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minyard-05 · 4 months ago

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twinyards timeline but its correct this time

i reworked my original timeline because something was bugging me about it and now it SHOULD be correct

NOTE: some of these dates are approximated from generalizations made in the book– for example, nicky says andrew's letter to aaron arrives two weeks after cass calls tilda. i assume this is an general use of 'two weeks', but i've taken it literally as 14 days, which is why the letter is dated to arrive november 29th. approximated/assumed dates are marked with a *

november 4th, 1986: aaron michael and andrew joseph minyard are born to tilda minyard in san jose, california

november 7th¹*, 1986: tilda gives the twins away to foster care

november 14th*, 1986: tilda returns to the hospital and takes aaron home with her, leaving andrew behind.

november 4th, 1999: aaron and andrew turn 13 years old. aaron lives in san jose with his mother, and andrew lives in oakland with his foster parents cass and richard spear. they are unaware of each other

november 14th², 1999: oakland raiders vs san diego chargers football game at ring central stadium in oakland. aaron and tilda go with one of tilda's boyfriends, and whilst there, aaron is mistaken for andrew by officer phil higgins, who takes tilda's contact information to pass onto andrew's foster mother, hoping to reunite the brothers

november 15th, 1999: cass spear calls tilda to arrange a meet up for aaron and andrew, but tilda refuses, telling cass she wants nothing to do with andrew and to not call her again. aaron hears all of this by listening in on the upstairs phone line, and he and tilda argue.

november 29th* 1999: aaron recieves a letter from andrew that basically says "fuck you, go away."

december 1999: cass writes aaron a letter asking him to try contacting andrew again in the spring, and that holidays are a difficult time at their house

march 2000: andrew goes to juvie for an unspecified offense

may 2000: tilda and aaron move to columbia, south carolina, and aaron meets his cousin nicky hemmick for presumably the first time.

*unspecified time in early-ish 2001³: luther hemmick finds out about andrew and begins a 'years-long' campaign to reunite him with tilda and aaron. i am choosing to place this around april 2001

six months later, approx. october 2001: luther flies to california to meet andrew and his foster family

one month later, november 2001: aaron flies out to 'meet' andrew for the first time at juvie. they have probably just turned 15

march⁴ 2003: andrew makes early parole and is released from juvie. luther makes tilda take him home, and then aaron, andrew, and tilda, finally all live together in columbia

→ sidebar: on the second night living there, andrew makes his deal with aaron

august 2003: aaron and andrew start their junior years at macon high school, andrew's first outside of juvie

early september 2003⁵: tilda mistakes andrew for aaron and hits him. andrew goes to the hemmicks' who call tilda and she takes him home. aaron is actually at a study group standing in for his brother, and on the drive back, andrew orchestrates the car crash that kills his mother

→ nicky hemmick moves back from germany on the day of tilda's funeral, presumably about a week after the crash. he gets a job at sweetie's diner to provide for the twins, eventually becoming their legal guardian⁶

→ not long after, andrew locks aaron in the bathroom to get him clean from the drugs tilda got him addicted to

october* 2003: nicky and the twins start working at eden's twilight

november 4th, 2003: the twins turn 17, their first birthday together

december 2003: nicky is attacked by four homophobes outside eden's. andrew saves him, almost killing the men in the process, and he is arrested

may⁷ 2004: andrew, 17, finishing his junior year of high school, is put on trial for what he did and sentenced. his parole agreement includes court-mandated therapy and mood altering drugs that he is scheduled to be on for 3 years

august 2004: andrew and aaron begin their senior year at macon high school

february⁸ 2005: kevin day and riko moriyama offer andrew a contract to play with the edgar allan ravens, which he refuses. kevin and riko travel to south carolina to find out why, where andrew refuses again and he and aaron play a scrimmage with kevin on the court

march 2005: david wymack meets with the twins and nicky at subway, and gives the three of them contracts to sign with the palmetto state foxes, which they do

june 2005: aaron, andrew, and nicky finally join the lineup for the PSU foxes

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notes/citations under the cut

1) guesstimate based on when i think it's legal to give children to foster care. i assume its not that long after birth, and i believe the twins had to spend time in the ICU beforehand as well. the 14th is an approximation based on the fact that nicky says tilda went back for aaron after a week

2) raiders v chargers was an actual football game that took place in oakland 10 days after aaron's 13th birthday and therefore works out perfectly for the timeline thank youu nora

3) nicky says this in the start of the raven king, october 2006:

4) he went to juvie in march 2000 so i'm assuming his 3 year sentence just works out linearly like that

5) approximated from being about 5 months after andrew moves to columbia

6) while he DOES do this it's probably a very long process so i assume its ongoing as other events in the timeline happen

7) this is just me counting backwards because andrew is SUPPOSED to come off his drugs in may 2007 (obviously he doesn't) and so once again i assume the 3 year time period is linear or nothing else works

8) i'm saying february for this for two reasons: 1) i'm completely guessing when college teams recruit athletes 2) in the EC aaron describes the drive home as being darker earlier in the evening, so late winter feels about right

#orpheus speaks #aftg #andrew minyard #aaron minyard #hope this one makes sense for y'all :P #all for the game #twinyards #david wymack

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theramseyloft · 3 months ago

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Finally an update!!!

Coppy/Pasted from the Patreon Discord:

I am a dumbass.

I have been waiting to get the buildings moved over because I have been anxious af over the crazy lean that sick pine out front is developing. It has been months of hurry up and wait with the removal service.

And every month, we are spending rent on the house we don't live in because that's where my buildings are.

If I get those moved, we can stop paying that extra roughly $500 a month, and it'll make saving up for big jobs like that go so much faster.

If I had taken care of that first, we would already be out from under the trailer, and saved up enough to get the tree taken care of a few times over.

sigh

So, once the flock's quarantine enclosures are cleaned and the birds are fed, I'm going to start calling around and see if I can arrange a consultation.

We couldn't find movers willing over the phone, so I think I will need to ask to be met on the property to plan out how to get the buildings moved and how much it will cost.

I am just so frustrated that it's taken me so long to work out how much more the wait is costing us.

Well that was quick! Oakland Structures asked for photos of a few different angles, so I'll go take them some fresh ones!

The smaller loft building/future quarantine building, (14ftL x 10ft. w) taken for the mover's benefit.

Mom in law and I got the overgrowth all pulled.

The 10ft.L x 12ft.w Cresent building. (our future breeding loft)

Estimated $700 to move both!

We'll decide tomorrow whether that gets done this pay period or next.

Depending on whether or not we have enough for that, rent, and Mortgage.

If we do, we can finally go ahead and get out from under the rent!

#loft notes #update

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urfavblackbimbo · 8 months ago

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Chapter 6

Summary:Lexi goes to Oakland to do a deal with Kev’s cousin with her homies and making it as a road trip, you all make a pitstop to have some fun at the beach and finally getting to the party then having it be too much you and Frankie, and you both decide to leave,to see a old Black pantner Office and seeing a white girl in there and meeting the man who created crack-rock.

Warnings:afab-reader, n-usage, cursing, description of drugs(heavily), making crack, kissing, lying-lexi

Wordcount: 4.4k MDNI! (18+) happy reading

This takes place in episode 7

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The party is winding down with everyone leaving, you turn to him “Hey I’m thinking about leaving.” “Okay baby I’ll walk you home, aye Lexi is leaving.” Kev and Lee nod their head “Aight Lexi you have a good night.” Coming from Lee “Bye Lexi I’ll see you later.” You slowly crawl back into the attic and walking down the stairs with Frankie following you, you past everyone with saying goodnight to Louie and Jerome, he takes your hand and starts walking back to your house “Kev is gonna let me know when we should leave to Oakland, we’re probably gonna leave in a couple days.” “Okay Frankie, maybe I could tell my momma that I wanna sleepover at Shon-shon’s house for the weekend.” “You know you’re gonna have to tell your momma sooner than later about what’s going on about us.” “I know Frankie I just don’t wanna tell her just yet I want to have a back-up plan when I do.” he grips your hand “Well when you do, you know you’ll always have a place at mine.” rolling your eyes “Yeah right nigga, what about Cissy huh you think she’ll be okay with me in your bed.” “Yeah I’ll talk to her, you know how understanding she is.” you walk to the corner of your street, still see your lights turned off around the house, you both get closer to your house, seeing your front window slightly open, Frankie opens the window for you to climb in. You put your leg through the window and almost stumble in, he grabs your hips, steading you to get in your room. He bends down to look at you “I’ll see you later baby, I’ll call you when we leave.” you squat down to his level to look at him, seeing his beautiful chocolate skin, he looks soo damn fine in this moonlight, you lean in to kiss him, slipping your tongue in his mouth, he groans “Okay you need to go to bed baby. I’ll see you later baby.” “Okay baby, I’m excited to go to Oakland I’ve never been.” he smirks at you “Yeah me too baby, aight goodnight.” he gives you one more kiss “Good night baby.” Frankie walks away back to his place with a pip in his step. You changed your clothes into your pjs, slowly getting your muscles relaxed on your comforter going to your dreamland which always has Frankie in it.

A few days later

You hear the light right rain hitting your window, sounding like little taps on your house, painting your hands with a white nail polish, liking the contrasting color with your dark skin, look at your toes and see they dried on as well, you blow on your hands to dry them quickly, your phone rings, shaking your room, getting up from your bed to answer the phone “Hello.” “Aye it’s Frankie.” you smile through the phone “Hey Frankie, what’s up.” “So we were about to leave, come meet us at Cho’s, and Kev and Lee want to get some snacks before we leave though.” “Okay I’ll be there, and tell them niggas to don’t forget my snacks too.” you hear him smiling through the phone too “Aight I’ll tell’em. I love you.” “I love you too baby.” you make a kissy noise through the phone, hearing Frankie’s laugh on the phone, making you smile you hang up the phone.

You walk out to see your momma watching Good times again, ‘Doesn’t she watch anything else?’ “Hey momma, Shon-Shon just called me and she wants to go out tonight, it’s some party that one of her friends is throwing.” “Mhmm maybe, did you clean your room?” “I could clean it, and she wants to have a sleepover again, which will be fun too.” “Okay you can go, and only if you clean your room.” “Thank you momma, and you think I could borrow your umbrella too, I don’t wanna get my hair wet.” “Of course, sweetie it’s in my closet.” you give you momma a hug and walked to your room, looks like some clothes on the floor, stuffing them in your drawers and making your bed, you changed into a black long sleeve and black pants and putting on your shoes, you just pack light stuff like a change of clothes and some underwear, you walk out to your momma’s room to walk grab her yellow umbrella, walking to the living room to give her another hug and a kiss on her head “Okay momma I’m head out I’ll see you later.” “Okay baby call me if you need anything, love you.” “I will, love you too momma.” you walk out of your house to open the yellow umbrella to cover your body and started to walk towards Cho's.

You see your friends sitting patiently waiting for you to show up, it’s still sprinkling outside, see them all eating their snacks, lightly tapping on the window, slightly scaring them, Kev unlocks the door for you, closing your umbrella before you get in “Sup y’all.” them all saying hey back to you “Hey baby.” looking at Frankie “Sup baby.” he had on a light grey shirt with a silver jacket and some dark jeans with tennis shoes, he gives you a light peck on the lips “Y’all better be fuckin’ there either, we gotta long drive ahead of us.” Kev puts his car in drive “Mhmm and how far is it Kev?” “Well it’s about six hours away.” looking at you “What!” coming from you all “But it will be nice y’all, seeing the ocean driving up there, maybe we will take a break there to stretch out our legs.” “I’ve never been to the ocean before.” looking back at Kev “Really? you’ve been to the ocean before.” coming from Frankie “Nope but I’m excited to see though, hey did y’all did get me my snacks.” “Yeah I got 'em right here, I was waiting for you to say somethin’.” Lee hands you some starbursts and some nerds, you grab both of them to start eating the candy, with Kev starts driving off to Oakland.

