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Here's the part that just

barefooted — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 06:33:06 +0000

Here's the part that just blared "upside down" to me:

Jahlil Commander, 16, dribbled a basketball outside the shelter’s front entrance and watched a movie crew set off a smoke machine in the parking lot. Some of the mall property is also being leased out to a production company filming a “Wonder Woman” sequel.

Jahlil and his two brothers are sharing a windowless room at the shelter after their mother fell behind on rent.

yeah, the quote that goes

artappraiser — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 01:42:59 +0000

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yeah, the quote that goes with the picture

“It’s weird to be moving into this building. I used to work here,” she said inside the shelter’s common room, which was once the men’s department. “It’s called survival.”

Myself, how I reacted to the article: whether one thinks stuff like this good news (I.e., smart reaction to the times) or bad news or indifferent, I don't know how much more news of upside down changing world I can take. Seems like yesterday the malls were the new town centers of suburbia. Makes my head hurt. Can't take so much change at once, again, good bad or indifferent. The curse of may you live in interesting times! seems to be going waaay overboard. Hope at least one thing remains: it still all shuts down in August like it used to.

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barefooted — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:33:22 +0000

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This is a portrait of America.