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Because Black people are killed *disproportionately,* revealing a racial bias in how how police treat us, and therefore we must protest to protect ourselves. But it's not a bad question;

Arrrrrgh. Saw another dumbass "'wokeness' is killing the left!" take, and I'm so tired of it. Not pointing to it bc it's too-obviously written by a guy trying to set

A thought, inspired by this thread by @BBolander, and spurred also by feedback I've heard re THE CITY WE BECAME. Folks. Gentrification is not good for cities, unless you're a

OK. Now that the dust is clearing on the election, there's a thing us liberals, leftists, not-centrists, whateverthefuck we call ourselves, are going to have to work on: our storytelling.

200,000 people are known dead from COVID in the US. Given GOP shenanigans with the statistics, I would guess we've actually lost a quarter-million people to it. Thousands more will

Wow. 15m into the Netflix Challenger doc. I watched the disaster at school like most 80s kids, but didn't think I would feel anything about this. But it's wild to

Dad popped over and I happened to be doing my Meatless Monday (yes, on Tuesday, been busy, shuddup) meal, which happened to be fried zucchini flowers stuffed with pico de

For those wondering: I pre-recorded an acceptance for last night because I do not attend Worldcon anymore. Sometimes that's bc I'm busy, but mostly it's bc I would rather have

Just catching up with this Harpers nonsense. I see why they didn't name names -- because their argument only works in abstract. The moment you cite specifics, you realize they're

I keep writing tweets and then deleting them. Struggling to think of what to say, aware that I don't need to say anything, mostly trying to just elevate people saying

Apropos of LRT about Irish Americans performing white supremacy... so, let's talk a little about THE CITY WE BECAME. I've seen a few reviewers comment on the Woman in White,

So, white British dude imagines that boys marooned on an island will become murderous "savages." Actual children -- Tonga people, "savages" as imperialism endlessly frames them -- built a commune