You don't hear about this bc it is specifically related to adding protected bike lanes and its illegal in the usa to imply that infringing on people's god given right to 8-lane residential roads might be necessary for traffic safety
my hot take on gentrification is the average person doesn’t understand that gentrification isn’t usually a function of individuals, but of big business restructuring neighborhoods, so gentrification takes often sounds indistinguishable from far right anti-immigrant sentiments
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This is a non-space. No one feels any sense of ownership over it. Not the businesses around it, not the city, certainly not the people who only drive past it. No one will ever walk along it, and therefore no one will ever care about it.
Our country is filled with non-spaces.
we are going to "it's ok to let people enjoy things" into absolute societal & environmental ruin. "it's ok to let people enjoy things" is for the so called cringy stuff & the nerdy hobbies, not for endless shein/temu hauls & chatgpt usage
I knew Palestine had lost all meaning to people when “spiritually Israeli” became popular. An actual horrific genocide has been watered down so far that now it’s just an internet meme for anything people don’t like, despite the suffering never stopping. It’s actually so sad.
it's normal to love the guy who works at the gas station, yr falafel guy, the mail lady, sanitation workers that pick up yr cans. its actually weirder if you don't
i find the dilution of the pro palestine cause into stan wars re ‘this celeb’s boyfriend liked a zionist instagram post!’ to be flatly offensive towards palestinians honestly
What annoys me a lot about “buying clothes” is that every option is slop. It doesn’t matter if you spend 50 or 800 on a ‘winter coat’, it might just be cold af.
With omnipresent sloppification you need to become an expert yourself before buying anything. Huge cognitive costs.
the memeification of Epstein has worked to obscure the horror of his extensive crimes. This man raped and trafficked CHILDREN. He destroyed countless lives and escaped accountability for years due to his powerful network of friends, associates, and co conspirators