https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/Noodle.xml It's just a feed for now Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:13:59 GMT feedland v0.6.43 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:13:59 GMT http://rpc.rsscloud.io:5337/pleaseNotify Sat, April 6, 2024 3:13 PM EDT <p>You know the meme about how we all know Pythagoras theorem and that&#39;s really handy in Pythagoras Season? I think that&#39;s gonna be dead within a generation.</p> <p>And Good Riddance; I&#39;ve been subbing as a teacher for a bit now and I&#39;ve seen it in high schools; how to read a paycheck/paystub, submit taxes, balance a check (cheque), do online banking, spot scams, style your hair, apply for FAFSA (student loans), tie a tie (Full Windsor)</p> <p>sew a button, choose SPF and why it matters, change a car tire (tyre), read a car dashboard... </p> <p>Like, if there is a meme of &quot;why weren&#39;t we being taught this in school?&quot; From the last 20 years of social media, they pretty much are being taught it now.</p> <p>Gen Z and Gen Y are gonna be alright, and they&#39;re gonna be alright because Gen X and Millennial teachers are making it so. And that&#39;s lovely.</p> Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:13:59 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=335958 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=335958 You know the meme about how we all know Pythagoras theorem and that's really handy in Pythagoras Season? I think that's gonna be dead within a generation. And Good Riddance; I've been subbing as a teacher for a bit now and I've seen it in high schools; how to read a paycheck/paystub, submit taxes, balance a check (cheque), do online banking, spot scams, style your hair, apply for FAFSA (student loans), tie a tie (Full Windsor) sew a button, choose SPF and why it matters, change a car tire (tyre), read a car dashboard... Like, if there is a meme of "why weren't we being taught this in school?" From the last 20 years of social media, they pretty much are being taught it now. Gen Z and Gen Y are gonna be alright, and they're gonna be alright because Gen X and Millennial teachers are making it so. And that's lovely. <p>You know the meme about how we all know Pythagoras theorem and that&#39;s really handy in Pythagoras Season? I think that&#39;s gonna be dead within a generation.</p> <p>And Good Riddance; I&#39;ve been subbing as a teacher for a bit now and I&#39;ve seen it in high schools; how to read a paycheck/paystub, submit taxes, balance a check (cheque), do online banking, spot scams, style your hair, apply for FAFSA (student loans), tie a tie (Full Windsor)</p> <p>sew a button, choose SPF and why it matters, change a car tire (tyre), read a car dashboard...</p> <p>Like, if there is a meme of &quot;why weren&#39;t we being taught this in school?&quot; From the last 20 years of social media, they pretty much are being taught it now.</p> <p>Gen Z and Gen Y are gonna be alright, and they&#39;re gonna be alright because Gen X and Millennial teachers are making it so. And that&#39;s lovely.</p> Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:11:45 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=335957 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=335957 You know the meme about how we all know Pythagoras theorem and that's really handy in Pythagoras Season? I think that's gonna be dead within a generation. And Good Riddance; I've been subbing as a teacher for a bit now and I've seen it in high schools; how to read a paycheck/paystub, submit taxes, balance a check (cheque), do online banking, spot scams, style your hair, apply for FAFSA (student loans), tie a tie (Full Windsor) sew a button, choose SPF and why it matters, change a car tire (tyre), read a car dashboard... Like, if there is a meme of "why weren't we being taught this in school?" From the last 20 years of social media, they pretty much are being taught it now. Gen Z and Gen Y are gonna be alright, and they're gonna be alright because Gen X and Millennial teachers are making it so. And that's lovely. <p>You know the meme about how we all know Pythagoras theorem and that&#39;s really handy in Pythagoras Season? That&#39;s gonna be dead within a generation.</p> <p>And Good Riddance; I&#39;ve been subbing as a teacher for a bit now and I&#39;ve seen it in high schools; how to read a paycheck/paystub, submit taxes, balance a check (cheque), do online banking, spot scams, style your hair, apply for FAFSA (student loans), tie a tie (Full Windsor)</p> <p>sew a button, choose SPF and why it matters, change a car tire (tyre), read a car dashboard...</p> <p>Like, if there is a meme of &quot;why weren&#39;t we being taught this in school?&quot; From the last 20 years of social media, they pretty much are being taught it now.</p> <p>Gen Z and Gen Y are gonna be alright, and they&#39;re gonna be alright because Gen X and Millennial teachers are making it so. And that&#39;s lovely.</p> Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:09:06 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=335955 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=335955 You know the meme about how we all know Pythagoras theorem and that's really handy in Pythagoras Season? That's gonna be dead within a generation. And Good Riddance; I've been subbing as a teacher for a bit now and I've seen it in high schools; how to read a paycheck/paystub, submit taxes, balance a check (cheque), do online banking, spot scams, style your hair, apply for FAFSA (student loans), tie a tie (Full Windsor) sew a button, choose SPF and why it matters, change a car tire (tyre), read a car dashboard... Like, if there is a meme of "why weren't we being taught this in school?" From the last 20 years of social media, they pretty much are being taught it now. Gen Z and Gen Y are gonna be alright, and they're gonna be alright because Gen X and Millennial teachers are making it so. And that's lovely. <p>Someone came for one of my (Jewish) friends and tried to demand they justify and explain the entire Israel - Palestine conflict. Last night there were fear mongering rumours in local group chats about organised riots in my hometown (large Muslim pop.). I&#39;m angry 🧵</p> <p>Here&#39;s a thought, grow the fuck up and stop hurting each other and yourselves. My opinion on Israel is the same opinion I hold about all colonisers. Fuck them out of where they don&#39;t belong, and good riddance. The age of empires should be dead.