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We refuse to let neighbors go hungry while politicians posture. We can stand up a street-level safety net in days. Neighborhood plan: "Block Food Steward" model One steward per block. A volunteer with a single shelf or 2-3 totes of staples who coordinates quiet, no-shame help. Starter shelf (suggested): 10 lb rice • 10 lb dry beans • 8 lb pasta 12 cans vegetables • 12 cans protein (tuna/chicken/beans) 2 large peanut butter • 2 shelf-stable milk packs • 1 cooking oil Baby formula (sealed), diapers (mixed sizes), wipes, soap, toothpaste

How it works: 1. Steward posts once to the block group: "I've got a small shelf of staples. DM 'BAG' no questions asked." 2. Keep a simple in/out tally; rotate oldest first; replace what's used. 3. If demand spikes, steward pings the block: "NEED: 6 cans, 2 pastas, diapers size 4." 4. For larger needs, handoff to a local food bank. Privacy and dignity first—no photos, no public names. Comment to volunteer: STEWARD - [Your Street Name] Comment to donate: DONOR - [Item or $ pledge] Need help? DM me the word BAG. No shame.

Volunteer at food banks this week. Show up for a 2-hour shift. Sorting, bagging, intake, there's a role for everyone. Donate smart. Shelf-stable staples first; ask for priority items before dropping off. Be kind to clerks. They didn't create this mess. They're catching the fallout. Hunger is not a negotiating tactic. Contact your state and federal reps today and demand: An immediate SNAP/WIC bridge with retroactive benefits. No more hostage-taking of basic nutrition assistance.

De-link food aid from unrelated fights. Fix the pipeline, then debate policy. No politics at the pantry door. We help first, argue later. No purity tests. If someone says they're short on food, we feed them. Dignity and privacy. DM, porch drop-offs, initials only. Safety: sealed formula only, check dates, store cool/dry, pet-safe. The Timeline? Tonight: Name stewards; seed each shelf with a starter kit. Within 48 hours: Every block has at least one steward, a group text, and a small reserve.

HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE END OF SNAP

This is important. This came to me overnight through a group organizing in the PNW. Please consider adopting these strategies where you live. YOU WILL SAVE LIVES. SNAP runs out 11-1.

Start a block/neighborhood channel on Signal and get to work.

Flu vax ✔️
Covid booster ✔️
Mammogram ✔️

Don't be afraid of getting your boobies smooshed a little bit. It's awkward and uncomfortable, but it doesn't hurt. Both of my shoulders are going to ache way more at bedtime than any discomfort my boobs experienced. 😆💉🎀

Ten week old kitten, stretched out sleeping.

Eight years ago today, I brought this precious boy home from the Humane Society. This is his very first sleep in his forever home. ❤️

If one of my clients is raptured during their session today, can I still bill their insurance? 🤔

Just saw an ad for McDonald's touting a special "Golden" sauce. After the drive thru stunt they pulled for Epstein's BFF before the election, can't help but think it's a not so subtle pander. Glad I haven't given them my money in since that original stunt. 🤬🤮

And to be clear, anything that requires a Kimmel apology or donation to that horrid organization to undo this censorship will not inspire me to resubscribe or stop my boycott.

Canceled my Hulu/Disney+ subscription. Any company obeying in advance or bending the knee isn't worth my time or money.

Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.

Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.

Collective boycott.

Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.

It was gut wrenching and absolutely riveting television.

you know, it occurs to me that we could fix a lot of shit pretty quickly if we just put all the rapists in jail

absolutely wild to think about how much better off we'd be if we just believed girls and women

Melissa Good was the writer. She has a whole series of books starting with "Tropical Storm" chronicling the relationship of Dar and Kerry, that Xena fans will recognize as modern day Xena and Gabrielle.

I've been wondering the same thing. I don't want to abandon my clients but I do support a general strike. I may offer pro bono hours each week for folks that kicked off Medicade. They still get help, but no one, especially the government makes money off of me or them. I dunno. Still thinking.

I hope we see US athletes of conscious refuse to compete if FIFA and the IOC don't choose to move the games. We don't deserve to host them.

The “no politics please.”folks are about to learn that politics doesn’t care if you don’t want to get involved or not.

If you breathe air, drink water, and eat food, then politics will impact you.

This old dyke thanks you. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.

Just a reminder that while her ex nonstop soils himself in public with tasteless displays of wealth and look-at-me, thirsty nonsense, Mackenzie Scott has given away close to $20 billion to 1,600 charities, no strings attached and without any need for recognition.

"A Moment With You". Not as well known as many of his other songs, but the longing in the lyrics and his voice is sublime.

I know it is easy to get distracted with all the horrors going down every day, but don't forget that yesterday, the bribe-takin' US Supreme Court put its seal of approval on gratuitous human trafficking. These are evil times.

brutal thread

When you realize that what you were taught in school was selected so it wouldn't inconvenience you.

It was really just a concept of a parade

My middle school marching band held our lines tighter and our steps more crisp. I like to think the troops forced to march were intentionally sloppy.

I suppose all this tripe about Biden's age might be important to know, but it belongs on the History Channel. It's not news. You know what's news? The president deploying the military against US citizens. The Billionaire Bailout Bill. DOGE getting access to our private data. THAT is news.

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.

There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.

They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

1. Owner of a bookstore/old vinyl record shop in a small liberal arts college town.

2. Novelist living in small shack on the ocean caring for all of the local feral beach kitties.

You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.

You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.

Get your lies straight.