Notices by Molly Cantrell-Kraig 🇺🇦 (mckra1g@mastodon.social)

@chris

Things I’m learning bc I’m old: kids walk around with gallon jugs of god knows what intoxicant. Girls tuck their tee shirts into their bra bands to create a makeshift halter top.

Today I learned that there’s a free Black farmers index. Want to support hyperlocal and Black-owned businesses (instead of keeping billionaires in yacht money)? Take a look. Buy some stuff:

https://blackfarmersindex.com/

#BlackMastodon #gardening #antiCapitalism #dei

OMG Chicago is bananas today. Here’s a snapshot of the dyeing of the river from the 44th floor (Chicago Architecture Center docent training this ayem). The streets are full of revelers and faux Irish. I, on the other hand am 4th gen off the boat, County Longford roots.

🇮🇪

#StPatricksDay #Irish

Springtime means sharing free clippings from the plants I’ve overwintered on my windowsill. Don’t forget to pay it forward. Kindness ALWAYS returns to its source.

🌱

#gardening #Bloomscrolling #plants #BeKind #urbanGardening

Just you're semi-regular reminder that it costs zero dollars to be kind.

@WarnerCrocker @ai6yr

Agreed, but for those who are new to protest, beginning with a day of solidarity is a solid start. I think there are decades of mindless consumerism that must be addressed.

A day of boycotting is a shot across the bow for corporations who have been a used to us drones just buying whatever they pump out.

@ai6yr

Note to would-be allies: this is an act of solitary that will cost you very little. If you’re a white person, consider routing your purchases elsewhere.

I have. I stopped spending money at Target a week ago, and deleted their app. I’ve also canceled Amazon Prime.

#BlackMastodon #boycott #ally #money

Did you know: Prescription pill bottles are generally NOT recycled by curbside recycling programs, so Americans send BILLIONS of these bottles to landfills every year.

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https://cocoplumco.com/collections/all-sunglasses

#climate #recycling #summer #plastics #fashion #environment #RedCert

@davidaugust

Here’s the artist’s website:

https://www.jesseduquette.com/

#NoKings

Do you remember the word game, “BOGGLE?” When my kids were little, our family had a rule that if you could define a word, you could keep the points. When my middle daughter was six years old, she played “HWUUH.”

When asked what it meant, she looked me dead in the eye and said, “HWUUH! You know—the sound you make when you pick up something heavy.” After I stopped laughing, she got her points.

#random #games #parenting #life

From the If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry Department:

https://www.jesseduquette.com/

#cartoon #Trump

@DemocracyMattersALot

The mind boggles. I cannot reconcile how someone who has more wealth than anyone in *human history* can be such an insecure, performative jagoff.

If I had “fuck you” money, I would invest it in creating a Star Trek utopia, and renovating buildings. I’d also always have fresh flowers, wine and chocolate in my house.

Thank you for this day. 🛸

This place always reminds me of a spaceship that has landed along Wacker Drive.

Architectural style: Modern
Architect: Harry Weese
Completed: 1968

The church’s interior was featured in the 2014 film, Divergent.


#tyftd #ThankYouForThisDay #goodMorning #gratitude #ritual #thankYou #goodVibes #GoodMorningPhoto #Chicago #architecture #DailyPhoto #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #bnwPhotography #movies #BlackAndWhitePhotography

Wearing FREE MOM HUGS tee today because trans people are human beings.

#moms #trans #selfie

@Nonilex

Why grift from the rubes by hawking magic digital pictures and gold shoes when you can siphon from the source? By eliminating the middleman, Elon Musk and convicted felon President Donald Trump will be able to make a better profit.

Thank you for this day. 🌇

This week in my Chicago Architecture Center docent training, we’re learning about the Art Déco period. The Merchandise Mart is an example of the Art. At one point, it was the world’s largest building in terms of square footage.

https://www.architecture.org/city-tours/merchandise-mart


#tyftd #ThankYouForThisDay #goodMorning #gratitude #ritual #thankYou #goodVibes #GoodMorningPhoto #Chicago #architecture #DailyPhoto #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay

@evan

You're welcome, and thanks for taking the time to respond. Having spent 30+ years in media (beginning with Time Warner on their digital products in the 1990s), I'm conversant with the nature of online communities. My rant was made as means to call attention to an opportunity for change, to support other creators who may not have the platform I do, and to generate solutions.

Because I lived as a single mom on welfare, & have been a start up in a huge city, I know how to live on $40K a year — relative peanuts based on the cost of living in Chicago. Because I'm a small business, I don't need 100s of clients. Ten corporate clients/yr & 60 private clients would provide enough income to support our business (I have a business partner now), keep a roof over my head, & allow me to invest in others.

End rant. 3/3

P.S. Learn how to hire me: email hello@meetfutureu.com

I live 20 minutes from one of the largest airports in the world. When it comes time for me to subsidize ppl who need to evacuate from autocratic states (it pains me to even think of this being a reality in the US), if I have only $1,000 & have to choose btwn paying my rent or contributing to a GoFundMe to help someone else, rent is my priority. Having disposable income comes from ppl hiring me/others like me. Disposable income allows me to support others. This is what mutual aid looks like. 2/3

@chris I saw it when I established a nonprofit. There are many people who want help but assume that the mechanism for providing it is magic beans and unicorn farts. It's exhausting. I liquified my savings and retirement to provide cars to women and funding the overhead for the organization. It was a painful financial lesson I refuse to repeat.