</p> <p>Every people has a right to its own land and own governance and no more. It&#39;s the same reason I support Ukraine, support the dissolution of the commonwealth, support the right of any country at any time to have the conversation in a democratic manner and then declare itself independent from any alliance or treaty it finds itself in where a majority of its citizens no longer feel like that serves their interests, and frankly, if Yorkshire were to hold a referendum then declare independence from Westminster tomorrow I&#39;d back that too!</p> <p>It&#39;s easy for me to be consistent on this when the core principle is sound. If the people want their sovereignty then no one has the right to deny them that. Yes, even in that highly specific situation that neither of us truly knows anything about, that you&#39;re going to twist into a religious war or start throwing around accusations that one side or the other is a fascist regime, or call me a traitor for trying to point out that all you do by following blindly is prolong wars because you embolden leadership to keep acting with impunity.</p> <p>I have more nuanced takes on individual scenarios but broadly they are also that I&#39;m not keen on committing war crimes or the murder of innocent people. You can show solidarity for civilians without supporting either side. In a lot of these scenarios when they got hot both sides started pumping out propaganda and also tore up international law, the Geneva convention, rules of engagement, and I deplore them both for it without being a bigot about either. When I see these things happening I donate to any charity that is helping people get out</p> <p>I&#39;m half Jamaican and half Polish, the horrors of colonisation are baked into my DNA. I was the kid being taught how to hide jewellery to be used to barter safe passage and having it taught to me that I might one day have to choose between survival and principle. I know where I can run, where the nearest ports are, I have a &#39;go bag&#39; ready and always have. I chose places to live based on ease of travel and proximity to airports and dockyards. I&#39;ve been lucky, I&#39;m the second gen of my family on both sides that has never had to run.</p> <p>I&#39;m a historian, and that taught me that I don&#39;t give a shit about history being written in the blood of innocent people. All that said, if you come for my friends, on either side in any given situation, you will get both proverbial barrels from me. Google is free. Use it.</p> <p>People are responsible for their own actions, no more or less. No Jew or Muslim owes you an explanation or justification, and assuming that there aren&#39;t Jews and Muslims horrified by this who have nuanced understandings and concerns around it all is blatantly bigoted.</p> <p>It&#39;s 2023, I don&#39;t care about justifications or explanations. I just want the killing to stop and people to be free to live their lives in peace. As a species we&#39;ve spent the last, at least, 10,000 years killing, enslaving and hurting each other and ourselves for greed.</p> <p>We never learn and I don&#39;t expect us to this time either. Whenever anything like this happens my goal is being able to live with myself, what I said, what I did and what I supported, and I think if more people did that there&#39;d be a lot less of it going around. /end</p> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:14:14 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=151130 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=151130 Someone came for one of my (Jewish) friends and tried to demand they justify and explain the entire Israel - Palestine conflict. Last night there were fear mongering rumours in local group chats about organised riots in my hometown (large Muslim pop.). I'm angry 🧵 Here's a thought, grow the fuck up and stop hurting each other and yourselves. My opinion on Israel is the same opinion I hold about all colonisers. Fuck them out of where they don't belong, and good riddance. The age of empires should be dead. Every people has a right to its own land and own governance and no more. It's the same reason I support Ukraine, support the dissolution of the commonwealth, support the right of any country at any time to have the conversation in a democratic manner and then declare itself independent from any alliance or treaty it finds itself in where a majority of its citizens no longer feel like that serves their interests, and frankly, if Yorkshire were to hold a referendum then declare independence from Westminster tomorrow I'd back that too! It's easy for me to be consistent on this when the core principle is sound. If the people want their sovereignty then no one has the right to deny them that. Yes, even in that highly specific situation that neither of us truly knows anything about, that you're going to twist into a religious war or start throwing around accusations that one side or the other is a fascist regime, or call me a traitor for trying to point out that all you do by following blindly is prolong wars because you embolden leadership to keep acting with impunity. I have more nuanced takes on individual scenarios but broadly they are also that I'm not keen on committing war crimes or the murder of innocent people. You can show solidarity for civilians without supporting either side. In a lot of these scenarios when they got hot both sides started pumping out propaganda and also tore up international law, the Geneva convention, rules of engagement, and I deplore them both for it without being a bigot about either. When I see these things happening I donate to any charity that is helping people get out I'm half Jamaican and half Polish, the horrors of colonisation are baked into my DNA. I was the kid being taught how to hide jewellery to be used to barter safe passage and having it taught to me that I might one day have to choose between survival and principle. I know where I can run, where the nearest ports are, I have a 'go bag' ready and always have. I chose places to live based on ease of travel and proximity to airports and dockyards. I've been lucky, I'm the second gen of my family on both sides that has never had to run. I'm a historian, and that taught me that I don't give a shit about