In response to Michael Elliot.
great capture, I love how the reflection looks like a butterfly
11:52 AM - Apr 10, 2024
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08:13 PM - Feb 05, 2024
Just that trigger to get a fork, amiright?
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k hola (she/her) @ktastrophiclyGif: triggering intensifies08:26 PM - Jan 03, 2024![GIF-Image]()
08:27 PM - Jan 03, 2024
I wrote about a highly unusual Monday morning I had over seven years ago and the way it has stayed with me so vividly all this time.
https://charlotteclymer.su...
https://charlotteclymer.su...
07:54 AM - Feb 20, 2023
Sorry, no. People should be able to delete unwanted replies. If someone abuses the delete functionality, others will see a large number of deleted spouts. No one should be forced to endure someone else's abuse.
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Blair Houghton @BlairHoughtonThe trashcan button has to go, or the people serially abusing it have to go. Otherwise this will become a troll playground.10:28 AM - Dec 17, 2023
11:06 AM - Dec 17, 2023
I put horseradish mayo and sesame oil on salmon and stuck it in the oven at 375. With brussel sprouts. I may be ordering pizza or Chinese delivery very soon.
Will keep you posted....
Will keep you posted....
06:17 PM - Nov 10, 2023
In response to Michael Elliot.
I get it's burning books in effigy, and also think that they are fumbling their nazi playbook rollout at the same time
09:11 PM - Sep 19, 2023
Truth!
Where was that "civility" for those suffering from his political agenda, as it wreaked havoc on anyone who didn't match his demographic?
Where was that "civility" for those suffering from his political agenda, as it wreaked havoc on anyone who didn't match his demographic?
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Salma Typhii @EpidatageekAnyone who tries to guilt anyone for feeling indifference to McConnell's fate is the worst of the "Kindness" and "Civility" brigade08:51 AM - Sep 01, 2023
08:59 AM - Sep 01, 2023
BOOM! Hakeem Jeffries TEARS into Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Republican Party for supporting her extremism.
"She’s totally out of control" But they don’t care. The leadership supports MTG. "The rank-and-file Republicans support her."
Thank you, Minority Leader Jeffries, for standing up to MTG.
"She’s totally out of control" But they don’t care. The leadership supports MTG. "The rank-and-file Republicans support her."
Thank you, Minority Leader Jeffries, for standing up to MTG.
01:47 PM - Apr 21, 2023
Pay attention, Ron DeSantis: Your signature on the permitless carry bill and your divisive actions against Black history and the LGBTQ+ community are linked to white nationalism and fascism. We won't overlook this and will hold you accountable at the ballot box.
Vote Blue 2024
Vote Blue 2024
08:21 AM - Aug 27, 2023
28 Threaded Spouts
The multicultural City Councils in my town began routing taxpayer money from investing in the newly created Black communities to policing those communities. Building ordinances were relaxed so much that commercial buildings could be built within Black residential neighborhoods. Crime went up.
08:30 AM - Aug 27, 2023
28 Threaded Spouts
In the 1980s and 1990s, the City Councils became more multicultural as white citizens moved out of my hometown. The ordinances blocking Black real estate ownership began to be eliminated. Blacks began buying real estate again. Black wealth grew again.
Can you guess what happened next?
Can you guess what happened next?
08:24 AM - Aug 27, 2023
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28 Threaded Spouts
When manufacturing jobs left my hometown, white Americans wanted to sell their real estate to anyone they could to move to the suburbs for professional jobs. Suddenly, the building ordinances they used to block Black real estate ownership became a headache.
08:18 AM - Aug 27, 2023
28 Threaded Spouts
The building ordinances in my city used to block Black real estate ownership ended up causing many Black homeowners to form segregated neighborhoods with modest homes bordering the predominantly white downtown bustling with manufacturing activity. Then in the 1980s we lost our manufacturing.
