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_The Evening Post_, 10 April 1924:
WOMEN IN
PRINT.

A Press Association message from #Christchurch states that at the Christchurch #Presbytery yesterday a motion, “That the Presbytery initiate the necessary steps to amend the Book of Orders [i.e., Book of Order] to admit #women as #elders of the Church,” was lost, only the mover and seconder voting for it.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #PresbyterianChurch #NewZealand

The Presbyterian Church in NZ voted to admit women as elders in 1954 teara.govt.nz/en/presbyterian-

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@contrasocial @AmandaMarcotte

If only! I'd feel safer

In fact, the deductions from paychecks I've GLADLY paid enabled #elders who had worked hard all their lives to live in dignity when they retired before me

Now, I'm 65 & my very physical job isn't something I can continue indefinitely, but these #BillionaireFascists are going to ensure my last years are spent in poverty

#FuckTrump #FuckMusk
#SocialSecurity is basic humanity but they'll kill off anyone who doesn't pad their bottom line

youtube.com/watch?v=mRPp8UJYsq

🚨 If you have #disabled and/or #elders you care about living in the U.S., you NEED to see this!!! 🤡 #AdolphMusk taking MONEY DIRECTLY OUT OF CITIZENS' ACCOUNTS!? 🚨

The hunting for 'dead people receiving #SocialSecurity' shit is bullshit. It's about stealing money!

#AdamMockler (please #reboost this story)

#WTF?! #Elon DESTROYS This Man's Life After HUGE FAIL

Fakeness always implodes like bad #plastic surgery.

We are witnessing the #acceleration of #collapse -- all the #algorithms are pointing to a very very very RED day on the stock markets today.

Why do the algos think collapse is imminent? Something to do with destroying #Education and care of #Elders and ruining the postal service.

The US is supposed to be a "revolutionary" peoples ... and I do not just mean people like Luigi who made the world a better place.

Remember that money, like popularity, can be temporarily faked. Fake money cannot fix problems. Fascists do not have talent, prudence, or backbone... only fake money they use to brainwash fear.

There are 8.2 billion of more GOOD people on the planet than there are evil fascist shitheads like Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos, Benioff, Bob Parsons.

#ClimateChange #elders

"As climate disasters intensify, older adults face disproportionate risks. Mobility issues, chronic health conditions and social isolation all play a role. Evacuation plans and emergency response systems simply weren't designed with aging populations in mind. Climate change is rewriting the rules of survival, and right now, we’re leaving too many behind."

dailyclimate.org/climate-disas

The Daily Climate · Climate disasters are pushing society’s most vulnerable to the brinkBy EHN Curators

Today we met Paul, an 88-year-old from Saint Paul, #Minnesota. Yes, he bikes at home in MN as well as when visiting Monterey. For more examples of #perennials aka #elders who help change misperceptions about #aging, see bikemonterey.org/perennials-bi.

Others we paused to chat with on our Jan 31 ride into town: Bo of the #Salinas Valley’s Schoch Family Farm (at Del Monte Center farmer’s market bikemonterey.org/monterey-coun); Isabel Orejel (at First Presbyterian #Church, Monterey bikemonterey.org/rest-stop-tip); Mikaela Heimer (at Whole #Dog Radiance on Casa Verde, the sister of Dani bikemonterey.org/youth-who-bik, both #sisters #bike); Erios (at Portola #Hotel’s #valet station bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour); staff of Adventures by the Sea near Custom House Plaza (bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour); Neal, a City of #Monterey #Parking Enforcement Officer patrolling Garden Rd (we were both appreciating the #rain beginning to fall bikemonterey.org/rainy-weather).

Wanna chat online with people who bike? One way to connect: #BikeNite @bikenite on Mastodon.

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My elder was disgusted with his behaviour.

Besides not wanting to be preached at when shopping, they were deeply offended that a complete stranger would be making assumptions about their religious beliefs.

I concur: there was no religious imagery on my elder, but then there was none on the antimasker either.

To assume anyone involved was of ANY particular belief was obviously foolish.

6/x

#elders
#religion
#faith
#assumptions
#ReligiousAggression
#antimasker

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He stopped, looked at us, passed me over, and then zeroed in on my elder to spew completely unprompted and unsolicited advice that the only thing that will help was to "accept Jesus into your heart and be saved and He'll save you from this."

He didn't specify what "this" was to "help" but the context clearly implied his beliefs about my elder's need to be masking.

2/x

#antimasker
#UnwantedAdvice
#elders