Rebecca Solnitâs book âA Paradise Built In Hellâ should be required reading for everyone. Basically: people are generally good & in disaster situations self-organize effectively & often joyfully. Itâs when authority tries to ârestore order,â that shit goes off the rails.
Always amazes me how quickly we forget the sheer tumult of end-stage Trump years
As of March, 18.6 million Americans were estimated to be living with long COVID. I am one of them. I would consider it a personal favor if you contact your reps and request support for this bill. We need help.
I keep listening to the radio out of Asheville and hearing a person calling in to locate folks and another calling back to say they just went and checked on them because theyâre nearby and no they donât know them but theyâre okayâwe do not need cops after disaster, we do need community radio
Nearly 100,000 Asheville residents may not have access to water for weeks. This is a public health disaster.
Asheville may not have its water system repaired for weeks; communities across region under boil water advisories.
If you use your right to free speech in order to attempt to intimidate others into silence, then it ceases to be free speech by definition
I find it striking how in the aftermath of Helene, libraries are providing crucial community services like free wifi while cops are guarding stores with rotting food from potential "looters" instead of serving and protecting people. Worth considering how we spend local funding.
Updated with nearly a dozen groups/orgs doing relief work on the ground in communities impacted by Hurricane Helene: heleneaid.com