#to each according to their need

[beardedmrbean]

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are bleeding cash and facing a $2 million deficit, and Representative Ritchie Torres is celebrating.

Torres, a New York Democrat who has been staunchly pro-Israel amid its war with Hamas, expressed his content with recent reports that suggest the DSA's debts have reached the seven-figure mark.

"The DSA is collapsing in real time under the weight of its own antisemitism and extremism," he told The Sun on Monday. "It is fair to say that I will not be mourning its death or attending its funeral."

Newsweek reached out to the DSA via email for comment.

Over the weekend, a report emerged that the DSA—which has led pro-Palestinian protests against the U.S. response to the war—is facing financial headwinds that could result in layoffs. The Bread and Roses caucus in the DSA published a blog post on Thursday confirming those reports and saying while no one wanted to consider such drastic measures, staff costs would have to be reduced given the "great crisis for capital."

The January 18 post said that the DSA is projecting $5 million in income for 2024, but $7 million in expenses.

"That means we eventually need to come up with $2 million to break even," said Alex Pellitteri, Kristin Schall and Laura Wadlin—members of the 2023-2025 DSA National Political Committee from the Bread and Roses caucus.

The DSA leaders said that while the current sociopolitical climate should be a "really favorable time for DSA"—citing the growing support for Palestinians and for labor groups across the nation—the group has "still been treading water, and things are going to get more challenging before they get better."

A November poll from Quinnipiac University found that the number of U.S. voters who sympathize with Palestinians more than Israelis has grown in the wake of the war, although the majority still have more sympathy for Israelis.

"Biden's disastrous policy of fueling Israel's genocide in Gaza has created the kind of space for an independent alternative from the Democratic Party that has not existed since [independent Vermont Senator] Bernie [Sanders]," they said, but Pellitteri, Schall and Wadlin admitted: "We have not had strong figures at the top of the organization to lead with a political vision that inspires people to become committed socialists."

"Working people are inspired to transform the world, but they are doing it elsewhere," the post said.

Torres, whose office has been vandalized by pro-Palestinian protesters, has previously tussled with the DSA over the Middle East. The congressman, who represents the South Bronx, has accused DSA members of promoting antisemitism by supporting a Manhattan rally that was held in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. "The NYC-DSA is revealing itself for what it truly is—a deep rot of antisemitism," Torres said in an October 8 statement. "The DSA should be universally condemned for its genocidal celebration of Israel's destruction in the wake of Israel's deadliest terrorist attack." In response, the DSA has held several protests outside his office.

Torres is not the only Democrat at odds with the organization since the fighting broke out in the Gaza Strip.

Representative Shri Thanedar, a Michigan Democrat, renounced his membership in the DSA after the October rally, saying: "I can no longer associate with an organization unwilling to call out terrorism in its form." The DSA has emphasized that it did not organize the rally but acknowledged that the New York City chapter promoted the event "in anticipation of escalatory violence to come" after October 7.

In the Hamas attack that triggered the war, some 1,200 people were killed and Hamas and other militants abducted about 250 people, according to the Associated Press. Israel subsequently launched its heaviest-ever air strikes on Gaza. As of Monday, at least 25,295 people have been killed in Gaza and more than 60,000 wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, the AP said.

While Torres blamed the gap in funding on the DSA's outspoken position on the Israel-Hamas war, the Bread and Roses members pointed to mismanagement from top directors in the organization.

In Thursday's blog post, the DSA leaders said that senior staffers had withheld essential information from elected leaders and imposed their own political objectives that hindered the DSA from achieving its ultimate goal of "a rupture with capitalism."

"As a result, we are now left holding the bag and tasked with cutting expenses just to keep the organization afloat," they said. "It's our responsibility now to learn from our mistakes: not reckoning soon enough with a downturn in enthusiasm, and failing to understand that as a sign that we were not serving our role to champion independent politics as a socialist organization in a time of great crisis for capital."

#nunyas news #make all dsa members use the same bank account #so everyone can take what they need #and contribute what they can #from each according to their ability #to each according to their need #that's how it goes right #they claim to be committed socialists #time to pool your resources then #and act like it

[ot3]

'i do not dream of labor' u really should. not exploitative labor under capitalism obviously but in this hypothetical world of yours where you aren't doing any labor Who is attending to the basic needs of society. really just feels like selfishness masquerading in anticapitalist language

#woke: the workers should own the means of production. from each according to their ability to each according to their need #broke: i do not dream of labor so my job on the socialist compound will be to run the dnd games

[shamera]

this expresses about 1.5435432% of how much i've been enjoying this series lately, and touches even less on its amazingness, but what can you do.

if you have the time and energy to spare, please go read My S-Class Hunters / The S-Classes That I Raised!!!

