I am obviously going to be skeptical here, but I am sure the administration will use this to promote the falsehood that there is widespread SNAP fraud. Bear in mind that $7 million represents .27% of the annual Massachusetts SNAP budget.

he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post

as a relentless podcast listener... who is listening to these? i've heard of a handful of them variety.com/2025/awards/...

possibly the greatest yarn newsletter i've ever encountered @whimsicalwoodyarn.bsky.social #knitsky 🧶

Time is owned by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, which is currently trying to sell its AI tool to ICE in order to triple their recruitment. just a thing I think about sometimes while I’m at work, implementing his product for nonprofits.

MY LEGS MY BUSINESS - dashare.zone ADMIN

Happy Krampusnacht

Pluribus feels very deliberately anti-second-screen to me (but i am also usually knitting)

Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

A rare bright spot for whales: Decades of conservation pay off for endangered population in Canada news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ra... 🧪🦑🌎

at the stage of winter darkness where drinking coffee until midafternoon just might keep me awake until 10 pm

This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.

excuse me there's an org called Pork Storks www.kpax.com/news/montana...

For this management position, we are only seeking applicants with no nonprofit experience who have washed out of their corporate careers.

The buildings across the street from me use gas-powered leaf blowers nearly every week and the noise pollution, not to mention the air pollution, is ridiculous. And this is in a dense neighborhood in Brooklyn where a broom and a rake would do the job just as well. Ban ‘em.

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

good morning specifically to Claire Sharpe www.bbc.com/news/article...

PHOTOS: This Grindr fashion show served skimpy looks spun from the wool of gay sheep - buff.ly/1pz35cD

nice to see salsa supporting women athletes!! i will never do these races but it's inspiring to read www.salsacycles.com/blogs/articl...

love this. you don't need an axe saw, you need a blanket - and a community www.backpacker.com/stories/essa...

If you don't have a library card, you should get a library card. Once you have that library card, you should get the Libby app. Once you get the Libby app, go browse the newsstand. Good chance your library card gives you access to ALL THE MAGAZINES. I'm talking the real good shit. AND BACK ISSUES.

Krampus is a folkloric goat demon with a switch and chains and carries away naughty children on the feast of St Nicholas. Very pleased to have finished my Krampus sweater! 🧶

Ah man I miss real pickups. Truck #2 is what I grew up with going to rodeo with my dad

got so excited for a sec but this is in the UK www.driving.org/government-t...

this whole thread... incredible

it has been a good long minute since I read America Magazine but JD Vance getting schooled in a Jesuit publication is the absolute sweetest plum www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus...

always jarring to see what podcasters actually look like (in this case, precisely what i imagined)

Mamdani has won more votes than the entire population of any of the 5 smallest states.

Good morning. I don't know who did this, but I love you.

"There's been, unfortunately, a rise in workplace violence in the health care industry as a whole nationwide." very curious about this www.montanarightnow.com/missoula/sai...

For my newsletter, I took a deeper look at the electoral record of WelcomePAC, a centrist group that produced that 352 page document advising Democrats to moderate once again. Turns out the campaigns they work for aren't winning. www.burnsnotice.com/fire-the-con...

Bought this fully assuming it would be gross but you know what? It’s actually pretty good. Almond butter and apple bits.

One sleeve to go. Right on schedule for a gothy holiday season 🧶

404 media’s reporting is worth a follow www.404media.co/metas-ray-ba...

I'm so mad I didn't pitch this piece when I was single thepulp.org/hooked-or-ho...

looking at your phone: boring knitting in public spaces: industrious, creative, smart, clever, cozy www.blackbirdspyplane.com/p/cure-for-p...

The housing crisis has defined people's lives - they've deferred university, turned down job offers and delayed having families because they can't afford the housing they need. But the real tragedy here is that investors who bought at the top of a bubble might make less money.

my god there has never been a more accurate use of this

I get paid 7 figures a year to come up with this shit. Some stuff I have cooking up for you to look forward to: Amazon Prime changing to Amazon Plus. Paramount Plus changing to Paramount Now. HBO Max changing to just HBO. I fucking hate all of you and I will never stop.

A man digging for worms in southeastern Sweden discovered a medieval hoard containing pearls, pendants, silver rings, and an estimated 20,000 coins. Archaeologists determined that most of the silver coins date to the 12th century.

NEW: Supreme Court likely to further diminish — but not end — Voting Rights Act cases. A majority of the justices didn't appear willing to hold that all "race-based redistricting" is unconstitutional, as Louisiana wanted. But how they'll get there was unclear. Tonight, at Law Dork:

wild that that's being put to voter choice

The Onion can re-run this today with D’Angelo swapped in for Prince RIP a(nother) legend @theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Learning ladder back jacquard as I go—it’s not perfect but it would have to be terrible for me to justify frogging at this point. 🧶

i've been saying 'In addition to lowering of carbon emissions... depend on city & rate of e-bike adoption, the drop may be somewhere around 12% — there’s also harder-to-quantify health benefits... Plus, fewer cars spewing pollution improves air quality and public health.' grist.org/transportati...

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

definitely reads like someone found skeletons on their property and dumped them in the woods to avoid having to deal with cops newstalkkgvo.com/native-ameri...

Krampus is happening!! #knitsky 🧶