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today I was finishing up my lunch and a massive protest walked by the building i was in. I still had a bunch time left on my break, so I joined them for about 4 or 5 blocks before I headed back to work - no sign, no garb, just showing up with my body. it was really beautiful and i wish I could have stayed longer.
looking up at the buildings and seeing all the other office workers watching the march from their windows is a weird reverse spectacle to me - as a salaried young professional myself it was like looking in a mirror and in a prison at the same time.
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I feel like everything about this photo captures that unique period of time - the covid masks, the protest signs, the boarded windows, the national guard.
I look at it now and I still feel glimmers of the hope I felt in that moment, when the rigid and all encompassing oppressive and systemic ruts of society felt like they were becoming more plastic and might even come undone. However, in retrospect, I am of course also hit with the ultimate disappointment, betrayal, and futility of it all.
So in that sense, it really captures that hovering sense of disillusionment and hope that I'm perpetually caught between within my day to day life.
Mar 30, 2024
The car simps in political leadership and the enemies of a vibrant, sociable spaces have decided to do away with outdoor dining structures in favor of street parking. There are plenty of reasons to love these ad hoc hovels, designed and built to support once-struggling restaurants and cafes, ranging from the ramshackle to the wonderfully inventive. These photos are an endearing testament to our fellow humans' creative resilience. I'm sad for NYC and disappointed in our leaders for regressing to the status quo instead of embracing communal spaces.
Apr 4, 2024
what's more punk than reclaiming streets for people instead of cars and seed bombing vacant lots??? there's so much more to it but the linked video on redesigning city streets is hopefully inspiring to some. fight the existential dread with imagination. make the revolution irresistible.
image is from https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-12-20/solarpunk-radical-hope/
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