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Affirming the worth and dignity of every human.

[╭╮☲☲☲╭╮ @couchand]

that's my high school! this is amazing. there's no place for cops in schools

"Roosevelt improved its overall score for students’ sense of physical safety, from 36% in 2019 to 54% in 2022. Students also reported improved relationships with peers, from 33% in 2019 to 50% in 2022."

[Andy Kopsa 🇨🇿🇺🇸 @andykopsa]

Defunding police works. Abolition works. The point is to keep kids out of the juvenile system - and the folks at DMPS are proving this out. Do not listen to the unfounded "urban" trope of violence run riot. It's a racist trope. https://t.co/6XCema6yuI

[╭╮☲☲☲╭╮ @couchand]

@HowsMyDrivingNY ny:kzb9914 parked in a bus stop while two busses go by

[╭╮☲☲☲╭╮ @couchand]

the local elementary school currently has a vest and flat cap craze

[☀️👀 @zei_squirrel]

just fyi Cuba and Venezuela have restored the eyesight of over 4 million of the poorest people across the world as part of their Operation Miracle program

[Elizabeth Kim @lizkimtweets]

“It keeps on happening,” Sophia Weissman, a school teacher in the Bronx. “And even though we’ve had reforms over the past couple of years, they’re not enough to interfere with the system of violence that keeps on happening.” https://t.co/LvNmKkGJ60

[Kelsey D. Atherton @AthertonKD]

Fun counterpoint: $800 > $275

[Alex @mocoband]

Singing in an N95 for a few hours isn’t tough. Is it my preference? Of course not. But breaking the potential chain of transmission is my priority and I don’t care to risk #longcovid. We can do this. We can do better.

[Hannah Davis @ahandvanish]

My tangible ask of people reading this: please continue to mask, or start again if you've stopped, & please implement ventilation protocols where you have power to do so (including your own homes), & please stay home when you're sick, even if you test negative for COVID.

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[╭╮☲☲☲╭╮ @couchand]

@adriaeln the thinner white borders are a clear improvement, minimizing the visual weight of that element. fewer buckets is also good in my book. i like how the prior version labelled cities.

if you haven't looked at it yet i highly recommend the research by Cynthia Brewer in this area

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

"This is my home now,” Tortugita said. “We’ve built a nice community here. It’s about reclaiming the parks and public space."

Forest defender Tortugita was profiled in this story before they were killed by Georgia police:
https://t.co/Zv3SdF7qQF

[╭╮☲☲☲╭╮ @couchand]

@IMDibe @t_NYC gotta find that $800m for police overtime somewhere

[╭╮☲☲☲╭╮ @couchand]

@thetimeisnowTB it's a highly effective means for community safety, both the immediate effect of having people around as well as the increase in neighborly bonding.

ejecting people from public space doesn't make that space safer. the goal isn't to make it safer but rather to make cops needed

[Chris Calogero @RealChrisCal]

4 years ago I put out this video and I’ve been annoying online ever since! But honestly it helped me on a road to getting some jobs and meeting some really great people and I think that kinda rocks!

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[╭╮☲☲☲╭╮ @couchand]

mostly a very good chart but stacking assets on top of cashflow is really confusing

also union members aren't dollars

[Chris Bohner @Radish_Research]

The annual gnashing of teeth about union membership density decline in perspective:

1) union net assets up from $14 billion in 2010 to $32b in 2021 (+120%)
2) Union spending only up 18% since 2010, less than inflation.

Perhaps if the billions in assets were spent on organizing?

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Governor Kathy Hochul's pick of a conservative, anti-union, Cablevision approved judge was bad enough. Her disrespectful and tasteless attempts to save him over MLK weekend was a new low. Now she's digging her heels in quicksand.
My latest in @thenation
https://t.co/OFHEES7wJ4

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@NickReisman @AltTextUtil ocr