A couple hours later

The sun is shining on your face, the window rolled all the way down, sticking out your hand to feel the breeze against your hand “Hey I see the beach, we can stop for a few minutes and then leave.” Kev pulls in a parking spot and stuffing off the engine, you all step out to stretch your legs and walking to the oceans, you’ve never seen so much water, it kept going and going, you move your feet through the sand once you reach to the water, you take off your socks and shoes and hold them in your hand and lifting your pants to your legs so they won’t get wet, you see Kev and Lee already have their shoes off and running towards the water, you step on the wet sand with the water touching your white toes “O my god! the water is sooo cold, ahh.” you run back to your friends and see Frankie hanging back, walking closer to him “Why are you not playing in the water Frankie?” “ I just want to get to Oakland.” you put your hand on his chest “Come on take off your shoes.” he groans, taking off his sock and shoes, putting them in his hand “Come on let’s see what they’re doing over there.” you both walk over to your friends, with Lee running to you, touching your shoulder “Tag you it.” and him running away, rolling your eyes, dropping your shoes on the sand, and looking for your next target, Lee and Kev are too far, you see Frankie not to far from you, you moved your feet towards him, getting closer to him your on his tail, he looks back and started running like if he was track star ‘Damn he was fast.’ you thought to yourself and came up with a plan. Faking your fall, making it seem like you hurt yourself badly, he comes back to you, perfect “Baby are you okay?, you’re not hurt are you?” you lift up and touch his stomach “Gotcha baby, you’re it now.” and running like you life depended on it, you hear his footsteps getting closer and closer to you, breaking to your left and running to your friends, he pass you to run towards Lee and touches his shoulder “Okay I’m done running man, I’m breathin’ hard as shit.” a shaky breath coming from Lee “Yeah me too, come on we should probably get going.” y’all walk back to the car and realizing you left your shoes “Oh fuck I left my shoes I’ll be right back.” walking back on to the sand, seeing right where you left them at, picking them up and walking back to Kev’s car.

More hours later

Kev parks the car in front of bike shop, seeing motorcycle’s out in the front, Frankie steps out first and hold the door for you, once you got out, he reaches down to grab his green backpack and puts it on his shoulder and securing the straps around him, you all walked to the the sheet metal door “Aye homie where the door at?” Kev looks around to see a handle and opens the door and opens it for all of you, walking in and seeing some many drugs every, people snorting, inhaling, smoking and drinking, you saw everyone wearing vest with the words ‘Murder Dubb Devils’ on the back and even saw a guy putting coke in his drink “Nicky the record is skippin’, Nicky!” some girl yelling over the music, the dj puts on a new record with hip hop beats coming in. “Family, huh? That’s your mama’s side or your dad’s?” Lee asked Kev, passing through the crowd “Mama’s. But I ain’t never really met him like that.” in the corner you see a bunch of niggas playing a game of dice with money in the ground, still looking for Kev’s cousin, not even knowing what he look like “He gonna be here man.” Kev looking back at y’all “The fuck you is so skinny for.” hearing a loud voice coming next to kev, they both laugh and embracing each other “Hey man, this place is amazing.” Kev tells his cousin “Shit nigga this motherfucking hub here.” Kev turns to y’all “Aye man these are my peeps-.” Frankie cuts him off “How long we gonna be?” Kev looks at him “Man we just got here.” “Let’s do the deal, get the money, and get the fuck out of here.” Frankie not breaking his eye contact with Kev's cousin, he steps up to Frankie “You refusing my motherfucking hospitality?” “Yeah I’m cool to party while we wait.” Lee breaks his silence, you nod your head in agreement “They’ll like him and her too. They both like to party, but you refusing my motherfucking hospitality.” Kev’s cousin put a hand on Frankie’s shoulder “Aight, Aight!” He nods his head in agreement to wait for the deal, some girl passing by Kev and touches his hand to signal for a sample and looking back at him while she goes up the stairs, he looks at Frankie, asking for a sample “We suppose to be sellin’.” “Come on man I just need a little come up, that's all for the tricks man.” He reluctantly hands Kev a small baggie of coke “All right, go find some place, last thing I need is these motherfuckers knowing I got this shit all right. You gettin in our samples man.” Kev snatched it out of his hand “Thanks man and I’m about to get in some coochie.” Kev passes through people to meet up with the girl upstairs.

The cigarette smoke going into your nose, that’s all you can smell right now, you kept following Frankie threw the party and walking up the stairs to see this homeless looking white guy getting a tattoo, drunker than shit “Hey man can y’all look at my tattoo, I just want to know how pretty it is, it’s suppose to be my girl?” you both look at the tattoo with wide eyes, you have never seen a tattoo so hideous, it looks like a child drew it on his back “Wow.” you both say, but really knowing what it actually looks like “Yeah I’ve always wanted to be an artist. But life derailed my dreams, man.” the artist looks up “Hey you wanna a tat? I could even do a two for one special for y’all I’m the best.” you both walked away from that crime scene to the main floor, he posted up on a wall and holds your hand “Where the fuck is this nigga at, we should be driving back by now?” you squeeze his hand “You know how black people are, we are always late when it comes to things like this. CP time you know.” Making him giggle at your joke, when the same girl was giving Kev fuck me eyes is now coming towards you “What’s up with this backpack cutie huh?” you see this touching on your man ‘oh fuck no’ before you could say anything, he grabs your hand and starts walking towards the door “Uhh we gotta do somethin’.’’ Finally having some fresh air in your lungs “I need to get out of there I couldn’t stay there if people start knowin’ I got this coke.” “Yeah I get it, I couldn’t stay there anymore either with all them damn drugs there, come on let’s take a walk.” grabbing his hand and taking a stroll.

Walking on inside of the sidewalk in hand with Frankie, he stops in front of a hardware store, he has this look on his face, he let’s go of your hand to walk inside of the store, on the floor the was a pamphlet of a Black Panther block party with the host of Cissy and Alton at there house, there was broken glass and trash everywhere on the ground and he turns to you walking closer towards you “When I was a kid this was my father store, when he was a panther and I remember coming here and spending time with him, he put me on a chair and put a beret on my head and told me what it means to have my dignity and my self-respect and make sure that other people respect me too.” you smile at him, knowing how Alton is now drunk and homeless and how he got lost with his addiction. “Thank you for sharing with me about that Frankie, I know you don’t talk about Alton that much, maybe talking about can heal your hurt and i’m willing to be there for you.” You walk up closer to him with no one around you, you kiss him starting with little pecks into something more, he pushes you up against the wall, hearing footsteps coming towards you “What are you doing?” you both separated to see a white girl in some raggedy clothes “My bad. Sorry we didn’t know anybody else was here, we can go.” Frankie grabs your hand to walk out of the store “Hold on.” from the white girl “Are you guys…okay?” you both nod your head “Yeah.” he walks closer to the white girl “Umm… Do you have any idea if this used to be a Black Panther office? I think it was.” you wanted to leave but the white girl grabbed his hand to pull him further in the back of the room “Come on.” and you follow.