history being written in the blood of innocent people. All that said, if you come for my friends, on either side in any given situation, you will get both proverbial barrels from me. Google is free. Use it. People are responsible for their own actions, no more or less. No Jew or Muslim owes you an explanation or justification, and assuming that there aren't Jews and Muslims horrified by this who have nuanced understandings and concerns around it all is blatantly bigoted. It's 2023, I don't care about justifications or explanations. I just want the killing to stop and people to be free to live their lives in peace. As a species we've spent the last, at least, 10,000 years killing, enslaving and hurting each other and ourselves for greed. We never learn and I don't expect us to this time either. Whenever anything like this happens my goal is being able to live with myself, what I said, what I did and what I supported, and I think if more people did that there'd be a lot less of it going around. /end The older I get the less I understand people who want others to &quot;earn&quot; basic stability or economic parity. I&#39;ve been through a list of stuff so long I can&#39;t even begin to write it all out. I wouldn&#39;t wish even a tenth of that on another human being. Not a single iota of it. No, not even THAT human being. If there was a cosmic reason to go through any or all of that; it&#39;s so I can look back at those doing it now and offer what help I can to get them through it faster, or at least with less trauma from it, than I did. Not to sit back and laugh at them struggling because I did. Not to tell them that this is just the way of the world and to suck it up. My job as someone who has been through it is to put out a hand to help and say &quot;here, follow me I know the way out&quot;or &quot;I&#39;ve been there, it&#39;s shit, here&#39;s how I didn&#39;t drown under the onslaught&quot;. I know my fair share of people who tried to talk me into staying in toxic environments because that was &quot;just the way of the world&quot; or because I had to &quot;earn my stripes&quot; and maybe they meant well and maybe they didn&#39;t but the outcome was the same. When we talk about breaking the cycles of abuse, this needs to be part of the conversation too. Don&#39;t ever tell young people, or older people, or any people, that they just have to accept their lot in life because everyone faces this or that struggle. No they don&#39;t and I refuse to pretend otherwise. If you&#39;re not helping someone out then you&#39;re in their way. Fucking 👏 Move👏 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:29:27 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=141824 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=141824 The older I get the less I understand people who want others to "earn" basic stability or economic parity. I've been through a list of stuff so long I can't even begin to write it all out. I wouldn't wish even a tenth of that on another human being. Not a single iota of it. No, not even THAT human being. If there was a cosmic reason to go through any or all of that; it's so I can look back at those doing it now and offer what help I can to get them through it faster, or at least with less trauma from it, than I did. Not to sit back and laugh at them struggling because I did. Not to tell them that this is just the way of the world and to suck it up. My job as someone who has been through it is to put out a hand to help and say "here, follow me I know the way out"or "I've been there, it's shit, here's how I didn't drown under the onslaught". I know my fair share of people who tried to talk me into staying in toxic environments because that was "just the way of the world" or because I had to "earn my stripes" and maybe they meant well and maybe they didn't but the outcome was the same. When we talk about breaking the cycles of abuse, this needs to be part of the conversation too. Don't ever tell young people, or older people, or any people, that they just have to accept their lot in life because everyone faces this or that struggle. No they don't and I refuse to pretend otherwise. If you're not helping someone out then you're in their way. Fucking 👏 Move👏 <p>I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I&#39;m going to tell you a story 🧵</p> <p>There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That&#39;s right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn&#39;t get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn&#39;t possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn&#39;t get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming.</p> <p>This story isn&#39;t about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate.</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:38:07 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131973 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131973 I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I'm going to tell you a story 🧵 There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That's right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn't get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn't possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn't get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming. This story isn't about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate. <p>I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I&#39;m going to tell you a story 🧵</p> <p>There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That&#39;s right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn&#39;t get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn&#39;t possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn&#39;t get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming.</p> <p>This story isn&#39;t about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate.