Rowan H.’s Post

Happy Friday- I hope you enjoy a few of the comments in my blog today in honour of upcoming Remembrance Day! Seniors have taught me a lot, the twist is there is something we all can commit to doing better and that is keeping an eye out for seniors who live around us. By taking time and going over and above to do something for them, we can transform their life. Most are suffering battles we know nothing about. #seniorawareness https://lnkd.in/gn_Ed8mU

Watch “What the Constitution Means to Me” for thoughtful, provoking weekend entertainment. Recommended to me by the husband of Heidi Schreck’s close friend, the play reminds us that the Constitution is a living document.  Its most basic provocation: can the personal and the political and the personal and legal ever be separated?  The man-loving Heidi (along with Donald Trump’s hush-money trial) makes a pretty compelling case that the answer is no and that they never have been.  She reminds us of this truth in a way that allows us to laugh rather than cry, thankfully. The main bit I will comment on here is around the intersection of rights, women's equality, and violence.  To wit: 1) “You cannot possibly be equal in this country if you are subject to epidemic levels of violence.”  2) “The facts are so extreme…The truth is that rampant violence against women’s bodies is underneath everything all the time…humming.” 3) “What does it mean if this constitution will not protect us from the violence of men?” I encourage you to use these lines as a starting point, as a template or mad lib if you will for a broader conversation. “Violence” could be replaced with a number of factors.  Lack of childcare comes to mind as the mother of a three-year-old Boy. Chronic sexualization. Forced desexualization. Body shaming. Lack of sleep. Role entitlement. Overconfidence entitlement. Extreme demographic skews in hiring and promotion and staffing entitlement. Blind eye entitlement. Two percent of venture funding entitlement. Soup-to-nuts home support entitlement. ENORMOUS gaps in laws and HR policies as written “de jure” vs. as lived “de facto.” Judgemental sneers. There are many others. I realize I am breaking with content precedent on LinkedIn.  But I agree with Heidi that the compartmentalization of the personal and political/legal/professional is a false representation of reality. As Taleb has said, models lecture birds on how to fly and in this case the model does not fly anymore. It’s on the wrong side of history. Maybe the way for us to evolve forward and to conceive of new solutions is to embrace this messy fact. For your wives. For your sisters. For your girlfriends. For your daughters. For you. For the future of the world that is at risk if ruled by a rock/paper/scissors mental model where yang is not balanced with yin. RIP RBG. Have a wonderful weakend. #RevivingOphelia #ERA #SwishSwish #PPG #Acid #KM ||

"Then and now, it is people who are at the heart of everything we do." In his latest blog, Paul Farmer talks about the difference Age UK's supporters have made to our life-enhancing services - and will continue to make as we work to ensure every older person feels included and valued. Read it here 👇 https://bit.ly/3xfo7UO

THIS DAY IN HISTORY- The abolition of slavery announced in Texas on “Juneteenth”- June 19th, 1865...... In what is now known as Juneteenth, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War was over and slavery in the United States was abolished.  A mix of June and 19th, Juneteenth has become a day to commemorate the end of slavery in America and even though President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was issued more than two years earlier on January 1, 1863, a lack of Union troops in the rebel state of Texas made the order difficult to enforce. Some historians blame the lapse in time on poor communication in that era, while others believe Texan slave-owners purposely withheld the information, therefore, upon arrival and leading the Union soldiers, Major Gen. Gordon Granger announced General Order No. 3: "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.  This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere." On that day, 250,000 enslaved people were freed. Despite the message to stay and work for their former owners, many left the state immediately and headed north or to nearby states in search of family members who had been taken to other regions during slavery. For many African Americans, June 19 is considered an independence day, before 2021, nearly all 50 states recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday. On June 17, 2021, President Biden signed legislation officially declaring it a federal holiday.    

