bbellinson
@bbellinson.bsky.social
Community builder, advocate for low income housing and unhoused people. Love to spend time with family, friends and in nature.
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I confess - I reposted this, then watched the segment. Take 16 minutes to watch this. You will be gutted.
"Could you work any harder?"
"If I could, I would."
"Could you work any harder?"
"If I could, I would."
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I confess - I reposted this, then watched the segment. Take 16 minutes to watch this. You will be gutted.
"Could you work any harder?"
"If I could, I would."
"Could you work any harder?"
"If I could, I would."
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Assuming he’s buying, I’d like to have a beer with this guy.
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Assuming he’s buying, I’d like to have a beer with this guy.
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Inaugurating my Status.news newsletter, with some broad observations about the state of the industry (spoiler: gloomy) and a review noting that in "Tron: Ares," the letters that matter aren't AI, but IP www.status.news/p/hollywood-...
Status
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Status.news
October 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Inaugurating my Status.news newsletter, with some broad observations about the state of the industry (spoiler: gloomy) and a review noting that in "Tron: Ares," the letters that matter aren't AI, but IP www.status.news/p/hollywood-...
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An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America?
If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.
newrepublic.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
An astonishing figure in this piece:
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.
This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.
That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.
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A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A video about the Declaration of Independence. I'm proud of this one.
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🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸
April 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸
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Paul Gosar, living illustration of that Preacher panel asking why white supremacists are often so ugly
March 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Paul Gosar, living illustration of that Preacher panel asking why white supremacists are often so ugly
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My new column, The Media Front, begins from a simple premise: From Obama and the Tea Party to Trump, the culture wars are here, and with the profit incentives built into waging them, there’s simply no going back www.thewrap.com/culture-wars...
Memo to Hollywood: There’s No Running or Hiding From the Culture Wars
From Obama and the Tea Party to Trump, we now live in a world of choosing sides where controversy finds you, wanted or not.
www.thewrap.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My new column, The Media Front, begins from a simple premise: From Obama and the Tea Party to Trump, the culture wars are here, and with the profit incentives built into waging them, there’s simply no going back www.thewrap.com/culture-wars...
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As a Jewish person, I find myself disgusted by the willful and intentionally ignorant embrace of Musk by the ADL. The Musk salute was clear and for the ADL to go soft and weak today is something that I just can't believe.
January 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
As a Jewish person, I find myself disgusted by the willful and intentionally ignorant embrace of Musk by the ADL. The Musk salute was clear and for the ADL to go soft and weak today is something that I just can't believe.
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View on my last visit to Sherrod’s Senate office in Washington. So much change was coming for our country. But I heard our grandchildren’s laughter nearby and felt the hope in that. Life is never one thing.
We are in this together, friends & kind strangers. Knowing that gives me so much strength.
We are in this together, friends & kind strangers. Knowing that gives me so much strength.
January 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
View on my last visit to Sherrod’s Senate office in Washington. So much change was coming for our country. But I heard our grandchildren’s laughter nearby and felt the hope in that. Life is never one thing.
We are in this together, friends & kind strangers. Knowing that gives me so much strength.
We are in this together, friends & kind strangers. Knowing that gives me so much strength.
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The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
January 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.
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“On January 20, 2025, the next leader of the United States—and of the free world—assumes power,” Blitt said. “Also on that day: Donald Trump is sworn in.”
Cartoonist Bill Blitt
Cartoonist Bill Blitt
January 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
“On January 20, 2025, the next leader of the United States—and of the free world—assumes power,” Blitt said. “Also on that day: Donald Trump is sworn in.”
Cartoonist Bill Blitt
Cartoonist Bill Blitt