It's really strange to see people use more crime as a justification for more police. The US spends more than $100 billion on cops. The US police budget would make it the 3rd largest army on earth. So a rise in crime is evidence that policing does not work. It does not stop crime.

That's me!

“Nobody wants to work anymore.” Nobody ever wanted to work at all. We wanted to be productive, be creative, be part of a community, be supported, be validated, and have the time and space to truly rest. No one actually wants to trade in hours of their life to “earn” necessities.

i hope this email does not find you

Opinion | Racism is an important part of my culture. So why is the left trying to cancel it?

Thread. What is happening right now at the New York Times is important and dangerous. I've tried to document it thoroughly below.

Eating very healthy is expensive and time-consuming. There's no point in pretending it's not and it drives me nuts when people do

the whales don’t know what an NFT is and before you reply trying to explain it please know that the whales also don’t care

The broad trend is destruction and recreation of history: The actual events, as narrated by the people they happened to, are declared unacceptable in their current state, and are replaced with books tailored to modern sensibilities, which are then declared the "correct" account.

It’s my new favorite song.

At some point, this country is going to have to reckon with the fact that a lot of white people *like* listening to racist, misogynist dickheads telling them what they want to hear. Like, the problem is not really the racist, misogynist dickhead. The problem is THEIR AUDIENCE.

The gender of the day is a oversized t-shirt covered in rainbows.

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Criminalizing trans kids, banning the teaching of history, making it harder for Black folks to vote. These are not separate issues, but one fascist movement.

Living through history is extremely overrated.

idk, Western media people kinda being a little bit racist right now 😳 (a thread)