@us-neweconomy.bsky.social yay hey yall

How Old Prisons Are Being Converted Into Stylish Apartments The number of incarcerated people nationwide has declined, and almost 200 correctional facilities have closed in the past 20 years. The sites are being repurposed.

“There’s a lack of awareness that there can be a future for a closed prison beyond incarceration, a lack of imagination about what a closed prison site can be transformed into,” said Nicole Porter, @sentencingproject.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/b...

So much this. It's the everyday stuff. The boring stuff. Behind the scenes stuff. The non-glorified stuff. That's the necessary work.

Trying so hard to have empathy for non/3rd party voters. I've been a far left radical abolitionist for almost 2 decades and still saw the value in trying to prevent this. I get the sentiment behind a protest vote, done it before, but you'll never convince me this is was the better path.

Trying so hard to have empathy for non/3rd party voters. I've been a far left radical abolitionist for almost 2 decades and still saw the value in trying to prevent this. I get the sentiment behind a protest vote, done it before, but you'll never convince me this is was the better path.

I mean, of course...

Light orange and white water color background. Cover light has large letters in orange and teal that read "Protect California" and below in dark blue "Community Investment Keeps People Safe." Bottom right corner has a hand drawn pink heart. There is a white frame around the whole graphic. Bottom footer is the same color as frame and contains the teal CURB logo on the bottom left and black text reading "Overview of the 2025-26 Corrections Budget."

Same background and footer as previously. Top left reads "Protect California" in small orange and teal block letters. Text on slide in black and red text is a data point from CURB's budget overview.

Same background and footer as previously. Top left reads "Protect California" in small orange and teal block letters. Text on slide in black and read text is a data point from CURB's budget overview.

Same background and footer as previously. Contents of slide include examples of what $1.5 billion dollars saved from closing 5 more prisons could fund including permanent supportive housing, mental health care, and Universal Basic Income. The right of the graphic contains pink graphics of a house, people supporting each other, and hands holding a heart. Scaling numbers are in teal. Descriptions in black text on right side of graphic.

⏰ ✊ THE TIME IS NOW TO RECLAIM OUR BUDGET AND PROTECT CALIFORNIA

Check out CURB’s full overview of the corrections budget here 📲 tinyurl.com/25-26proposed

Join us as we push to #CloseCAPrisons and advocate for a budget that affirms the lives of all Californians 💖

#CAbudget #CloseCAPrisons

TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users, thanking Trump The company said in a statement that TikTok was coming back online in the U.S. after President-elect Donald Trump provided assurances to the company’s service providers.

BREAKING: TikTok is back up in the United States after an obvious kayfabe. They didn’t need to take it down. The did that on purpose so Trump could “restore” it. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

CapCut is also part of the ByteDance shutdown.
The U.S. Empire is re-entering its blatantly open fascist era. That stage comes close to the end of Empires.

Ppl talk bout the benefits of incarceration, how folks inside take classes and get degrees and take courses on childhood trauma etc to become "better"...

IT SHOULD BE EASIER TO ACCESS THESE THINGS WHILE BEING FREE AND WITHIN COMMUNITY THEN WHILE INCARCERATED🗣
#abolition #newsystems #solidarity

So so sad to see my hometown burning like this. I remember a fire in the 90s during the Santa ana's, I was a kid and my dad was on the roof for hours keeping it hosed down

Eaton Fire:

The McDonalds at 1306 N. Altadena Drive, Pasadena, California, is on fire. The nearest cross street is N. Altadena Drive.

Geolocation: 34.168827708316655, -118.09789475881296

I'm on the east side and the smoke smell has been bad for hours. Dena is where I grew up, so so sad to see🥺

My babes❤️‍🔥🤘🏽🌱 get with it yall, join the movement!!

Love to see it. Need something light to read once I finish rereading parable of the sower lol #octaviabutler

Lizzooo❤️‍🔥💪🏽

...with a lil restructuring and imagination, we could drastically change the world in a way that could meet all our needs.

...this all started w me jus tryna watch this damn Harry potter baking show and enjoy my friday🥲 #abolition #leftist #buildnewworlds

I do love a good cooking show...but then i 🍃💨 n start thinkin bout all the excess food...and then about how many cooking shows exist, how much food prolly getting wasted🤔 and like, what if every cooking show had to give the food to hungry ppl or donate it to a shelter...

Released 38 years ago today
I Against I, the third studio album by American punk rock band Bad Brains, featuring the title track I Against I

Bad Brains - Netherlands 1988

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #badbrains #iagainsti #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Absolutely. Not buying any gifts from any corporate anything. Banned books, POC&queer&Black owned small businesses only

Lol well it must work cuz I found it🧙🏾‍♀️✨️ Just got here, trying to find like-minded buddies and see what's goin down lol

What I support:

Immigrant rights ✊🏼
LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
BLM 🖤
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Indigenous People 🫶
Women’s Rights 💖
Animal Rights 🐮
Human Rights 🫂
Pro-Choice ❤️‍🔥
Gender Identity 🤍
Mental Health Awareness 🎗
Autism Awareness ♾
Disability Awareness 🏥
Climate Change Awareness 🍃
Love ❤️

I missed early days of Twitter cuz I was too broke for a smartphone, but lookit me now!!🤣✌🏽 I'm NEVER early to a new trend so obvi I feel very nifty #millennial #90skid #leftist #witchyshit #blackalt

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Hey yall, what we doin ova here??🖤🤘🏽✨️ #notlikeus #leftist #whoallgonbethere #witchyshit