Aaron Parecki

When a cop who violently beats the people he ostensibly serves is greeted by the cheers of fellow cops, it’s pretty strong evidence that the whole fucking barrel of apples is spoiled.

This is white supremacy.

All week conservatives have been RTing protest images like “I guess social distancing is done” look if I do end up getting covid it’ll be from changing legislation and getting these cops charged. Not cause I wanted to drink at Dave & Busters

I have lived my life with the default assumption that policing is necessary and important to a healthy, functioning society. I had never questioned that assumption until last week. I now know my assumption was wrong.

#abolishthepolice #defundthepolice

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Restraining someone and de-escalation doesn’t require weapons or police training. Nurses, therapists and social workers have to do this all the time. We expect police to do the work of social workers, but they didn’t sign up for that. They don’t *want* to be social workers.

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Cities are just police departments with some underfunded services on the side

This is how I, a 45-year-old white woman and mother of 6, currently at her peak Karen power, went from assuming police work was a necessary part of functional communities, to becoming a passionate advocate for #abolishthepolice #defundthepolice, over the course of one week.

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WALL COMPLETE ✅

If we funded everything else properly the police wouldn't need their funding.

hey, are you doomscrolling?

It's been a long day. You and your mental health deserve a break. A good night's rest is always a good idea.

When you expose a racist student, you stop them from attending a university that will allow them to become a racist healthcare worker, teacher, lawyer, real estate developer, politicians, etc.

It's time to end the terms "slave" and "master" in Photography https://buff.ly/2Uhk6ZM

On Twitch, DMCA takedowns, and bans:

You CAN’T play music on stream unless you have/pay for the licensing.

Just giving credit by showing name and title or providing your song list is the same energy as asking an artist to work for exposure.

He tripped and fell. We all saw it.

*whispers* ʷᵉ ˢʰᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵃᵇᵒˡᶦˢʰ ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵃᶜᶦˢᵗ ᶜʳᵉᵈᶦᵗ ˢʸˢᵗᵉᵐ ⁿᵉˣᵗ

“YouTube sucks. You can’t make any money on there.”

“How many videos have you posted?”

“7.”

🤦🏻‍♂️

Still thinking about how people were like “not all cops!” then literally all cops in Buffalo were like “no, it’s all of us”

Folks in music tech who are looking for ways to help: Now would be a good time to remove "master"/"slave" terminology everywhere. Oscillator sync, MIDI, etc. There are better terms in every case.

Blogs = still the best representation of the Internet’s promise. Everyone should have a site that they own, not just a social media account (which are great for promoting blog posts).

I want to remind you that statues aren’t history books and that taking one down isn’t erasing history. It’s more like finally taking a Sublime poster off your wall. It’s over. Let’s move on.