Police in the USA began as the slave patrol. Why are we trying to reform or reimagine it?

“Soup for my family” 😉

Please understand— The tremendous pushback against abolition, the enormous PR push using Black LEOs happening right now, is not about public safety. It’s purely about preserving an institution & industry that is highly profitable to many, many people.

I’m just gonna keep re-tweeting this X ♾ #soupbae

Teaching today was brutal. My first class of the day is a normally radiant & full-of-life 6th grade class. Today was heavy. We talked about Adam and being 13. Here's their collective poem

Today we honor these lives. Antonio Dunsmore, killed by SPD in 1995. He had a mental disability and the police mistook his plastic toy water gun for a real gun. He was shot 19 times. His name isn’t well known, but still we remember. #seattleprotests seattleweekly.com/news/license-t…

“I cannot celebrate this verdict today, any more than I can celebrate an invitation to a house that I live in.” Powerful words on the #chauvinverdict from The Seattle Times & So. Seattle Emerald’s @mhgreen3000 bit.ly/2QdUwGg

Students are now occupying the Ohio Union to demand Ohio State cut ties with Columbus Division of Police after the killing of Ma’Khia Bryant

I’ll save you the suspense. I don’t know how to raise an intersectional feminist white boy. But I’m here for it with shared responsibility, love, accountability & Sonora Jha’s ✨brilliant✨book “How to Raise a Feminist Son” #newcolumn So. Seattle Emerald bit.ly/3eqxDay

In addition to decentralized, autonomous action on May Day, a march is also planned, everyone out! #seattleprotests #seattleprotestcomms #seattlemayday

#ClimateAnxiety is real. There are even a new words to describe it (ever heard of an "empathetic blench?") But as painful as it is, let's resist the urge to "solve" #ecogrief. Instead, let's harness it. #newcolumn So. Seattle Emerald #ecoanxiety #mentalhealth bit.ly/3snpSIP

#PsychedelicTherapy is a super exciting trend in #mentalhealth. They have helped me & many others. Legalization = more access & equity but also more capitalism. How do we cultivate healing as a right, not an industry? bit.ly/3uije7R #MentalHealthMonday So. Seattle Emerald

When my daughter was born I wanted to tell her all of the stories of the women in our family. The ones she needed to know to survive...and thrive. So I wrote her this letter ♥️ @herstryblg #memoirs #trauma #healing #ancestors herstryblg.com/theme/2021/11/…

Kshama’s office has worked alongside movements to win an unprecedented series of renters’ rights laws: 6 months notice for rent increases, relocation assistance of 3x monthly rent, the Move-In Fees law limiting fees & requiring payment plans, winter evictions ban, & many more.

🚨 Seattle: Defend Roe v Wade! Stand up for Abortion & LGBTQ Rights! Rally Tue May 3rd @ 6PM, Westlake Park. The right-wing Supreme Court is overturning Roe v Wade, essentially banning abortion in 22 states. Unions, socialists, workers must fight back! fb.me/e/2kAoB7Izs

Local therapist and writer Sarah Stuteville (she/her) watched systems fail all around her during the pandemic. This led her and her husband to question another system: monogamy. hubs.li/Q01cvKSd0

Ah! Congrats brendan mclaughlin, this is one of my hands-down favs. Everytime I open a La Croix, I imagine zapping it ;)