Make History

The Cippus Perusinus, a stone tablet with one of the longest known Etruscan inscriptions on it, 3rd century BCE. The text describes an arrangement between two families for the use of a tomb. The Etruscan alphabet, a relative of the Greek and Roman scripts, faded as Latin  became the primary language of the Roman Empire (with Greek as the second language learned by educated people). It was likely no longer in use by the year 0.

See that picture above? That’s a close up of my great grandmother’s immigration papers when she first came to the US back in the early 20th century. But my great grandma’s information isn’t the important part here. The important part is that line in the middle there about how they arrived in the country.

And how ‘stowaway’ is a legitimate, valid option to select.

Cops and Military have killed at least 4 people, you know 4 unarmed unprotected people.

The last time this happened was in Chile’s dictatorship which ended in 1988. We are now in a ““democracy”

Sure!

For the last years Chile’s cost of living has increased quite a lot.

Electricity bills, water privatization, student debt, pensions are really low, etc.

Last week in was announced that the metro fare would increase again. Which means that now is around 1,5 USD, BUT keep in mind that the minimum wage in Chile is around 300USD, for someone who ears minimum wage transportation only takes around 20% of their income. 50% of the population earns minimum wage.

Plus all of this, the ministers of economy made fun of the people and showed 0 empathy. Saying that “why don’t you take the metro at 5 am, when it’s cheaper” (it’s not peak hours obviously)

All this anger accumulation resulted in students evading the metro fare, which started a nationwide protest.

Instead of trying to solve the issue the president allowed military on the streets to repress people.

Now the increase of the fare has been “frozen” but since it’s not enough protests have kept going.

Beautiful photo from the protest, yesterday on Santiago, Chile by Susana Hidalgo (su_hidalgo on Instagram)

ATTACKING NAZIS WORKS

All the pathetic fools who say that “Punching Nazis isn’t the answer”…history says otherwise

Violence is ABSOLUTELY the answer to the problem of Nazi terrorists infesting a country

Beating the living shit out of every single Nazi or gathering of Nazis that dares to slither out from beneath its rock IS the answer 

You don’t give “fair and equal time” to fascists.

Mark Zuckerberg: Congresswoman, yes, I believe that that’s correct.

Katie Porter: You pay many of those workers under $30 thousand a year, and you’ve cut them off from mental health care when they leave the company, even if they have PTSD because of their work for your company. Is that correct?

Mark Zuckerberg: Congresswoman, my understanding is we pay everyone, including the contractors associated with the company, at least a $15 minimum wage, in markets, in cities where there’s a high cost of living, that’s a $20 minimum wage. We go out of our way–

Katie Porter: Thank you, I’ll take your word at the wage. Reclaiming my time. According to one report I have, and this is straight out of an episode of Black Mirror, these workers get nine (*nine*) minutes of supervised wellness time per day. That means nine minutes to cry in the stairwell while somebody watches them. Would you be willing to commit to spending one hour a day, for the next year, watching these videos and acting as a content moderator, and only accessing the same benefits available to your workers?

Mark Zuckerberg: Congresswoman, we work hard to make sure we give good benefits to all the folks who are doing this–

Katie Porter: Mr. Zuckerberg, reclaiming my time, I would appreciate a yes or a no. Would you be willing to act as a content moderator? To have that life experience?

Mark Zuckerberg: I’m not sure it would best serve our community for me to spend that much time–

Katie Porter: Reclaiming my time. Mr. Zuckerberg, are you saying you’re not qualified to be a content monitor?

Mark Zuckerberg: No, Congresswoman, that’s not what I’m saying.

ma’am???

I had to read that last sentence three times

“the school District was ONLY desegregated in 2017.” Just 2 years ago?!

Noirbnb….like Airbnb, minus the racism.

Seventy years ago today, on Dec. 10, 1948, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved almost unanimously by the nations of the world.  

It remains a beacon of hope for individual rights and respect for the rule of law even in more difficult times.  The University of Minnesota Law School strongly supports this tradition, particularly through the work of its Human Rights Center.