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It's my Fungus DJ, also known as DJ Shroom, this is from 2021 but is one of my favourite things I've ever drawn

the government is trying to establish a national autism network, and is currently in an early information gathering stage. they have less than 200 responses and the survey closes august 4.

this survey is estimated to take about 30 minutes or less, and is one page of free response and ranking questions. you have to make an account and verify your email to participate, but that's it. the questions are things like what the goals of the organization should be, who should be involved, what organizations they should be influenced by, and how decisions should be made.

at this point, they are working heavily with autism speaks canada as they're figuring out what this organization will look like in the future, which is why i'm requesting that if you're autistic and in canada, you take this survey and tell them what you personally want. if you, like me, disapprove of autism speaks, let them know that and suggest alternatives. at time of writing, there are about two weeks left and only 168 responses, so we actually could plausibly make a significant impact here.

When Hollywood execs say that they'll wait until their writers/actors are losing their homes and starving to get them to come back to work, (bluffing or not,) they're laying bare the reason capitalists are so vehemently opposed to strong social policies;

If people don't have to work in order to ensure a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs, good health, and food on their tables then corporations have zero means of coercing people to work in the unsafe, degrading, and/or meaningless jobs that facilitate profit for the owners and stockholders at the expense of everyone at the bottom of the organizational structure.

Strike funds are how unions help their members stay afloat for the duration of a strike. As long as they're not working, they ain't getting paid, and creditors and landlords don't take “I'm on strike” as an excuse. Unions also sometimes partner with a local food bank to provide food assistance to further soften the financial blow.

On a practical level, all of these measures also help reduce the incidence of scabbing. Mortgages/rent, credit card bills, ongoing health care, etc. all make very compelling arguments for crossing the picket line. The more members continue to have their basic needs met, the more of them will stand strong.

If you have some disposable income, and there's a union local near you that's on strike, ask them if they're accepting donations from non-members to their strike funds. Ask them if they have a public donation link (PayPal, GoFundMe, whatever) that you can share with friends/post on the internet.

I'll bring this up at my UPS Store and if our drivers go on strike August 1st then we should all chip in to give them some cash to tide them over and show our support.

It is Meepis Monday, here are some 4am Monday morning pics of the Meepis being a total goblin on the windowsill above our bed. To be fair, we were also still awake being goblins.