jenniferrpovey:

memecucker:

memecucker:

What I think is really interesting about the papyrus account of the workers building the tomb of Rameses III going on strike to demand better wages is really fascinating to me because if you look at the description given by the royal scribe you see that there was an attempt to satisfy the workers by bringing a large amount of food at once but that was rebuffed by the workers who declared that it wasn’t just that they were hungry at the moment but had serious charges to bring that “something bad had been done in this place of Pharoah” (is poor wages and mistreatment). They understood themselves as having long term economic interests as a -class- and organized together knowing that by doing so they could put forward their demands collectively. It so strongly flies in the face of narratives that are like “in this Time and Place people were happy to be serve because they believed in the God-King and maybe you get some intellectual outliers but certainly no common person questioned that”. If historical sources might paint that sorta picture of cultural homogeneity it is because those sources sought not to describe something true but invent a myth for the stability of a regime.

Since this is getting notes here’s a link to a translation of the papyrus scroll and here’s an article that gets further into the economic situation surrounding the strike and giving an explanation of the events. The workers didnt just refuse to construct Rameses III’s future tomb, they actually occupied the Valley of the Kings and were preventing anyone from entering to perform rituals or funerals. Basically they set up the first ever recorded picket line

Again the workers went on strike, this time taking over and blocking all access to the Valley of the Kings. The significance of this act was that no priests or family members of the deceased were able to enter with food and drink offerings for the dead and this was considered a serious offense to the memory of those who had passed on to the afterlife. When officials appeared with armed guards and threatened to remove the men by force, a striker responded that he would damage the royal tombs before they could move against him and so the two sides were stalemated.

Eventually the tomb workers were able to win the day and acquire their demands and actually set a precedent for organized labor and strikes in Egyptian society that continued for a long time

The jubilee in 1156 BCE was a great success and, as at all festivals, the participants forgot about their daily troubles with dancing and drink. The problem did not go away, however, and the workers continued their strikes and their struggle for fair payment in the following months. At last some sort of resolution seems to have been reached whereby officials were able to make payments to the workers on time but the dynamic of the relationship between temple officials and workers had changed – as had the practical application of the concept of ma’at – and these would never really revert to their former understandings again. Ma’at was the responsibility of the pharaoh to oversee and maintain, not the workers; and yet the men of Deir el-Medina had taken it upon themselves to correct what they saw as a breach in the policies which helped to maintain essential harmony and balance. The common people had been forced to assume the responsibilities of the king.

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The success of the tomb-worker/artisan strikes inspired others to do the same. Just as the official records of the battle with the Sea Peoples never recorded the Egyptian losses in the land battle, neither do they record any mention of the strikes. The record of the strike comes from a papyrus scroll discovered at Deir el-Medina and most probably written by the scribe Amennakht. The precedent of workers walking away from their jobs was set by these events and, although there are no extant official reports of other similar events, workers now understood they had more power than previously thought. Strikes are mentioned in the latter part of the New Kingdom and Late Period and there is no doubt the practice began with the workers at Deir el-Medina in the time of Ramesses III.

There was also a strike at one point where construction workers refused to continue until they were given sufficient “cosmetics.”

This was thought a highly strange thing until somebody deciphered the recipe for the “cosmetics” the workers were demanding and recreated it.

It was sunscreen. Sunscreen. 

Making that the first recorded strike over occupational safety.

thedreadvampy:

geekandmisandry:

rogueoftimeywimeystuff:

grandmaestheticc:

chuckle-voodooz:

PSA – NAZIS NEW DOG WHISTLE

So this is Nazi’s new anti semitism dog whistle,please keep your eyes out for this behaviour.

This isn’t a one off and people are already reporting it being used

y’all get that the main way this shit works is if they rile you up right?

just have some self-awareness for a second, if all these people are doing is saying “happy hannukah” then the correct response isn’t to get all riled up and potentially ruin the phrase, but rather take it at face value and turn the potential for an ill-considered reaction unto them.

I mean it’s still good to know. Like… finding out that your coworker or relative or “friend” is an antisemite (which considering that Facebook has made becoming “friends” with your coworkers like that a thing) is important information regardless of how you react to it.

Knowing the dog whistles isn’t overreacting to them. It’s knowing that that uncle that always felt skeevy is not just a gun nut but someone that doesn’t believe you have a right to exist. And that’s especially true for those in the closet (seeing as these people are generally also queerphobic). This isn’t just about the antisemitism. This is about protecting those who have hidden who they are so they can stay safe.

I almost feel bad for them. This is such a sad attempt, even for 4chan.

Also like ‘let’s fool them into thinking x is an antisemitic dogwhistle’ isn’t exactly TRICKING someone if the way you do it is by…making sure people use it as an antisemitic dogwhistle…? Like they seem to think that stuff like this is somehow pulling the wool over people’s eyes instead of just…being loudly antisemitic and hoping people will notice. Truly Masterful tactics

sexy-salmon:

So… a recap of the situation for all of you who sent so many nice messages during the last couple of days.

We weren’t able to find Mochi anywhere, and I received no calls concerning possible sights of her around. What happened is: she was living in the desolate countryside, at my boyfriend’s place (I live in Rome, and can’t keep a pet in my ridicolously small house) , where there was a closed space dedicated to her. I’m at 2 hours from where she was. She was about to get chipped, had all her shots done and was very healthy,happy and loved.

His father decided 3 days ago to prove a fucking stupid point and let her go around all alone through farms and streets because “she was going to return home at dusk anyway, like any other dog”. This, obviously, didn’t happen, but ashamed for what he had done, he didn’t feel like telling us until the day after. This would sound almost comically dumb, if it was not fucking real.

We’ve been searching the area for 2 days,both on foot and in the car, asking anyone living here if they had noticed anything and shouting in the nothing, with no response. The bad thing is; people here don’t call the shelters, or the Police. They’re used to stray dogs, if they’re friendly enough they spare some left overs for them, if they’re a bother they get them killed. That’s it.

Whatever happened to her, and that including the possibility that someone took her and brought her home at best, it was too late to stop it and at this point we can just wait and hope someone sees the flyers and calls us.

I’m phisically exhausted and mentally, I don’t even want to go there. I’ll just keep hoping my doggy will get back to us somehow.

Probably Tumblr is not the best place to search for an italian dog. But if you live in the area of Quartaccio, Migliara 50, Strada della Schiazza near Pontinia, provincia di Latina, Italia or know anyone who lives there, please remember to contact me if you spot a dog resembling this one:

She’s absolutely friendly and responds to the name Mochi (pronuncia: “MO-CI”)

For the rest, thank you so much for your kind words.

You’re the best.

wetwareproblem:

geekandmisandry:

An autistic friend of mine just said this to me “The harder I work at communication the more people expect from me and the less they are willing to compromise.” and it is the most fucking heartbreaking thing I’ve heard.

This is very much a thing, though – and I’m sure people across the board with other disabilities can verify that it happens to them, too.

People will turn any progress you make toward being “normal” – no matter how straining or difficult it is for you, no matter how little it actually helps you – as either inspiration porn, or proof that you don’t really need accommodations, you just need to “apply yourself! :)))))”