[[Not Dead, Just Dreaming]]

just received the best text message I’ve ever had. from my mom

YES OMG BRÜNNHILDE

official library post

THIS WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE VIDEO ON THIS WEBSITE

I bookmarked this months ago and it still makes me laugh until I can’t breathe

my ultimate fantasy is to have a brain and body that allows me to enjoy being alive

as someone who has been involved in union organizing through my dad's union since i was literally in second grade, the way that people on tumblr think unions work drives me literally insane

unions do so much more than just strike. unions bargain. unions sit in at meetings with upper management. unions help people navigate benefits. unions coordinate aid drives for disabled members. my union ran a donations campaign for me for the interim between the end of my allotted paid leave and my disability claim

"unionize your workplace" means so much more than "talk to your coworkers about striking." you gotta actively know what a union is and what a union isn't before you can form one. calls to unionize should lead to more people learning their rights and learning how unions work, and coordinating with orgs like seiu and the teamsters and the aft (and if you don't know what those are, look them up).

My union found me a legal expert to help me check over my last redundancy settlement for free, provided private medical cover whilst I was unemployed, and negotiated a good deal on cheap insurance for their members. It is so much more than strikes.

let’s all quit our jobs and just go on walks

"What's up, big dog; I'm ratsmacker" is going to live rent free in my head for a little while