obviously it& #39;s hard to do this in our present situation, but the number of replies here saying "who wants friends as an adult, that& #39;s too much hassle" makes me very very sad https://twitter.com/WrittenByHanna/status/1379918707821006849">https://twitter.com/WrittenBy...

capitalism, especially the current strain of the last few decades has slowly killed off the concept of community and third spaces. I feel like I& #39;ve been obsessed with this idea for the last year and a half and trying to find a solution to it.

when I dropped out of school and started a full time job I was extremely depressed and lonely. The friends that I retained in school all operated on different schedules than me. Getting involved in DSA helped me find new friends and plug in to a community. s/o @kovihere for that.

But political organizing, especially of the DSA meetings kind, is not for everyone. We have to find a way to give people an organic space to create community.

The idea that always sticks with me is a monthly community meal. My childhood neighborhood used to host these large spaghetti dinners in the volunteer firehall and those events were an integral part of my youth. I want to find a way to recreate that in Bloomfield/Pittsburgh.