Musical prodigy Alma Deutscher aged 11 (seen here with younger sister Helen), is staging her first full-length opera, Cinderella.
Composer, pianist, violinist… Alma learned to read music before she could read words. She began playing the piano aged two and at four years old she was composing her own music.
Will Smith went to London and dressed up as a Boots sales assistant to promote Jaden’s new water brand ….. what dimension are we living in
“Brand of water” look at our society, we need a good old fashioned culling.
The kid is just doing what he wants to better the world. He started a brand of bottled water that’s better for the environment and is responsibly sourcing everything from the bottle to the water. They’ve gone as far to work with a specific city and only bottle excess water and pay the city more than its actually worth so their water infrastructure can be improved. He’s also donating water to Flint until the lead levels are actually at safe levels because the government decided they don’t want to anymore.
If you’re gonna try to complain about a celebrity doing something at least be educated on what they’re actually doing first
Here’s some facts I found on Facebook:
(Sorry if there’s some repetition)
This boy created a brand of water that is reusable, created from natural renewable resources to significantly reduce carbon emissions, and is all over designed for being 75% better than his competition for the environment.
– The entire company is community based. They bought an abandoned church in a financially struggling city in NY, w the intent of paying property taxes (so the ppl don’t have to face large tax increases) so the city’s schools and social services would get more money from taxes. So far 92% of the money invested into their first facility has stayed in this city.
-they pay 6x the water rate, so that their company pays more and the individual pays less, opposite of all other water corporations.
– this city’s pipes are leaky, and insufficient, resulting in 500 million gallons being lost thru the cracks each yr.
SO they created a new water based revenue stream which created a pool of capital thats put toward fixing the leaks and can ultimately lead to actually raising the city’s watershed level as the net loss of water dwindles.
-THIS IS NOT AN EASY WAY TO RUN A BUSINESS. BUT ITS THE RIGHT WAY. AND THEY DOIN IT.
– they have vowed to donate water each month to flint until their water is drinkable again. They’ve already donated like 10,000 bottles.
-(btw he founded this company when he was still a child)
– YES. Having a brand of water is a form of capitalism. That’s the fucking world we live in. You can bitch about it or you can help. Bitching about it w no solutions is a waste of time. If you have wealth, it’s your responsibility to help your community. So this gender non conforming, feminist, black boy decided to take matters into his own hands and run a company under capitalism comzpletely based off a socialist model. This is amazing. It’s huge. It’s healthy, environmentally friendly and community based black excellence. Buy Just Water, bruh.
Chiune Sugihara. This man saved 6000 Jews. He was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. When the Nazis began rounding up Jews, Sugihara risked his life to start issuing unlawful travel visas to Jews. He hand-wrote them 18 hrs a day. The day his consulate closed and he had to evacuate, witnesses claim he was STILL writing visas and throwing from the train as he pulled away. He saved 6000 lives. The world didn’t know what he’d done until Israel honored him in 1985, the year before he died.
Why can’t we have a movie about him?
He was often called “Sempo”, an alternative reading of the characters of his first name, as that was easier for Westerners to pronounce.
His wife, Yukiko, was also a part of this; she is often credited with suggesting the plan. The Sugihara family was held in a Soviet POW camp for 18 months until the end of the war; within a year of returning home, Sugihara was asked to resign – officially due to downsizing, but most likely because the government disagreed with his actions.
He didn’t simply grant visas – he granted visas against direct orders, after attempting three times to receive permission from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and being turned down each time. He did not “misread” orders; he was in direct violation of them, with the encouragement and support of his wife.
He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985, a year before he died in Kamakura; he and his descendants have also been granted permanent Israeli citizenship. He was also posthumously awarded the Life Saving Cross of Lithuania (1993); Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996); and the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Though not canonized, some Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize him as a saint.
Sugihara was born in Gifu on the first day of 1900, January 1. He achieved top marks in his schooling; his father wanted him to become a physician, but Sugihara wished to pursue learning English. He deliberately failed the exam by writing only his name and then entered Waseda, where he majored in English. He joined the Foreign Ministry after graduation and worked in the Manchurian Foreign Office in Harbin (where he learned Russian and German; he also converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church during this time). He resigned his post in protest over how the Japanese government treated the local Chinese citizens. He eventually married Yukiko Kikuchi, who would suggest and encourage his acts in Lithuania; they had four sons together. Chiune Sugihara passed away July 31, 1986, at the age of 86. Until her own passing in 2008, Yukiko continued as an ambassador of his legacy.
It is estimated that the Sugiharas saved between 6,000-10,000 Lithuanian and Polish Jewish people.
It’s a tragedy that the Sugiharas aren’t household names. They are among the greatest heroes of WWII. Is it because they were from an Axis Power? Is it because they aren’t European? I don’t know. But I’ve decided to always reblog them when they come across my dash. If I had the money, I would finance a movie about them.
