Mary Beth Hatten

I'm no economist but the fact that more than 42 million Americans (1 in 8!) are on SNAP (i.e., food stamps) says that the federal minimum wage is way too low.

When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Experts Issue Grave Warning as SNAP Benefits Set to Run Out Food banks are unlikely to be able to meet the demand amid the government shutdown, experts tell TIME.

1 in 8 Americans won't be able to afford groceries next week because of the Republican government shutdown and because the Trump regime refuses to use the contingency fund that would have continued the benefits. 1 in 8 people!

My quote of the day

How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Abraham Lincoln

Anyone who would so nonchalantly tear down a huge chunk of the White House would sell ANY and all top secret information to any foreign power.

How cells move and change shape--and why it matters for our health - News Inside each of your cells, there's a microscopic scaffolding that helps determine what the cell looks like, how it moves, and how it responds to its surroundings. This internal structure, called the cytoskeleton, is constantly shifting and adjusting. It...

Greg Alushin (@alushinlab.bsky.social) is decoding how the body’s building blocks sense and respond to force, with implications for everything from cancer to developmental disorders. In this Q&A, he discusses where his work on the cytoskeleton could lead us:

This is very good

Trump Administration Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire East Wing

Trump Lied and Will Now Demolish Entire East Wing www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Fantastic seminar today by Vanessa Ruta from Rockefeller. Anton Maximov and I took advantage of our 1:1 time to talk science outdoors!

Not sure having your brand associated with destroying the White House is the best look

Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"

Even the post is covering trump dismantling the White House

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

this is very bad

Such a gorgeous bird!

Q: Do you feel Israel was justified with striking when it did?

TRUMP: Striking where?

Q: In Gaza. Today. And overnight.


TRUMP: I'd have to get back to you on that

Ronald Reagan narrates a new anti-tariff ad from Canada The new commercial is part of a $75 million ad campaign by Ontario aimed at Republican voters.

Holy shit.

Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs.

The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds.

What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.

I know we say this all the time so it’s become cliche, but can you imagine the hysteria that would be happening right now with Republicans if Obama did the exact same thing to the inside and outside of the WH that Trump is doing? It would be 24/7 on Fox for months. We all know why.

The white house, a gaping wound in the east wing. It looks like a ruin or a mound of garbage

No image has ever spoken so succinctly about the current situation in the US.

This is horrible, truly. What a metaphor

The next cancer-fighting mRNA vaccine may already be here Covid vaccines may come with a tantalizing benefit that has nothing to do with the virus they’re designed to protect against: boosting the immune system to better fight tumors during cancer treatment

Thanks science! Turns out the Covid vaccine may help you fight cancer.

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I know they think they’re cleverly trolling here, but this supremely fucked up. I really don’t think this plays well outside of their base.

Also, I hope Avenged Sevenfold sues the shit out of them for copyright violations.

I wish I thought of this one - great jobs #NOKINGS Pittsburgh!

Disgusting

This sounds familiar.

“This bullshit has to stop” is a quote for the ages.

Reprehensible