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Melanie Ash (she/her) retweeted
On a recent Saturday afternoon, Regina Carter parked a U-Haul van in front of the Morris Houses — the Bronx public-housing project where she lives — and began unloading 55 big-screen LG TVs onto the sidewalk to hand out to her neighbors. In these parts, the 38-year-old is known as the Furniture Queen for the pop-ups she runs through her tiny nonprofit, Repurposed Life. When offices and college dorms want to get rid of their used furniture and appliances, they call her, and she collects and redistributes them for free at housing projects around the city.
At Carter’s pop-ups, it’s first come, first served. No one asks for names or poses any other questions. “We’ve had people roll up in nice vehicles and ask for things. It’s not really my place to say, ‘Oh, you rich? Why you over here looking for stuff?’” said Carter. “The point is to keep it out of the landfill.”
Carter was inspired to launch her service based on her experience growing up in the foster-care system and trying to make it on her own. The native New Yorker bounced from family to family and then to a group home. She had her first child when she was 15 and her second at 17. When she was 21, the city moved her into an apartment in the Morris Houses with her two children, but it had no furniture. “We were sleeping on the floor,” she said. Now, she estimates her organization has redistributed more than half a million pounds of materials since its official launch two years ago.
Read more about Carter’s nonprofit: nymag.visitlink.me/LDCq7Y
Melanie Ash (she/her) retweeted
Canada at its best.
I can’t love this enough.
Constable Sukhvinder "Suki" Singh Sunger of the Vancouver Police Pipe Band made history as the first turbaned Sikh drum major to lead the march at the 2026 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. 🇨🇦
Melanie Ash (she/her) retweeted
christopher nolan should cast unaffordable housing in his next film so some of you get mad about that for two weeks
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🚨🚨🎙️ديشان: نعم، كيليان.. إنه لاعب استثنائي، لكنه أيضًا شخص رائع على الصعيد الإنساني. على الأقل بالنسبة لي، فأنا لا أهتم كثيرًا بالتفاصيل.. قد تكون لديه صورة لا تعكس الواقع تمامًا. لقد كان قائدًا رائعًا.
هو جزء من هذه المجموعة، مثل معظم الموجودين هنا.. لا أعلم اليوم، لكنهم عاشوا تجارب أقل منه. هو بدأ مسيرته في سن الثامنة عشرة، واليوم، ومن خلال المسيرة التي خاضها — حتى وإن كانت هناك خيبة أمل بالنسبة له في التوقف وعدم التواجد في مباراة الغد — إلا أنه ومن خلال ما أراه يفعله داخل الملعب وخارجه، لست نادمًا على الإطلاق لاختياره قائدًا للمنتخب، لأنه كان قائدًا مثاليًا طوال بطولة كأس العالم هذه.
Melanie Ash (she/her) retweeted
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.
Bound by history. United by values. Happy Bastille Day to the people of France. 🇨🇦🇫🇷
Melanie Ash (she/her) retweeted
DEL INSULTO RACISTA A LA VICTIMIZACIÓN POR CONDICIÓN DE GÉNERO: LA INSTRUMENTALIZACIÓN DEL FEMINISMO.
Hay algo que me incomoda profundamente de la confrontación entre Kylian Mbbapé y la diputada paraguaya Celeste Amarilla.
Como mujer afrodescendiente que hace política, sé lo que significa que intenten reducirte por el color de tu piel, por tu cabello, por tu cuerpo o por tu voz. He vivido el racismo, el machismo y la violencia política. Sé lo que duele y sé el costo que tiene enfrentarlos.
Precisamente por eso no puedo guardar silencio cuando una mujer utiliza expresiones racistas y, frente a las críticas, intenta refugiarse exclusivamente en su condición de mujer.
No. No todo cuestionamiento a una mujer constituye violencia política de género. Y decirlo no debilita al feminismo; por el contrario, lo fortalece.
Los derechos que tantas mujeres conquistaron no pueden convertirse en un escudo para evitar la responsabilidad cuando se vulnera la dignidad de otra persona. La lucha feminista nació para ampliar derechos, no para justificar privilegios ni para encubrir discursos de odio.
La investigadora Elizabeth Corredor advierte sobre los usos estratégicos de los derechos de las mujeres: cuando el lenguaje de la igualdad se utiliza para fines distintos a la protección de los derechos, termina vaciando de contenido las luchas que tantas mujeres han sostenido durante décadas.
Como mujer negra, me niego a aceptar que se normalice el racismo. Como feminista, también me niego a que nuestra causa sea utilizada de manera oportunista para desviar la atención de un acto discriminatorio.
La coherencia no puede depender de quién agrede. Si condenamos el machismo, debemos condenar el racismo con la misma convicción. Si exigimos respeto para las mujeres, también debemos exigir respeto para las personas negras. Ninguna lucha por la igualdad puede construirse sobre la discriminación de otra.
Yo no quiero un feminismo que seleccione a quién defender. Quiero un feminismo que sea éticamente coherente, profundamente antirracista y comprometido con la dignidad humana.
Porque cuando se instrumentaliza una causa tan legítima para justificar el odio, perdemos todas.
Melanie Ash (she/her) retweeted
Alphonso Davies. Our captain. 🇨🇦
In 2000, he was born in a refugee camp in Ghana.
In 2005, his family was resettled in Canada as refugees.
In 2017, he became a Canadian citizen.
Now, he is leading our country onto the world's biggest stage.
This is the Canadian story. My heart is bursting with pride.
@AlphonsoDavies
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Knicks point guard Jose Alvarado started his victory tour in his native Brooklyn by making a surprise appearance in the Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday.
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Mamdani on the viral "my mayor's Muslim" Knicks fan: "Thanks to him, there are a lot of people who have just been running up to me over the last few weeks just shouting, 'My Mayor's Muslim!' I said, 'It's true. I am.'"
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We have championship level broadcasters too 🙌🙌🙌🙌
ICYMI: The New York Knicks are NBA Champions, as called by @LT__Murray and @McNuttMonica !
Thank you to all of the incredible fans for listening to @ESPNNewYork this season. Your home of the NBA Champions.
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Headed back to the Commissioner’s Cup Championship for the 3rd time in 4 years 🏆
JUNE 30TH IT’S ON 🤝 Opponent & host TBD.
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I am deeply grateful for the overwhelming support, encouragement, and kind messages I have received from people around the world. Your solidarity has reminded me that football unites us beyond borders. Thank you to everyone.
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