Blaming the homeless crisis ONLY on mental health and drug addiction shifts the blame from greedy landlords and developers and places it on individuals who made "bad choices" instead of acknowledging that speculators driving up the cost of housing are making people homeless.
In honor of the labor action today by employees at New York Times--who ask that people not engage with anything on the NYT platform today--here is a THREAD with criticisms of the New York Times from my copaganda newsletter. Please share with anyone you know who reads the paper.
@NeckDeepUK Play a small set at my wedding, please? Date isn’t set yet, but we’re thinking sometime mid-2024.
Cody and I met at one of your shows, and he proposed during your set at WWWY.
Lots of other ND moments for us other the years, but wanted to throw in the highlights!
What's happening to Twitter is not the same as what happened to MySpace, LiveJournal, Tumblr, or other faded sites. People gradually moved from those sites on their own accord to better options. What's happening to Twitter is a controlled demolition.
Nancy Pelosi has been in congress for 35 years (for nearly my entire life) and has led the Democratic Caucus for 19 years. Where are the news stories about her lifetime “grip” on power? Or is that standard only for brown countries?
Someone has to say it: Elon Musk has lied for 27 years about his credentials. He does not have a BS in Physics, or any technical field. Did not get into a PhD program. Dropped out in 1995 & was illegal. Later, investors quietly arranged a diploma - but not in science. 🧵1/
Daily reminder that Ticketmaster is a monopoly, it’s merger with LiveNation should never have been approved, and they need to be reigned in.
Break them up.
One lesson that must be drawn for people who don't see this stuff every day like we do: every police department in the U.S. spends a huge chunk of their budget arresting and jailing people for this stuff. Only 4% of all police time is spent on what cops call "violent crime."
i am once again asking why the fuck we take taxes from 15-17 year olds paychecks when they aren’t allowed to vote bc to me that sounds a little bit like taxation without representation
1/ Just want to put this news in plain language for people.
Senior people at Twitter have resigned in the last 48 hours. We now now why. They said in private Slack channels that @elonmusk is so desperate to recoup his money, he’s taking crazy risks with YOUR privacy and safety.