OPD helicopter over north Oakland right now to shut down a sideshow... How much does this cost?

This is the same eugenic belief system that many still hold re: the ongoing pandemic. They believe people’s deaths from covid are acceptable if they’re medically vulnerable. It’s a disgusting ableist belief system and this rhetoric surrounding children in Gaza is the natural consequence of that

The fastest-growing homeless population in America? School-age children. Last year, student homelessness in California—where rents continue to soar past wages—rose by 20,000, reaching its highest level in a decade. But sure, keep insisting homelessness is all about mental illness and addiction.

Just to be clear: these rising rates have nothing to do w RFK nixing boosters (though that's very bad), they're because both Democrats and Republicans have dismantled public health and no one is masking and taking airborne disease precautions. Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!

rightwingers love to make fascist art with ai generators, ai image generation is the aesthetic of fascism

I hope people understand how this is directly tied to criminalizing homelessness, and increasing mass incarceration of black and brown people.

I need people to understand: 1. Every US state already evicts more people annually than all of the EU combined 2. In most states, having a disability, health emergency, or a financial hardship is not a defense to an eviction suit 3. In most states, there is no right to counsel in eviction cases

We asked people who experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments to write about it in their own words. In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us about how her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal:

“We are working to get our clients out of harm’s way as much as we can, and to monitor whether the actions follow the law.” Trump's raids on DC's homeless encampments are starting tonight. Advocates are scrambling to relocate people from tent encampments before imminent arrests.

Kaiser Permanente Southern California studied over 19,000 adults and found that each additional COVID vaccine dose lowered long COVID risk, and antiviral treatments like Paxlovid cut risk by up to 95% beyond six months. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Oakland gets a shoutout from Trump for being “so far gone” www.reddit.com/r/oakland/co...

Sarahmarie Grendler and her kids became homeless after their rental was left to rot with water damage and black mold. She ended up in the ICU. The home was condemned. Her landlord still demanded rent. "How are you going to ask me for money," she said, "when the house is condemned by the city?"

Guess what vulnerable demographic is most likely to have no immunity to COVID, due to having had no previous exposure to the virus or previous vaccination.

This book from @brian-goldstone.bsky.social is astonishing: about the millions of working homeless people who are excluded from the (already insufficient) social safety net. 'Evicted', for a decade in which this country is somehow even crueler to poor people than it's ever been. Highly recommended.

I am in the last week of my crowdfunding campaign to complete post-production for my documentary on the Wood Street community. Please share! seedandspark.com/fund/wood-st...

bayareacurrent.com/new-wood-str... Thanks @bayareacurrent.bsky.social for covering the work I've been doing with the Wood Street community.

Wood Street Commons was once Northern California's largest homeless encampment, functioning as a self-organized community space before police broke it up. We spoke with @caroncreighton.bsky.social n and resident John Janosko on their new documentary about the camp. bayareacurrent.com/new-wood-str...

Next week Wednesday, July 30 I'm showing an excerpt from the feature documentary I've been working on following members of Oakland’s Wood Street encampment as they organize to save their long term community from eviction. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/wood-stree...

Covid-cautious Bay Area peeps! @caroncreighton.bsky.social is having a screening of her documentary in progress + a panel that is mask required in Oakland on August 7 if that floats your boat. www.eventbrite.com/e/wood-stree...

I'm hosting a fundraiser party and work-in-progress screening for my documentary about the Wood Street encampment organizing to fight the city and state against eviction. When: July 16 Where: Oakstop www.eventbrite.com/e/wood-stree...

I’m choked up seeing this—it’s shameful. Iranian refugees got snatched by “immigration agents” dressed like bounty hunters in West LA’s Sawtelle neighborhood. We’re really about to send them back to a country we just bombed? A regime known for jailing, torturing, and killing its own people?

Pandemics, eugenics and fascism go hand in hand. The moment people accepted the narrative that “only the vulnerable” had to worry about covid, they ceded considerable ground to fascists. They effectively “othered” an entire class of people. It may start with the disabled, it won’t end with us

Following his release from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil spoke to supporters in New York, leading a chant of “Free Palestine.”

