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philadelphia
Joined December 2009
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smilk pshake retweeted
Hey Philly, are you waiting in a long line at the polls today? @PizzaToThePolls will bring you free pizza. Just report here: polls.pizza/
smilk pshake retweeted
🤩 Philly! So many people who missed the date or signature on their mail in ballot went to City Hall to the @PhillyVotes office to fix the issue.
If you have submitted a Vote By Mail Ballot in Philly, please check this attached list to make sure you’re 💯vote.phila.gov/news/2022/11/…
smilk pshake retweeted
PHILLY, we need your help: If you submitted a mail-in ballot in Philadelphia, please take a minute to make sure your name isn’t on this list. Even one error on your ballot can get the whole thing thrown out — but luckily it’s not too late to fix any mistakes.
Folks is you have submitted a Vote By Mail Ballot in Philly, please take a look at the attached list: vote.phila.gov/news/2022/11/…
smilk pshake retweeted
He attempted a coup. I think it’s actually pretty vital that he spend the rest of his life in prison. Otherwise the message to people in power is: “No real consequences; may as well try.”
smilk pshake retweeted
Judges need people to plead guilty to keep the assembly line dockets churning, and the best way to do that is to keep them in jail and to offer them release if they waive their right to a trial. This bureaucratic pressure is a primary hidden driver of systemic cruelty.
smilk pshake retweeted
I know we’re all still processing, but the way casual violence was normalized tonight by a collective national audience will have consequences that we can’t even fathom in the moment. #Oscars2022
smilk pshake retweeted
I recommend that everyone capable of pregnancy, who is also wanting to avoid pregnancy, perform a pregnancy test every two weeks.
They’re cheap at the dollar store and work just as well as fancy tests.
This is our world now:
We do not have the security of self determination.
smilk pshake retweeted
Nurses should not have to pay back student loans. Not after fighting this war.
smilk pshake retweeted
where the hell did this idea that comedy is supposed to "push boundaries" come from. who taught all these guys that the peak form of comedy is "i'm not touching you" but with racism
smilk pshake retweeted
Men:
When you say things like
"Why didn't she report until [X] years later?"
"Why didn't she fight back?"
"Why did she [X]?"
"Why didn't she [X]?"
What you're doing is forcing survivors/victims to relive THEIR trauma to explain it to you. Try empathy instead. Try listening.
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smilk pshake retweeted
After all. If a white supremacist can convince enough people that anyone who points out racism is hyperbolic, then that white supremacist can dismiss criticism of them as hyperbolic.
And so will everyone else.
This is how actual Nazis get sympathetic treatment.
smilk pshake retweeted
If there’s ANYTHING we need, and HAVE NEEDED, for our broken health care system and our violations of human rights it’s physician scientists who ARE ALSO SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES
smilk pshake retweeted
Hey, so while we're talking about all the ways that #KavanaughLied, let's figure out who paid off his mortgage and credit card debt?
You know, because there's still the possibility that person could have business before the Supreme Court. Or maybe already has.
smilk pshake retweeted
Get to know your neighbors.
Invite them for dinner if it's safe.
Make sure you have a place to go if things turn left.
Make sure you have emergency communication protocols for your loved ones.
Pay attention to your community.
Work cooperatively.
smilk pshake retweeted
LET THIS SINK IN FOR A MINUTE ===> There are concerns that families of some of the victims could be too afraid to go to the family reunification centers or hospitals searching for loved ones because of their immigration status and they are afraid they could suddenly be arrested