#SCTIR #The S-Classes That I Raised #My S-Class Hunters #I'M 80% DONE READING ACCORDING TO MY READER APP #this took me WAY longer than I thought #my photoshop has been crashing a lot on me lately #like 3 times per each of these panels #there are typos i know i tried but the crashes tired me out #istg i'm going to make a photoset for the han brothers to Start Here #i was inbetween the 'hilariously gay' or 'hilariously bisexual' but like. chloe. valerie. #originally it was going to be 'ao3 tags' but #i ramble much more on tumblr tags and i wanted to convey that #please I wanted to write 50 pages on why Yerim is such a great girl #and another 200 on the Han brothers #and I need another panel explaining why I want Moon Hyuna to autograph my chest okay #IN THIS TED TALK I WILL-- #(why do i only ever post things when i give up on them?)

[57sfinest]

calling harry a “can opener” was SUCH a good play for so many reasons i think about it every day.

in the context of his work, it makes him a tool. as many people have pointed out, including martin luiga, part of the hdb tragedy is that he simply cannot leave the force, and his superiors know that and are using it to their advantage. no matter what happens, even if harry hated every nanosecond of every bit of the work and wanted to leave, he can’t and won’t leave. they can leverage anything they want against him and then reel him back in with a facade of kindness when they “allow” him to keep his job, as long as he does what they want him to. the 41st knows he has this inexplicable talent with people and they use him for it. he’s a cop: that talent can be used in so many awful ways, to push so many different agendas. and they won’t even be his own. a can opener has no particular desire to open a can, aside from maybe the satisfaction of fulfilling a purpose. a can opener has no agency, it’s just a tool for someone else to use to get what they want. and he’s learned to be okay with being used as long as it means he gets to stay. his complacency with this system makes him guilty even if he’s also being harmed by it.

but in the context of his personal life you kind of... flip it. the people around him are going to be opened up whether they want to be or not, and it’s terrible for his relationships. it’s shown that the questions, the prying- the can-opening- it’s become inextricable from who he is as a person. it’s like he doesn’t know how else to communicate, except it’s hardly communication when you’re just ripping people open. he’s invasive as all hell, although whether he means to be is debatable. he’s the kind of person that wants to take things apart to see what makes them tick. he dissects people, but really that’s too delicate of a word for what he does; if he doesn’t get what he wants right up front, he’ll abandon all subtlety and go for brute force. if he can’t get your screws loose he’ll just smash you on the ground and pick through your pieces until he’s satisfied, and if what he did to you isn’t fixable? oh well, there are other cans to open. 

and he’ll use it for personal gain: we already know he is (was?) manipulative. once he knows how you operate, he knows how to make you keep him. he can yell or he can cry; he can threaten you or he can threaten himself; he can be completely suffocating or he can withdraw completely; he can be an incorrigible liar or brutally honest; he can present himself as a threat or a joke or a talent. he’s a chimera- that’s why he’s got this inexplicable magnetism, even when people know they shouldn’t like or trust him. fidelity of character means nothing to him. he’ll be whatever he needs to be as long as it gets him what he wants. the can-opening is just his way in.

#disco elysium #harry du bois #and it works on us the audience as well! #look at how many different versions of harry there are out there. each tailored to our individual preferences #we exaggerate and minimize his traits according to what we want to see. he's can-opening us too! #it's just like. of course his job will frame the can opening as a positive thing #but it's honestly one of his worst traits. or at least it is when he doesn't keep it in check #there's nothing wrong with wanting to understand people but the way he goes about it is harmful to everyone including himself #he's doing it because he has ulterior motives like 99.999998% of the time #this is mostly about pre-martinaise harry but i have no doubts that post-martinaise harry can go right back to this btw #a lot of us prefer to think of harry as drastically improving after martinaise which is great and i'd like to hope he does but. #it's also good to consider the overwhelming possibility that he will go right back to being a total shithead #and that may be completely unintentionally! which almost makes it worse! #ALSO. this is part of why kim makes a very good foil #for the most part kim will stonewall anything he doesn't feel like sharing #harry needs to respect boundaries and by god does kim have a lot of those (affectionate) #HOWEVER kim is definitely susceptible to the can opening as well #wait okay i have another post idea. #anyway thanks for reading. as always feel free to add and share thoughts! #kiwipost #hdb meta

