people who don't live in DC: the city is a dystopian HELL HOLE there is death and destruction in the STREETS
me, living in DC: i think i'll get boba today
and in case anyone is confused. we can absolutely address violence and harm in our community without turning to the same failed, racist policies of the past that are born out of cartoonish media depictions of city life
Breaking: All five members of the band Pinky Lemon have died in a tragic load-in accident.
Last year our writers rated their album a 2.2 out of 10. They were each 53.
Repeal ‘Right to Work.’
Green New Deal.
Defelonize all drugs.
Tax the rich.
Paid leave for all.
Voting rights for the incarcerated.
Decriminalize sex work.
This is what the most progressive platform in Virginia’s LG race looks like. I’m so proud to work for
@SeanPerrymanVA
.
my lukewarm, probably obvious take is that the non-Tik Tok-centric bands like TAGABOW and Full Body are making FAR more interesting shoegaze and are advancing the genre more than Wisp or any other more popular gaze band right now
In 2023, shoegaze is bigger than ever. Major label signees, unprecedented Billboard charts, record streaming figures, and mainstream visibility. The sound, look, and reach of the genre are changing. And TikTok is the engine.
My analysis for
@stereogum
.
this is who you’re calling anti-semitic btw you fucking ghoul. i’m proud to stand against zionist apartheid and i’m proud to be a Jew. get used to it loser. free Palestine 🇵🇸
Who in their right mind can watch Hamas terrorists commit atrocities, brutally murder civilians, kidnap children & elderly, & then protest Israel’s right to defend itself???
Let’s get a few things straight:
1. Israel does not occupy Gaza – Hamas does.
2. Stop with the absurd…
Right now, we need more than just progressive leadership, we need decarceral leadership.
@SeanPerrymanVA
is the only candidate in the race for Lt. Governor who is talking about scaling back the role of police.
That matters, and white progressives need to start paying attention.
Check out my band Pinky Lemon. We make indie rock mixed with shoegaze and queer dance pop. We’re playing a show in this depraved city tomorrow night at
@pieshopdc
They call it “DIY” even though the equipment costs hundreds of dollars. Sometimes the shows are just bands playing to other people in bands, and even they don’t stay for the last set. If you don’t say “sick set dude” before asking to borrow a capo or a cable, you are shot
don't worry, i won't look directly at the eclipse because i'll be too busy staring at my pedal board!
just a little shoegaze humor for you, have a good monday everyone
The lesson from the rise of fascism during WWII is that it didn't happen all at once. It was a slow slide. And if we can't point out the fascism during the slide, it will be to late when we finally do.
#NeverAgainIsNow
If you’re Jewish and you call them concentration camps, quote tweet this and tell the world why. We’ll RT you.
Let’s join together and stand up as one to say:
#NeverAgainIsNow
With moderate Dem candidates and party leadership, we:
- Lost House seats
- Will most likely lose the Senate
- Lost ground w/ key demographics
All despite raising a record amount of money in a historically favorable environment. Time for them to lose their power over the party.
Just got my first COVID vaccination and I’m pretty emotional. I can’t wait to reconnect with friends and enjoy the full suite of Microsoft products together.
At a loss for what to call what happened in DC last night other than fascism.
Cops used military trucks/helicopters, tear-gas and kettling.
I was lucky enough to have left the protest before they got trapped by police and I can assure you it was a 100% peaceful demonstration.
Let me be clear: Israel makes its own decisions.
They are fighting an enemy embedded in the civilian population, which places innocent Palestinian people at risk.
They have an obligation to distinguish between terrorists and civilians and fully comply with international law.
There is no queer liberation without an end to US imperialism, full stop.
Queer people who have served don’t have to cling to that (or Black servicemembers) as a shield. Plenty of people have been in the military and used their experience as the basis for their anti-imperialism.
Hi friends after a few months of freelancing, I’m starting a new position as comms director for
@tmcf_hbcu
’s new racial justice research + advocacy org,
@ThePayneCenter
!
Really excited to work with executive director
@SeanPerrymanVA
again as we get this off the ground.
I worked in an italian restaurant in NJ for four years where I prepped a ton of pasta and pizza sauce.
Now I make homemade sauce once a week (for mental health reasons) which always starts with fresh tomato, basil, onion, garlic, and mushroom 🍅🌱🧅🧄🍄
@MatthewCappucci
Hope you’ll show the same amount of concern for protesters living in your favorite city who will inevitably be brutalized by police as you do for the windows of a Five Guys
When my partner was hurt last night I screamed at a line of dozens of cops asking for medical attention, and not one moved a muscle.
Luckily another protester who came prepared was able to apply first aid.
Cops. Don’t. Keep. Us. Safe. We keep us safe.
Over 200 unarmed constituents and protesters were INJURED in the last 2 days while exercising our first amendment rights,including us and children. The
@DCPoliceDept
had guns, shields, batons, pepper spray, rubber bullets and flash bangs.
#KaronHylton
is dead.
#FUCK12
#DefundMPD
Dropped off my ballot for
@mdc_dsa
endorsed candidates
@edlazere
and
@mysikix
!
Also noticed there was a presidential race going on, good luck to the candidates!
I just sent an email to Governor Youngkin’s tip line. My child is being denied their right to spread a deadly virus in school.
