NireBryce

reality is the battlefield

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🐄 I am not embroiled in any legal battle
🐦 other than battles that are legal šŸŽ®

I speak to the universe and it speaks back, in it's own way.

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email: contact at breadthcharge dot net

I live on the northeast coast of the US.

'non-functional programmer'. 'far left'.

conceptual midwife.

https://cohost.org/NireBryce/post/4929459-here-s-my-five-minut

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highimpactsex
@highimpactsex

i sometimes think about the people who will go ā€œplease buy indie gamesā€ or ā€œgo unionizeā€ as if that will console the people who just got laid off.

and it makes me think these kinds of platitudes are just meant to help folks cope with the fact fans, journalists, and commentators don’t have any power against capital. they need to say something positive, something nice.

but i guess when all you have is stuff like this, it just feels like you’re telling yourself that you are trying to be an ethical consumer. nothing that helpful to the worker who lost everything.

of course, nobody likes to feel powerless and everybody hates the fact that all they can likely do is boost the workers’ portfolios and donate to fundraisers. but i do think it’s better to accept the grim reality that Capitalism is violent than say, ā€œI’m gonna buy an indie game this time round.ā€

it’s okay to feel glum. there’s just no sugarcoating it. you can buy indie games if you wish, but don’t do it out of an obligation to ā€œhelpā€ displaced workers. the worst case scenario has already happened, all we can do is watch out for each other and help out as much as we can.




DavidForbes
@DavidForbes

Hey y'all, I am close to meeting my goal and making sure I have enough to stay housed and pay the bills while I keep fighting being illegally fired for union activity last August.

I've filed labor charges but because the past few years have seen a historic number of union fights the labor board is very backed up.

I've tried to find more work as I can (and if anyone knows solid writing/editing leads please feel free to pass them on), but I'm an anarchist trans woman who's higher-risk for covid, so it's pretty difficult.

Anything helps, y'all. Including sharing this.



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