The white girl in the back is looking for something, standing next to Frankie and she pulls out a small white rock of something, it intrigues Frankie “Wh-what’s that?” she held a pipe “This is my new favorite.” He walks closer to her, she sways her finger as no and starts giggling, he puts his hand up “I won’t, I won’t touch it, just hold it out for me.” she puts the rock in the pipe and lights her match to the pipe and starts inhaling, she blows out the smoke and stumbles back “I ain’t never seen that before, you on your way to space for sure.” you tell her, the white starts walking around in lala land and starts twirling in front of you “I wanna see what it is. Go get some more, huh?” the white girl breathing hard “I’ll buy it.” he tells her, the white walks closer to him “I like you star.” he’s playin’ her “I like you too.” she walks out the the back door to an alleyway, she stops to take off her shoes and walks barefooted “Well you’re not about to walk around here barefoot.” the white girl rolls her “Why not? It feels- it feels so good.” he stops her “Well, you’re gonna mess those pretty feet up.” really nigga, you know the only feet he like is ours, you walk into a park to see some dealers giving out some drugs to people. The white girl walks up to a dealer “Oh shit you back here already and not you walkin’ around barefoot with your feet.” she smiles “Can I get a rock?” Frankie hands the dealer a twenty swiftly grabbing it from him and hands her three rocks, she turns back to Frankie “Come on let’s go.” he smiles back at her “We’ll meet you back there okay we could have one hit each.” The white girl slowly smiles at him and starts walking back to the hardware store.

”Aye how y’all get this coke so cheap?” Frankie ask the dealer “Nigga I don’t know I just shit the shit man.” Frankie grabs a band out of his pocket “I’ll buy everything you got if you show me who cooked it.” The dealer puffs out his chest “Crossin’ a line here blood.” Frankie takes off his backpack and hands it to the dealer, he opens it open to see two keys of coke in there “Country motherfucker. What are you doing?” He walks up closer to the dealer “No tricks, no games man I just wanna know how y’all make what y’all making.” Pleading with the dealer “You wanna meet The Wizard?” He smiles “Yeah man.” He looks down to see that the dealer had on some fresh white adidas with some black strip on the side “Nice shoes.” he said, the dealer tells his homie to hold down the spot “Wait. You seriously gonna take him to Swim?” “This nigga got two keys of coke on him. Hell yeah.” you get into the dealer car to drive to see the wizard.

Stepping out of the car “Good lookin’ out.” you walk into this alley to see a door “Yeah yeah.” he opens the door for y’all, letting you both go through the door and locking it behind him.” the dealer walks in front of you “Hey Swim I gotchu someone to meet.” The Wizard was playing chess with himself “The fuck you want.” he steps closer to him “Aye this nigga got two keys and he wants to know how you make it… they from L.A.” the wizard stands up “Oh, why didn’t you say that in the first place man?” he looks confused “So who are you Micheal Jackson? no this nigga too dark to be Michael Jackson, He more like Sidney Poitier… I don’t know why this Bobby Womack ass-nigga brought you her in my business.” Frankie walks up “It’s my fault I asked I just wanna know what y’all makin’.” the wizard grabs a another bag of rocks and tosses it to the dealer “And don’t come back until your with that.'' The dealer catches the bag and walks out of the door to sell more rocks. Swim walks up to y’all “What’s your name?” “I’m Franklin and this is Lexi.” “They call me Swim ‘cause I’m either swimming in some money or swimming in pussy.” while doing a shake for y’all he was this light blue golden striped button up and a small fro growing on the top of his head “Now y’all ain’t fuckin’ with me now?” Frankie looks at Swim “I can’t tell you if my luck’s been running good or bad, man? But y’all doing something here and we tryin to get in on. Now I might be taking a leap of faith, shit I might be dumb as fuck but this shot… this shot it feels like it’s worth takin’. “Cause I got things I gotta do.” and looking at you, your heart stops “Things I want.” and turning back to Swim “You understand what I’m tryin to sayin?” Swim takes a seat look at Frankie “If you’re the man cookin this up it means you are an artist. In my experience artists create and they want the whole world to experience it,you an artist swim.” Swim say “Maybe?” “So teach me…..show us how to create the way that you do. We’ll take it back to L.A and spread the word.” Swim nods his head in agreement with Frankie to show us the way of making crack rock.

Walking up the stairs to a red light hallway, Swim moves the gate to let y’all in, to see a kitchen upstairs there was a cooker there named Angelico “Angelico we’re gonna cook up one more batch tonight.” Swim takes the two keys out and sets them on the table “Keep up now. Were gonna go fast you dig?” Swim cuts the key in half, pouring some out on a plate and smashing it with a sledgehammer “So these Peruvians, right, when they make their cocaine they got this paste. This cocaine paste at the bottom of the barrel, they call it “bah-say” Nasty shit.” Angelico takes the plate to move into the stove “But you take this “bah-say”, roll into a cigarette that shit gets you fuck up, Jack so I had some of my boys who flew down to Peru for the weekand.” Angelico turns on the stove to put the coke in a mason jar “Some of my niggas was smoking it with some bitches..and they love it… bitches love it too.” putting some water in it and in a small pot that they have, Angelico takes out some baking soda to the equal part of the coke and putting in the jar, a smoke puffs out releasing the toxins, the cooker walks up to Frankie handing it to him and signaling it to swirl it around “Those the only ingredients?” he hands it back to the cooker “It’s like bacon and eggs, Bert and Ernie, sometimes it only takes two things to complement each other.” “Like peas and carrots?” you say, Swim laughs “Yeah peas and fucking carrots.” As the coke hardens slowly forming into small white rocks, Swim picks up the jar swirling it around to show the both of you “See those rocks? They’re starting to swim like tadpoles” The rocks clinging against each-other “Can I get a high from breathing these fumes in?” Starting to smell the pungent order almost like burnt plastic, you back away from the smell “You get a contact, but you won’t get high. Y’all wanna hit shit when we done?” Frankie shakes his head no “Nah, I don’t use.” Swim looks at you “And what about you?… you wanna hit this?” Moving your head into a no “Nah I’m good, I don’t use either.” “Mhhmm you should consider it nigga, that shit open up dark places in your brain, these place ain’t never been touched before.”Coming to Frankie to touch his third eyes “Deep dark places.”

Angelico pours out the water out of the jar and puts the large rock on a clean plate and hands it to Swim, he takes out a razor blade to cut the rock into small pieces, he puts up the tiny rock to show you and Frankie “Thus creation is born, you get $50 for this rock man.” Swim hands the rock to Angelico “He's tweakin’ right now.” You look at Swim “You think we can make some more?” Swim looks back at you “Shit. How much more?” “All of it.” with Frankie looking at Swim.

