize: His name is Godsend and he was once civil rights attorney Sam Onslow until he was murdered by demons. Because of the supernatural method of his death, Heaven had a loophole to return him to life with a new body and powers. He fights evil, helps people, continues to practice law, and in general is a nice, wholesome man, despite his fearsome appearance.
Field Guide to the Apex Society Universe - Godsend. #art #pulp #characterdesign #costumedesign #armordesign #armordesign #superhero #god #heaven #angel #gothic #afntasy #digitalart #digitalpainting #illustration
apexsociety.thecomicseries.com/comics/711
Special thanks to friend @ingforart.bsky.social for brainstorming ideas for his bio. Ing came up with the central joke here of him being really wholesome despite his appearance, and I just ran with it. The joke about Spawn's countdown clock was also all him.