25 amendments. overhaul. Pursuit of enslavement to be given full, complete freedom (matches honestly quite frankly royalty), life, and the pursuit of educated happiness. #1 Right for minority women to vote. 2. Right for women to vote. 3. Right for white males to vote. 4. Right for all males to vote. 5. Right to independence from military draft unless own land attacked. 6. Right to amend amendments. 7. Freedom of no offensive to at least 20% of population (vote more voting better yeah!) speech. 8. Freedom to gather peacefully if leader is peaceful and not criminal. 9. Right to universal income of at least 275 a month. 10. 10% of minimum wage is guaranteed. 11. Right to migrant rights to shelter, refuge cities. 12. Right to petition the government if you don't feel safe. 13. Right to have one million man or woman or nonbinary marches in DC at least on every major holiday. 14. Freedom from not slavery but indentured servanthood that causes outsiders to feel like one and unwelcomed. 15. Slaves get segregation one day per week only. 16. Masters of slaves shall have no voting rights. 17. Love doesn't exist. Pursuit of unions or marriages outside of courts and not sanctioned by government. 18. Anyone is allowed to marry as long as children have a male and female figure in the picture. 8 day nurturing can be anyone who has touched the womb for 8 days. 19. Discipline must be before 3 years old so no suing and when most toughest child and most malleable bodies. Softness is rock inside. 20. Neighbors shall have the right to vote for other neighbors no more than 8. 21. The elite shall vote based on three things, what they see, what they hear, and what they intellectually deduct from seeing and hearing. Nothing else. This applies to Electoral College. 22. Right to celibacy. Proof virgins save the day is in mass opinion elevated. 23. Right to no incest prevented by security cameras of personal use in every room of house. 24. Right to your opinion if you have one, no one has to have one, because no opinion saves the day because opinions belong to the opinionated biologically. Both save the day. 25. Right to a president, Vice president who are together 80% of the time no more. Seen brings unity.

Today my new country celebrates its own version of the most celebrated holiday in the world, celebrating independence from Britain. Because it was a rainy Saturday and I had some free time, I went through and added up the populations of all the countries that had a national day celebrating their independence from the UK or GB, and it added up to almost 3,007 million people, or around 37.5% of the 8 billion people in the world. With only 2.4 billion Christians (and that likely an overcounting because it includes baptized people such as myself that now reject Christianity's hateful rhetoric), I think independence from Britain is a clear winner. Later this week, today's Britons will elect a Labour government that has been very open about their intent to create the beginning of an apartheid-like regime that will exclude trans people from getting healthcare with other people, and instead get it in 'separate but equal' facilities. A public restroom ban would make it impossible for trans people to hold office or retail jobs, to go out to dinner with friends, or to travel long distances without putting our lives in grave danger or committing a crime. The lack of self-identification for ID ensures that people will actively be able to discriminate against trans people. The NHS intentionally hid the deaths by suicide of tens of children who were denied care to be able to continue to push their hateful rhetoric. There is very little doubt that the British government has been the single most damaging institution in the last 500 years, and right now that shows very little sign of changing. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransPeopleDeserveHealthcare

Watch as two of our team members, Richard Blakeborough (interviewer) and Tony (interviewee and head of DIAS at Independent Living) talk about the EGL (Enabling Good Lives) Principle: ‘Ordinary life outcomes’.     Tony discusses what Ordinary Life Outcomes look like for him personally as well as what that means in our Independent Living context. Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People #EGL #EnablingGoodLives #IndependentLiving

I can't stand this MF (male fool). He is so transparently seeking to blame imigrants for the disatisfaction many have in their lives. News break, immigrants are not responsible for the difficulties in your life. Republicans and republican policies are, however. *Welfare Reform* Work Requirements: Republicans have pushed for stricter work requirements for welfare programs like food stamps (SNAP), which can make it harder for vulnerable populations to receive assistance. *Healthcare* Opposition to the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Many Republicans have sought to repeal or undermine the ACA, which has provided health insurance to millions of Americans. *Social Security and Medicare* Proposals to Cut Benefits: Some Republican lawmakers have proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare, which could negatively impact seniors and disabled individuals. *Tax Cuts* Tax Cuts for the Wealthy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 primarily benefited corporations and the wealthy, leading to increased income inequality and reduced government revenue for social programs. *Environmental Regulations* Deregulation: Republicans have often supported rolling back environmental regulations, which can lead to increased pollution and negative health outcomes.

A few days prior to Independence Day, a very unsettling incident occurred. I felt compelled to publish no Independence Day posts on social media due to this upsetting incident. Where does this civilization proceed from here? Are we moving in the direction of a better future, or have we already turned around and turned back into animals? Regarding their safety in modern society, every woman has been in a precarious situation. Do our families really need us to work outside the home? What went wrong for the doctor to put himself in this pitiful condition and cause this horrifying death? To put in 36 hours a day without a break in order to assist those in need of medical attention? or Being a woman who was raised in this culture? Now is the critical moment to obtain solutions for us. Our only demand of this society is safety. There is nothing more that women in this culture expect. Establishing a safe environment for women is the duty of all males, the government, and other authorities. Don't play loud music, give long speeches about how much you respect women, or use catchphrases like "Beti padao and Beti bachao" when you are unable to ensure their safety.

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