Jay Aaron

unFun Fact 4: It’s not easy being poor. It’s costly. You’re scrutinized. The idea that people “want” to be poor in a society built on money with virtually no safety-net is a made-up fatasy.

✨ STOP GATEKEEPING FOOD FROM THE POOR ✨

#SNAP #SNAPbenefits
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unFun Fact 3: The average SNAP benefit (for qualified recipients) in FY 2024 was $187.20/mo.

Not exactly a lot to feed the poorest of our neighbors.

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unFun Fact 2: It’s difficult to meet work requirements—even when working—because the types of jobs available in the low-wage labor market can’t meet SNAP’s harsh requirements.

Fun Fact: SNAP benefits act as a stabilizer during recessions, by providing an automatic stimulus to the economy.

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✨ STOP GATEKEEPING FOOD FROM THE POOR ✨

unFun Fact: Work requirements for SNAP only increase the number of people without food—they do NOT increase employment. (And SNAP has stringent 3-month work requirements. And resource/asset limits.)

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Every 👏 Person 👏 Deserves 👏 Food 👏

There are 0 undeserving people on SNAP.
Come on, now!

Recognizing that it could be YOU—really that humans are fundamentally of equal dignity—is how we do better for each other, collectively.

So yes, all people deserve to be housed, have healthcare, & living wages.

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✨ Just World Fallacy ✨
One of my (least) favorite cognitive biases. 🧠

It’s the assumption that people generally get what they deserve, the corollary being that one who is suffering likely deserves their plight.

The reality?
Things happen whether or not we “deserve” it.
All the time.

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It’s wild to me—did people forget what it was like before the #ACA?

Do they know anyone who has had (or lives with) an illness?

Do they know seniors and others on #Medicare?

Do they know the working poor on #Medicaid?

Do they know that they can get sick or have an accident at ANY time?! 🙃

Ok, but can you send me one because I want be involved in some quirky accident involving these. 🤣

(Also I’m a nerd & curious for the lols 🤓)

“Climb every f**king mountain.” 🏔️ 🎵

I LIVED & studied in France. Still not fluent. I used to call myself “semi-fluent” but like…that’s still not fluent-fluent.

15 mins?!

More like YEARS + immersion + actually enjoying it.

(I need to get my French back. 😭)

Screenshot, with highlights, of a footnote on regarding Apple Watch hypertension notifications. “As of September 9, 2025,” [highlight starts] “hypertension notifications are currently under FDA review” [highlight ends] “and are expected to be cleared this month, with availability on Apple Watch Series 9 and later and Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later” [“Apple Watch Series 9 is highlighted in yellow].

Since this seems to have been missed my most:

The Hypertention Alerts (or what people are referring to as blood pressure monitoring) are NOT exclusive to Apple Watch Series 11.

They, along with the sleep score, will be on Series 9 and Series 10 as well as Apple Watch Ultra 3 and 2. #Apple

Absolutely. In fact, I like the design of the 10/11 better than the 9 and earlier.

But the neural engine (which was introduced with the 9) is a welcome improvement.

Definitely worth it from an S7! 😊

Side by side comparison of Apple Watch Series 11, 10, and 9, focused on the Chip. The highlights show the differences with the only difference being the name of the chip "S10" (which is highlighted in green on the Series 11 and Series 10) versus the "S9" on the Series 9. Otherwise, 64-bit dual-core processor, 4-core neural engine, W3 Apple Wireless Chip, 2nd Generation Ultra Wideband, and 64GB capacity are identical.

The Apple Watch Series 11 internals look a lot like my Series 9 (and Series 10)…

I was hoping for a reason to upgrade 😭
#AppleEvent #AppleWatch #Apple #AppleWatchSeries11

Yeah, I mean…I do something like that… 😏

Why is this so precious?! 🥹

“The reason why we lose elections is because we’re arguing about X.”

Brillant.
YOU’RE BRILLIANT! 🥹

🏆*Nobel Peace Prize Granted* 🏆

🤯*Political Scientists’ Brains Explode* 🤯

👻*Critical Thinkers?! VANISHED!* 👻

Ok I’ll post about something else.

It would be nice to have a PC to edit videos and stream games. I have everything but the PC. 4K editing is annoyingly pricey.

And it’s this weird Intel thing where you can get a deal, but get locked out of Copilot+ because of the NPU.

Wait longer? But tariffs. 🙃

Regardless: I don’t want more suffering. This isn’t “revenge.” I want restoration. I want my life.

The status quo destroys me—as it does to others like me. It protects public figures and, in the process, allows this to happen over and over.

I’m sorry my personhood is an inconvenience.

One should not be able to systematically destroy someone’s life while claiming they “tried” when the “trying” was a painful campaign of dehumanization. Of control over meaning, truth, reality, language, and time.

Was I not human? Just an object? Where was my right to make informed choices?

This silence isn’t “self-protective” or neutral. Responsibility (ethically) doesn’t evaporate because one has the privilege to ignore others and let the system wreak havoc and drown them out.

The lack of understanding is a choice. Selective amnesia doesn’t erase the written record or the response to it: denial, avoidance, etc. it doesn’t erase the severe impacts.

Turning away from the facts doesn’t make them not exist—that goes for those who have enabled this via a culture of silence.

It’s convenient to present as a neutral/safe person—profiting of it & blurring the public/private divide. It’s wild to ignore one’s public figure status, as it was used—along with false statements—to gain, encourage, and maintain trust, safety, & connection.

Using someone as a means to your own ends for such a long period, taking advantage of their known vulnerabilities & relational power dynamics, and doing so in writing, so much that chronic dissociation and retr—mitization continues to this day is no small feat.

It’s also relevant to note that “stringing someone along” isn’t close to describing the sustained (and apparently intentional) pattern of psychological manipulation and expl—tation that many would call 3 years of a—se.

Even without the s*xual aspect, this would scream for actually repair.

Honestly. This happens all the time and I’m like 🤣

I’ll just stay inside.

Men who wear work outfits, but a size too tight 👀

Well, I logged into my Anminal Crossing island for no reason and…it’s been 3 years and 7 months.

That’s how I know how much time has passed. 😱😭

At this point, this chronic cough could be either vagus nerve damage (from all of the natural impacts of his behavior on me) or psychogenic.

How sweet. I can’t sing or speak.

It’s ok though: he “didn’t intend” it.
And I’m not really a person.
So it’s my fault, really. 🤷‍♂️

Plus some people think I’m like 10 years younger than I am and it’s…flattering until it’s not. 🤣

Like, gurl: talk to me like I’m an adult.

✨Pro-tip: talk to all people like they are people.

Also: let us be full people. Like c’mon man. 😂