“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.” “SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.” ~Center for Budget and Policy

Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."

Happy Friday all! Here’s our #MutualAid 💞and #CwowdFunding thread for the week of October 24th Several folx are efforting to help carry forward #HelpSky and Łink’s #FridayFundDay. Their info is in the comments Anyone is welcome to post a request in the threads. I start a new one each Friday Also:

Guillermo Del Toro: "Horror is made of such base material—so easily rejected or dismissed—that it may be hard to accept my postulate that within the genre lies one of the last refuges of spirituality in our materialistic world."

The overarching theme of Trump 2.0 is that reality doesn't exists, that the material world is simply fodder for Posts, and that if something gets attention and retweets the people trying to stop you are irrelevant scolds. And they're going to extend that principle to actual war on a foreign nation

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The ballroom is such an obvious winning political issue for Dems, it’s breathtaking how little they want to talk about it. It will be ugly, omnipresent, a literal metaphor for Trump‘s disinterest in doing anything that actually helps American voters. Run on it, you fucking morons.

The more you know!!!! Good morning!!

Our bodies are exhausted by the effects of hunger, our teeth are broken from emaciation, and our intestines scream with painful emptiness. Now we can't afford food after losing our jobs. Save my children with $200 and don't let them get sick. Im verified by @mommunism.bsky.social shorturl.at/hcCSb

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

Been getting variations of a French crop for years now and wanna change it up but still not sure what to try 😩😩

we are so cooked that these motherfuckers are saying that the gyre is literally widening

This brilliant little article gets at what I’ve seen but haven’t yet read: Chicago locals, regardless of status, are apprehensive about venturing out to restaurants and food stalls targeted by ICE. The result is a whole sector in economic and social crisis. www.chicagomag.com/news/we-wont...

We survived the genocide in Gaza, but our homes and dreams were buried under the rubble. Today we live without shelter or safety, fighting just to survive. With your support, we can rebuild what was stolen from us and give our children a chance to live and hope again 💔🇵🇸 gofund.me/35fdca7d

Worth noting: After the end of the three-year pilot program this year, the Irish government found that for every pound invested, they got 43% profit. Keeping artists alive and financially safe is not just for moral good, it's also beneficial in terms of economics. Just let artists keep making art.

Looks like we are about to see a significant increase in snatch-and-grab operations around the Bay Area 408-290-1144 is the hotline for the Palo Alto/Mountain View area www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

So, fun fact: You shouldn't try to make jello shots by dissolving vitamin gummies in alcohol. Turns out that a bunch of the common vitamins, if carried along via alcohol, can be incredibly damaging to your liver. You didn't know that? Neither did someone else I know. Ask me how they know now. 💀

I got completely nerd-sniped by this so here's a script for turning audio files into video showing an 8-band spectrum visualizer using only FFMPEG: codeberg.org/selfawaresou...

If you have recipes that are easy to mass prep (aka can be done in small steps so people can rest or sitting down) wraps/meals that freeze well, please share them here I have 4 or 5 and I'll try to have them posted before Friday.

You're also not a sucker for believing in people. I get the sense that this needs to be stated from time to time.

Happy Halloween month! Very quick #yuna from #ffx #lineart

For DC, this combined with federal workers who are furloughed now needing to access the local food banks, will be devastating

Happy Halloween month! Its the #othermother from #coraline coming at ya #lineart

Given a dress code for a photo and accidentally dressed like the fall twink supreme, lolllll

733 days of war, it may have ended on paper, but not in our minds. I keep wondering… how can we ever forget? The fear, the exhaustion, the pain.. they linger, quietly shadowing every moment of peace. chuffed.org/project/1464...

really the thing that makes video games one of the hardest things you can make is even a tiny one just requires absolutely skull shattering unbelievable amounts of Art

You are warm You are satisfied You are safe I am writing this under the rubble.My baby is crying from hunger.Itell her the sky is just noisy not deadly.You can scroll or you can save a life We don’t need pity We need action Please help us survive this hell @mommunism.bsky.social gofund.me/db56c7ce3

🚨 Two days to go! Our annual celebration is almost here—and we’re marking 1 TRILLION pages captured by the Wayback Machine. In honor of that, we're sharing this #WaybackMachine look at the @InternetArchive itself! 🕰️ Learn more about our events ⤵️ blog.archive.org/trillion/ #Wayback1T

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own. Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

a tyrant is ignoring the constitution, firing live artillery at americans, invading our cities, and tearing down the white house to build himself a palace our institutions won't react because they're lost in a digital dreamstate, unable to decide what is true because of social media poisoning

Wind blowing my hair into Cousin It 😫😫

Pertussis (whooping cough) cases have exploded in the US in the past 2 years. Get your Tdap if you’re due (every 10 years for adults) BTW, as of this morning, it looks like all the case counts for 2024-25 have been scrubbed from the CDC website 🫠

The whistles were so helpful when ice was in my neighborhood last week--with relatives that don’t speak one of the big languages, it was easy to explain “if you hear whistles, get home quick as you can."

Urgent appeal from Gaza. I am Ahmed from Gaza and my family of 7 members lost our entire home and are now living in the open without shelter. We urgently need a tent to protect us from the cold and rain. Every donation no matter how small means safety and warmth for us.

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Wildly illegal trade policy violating both US and international law, on top of wildly illegal murder of civilians in international & foreign waters, violating both US and international law.

seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over

as far as just messaging goes that video is probably the most embarrassing thing any president has done on the world stage in my life and the fact that the sunday shows wont even describe it? total abdication of their responsibility

Hello dear friends, My old accounts were removed, and I lost the ability to reach many of you. I’ve now created a new shared Bluesky account with Reem, where we’ll be posting updates and our donation link. This is now our only voice. More talk in the first comment … @4sakher1.bsky.social

If you attended No Kings and feel the rush and felt community, I have a very, very, very low-stakes, simple way to do more: Go canvas your neighbors and see if they have planned what they’ll do if ICE shows up. If you talk to a few and they don’t have a plan, make a plan together.

there’s quite literally no purpose in continuing to pay taxes if they’re going to weaponize them against a majority of people paying them like this

The teeny tiny No Kings things in very red areas are so huge Say like five or six people show up. None of them knew each other before. Suddenly they’re all friends. And maybe from that you get a group that does longer-term organizing that can punch *way* above its weight considering where it is

Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings

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