Community Happens

Life is still happening while everything is going on.  The Bay is preparing in a variety of ways for a possible escalation, especially since ICE thugs have been spotted in Albany and a few other places, possibly Alameda.  They tried to snatch someone near Hoover School a few weeks ago but a kind person offered them sanctuary. 

I am low key worried for Shirley (y'know cause Mexican American) but I try not to dwell on it.  She's taken a class in how to deal with agents showing up at the restaurant and when I showed up yesterday to pick her up from work, she was finishing up briefing her staff about their rights and what to do if they do show up.  The restaurant is in Berkeley and I just know the Orange Menace is salivating at taking another shot at the Bay.

NOTE: Daniel Lurie and the other business leaders were patting themselves on the back calling the Menace off of San Francisco.  What they love to ignore is that the feds were posted up on Coast Guard Island.  There was a ready response group out there to greet them, including religious leaders - one of whom was shot in the face by a fed.  Here's the thing, Coast Guard Island offered a direct shot straight into East Oakland.  They would have torn through there first way before they waltzed into San Francisco.  

Message to everyone: can we stop electing billionaires to anything and everything?  That goes for Tom Steyer running for governor.  That man annoys the fuck out of me on principle.  

Ugghghhhghghghghgh

In the interest of not going down the rabbit hole of depression, I'm dong the bits I can to be in community, particularly by bike.

I've been delivering food with Community Kitchens once a month with the Mobile Meal Team. We ride out with meals, water, and utensils to feed our unhoused neighbors.

Today, I rode out with a friend who works at the Crucible and helps coordinate refilling the Town Fridges.  The fridges sprang up during COVID so that folks could get fed.  There's a few left and we made a circle around town, checking out what was there and then refilling with staple foods like beans, rice, and canned goods.

It's on my mind to get into comms.  I want to get my HAM radio license and am also exploring mesh networks.  Oakland has ORCA so at some point this year, I hope to actually make contact with them.