</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:33:14 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131972 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131972 I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I'm going to tell you a story 🧵 There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That's right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn't get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn't possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn't get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming. This story isn't about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate. <p>I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I&#39;m going to tell you a story 🧵</p> <p>There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That&#39;s right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn&#39;t get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn&#39;t possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn&#39;t get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming.</p> <p>This story isn&#39;t about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate.</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:32:28 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131971 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131971 I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I'm going to tell you a story 🧵 There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That's right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn't get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn't possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn't get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming. This story isn't about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate. <p>I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I&#39;m going to tell you a story 🧵</p> <p>There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That&#39;s right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn&#39;t get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn&#39;t possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn&#39;t get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming.</p> <p>This story isn&#39;t about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate.</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:30:52 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131970 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131970 I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I'm going to tell you a story 🧵 There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That's right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn't get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn't possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn't get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming. This story isn't about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate. <p>I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I&#39;m going to tell you a story 🧵</p> <p>There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That&#39;s right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn&#39;t get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn&#39;t possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn&#39;t get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming.</p> <p>This story isn&#39;t about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate.</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:30:51 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131969 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131969 I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I'm going to tell you a story 🧵 There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That's right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn't get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn't possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn't get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming. This story isn't about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate. <p>I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I&#39;m going to tell you a story 🧵</p> <p>There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That&#39;s right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn&#39;t get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn&#39;t possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn&#39;t get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming.</p> <p>This story isn&#39;t about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate.</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:30:48 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131968 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=131968 I keep seeing people saying that SAG and SAG-AFTRA should hold out until all their demands are met. I'm going to tell you a story 🧵 There was once a little girl who desperately wanted a horse of her own to ride but her father was a mean old man who never gave her anything just because she asked. But this little girl was clever, so one day she went to her father and presented him with her demands. She wanted a unicorn. That's right. A real live actual unicorn. Her father laughed at her and told her to go away. So she teamed up with her sisters and they all demanded a unicorn together. Their father told them in no uncertain terms that there was no such thing as unicorns and so a unicorn would never materialise. The girls knew this. But they also knew that by acknowledging their demand their father had opened the door to negotiate. The girls argued and cajoled and eventually agreed that if they didn't get their unicorn they would scream, together, all day, every day until they got their unicorn. And they did it. Their father was horrified and after a few days of it he began to break down, complaining of a headache and stress and inability to do his work because of the noise. The girls came every day demanding a unicorn and every day he told them it wasn't possible so they kept on screaming. They screamed and screamed, morning , noon and night. They screamed when their throats hurt and screamed when they were sent to bed without supper, when one lost her voice the others gave her honey tea and screamed louder. Eventually after days and days their father called them to his office and told them that he couldn't get a unicorn, but that if they stopped screaming they could have a horse to share. The girls discussed it and agreed that for a horse, with a pretty saddle, they would stop screaming. The father, at his wits end, agreed and bought the horse, and the girls stopped screaming. This story isn't about girls, horses or screaming. It is a useful lesson in how unions should negotiate.