Kara | 28 | MN | she/her/hers | trans woman, nonbinary, butch, polyamorous, white, system | t4t & lesbian | working on converting to Judaism | deeply in love with my partners nbndn đ & flowergirlfemme đ
Learning this was an intentional genocide changed me.
I know most of those following me know this, but just to make it super clear. An Gorta MĂłr (The Great Hunger/the Great Famine) was a deliberate genocide of the Irish people. There was enough food grown in Ireland to make sure everyone was alive and healthy and survived. Instead it was exported, sent to England and elsewhere for profit while men, women, and children starved in the streets. While the English landlords fucked off and evicted starving families who couldnât afford rent. While babies were too weak to cry and died at the side of the road.
They tried to kill us, but they did not succeed. And we owe so much thanks to the other oppressed peoples, in particular the Choctaw Nation and the Masai, who sent money and grain to us.
Let me repeat that. The Choctaw Nation who had just gone through the Trail of Tears sent us money to try save Irish lives. Itâs led to an understanding between Irish people and Native American tribes, most recently when we donated to the Navajo and Hopi fundraisers for COVID-19 relief, because while it may be a different tribe, Irish people will never forget those who helped us and weâll help back.
The entire population of the island is less than seven million people. Weâre still a million less on this island than pre famine. And itâs not that long ago. My grandmotherâs grandparents lived through it. Weâve told the stories, it literally changed the DNA of the country. We have a national fear of renting, because so many people were evicted. People joke about Irish people always offering loads of food, but itâs because thereâs that cultural memory of not being able to.
They tried to kill us, but they did not succeed. We will not let them take our lives, we will not let them take our language. We lost so much, but we will not lose it all.
This is why I get so angry when people say âit was the potato famine, it was because of monoculture/microbes.â
Nope. The potatoes were the only thing Irish people were allowed to fucking eat, because as pointed out, the rest of the crops they were growing were for their landlords to ship to England. So when the one âworthlessâ crop they were allowed to eat rotted in the field, the English crown, empire, landlords, all shrugged and carried on. People starved to death lying next to productive fields.
im trying to go to sleep but i cannotttttt stop thinking about this and laughing
Listen, we have to keep this thing circulating on the internet for at least another two decades, because I have to believe that one day that little girl will be grown enough to stumble upon it and She Will Explain
Among the 100 largest listed companies, measured by market capitalization, the share of companies that are majority-owned by the Chinese state rose to 61% from 57.2% in the first half of 2023, according to the institute. The share of the private sector, defined as firms with less than 10% state ownership, in the same period dropped below 40% for the first time since the end of 2019.
By growing it in the dark it means the rhubarb doesnât place any energy and nutrition into growing leaves. So it puts everything into the edible stem and grows taller, more nutritious and tastier.
The candle light is just tradition. You could use electric lights if you wanted.
Cuba does not have a higher life expectancy than the United States. Even if it did, the Cuban government does not allow dissent to the regime and routinely harrasses pro-democracy activists.
Cuba does have a higher life expectancy. Cuba also allows dissent, so much so that they just voted to rewrite their constitution. Meanwhile in the US when you stand outside a government building with a sign:
You can and absolutely should modify the chore/self care task if it makes life easier. Sit on the floor while doing laundry. Clean dishes while in a chair. Sit in the shower.
Save your spoons. Accommodate your fatigue rather than fighting it.
I guarantee you the studios are going through every outspoken actorâs files looking for something, anything to discredit them. Ron Perlman is probably undergoing the deepest background check of his life right now, thanks to Bob Iger.
So brace yourself to hear some unsavory shit about your favorite actors in the next few weeks. Some of it might even be true. But that doesnât change the righteousness of the cause or the truths they speak.
I am begging y'all on my hands and knees to learn to support peopleâs actions without valorizing them.
Also, think about how often you say something without providing full context and nuance.
Now remember how often actors are put in front of press cameras and expected to answer any questions that are fired at them within tight time limits.
Not every inflammatory soundbite or quote represents a personâs full or current views. To shoot down your allies because of an unrelated instance of âwrong opinionâ is foolish at best and actively harmful at worst.
^^^ this is what âdivide and conquerâ looks like.
& honestly, if youâre not yourself a striking writer/actor/etc then it doesnât matter much whether you fall for this shit. Youâre not a part of this fight. But you can look at it and learn from this. This will happen in your own struggles for your own workers rights. âDig up dirt on the leadersâ is a classic union busting technique. Be ready for it.
