Random Tweets (2022)

I met an unhoused woman who has two years of disability payments sitting in a bank account she cannot access because she does not have an ID. (June 23, 2022)

Welcome to the United States. Where guns have more rights than women. (June 24, 2022)

Another disabled friend has taken their life. Faced with eviction and knowing his disability couldn't be managed on the streets. (June 25, 2022)

In the same 24 hours, scotus made abortion illegal in half the country and the Senate of the largest, most "progressive" state in the Union confirmed that yes, they would like to keep prison slavery in place. (June 25, 2022)

In 1975, women of Iceland went on strike for equal rights. 90% of women walked off their jobs & homes, shutting down the entire country. The men could barely cope. Five years later, Iceland elected first female President. Now Iceland has the highest gender equality in the world. (June 25, 2022)

That cop in Uvalde having his lock screen be the punisher logo and him being scared to take on an active shooter is truly the perfect encapsulation of how cops see themselves vs who they really are. (July 13, 2022)

Class warfare idea: tie minimum wage to average local rent. make the bosses go to war with the landlords." (July 17, 2022)

We should start naming heatwaves after fossil fuel companies. (July 19, 2022)

Am I the only one that sees a problem with working 8-9 hours a day and then going home to having about 4 hours to yourself which includes getting ready for the next day??? This is not life… (July 21, 2022)

The US is a country that has 4% of the world's population, yet holds 25% of the world's prisoners. (July 20, 2022)

I have spent the last 3 days trying to get chemo approved for a patient, and this whole time my patient is not getting treatment as his cancer progresses. An insurance company has decided they know better than the patients oncologist what chemotherapy regimen they should be on. (July 20, 2022)

If a fetus is a baby, then Texas can’t deport undocumented pregnant women since US citizens can’t be deported. (July 21, 2022)

This week the UK Government quietly removed ‘sexual and reproductive health and rights’ and ‘bodily autonomy’ from an international statement on human rights. (July 21, 2022)

 

 

An inflation reduction strategy that doesn’t prioritize rent regulation is doomed. Housing costs are American households’ biggest monthly expense, and rent is a key driver of core inflation. Now is the time for federal action to regulate rents, by any/all means necessary. (July 28, 2022)

Arsenic found in the water at the Riis houses in NYC. (September 5, 2022)

Kim Dotcom: Elon Musk is putting everything on the line to give us more Internet freedom and free speech. That’s exactly what the enemies of the people don’t want. They want to keep you consuming their fake news and propaganda so that they can manipulate you. (November 29, 2022)

An audit of the California Highway Patrol found that they exaggerated their overtime hours and reported full shifts when they didn't even work at all. Over 50 officers were charged with fraud and wage theft, but a judge dismissed the charges because it's standard police practice. (December 4, 2022)