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Cake day: September 13th, 2025
  • Ashes2ashes@lemmygrad.mltoComradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•How do you handle the weariness
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    2 days ago

    I work and study offline with real people and avoid the counter-revolutionary negativity (and pointless online drama) most of the time. It helps, but of course we’ll all have difficult times. Do what you need to do to take care of yourself and find the things that energize you, whether that’s studying something new, getting involved in a new project in your community, taking on a new responsibility within your org if you have one, etc.

  • Ashes2ashes@lemmygrad.mltoWorld News@lemmygrad.ml•Now the british government wants to put job advisors in GP surgeries to "encourage" the sick and disabled into work instead of giving disability benefits.
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    5 days ago

    One frustrating thing about this is that disabled people do need job support, but this is rarely what’s actually needed. I’ve been disabled for 20 years; I don’t need some job coach at my doctor to give me advice about it. I need workplaces to be accessible and for accommodations to be mandatory and enforced, and I need not to be discriminated against or treated like a child just for being disabled and not to be socially ostracized. Even better would be a guaranteed job and a trained person to help place me where my skills, education, interests, and access needs best fit.

    If they actually wanted disabled people to work more, they could use this money elsewhere a lot more effectively, but I guess getting to that conclusion would force them to question too much about how capitalism creates ableism and what it would take to treat disabled people as equals in the workforce.

  • Ashes2ashes@lemmygrad.mltoComradeship // Freechat@lemmygrad.ml•Do you take notes when reading theory?
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    19 days ago

    Yes, I treat it like serious study. I highlight and make notes on things like important points, summaries of what I read, questions I have, things I want to look into more when I’m done, etc. (often divided into sections to make them easier to use later, although the process of note-taking is hugely beneficial even if you never look at the notes again). I read slowly enough to understand everything and look up anything I don’t know. If I find a text difficult, I stop and figure out what text will prepare me for it and read that first. I usually have at least a few books going at a time on connected topics so they can each support my understanding of the others. I read with an e-reader and take notes at a computer, but whether you use that or paper is just a matter of personal preference.

    If you can’t do this for any reason, just absorbing what you can is a great starting place! No one should be stuck doing nothing because what they can do isn’t perfect, but we should all work on improving our study skills and take study seriously. I’m a teacher and love to help comrades develop study skills, so if anyone wants individualized advice, feel free to reach out to me.