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$5500 per month for a 1 bedroom is not *good housing*

yes.

I mentioned last year on here that there have been tons of new "luxury" apartments built near me. I could not afford to rent any of them and a bunch of them are condos which I could never purchase.

How much are these apartments costing to rent? Are they even rentals?

In this edition of Prisons, Prose & Protest, I offer an overview of a good book about the influence of civil rights organizing in Harlem; recommend several articles, podcasts, films, and photo essays; and more… open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

was lovely to have you join the walk.

I missed this and it is the sign of a profoundly diseased society. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/m...

He's a loser.

In my never to be written memoir, I will share my Whitlock story. lololol

Haley Stevens voted to:

A reminder that Michigan AG Dana Nessel indicted 8 students on trumped up charges for the crime of being opposed to Israeli apartheid and genocide, then she, Jake Tapper, and Dana Bash *made up* a quote from Rashida Tlaib criticizing this to call her an antisemite, and then the case got dismissed.

I crack myself up. [Also believe me that this is me being restrained]

I see that Lis Smith helped run another person's campaign into the ground. I have no doubt she'll be snatched up by Gavin Newsome which is very encouraging.

losers through and through.

The fact that all of us can clearly cite what's on offer and make fun of the offerings tells you everything you need to know about the reactionary "center"

I see some Black people falling for the bamboozlement under the auspices of *caution* etc... and my people, things are BLEAK for us right now. Time to take many more chances and to do things differently.

yup.

The way they weaponize "kitchen table issues", when it's the centrists joining the GOP to oppose them, unless it's policies that are tax cuts, pro police, pro war, corporate hand outs.

Shocking that people would choose fascist demogoguery over that exciting platform.

How could we not also include banning Tik Tok and teenager's social media access? This will absolutely get us the youth vote.

Democrats are more terrified of DSA than Republicans.

Centrists had ten years of The Most Important Election Of Our Lifetime to take decisive action to save us from fascist implosion and at every turn you insisted you couldn’t do anything—yet. Manipulating the anxiety of our need and fear to collect reluctant Lesser Evil votes. People are done.

"regular" people write books every single day. I find it interesting what some say "regular" people can and cannot do. Now, are "regular" people able to PUBLISH those books? That's a totally different question.

“Also, many parents have valid concerns about men in women’s sports.”

That's what those folks have to "offer"

Centrist Democrats: "Nothing can be done except for more tax cuts. Also we love the police, the military and some wars. Also we will say 'kitchen table issues' twice a day. Vote for us."

I'm Gen Alpha, child of Millennials, but in actuality, I was raised by AI slop. Unlike lazy Gen Betas, I was alive before the world of COVID-19. I grew up actually reading good Reddit AITAs, instead of having it beamed into my neurochip. I admired real celebs, like Mr. Beast. We are not the same.

Some of y'all get so mad at that white man on a daily basis but you could actually block him and reclaim your time.

I think that if you just moved to a place, you shouldn't try so hard to make authoritative statements about the culture of that place. Give it at least a year, LOLOLOLOL

"I wanted to talk about the influence that policing and incarceration have had on American music from the Southern prison farm era up until the modern mass incarceration era." www.iowapublicradio.org/2026-07-04/f...

rough trans:: books in struggle. don’t piss off the librarian. @prisonculture.bsky.social

This reminded me to check in on John Kass and...yep, still the same angry bigot pushing out drivel and shouting at clouds!

I can point to so many examples of rank racism from members of that editorial board.

I would like to say again that the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board is one of the MOST racist in the country. I lived in Chicago for over 20 years and they are absolutely TERRIBLE.

We walked across Greenwich Village for 3 hours today for my Black Women in Greenwich Village walking tour. The overcast weather was perfect. The participants were great. Thanks to all who joined. We raised over $700 for @ctjmfoundation.bsky.social. I will add $300 to donate $1000.

Community skill share is such an amazing idea!

Something that I appreciate about being a marginalized person in this country is that it makes me unsentimental about it. This means that there's always an opportunity to redo things. This day sucked, well there's tomorrow or next month or next year to do something else. Things should change.

Anyway, that's over and thank God for it.

the finale 🫡

What if I told you they are STILL GOING OFF, now, at 12:38 AM, and the smoke is so thick you can't even see them?

What if I told you that they've been going off for half an hour now and that at no point has anyone waiting anywhere along the line had a better view than this one?

Everything he touches goes to shit.

And then Trump starts to speak! Scattered cheers But there's a problem. The reverb is too much. We can hear him, but not what he is saying And friends, the BOOOOOOOO that arose from the throats of this crowd can hardly be believed

Standing, standing, standing. Quiet despair. One of the projectors shining on the Washington Monument briefly malfunctions so that, as God Bless The USA finishes playing, it reads REE instead of FREEDOM

A photo doesn’t really do it justice but there’s a pretty thick fog of smoke covering Pentagon City

Pretty pink and yellow petunias 😊🩷💛 #ECK #bloomscrolling #photography #flowers

Sunflower (Helianthus) #Summer #flowers #bloomscrolling

soft bloom… One’s heart opens… #Nature #Naturephotography #Photography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling