Cannot express enough appreciation for the teams *flying through a hurricane* while not being paid.

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.

For Natives in more rural areas, there are food distribution centers for commodities which low-income Natives rely on because they are situated in food deserts. These centers will also NOT be distributing food, so this isn't just a scatter of individuals in need but entire communities.

Melissa leaps from tropical storm to Category 4 hurricane in 18 hours » Yale Climate Connections Catastrophic impacts are becoming increasingly likely for Jamaica, with Melissa expected to crash onshore by early Tuesday.

If current forecasts hold, Melissa will be the most powerful hurricane ever to strike Jamaica. Sustained winds at landfall may top 140 mph, along with localized rains of 40"+ and major storm surge. Here's my latest update with @drjeffmasters.bsky.social:

yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/meli...

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Official graphic depicting potential rainfall from Melissa in the Carribbean from the National Hurricane Center. Over 30-40 inches may locally fall in the mountains of Jamaica. Note that additional rainfall may fall, beyond indicated here, outside of the 4 day window mentioned.

Jamaica, in particular, will likely suffer catastrophic impacts from now rapidly-intensifying (but slow-moving) Hurricane #Melissa. A *Category 5* landfall now appears to be the most likely outcome, & 30-40+ inches of *additional* rain in mountains will lead to extreme flooding.

In the last 30-40 minutes or so, we’ve seen a tremendous increase in lightning within the eyewall of #Melissa. This is one of the major harbingers for continued intensification of the storm, and its intensity could be significantly stronger by the time the sun rises once again in a few hours…

Melissa's long-anticipated exceptionally rapid intensification episode is now underway, as its eye is now closed with deep convection rotating about it.

The latest TDR data shows an RMW of ~27km, though this will contract as RI continues, with the strongest wind upshear.

I know everything is blowing up here at home, but Jamaica is staring down the barrel of one of the worst hurricanes ever to hit and I'm horrified because I know we can't count on this US administration to provide relief like every prior admin has done

The company brought Junior in right after the election as part owner. They just won the largest drone motor contract awarded by the Pentagon.

Today’s Hi-Res Hurricane models all show a major hurricane landfall / near landfall in Jamaica/ Cuba in 2-4 days. This is despite #melissa weakening some today. If this is to happen, it means rapid intensification will have to begin soon. 1/

Despite the slow evolution of #Melissa given center reorganizations and at-this-time wind shear impeding intensification, one thing is becoming abundantly clear... It is more likely that a potentially devastating hurricane will directly impact Jamaica and far eastern Cuba by early next week.

Snapshot from one current hurricane model prediction depicting highly extreme rainfall occurring over portions of Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba. Uncertainly is high, but the risk of catastrophic flooding is growing.

Snapshot from one current hurricane model prediction depicting highly extreme rainfall occurring over portions of Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba. Uncertainly is high, but the risk of catastrophic flooding is growing.

Snapshot from one current hurricane model prediction depicting highly extreme rainfall occurring over portions of Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba. Uncertainly is high, but the risk of catastrophic flooding is growing.

Latest model projections regarding #Melissa are painting an increasingly dire scenario for Jamaica and possibly western Hispaniola (esp. Haiti) in terms of widespread risk of catastrophic flooding from exceptional rainfall amounts--possibly exceeding 3-4 feet (30-40+ inches).

Total federal spending is up +8% in 2025 year-to-date to Sept 9 over 2024.

The story that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere.

Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.

More and more corruption in plain sight.

I appreciate Senator Murphy's clear communication on Trump. He has been the standout in the Senate to date.

I have long Covid. Fortunately for me, the resulting neuropathy and tinnitus are more of a nuisance than truly debilitating. This is devastating for those with truly debilitating versions of long Covid.

Conte's second-season meltdown incoming?

Uhhhhh: "36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters."

ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: ‘He belongs with her’ Ofelia Torres has spent almost every day of the past month at Lurie Children’s Hospital, where the 16-year-old Lake View High School student is fighting cancer.

NEWS: ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: “He belongs with her.” I spent yesterday afternoon with Ofelia Torres and her mother, Sandibell, talking about Ruben Torres. Here’s the story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/i...

SEN. @schatz.bsky.social : "This is not about money. There is enough💰to bail out Argentina with ($40 BILLION). Enough to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173 MILLION for Noem. Enough to renovate the ballroom. What there isn't enough💰for under this Republican government is YOU."

An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well

This is definitely one of those things that people would’ve called you hysterical for predicting a year ago.

Trump is going to destroy the East Room of the White House without even asking Congress and build a ballroom with funds from private companies that are seeking favors? Settle down, lib.

Seeing this gives me chicken skin…

Same experience yesterday. All of them said they were first-time protestors.

Photograph of a cardboard sign that reads I'M SO TIRED OF KNOWING ABOUT THESE WEIRD DORKS

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

South Koreans held their government accountable earlier this year. And now they’re protesting for American’s rights and democracy on No Kings too!

Thank you South Korea! #NoKings ❌👑