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The numbers are staggering:

Rent is now unaffordable for a record *half* of U.S. renters.

Some 30 million jobs pay less than $15 an hour. The average wage needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment has climbed to $28.17 — nearly four times the federal minimum wage, which hasn't gone up in 16 years.

Morally indefensible and unacceptable.

MoCo bill would prohibit ICE building permits The Montgomery County Council announced its latest step Monday to counter the federal campaign to deport immigrants, which has disrupted the lives of hundreds of county residents.

Montgomery County wants to ban permits for ICE facilities after seeing warehouses turned into detention centers in other parts of the state. My latest: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

some light in this infinite darkness

I appreciate the reminders on how to support cool creative stuff overall.
On that note, I like Doc's writing and he could use a boost.

timeline cleanse

Digital illustration depicting a long, snouted creature rising above several hills. Its pale form contrasts against a dark sky.

Experimental Critter from 2020

s c r e a m i n g

God, please, let those more deserving of it be taken first.

MAN FUCK 2026

"I had to punch that guy because I could tell he was going to hit me back once we jumped him" is just a description of jumping a guy

Amberspire on Steam A science fantasy dice city builder. Construct buildings, manage resources, and build in harmony with an alien ecology. Beneath the glow of a gas giant, Amberspire will grow and prosper into a flourishing city atop the ruins of an abandoned moon.

Amberspire news coming tomorrow 👀🌇

In the meantime, you can already wishlist our science fantasy city builder on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/Amberspire/

we have to be meaner to these people it's all we got. billionaires sitting there crying bc ppl hate them when they could just end world hunger

Apparently we all, not just famous people, need to find a legal way to prevent our likeness from being used after death now

MF DOOM

Foreign policy wonks have been trying to move away from Israel for years, and the only silver lining to this war is that it might finally give them an excuse the median voter will buy.

Conventional wisdom is a really fascinating phenomenon. We're at the point where "everyone knows" kids were being rushed into inappropriate gender transition.

There are between zero and 10 recorded cases of this happening (depending on your definition of rushed).

The last 3 Titanfall players seeing Apex get a Gundam collab

Bad Internet Bills All of the bad internet bills. One website.

Use the links below to get in contact with your reps. Prioritize house reps for the markup but contact senators as well!

www.congress.gov/members/find...

www.badinternetbills.com

Tech: Guthrie readies kids’ package for markup House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie will introduce a legislative package that combines a dozen bills aimed at protecting kids online.

A collection of bills are heading to the House for markup this thursday

Demand your representatives
-oppose KOSA
-oppose the App Store Accountability Act
-oppose The SCREEN Act
-oppose section 230 reform/sunsetting
-oppose/repeal online age verification and ID laws

punchbowl.news/article/tech...

Urgh I forgot about council tax so still need to fill some commissions slots!

Just two will do so anyone after after some TTRPG character commissions hit me up!

#commissionsopen #dnd #ttrpg

BREAKING: Today Bernie Sanders is proposing new legislation to raise $4.4 trillion in taxes from America’s billionaires — a move that would virtually cut their massive fortunes in half.

A chunk of the money raised would go toward sending a $3K stimulus check to every person earning under $150K.

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

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Got rejected from a job after the final interview, been basically unemployed since August 2024 and have completely fallen behind with rent and other bills now. I've tried everything, sold almost everything, and still am facing looming eviction. I'm so tired, I'm so sorry. ko-fi.com/scjreal

When Putin needed pretext for creating "The Red Web", Russia's authoritarian system of online censorship that effectively bans LGBTQ speech, he did it through the EXACT same moral panic about social media and kids that liberals and many leftists are spreading today.

Bad Internet Bills All of the bad internet bills. One website.

THREAD: Whenever imperialist governments go to war, they become more authoritarian at home.

That makes censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks, and attacks on Section 230 even more dangerous.

Online protest, documenting war crimes, even news articles could be suppressed.

www.badinternetbills.com

Bills like KOSA and more only become more dangerous

Demand your representatives
-oppose KOSA
-oppose the App Store Accountability Act
-oppose The SCREEN Act
-section 230 reform/sunsetting
-oppose/repeal online age verification and ID laws

www.congress.gov/members/find...

ten more minutes on the Zaku painting bsky.app/profile/mist...

#he-man

What if there was a mindful way to steal people’s art, pollute Black neighborhoods, and raise everyone’s electric bill?