08:11 AM - Aug 27, 2023
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28 Threaded Spouts
A final example of a building ordinance that hurt Black real estate owners in my city was the requirement that neighborhoods be allowed to form HOAs that made their own agreed upon property ownership rules. A Black homeowner could be stopped with even more bldg rules.
08:05 AM - Aug 27, 2023
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28 Threaded Spouts
When Blacks started saving enough money to help each other buy 1/2 acre lots to build homes, past white City Councils implemented ordinances dictating the roof angles allowed on single family homes. The extra framing requirements made it hard for Blacks to build their own homes without a lot of debt
07:57 AM - Aug 27, 2023
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28 Threaded Spouts
An example in my town of a building ordinance created to block Black real estate ownership was a requirement that to build a single family home, the lot had to be a minimum of 1/2 acre. Many whites in my city's past had money to buy 1/2 acre lots. Many Black residents did not.
07:51 AM - Aug 27, 2023
28 Threaded Spouts
If you've read this far, you're probably wondering if the bldg ordinances I reference were part of redlining. No. These building ordinances went beyond redlining. The ordinances in my town made it easy for whites to build and not so for Blacks. Dillio's rule went bye bye for Blacks.
07:44 AM - Aug 27, 2023
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28 Threaded Spouts
Because my town's Black Wall Street survived the Red Summer of 1919, many Blacks began to acquire more real estate. The Black real estate owners in turn sent money to their farming relatives for them to buy land too. NC whites became angered by the wealth and implemented anti-Black bldg ordinances.
07:34 AM - Aug 27, 2023
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28 Threaded Spouts
Many Americans are familiar with the term "Black Wall Street" that was used for many of the Black economic centers that grew in the US during the Reconstruction Period. (1870s-1890s). Americana know white Americans burned many Black Wall Streets in 1919. My hometown's Black center wasn't touched.
07:28 AM - Aug 27, 2023
28 Threaded Spouts
When Justice Dillon made this ruling, Black Americans were newly freed. Few Blacks in my state owned real estate. The situation changed during the 1930s in North Carolina when many white farmers sold their lands to Black sharecroppers and moved to the cities. Whites moved for manufacturing jobs.
07:19 AM - Aug 27, 2023
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28 Threaded Spouts
I live in a US state where Dillon's rule is enforced.
Dillon's rule says that the state cannot dictate conditions under which a property owner can sell or use their land.
The rule was named after this man, Iowa Supreme Court Justice John Dillon.
Dillon's rule says that the state cannot dictate conditions under which a property owner can sell or use their land.
The rule was named after this man, Iowa Supreme Court Justice John Dillon.
07:13 AM - Aug 27, 2023
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The small group of developers proposing the ordinance massacre are mostly local white men who've been in the real estate business for many years.
The ordinances they want to change will impact most of my city's Black homeowners.
I am one of the Black homeowners that will affected.
The ordinances they want to change will impact most of my city's Black homeowners.
I am one of the Black homeowners that will affected.
07:06 AM - Aug 27, 2023
28 Threaded Spouts
Here's my seditious CRT thread for this week and how came to co-lead a citywide forum.
In my hometown, a small group of real estate developers has submitted a proposal to wipe away most of the current ordinances that must be followed to build houses in my city. The proposal's acronym is "SCAD."
In my hometown, a small group of real estate developers has submitted a proposal to wipe away most of the current ordinances that must be followed to build houses in my city. The proposal's acronym is "SCAD."
07:02 AM - Aug 27, 2023
This guy should be arrested with the rest of them! He is not innocent by any means.
https://www.msnbc.com/opin...
https://www.msnbc.com/opin...
08:10 AM - Aug 27, 2023
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hey spouteroonies, I wrote a thing: "highlights from the Republican antisemitism hall of fame" is today's substacky. please read it, and while you're there, don't forget to sign up for my free free FREE mailing list, it's how you'll find me no matter where I wander on social media
11:11 AM - Feb 03, 2023
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