The reason that the rich were so rich: Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. .. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. ... But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. This was the Captain Samuel Vimes Boots' theory of socio-economic unfairness.

It's expensive being poor. From Pratchett:

Let’s talk about ICE. This post is long, but it’s worth reading to understand how to protect your right to privacy.

It might sound extreme, but everyday Americans may soon want to consider face coverings for reasons far beyond health or fashion.

Your daily reminder that Trump absolutely can fund SNAP through contingency funds.

He absolutely can prevent 42 million Americans — including 20 million children — from going hungry next month.

He is choosing not to. Don’t let him lie his way out of this.

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “No one can confirm we’ve actually been taking out drug traffickers… the admiral in charge resigned… all these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime… the government’s story is not adding up.”

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?

Now you know.

Proof that the U.S. government social media accounts are in fact white nationalist propaganda accounts, funded by our tax dollars.

You’ve got to see this…

WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

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BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.

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This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach

He is 4 foot 6 inches tall
He is blind
The INHUMANE CRUELTY OF
ICE HANDCUFFS AND DRAGGED HIM TO FACILITY

PLEASE help me understand what threat was he ?

Literally

A round of applause for Jessica Tarlov. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
So well done!

“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

🚨Children’s Hospital Chaplain released after being detained in Cincinnati’s Butler County Jail for 73 days. He shares powerful words with us. 1/2

Free the #AlabamaPenis

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

LICE 😂
Seattle, Washington
No Kings

People in an inflatable chicken, octopus, and unicorn marching in Detroit

A protester in an inflatable dinosaur costume holding a sign that says “we dumped a king in 1776. Stop digging him back up!! Dino says: ‘Even I know fossilized leadership stinks’l

A protester in an inflatable chicken costume holding a flagpole with a flag that says “Resist” with the Star Wars Rebel logo and a flagpole with a picture of a taco.

Here are some actual photos of actual protesters taken by actual people in Detroit yesterday.

Top 40 No Kings Signs, #1-10 The best of the best.

Here it is, the Top 10 protest signs from this weekend’s No Kings rallies. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Imagine thinking they ever cared about debt, fraud, waste, abuse, or anything of the sort. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

I don't hate America, I just hate him. 🤷🏽‍♂️
Happy No Kings Day!

On our way to #NoKings

Do you know what a group of frogs is called?

AN ARMY

Band's clarinet player speaks out after her federal arrest in Portland

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

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Remember when this was just “one narco-terrorist boat”? Now it’s multiple strikes, foreign nationals dead, and no oversight. At what point will Congress demand answers from this Administration?

ICE got paid lots of money for being inflatable dog walkers in the “war torn” streets of Portland.

The dog took its time just like a real Dachshund.

#Portland #AbolishICE #NoKings