yes it is the first line of a poem. it is also this.
Almost every day, the Twitterverse has a new revelation about San Francisco’s progressive DA. Echo chamber blog writers and columnists and cleverly-pseudonymed commenters claim to be shocked and OMG horrified and freshly galvanized against Boudin.
As a service for those addicted to ChesaWatch, and who may experience calmness and other symptoms of withdrawal on slow news days, Somuchdepends provides fresh suggestions of what this man is capable.
A condiment for your condiments.
a side of social consciousness with your breakfast.
Comparing black women to animals, regularly calling people of color “stupid”, and claiming that American women are afraid of strong male immigrants: these are not dog whistles. It’s blatant, obvious racism that uses white supremacist propaganda and centuries-old racist stereotypes.
There is no ambiguity, no room for benefit of the doubt. No code, no secret messages. It’s just racism, said out-loud and proud. Call it what it is.
Our update to the common restroom warning identifies a disease that can be eliminated by following a few simple steps. These may seem obvious in 2018, but a US state just elected a governor who accepted money from white nationalists and called his opponent a monkey. What the actual fuck.
And wash your hands too.
San Francisco is in a housing crisis. Rents are rising, and new landlords can use ethical and unethical means to remove rent-controlled tenants from their properties, hoping to raise rents or convert the units to resalable condos.
Standardized real estate signage is outdated, and does not properly warn potential new landowners of the expected ethical behavior. As a service to the community, somuchdepends has created a signage correction kit, available in a convenient, adhesive format. If you observe any of these inadequate warnings in your community, somuchdepends encourages you to assist the property owner and the listing agent by updating their signage for them.
This seemed like a good day to start.