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Falling Between Every System
Modern social systems are often described as safety nets. Employment law protects workers. Healthcare programs provide treatment. Disability benefits replace lost income. Unemployment insurance bridges job loss. Each system is presented as a safeguard designed to catch people when life disrupts their ability to function normally. Yet for many people living with disability, chronic illness, or injury, the lived experience is the opposite. Rather than forming a net, these systems stack vertically, each with its own eligibility rules, thresholds, and assumptions. Instead of catching the fall, they create gaps. People do not slip through because they failed to try. They fall because the systems were never designed to align.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcasta day ago in Humans
American Dream is Broken
For much of the 20th century, the United States was associated with a broad and stable middle class. Rising wages, home ownership, accessible higher education, and stable employment formed the backbone of what was often referred to as “the American Dream.” The idea was that if you work hard, play by the rules, and save for the future, you will achieve success and build a good life for yourself and your children.
By Lana V Lynxa day ago in Humans
Do Himalayan pink salt blocks Really Enhance Food Flavor?
Cooking is not all about the process of hunger. It is also concerning taste, smell, and little details that make food memorable. Nowadays, a significant number of domestic cooks and restaurant chefs have begun to use Himalayan pink salt blocks within their kitchens. These pink salt blocks belong to the older salt mines that are currently in use as a grill, cold block, and also as a way of serving food.
By david smith2 days ago in Humans
Real-World Advice For Singles Looking To Build Deep Emotional Connections
A meaningful relationship of emotion starts with getting to know what emotional intimacy is. Emotional connection does not only come through the activities they share but also they entail vulnerability, trust, empathy. Single people have to understand their emotional needs and explain them to their potential partners in an effective manner. Knowing the attachment style, previous patterns of relationships and triggers of emotions are useful in establishing genuine relationships. Emotional intelligence enables people to select the types of partners, who are compatible and can support them as well as fulfill their emotional needs. The ability to self-monitor their emotions and their expectations enables singles to establish a solid basis on which relationships are founded on the deeds of trust, understanding, and pure emotional interest.
By Emeri Adames2 days ago in Humans
Nomophobia: The 21st Century Fear Nobody Is Talking About
Picture this: you reach into your pocket and your phone is not there. In the space of a single second, a wave of unease washes over you — a flutter of panic, a surge of disorientation, a sudden and overwhelming need to locate the device immediately. Your mind races through possibilities. Did you leave it at home? On the table at the café? In the taxi? And beneath the practical concern lies something rawer, something harder to articulate — a feeling not merely of inconvenience, but of vulnerability. Of incompleteness. Of being, in some fundamental way, cut off from the world.
By noor ul amin2 days ago in Humans
Friendship Fossilised. Content Warning.
Introduction This has been inspired by the fact that I often include old stories of mine, to expand or enhance new stories, and also to make sure that I am not repeating myself too much. It is OK for some repetition to give emphasis to some points, but I don't want a virtual repeat of any old stories.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 days ago in Humans
Congratulations
A system that is broken or misaligned, be it social, economic, cultural, technological, or otherwise. Spam/Scam calls or messages seem to cover them all. Social systems of shame among family & friends are overcome & broken by economic realities. Local politics engage in human trafficking, often of entire communities, forcing them into the trade. (If the first three numbers of a 13-digit phone number are “234”, the call originates from Nigeria where, for many, such call centers are simply a fact of life.) Where law enforcement would love to be able to bring practitioners to justice (India is a prime example), lack of resources causes it to break down.
By Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock3 days ago in Humans
