ReiRose

joined 2 years ago
[–] ReiRose 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Dostoyevski would argue that having the child suffer so that everyone could go to heaven is wrong. Even if the child, the child's mother and the "free will" person that caused the suffering all hug and apologize and forgive in heaven, it's still not worth it.

[–] ReiRose 22 points 3 days ago (4 children)

One of my favourite discussions of the problem of evil is the chapter below. It's a discussion between two brothers regarding God and suffering in the world if the end result is eternal paradise. TW: child abuse, suffering and death. Children are used in the argument specifically because they don't deserve suffering, they are innocent according to Dostoyevsky (I easily agree).

https://philosophyintrocourse.com/the-course/part-2-does-god-exist-philosophy-of-religion/dostoyevskys-rebellion-chapter-from-the-brothers-karamazov/

It's heavy but worth the read imo, and not unnecessarily graphic.

[–] ReiRose 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for irritated starfish, made me chuckle

[–] ReiRose 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yay!! Moss! ❤️

[–] ReiRose 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I remember this from 2019. It took about a month for the pilot/flight attendant/ATC unions to put 'urge' and end to the shutdown for safety concerns, this is part of their statement:

Due to the shutdown, air traffic controllers, transportation security officers, safety inspectors, air marshals, federal law enforcement officers, FBI agents, and many other critical workers have been working without pay for over a month. Staffing in our air traffic control facilities is already at a 30-year low and controllers are only able to maintain the system’s efficiency and capacity by working overtime, including 10-hour days and 6-day workweeks at many of our nation’s busiest facilities. source

I'm afraid I'm team TSA-is-pageantry. However, TSA should not go without pay regardless and ATC being stressed about finances concerns me.

[–] ReiRose 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Id like some more moss, please

[–] ReiRose 35 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

And every politician, every cop on the street Protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite

Bo's song

[–] ReiRose 19 points 1 month ago

Jokes on them, noise canceling headphones are cheaper than a house

[–] ReiRose 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love to put all the things I want in my cart and leave them there. Then remove them.

 

Rather than paying a living wage, Broward college has decided to distribute food bags to their employees. 50 bags for 500 employees 👍

(They do regularly do this for students too)

 

This article does a great job of explaining people's frustration with having to vote for Biden again. It's long, so here are some quotes. They're totally cherry-picked, I'd recommend reading the whole thing (especially if you think the problem started with Biden, and that Clinton and Obama were ever good choices).

during the 1980s and early 1990s, fears of a relentless Republican juggernaut pressured those left of center to take a defensive stance, focusing on the immediate goal of electing Democrats to stem or slow the rightward tide.

Today, the labor movement has been largely subdued, and social activists have made their peace with neoliberalism and adjusted their horizons accordingly. Within the women’s movement, goals have shifted from practical objectives such as comparable worth and universal child care in the 1980s to celebrating appointments of individual women to public office and challenging the corporate glass ceiling.

Each election now becomes a moment of life-or-death urgency that precludes dissent or even reflection. For liberals, there is only one option in an election year, and that is to elect, at whatever cost, whichever Democrat is running. This modus operandi has tethered what remains of the left to a Democratic Party that has long since renounced its commitment to any sort of redistributive vision and imposes a willed amnesia on political debate.

I mean, you probably should vote Biden this time, because he's not all that bad, he's done some good things. And trump is so terrible, it probably will be the end of democracy and the victory of fascism if he wins. Right? But what about in two years time, or four years, or eight years?

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Hiding Hornworm (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by ReiRose to c/bugs
 

This little guy chomped down on my pepper before burrowing underground.

 

I'm a nursing Mum, USA, and my work (transportation) is not protected by the pump act. https://www.usbreastfeeding.org/the-pump-act-explained.html I was told via email from HR that they "do not make accommodations for crewmembers." Legally they don't have to, so I applied for disability. It was denied with some accommodations for my return to work that needed clarification, but I didn't expect much more. I then started my return to work process, including a medical return to work form for my provider to complete. The provider used the exact same, cut and paste, language as the original request for disability form. My return to work has been denied because they cannot accommodate me. Local unions advice: break the rules. So, yes, lawyer up, of course. However, that will take months or years (like the Frontier case https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/settlement-reached-frontier-airlines-pregnancy-and-lactation-discrimination-lawsuit ) and I am running low on my savings.

So, despite ten years with my company, I will now lose my $50~/hr pay, schedule seniority, union Healthcare, tribal knowledge, skills etc and go to another company. All because I wanted twenty minutes every four hours to pump for my baby - some coworkers take longer shits.

Regular pumping avoids mastitis and maintains flow. Breastfed babies have less health problems in early years. Nursing mothers have lower instances of certain cancers. Formula is a great invention, but costs money, and just isn't a good fit for my family. https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/features/breastfeeding-benefits/index.html

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