If you are near a picket line, join 1.
Also there are ways to 'flip' a non-union production to become a union production @JaneWorks4U is really knowledgable about how to do this.
When you flip a production from non-union to SAG-AFTRA that brings you ever closer to eligibility & you should see pay bumps over non-union right from the start.
If you think it's 'too risky' right now to try to flip a production, besides walking a picket line in your non-working hours & socializing with union members, there's support work you can do. Groups like @PreWGAStrike do this, so will union staffers.
Just bought myself a gift: a super long life cooler that isn't a Yeti but a better designed cheaper competitor. The black button in the front is apparently a pressure release valve so if you take cooler into high altitude areas, it's easier to open it. Should be great for summer.
I have an even bigger 1 of these coolers (different brand but also a Yeti competitor) that's big enough to put an entire adult deer in (would almost span width of a small pickup bed. It doesn't have wheels but if my freezer or fridge dies, it is my backup until replacement comes)
The Blue I bought is 60 qts so it's getting kind of big for just me to handle by myself (empty it's 36 lbs ) hence wheels. Assuming you don't open it much & keep it out of direct sun it should keep ice frozen for at least 5 days (in theory you can go 10 days before 100% ice melt)
LOL nodding along in psychological astrology student (the good news is a lot of practitioners of this branch of astrology are trained in proper psychology &/or therapists & the very best of them will do more psychotherapy with you rather than reading charts to help you through).
Psychological astrology is grounded in Jungian psychology in case you were wondering. Depending on the astrologer they may also work with other types of psychology in their practices. But yeah make actual psychology more affordable & covered by proper universal health insurance.
Scariest but also most 'worth it' thing I ever did was order Liz Greene's 'cookbook' psychological astrology natal (birth) chart for myself. It took me weeks to really read & understand/accept everything it said about me & I've studied this discipline ever since (so ~8 years).
@BrandonTSnider#Fans4WGA is already on this (most of us are fan veterans of 2007-8 WGA strike support) Let me share some pointers: 1) Our fan made strike graphic (by @midnightoilprod) you can use & share it freely anywhere & everywhere
@BrandonTSnider@midnightoilprod If you want to do something basically free / no cost & get up to speed on what life on strike is like for WGA members, other entertainment business workers & yes even fans screen this free with ads on YouTube #documentary#PencilsDown by @BrianKalata
@BrandonTSnider@midnightoilprod@BrianKalata If you can do some financial support, the highest & best use of your funds is a donation to @alifeinthearts aka the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly known as The Actors Fund. They will be doing a kind of #MutualAid) for people put out of work by the strike
@Smallorchids@rose_quarks I have seen this play out in an interesting way in the town nearest me.
The Food Lion grocery store (only 1 in the town, you have to drive to other towns for more grocery store options) put in a hot chicken wings / pieces bar. $8.99/lb. Not something you can pay for with SNAP-EBT
@Smallorchids@rose_quarks Not something most local people will buy because many of them raise poultry commercially or process it for their living.
So chicken from the hot bar from the day before gets repackaged, discounted & put into the cooler in the deli. Now you can buy it with SNAP-EBT because cold...
@Smallorchids@rose_quarks It's still expensive for what it is like $5/$6 lb. Again it doesn't sell.
So Food Lion employees then freeze it. Then it's donated to the town food pantry which is a USDA pantry.
Food Lion gets a tax write-off (I don't know if it's @ $9/lb or $5/6 lb).
Food pantry overwhelms...
I'm so glad my auto correct just changed 'Wooly Mammoth' app to 'Folly Mammoth' which is my new name for #Mastodon
Things there...are not going to go well, there are early hints of this but like Twitter, they're behind on the awareness curve of the limitations of both platforms
What will go wrong? Oh you are going to be sorry you asked this...
So with @joinmastodon you ideally pick an instance (fancy word for server) that matches up with one of your interests.
Yeah, just ONE of them you naughty multi-interest having multi-faceted unique human being
Choose wisely with none of the pressure of a badly behaving bonkers...