[nashvillethotchicken]

Thinking about Lestat seeing Louis’s eating patterns as a waste of his gift/himself while Armand gives Louis food that he literally can not enjoy or digest just so he has something on his stomach

#if i had to give each of louis relationship a theme loustat would be shame and loumand would be enabling #which are both really bad ways of “helping” a partner with an ed #lestats shame and anger tactics only make louis more resentful and less likely to eat #while armand having the little drinks and exotic animals and the human food dont actually deal with louis problem head on- #cus at the end of the day louis is still not eating enough #and i think they really exemplifies both of their trauma and abandonment issues #both of them came up chronically food insecure #lestat was put into the role of provider at a very early age and stayed in that role until he died/was turned #so for him rejecting what lestat gives is like rejecting lestat cus he doesnt have anything else to make him “useful” #and lestats reaction to rejection is anger and control so he tries to shame and control louis into eating more/human #while armand has been abandoned by literally everyone he loves up till this point so for him its like #ok i can make people dtay if i give them what they want and what louis wants is to not feel bad about eating and so armand does that #but it still doesnt get to the root of the issue which is louis having poor coping mechanisms for his grief and other emotions #like either way you slice it. louis is not meeting his nutritional needs. he eats drinks from one guy eats a fox or some other small animal #when he should be having like two dudes at least #and then he has human food which according to anne rice makes vampires vomit up their whole stomach content so... #louis imma send you to my therapist shes great #interview with the vampire #iwtv #louis de pointe du lac #amc iwtv #lestat de lioncourt #ldpdl #iwtv 2022 #armand iwtv #armand #loumand #loustat #like armand gives louis food he cant eat just so he knows theres something in louis stomach even for a short while

[yellowyarn]

the autistic urge to use overly formal language. wdym i'm being pretentious for saying "one", its so much faster then being like "somebody ... some people ... blah blah ... "

#i fucking love indefinite pronouns man #meanwhile i will mix said formal language with informal stuff #like the word 'stuff' #and 'wdym' 'man' etc. etc. #also i had to double check Wikipedia to make sure i knew what an Indefinite pronoun was #and for the example of the use of “each” (singular person; universal) they used the commie thing #“From each according to his ability to each according to his needs” #which is fun #autism #autistic #asd #neurodivergent #autism spectrum #lvl 2 autism #medium support needs #autipunk #nuero punk #nueropunk #auti punk #disability #autistic things #i will never use the “actually Autistic” tag #why d'you gotta imply their are fake autistics???

[parchmentknight]

realizing that i am an outlier in fandoms because i do not ship anyone with anyone

#like yes i know there are characters that are canonically in relationships and im cool with that #or characters that have connections with others and fans interpret as relationships #its just that i dont particularly care nor feel any urge to “ship” #its like each character exists in a somewhat closed vacuum of being without me needing to interfere if that makes sense #even as a child i didnt ship... i would SAY that i ship char x char only because i thought that doing so was the expectation #but in my mind i simply was like “yeah they click according to the fans. and im a fan so i should say they click” #even with ships i DO like i dont ship. #its like seeing a work in a gallery and thinking “thats cool!” but not wanting to bring it home and display it in your house #< actually thats pretty accurate in describing how i feel #dont get me wrong i am fine with everyone else shipping its just not for me #id say a part of it is because im romance repulsed aro but even then lots of us ship stuff #just some more personal rambles! #although i suppose its nice not to be sucked into shipping wars and stuff. peace and love in my kingdom #rivera writes #shipping #aromantic #romance repulsed

[bonefall]

wait, why can’t a decent amount of the members in proto-thunderclan not hunt?

A lot of them have serious physical disabilities! It's enough that it poses a logistical problem, which they are committed to overcoming together.

Thunder Storm's three legs makes him slower than his companions. He's ferociously powerful, but like a male lion, he has to rely on his "lionesses" to slow a large animal.

Bright Storm has asthma from her heroics trying to save SkyClan cats from a fire. She's taking that from Gray Wing, who is famously the first major death now. Like her son, she has a difficult time with chasing prey.

Bumble is dyspraxic. She's a terrible hunter and fighter and struggles with self-worth because OTHERS used it to dehumanize her, and continues to, even after an entire society forms out of love of her.

