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Jonathan Oskins
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🏘 #HousingIsHealthCare 🏡 #HomesGuarantee 🏠 #HomesForAll 🛏 #EvictionsKill 🛁 #PHIMBY🚿 Past Lives: Public Policy Homelessness/Mental Health at CST; Study of Religion at UCLA http://my.pronouns.page/are/he/
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It is a common fallacy that only the uneducated indulge in extreme or fascistic belief structures.
The more brutal enforcers of Nazi policies tended not to come from the criminal classes, but from the educated; Lawyers, scientists & university professors joined enthusiastically in Gestapo atrocities
“It is a common fallacy, especially prevalent today, that only the uneducated indulge in extreme and/or fascistic belief structures. It is also true that the more brutal enforcers of Nazi policies tended not to come from the ranks of the criminal classes, but from the educated caste; there were a large percentage of lawyers, scientists, and university professors who joined in enthusiastically in Gestapo atrocities.” The Afterlives of the Bhagavad Gītā: Readings in Translation by Dorothy M. Figueira (2023), 222-223.
February 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
uclagrad.bsky.social
"Minutes ago [as of about an hour ago], the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools."
January 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
uclagrad.bsky.social
List of mutual aid Venmo accounts to donate funds to in the wake of the simultaneous fires in the Los Angeles area in 2025.
Please feel free to share.
January 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Meanwhile, people experiencing homelessness are cited for trespassing every day, with some tickets going to warrant.
10 people were arrested for trespassing just at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, CA over two months. Among all arrested, 52% were Latinx & 24% were Black.
www.hrw.org/report/2024/...
January 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Palestinian Authority has officially suspended the broadcast and has frozen all activities of Al Jazeera Channel, its staff, and its office in Palestine, according to Palestinian News Agency affiliated with it.
@al-jazeera-english.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
uclagrad.bsky.social
"FBI agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor in connection with a bomb threat he allegedly made against City Hall earlier this year."
Via ABC7 News
December 18, 2024 at 10:44 PM
uclagrad.bsky.social
As others have noted, senior homelessness has been surging for a while now (see @calmatters.org here: calmatters.org/health/2023/... )
See also via AARP on senior voters, including in swing states, powering Trump's win.
Screenshot: "AARP https://www.aarp.org How Older Voters Powered Trump's Election Engine Nov 7, 2024 — Election analysis and exit polls show how and why voters turned the tide for Donald Trump over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential ... AARP https://www.aarp.org Older Swing State Voters Delivered for Trump to Win the Presidency Nov 4, 2024 — The key to Donald Trump's presidential win were seven swing states up for grabs in the 2024 election. Older voters in many of those states"
December 7, 2024 at 3:14 AM
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December 6, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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I use Feeds to show more of what i am looking for when i don't want to just scroll around
December 6, 2024 at 4:13 AM
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"[I]n April, according to state commission records, Lillienfeld began working as a detective for the South #Pasadena Police Department.
It’s unclear whether he still works there."
"When investigators tried to interview Lillienfeld in April, the file says, he immediately started recording them, then asked several questions about the case before refusing to do the interview. That same month, according to state commission records, Lillienfeld began working as a detective for the South Pasadena Police Department. It’s unclear whether he still works there."
November 28, 2024 at 11:57 PM
uclagrad.bsky.social
Footnotes from
@sprzybylinski.bsky.social, (2024).
The pendulum swings: mobilizing policies to develop mass homeless encampments in the “progressive” city.
Urban Geography, 1–23.
doi.org/10.1080/0272...
"4 Urban Alchemy has been subject to a large number of lawsuits involving violent assault on unhoused people, as well as accusations of not properly paying overtimes for employees (Hayden, Citation2023). In early 2024, a UA employee in Los Angeles was caught on video using a hose to spray an unhoused person who was sitting on the street (Oamek & Montgomery, Citation2024). 5 One can read UA’s rise as a good thing, given that formerly incarcerated people frequently struggle for gainful employment after release, and municipal contracts are realizing these jobs. It can also be read as a means of exploiting a labor pool that has fewer options, often returning employees into quasi-carceral circumstances."
November 28, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Wow! "discussion of moral distress and moral injury with Dr. Ricciardelli.
Different from burnout.
Such pervasive issues in many domains and for anyone who worked on COVID-19 in many different capacities."
#CIC2024
November 27, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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"In technical terms, Monday’s filing is not yet a full lawsuit, but a so-called “pre-action” petition — a procedure under New York law that aims to secure information before filing a lawsuit. Parties named in such petitions will not necessarily be targeted in the eventual lawsuit...."
Billboard: "In technical terms, Monday’s filing is not yet a full lawsuit, but a so-called “pre-action” petition — a procedure under New York law that aims to secure information before filing a lawsuit. Parties named in such petitions will not necessarily be targeted in the eventual lawsuit...."
November 25, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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www.billboard.com/pro/drake-um...
"Drake’s attorneys say he raised the issue with UMG before heading to court, but that the music giant has “no interest in taking responsibility for its misconduct.” To the contrary, he claims UMG has actively tried to conceal its wrongdoing, including by firing staffers “perceived as having loyalty to Drake.”"