I’m seeing a lot of people posting about how sick they are with a “summer flu” Main complaints? Fatigue, extremely sore throat, fever and loss of smell. It’s Covid. The Nimbus variant is here & appears to be more transmissible. It’s time to wear a respirator, clean the air & stay home when sick!

Next week Wednesday, June 25, I'll be showing an excerpt from my film in-progress at @kalwradio.bsky.social 220 Montgomery, at 7PM. It's also a fundraiser, and we'll soon be launching a crowdfunding campaign. Please come through if you're in the Bay Area! www.eventbrite.com/e/wood-stree...

The media have been complicit with the government in covering up the threat of the ongoing Covid pandemic and the risks to the public. If they’re recommending N95s, we should pay attention. They don’t suggest masks lightly.

Breaking news: Contradicting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC continues to recommend the coronavirus vaccines for healthy children, according to new documentation posted to the agency's website.

Marvin Boomer was a respected educator at Castlemont High School. He was killed Wednesday by a driver who was fleeing the CHP in an East Oakland residential neighborhood. oaklandside.org/2025/05/29/o...

Canada's gynecologists say COVID vaccination is safe and strongly recommended during pregnancy and while breastfeeding globalnews.ca/news/1120199...

Billionaires get handouts. Homeless people get handcuffs. Make it make sense. #HousingNotHandcuffs.

5 years ago: “An incalculable loss” Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access

I can't believe it's gotten this bad. I mean I can believe it. But I can't believe it you know? And the news is mostly still talking about it within normal frameworks which has the effects of normalizing how bad this is.

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Eliminating red dye in processed foods is not going to do much to improve the health of children. Why? Food deserts. Poverty. Homelessness. Lack of healthcare. Widespread COVID A healthy diet is a privilege not afforded to everyone. Tackle inequality first if you want to create a healthy society.

The fact that they’re tracking autism and not the bird flu automatically tells you they’re operating on eugenics and not actually wanting people to be healthy. They want you sick, disabled, or dead.

Texas and New York are both pushing mask bans. What can you do? Call or email your elected officials. Don’t live there? Call the tourism board & tell them you won’t visit any State that criminalizes masks. You can also wear a mask. It’s never too late. More masking makes them harder to ban.

The US is trying to ban masks, mRNA vaccines, dismantle healthcare and social supports and arranging to keep lists of people with autism (and possibly other disabilities). This is not how you tackle the chronic illness epidemic. This is how you begin a nationwide eugenics program.

Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death

In & Out Burger was the first fast food chain to force employees to get a doctors note to be able to mask. Panda Express followed & now we’re hearing that Starbucks may enact a similar rule. If you stopped masking, you made this easier. We need visibility. We need to normalize masks.

Homeless workers now have to submit *proof of employment* to be allowed to sleep in their cars in one of the richest counties in the U.S. Welcome to America: people shivering overnight in subzero temperatures, steps from luxury ski resorts, for the privilege of keeping the local economy booming.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Straight from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, “Freaky Tales” is in theaters now! Directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, this wild ride through 1987 Oakland will leave you hooked. Peep these Polaroids of Pedro Pascal & Jay Ellis bringing the heat! 🔥 #FreakyTales

On Tuesday I'll be speaking on a panel about homelessness solutions in the Bay Area, and showing a sneak peak of my film trailer. Join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bay-ag...

Mask bans are ableist, discriminatory ugly laws. Disabled advocates have been warning for years that if people didn’t help normalize masking, bans would follow Please call legislators in New York and tell them No mask bans! Medical exemptions aren’t enough, everyone needs the legal right to mask

Mayor Daniel Lurie has quietly made sweeping changes to his audacious pledge to stand up 1,500 homeless shelter beds in just six months. via @xueerlu.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/03/dani...

📣 Announcing the fellows selected for the inaugural Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency on Sundance Collab, honoring the legacy of social justice leader Michael Latt. Read more: sndnc.org/4laCVZo