can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy

I'm not really an artist but anxiety and AI have driven me to need to make tangible things and my brain is screeching about picking up knitting needles and while I really want to whittle I have no wood so I made a "doodle a day" sort of grid. I dunno, I just want to make things.

The news cycle right now is definitely healthy and good to be keeping track of if you are a person with unresolved trauma from many years of CSA. Love to see repost after repost of the most vile people imaginable justifying and normalizing the abuse of children.

A lot of this just makes me depressed about how disposable girls and women are tbh

I wish people would stop relying on ChatGPT for everything.

All of this and I *still* don't know if we're getting our SNAP benefits tomorrow. There's a very good chance we won't!

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Well, at least everyone suffered for nothing.

Listen, I don't believe in Hell, but I think if this is your reaction to folks in need, you should probably go there Preferably tonight

I'm going to start a new political party. It's called Shut The Fuck Up and Feed People. "But what if they're on drugs?" Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People "Or not really THAT poor?" Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People "What if they have a phone and nice nails?" SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE

I just donated to my local food bank, they accept credit cards, PayPal, and Venmo and you can make a donation of any amount. Whatever you can do, please do ❤️

Actually, I don't want people who voted for Trump to starve because they don't get their SNAP benefits next month. I also don't want their children to starve. In fact, I sincerely believe we should feed all people who need food regardless of their vote. That might be radical, idk.

Started reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with my kid and this is why I love being a mom. Douglas Adams bridging generations and bringing us both to tears laughing as we trade off reading chapters to each other.

Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness

I love when people give us something fun to read about in the midst of the apocalypse 😄

Not seeing a lot of people talking about the fact that there will be no SNAP next month, for anybody, if the government shutdown doesn't end in the next 9 days. It sucks that the people who have the power to prevent people from literally starving death actually don't care if people starve to death.

I am so very tired of drowning. We are screaming into a void and I don't know what to do anymore. If you see this, we're still under water. gofund.me/98ba1b50f

Literally apropos of nothing, I just remembered and it pissed me off, but please don't put Neither on lists of "Trans Kids Books". It was written by a cis woman who does not understand or respect trans people.

I'm tired and the news sucks and my trans/queer family could still use some help if you have help to spare.

The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

Every motherfucking thing this gentleman said. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👇

I'm tired and the news sucks and my trans/queer family could still use some help if you have help to spare.

ALSO, he’s not a politician. He has been elected to no office. He worked some campaigns in college then dropped out to become a full time political violence agitator. Does he “deserve” to be shot? Who cares! He got shot. And it’s not wrong to keep in mind that, had it been you, he would not care.

And FTR, whether or not you believe he “deserved” to get shot (few victims of gun violence “deserve” it), these are his words: "I think it's worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”

At the risk of doxxing myself on the internet, we need help. I don't know if anyone will see this but if you do, we're still trying to survive. gofund.me/97502498

If you ever wonder why queer and trans people have high rates of poverty and houselessness it may be things like my wife being taken of the schedule for the next three days(unpaid) "for her safety" because some asshole decided to come in and start throwing slurs around because he saw a trans woman.

At the risk of doxxing myself on the internet, we need help. I don't know if anyone will see this but if you do, we're still trying to survive. gofund.me/97502498

Before I start writing this note to my kid's 6th grade science teacher, has anyone already had to object to the use of AI in the classroom? I have my own list of objections but I want to be incredibly clear and firm that I do not want my kid using AI.

I am so tired of the struggle and all of the the shame at not being able to claw our way out. Every time we start to get ahead we hit another wall. We've tapped out any help and we still can't even get even. I hate it here.

Buy my friend's books because they're good but also so she can pay the vet.

My 10 year old was asked to use GenAI to produce a self portrait in their art class today. Luckily we had already had a conversation and explained that if a teacher ever asked them to use AI they should ask the teacher for an alternate assignment or to contact us.

A/P [3 May 25] -- Trump admin retreats in dispute with Maine over cuts to child nutrition program suspending in dispute over Maine's continued support for trans athletes. In issuing an injunction, a judge had previously found that Maine was like to prevail on the merits. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

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Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share gofund.me/a5ee0064

Feeling this.

One thing I've learned from trans people is that the only thing stopping Rowling from becoming Elon is a prime minister that isn't for sale. And that's very dangerous. Because eventually people like her find someone in power who IS for sale.

I’m not going to read your “how to defeat fascism” post if it’s on Substack, a platform that actively supports fascists.

*checks the TL* Oh, I see we're doing "authors are landlords" again. Because *checks notes* one of the world's biggest companies is profiting off torrented work. 🤦🏻

Here are some nice mushrooms

I try not to be doomer about it or like, pretentious I guess? But it is genuinely shocking to me how many people still believe that this is just a pause on a functioning democracy. That we will somehow magically go back to what they know as the US in 4 years. I dunno man, it's a little weird.

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