Mike Upchurch

There is no crime problem…

“Crime” is a response to a problem

The problem is poverty…

The problem is inequity

Time for some cobbler!

Oh I know her name. The Bavarian Bombshell herself.

Baltimore is currently experiencing its lowest homicide rate in 50 years, and it’s not because they iNVeStEd iN pOLiCe, it’s because they invested in community programs to facilitate conflict resolution, address mental health, address poverty, and give kids fun and meaningful things to do

"These cars are way too fast. The police will be furious."

"And that's when I knew that my plantation would one day be gone with the wind."

How much of Gaza is left standing? Analysis by independent researchers reveals the scale of the destruction

“The studies imply that estimated life expectancy [in Gaza has fallen by more than 35 years, to half the pre-war figure. In percentage terms…bigger than…during China’s Great Leap Forward; in absolute terms it is similar to the one in the Rwanda genocide”

We're all going to be so glad when school starts again and you're back in your poli sci lecture, making your fellow students and a professor miserable instead of us.

Israel is starving Palestinians to death.
Israel is assassinating journalists in Gaza with impunity.
Israel openly plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza.
Israel is openly planning concentration camps in Gaza.
Israel kidnaps and targets doctors in Gaza.

There's a derelict Vallas sign in a corner of an alley near my place. Every time I pass it while walking the dog, I'm tempted to piss on it myself.

Thank goodness he was on de Soto's ship. He may have never made it here otherwise.

Now more than ever

Why self-publish under fascism zine? With individual Abolish ICE garage flyers that basically tell ICE to go fuck themselves/quit their jobs/etc

Incredible mail day from Half Letter Press / @marc-fischer.bsky.social. The garage flyers are *chef's kiss*

A bald eagle crying poop tears in front of a chicago flag and the text reads: 8/8/2004 NEVER FORGET

On August 8, 2004, the Dave Matthews Band tour bus emptied its waste tank on the Kinzie street bridge, dropping 800 pounds of raw sewage into the Chicago River as well as hitting an architecture tour boat. CHICAGO REMEMBERS.

Cops who wrongly arrested Black people for repeating questions, beat disabled people & almost beat a man to death: Who can tell us if it's good or bad to beat up & wrongly arrest Black people

Trainees: Idk did u get a raise for it?

Cops who did those things: Absolutely we did

Trainees: Then yes

Going in for one form of crackpot nonsense (in Singal's case transphobia) bespeaks a susceptibility to crackpot nonsense generally. The narcissism necessary for belief in reactionary conspiracy crap is very hard to satiate. The appetite grows with the eating.

They lost that right years ago when Trump shat on multiple Gold Star families. If that's not a dealbreaker for veterans and the GOP monsters who purport to support them, nothing is.

if there’s one thing poor people love it’s filling out forms to demonstrate that they’re not just spending all their money on malt liquor and scratchers

Ever been eating lunch at your desk because your job's a nonstop fire drill, forgotten that your napkin is no longer in your lap, and wiped mustard on your pants?

Me neither.

this is the structure of information now: some racist freak blogs about his personal grievances, and that gets laundered to top news sites and straight into boomer's brains

"This is not what Substack set out to be, but it is what Substack has become: a reactionary incubator where bigots of varying stripes can meet and collaborate, then take their work into the world, laundered with a tech unicorn’s imprimatur."

Drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future.

Mutts rule, purebreds drool.

Good thread on what exactly “rising expenses” are in this situation (mostly money spent servicing landlords’ bad debt)

Who Shares the Restroom Code with ICE Agents? (revised 2nd printing) This collection of questions is an invitation to think about situations we may encounter with ICE, a poetic rant against ICE, and a provocation for ICE’s allies.

I was never completely happy with the cover design of this booklet of questions for ICE agents and the people who love and sometimes unwittingly help them, so when the first printing sold out I changed the cover for this second printing. halfletterpress.com/who-shares-w...

Dammit, I have to get in the habit of alt text. Hit submit too quickly.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy and happiness.

Pretty much the definition of hubris. I'll stop short of calling it tragic though.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

In my book, I show that an eviction can ruin someone's life *even if it never happens.* A mere eviction FILING—even one dismissed in court—can destroy your credit and lock you out of housing for years.

That's why I say people aren't "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed.