Matthew Apadula

I've got too much time on my hands. Writer @PopMatters @Popdust @SpectrumCulture and Drunk in a Midnight Choir (He/Him)

[SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective @SisterSong_WOC]

Take action to #FreeGrace!

[proletarian of the gods @mindmischief___]

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[sarah lugor! @sarahlugor]

She was only 19. She deserved to be listened to, she deserved to be cared for, she deserved way more than what she got. Rest in Peace Oluwatoyin Salau.

[Natalie Grace Alford @NatalieGABand]

I will refer to James Baldwin on this topic every time it comes up

[Respectable Lawyer @RespectableLaw]

You can identify any number of dysfunctions and abuses in policing but most of it comes down to one thing: Money. The police have secured enormous municipal budgets, and instead of becoming a tool of last resort, they are the first responders to nearly every social ill.

[Philly We Rise @phillywerise]

We've improved our webtool to make it easier for you to email @PHLCouncil and @PhillyMayor on their urgent, timely opportunity to #fundourcommunities and #defundthepolice https://t.co/p3OvGqGuQd - share and write them now! #phillyprotests

[b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie]

honestly don’t know how one watches any of these videos and don’t see how the police are wildly escalating the situation whenever they can. hell, showing up in paramilitary gear is itself an escalation.

[Saeed Jones @theferocity]

“Slave patrols were no less violent in their control of African Americans; they beat and terrorized as well. Their distinction was that they were legally compelled to do so by local authorities. In this sense, it was considered a civic duty.” https://t.co/mBJHhfEp5w

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

It’s always clarifying to witness the manifestation of racist double standards out in the open. The way White protestors screamed in the faces of police and were largely left alone, the way people protesting a murdered Black man were tear gassed and shot with rubber bullets.

[Devohn Bland @DevyAbstrakt]

There are no good cops. They do not exist. There are cops who murder and there are cops who watch other cops murder and do nothing about it.

[Jake Flores 🇵🇸🇲🇽 @feraljokes]

If people start calling you a hero that means they're about to let you die

[Matthew Apadula @imdoingmybest]

I wrote about The Weeknd's After Hours, if you need a distraction from all the Everything today

[PopMatters @PopMatters]

Despite #AfterHours' infectious blend of '80s synthpop and dark, alternative R&B, the story's beginning to get old on #TheWeeknd's fourth studio album.

https://t.co/VYA93GQZro

[Matthew Apadula @imdoingmybest]

Hi! I wrote about Islet's newest album in my first review for @PopMatters

[PopMatters @PopMatters]

Welsh trio @Islet's third album #Eyelet is, for the most part, an engaging and contemplative journey through ethereal psychedelic pop. Out now via @firerecordings.

https://t.co/3tRaslLl7E

[Matthew Apadula @imdoingmybest]

The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle-Bruce Springsteen
Because The Internet-Childish Gambino
Forever Changes-Love
Vows-Kimbra
Ctrl-SZA
Lush-Snail Mail
iridescence-Brockhampton

[Matthew Apadula @imdoingmybest]

I'm pretty sure Chet Hanks is a poorly-funded CIA psyop