He told an interviewer:
You want to know about my motivation, don’t you? Well. It is the kind of sentiments anyone would have when he actually sees refugees face to face, begging with tears in their eyes. He just cannot help but sympathize with them. Among the refugees were the elderly and women. They were so desperate that they went so far as to kiss my shoes, Yes, I actually witnessed such scenes with my own eyes. Also, I felt at that time, that the Japanese government did not have any uniform opinion in Tokyo. Some Japanese military leaders were just scared because of the pressure from the Nazis; while other officials in the Home Ministry were simply ambivalent.
People in Tokyo were not united. I felt it silly to deal with them. So, I made up my mind not to wait for their reply. I knew that somebody would surely complain about me in the future. But, I myself thought this would be the right thing to do. There is nothing wrong in saving many people’s lives….The spirit of humanity, philanthropy…neighborly friendship…with this spirit, I ventured to do what I did, confronting this most difficult situation—and because of this reason, I went ahead with redoubled courage.
He died in nearly complete obscurity in Japan. His neighbors were shocked when people from all over, including Israeli diplomatic personnel, showed up at quiet little Mr. Sugihara’s funeral.
I will forever reblog this, I wish more people would know about them!
I liked this before when it had way less information. Thank you, history-sharers.
Tucked away in a corner in L.A.’s Little Tokyo is a life-sized statue of Chiune, seated on a bench and smiling gently as he holds out a visa.
The stone next to him bears a quote from the Talmud; “He who saves one life, saves the entire world.”
I had no idea it existed until a few weeks ago, but it’s since become one of my favorite pieces of public art.
Chiune Sugihara. Original antifa.
PBS made a documentary about Chiune Sugihara in 2005. If you’re interested in him, it’s definitely worth checking out. (The PBS link above even has some interactive information to go along with the film.) Ask your local library if they have a copy/can order you one from another library. You won’t be disappointed!
We might have lost the Senate but we won the House. This is not a failure for Dems or the left. We are rebuilding the Democratic party and this is how it’s going to start.
A list of great things that happened this election:
Tammy Baldwin remained the senator for Wisconsin. Thank fucking god.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
Jared Polis is the first openly gay governor in the U.S. and for Colorado.
Minnesota elected Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim woman elected for Congress.
Massachusetts elected the first black woman, Ayanna Pressley, to Congress.
SHOUTOUT TO FUCKING KANSAS for electing Sharice Davids. Their first openly gay, ex-MMA fighter, Native American, congress woman.
Rashida Tlaib became one of the first Muslim woman elected to Congress in Michigan.
Deb Haaland became one of the first Native Americans elected to Congress in the state of New Mexico.
Chris Pappas is one of the first only gay members elected to Congress in the state of New Hampshie.
Over 90 women have been elected to the House of Representatives. This wasn’t a blue wave but it sure as hell was a wave of diversity. The wave that America needed and slowly but surely, we’re going to stop looking like a shit show to the rest of the world.
me this morning remembering that people in alabama voted in favor of anti-abortion amendments so a clump of cells would have more rights than any living person with a uterus and it’s 2018
Things to do if you want to join a union, the simple version:
See if others in your city/state/municipality/whatever are unionized in other workplaces for similar trades. Like, are you a janitor in a town where you know there’s other unionized janitors? GO ASK THEM. They should all be able to point to a union steward or representative who can help you out and/or get you started.
The hard part (that I know about): Start talking to your coworkers about unionizing. Be friendly enough with them that you can do it off the clock, because that shit is risky to talk about at work. Educate them about how it works, and the benefits that can result. Are y’all always working off the clock? Don’t have health care? Shitty scheduling? Dangerous conditions? Harassment? Just want better everything? Unions will give you help with all that.
Be real with them about the material risks… the bosses won’t be happy, you might get fired for bullshit before you have a chance to unionize and be protected by that union, that sort of thing. There’s a reason why unionization has dropped over the past fifty years, and it’s because the bosses have schemed to make it hard for us. They want to keep us divided and powerless.
Be real about where your coworkers are in life. Unionization might sound like yet another responsibility in an endless sea of responsibilities. Tell your coworkers that it’s a way that the burdens of life can be shared and divided amongst us all. Paying one’s union dues is a pain in the ass if you’re really needing that extra $5 per check or whatever, but that $5 should be subscribing you to a world of support and benefits that far outweigh the $5 per check sacrifice. Health care. Benefits. Sick days. Representation if the boss tries to fire you for bullshit. That sort of thing.
“I’m not expecting to be in that job for long, I don’t even care about unionizing!” To which I would say, do it anyway! You never know how long you’ll be stuck in your Not Your Dream Job, and the people who come after you could use the protection. Just because you hate your shit job doesn’t mean you couldn’t help make it better for those who love it, do it well, or will be stuck there for a while.
Anyway, there it is. Sorry it took so long to get back to you @teal-deer and anyone else waiting for an answer. I work from 5 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., and I’m just trying to get back to writing my fanfiction and shit, let alone actual informative posts.
FWIW, I’m in SEIU at work, and am joining IWW soon (next paycheck) so that I can help start organizing the unorganized.
As far as I’ve been able to discern, there’s just this one life guaranteed to us. Those of us who have to blow most of it working to survive… we deserve gold and diamonds and bread and motherfucking roses for what the bosses are asking from us. Get your paper. Get your life.
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