Next Morning

You both walked to the biker gang shop in hand, seeing it in the morning was soo different, it was so quiet and peaceful. Frankie jiggles the doorknob is locked, you both look to see Kev’s car is still here, with Lee and Kev sleeping in the car, you both walk to the car he knocks on the window, waking them up out of their sleep “What time is it?” he smiles “What’s up man?” a sleepy drunk voice coming from the back “Saint?” “Did the boss man ever show up?” “Did he ever? fuck is wrong with you.” Kev still sleepy “Devon was mad as hell, man you almost got me killed man shit would’ve been better though I’m never drinking again.” Frankie felt sorry “My bad man. Sorry we left, we just had to leave, get my mind right.” Lee not believing “All night?” he nods his head “Got caught up.” they both suck in their lips and making a scoff “Come on, man Open the door shit.” “Yeahhh shotgun.” Coming form Lee, you both moved into the backseat “Hey we hit 7-Eleven before we hit the highway”said Lee and getting in the car “Oh, yeah sure you know soon as Franklin tell us why he blew the deal, we drove all the fuck out here for. And why he got me kicked out of my own cousin’s spot. And where he been out all night, then we can go to 7-Eleven Leon!” Kev says sarcastically, Frankie pulls out a large bag of 12 large rocks of crack and showing it to them, they are confused never seen anything like that before “The hell-“ “Fuck is that?” Frankie looks at you and then turns to look at them and say

“Our future.” they roll their eyes and sucking in their teeth and talking under their breath “Man.” “Nigga you crazy man, fuck you talking about man? I don’t want to hear all that. We’re going home.” Frankie puts the bag back into his backpack and zips it back up, he puts his arm around you pulling you in closer to him, relaxing under his touch,snuggling up closer to his body, he gives you a forehand kiss “Go to sleep baby I’ll wake you up when we get there.” you close your eyes, resting your head on his shoulder, Kev turns on the engine and drives off back to South Central to dream about once again Franklin Saint.

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And that’s a wrap everyone, we finally meet the man who created crack and everyone will live happily ever after(not 👀) but I actually have a little break for myself bc I start a new job and i’m sooo excited to that god forsaken place, but enough about my real life. This chapter was alittle tame for me and i’ve been rewatching snowfall (big help!) but Lexi needs to stop lying to her momma, idk when i want to know when the momma’s in this storyline but the only thing I know is she ain’t gonna be happy 👀and did y’all see Damson’s look at the met gala, my man is fione like do you y’all ever get mad for when a nigga is sooo FIONNNEE (that’s me🧎🏿‍♀️) but thank you sosososo much for going with me on this journey, It’s been amazing.

Love, nazzy💕

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aftg-obsessed-13 · 2 years ago

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Head canon - Neil & Andrew meet in Oakland after Mary dies (much earlier than canon). Neil kills Drake after he finds out what is happening to Andrew and after that both Neil and Andrew go to live in London with Uncle Stuart. Stuart told them about Nathan working for the Moriyamas and make a deal with them to kill Nathan but Neil must take his place, and of course Andrew not wanting to leave his side or let him do this alone becomes his right hand.

* Neil (13) & Andrew (14) meet in Oakland after Mary dies, prior to Andrew learning about his family.

* It takes lots of silent meetings and ignoring each other before they finally speak to one another and playing their truth for a truth game

* One day, Andrew shows up *injured* and finally tells Neil his biggest truth

* Neil goes into full protective mode and, having been raised by The Butcher of Baltimore and Mary Hartford, he decides to put his training to good use. Because NOBODY touches Andrew

* Neil calls Uncle Stuart for supplies and clean-up help (he may be good, but he is still only 13, and he has big plans for Drake)

* Neil doesn't tell Andrew about his plan other than that he need to stay close to Cass & Richard one weekend (plausible deniability and all that since they still need to get Andrew out of the Spear house too because he will absolutely not be staying in the foster system after this)

* Neil follows Drake one night and the following morning there is no trace of him anywhere

* It takes Andrew a few days to finally get away from Cass and all the cops looking into Drakes mysterious disappearance

* When Andrew finally sees Neil again there is a huge bruise across his jaw and he's favoring his right side and he immediately knows this was his doing

* He doesn't know how to feel because no one has ever put Andrew first, let alone risked their life to make sure he's safe, but he knows he would do the same from Neil

* That week they meet Uncle Stuart and he tells them Nathan is currently in prison and that he actually works for the Moriyamas

* Stuart has already made a deal with the Moriyamas to have Nathan killed in prison but Neil must take over as The Butcher to replace his father and pay them back for what his mother stole

* Neil can love with that if it means his father is dead but he refuses to hi without Andrew

* Luckily Uncle Stuart had already assumed that as well and informed them that Andrew would become Neil's right hand

* Stuart pulls some strings and legally adopts both Neil & Andrew and whisks them off to London with the Hatfords to train

* They both take the Hatford name since Stuart technically adopted them

* They start dating at 15 & and 16, and Neil calls Andrew Drew or Love while Andrew calls Neil Abram, Ram, Rabbit or Bunny

* They train and work for the Hatfords until the Moriyamas finally come calling, right after Kevin Days hand is broken and he runs off to PSU

* They are assigned to asses Kevin's worth to the main branch, but first, they must return and take control of the Wesninski Circle

* So Neil (17) & Andrew (18) return to Baltimore to take full control of their new circle and wipe out anyone not loyal to them

* Neil refuses to be called The Butcher since everyone knows Nathan was killed so somehow he and Andrew have become know as The Reapers

* No one but their inner circle, the Moriyamas and the Hatfords truly know who The Reapers are

* Once they finally have control of their territory, they finally head to PSU to start looking into Kevin

* They decide the best way to do this is to join the team since he and Andrew have been practicing together for years and the new season is about to start and Kevin Day was announced to be on the line that year

* They take the Mas (Neil of course bought this for Andrew as soon as they got back to the states) and go straight to the court to surprise David Wymack with his two newest players

* What they weren't expecting to find there was a less aggressive replica of Andrew out on the court

* They stay hidden in the shadows until the practice is over because now is not the time to deal with the twin they didn't know he had or Kevin Day

* Once everyone leaves and Wymack heads to his office, Neil and Andrew throw on gear and head to the court to practice and run drills

* Wymack, of course, hears commotion out on the court and goes to find out what it is and sees two strangers playing on his court (one goalkeeper and one striker) and they are truly talented

* After Wymack reams them for breaking into his court, they are able to talk him into talking to the team about them joining, but they all ignore the fact that Andrew's clone is already on the team

* The next day is the team meeting, and Andrew & Neil are already on the court practicing when everyone shows up and they all know right away they need these two incredible players on the team

* Kevin is particularly excited because he has never seen this kind of talent other than with the Ravens

* Wymack gathers the team in the lounge and everyone agrees they need them on the team before they have even met them

* As Neil and Andrew walk out of the locker room after changing to find out the decision, two things happen at once

* One, Andrew and the clone have a stare down while the guy next to his clone quietly whispers "Andrew?!"

