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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 10h

Since people in the government are breaking the law by firing many CDC staff, it might be wise to get out those masks. I personally never stopped wearing mine (for multiple reasons) but now the stakes have been raised (as if it wasn't bad enough). Covid isn't the only concern.

Red headed woman in glasses, wearing N95 mask looking down at selfie camera. She is standing inside a Costco warehouse in front of a Costco sign.

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 3d

“Let’s stop pretending homelessness is some moral failure. People aren’t poor because they’re lazy; they’re poor because rent’s insane, wages suck, and billionaires hoard the money that could actually fix this mess.“

Punishing Poverty Isn't Good Policy: Why "Housing First" is the only solution to Homelessness

Homelessness is a choice... that the wealthy make for you.

brokeassstuart.com

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 3d

That would be so much better than what is likely to happen.

Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 4d

You are not alone. ❤️🫂

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 5d

some people respond to things like this with “it’s not like it’s all intentionally, it’s not some grand scheme!”

but it is! the grand scheme is called WHITE SUPREMACY. racialized capitalism.

it is 101,001 decisions made in the name of “people like me benefit, people not like me suffer.”

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 5d

also hello hello white people did this intentionally because they CHOSE to abandon cities for the suburbs and then intentionally defund government, public schools, parks, and library systems

and the Black middle class was sacrificed so white flight could happen more easily

Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 5d

Cities with high “crime rates” are resource deprived cities populated by marginalized communities. They’re often poor, have limited access to social safety nets, and are over-policed.

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 5d

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 5d

Picking up breakfast.

Woman in hat, glasses, and mask in front of a convenience store window inside the store with soda bottles in the background.

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 7d

Criminals

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 7d

it's the Billionaire Disease (they may not all have a billion, but they almost all have the disease - even the ones you might like)

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Nov 8

Once you reach a certain threshold of wealth your brain breaks, you completely disassociate from reality. Wealth cap should be mandated as a mental health protection.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10d

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE

YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS

PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 9d

This is nothing but proof of a failed society.

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 9d

“Elon Musk Just Became The First Person Ever Worth $500 Billion”

Matt Durot for @forbes.com

Elon Musk Just Became The First Person Ever Worth $500 Billion

Musk is now half-way to becoming the first ever trillionaire.

www.forbes.com

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 9d

Exactly!

Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 9d

😭🤮 yikes!

Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 9d

She's so terrible and she gets so much credit. Moderates will be the ruin of us all. Moderates vote for people like her. I wish more people could see you. Thank you for sharing this.

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 10d

It's October (my favorite month) and I'm wearing my @kimyadawson.bsky.social socks. I'm determined to have a good day!

Top of two feet on a wood floor in Kimya Dawson socks that read, "Roll like thunder"

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 10d

Today is a great day to impeach the president.

Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 11d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 11d

They are the people MLK was worried about. "“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice…” -MLK

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 11d

Seems like a good time for the 25th Amendment! U.S. Constitution - Twenty-Fifth Amendment | Resources | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress share.google/DVW9nqf1nfTG...

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 11d

Medicaid is great! Let's take this further and do Medicare for all. I'm not voting for any Senate candidate in MN unless they full throatedly support universal health Care.

Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 11d

As a kid with chronic asthma, Medicaid saved my life.

Now, I’m fighting for kids like Bentley and moms like Kris who are counting on Medicaid too.

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 11d

This is a great take on how this decision was not necessarily a great idea www.instagram.com/reel/DPMjdAO...

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Two things everybody's missing about the Riyadh Comedy Festival.#Riyadh #newsstories #comedians

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 11d

The Billionaire disease.

Bob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 11d

And billionaires are the same way. How can you care so much about making more money when you have over $100M or $100B??? But they do. Money is a disease. If I ever have enough money to fly first class anywhere I want to go, that's enough money.

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 11d

@mcsquared.bsky.social the show High Potential featured a rapper named MC Squared, but I'm guessing it's not you. 😕 www.instagram.com/reel/DPFU4I7... where can I listen to/read your work?

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 11d

Moderates don't want change. They don't realize when things aren't working for most and don't seem to care as long as their life is good. They think they are good people and won't self-examine. They won't question the racism of institutions. I've been thinking about this quote a lot lately too.

Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 12d

Been thinking a lot on this MLK Jr. quote lately:

“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizens Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice…”

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Jennifer B / MC Evol @evol.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you for sharing this ♥️

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 14d

Rest in power, Assata Shakur.

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