neoliberalismkills:

neoliberalismkills:

so here’s a thought: who cares if food stamp recipients test positive for drugs. we still deserve food.

this has been the single most controversial post I’ve ever made and it’s literally just saying drug users deserve food lmao

and an extension of this is that even if you honest to God think drug users don’t deserve food (which is just as fucked up as the OP is pointing out), denying people food stamps also frequently means you think their families don’t deserve food either. That is doubly fucked up.

Do not punish the behaviour you want to see

signedtheghost:

olofahere:

I mean, it seems pretty obvious when you put it like that, right?

But how many families, when an introvert sibling or child makes an effort to socialize,  snarkily say, “So, you’ve decided to join us”?

Or when someone does something they’ve had trouble doing, say, “Why can’t you do that all the time?” (Happened to me, too often.)

Or any sentence containing the word “finally”. 

If someone makes a step, a small step, in a direction you want to encourage, encourage it. Don’t complain about how it’s not enough. Don’t bring up previous stuff. Encourage it.

Because I swear to fucking god there is nothing more soul-killing, more motivation-crushing, than struggling to succeed and finding out that success and failure are both punished.

I demand to know why I can’t hit add a million more likes to this post.

Pastor says bottled water donations slowing to trickle in Flint

akadefenders:

losttoy:

A pastor says donations of bottled water to his Flint church have dried up in the past month.

Donations poured in from across the nation in the weeks and months after it was learned that Flint’s drinking water was contaminated with lead. At times, the response nearly overwhelmed the effort to distribute water to Flint residents.  

Bishop Roger Lee Jones’ north side church parking lot used to be filled with pallets of water, but now the flood of donations has slowed to a trickle.

Please donate! http://www.helpforflint.com/action

Pastor says bottled water donations slowing to trickle in Flint

camillo1978:

acumberlockedgirl:

camillo1978:

Inktober day 7/8: Iain Mackelpie

Excellent work! Where can I see and/or buy your work?

@camillo1978

Hey @acumberlockedgirl thank you so much! you can email me at camillo1978fanart at gmail dot com about purchasing original traditional media like this one or commissioning something new (ink, watercolour or digital painting).

I also have a Redbubble print account here, and you are always very welcome to ask me to make something available on Redbubble if it isn’t already up: https://www.redbubble.com/people/camillo1978?ref=artist_title_name&asc=u