Erik Gern

I see voters made some excellent choices in NYC and other places across the US. Feeling grateful we're not complacent with... *points to the trash fire in the White House*

As SNAP benefits end, here are all the Tampa Bay restaurants letting kids eat free SNAP benefits are expected to end on Nov. 1, but some Tampa Bay restaurants are offering free food to children affected by the government shutdown.

The team at @cltampabay.bsky.social is maintaining a running list of restaurants providing free meals for kids:

The Lord of the Rings ys about how learninge, love, and gardeninge save the worlde.

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Everyone deserves to eat.

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screenshot from downdetector.com showing azure, MS seduces, etc all spiking in number of reports they are down

developers seeing a major cloud service outage feels exactly like 10 year olds getting a surprise snow day

Live Updates: Hurricane Melissa, Stronger Than Katrina, Nears Landfall in Jamaica

Praying for the people of Jamaica. The third-strongest Atlantic hurricane on record is about to slam into the island nation.

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

I think we under-estimate how many people are miserable because they have no enthusiasms, no hobbies, because they gave up reading and quit learning when school ended. It's shocking how much studying a beloved subject elevates your mood. It will transform your life.

Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Jamaica Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island of Jamaica Tuesday, with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge. Category 5 is the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island of Jamaica Tuesday, with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge. Category 5 is the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale. n.pr/4np1Bx1

Having seen the movie this weekend, yup.

Gee, I can’t imagine why…

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

Updating my LEGO White House

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow (etc.)

No notes

A hand-drawn protest sign with the rebellion badge in red, white, and blue; RESIST! on the bottom; and May the Force Be With You along the top corners.

A man with curly silver hair holding a protest sign downtown.

My afternoon in downtown Tampa.

White supremacy is when Republican men and women in their 20s & 30s praising Hitler, genocide, and rape are “just kids”—but 18-year-old Michael Brown was no angel, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was a thug, 16-year-old Kalief Browder was a criminal, and 12-year-old Tamir Rice should’ve known better.😐

Of course women don't like the Cybertruck

Women only want one thing, and it's Howl's Moving Castle

quotes from cybertruck owners

We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...

Climb Erik Gern, 10/16/2025 Now, my friends, let us climb Over jagged granite bluffs, hands bleeding, Keeping the sun at our backs. I falter, yes, and falter again, yet will Never leave this righteous pilgrimage. Give it one more chance, always, until we See the summit.

"Climb." #poetry

Keystone ICE

Holy shit, and also, great blessings upon the family of the human recipient mentioned in the article for allowing their loved one with no remaining brain activity to be a test candidate to determine if their body would reject a treated kidney.

'Broadcasting' has its roots in agriculture. Here's how it made its way into media The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning with the rise of radio in the 1920s.

The word 'broadcasting' dates back centuries, and originally described a method of sowing seeds. But it took on a new meaning with the rise of radio in the 1920s. n.pr/3JeW2Dj

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins: Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright (Not sure if I spelled that right) What immortal hand or eye Could fashion such a stripy guy? What the hammer that hath hewn it Into such a chonky unit? Did who made the lamb make thee, Or an external franchisee?

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all

fun fact: columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade and genocide

Every day is Indigenous Peoples' Day

Landback flag

#Landback today, and every day.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "I'm willing to pay more for quality products if they are made in America, by Americans, who are paid a decent income." The tweet shows Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech" painting, which is often used to show the tweeter is expressing a brave opinion.

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "MINIMUM WAGE JOBS WERE NOT MEANT TO BE A CAREER. Why does no one understand this? Entry level jobs are STEPPING STONES to better jobs. No one wants to work towards that though."

HardPass4 on Twitter tweets: "Buy $5 gloves instead of $50 ones. Trust me." The tweet shows a box of "Gorilla Grip" gloves.

The label on Gorilla Grip gloves show they're made in China.

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap