computational poli sci. formerly nat sec tech/research. currently civic tech. SF City College organizer. working class supremacist. never again 4 anyone ✡️
I'm organizing a union of student workers at CCSF. Here is some data proving that, despite working in one of the single most expensive cost of living districts, we have the worst earning and allowable working hours in the state. https://t.co/0uVflps0TP
@loomdoop basically abandoned the ccsf community that made his political career possible - 'alan wong' has basically become a bad word in the ccsf political community.
seed fund mutual aid networks or low-cost childcare centers, scholarships for community college students, get a lil retirement fund going for ppl from poor families. really a world of opportunities to just help working people that doesn't involve being elected.
This brings up how I essentially felt about tom as a candidate. When you're that rich, you don't need to be elected to do good things for people. Fund organizers, get progressives elected down the ballot...you don't need to be elected to do good when u have that much $
Stop using ChatGPT. Consult a local grandma…text your friend gc w/ a weird name…type ur problems into Reddit dot com…go to the library…pay a psychic…the ancient sources of wisdom…
I often think about how my dog is going to get old and die and it makes me love him in ways that other people would probably find extra.
For example he likes to sleep right in the center of my our bed (ideally on a nest of all the blankets) and most nights I let him.
Sometimes I’m like “man contorting around this dog to sleep or sleeping lined up with the side of the bed kinda sucks” and then my second thought is “when he dies this inconvenience will be missed”
community college challenges every classist notion of education and academia and having access to it has changed my life. it should be preserved, supported, and destigmatized with everything we have. hard to name a more precious educational resource for those over 18.
it’s a bit ridiculous to say “the time you spend scrolling could be spent building a business/writing a novel/reading the classics”. sometimes that’s true but usually scrolling happens as a result of cognitive fatigue, and the idea that you can just “swap in” another intellectually demanding task means you’re treating your body/mind as a machine
a better approach would be “the time you spend scrolling could be spent taking a stroll/napping/staring out the window/having a meandering conversation with a friend”. that’s both more palatable and probably what we’re actually craving when we reach for our phone: a brief break from the demands of life, and a time to let our mind relax