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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 3h

I literally can’t imagine what it would be like to have extended family nearby!

Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 5h

It just makes an unbelievable difference to hang out together and EVERYTHING is set up to make it hard for parents to do so. And yeah, "1-2 parents plus paid childcare" is an EXTREMELY difficult and stressful model!

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 5h

Of course, this is the *hardest* thing to actually help with, because everything about our society atomizes against being in groups all the time. Family far away, we all live in separate houses and can't easily go from one to another, every time kids are sick you're stuck alone, etc.

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 5h

My opinion about parenting is that the single thing that makes the biggest difference to how easy or hard it is is having other adults around as much as possible (family, other friends with kids -- 4 adults and 6 kids is much easier than 2 adults and 2 kids -- whatever).

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 7h

Unfortunately this follows naturally from the still-common logic by which once something is named illegal, it’s moralized as wrong. It’s part of why we need a morality that rejects policing and punishment as the way to respond to harm. (Abolition: it’s the way)

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 8h

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 20h

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”

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Ian is the Priest-King of the Sacred Grove at Nemi @poetinbabylon.bsky.social · 23h

y’all this goes so hard

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 1d

Yes

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

Housing first works!! Harassing unhoused people and cutting them off from community is harmful and does not work!

An unusual 'village' aims to help people leave long-term homelessness for good

Chronic homelessness is at a record high, but there's a shortage of housing, rehab and mental health treatment. One ambitious program in Utah is finding a way to offer all that plus jobs.

www.npr.org

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 1d

I think OP was saying Trump doesn’t care about care for unhoused folks but Dems actually do care about treatment. I’m just skeptical this is really true

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 1d

Oh lol! It’s early here, and I thought “oh if I’ve lost Mitchell I must be out of line” 😂😂😂

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 1d

But the way Dem politicians in CA handle homelessness makes me really mad

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 1d

Many Dems also want homeless people to be invisible, far away, use force to sweep encampments, don’t want people in their neighborhood, support involuntary commitment etc. I’m being snarky and should probably delete

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 1d

If you have a dishcloth pattern with text, converting it to a hat shouldn’t be too tricky?

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Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 1d

Why on earth, LA City; we literally have an elected public auditor, the City Controller, to do this for us

LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia @controller.lacity.gov · 1d

How much is the City of LA considering paying for an outside monitor on local homeless efforts instead of having our Office do it for FREE? 🤔

AT LEAST $560,000 OR $800 PER HOUR FOR 700 HOURS (MAX) OF WORK!

This diverts funds from essential services during financial hardship.

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