Notices by Ika Makimaki (pezmico@mastodon.nz), page 6

The same media outlets that one day say:
"Climate change is a serious issue and action is necessary" and "Cost of living is rising, working families need alternatives to help their budgets",

Will be the same ones clutching their pearls and writing about "Elite cyclists coming to take your carparks" every time a community may get 100 metres for kids to to ride to school without being run over by a maniac in a 2 ton ute.

So tired of our media farming outrage clicks by stoking a pointless culture war against bicycles, that in the end hurts everyone.

Cyclists are worse off, children are worse off, the environment is worse off, public finances are worse off, and even motorists are worse off.

The only ones who benefit from the anti bike rhetoric are car companies and the fossil fuel industry.

(*looks at the ads*.... ohhhh that's right)

Often the same columnists who frequently criticise younger generations for being "sensitive snowflakes" and complain about how people these days need to 'harden up' and be tough, will be the ones writing about how it's impossible to ride a bicycle anyway because sometimes it might rain, or perhaps there'll be a hill on the way.

Or you know, maybe once a decade you'll buy a new refrigerator. Touche, can't ever ride a bike because of that one trip you might do with a piano or a bed.

They'll title their piece something like "Council just spent 1 bajillion dollars on a bike rack" and when you actually read the article they're talking about a project that demolished and rebuilt an entire street, upgraded pipes, power, traffic, got new signage, added all kinds of upgrades and yes, included a bike rack (that by itself cost maybe a couple of thousand dollars).
😩

They pretend to not see the irony of saying that riding a bike is elitist.

The bike you can get cheap and ride free forever, with maintenance you can do or get done for little, that doesn't require license or insurance, and that anyone any age can use.

But it's not elitist to require everyone to own a much more expensive car, with yearly insurance and maintenance costs, that you pay heaps to run and that may kill you and those around you if you ever make a mistake.

Love it when people who *still* vote for the Trickle down neoliberal scam call me a "naive idealist".

Sure, hun.

It's been 40+ years but status quo is going to get better any day now.

One more tax cut for the rich should do it.

There is no alternative, huh?
/sarcasm

Once again in case it's not clear yet:

The policing of gender and how it is performed in society has nothing to do with "protecting women" and has everything to do with upholding white supremacy and its narrow definitions of what are acceptable ways of being.

Not by coincidence cis women of colour are the ones who are misgendered, discriminated and publicly humiliated when they over achieve and dare to deviate from what the patriarchal white norm expects from "the weaker sex".

The RNC giving Idiocracy vibes.

#USPol

"Political violence is unacceptable"
they repeat as they send another shipment of bombs to drop on desperately hungry refugees with nowhere to go,
as they close the borders for asylum seekers looking for a chance to work and live in peace,
as they set snipers on students protesting for justice,
as their soldiers the world over intimidate and abuse locals with impunity,
as they conspire to depose another regime refusing to let them plunder unimpeded.

Only their violence is OK.
#USPol

Truly outstanding and accesible interview on long covid and the risks it poses.

This is one to bookmark and share with the people in your life.

#CovidIsNotOver #longCovid

From Long COVID Odds to Lost IQ Points: Ongoing Threats You Don’t Know About
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/from-long-covid-odds-to-lost-iq-points-ongoing-threats-you-dont-know-about

The second part of this outstanding interview

“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/debilitating-a-generation-expert-warns-that-long-covid-may-eventually-affect-most-americans

#CovidIsNotOver #longCovid #MaskUp

Current President: This SCOTUS decision means there are virtually no limits to what a president can do.

Hypothetical Journo: So what are you going to do about it?

Current President: There is nothing I can do.

HJ: But.. didn't you just say...?

#USPol

The derogative term 'Banana Republic' comes from an earlier stage of imperialist capitalism, when corporations from the imperial core (namely fruit exporters) used their money, power, and influence to corrupt local governments so that their interests would be prioritised over those of the local population.

It is fair to say the term is now obsolete because under corporate neoliberal capitalism, every nation is a Banana Republic.

A Banana World Order, if you will. 🍌🌏
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/11/chiquita-banana-deaths-lawsuit-colombia

@ptoothfish lol same!

at least we will benefit from the *checks notes* ... reduced funding for welfare and the *squints* 'booming economy'...(?) /s

"The oppressor makes his violence part of the functioning society. But the violence of the oppressed becomes disruptive... because it is disruptive it's easy to recognize, and therefore it becomes the target of all those who in fact do not want to change the society" - Kwame Ture

Spread awareness, not diseases.

😷❤️✊🏽

#MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #CleanTheAir

Not only is it an elitist ecological disaster of a massive manicured lawn every NIMBY loves, it is also so boring the winner is whoever manages to play the least of it.

#antiLawn #noLawns #criminalizeGolf #meme

We tried Trickle Down economics and it didn't work.

Time to try a new approach.

Comrades, the era of Piñata Economics is upon us.

#PinataEconomics #TrickleDownEconomics #Economics #EatTheRich #meme

We laugh, but inside we're crying. 😁😭

Did you know that the green lawn that is so common today was originally a way for the landed gentry to show off their wealth? It was meant to imply the owner could afford to have all this land being non productive, setting them apart from those whose livelihood depended on what they could cultivate.
From the beginning, it was an ostentatious display of obscene wealth.
#antiLawn