Just a reminder that disabled people need rides to go grocery shopping, doctor’s offices, to the bar, to the cafe—not just to cast a ballot that impacts you.
begging more leftists to learn basic conflict resolution and social skills. if you really want to mobilize large groups of people, you need to learn how to work with people. political theory is important but so is how you treat people.
Olivia Rodrigo reveals that a guy wanting to go to space is a red flag for her:
“This is a very oddly specific question that I ask guys on first dates. I always ask them if they think that they would want to go to space. And if they say yes, I don’t date them. I just think if you wanna go to space, you’re a little too full of yourself. I think it’s just weird.”
Olivia Rodrigo reveals that a guy wanting to go to space is a red flag for her:
“This is a very oddly specific question that I ask guys on first dates. I always ask them if they think that they would want to go to space. And if they say yes, I don’t date them. I just think if you wanna go to space, you’re a little too full of yourself. I think it’s just weird.”
Hundreds of thousands are dead in Palestine and our press keeps pretending the number is magically stuck around 40k while Palestine is flattened. That reality alone speaks to how our media isn't just useless, they're complicit.
When I say I am an abolitionist, I mean I am invested in building systems of robust & imaginative mental healthcare, education, living wages, housing, rent control, affordable food—a society so dynamic in care that renders prisons & police obsolete.
Considering how many times our tax dollars have bailed out airlines, they should be flying people away from natural disasters for free. Nobody should be paying American, Delta, Southwest or whoever for a flight out. They definitely shouldn’t be able to price gouge tickets!
Climate change is a Black disability issue. On top of rent, this tenant is paying out of pocket for life saving medication because the pharmacy can’t bill Medicaid. This truly should be illegal.
This is the class divide that I talk about...
Some of us can't afford to go get gas, groceries and buy bottled water. For some of us, our paychecks haven't come in yet to do this. For many of us, are food stamps/SNAP benefits haven't come in yet. There's a lot of us where we just finished paying all of our bills and we have nothing left.
We can't even evacuate because we don't have money to leave. THIS is capitalism when natural disasters strike.
The first mask ban was 2010. Workers cleaning oil in the aftermath of BP's spill were forbidden from using PPE. BP didn't want workers' masked faces telling the world it was toxic waste in the sand. Every aspect of the response to the gas explosion (and covid) reminds me of that.