Brooke Rollins: "My message to America is your government is failing you right now ... we have failed you."
31.10.2025 14:26 β π 2665 π 768 π¬ 405 π 262@thejono.bsky.social
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Brooke Rollins: "My message to America is your government is failing you right now ... we have failed you."
31.10.2025 14:26 β π 2665 π 768 π¬ 405 π 262Amani Hamed has always been fascinated by the dead β and what their stories reveal about our present day. Join her as she digs into the centuries-old history of a cemetery on the outskirts of Silicon Valley.
31.10.2025 17:24 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0happy halloween! who wants a ghost story? π»
"change in routine" (1/3)
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
Find your drop box here - mail may not get postmarked in time! www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
31.10.2025 18:28 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Election Day is Nov. 4! Local elections matter more than ever. Don't let low voter turnout happen on your watch! Make sure you turn in your ballot to a drop box ASAP! #PierceCountyVotes
31.10.2025 17:54 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0screen capture from "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" that includes the Peanuts gang in costume trick or treating.
Also, happy AMS/SMT to those who celebrate!
If anyone spies a UC Press or OUP discount code, I would love to find them in my trick-or-treat bag...
Black Halloween lantern with a bat silhouette cast by a candle.
π Trick or treat, children? π
31.10.2025 17:55 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0The shutdown is not why SNAP is being withheld. 
It has never been withheld in a shutdown. 
The well is not dry. 
You are being lied to.
(βAssassinβs Lovesongβ is, by tying anti-state action with earnest love, the underbelly to the statist faux-affection in βI Love You Citizen.β)
31.10.2025 17:34 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1FYI, I posted this a long long time ago: 
My 10 Linux and UNIX Command Line Mistakes
www.cyberciti.biz/tips/my-10-u...
It has over 700+ comments so you can see how bad it gets.
a white sneaker with BALENCIAGA written on it in graffiti style text
balenciaga sells these sneakers for $1,400. i think they're corny and ugly, but it's fine for people to buy expensive versions of non-rich aesthetics. but if you're out here calling the cops on graffiti artists while wearing these sneakers, it's extremely π
30.10.2025 21:42 β π 1896 π 85 π¬ 36 π 4Elon Musk tweets: "Just saw this in a conference room at Tesla Global Engineering HQ in Palo Alto" The attached photo shows a dripping graffiti-style spray-painted text on a wall, which reads: The Future is Autonomous
kind of annoys me when people use the aesthetics of graffiti to show they're edgy and cool while also calling for more punitive laws, which punish the graffiti artists who give that aesthetic its cultural meaning
30.10.2025 21:28 β π 5980 π 665 π¬ 120 π 49Best bagel sandwich in the South Bay, their co-owner was murdered almost 2 years ago so they know from hard times.
31.10.2025 18:18 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 2 π 0`chown -R` for a non-root user... While in /
31.10.2025 18:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Narrow vertical rectangle composition with a black pen drawing of a dog looking out from behind a wooden door, with the text "THE BLUE DOG."
Narrow vertical rectangle composition with a black pen drawing of a woman in a long dark dress holding a long feather, standing under a chandelier, with the text "THE FEATHER."
Narrow vertical rectangle composition with a black pen drawing of a standing man in a big fur coat, with a beard but no facial features, with the text "THE ANCESTOR."
Narrow vertical rectangle composition with a black pen drawing of a small smiling skeleton standing next to a wheeled dog toy, with floral wallpaper behind them, with the text "THE CHILD."
Cards from the Fantod Pack by Edward Gorey (attributed to "Madame Groeda Weyrd"), 1969, inspired by traditional tarot but with his own darkly whimsical imagery and interpretations.
31.10.2025 13:59 β π 31 π 12 π¬ 1 π 0News: 16PRISM examines burning faith and the slow undoing of control with first new material since debut album
regenmag.com/news/news-16...
seattle's *tacoma!!!!'s first grunge band!!!
31.10.2025 18:08 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Friday Sandwich Special for October 31: The Cali Caprese: toasted ciabatta roll/avocado/tomato/mozzarella/basil/balsamic glaze/pesto. No adds or subs please, to-go is available #tacoma #6thavetacoma #tacomafood #tacomafoodie #onedayonly #FoodSky π
31.10.2025 18:13 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Luna proudly dressed as a shooting star.
Libby in a purple wizard hat and cape.
Loaf is a hot dog.
Happy Hallowiener
Post your pets in costumes.
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30.10.2025 21:22 β π 23 π 17 π¬ 1 π 0STARTING NOVEMBER 1ST: If you are loosing your SNAP benefits and are unsure how to feed your family, then your bagel is on us. NO PROOF NEEDED. NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
JUST SAY, "CAN I PUT THIS ON MY NEIGHBOR'S TAB?" + Our crew will know what to do, and will take care of you.
Beginning November 1, Howdy Bagel in Tacoma is offering free sandwiches and bagels to those losing their SNAP benefits. #SNAP
31.10.2025 05:38 β π 39 π 17 π¬ 0 π 3This looks like Aardman made it
31.10.2025 05:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I don't actually think JD Vance believes his wife is going to hell because I don't think he actually believes anything
31.10.2025 04:11 β π 1051 π 86 π¬ 25 π 12I was sure this was Paul Belini
31.10.2025 01:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In Kyoto now. Fushimi Inari.
31.10.2025 01:08 β π 371 π 23 π¬ 3 π 0Who coulda seen this coming?
futurism.com/artificial-i...
This website made it super easy and even $10 a month will help! You can help feed people! www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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