MELevolent
@melreck1.bsky.social
neurodivergent Seattle gal, excited to be here, currently in photography school and love the arts
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22% of tenants spend 100% of their income on rent.
That’s 10 million households spending everything they earn on a place to live.
The rent is too damn high and something's gotta give. The question isn’t whether tenants will revolt, but whether it’s from a place of desperation or power.
That’s 10 million households spending everything they earn on a place to live.
The rent is too damn high and something's gotta give. The question isn’t whether tenants will revolt, but whether it’s from a place of desperation or power.
December 5, 2024 at 10:30 PM
22% of tenants spend 100% of their income on rent.
That’s 10 million households spending everything they earn on a place to live.
The rent is too damn high and something's gotta give. The question isn’t whether tenants will revolt, but whether it’s from a place of desperation or power.
That’s 10 million households spending everything they earn on a place to live.
The rent is too damn high and something's gotta give. The question isn’t whether tenants will revolt, but whether it’s from a place of desperation or power.
If anybody likes to shop local for Christmas, Factory43 is a fun local artist factory43.com?_sc_p=lid%3A...
Factory 43
Quality graphic goods including t-shirts, screen printed posters and pins.
factory43.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:31 AM
If anybody likes to shop local for Christmas, Factory43 is a fun local artist factory43.com?_sc_p=lid%3A...
I have finished my landscape photography final this week in my nontraditional style. Here is my favorite...
December 6, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I have finished my landscape photography final this week in my nontraditional style. Here is my favorite...
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A staggering statistic: Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a *9 percent* increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
December 3, 2024 at 2:30 PM
A staggering statistic: Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a *9 percent* increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
Even if you accomplish nothing, saying something is always the right thing to do.
I think we can say with high confidence that campus protests against U.S. policy toward the Israel-Hamas war were an abject failure. Is there any indication activists are ready to have tough conversations with one another about what this means for future action?
November 26, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Even if you accomplish nothing, saying something is always the right thing to do.
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News has just broke that Trump plans to eject trans people from the military within days of inauguration.
Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare.
This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.
Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare.
This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.
Trump reportedly plans to swiftly eject trans troops within days of inauguration
Trump’s actions could eject thousands of current trans service members
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 2:41 AM
News has just broke that Trump plans to eject trans people from the military within days of inauguration.
Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare.
This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.
Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare.
This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.
My Christmas shopping list progress is a reflection of my anxiety, and boy, let me tell you, I'm already done shopping.
November 24, 2024 at 9:31 PM
My Christmas shopping list progress is a reflection of my anxiety, and boy, let me tell you, I'm already done shopping.
It's Sunday, get some loafing in
November 24, 2024 at 9:02 PM
It's Sunday, get some loafing in
Any photographers that make lightroom presets to relax are my people
November 24, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Any photographers that make lightroom presets to relax are my people
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i look at this incoming government and all i can see is rape.
November 20, 2024 at 2:41 AM
i look at this incoming government and all i can see is rape.
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10,000 total
800 paid
end of year
let’s do this.
800 paid
end of year
let’s do this.
The Handbasket
100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas
www.thehandbasket.co
November 16, 2024 at 9:25 PM
10,000 total
800 paid
end of year
let’s do this.
800 paid
end of year
let’s do this.
Ya know what has a huge budget that they could make cuts to? Bombs, fighter jets, warships...what they will make cuts to? Healthcare, disability supports, scientific advancement
Muskawamy are claiming they will cut $2 trillion in government spending, and 75% of federal employees. Are such numbers feasible?
No, unless they absolutely gut state capacity and the safety net. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/some-basic...
No, unless they absolutely gut state capacity and the safety net. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/some-basic...
Some basic math about cutting government
Putting the wild Muskawamy numbers in perspective
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Ya know what has a huge budget that they could make cuts to? Bombs, fighter jets, warships...what they will make cuts to? Healthcare, disability supports, scientific advancement
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I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 12:43 AM
I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
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“Women are walking around, suspicious and guarded and apoplectic, knowing that some in our families or neighborhoods voted us back into second-class status, and wondering what else they’re ready to go along with.”
By me.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Of misogyny, Musk, and men
Women are not okay. We're furious.
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:36 PM
“Women are walking around, suspicious and guarded and apoplectic, knowing that some in our families or neighborhoods voted us back into second-class status, and wondering what else they’re ready to go along with.”
By me.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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today is a good day to donate to your local abortion fund
local folks doing the work on the ground under fire
abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/
local folks doing the work on the ground under fire
abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/
Find an Abortion Fund - National Network of Abortion Funds
Abortion funds provide various kinds of support. Use our search feature. Find an abortion fund that can help you or the folks in your community.
abortionfunds.org
November 15, 2024 at 4:39 PM
today is a good day to donate to your local abortion fund
local folks doing the work on the ground under fire
abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/
local folks doing the work on the ground under fire
abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/
You know how there's a freshman 15...I have acquired the election 5
November 15, 2024 at 12:52 AM
You know how there's a freshman 15...I have acquired the election 5
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watching the shock and horror as trump’s cabinet roles are announced and thinking everyone needs to get familiar with this word
November 13, 2024 at 12:39 AM
watching the shock and horror as trump’s cabinet roles are announced and thinking everyone needs to get familiar with this word
I feel like all this app is missing is Lavar Burton
November 13, 2024 at 1:09 AM
I feel like all this app is missing is Lavar Burton
Oh goody! Another four (hopefully only four) years of "well that seems illegal" and "holy shit that's unconstitutional" /s
November 13, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Oh goody! Another four (hopefully only four) years of "well that seems illegal" and "holy shit that's unconstitutional" /s
Blocklists are a magical feature
November 11, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Blocklists are a magical feature
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November 11, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Lurking here trying to get adjusted but thought I'd pay the cat tax for today...and yes she is the boss of me
November 11, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Lurking here trying to get adjusted but thought I'd pay the cat tax for today...and yes she is the boss of me