* Two, Kevin Day recognizes Neil (Nathaniel) and immediately has a panic attack (Neil is internally laughing because how much worse would this be if Kevin knew he was the new 'Butcher')

* The team agrees to sign them both while all this is going on and everyone but that group and Wymack leave

* Neil speaks to Kevin in French, hoping only himself, Kevin and Andrew will understand and tells him he's no threat (even if it's a little white lie since his orders are to remove a threat if he is learned to be one)

* Andrew finds out about his twin (and cousin apparently) and that they tried to track him down but his a dead end after finding out he was adopted (since Uncle Stuart secured all of that information)

* During the first few weeks everyone catches Neil & Andrew kissing or holding hands (because they've been together for legit years and have since become comfortable with small displays of pda)

* Of course, there are a million bets going the most popular being they are married since they both have the Hatford last name

* When Neil & Andrew hear this, they think it's hilarious and don't even bother correcting anyone

I could totally keep going but theres to much to go, basically thus ensues the AFTG plot but with Neil & Andrew also having to do Moriyama, Hatford and their own business jobs. They decide Kevin is worth protecting and also try to form a relationship with Aaron and Nicky because Andrew deserves to have his blood family in his life. Also the team eventually find out Neil and Andrew are infamous The Reapers.

#andriel #neil josten #aftg headcanon #andrew minyard #andreil #all for the game #aftg #aftg hc #aftg fanfic #aftg fic

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beardedmrbean · 4 months ago

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They say no good deed goes unpunished.

An Oakland, California, City Council candidate, who is running for office on a platform of addressing the city’s homeless crisis and "skyrocketing levels of crime," said she had a bag full of donations stolen by a homeless woman during her campaign kickoff event on Sunday. To make matters worse, she said the police never showed up when she called 911.

Charlene Wang, who is running for the at-large seat in the California city, says the homeless woman grabbed the bag — which contained about $1,000 — at Clinton Square Park at around 4 p.m. Her team confronted the woman and pleaded with her to hand over the bag, but in the end, she made off with her ill-gotten gains, Wang said.

Video of the interaction shows Wang begging the disturbed woman to hand the bag back, but the homeless woman gets angry and refuses to turn it over.

"Can we just get the orange bag please," Wang asks politely to the woman. "When I'm done, y'all want me to take the s--- out so y'all can snatch it and run," she replies.

The homeless woman, who is wearing two hats, a toggle coat and untied sneakers, starts getting agitated and threatens a volunteer while shouting incoherently.

Another volunteer with Wang says he will give her $100 to hand over the bag, but she refuses and says she wants the $100 first.

Then, Wang's team tried calling homeless services, but they were not available on the weekend, Wang says. They then called the police, who never showed up, having said there were 250 other calls ahead of their incident.

"The complete lack of response we saw from both mental health and police services was unacceptable," Wang told Fox News Digital. "I'm committed to hiring more police and improving mental health services to bring down response times and get people the help they need."

Wang told ABC7 that police told her they would still come by later to file a report, but she insisted that did not happen either.

"I very much tried to have a de-escalatory conversation with her to convince her to hand over the bag," Wang told ABC7. "Offer her a warm meal at the grocery store, even give her money in exchange for the bag, but that did not work out."

CALIFORNIA WOMAN HAD NEARLY $500K WORTH OF STOLEN GOODS FROM DRUG STORES: POLICE

"I can only imagine the trauma she is going through having to live on the streets. I am not angry at her or anything like that, however, I think this is yet another example of first responder service. I was left to fend for myself in an essence."

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Oakland Police Department (OPD) for comment.

Oakland has faced mounting issues such as housing costs, homelessness and crime in recent years, with Wang hoping to tackle these issues if elected.

Wang is a Democrat who previously worked for the Biden-Harris administration in the Department of Transportation (DOT), although she is running in a nonpartisan election, and no candidates will have a party affiliation listed on the ballot.

"In this [DOT] role, I helped launch a pilot program at the Federal Highway Administration to make construction job training available to people who are coming home from prison," Wang told Fox News Digital. "Those kinds of programs cut people's odds of reoffending in half and are crucial pieces of the public safety puzzle."

Wang's main policy goals include addressing public safety, reducing the cost of living and implementing a "new strategy for homelessness," according to her website. Part of that strategy is to provide homeless people with housing, social services and a job with a new Oakland Corps program to clean up trash and plant trees with the goal of helping to turn their lives around.

In terms of crime, Wang plans to invest in technology and hire more police, noting that Oakland ranks among the nation's highest in terms of violent crime rates while the police force is "unusually small with far below the national average of police per capita."

"I plan to address the skyrocketing levels of crime and gun violence by investing in technology alongside community policing," Wang's website states.

Data released by the OPD in May reported that violent crime rates were down in the first part of the year, with crime down 33% overall. Burglaries had dropped 50%, while homicides had fallen by 17%, assaults were down 7% and rapes were down 21%.

However, a report by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Oakland Report claims that OPD is not comparing like with like when reporting its crime figures for Oakland, California, and thus, its perceived dip in crime is misleading. The publications argued the OPD was comparing incomplete 2024 crime tallies to complete 2023 crime tallies, since the 2024 figures take time to be finalized and have been historically under reported when comparing them in this manner.

#nunyas news #911 didn't work #because that wasn't a 911 situation

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GENERAL DETAILS.

