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"D&D Stats Explained With Tomatoes

Strength is being able to crush it
Dexterity is being able to dodge it
Constitution is being able to eat a rotten one
Intelligence is knowing it is fruit
Wisdom is knowing not to put in a fruit salad
Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad."

With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.

Every ad so far: Drug that sounds it will kill you, AI, AI, Gambling, Drug that sounds like it will kill you, AI, Gambling, Gambling.

What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks.

FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.

Where’s the outrage about that?!

still can't get over what we learned today that the actual story is elon musk just copied enough of wikipedia word-for-word for grokipedia to be useful but rewrote all articles related to him to be more favorable, leaving out facts he doesn't want people to see or talk about

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.

Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.

If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you have friends struggling through the shutdown, consider inviting them over for a family dinner this week. Make too much. Insist they take leftovers home. Some folks can't say they need help out loud but will appreciate the kindness.

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Here's your guide to fighting utility shutoffs this winter. W/o the gov't open, few to no states will have funds for emergency bill payment program LIHEAP. This doc has scripts, state context, contact info for governors & commissions, everything you need. Please call! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

One neat thing that happened in hong kong was even guys extremely sympathetic to the police ended up siding with protesters because of indiscriminate use of tear gas

In addition to money donations to food banks & food aid for people, please also consider donating money or food & litter to pet food pantries. Many people who rely on SNAP to feed themselves will now need to redirect $ to buy groceries that they would have spent on pet food before.

Tempted to start a food blog that's just "I have this thing in my pantry, I've bought it aspirationally, I've never cooked with it before, what do?"

If you're on SNAP and you need help, add your links below so I can boost them.

If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.

Link's not around so we do what we can, right?

On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer

Two prints of digital drawings of Ed and Stede from OFMD.

A print of a digital drawing of Stede from OFMD

Six prints of drawings of Stede and Ed from OFMD.

I have a whole bunch of prints that will be up on Kofi in the next few days! I just need better light and some time to post them.

“Let them go a month without meals. Maybe they will get a job”

First, many SNAP recipients have jobs. They’re just living below the poverty line because of tremendous wealth inequality.

Second, many are disabled and children and can’t work.

Third, no one should starve to death.

Hi just so I'm clear.

I wrote "donate to food banks" and do "food runs for mutual aid" because they are different things!

Food banks want your money! they can do more with your money than with stuff.

Mutual aid groups often want stuff! Mine has a food fridge!

Life advice: download the file. You know that Google spreadsheet where you filled in all the important info and reference all the time? Well, one day, the owner of that spreadsheet might get laid off and all their links will break and no one will know how to find that file again. “But what about

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America 404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:

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some days you wake up and it's like "oh RFK Jr said a lady had a baby in her placenta" and it is offensive that I have to continue to pay attention to men whose brains are mostly moldy oatmeal, but for some reason this country gave them the power to make medical decisions for all of us

Here's the thing about AI: all of our students are using it. Constantly. For personal essays. For narratives about trauma. For creative writing. They're using it for every assignment. We're seeing a 50% rate of academic misconduct in first-year classes. How exactly are we supposed to address this?

AI is so embedded in their lives, that it's become inseparable from their work. Students who never learned to write in high school are just continuing not to learn in college. We can't make every assignment in-class. We can't police them 100% of the time. So what are some solutions to repair this?

There are currently 5 or 6 warnings from Surgeon Generals on the dangers of RFK Jr.
Very long list of symptoms.

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"Every time we have been attacked w/pepper bullets or tear gas or pepper spray … it has felt like it came from anger that we were there, and not from any determined safety need or protocol," said Rev. Hannah Kardon, who has been shot w/pepper bullets _multiple times_. "They are unhinged."

Juno is a splendid writer, and her examination of history beyond the simplifications and distortions of nationalistic propaganda is good food for the mind.

Why things are the way they are, how they were changed and by whom, is vital information for everyone.

He's just so full of shit.

Two years after Oct. 7, Palestine is a graveyard of failed strategies Even if Trump ends the war, Palestinians will face a deep, enduring void: of language, hope, and politics that proved futile in the face of genocide.

❝ Even if Trump’s plan ends the Gaza war, Palestinians will face a deep, enduring void: of language, hope, and politics that proved futile in the face of genocide ❞ — Muhammad Shehada

A post by Rebecca Johnson: “I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.” A tumblr respond from mightymur: “The final, brilliant word on passive voice. "She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive "Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

Folks at the Brooklyn Indivisible art build standing around a table in the park painting signs for the NO KINGS rally.

I bet a lotta y'all are arty types in NYC! wanna get involved with helping @bkindivisible.bsky.social make signs for the 10/18 #NoKings march? Sign up today for the 10/12 art build!

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