The town I mentioned earlier, Millbrae, just had a recall election that removed their first ever black city councillor and the first ever councillor from "the wrong side of the tracks" because they supported the conversions of the hotel to transitional housing.

we need a :california-cool: emote

hey quick q: why do corporate landlords get tax breaks anyway?

Lies of P

The racism beat for a Boston-based news outlet has got to be one of the most secure jobs in journalism.

Conversely, the picture on the left is how all women look to me. They are always softly backlit and slightly desaturated.

When money was free during 2020 lots of companies started doing "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" stuff like hiring people whose job it was to teach their employees how to not be racist.

But now money's not free anymore so the capitalists' "commitment" to anti-racism is now over, and a lot of companies are scaling back or eliminating their DEI efforts.

damn what a zinger

really rolls of the tongue

My sister put it best when she responded to this with

can't have shit in this country

no bread AND no circuses

Spyware on the Speaker of the House's phone, you say?

Town's called Battle Ground, Washington.

I have a femme-presenting enby friend who has ulcerative colitis. There's some new drug that their GI doctor wrote off prescribing them because it can cause birth defects. Didn't even ask if they had any intention of becoming pregnant (they do not!).

They're getting a new GI.

Proving how big their brains actually are, they do transphobia to all trans people.