Too many Americans only care about what to happened to Brittney Griner because it happened in Russia. Kalief Browder was held without trial for 3 years on suspicion of stealing backpack before the charges were dropped. 700 of those days were spent solitary. That’s torture.

https://twitter.com/msolurin/status/1587513379371245568

Without Twitter there wouldn’t even really be lies to buy because we wouldn’t have heard about the vast majority of those cases.

https://twitter.com/jdwenzel/status/1593686292679651328

Without Twitter, Ahmaud Arbery’s killers would’ve never been arrested. George Floyd’s death, even with the video, likely wouldn’t have sparked national outrage.

Without twitter, we’re at the mercy of news outlets for reporting & you see how they publish police reports as fact.

Beware of voices encouraging Black people to care less about the humanity of other marginalized groups based on our own oppression. I’ve seen this a lot lately particularly with lgbtq+, Asians and immigrants. “Why should you care about xyz when Black people are dying in the street” is ridiculous logic. Makes zero sense. That’s divide and conquer shit.

It’s that time of year again when I remind people that donating even $5 to food banks and pantries is better than saddling them with all your unwanted canned foods. Canned goods have a particularly low rate of charitable return. They’re heavy and awkward to manage, they’re difficult to fit into a family’s meal plan. Ppl buy their canned goods at 4x the bulk price that can be obtained by food banks. Please just donate a few bucks.