Sunlit Frost has permanent nerve damage in his arm from the fire, and ends up working so hard that it makes his disability worse. A bite on the good paw from Snake becomes infected after he refuses to sit out from digging graves after the First Battle; I am planning a chunky B-plot about Sunlit coming to terms with the fact he has to retire early.

That's FOUR major members of a small group with physical disabilities that make hunting hard or impossible. They have a lot of logistical problems that I will actually be exploring solutions to.

#One of the solutions will probably be a hog hunt which I'm excited for #As there's a bunch of things each person can do to help with that #It's really such a shame that canon is so hyperfixated on disabled cats feeling like they 'need to be useful' in a very well established-- #Society where they CAN just be comfortably cared for #It frustrates me that the series keeps portraying that as a Good Thing and not either a tragedy of self-worth OR an exploration of-- #SOCIAL ableism. #So for BB!DOTC I'm going to try and take aim at both #Ok then; let's TALK about a small underdog group who needs its members to contribute #And let's talk about how even THIS little group INNATELY values its members. How that is good and natural #And how there's NO excuse for the bigger group to be so cruel. It's not neccesity. It never was. It was spite. #Thunder Storm says 'The point of having a group at all is to care for each other. NOT to have it serve you.' #Man really comes out here like FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY. TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEED #And I am trying to think of how to stress how MUCH food SkyClan has. Like how I'll show that... #I'll definitely need to make sure to set up a lot during the time Thunder Storm is Clear Sky's acolyte. #Btw does that sound like a good word? Trying to figure out what Tribe cats call their apprentices #Because fuuuuck no I'm not calling them To-bes

[galaxygermdraws]

I know Scar’s fit isn’t. a Cowboy fit. But everybody in the fandom draws it as if it is anyways, so like, why not go full throttle. I did just make the jacket a vest but honestly that’s kinda all I needed to do. And add gloves. He’s a cowboy now! And of course, more showing off my S2 Jimmy design since a lot of people seemingly missed my art of him from before. Excited for this duo. Yeehaw.

(reblogs w tags/comments are appreciated. I do not care how unhinged said tags are. thankyu)

#hermempires #hermempirescraft #hermitcraft x empires smp #jimmy solidarity #solidaritygaming #goodtimeswithscar #gtws #i dont rlly have much to say except i rlly like how this one turned out #theyre a fun duo #im southern so i have a weird obsession with these two non southern people being cowboys together #specifically jimmy tho cause. he is literally british #also yes. jimmy is still a fish. he was always a fish. i feel like i need to justify this but he has been a fish to me since 3L #like go back to a lot of my later 3L art. he is fish. granted hes a blue green fish. #is it bc a server im in decided listeners are fish and at the time we were all fixated on listeners. yes. also yes this is bc fish and birds #are the opposite of each other according to the same sever #which makes sense #jimmy isnt a listener anymore to me hes juts a fish. #germdraws #germ draws #gosh i love this crossover... #ask to tag

[gr1an]

smallishbeans’ sos episode 3: joel brings communism to the sos world

#sos smp #joel smallishbeans #he’s literally doing the communism slogan #‘from each according to their ability to each according to their need’ #.txt

[deus-ex-mona]

my brothers in crisis, what is h a p p e n i n g in the last stage mv

#it’s really next week huh…….. #pls rest ymk your health is more important than your otp!!!!!! #i think ymk’s art is gonna carry last stage fr. just like moge’s mv with oshi no mahou #imagine the power ymk would’ve had if she’d been in charge of meoto’s mv though… #w a i l s what if there are references to past mvs in last stage a la konosekai #if there’s ymk art of meoto’s in-universe filming w h a t t h e n #if ymk somehow manages to spin this song off as lxl denying their feelings for each other amidst their respective life crises… #…but then again!!!!! no matter how powerful ymk is there’s absolutely no way that lxl are gonna become canon just like this right?!!!!! #…th… then again… she is the same person who had meoto written according to her wishes… she *asked* for the lxl marriage… #…i think i want to take the day off on friday next week. i’ll probably need an eternity to process the mv… haha… #auuuuuuuuuuuuuuu see y’all next week for last stage…!!!!!!! #ok but ngl i’ll be very happy if last stage was pushed back by a week or three instead of next week. not on my night shift week plspspspsps

[senatortedcruz]

what does calling an ugly mf ugly have to do with lefitsm

#Carl Marks said From each according to his ability to each according to his needs #not have so many bottles give ugly girls a sip

[kitsquared]

