Influx

You.

Yeah you

Social worker

With enthusiasm a masters degree and a license

We want you.

To work full time.

Across multiple sites that all have different cultures and none of whom want you to actually do your work in full.

We want you.

To do therapy.

But only the kind we ask you to and only at the time we say.

We want you.

To give your input.

Quietly, privately, never in writing and also never in front of the clients.

We want you.

To get invested in the client growth.

If it’s what looks like what we’re used to the bounds of acceptable professional limits looking like.

We want you.

To be ethical and good putting clients first.

But only when it doesn’t step on colleagues toes.

We want you.

To be innovative and interesting.

Unless it affects the existing infrastructure in any way.

We want you.

To be an direct communicator and helper.

Meanwhile we will be talking about you behind your back at all times and never tell you when there’s problem, ever.

We want you.

To give.

And we will give nothing back.

Hey you.

Social worker.

Hey you. With the masters.

Hey you. With the license.

Hey you. With enthusiasm.

Wanna save the world?

What? You don’t?

We're still venerating everything tied to 9/11

We're still in Afghanistan, still in Iraq

There's soldiers who are gonna get sent to Afghanistan that weren't even alive in 2001 for gods sake

We're all still in the Great Recession, we all are in a financial arrested development and won't get out of debt for years, if not our entire lives for some of us

We were the first generation of kids dying in school shootings, and nothing has changed there for our own children

On one level, the things around my life at 15 are the same things still in my life now as an adult

And the real kicker is, no one in charge seems to think these things are problems so they don't even get discussed much less addressed

listen, i fucking love whales. i do. i have advocated against cetacean captivity and whale hunting since i was like 13. i HATE whale hunting. but have you ever seen the prices for food in a grocery store in indigenous areas, if they even have one? 

crowley has no stake in hell's goals but is loyal out of self-preservation while aziraphale convinces himself that his ideals must be in line with heaven's and vice versa because if they aren't then he's been believing in the wrong people his whole life.

and at the end aziraphale realizes that heaven is wrong and he has to break away from their beliefs and goals and crowley realizes that hell is already going to do the worst things they can possibly do to him and he has nothing to lose.

1. “State the idea you wish to express as clearly as possible, and in terms preschoolers can understand.” Example: It is dangerous to play in the street. ​​​​​

2. “Rephrase in a positive manner,” as in It is good to play where it is safe.

3. “Rephrase the idea, bearing in mind that preschoolers cannot yet make subtle distinctions and need to be redirected to authorities they trust.” As in, “Ask your parents where it is safe to play.”

4. “Rephrase your idea to eliminate all elements that could be considered prescriptive, directive, or instructive.” In the example, that’d mean getting rid of “ask”: Your parents will tell you where it is safe to play.

5. “Rephrase any element that suggests certainty.” That’d be “will”: Your parents can tell you where it is safe to play.

6. “Rephrase your idea to eliminate any element that may not apply to all children.” Not all children know their parents, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play.

7. “Add a simple motivational idea that gives preschoolers a reason to follow your advice.” Perhaps: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is good to listen to them.

8. “Rephrase your new statement, repeating the first step.” “Good” represents a value judgment, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them.

9. “Rephrase your idea a final time, relating it to some phase of development a preschooler can understand.” Maybe: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them, and listening is an important part of growing.

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“A Trump administration rule allowing health care workers to refuse to treat LGBTQ+ patients was blocked on Wednesday after a district court ruled it unconstitutional.

In a 147-page decision, U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York claimed that guidelines from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allowing hospitals and clinics to deny care on the basis of religious beliefs conflicts with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which forbids discrimination on the basis of characteristics like race and sex. LGBTQ+ advocates have long argued the latter term is inclusive of characteristics like sexual orientation and gender identity.”

Read the full piece here

You are allowed to take up space, you’re human.

You are allowed to have a voice.

You are allowed to leave whenever you feel unsafe or uncomfortable.

You deserve more than someone who doesn’t know how to respect you.

You are allowed to put your own needs first.

I told my own little picky eater about scurvy, rickets etc and now one of her most frequently requested lunch items is baby spinach, closely followed by carrots.

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Also: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko