Jessica A.S. Letaw
@jessicaletaw.bsky.social
Affordability, housing, building power, changing the world, hbu? Award-winning Ann Arbor AF pod cohost. I hug buildings.♀️,✊🏼, 🌈,🌱, amquerying. She/her.
Can’t say this enough. “Luxury” housing is either branding by developers or low-information/bad-faith anti-housing advocacy by community members.
We do all levels of housing affordability a service when we know and can speak accurately about what market-rate housing is.
We do all levels of housing affordability a service when we know and can speak accurately about what market-rate housing is.
well here is the thing, if i didn’t say this was public housing, you could easily think it was “luxury,” which gets to the larger point that “luxury” housing is just a marketing term. what makes homes expensive are a host of factors, including and especially extant supply constraints.
September 29, 2023 at 3:42 PM
Can’t say this enough. “Luxury” housing is either branding by developers or low-information/bad-faith anti-housing advocacy by community members.
We do all levels of housing affordability a service when we know and can speak accurately about what market-rate housing is.
We do all levels of housing affordability a service when we know and can speak accurately about what market-rate housing is.
I’m at a Women In Tech event tonight specifically to talk up public boards and commissions!
Think you don’t know enough? Yes you do.
Think you don’t have enough time? It’s probably a smaller commitment than you think.
Think it’s not for people like you? You are EXACTLY who should get involved!
Think you don’t know enough? Yes you do.
Think you don’t have enough time? It’s probably a smaller commitment than you think.
Think it’s not for people like you? You are EXACTLY who should get involved!
And if people are concerned about whether they’d have the time to be on a board.. you do. Ours meets once a month and it’s been one of the best experiences I’ve had getting to know our librarians and helping to aim the library towards its best possible future.
September 18, 2023 at 10:36 PM
I’m at a Women In Tech event tonight specifically to talk up public boards and commissions!
Think you don’t know enough? Yes you do.
Think you don’t have enough time? It’s probably a smaller commitment than you think.
Think it’s not for people like you? You are EXACTLY who should get involved!
Think you don’t know enough? Yes you do.
Think you don’t have enough time? It’s probably a smaller commitment than you think.
Think it’s not for people like you? You are EXACTLY who should get involved!
Listen.
The nature of abolitionist work, as it applied to my heart, meant treating no one like they were disposable... which was hard to apply to myself. But I think the way I've fought for my health and protection means that maybe I really believe it. I can have a place in the future I'm helping to build.
September 15, 2023 at 3:22 AM
Listen.
Ever. Green.
September 13, 2023 at 2:23 AM
Ever. Green.
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Shoutouts to everybody multiscreening the NFL and a city council meeting
September 12, 2023 at 1:23 AM
Shoutouts to everybody multiscreening the NFL and a city council meeting
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The tracking what people check out from public libraries thing!!
The library of the suburb where I lived in 2001 stopped storing checkout records very long in response to it. They said NOPE
The library of the suburb where I lived in 2001 stopped storing checkout records very long in response to it. They said NOPE
September 11, 2023 at 5:26 AM
The tracking what people check out from public libraries thing!!
The library of the suburb where I lived in 2001 stopped storing checkout records very long in response to it. They said NOPE
The library of the suburb where I lived in 2001 stopped storing checkout records very long in response to it. They said NOPE
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We've actually sent enough emails, I've just got the news that we hit our quota and never have to send another email again, good job everyone we did it, we can stop now
ok nobody email me again for another *checks watch* 100 years and let's see how that works ok ? ok
September 7, 2023 at 4:48 AM
We've actually sent enough emails, I've just got the news that we hit our quota and never have to send another email again, good job everyone we did it, we can stop now
hard same
ok nobody email me again for another *checks watch* 100 years and let's see how that works ok ? ok
September 5, 2023 at 10:22 PM
hard same
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I *strongly* advise not having this app on your phone or uploading media to it that you haven’t stripped of metadata beforehand - someone with 10 years experience investigating commercial surveillance
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, plans to collect “user biometric data, job and school history”
X Plans to Collect User Biometric Data, Job and School History
X, the social network that used to be known as Twitter, updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric.
www.bloomberg.com
August 31, 2023 at 9:42 PM
I *strongly* advise not having this app on your phone or uploading media to it that you haven’t stripped of metadata beforehand - someone with 10 years experience investigating commercial surveillance
Sometimes
endings
and beginnings
look the same.
endings
and beginnings
look the same.
August 29, 2023 at 1:01 AM
Sometimes
endings
and beginnings
look the same.
endings
and beginnings
look the same.
the morning’s first banger
August 28, 2023 at 12:10 PM
the morning’s first banger
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That is exactly the Venn diagram of my humor
jokes 🤝🏻 public meetings
me
jokes 🤝🏻 public meetings
me
August 25, 2023 at 9:46 PM
That is exactly the Venn diagram of my humor
jokes 🤝🏻 public meetings
me
jokes 🤝🏻 public meetings
me
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My Oxford encyclopedia article on Black Power and organized labor was also published today. It's accessible for free (for now).
oxfordre.com/americanhist...
oxfordre.com/americanhist...
August 26, 2023 at 12:22 AM
My Oxford encyclopedia article on Black Power and organized labor was also published today. It's accessible for free (for now).
oxfordre.com/americanhist...
oxfordre.com/americanhist...
Can, should, and will.
August 24, 2023 at 4:21 PM
Can, should, and will.
This is canon.
few things more satisfying, imo, then an exceptionally spicy cup of chai
August 23, 2023 at 2:59 PM
This is canon.
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Morning Bluesky!
Since #academicsky & #abolition are finding their way here, I'm sharing a resource - I created a course on Police Brutality in the US in 2020 with tons of content, conversation guides & tools - it's all Creative Commons and can be used whole or in part in your courses.
Since #academicsky & #abolition are finding their way here, I'm sharing a resource - I created a course on Police Brutality in the US in 2020 with tons of content, conversation guides & tools - it's all Creative Commons and can be used whole or in part in your courses.
Police Brutality in America Teach-Out
The tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have sparked a wave of renewed protests against police brutality across the United States. These nationwide uprisings have transfor...
online.umich.edu
August 23, 2023 at 1:33 PM
Morning Bluesky!
Since #academicsky & #abolition are finding their way here, I'm sharing a resource - I created a course on Police Brutality in the US in 2020 with tons of content, conversation guides & tools - it's all Creative Commons and can be used whole or in part in your courses.
Since #academicsky & #abolition are finding their way here, I'm sharing a resource - I created a course on Police Brutality in the US in 2020 with tons of content, conversation guides & tools - it's all Creative Commons and can be used whole or in part in your courses.
I mean…yeah
Honestly bless Ann Arbor for being the kind of town where you can hire a woman owned repair service to send handy and rad queer folks to fix all our shit, even if it adds additional danger of farts breaking audible containment
August 22, 2023 at 10:16 PM
I mean…yeah
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🧪 ⚒️ SoCal!
If you felt that M5.1 earthquake near Ojai (which is completely unrelated to the tropical storm) a few minutes ago, please fill this out! Citizen science like this helps show the extent of earthquake effects.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39645386/executive#dyfi
If you felt that M5.1 earthquake near Ojai (which is completely unrelated to the tropical storm) a few minutes ago, please fill this out! Citizen science like this helps show the extent of earthquake effects.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39645386/executive#dyfi
August 20, 2023 at 9:51 PM
🧪 ⚒️ SoCal!
If you felt that M5.1 earthquake near Ojai (which is completely unrelated to the tropical storm) a few minutes ago, please fill this out! Citizen science like this helps show the extent of earthquake effects.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39645386/executive#dyfi
If you felt that M5.1 earthquake near Ojai (which is completely unrelated to the tropical storm) a few minutes ago, please fill this out! Citizen science like this helps show the extent of earthquake effects.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39645386/executive#dyfi
When people ask how I am, I keep telling them that I am fine, not fine, fine.
I even had it in my email signature for a while.
I, too, want a word that means okay and not okay
I even had it in my email signature for a while.
I, too, want a word that means okay and not okay
August 20, 2023 at 12:21 PM
When people ask how I am, I keep telling them that I am fine, not fine, fine.
I even had it in my email signature for a while.
I, too, want a word that means okay and not okay
I even had it in my email signature for a while.
I, too, want a word that means okay and not okay
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Hey bsky besties, please vote for this session!! @jessicaletaw.bsky.social is one of the community catalysts I admire most and I need her and her wisdom to get this platform, for all of our cities and towns struggling with housing issues. vote vote vote ✨
When I'm not on the internet, I spend about 107% of my time talking about housing: the issues, the levers of change, and how anyone in any community can get involved in making things better.
Now I wanna do that at SXSW. Vote for me! Please! https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/132207
Now I wanna do that at SXSW. Vote for me! Please! https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/132207
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August 18, 2023 at 2:24 PM
Hey bsky besties, please vote for this session!! @jessicaletaw.bsky.social is one of the community catalysts I admire most and I need her and her wisdom to get this platform, for all of our cities and towns struggling with housing issues. vote vote vote ✨
When I'm not on the internet, I spend about 107% of my time talking about housing: the issues, the levers of change, and how anyone in any community can get involved in making things better.
Now I wanna do that at SXSW. Vote for me! Please! https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/132207
Now I wanna do that at SXSW. Vote for me! Please! https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/132207
PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals
PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.
panelpicker.sxsw.com
August 18, 2023 at 11:59 AM
When I'm not on the internet, I spend about 107% of my time talking about housing: the issues, the levers of change, and how anyone in any community can get involved in making things better.
Now I wanna do that at SXSW. Vote for me! Please! https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/132207
Now I wanna do that at SXSW. Vote for me! Please! https://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/132207
GET IT, Ann Arbor.
August 15, 2023 at 10:14 PM
GET IT, Ann Arbor.
Had an *intense* dream about being the staff manager for a women’s NCAA volleyballpong team. I’m not sure what school but it was the Big 10 conference. In Amsterdam. The dream was a series of vignettes of interacting with frontline staff during playoff seasons.
August 14, 2023 at 10:49 AM
Had an *intense* dream about being the staff manager for a women’s NCAA volleyballpong team. I’m not sure what school but it was the Big 10 conference. In Amsterdam. The dream was a series of vignettes of interacting with frontline staff during playoff seasons.