Our local food bank can use money more than food donations, but helpful to see what they are most in need of.

https://www.mannaconejo.org/want-to-help

#conejovalley

EcoFlow says its new Ocean Pro is better than Tesla’s Powerwall

NEW @motherjones.com: Spoke to 6 domestic violence shelters/orgs in LA about the chilling effects of ICE: They’re closing their doors & survivors are afraid to seek help.

“DV programs should be safe sanctuaries & we can’t even guarantee that anymore,” one said.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Tear gas can cause long-term health consequences by making people more susceptible to contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID.

The chemical agent can also hurt people inside their homes if it seeps into residential neighborhoods. What you need to know (published 2020):

if you've been watching the community defenses against ICE and thinking, "i support my comrades but i don't feel comfortable being on the ~front lines~" please know there are many other ways to support! you can drop off a case of water and snacks, buy medical supplies, donate to jail support, etc

Don’t use milk or antacids on tear gas. Use water. Anyone telling otherwise is a charlatan.

The Guardian: Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers

"...The company also monitored nursing homes that had smaller numbers of patients with “do not resuscitate” – or DNR – and “do not intubate” orders in their files. Without such orders, patients are in […]

I am not promising you you'll be safe, I am asking you to be brave.

“I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.... What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day and attempt to make your own, until you will sicken and die of them, still in silence?” Audre Lorde

"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...

ICYMI: A feminist group that calls itself "The Cliterati" said they are collecting sexually explicit texts that GOP members of Congress have sent to female staffers, and will publish them in an exposé in March, just in time for International Women's Day.