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If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.

"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Doing what Jesus said will get you into Heaven is really unpopular.

We should only do the things that Jesus said will send us to Hell for eternity.

If only all of us insisting there is no ethical use for facial recognition technology had been listened to even a tiny bit maybe we wouldn't be here. It isn't too late! Ban 100% of facial recognition technology. And abolish ICE while you're at it.

📄 spreadsheet: calories per dollar of common foods

low calorie foods like most veggies are not included 🥬

October 27th. #HelpFolksLive2025 thread. Something's *always* due & food is *always* needed. Things only get better with community action. *Now* is when folks need food, water, shelter, meds. *Now* is when we/the community needs to be there for each other. There's no one else. Just us.

Dar Al Islam Jamaica Hurricane Relief | THE SUHBA INITIATIVE INC (Powered by Donorbox) 🕌 Dar Al Islam JamaicaHurricane Melissa Emergency ReliefA powerful Category 5 hurricane is approaching Jamaica. Many families are at risk — especially those already struggling. Dar Al Islam Jamaica is...

HURRICANE MELISSA SUPPORT FOR JAMAICA 🇯🇲
Here are a few Jamaican orgs that are doing relief work - please donate and/or share!
Food for the Poor Jamaica: www.foodforthepoorja.org
Helping Hands Jamaica: helpinghandsjamaica.com/donate
Dar Al Islam Jamaica: donorbox.org/dar-al-islam...

Unless there is a link to the report and we are able to see their methodology then this is just "some person said."

Even when we have those, it's mostly small sample sizes and biased outreach methods.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

Virginia creates 'unprecedented' emergency plan to save food benefits for 850,000 Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declares state of emergency to protect SNAP benefits for 850,000 residents as the federal government shutdown threatens food assistance programs.

VA and LA have declared states of emergency to release funds for SNAP. other states need to do the same:
www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

Reminder that food banks have the ability to buy food in bulk and can make the most out of the economy of scale so cash (if you have it) is always preferred.

But also, they're not going to say no to your pantry items. 💚

I'm supporting Feeding America! To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger

#FoodBankChallenge

Can we get to $5000 to start? With SNAP running out in Nov if the shutdown continues, more folks will be turning to food banks - which are already struggling since the administration cut $500 MILLION in deliveries back in the spring.

teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participant/...

Nixon actually cared about Healthcare because his brother died at 7 from tuberculosis.

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

I am begging the mainstream media to talk less about the East Wing & more about the loss of SNAP funding for the next few days.

The East Wing is gone. We can’t change that.

We *can* help people prepare for the loss of SNAP.

We can urge folks to donate to food banks.

We can give them warning.

2009 Democrats had a super majority but Nancy Pelosi let Election Reform die in committee.
John McCain said the ACORN voter registration group was committing fraud, and Nancy Pelosi agreed so she defunded ACORN leading to their collapse.

Either of these would have helped Clinton easily win in 2016.

Here's a little history of notable general strikes: 1/x 🧵

Why is May 1 Workers' Day?

On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.

Blockety block block BLOCK!!!

A printed set of World Book encyclopedias is $1200 and only captures info up to the window in time in which it was printed.

A few bucks a month can make sure a vital resource that's constantly updated and rigorously scoured for inaccuracies by benevolent pedants remains available to everyone.

Once again reupping WIRED's many guides for those heading to the No Kings protests this weekend.

We also made a zine that you can print out and share if you need something small and light.

www.wired.com/story/downlo...

You can do tax installment plans for $200 or so in extra fees and stay 12-36 months behind on tax payments.

Kinda like a Federal credit card.

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors “With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

Nice.
Maybe a Frankenstein meme since the movie comes out soon

The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.

The end of free Windows 10 support this Wednesday could be an environmental disaster, cutting off 400 million PCs from security updates and dooming millions of still usable computers.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...

How Does It Feel To Have Remained Silent? An Open Letter to Those In Power Who Silently Watched Genocide And Said Nothing

As Palestinians cling to a fragile ceasefire after suffering horrific genocide, I ask those who remained silent and complicit for the last two years—was it worth it?

Was it worth it to know this is how history, your children, your descendants, will remember you?
www.qasimrashid.com/p/how-does-i...

Let's get some natives mutual aid for Indigenous People's Day! Bless up. Natives to the front with what you need.

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

How Star Trek: The Next Generation Took On Indigenous American Representation A member of the Choctaw Nation parses through TNG's 'Journey's End.'

For Indigenous People's Day, I'd like to encourage fellow #Trekkies (and everyone else!) to read Black and Choctaw commentator @law-writes.bsky.social on one example of Native representation in #StarTrek.

www.startrek.com/news/star-tr...