#Harm

I think sometimes when people say “abolitionists offer no alternative to prison” what they mean, and maybe don’t realize, is that they want an alternative that feels as vindictive as
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“Violence,” you say, “is the last refuge of the incompetent.”I can only agree. It’s a great saying. Whose is it?“Isaac Asimov, I think. I’m not sure.”The science fiction writer?“Yes.”I love
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Did you know we have an evidence based and fully supported safe supply? Buprenorphine has been shown throughout the literature to improve outcomes including death and recovery. It has little
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when george floyd got justice it wasn't because the BLM hashtag trended for just one day. hundreds of petitions were signed by millions and millions of people. the country's blood
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A small rant on doxxing before I fall asleepFirst of all, doxxing, aka outing someone's real name, address etc online is a POS thing to do. Criminal even.I have seen
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Calls to the UK’s national domestic abuse helpline have rocketed during the coronavirus lockdown, amid warnings that isolation could increase violenceThe number of calls rose by 25% in 5 days
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on Risk Society & 'risk-management': Contemporary society is organized around mitigating/dealing with 'risk' - not that society is increasingly risky. It means most of the things we are implementing are
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Today, the lockdown cure prescribed runs the very real risk of being worse than the disease. We are especially concerned about outside sport, the 10pm curfew, closure of non-essential retail,
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(You can wish anyone you want dead because wishes in and of themselves do not make things come true - ask Mr. Rogers if you don’t believe me) Receipts If
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From watching a bit of this I will say it feels like CTU is skating past the very real harms to young kids, esp those with special needs, and I
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I've thought a lot recently about vetting jobs, planning your career, & how to break it into simple phases / needs.Here's where I've landed. Thread: Your three most important personal
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A question for people who respond to calls for PIC abolition with, “what about the rapist?” What about how we currently respond to rape is working for you? A vast
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These are some of the songs that saved my life…. the ones I couldn’t have lived without… the ones that got me from there to here, zero to 60… through
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BREAKING: Derek Chauvin has been convicted of the murder of George Floyd.For the first time in Minnesota state history, a white police officer has been held accountable for killing a
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Awful to hear our Prime Minister today standing by drug testing sanctions on beneficiaries continuing to be applied when she has spoken about them in the past. It doesn’t matter
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The problem with @charliekirk11 'winning' retort here is that he is lying. He and the rest of Conservative Inc. have to frame their position as "tolerant and Christ-like" so that
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