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This government has us living on eggshells. Even if we have any money we are afraid. We are economically paralyzed. I needed coffee and a little food. Not much because I’m too scared to. Frozen patties, coffee, creamer. No frills. No extras. Fear. A lot of fear. The not knowing, fear of that.

Child care crisis deepens as funding slashed for poor families The first hint of trouble for McKinley Hess came in August. Hess, who runs an infant and toddler care program in Conway, Arkansas, heard that the teen moms she serves were having trouble getting their expected child care assistance payments. Funded by a mix of federal and state dollars, those subsidies are the only way many low-income parents nationwide can afford child care, by reimbursing providers for care and lowering the amount parents have to pay themselves. In Arkansas, teen parents have long been given priority to receive this aid. But now, Hess heard, they and many other families in need were sitting on a…

Child care crisis deepens as funding slashed for poor families

The first hint of trouble for McKinley Hess came in August. Hess, who runs an infant and toddler care program in Conway, Arkansas, heard that the teen moms she serves were having trouble getting their expected child care assistance…

Not lean, not beefy, but a secret third thing

🍎 FREE Farmers Market - Bozeman, Montana - Exhibit Building 1 Fair Grounds - Nov 9th 12-5 PM

With SNAP expiring, community members are bringing homemade goods & giving them out directly.

If you would like to donate, bring anything you love to cook - bread, soup, etc.

🗣️Let a family in need know.

Oregon Gov. Kotek sends $5 million to food banks as SNAP cutoff date gets closer Gov. Tina Kotek announced she’s sending $5 million in state funding to food banks on Wednesday as Oregon braces for a cutoff of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program expected at the start of Novem...

maybe not the most hopeful week I’ve ever had working in social services but it’s been inspiring to see my city and state rally around ways to help keep people from starving

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In Portland trick or treater night we had one kid have us scan a QR code for the portland food bank (which I have already donated to) and another dressed as a pangolin and inform me they are the most trafficked animal

A wizard is pondering an orb textured like a corn cob.

pondering my corb

The one silver lining about inflation is that you don’t have to worry about your house getting egged anymore because no parent would let their kid waste perfectly good eggs.

Watercolour painting, done from a photo, of a cat called Misty!
#cats #catsofbluesky #TGIF #art #paintings #watercolours

ICE is killing innocent people, but I’ll bet if a protester $&ot one, you would never hear the end of how violent the left is.

to be chopped is to be free

It’ll be disgustingly fast how soon I’ll start flipping everyone’s fucking tables if ya fuck with my PSLF

Taking sage advice of @unlawfulentries.bsky.social I’m posting cover of forthcoming book Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis

too dumb and too baby

Under Vinay Prasad, employees at a key FDA center fear speaking out, look for the exits Exclusive: Vinay Prasad has rattled FDA staff by expanding his power and pushing out senior leaders.

EXCLUSIVE: A slow-boiling feud between Vinay Prasad and his staff at the FDA is threatening the future of the center that regulates the nation’s vaccines, biological products, and blood supply. Read more here:
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come nearer to this great head

Staying in tonight and being horny

giddy up!

ICE agents are being seen wearing Halloween masks in the Los Angeles area.

I ate all the candy so I hope these kids like cat treats

we love a confident baddie

this is amazing

guys im about cry

I just put out an eblast asking for donations for our foodbank (because of the SNAP freeze)

Within 10 minutes we've already raised $2k and THE STRANGER reached out saying they'll give us a free ad space on their website

I love the community support we get

From M Aurelius, Meditations: “ 52. You are not compelled to form any opinion about this matter before you, nor to disturb your peace of mind at all. Things in themselves have no power to extort a verdict from you.” Captioned: “ Marcus Aurelius has already released you from the obligation to have a take”

LOGGING ON

wait but Speaker Johnson said there was no contingency fund? 🤷🏼

Running to the new Florence Welch on Halloween morning

Annual reminder that a black cat crossing your path is good luck actually, because it signifies that you got to see a cat

Happy Halloween from Apid and Glenn!

Hey just sending out love and hugs to all of you because we all need a bit of tenderness and consideration in life - sure l know a brief comment on social media probably doesn’t travel too far but the feelings behind them are genuine xxx