FULL NAME : Léon Antonio Sepúlveda Castillo . NICKNAME(S) : Lee . NAME MEANING : Léon - lion , Antonio - Spanish form of Antonius , Sepúlveda - derived from the Spanish to bury , Castillo - Spanish cognate of castle . AGE : Appears about 38 . DATE OF BIRTH : October 24 , 1939 . PLACE OF BIRTH : Mérida , Yucatan , Mexico . CURRENT LOCATION : Tecate , California , United States of America . ETHNICITY : Mexican , Filipino . GENDER : Cis man . PRONOUNS : He / Him . SEXUAL ORIENTATION : Heterosexual . ROMANTIC ORIENTATION : Heteromantic . RELIGION : Catholic , non - practicing but he is spiritual . OCCUPATION : Blacksmith by trade , gunsmith . Former US Army Specialist . EDUCATION LEVEL : High school diploma , training provided by the United States Army . Lee has a certification and license to legally blacksmith . EXTRACURRICULAR : Fixing and tuning all sorts of vehicles including cars , trucks , and motorcycles . The occasional video game ... with a preference for arpg's ( he's been going hard at diablo iv , don't @ him ) and the occasional shooter . Social drinking . LIVING ARRANGEMENTS : A modest 2 bedroom 1.5 bath house . He uses a shed for his smithing work and his decor is simple . His house is clean , thankfully he's not a slob , but it looks very bare bones as far as personality goes . FINANCIAL STATUS : More well - off than he looks . He lives modestly . SPEAKING VOICE AND ACCENT : His voice is a touch higher in tone than one might expect at a first glance of him , however it is by no means high . Lee has a California-Mexican accent ... which is to say , he was born in Mexico and raised for a good chunk of his life first in Oakland , Cali and later in Tecate . He never lost his accent , but it's not as thick as it once was when he lived in Mexico and spent time around family . SPOKEN LANGUAGES : Spanish , English . VOICECLAIM : Clayton Cardenas .

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, ETC.

FACECLAIM : Clayton Cardenas . HAIR COLOR AND STYLE : Dark brown , nearly black . The back and sides have a gradual fade shaved into them while the top is longer . He typically slick it back . He also sports a well - maintained beard around his chin , with scruff along the rest of his face . COMPLEXION : Tan skin , without blemishes . However he does look a little older than he is . EYE COLOR : Dark brown . EYESIGHT : 20 / 20 . HEIGHT : 6'3" . WEIGHT : 193 lbs . BODY AND BUILD : Lee is , for lack of a better descriptor , built like a brick shithouse . He's tall , broad , and muscular . He works out rigorously to keep in shape and has a carefully regimented diet to compliment his calorie and protein intake . All to say --- he's a large and physically imposing man . TATTOOS : Tattoos cover his chest , his left bicep and forearm as well as his inner arm , and his right inner forearm . He has none on his back . They are all varying in personal meaning and aesthetic . PIERCINGS : None presently . Ask him about the dare during service , though . CLOTHING STYLE : Loose , worn jeans & old work boots , flannel shirts buttoned all the way up his neck but rolled to the quarter - sleeve , zip - up hoodies and fat silver rings adorning his fingers . A long and obnoxious wallet chain . A well - worn leather jacket . DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS : Oddly soft eyes that are disarming , but can turn fierce in an instant . Dog tags tucked often into his shirts . Neatly coiffed facial hair and slicked back hair . Silvered scars across his neck , arms , chest , back , legs , fingers . SIGNATURE SCENT : Warm earth , crushed fall leaves , leather , nicotine , musk and regular - scented Old Spice .

HEALTH.

MENTAL DISORDER( S ) : Unaddressed PTSD . It's theorized he has some form of anger management issue , as well . PHYSICAL DISORDER(S) : None . ALLERGIES : Seasonal , mostly tree pollen . SLEEPING HABITS : Stomach sleeper . Because of military conditioning he often goes 4 hours at a pop with a max of 6 . EATING HABITS : A bit of a health nut . Lee is big on proteins and healthy meals , but indulges in red meat when he can . He loves a nice steak , and he'll swear by his mother's home made tamales . SOCIABILITY : A bit of a chatty Cathy in the right settings , Lee is known to be serious with a streak of dark humor and sarcasm to him . If you're someone he's closer or more comfortable with he's hardly ever serious , but his delivery is mostly dry . BODY TEMPERATURE : Considering he's a werewolf , his average body temperature is about 105 . ADDICTIONS : Nicotine and caffeine . DRUG USE : Smoke a little weed when he was a teenager but quickly grew out of it . ALCOHOL USE : Socially , but if he's going to indulge it's going to be with alcohol .

PERSONALITY.

POSITIVE TRAITS : Adaptable , attractive , challenging , charismatic , driven , detail - oriented , focused , passionate , precise , & thorough . NEGATIVE TRAITS : Aggressive , brutal , destructive , dominating , flighty , malicious , narcissistic , sarcastic , unhinged , & vindictive . LIKES : Guns , cigarettes , time alone but also social time , clubbing , his bike , cats , heavy summer rain and thunderstorms, autumn , black coffee , & women . DISLIKES : Fake people , politics , kids ( loves his , doesn't like other people's ) , loud mouths , winter , hybrid cars , heights , romance films , country music , & emotional commitment . FEARS : Heights . HABITS : Smoker ( pack - a - day kind ) , excessive coffee - drinker , tends to bounce his leg when he's irritated . GOALS AND AMBITIONS : Just to live , man . ASTROLOGY : Scorpio , but miss him with astrology of any kind . PERSONALITY TYPE : ESTP-A , Entrepreneur . MORAL ALIGNMENT : Chaotic Neutral . HOGWARTS HOUSE : Fuck JKR. ELEMENT : Fire . PRIMARY VICE : Lust , wrath . PRIMARY VIRTUE : Diligence . WEATHER : Heavy summer rain and thunderstorms . COLOR : Dark purple and black . MUSIC : Playlist . MOVIE : Alien , Kill Bill . BOOK : Ender's Game . SPORT : No . BEVERAGE : Coffee , Whiskey straight . FOOD : Chicken and cheese tamale's , courtesy of his mom . ANIMAL : Cats. SEASON : Fall .

FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, ETC.

MOTHER : Laura Antonia Castillo Espinosa . FATHER : Jaime Oscar Sepúlveda Montillo ( deceased ) . SIGNIFICANT OTHER : Mariela Torres Jimenez ( fiancée , deceased ) . BEST FRIEND : Love him . EXES : Lee has only ever had one night stands or flings / friends with benefits since Mariela passed away . SIBLING(S) : Angelita Diana Sepúlveda Castillo ( sister , younger ) , Gabriel Diego Sepúlveda Castillo ( brother , younger ) . CHILDREN : His son is still alive , though he doesn't know it . He has a grandson he doesn't know about , as well . EXTENDED FAMILY : A lot of cousins he doesn't talk to . PET(S) : Two calico cats from the same litter - Dottie and Henrie

#「 meta 」 — ❛ what's left now? ❜

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OVER THE MOON EXCITED!