I've been memeing on Dazai and leaning on the theories that's its all his plan he's doing this to convince fyodor and Sigma etc but it didn't hit me at all till watching episode 8 that he may have been genuinely trying to reach Chuuya by mentioning their partnership

Like I do think Dazai was being honest in that speech but the anime has made me think he is trying to get into chuuya's head and ch 109 kept springing up in my mind while watching

That implies that there isn't a 100% certainty he's conscious yet in ch 109

But Dazai has already placed his trust and life on Chuuya at that point too

#its wild. Im really hung up over this i need to ramble in the tags to get it off my chest #bsd spoilers #(kit)^2 #chuuya isnt conscious but Chuuya's life is in Dazai's hands in this dangerous plan #which is one main reason its upsetting to dazai #since dazai is always upfront of the high stakes in the situations theyre in and asks for Chuuya's agreement on plans #chuuya got dragged into this. Chuuya is being used without his knowledge. As a weapon and as something that is not human #and dazai knows? predicts? that theyll survive the drowning room #but chuuya doesnt know that #doesnt know dazai isnt trying to kill him. That dazai has to trust fyodor to have a plan to survive yknow #the two scenes in his flashback are when they both understood each other. When it was life or death #so dazai is trying to project that. try to get chuuya to understand that this is a plan #To trust their partnership and history together that they will get out of this #And then later. Once more brings it up #After also seeing that he got a reaction from commenting on chuuya's punches #He was entrusted with chuuyas life and now he entrusts his with chuuya who is still vampirized ?? #And it's some dead apple level of trust #...all this with the belief that's its all according to dazais plan #Rambling #My boy really had a misdirection an apology and a plea in one speech #Bsd #I'm going off by vibes. We still don't know the truth

[vonlipvig]

oh, it's that time of the year, time for

🗝️ Escape Room Wrapped 2023 🗝️

This year:

You went to 10 escape rooms, and got out of 10 of them. Good for you!

Out of all of those, only 1 was a horror-themed room. Spooky! (but you still got scared plenty in non-horror rooms, you silly head, you!)

You asked for many hints. All good, part of the game!

You teamed up with 7 different friends. Many brains are better than one!

Your biggest team was made out of 6 people, and your smallest, out of 3. Which worked better?

You got handcuffed once. Always a good time, huh.

Your favorite franchises were Escape Games and El Acertijo. You went to 3 of their rooms. Say thank you!

Your favorite room was Paraná Airlines (PLANE THEMED ROOM, WITH THE COOLEST ENDING)

Your least favorite room was La Condena de los Inocentes (Lawyer's office themed? Kind of a lame theme and pretty forgettable, except for that REALLY fun scare that got us good)

You acted the fool in all of them. Because of course you did!

To many more enigmas solved in 2024! 🗝️

#THE most important wrapped of the year lmao #we have to do 12 rooms next year at LEAST one each month [IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE] #but you know how difficult it is to get 3-5 adults together for one night lmao #anyway YAY lots of fun ones this year. plane and narco were so cool #i NEED to do more horror ones CMON TEAM #escape rooms #according to jules

[lyramundana]

I like a Redfield self-insert protagonist in fanfics. Not because of the classic self-indulgent Leon x reader fanfic, but because i really, really want to be Chris and Claire’s sister. I want to be part of that slightly dysfunctional, confusing family. Imagine having Claire Redfield as your sister. And Chris. I’ll love it

#i don't need a particular profile to enjoy a good Leon fanfic #just my imagination and his pretty face/body #but i really love Chris and Claire #it pains me there's barely any interaction between them #like #they're fucking siblings?? #and according to the wiki they're orphans and only have each other left #you mean to tell me they wouldn't been in contact every day? #you bet Chris is the overprotective one no matter how strong Claire proves herself to be #it's canon he basically raised her #resident evil #leon kennedy #chris redfield #claire redfield #resident evil x reader #leon kennedy x reader #chris redfield x reader #claire redfield x reader

[3cosmicfrogs]

What's your field of study? Are you in academia or industry?

academia, babey!

I'm an evolutionary ecology microbiologist, currently writing a PhD in parasite population genetics! it's neat!

#the Horrors (academia) #tbh ive worked in industry and. it is Not ethical science. the money is nice but NONE of your work is your own. #industry exploits your valuable knowledge for the sole purpose of capitalism. dont go into industry. Starve! them! out! #your knowledge and expertise is worth So Much More than that. #<- i have Opinions about industry. sorry. ignore if u disagree. each according to their needs etc etc