Currently: @squeakeclean Formerly: Music Coordinator #Empire
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2009
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“You can’t behold evil and then return and not speak on it.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks about how an experience in Palestine illuminated the connections between the African American and Palestinian liberation struggles, and the moral responsibility to speak out.
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Last night, people voted in elections in two different states.
"Those results tell us way more about the state of our democracy and the political strength of the pro-democracy forces in this country than all of today's other political headlines put together," says @chrislhayes.
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To avoid straining your eyes at work, use the 20-20-20 rule: Every 20 minutes, go for a 20-minute hike and spend the next 20 years in the woods.
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Something tells me Jesus would *not* spend millions of dollars on Super Bowl ads to make fascism look benign
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.@ochocinco saved 83% of his salary by flying Spirit & wearing fake jewelry
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Before the Memphis Police Dept. releases the video of 5 MPD officers murdering #TyreNichols during a routine traffic stop, and that heinous video inevitably goes viral, I want to amplify THIS video of Tyre LIVING his best life. 🛹👑🙏🏿😔✊🏿
#JusticeForTyreNichols
🎥: Austin Dean
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THREAD. One of the main ways the news media distorts our perceptions of public safety is through decisions about the volume of news stories. This is one of the most important, but least discussed aspects of copaganda. I try my best to describe why it is important with examples.
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Stephen A. Smith might be right. Maybe it's wrong to judge Jerry Jones for something that happened 65 years ago. Maybe he was just "curious." How could anyone know?
A thread.
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A quick primer on crime coverage:
1) Just as people began paying close attention to the midterm elections, Fox and right-wing media outlets went all in on crime.
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THREAD. Two Harvard professors published an academic article calling for 500,000 more armed cops, who they say will arrest 7.8 million more people per year. The article reveals alarming flaws in elite academia at a time of rising fascism. This is one of my most important posts.
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Los Angeles: There's a measure on this year's ballot that should be getting a LOT more attention. It's called Measure ULA, and it's a once-in-a-decade chance to radically address the housing crisis and make LA affordable for ALL. Let me explain why it's such a big deal: 🧵
Happy publication day to my favorite historian that I happen to be related to. If you're into learning about how we got to where we are in this fun capitalistic world, go grab a copy. Cheers @fritz_bartel, you done did it.
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