Thinking of this quote from Mamdani’s victory speech.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person. The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person. People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives. And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

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Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US. Please pass it on!

almost all of my pearl earrings are on sale! www.peculiarityshop.com/meg-s-corner

when I ran the McDonald’s drive-thru as a teenager, a general manager told me I should have the food ready by the time the car pulled up to the second window - and be holding it out, smiling as they approached; my regular manager told us to ignore her, because nobody should do that for $4.15/hr

[the deepest, resigned sigh] actually, Springsteen was the doctor

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets. no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul

The Symphony of the Cat, Moritz von Schwind, 1868. #Caturday

For years, the Salt Lake City Council has been both majority LGBTQ and majority minority, but now it’s also majority women. ✊🏼 www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

seriously though, it’s HER yarn

this administration reminds me so frequently of the line about how the US didn’t win the Cold War, we just lost it last.

cat heads are so smoochable. right between the ears

They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.

I think "Written on the Subway Walls" in @morningtransport.bsky.social is most dear to me, because it's a love letter to my adopted city, and it's about the power of community in the fact of systemic oppression and violence www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...

While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.

@bbolander.bsky.social happy birthday! may 2025 cool it for a moment for you.

Let's go! The City of Cleveland - home to a public power utility - is one of the first in the nation i've heard of so far banning shutoffs during this federal shutdown crisis. Public power can lead the nation in showing what democratic institutions can do to make our lives better.

Hello, heist fans! This Sunday, Nov. 9, I’m teaching a virtual heist workshop! You can still register today, but you need to hurry! I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat: www.eventbrite.com/e...

The US government's decision to stop supporting a telescope facility that would have given us unprecedented insight into the early universe is calamitous, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.

“Shut up!” screamed Toad.

All the time. ALL the time.

The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.

Hi! I have a story out in Small Wonders today! This is a little horny gremlin of a tale and I hope you take a chance on it, if you're into words and whatnot.

a new shop drop appears! ✨ www.peculiarityshop.com/meg-s-corner

you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge

Should women be hated as witches or patronized as overgrown children? The paper of record debates the two available options.

I'm gonna need folks to understand that just because the worst people in America are obsessed with GLP-1s exclusively because of weight loss does not mean they are not LIFE SAVING for a lot of people. There's a reason they're studying their impact on Long Covid right now.

He beat the wrap.

Catching up on @bcsmagazine.bsky.social reading, and I really liked this Chris Willrich story that is math-tinged and goblin-y: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-ra...

Rep. Yassamin Ansari's sign: Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting healthcare to over up the Epstein Files. CHANGE MY MIND

New Yorkers will always come together to make sure everyone has what they need. We've been proud to support Hurricane Melissa relief efforts for Caribbean communities. 🇯🇲 Ways to help: supportjamaica.gov.jm You can also drop off supplies at your nearest NYPD precinct.

Dare to imagine a different way.

“Wearing the Lion” by John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social reimagines mythology with a well meaning Himbo Heracles, a cranky Hera, and a cast of gods and heroes. It’s about trying your best, deceiving ourselves, and found family. The main characters are complex and unreliable, but fully compelling.

WFP knocked on over 60K doors in Georgia. Fund the work.

good morning from here

A man in Chile returned a piece of stone, to Athens, his father stole in the 1930s that is believed to be a piece of the Acropolis. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

We’re hiring! Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda. Could that be you? Apply using the link below. transition2025.com/apply

he’s doing pilates

Some folks need to remember that Leftists own guns too.

your daily reminder to never talk to the NYT about anything regarding trans issues.