In recent years, volunteer-led groups like Urban Compassion Project have struggled to deal with illegal dumping in Oakland. Despite removing more than half a million pounds of trash this year, piles of garbage continue to plague our streets. How did this problem get so bad and why is it so hard to fix?

As usual, I turned to history for answers. Before Waste Management took over in 1986, trash collection was handled by the worker-owned Oakland Scavenger Company, a business founded by Italian immigrants more than a century ago. For this episode, I spoke with several retired third-generation garbage men: Robert Biasotti and the Muzio brothers – Tony, Dino, and Mike. I also unearthed a 1981 interview with Ed Lavagetto, whose father was one of the original Oakland Scavenger partners.

These conversations revealed not only a totally different system of trash collection, but a story that illuminates so many changes in American culture. It’s a story of poor immigrants grinding their way into the middle class. It’s the story of why Temescal, now one of Oakland’s trendiest neighborhoods, used to be called Little Italy. It’s a story of an old world mentality clashing with new values ushered in by the Civil Rights era… and it’s also a story of what’s been lost as mega-corporations have risen to dominance.

To see photos and links related to this episode, visit: https://eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/we-let-everybody-throw-it-away/

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“We let everybody throw it away”: How garbage worked before corporations took over

pretty old femtanyl style attempt

reupload cause my dumbass deleted the old one

slit ur local weeb in the neck!

"New Thing" ~ canadian hockey (Lyrics)

Just touched down with a brand new thing
No I won't buy a ring
when I climb in the bed ima make you sing
then perhaps buy some bling
then I check on the game and they late night move
for they get cut in two
I got love for all, and all for you

Buckshot shells
Leave a whole in ya chest 
Every bird has a nest 
and its hunting time
So im wearing my vest
Got a trigger finger
You dont wanna test

Beretta in my waistband 
Im getting dressed
Show it to ya, you know the rest

na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na
na na na na na na na na

Just touched down with a brand new thing
No I won't buy a ring
when I climb in the bed ima make you sing
then perhaps buy some bling
then I check on the game and they late night move
for they get cut in two
I got love for all, and all for you

new thing

uploading old unfinished trash because nobody will listen to it anyways

ecstacy

juno

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https://ocdocdocdocdocdocdocdocdocdocdocdocdocdocdocdocd.bandcamp.com/track/swedbank-skank

Swedbank Skank

PROD. ATIKI
COVER: ATIKI

LYRICS:

Too much ass, needa license just to back it in
Riding with my twin, gotta Glock its in my off hand'
My bitch retarded she aint got the brains head dumbie
Stumble down the stairs like how you 30 you aint got 20
Fuck my ex ill catch an std to feed her one'
Came into the underground birthing rappers been my son
Walk up in the booth, treat the mic like a therapist
(Hold up say something) you adopted boy you parentless
Feet finder money making kids they gon inherit this
Looking like a bitch with yo bitch, that's like two bitches
Kids been fucking with the rapping but I aint no R Kelly
Fishy pussy got me sea sick that shit was too smelly
I hope yo dad leave you and yo momma without child support
Bro typa guy to cast a spell on you like its Hogwarts'
Even on a bad day i make enough to build a fort'

I just wanna conquer bitches like I'm king George'
Mobbing with the only fan I got we raising pitchforks
Talking shit, really he a cyber bully on discord

I can't stop, how ironic that the drank red
Gotta press go ona hoe until I'm seeing red
Ending all her sentences like that bitch on her period
Itching for some coochie tween my lips yuh ay'

Pussy too rabid had to take her to the vet'
Oppa looking like a goofy goober wit the tech
Bitch I'm on the mic, speaking to it till I'm dead
You the type to jerk off not clean and then shit in the bed'
Tryna roast a homie but I'm petty with seasoning'
Shut yo ass up and take this wee wee like a woman be'
I been by myself but rapping making me a company'
You a loser yo intention been a pain in me'

