a person sitting at a table is talking into the camera.
“i have nothing to hide… which is a shame, because i love hiding stuff! i love making or buying secret hiding spaces.”
they pick up a leather wrapped book.
“so like, i love hollowing out books. and you now, people- you could say, well probably you would hide drugs in there. well, i don’t do drugs”
they open the book to reveal a green pill bottle hidden in a cut out space in the pages
“but i do take flonase for my seasonal allergies, so i put those in this one, because it kinda feels like taking drugs. but my whole apartment is filled with stuff like this.”
the camera cuts to the view of a permanent maker on a table.
“like this perfectly normal permanent marker.”
they take off the cap of the marker, and put it back on.
“well, it’s actually hollow and on the inside is…”
they take off the back of the marker to reveal a small pink marker inside.
“a smaller permanent marker!”
the camera cuts to a bookshelf. they remove a book from the shelf.
“now this obviously is a copy of inside baseball, which is a perfect place, i figured out to hide-”
they open the book to reveal a miniature baseball in a cut out space in the pages.
“-my tiny baseball”
the camera cuts to a storage shelf. they retrieve a giant bolt from the shelf.
“this is a normal looking giant bolt that i just keep in my closet.”
the camera cuts to a close-up of the bolt. they are screwing off a part of the bolt.
“you can screw off the bottom, and you can fit a tiny vial in there, which is perfect for…”
they tip the bolt over and a small vial containing white pills falls out.
“-that’s my claritin. that’s my other allergy medicine.”
the camera cuts to a framed print of the great wave painting.
“there is nothing cooler than a wall save behind framed art. and i’m not allowed to poke holes into my wall, because it’s a rental.”
they move the painting to the side to reveal a wall safe behind it.
“but this is a picture of a wall safe! which is almost as good.”
they fiddle with the wall safe, demonstrating that it is just a cut out picture pasted to the wall.
“since i wouldn’t have anything to put in the wall safe anyway!”
the camera cuts to a fridge, just as the door is being opened.
“in the fridge i’ve got a totally normal looking doctor pepper.”
they retrieve a can of doctor pepper from the fridge. the camera cuts to a close-up of the can.
“but of course the top screws off, and inside that is my benadryl! or bennies.”
they screw open the top of the can and shake some pink pills from the can into the palm of their hand.
“these are for my night time allergies!”
the camera cuts to the boot of a car that is being opened.
“back of my car”
the camera cuts to a bin in the boot of the car. they remove a can of tire foam from the bin.
“looks like tire foam.”
they unscrew the bottom of the can and pull out a yellow pill bottle.
“this is where i store my dramamine! which is kinda like i’m allergic to motion too!”
the camera cuts to four copies of shakespeare plays next to each other on a bookshelf.
“and this looks like it’s just four shakespeare b-sides together, but if you pull out the bottom-”
they remove all four books at once and turn them over to reveal a hole that is cut through all four books, containing a can, which they pull out.
“there is actually a can of peaches”
they flip over the can to reveal a handle at the bottom
“but the can of peaches is fake, and inside is a rock!”
they open the fake bottom and retrieve a rock from the can.
“but that rock is fake”
they turn the rock over and slide off a cover to reveal a key.
“it’s a hide-a-key! and that key-”
they remove a dictionary from the bookshelf.
“is perfect for opening the dictionary!”
they open the dictionary to reveal a keyhole.
“which is secretly a metal safe. and inside that i put-”
they unlock and open the safe to reveal several filled ziplock bags, removing one after another.
“the doctor pepper! and the tire foam! and the pages from the shakespeare books! and the peaches!”
they hold up the ziplock bag of peach slices to the camera.
[ID: screenshot of a tweet by @thecoulissue with the screen name amanda that reads “rich kids being able to do art for a living may be a reflection of their privilege but it seems to me like a reflection of the fact that a human that doesn’t have to worry about money will often choose art. everyone is an artist until rent is due. i wish we all had that right” end ID]
Hospitals are struggling for nurses right now because people are leaving the profession entirely or leaving for temporary travel contract positions that pay well. They have been treated poorly, underpaid for the work they do, and inadequately protected this year, and they’re done.
My brother in law said they’re advertising for a position in his normal unit, offering twice his salary. But they won’t offer him extra to stay after risking his life working in the COVID unit for months, so he’s out. It’s absolutely insulting, and so many industries are going to have a major reckoning coming up.
My father retired early because they refused to hire just one person to help with the work load. They had to hire 5 people to replace him.
This is a common occurrence amongst his retired coffee group.
One lady was a head nurse that ran two floor at her hospital. They wanted her to take on more work. She agreed to do so oy if they gave her a small raise and hired an assistant for her. They refused so she retired early. They had to replace her with 20 people.
You are NOT replaceable!!! They tell you this to make you complacent to their exploration of you.
Teaching positions are having this problem too.
I think a lot of employees in a lot of industries have had a suspicion that their employers would risk their lives or work them to death without blinking and then act like the employees are somehow not grateful enough for employment. But then to have that confirmed in some truly traumatizing ways…
A closer look at British artist Tim Knowles’ series of drawings produced using drawing tools attached to the tips of tree branches; the wind’s effects on the tree, recorded on paper. Like signatures each drawing reveals the different qualities and characteristics of each tree.