November 25, 2024 at 11:56 PM
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"Akiko Hart, director of campaign group Liberty, said the new respect orders were "wholly unnecessary"....

"This expansion is especially concerning given we know from experience that these powers are routinely misused by the police, in particular to criminalise those experiencing #homelessness"
Akiko Hart, director of campaign group Liberty, said the new respect orders were "wholly unnecessary" and "near-identical" to existing powers. "This expansion is especially concerning given we know from experience that these powers are routinely misused by the police, in particular to criminalise those experiencing homelessness," she said."
November 24, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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Mutual aid is essential!
Fascism grows under conditions of deprivation and by creating scapegoats.
...[M]eeting those conditions, showing up when people are in need, offering spiritual and material support and community.
We cannot build power to resist their vision of society without doing the same.
Mutual aid is essential to contesting with the Right for power and fighting fascism. Fascism grows under conditions of scarcity and deprivation created by racial capitalism by creating familiar scapegoats for hardship. Part of how the Right builds critical connections and networks is by meeting those conditions, showing up when people are in need, offering spiritual and material support and community. We cannot build power to resist their vision of society without doing the same. #PracticingNewWorlds
November 24, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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"The programs without separate spending authorization that Ramaswamy would do away with," including "drug development and opioid addiction treatment," per @washingtonpost.com.
At the same time, HUD, Social Security, SSI, etc. are being endangered.
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Screenshot of section of Washington Post article reading, "Housing assistance. President Bill Clinton in 1998 signed the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act, which overhauled federal housing assistance policies, including voucher programs and other antipoverty assistance. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and other agencies continue using this law to implement federal housing programs."
November 21, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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November 20, 2024 at 2:59 AM
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Screenshot of X post by Joanne @cockermom5 reading, "Who's next, Judge Judy?"
November 20, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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Prior to 2019, Oz supported abortion rights.
In 2022, he supported overturning Roe v. Wade and opposed abortion, except for when the mother's life is in danger or in cases of rape or incest.
In October 2022, he said, "states can decide for themselves."
More than that, he fits right in with the rest:
National Review [December 23, 2021]: "Oz’s links to Turkey’s authoritarian Justice and Development Party (AKP) extend to foreign agents and proxies accused of operating a secret lobby in the U.S. and spying on American citizens. These associations raise urgent questions about the Senate candidate’s loyalty to an illiberal, often antagonistic foreign government that finds itself increasingly at odds with American interests."
November 20, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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All i see is "Blocked". Looks like she has been on here for a while.
November 19, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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I saw your post on that other site about certain city departments being exempt. Do you know how many are exempt?
November 19, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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The #Homelessness Prevention Unit (#HPU) was launched by @countyofla.bsky.social & operates out of the #Housing for #Health division of Department of Health Services (#DHS) in collab. w/ Department of Mental Health (#DMH) & in partnership w/ @capolicylab.bsky.social.
capolicylab.org/the-homeless...
Figure 9. People enrolled in the Homelessness Prevention Unit are more likely to have prior diagnoses related to mortality, serious mental illness, or substance use and have prior involvement with the criminal legal system than people enrolled in other prevention programs. Diagnoses related to mortality: Other prevention programs, 13%; HPU, 40%. Diagnoses related to serious mental illness: Other prevention programs, 24%,;HPU, 64%. Diagnoses related to substance use: Other prevention programs, 20%; HPU, 49%. County jail bookings or probation events: Other prevention programs, 25%; HPU, 37%. Note: This figure compares the 4,559 individuals enrolled in other prevention programs from 5/2/2022 and 10/11/2023 to the 472 individuals enrolled in the HPU during the same time period. 4. HPU participants have more intense service needs than those in other homelessness prevention programs. The HPU is serving a population with significantly higher service needs, including higher rates of service use indicating serious mental illness, substance use, risk of mortality, and prior involvement with the criminal legal system. People enrolled in the Homelessness Prevention Unit are more likely to have prior diagnoses related to mortality, serious mental illness, or substance use and have prior involvement with the criminal legal system than people enrolled in other prevention programs. 5. The HPU intervention model is more intense than most prevention programs (which typically offer cash assistance without customized case management) and is designed to serve participants with complex needs. The HPU provides an average of 6 months of case management catered to participants’ unique service needs; a 15 to 1 ratio of participants to case managers; an average of $6,469 of financial assistance used in a variety of ways to foster housing stability or return to work; and direct connections to other County supportive services like job training or mental health treatment.
November 19, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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I have this on my desk, as well
Black and white sticker on red background with roses and two stiletto knives and text reading, "Stigma Kills! Kill Stigma!"
November 18, 2024 at 4:14 AM
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Reminder from @soofiya.bsky.social who doesn't seem acitve on here yet, but has great work on their website
soofiya.com/Civic-Sq-x-C...
Graphic reading, "How can all the people in our neighbourhood thrive" and text reading, "Who is your neighbourhood"
November 18, 2024 at 1:36 AM