Ben Cattell Noll

Building an intricate Lego model may take you days but any child can smash it in seconds

muppet fozzie bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a hat and tie . ALT: muppet fozzie bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a hat and tie .

Josh has been coming up a little short his entire life!

Worth lifting up that the article notes that family homelessness could be ended for just under $1 billion.

We could have 2/3 of a ship or no homeless parents and kids. We chose the ship.

It is not.

Homelessness is a choice. It is a choice made every day by those with the power to make sure we have good-paying jobs, sufficient affordable housing, and a safety net to catch those who need help because we don't do enough of the first two things I mentioned.

We could choose to end it

House Republican Budget’s $4.5 Trillion Tax Cut Doubles Down on Costly Failures of 2017 Tax Law | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Extending the expiring tax cuts for individuals and large estates would double down on the flaws in the 2017 law by giving the biggest benefits to the wealthy.

We spend over $800 billion a year on the Department of Defense.

The tax cuts proposed recently by Republicans would decrease revenue by $4.5 TRILLION!

Is it really so absurd to think that $15 or $20 or even $30 billion to END HOMELESSNESS is a stretch to ask for?

Of course, all of this is complicated.

While the funds are absolutely within our means, it is a SIGNIFICANT amount.

It is not clear that there would be staff to meet the scale of such an expansion or housing stock to accommodate the prospective tenants.

And yet, it is simple...

CR would provide $1.5 billion for extra, unrequested warship - Roll Call The spending bill the House passed on Tuesday would add more than $1.5 billion to start building a warship that the Navy did not request.

The heart of the article is; so, what would this cost?

The answer is just shy of $10 billion.

That's a lot of money. And, it's a conservative estimate.

But, we also just increased defense spending by $6 billion in the latest CR. That includes $1.5 billion for just 1 single ship.

It is well worth noting that- as I've said on here many times before- the homeless response system for Veterans is significantly better resourced and comes the closest to matching the need. It still doesn't quite meet it, but it's much closer- and the declines in Veterans homelessness prove it works

What does that mean? Well...only 16% of people experiencing sheltered homelessness over the course of a year get a Housing First intervention to match their needs.

A fabulous and easy-to-read report from @naehomelessness.bsky.social. You all should!

This line will resonate with me for a while: "Housing First isn't failing; the nation is failing to provide Housing First."

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He is slurring a lot.

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This is the slightly more correct take. Nothing will top the original for me just for sheer force of how original and different it was when it dropped, but 1) the hate for it is completely unjustifiable and 2) the chase scene is the best thing in any of the trilogy and honestly top 20 film moment

In my Christian high school someone came into school after a midnight opening and reported back that the movie was very good except for the orgy. I knew then that it would be a 10/10 for me.

If you can eliminate all your DEI language, staff positions and public commitments and it "won’t change our commitment to fostering a company culture where everyone belongs and everyone can excel" then that commitment was always bullshit window dressing and your company culture toxic white supremacy

Disney scales back content warnings on classic films amid DEI shift Classic films including “Dumbo” and “Peter Pan” will no longer autoplay warnings about racial stereotypes. It comes as Trump cracks down on diversity initiatives.

Cowards everywhere these days. We're really going to pretend like the 10-minute red face sequence in Peter Pan isn't deeply problematic because some carnival barker is President now? That it's totally normal and appropriate for a character to be named Jim the Crow? Nah, screw that wapo.st/4hPZ3pX

The world is an unmitigated disaster right now but my 6-year-old gets it.

YouTube video by Invisible People This Can’t Be My End – From Addiction to Leadership

I love @invisiblepeople.tv work and Kris Freed may be my #1 favorite co-conspirator in the work to end homelessness over the years. Put them together? Magic.

There's no key takeaways from this conversation. Listen to the whole thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wlS...

I’ve never spoken to a human at either office- including DC and local offices. Both have zero constituent services. They’re a disgrace.

The Trump administration has pulled down the Violence Against Women Act landing page from HUD.gov. I guess serving survivors of domestic violence is “woke” now? I’d say I’m surprised but when the President is a widely known unrepentant serial abuser I guess I shouldn’t be shocked.

Tried to do this yesterday at my Congressman's office when asking him to tell me exactly what was banned by the OMB memo and what "woke gender ideology" was and he deferred me back to OMB because he's a coward.

Veep: Oops All Jonahs

Jumbo Slice erasure

You’re describing an Armando Iannucci film

I bet if your phone didn't go straight to a full voicemail inbox you would've received even more! Your constituent response sucks. I've never been more disappointed in a politician I actively supported than I am in you in this moment. You're not up to the task.

Yeah...and this one's a grand slam. End of the separation of powers if Congress doesn't stand up to this.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Spoke too soon...in light of breaking news, it is not enough. I am still very happy in my compartmentalized brain for Saquon Barkley.

It is helping!

Quick note to all the folks saying “give Trump a chance” it’s been a week now and he’s banned vetted refugees, set quotas for deportations and banned me from saying a list of words at work. So…pretty much everything we were expecting has happened and it’s miserable.

And eggs are still $7 a dozen.