Bob n weave, all these shots at you been tongue n cheek
I just told that bitch she was easier than Mac n cheese'
Go ahead n tweet all that shit you wanna say to me'
Never came directly from yo mouth cause its embarrassing

That bitch had to go to school for cosmetology'
Making up a lie to me ill point out all the fallacies'
At the deli take it home I had to feed her meat'
I aint gay but I just found a rainbow pack of swisher sweets
I got receipts on bro I'm asking do you need a copy?
Old man never cracker told a hoe stay off property

Playing games ill buy yo house like its monopoly'
Always talk bout you cant live in this economy

Youtube drama commentary that shit comedy
I love to watch people fucking ruin their life ong'

To be honest bro we know you'd sound better on pause
You aint a god at rapping capping about breaking the law'
Bitch I'm 19 Atiki a light skin'
8 11 with the gold cheese I'm a dope fiend'


ICAN'TSTOP! P. ATIKI

AQmanHMusic - RAGE (Audio Only)
Origin Date of Creation: March 26, 2022
Date of Completion: Aug 20, 2025
Finalized: Aug 21, 2025

Original Soundtrack by me. Been working on and off for a few years since 2022. a few elements influenced by some of my few core favorite video games.
anyways, enjoy!

RAGE

AQmanHMusic - Rage

What The Dope Do

pretty original (2021)

“holes in my converse” ~ lyrics 

Im concrete stomping 
Walk a mile in my shoes 
I got some holes in my Converse 
And rust on my jewels 
I can give it a shot 
But im not ready to lose 
I need to make a decision 
But im not ready to chose 

You really lift me up
So dont tear me down 
I take things so serious
While your playing around

Can we sleep through the morning?
And then stay up all the night 
Can we wander round the city?
And then walk through the lights 
Can we lock our hands together?
And then hold em tight
Can we run away? Itll be all-right 

Ill be like Steve McQueen 
Be my Ali MacGraw 
I had some pretty thick skin 
But you brought a saw 

Lets be bonnie and Clyde
Or jesse and Jane 
This girl is like a lobotomy 
Buried deep in my brain 

I need her by my side
And then I need her on top of me
Why was I so distant
Well that's the mystery 
Velma Shaggy and Fred
Could never take the mask from me 

Im concrete stomping 
Walk a mile in these shoes 
I got some holes in my converse 
And rust on my jewels 
I can give it a shot 
But im not ready to lose 
I need to make a decision 
But im not ready to chose

holes in my converse

CHEW [CLIP]

this song is hot steaming garbage go to 1:14 its way better than the rest of the song (1:14 that piano heheh

featuring a snare from the nea kay meta sample pack V1 https://payhip.com/b/Fcuor



holy mid jaded gameplay

um. Hatsune Miku Birthday. Angela. Poems of a Machine. Yay. dogshit. Wahoo. Um. Yeah . Sorry. Hatsune Miku sung this. I did everything relating to Miku. Mili did everything else. Thank you Mili for Ruining my life.

poems of a machine / miku cover?

feeling cute, might delete later :b

seriously tho i have better stuff just wait i like making my 1 hour slop sometimes

crymeariver.mp3

Do you like cereal? 
https://linktr.ee/Atiki?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=6f89396f-b6bd-497e-bb4a-26f3ed2f85bf

Yes, You've stumbled onto the kind of "WTF?" Music that never locked in your ears. Not your usual Music You would find your friend, classmate, roommate, coworker or family member's CD pla....or MP3 File.
Gaming Remix, Rapper/Singer Crossover, & More.

unfortunately, i want to make vocaloid covers. i dream of making my own vocaloid songs one day but i am stupid and not musical at all so i am stuck in plug-and-play hell

Hi I'm wozzoll and my pronouns are they/them!
insert cropped image of my fursona 

i make really bad music dont take anything seriously im simply a terminal shitposter

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