Please join me in keeping Virginia FREE by sending a tip to helpeducation
@governor
.virginia.gov
was offline mostly yesterday so happy late TDOV we are a trans/non-binary band, view + visualize us!
and remember that there is no trans liberation under capitalism, imperialism, and christian nationalism
a lot of people like to ask us about our fav shoegaze records so here it is:
1. Some Nights - fun.
2. SATURATION II - BROCKHAMPTON
3. Loveless - my bloody valentine
(sorry no females)
This is garbage. But it reflects a broader failing.
Insisting on seeing everything in the world through the eyes of the American experience is extraordinary arrogance and frankly a form of cultural imperialism. These guys are guilty of both.
Today could have been the day that weed is legal in Virginia.
But Dems balked bc they didn't want to "move too fast." So now it's still a $25 fine.
The result will be another year of cops using weed as an excuse to go into Black & brown communities to harass and terrorize.
Just got violently kettled by MPD on Georgia Ave. Rubber bullet were fired and my partner is bleeding from the leg but okay (thank god for street medics). Looked like mass arrests were coming but most people got out.
Defund MPD. Fuck 12.
I'm a Jew who went to GW from 2016-2021
Every day I woke up to a mob in my dorm chanting "Jews suck!"
My profs would take 25 points off every assignment and call it "Semite points"
I emailed GW's President but he replied "Sorry I hate Jews"
@CNN
@nytimes
@FoxNews
Platform me
Researchers found that single-payer healthcare would save 70,000 lives a year, but politicians willfully refuse single-payer in order to enrich their donors from private insurance and big pharma.
That’s what “wishing death” on people looks like in practice.
If you can't take a solid stance on repealing 'Right to Work' you simply aren't a progressive.
Even Joe Biden wants to end RTW. You're gonna be to the right of Joe Biden and claim to fight for "bold" change? No thanks
so you admit it, many people who consider themselves progressive or “on the left” have far right views on Israel/Palestine that are out of step with a coherent left-wing worldview
I actually don’t think that the left has begun to grapple with how angry they have made many American Jews. I am incredibly mad at them. I just saw a tweet that had nothing to do with this and I almost retweeted it just to own libs but then was like “wait Ben you’re pro-trans”
Hey friends, last month I started working comms/digital for
@Perryman4VA
.
Sean’s an exciting LG candidate who supports legalizing cannabis, a Green New Deal for Virginia, and more. Give him a follow!
Also I hate doing these personal news tweets so here’s some pics of my lil cat
Largest racial justice uprising in history? Frontline workers giving their lives to fight COVID? Sure, that sounds important.
But didn’t you hear? We’ve restored the soul of the nation 😌😌
Being an anti-Zionist Jew is a fun time
Zionist Jews say you're not really Jewish, right-wing Christians call you anti-semitic while they cozy up with Neo-Nazis, and the meaning of your holidays get warped by assholes to uphold a colonial political project
Anyway, chag sameach!
I met Sean at a criminal justice reform forum well before he was running for office.
With elected Virginia Dems in the room, he called out our party for ignoring the advocates on marijuana legalization.
He was the boldest voice in the room and I knew then I was on
#TeamPerryman
i miss having basement shows man
sweet pill, origami angel, TAGABOW, full body, strange ranger, peaer, gobbinjr, boyscott, teenage halloween, TC superstar, short fictions
i think i'll post some old posters from some of these soon for nostalgia
show off some bands you’ve booked in a house or small venue!
Ratboys, Palm, Spirit of the Beehive, Fond Han, tagabow, Prince Daddy, Full Body, Peaer, Pink Navel, Another Michael, Wilt (rip)
The big problem with this is that Delegate Ayala pledged not to take this money. She appeared to stay true to that for most of the campaign.
And now, six days before election day, with thousands of votes already cast, we find out she broke her pledge. It's unfair and deceptive.
Today we found out one of my opponents took $100,000 from Dominion after pledging not to.
Spreading money around is how a publicly-regulated utility avoids being publicly regulated.
This isn't a personal attack. It's an urgent example of why we need campaign finance reform. 2/2
“if you’re a nice person and care about the community you’ll go far in DIY”
wrong + dumb. we should be competing in ruthless tests of physical, emotional, and intellectual strength, striving for artistic dominance over our peers and maximizing passive income
In 5th grade I bought a baby dogwood tree in a coffee can and planted it in my parent’s yard.
Over a decade later and it’s flowering for the first time!
One reason I'm voting for
@RobertWhite_DC
is that two years ago
@MurielBowser
's MPD kettled, sprayed, and shot at me and brutalized thousands of others in our city.
Her response to that ongoing brutality and calls for change was to propose hiring MORE cops.
Liberals I am begging you to stop making this about Trump or “the importance of voting.”
Folks are not protesting Trump. This is about 400 years of white supremacy, economic exploitation, and violence.
I try not to be That Socialist in class but what am I supposed to do when my professor, who works at the world bank, presents a slide titled “causes of poverty”
A couple of tough quotes:
"The Markey campaign did a masterful job convincing voters Ed is someone he is not," one Dem strategist said.
"This goes to show you that the left doesn't do their homework and they're easily won over by bright shiny objects," said a Kennedy ally.
One time I parked my car on GW’s campus and someone smashed my window and stole my backpack with my laptop and other valuables.
The police didn’t do shit and afterwards I still wanted to abolish them. Hope this helps.
Wasn't trying to influence anyone, that's why I used my huge platform to publish my opinion in a persuasive format and then promote to my followers after the fact
Prob naive on my part but I like most things I do on this site, wasn’t really trying to influence anyone-otherwise I would not included some of my idiosyncratic/irrational reasons Re initiative or would have included cherry picked/irrelevant data like both sides are doing