My son's wife called this morning w/ the stunning news they're looking to buy a new home... IN PORTLAND! They'll be here in a week & already have a real estate agent lined up for their visit.

It seems when they came to visit in February, their daughter took a shine to the city. I'm told she never liked living in the isolated splendor of the Rocky Mountains & missed the semi-urban streets in Oakland & Berkley across the Bay from San Francisco. Portland is almost entirely semi-urban w/ it's astounding combination of industrial relics & renovated Edwardian mansions w/ nearby parks, scenic vistas & short drives to the wonders of raw Nature. She even scouted out the high schools she wants to attend & their agent is tasked w/ finding them a property close to those schools.

My daughter & I are naturally ecstatic over having our beloved family members close to us. Now I must have the house clean & finish decorating this week! Deadlines are good motivators.

#All My Family in One Place #Portland

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doubleunion · 28 days ago

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2024 in review and looking ahead

Since Double Union moved to 650 Florida St #M in November 2023, we’ve been growing our membership and activities, and really enjoying this location for our unique, friendly community workshop space. We’re excited to share this recap of 2024, how our funding is looking right now, and our plans for 2025.

We’re asking for your support! As described below, we currently cover about 60% of our expenses via member dues, and we would love your help for the other 40%. We continue to rebuild after many of our members moved away during the pandemic, and your one-time or recurring donations are incredibly helpful. You can give money via PayPal or keep reading for more ways to support this space.

What we accomplished

In general

Double Union’s core offering is affordable access to art/craft workspace, including equipment and supplies, in a fun and comfortable environment with intersectional feminist values. Together, members build this space for solidarity, friendship, and joy among nonbinary people, trans women, and cis women, where all of us are equally welcome and share in leadership together. The in-person nature of the space helps to foster community and hands-on skills, and to counter loneliness. With a membership that is approximately 60% LGBTQ+, DU offers an alternative form of queer social space.

We maintain a mask requirement for members and guests, including to protect those of us who have health conditions or have family and friends who are vulnerable to COVID. The majority of the space is accessible, with an ADA-compliant bathroom. The physical environment is clean, well-ventilated, and up-to-code, with heating available for cold days. The supplies are pretty well organized!

Our board makes sure that the rent gets paid and the insurance gets renewed, along with doing things like writing this blog post, but most decision-making is member-led and cooperative. DU is a “prefigurative” space where members can practice ways of organizing and relating to each other that we want to see in society.

Highlights in 2024

We hosted several workshops and intro classes, along with skill sharing sessions. These included laser cutting, sewing machines, screen printing, book binding, zine making, DIY felt garlands, crocheting, and coding. These informal workshops create opportunities for people to try something new, meet friendly people, and just enjoy something for a few hours with others who value creative learning. We also hosted an open house with several activities as part of SF Design Week.

We hosted several open craft project times for people to work on their projects, including evenings and afternoons, along with a series of coworking afternoons. This helps people make time to focus on their creative projects, along with sharing what they’re working on with a friendly audience and getting creative energy from being around others who are working on things.

Double Union community events included a Halloween party, our annual member meeting where we collaborated on vision and goals for the year, space maintenance/organizing/tidying time, and leadership meetings open to interested members.

Where our funding comes from

Membership dues

While we aim for membership dues to cover the majority of expenses, we also want DU to be affordable for everyone who is interested, especially because SF is a very high cost-of-living city. Dues are sliding-scale, between $0/month and $100/month. All members have unlimited access to the space, equipment, and events. Most of our events and workshops are member-led and completely free. This is an amazing deal – many other makerspaces and coworking spaces in SF/Oakland charge a minimum of $100-200/month.

We currently have 135 members, with 93 paying at least $10/month and 42 paying $0 due to financial need. Current dues income is $1,720/month, which covers 60% of expenses.

Donations

To cover the difference between membership dues and operating expenses, we ask for donations periodically. Our last fundraising drive in summer of 2023 helped cover the costs of moving to our current space in the Mission (our former landlord sold the unit we rented in SOMA) and a few months of operating expenses.

We don’t have grant funding, government funding, or corporate sponsors, so every individual donation is meaningful for our space. On an ongoing basis, we need sufficient one-time or recurring donations to cover 40% of monthly expenses. We continue to recruit new members, so that percentage should decrease over time.

What we spend the money on

Members have kept DU alive since 2013 by keeping costs low. It is entirely volunteer-run. We spend about $2910/month. 92% goes to direct expenses for the space:

For $2400/month, we rent a market-rate ground-floor commercial unit in an affordable housing building owned by the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, a local nonprofit. This means that our rent money supports housing in San Francisco.

Utilities add about $280/month.

We spend $230/month on insurance and administrative software, such as a bookkeeping tool and a virtual mailbox.

We spend a small amount on supplies, such as printer paper and filters for the air purifiers. If we need something, we figure out how to find it cheap or get it as a donation.

Plans for 2025

Our plan is to keep growing! Members have been orienting new members and helping other members host events. The board is working to recruit new board members to continue our practice of rotating leadership every 2-3 years. We have a great location in the Mission, ¾ mile from 16th St BART. Our lease goes through October 2026, so we have some very welcome stability.

We believe it is important to continue to be a warm and welcoming space for projects, friendly acquaintances, interesting ideas, activism, and more, especially as we look ahead to difficult times.

Support community space!

Monetary donations

Double Union is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so your donations are tax-deductible to the extent of the law. Our nonprofit filings can be found at the Registry of Charitable Trusts (search by organization name or EIN 46-3264631). You can:

Donate via PayPal (one-time or monthly recurring donations).

Grant via your donor-advised fund in Schwab, Fidelity, Vanguard, and other platforms. Email [email protected] if you need a contact person's name and phone number.

Mail a check to our mailing address (which is different from our physical address): Double Union, 2443 Fillmore St #380-8811, San Francisco, CA 94115.

Set up matching donations via your company – we're registered with Benevity.

Give gently-used clothes, household goods, furniture, books, and other items to Community Thrift (623 Valencia St) and ask them to designate the proceeds to benefit Double Union (partner #153). Review their donation tips, including acceptable and unacceptable items. They can also pick up furniture within SF.

In-kind donations

If you can gift advertising credits on Facebook/Instagram or Google, we can use them to promote the space to potential new members. Email [email protected].

If you’re a Ruby on Rails programmer, we could use help maintaining our homegrown open source web application.

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Apply to become a member! Or if you’re already a member, consider hosting a workshop or event, or helping with cleanup and organization during one of our maintenance day events.

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