Gilroy workers have started to package pots of marigolds to sell for #DiaDeLosMuertos altars. The pots weigh about 15 lbs. This is the busy season for these flowers and workers are laboring long hours. While flower prices have gone up, farm worker wages did not.

Happy #NationalBlackCatDay from our lovely, cuddly, adoptable void kitties! Make very day Black Cat Day by adopting a mini-panther of your own! Check out crits4cats.petfinder.com to apply for one of ours or to find cats near you!

This. This. This. @kenmartin.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social: take note. You organize not by pandering to some mythical center, but by meeting people's needs. This has to be about what people do for each other. Not what your pollsters and consultants advise. Get to work.

It’s wild how so many people are gaslit into believing declining health and being sick all the time is just ‘normal’ in your 30s. No. This is what repeated COVID infections do. Source: x.com/G_GreeneFan/...

At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.

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Mama Spot is affectionate and reserved, very quiet and unassuming. She can coexist peacefully with other cats and enjoys pets and treats. She is so deserving of a family of her own after everything she’s been through. Apply to adopt her at crits4cats.petfinder.com — located in Elkton, MD.

Get caught up: US CDC infectious disease data blackout in 3rd week, #Covid jab sparks immune response to fight cancer, millions have lost sense of smell “without even realizing it,” #LongCovid is “changing an entire generation,” and much more. Link: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

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So food banks got shafted and now SNAP is getting cut off. People are absolutely going to starve and I want you to remember that the cruelty is the point. The GOP prefers that you shut up and starve.

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COVID-19 continues to drive work absences in the U.S., especially in high-exposure jobs. Ongoing infections are increasing illness-related absences and workforce exits, suggesting COVID has created a new year-round baseline for work absences similar to flu season. Source: archive.li/Qnobj

If you or someone you know is affected by the government shutdown and needs assistance with getting food, medicine or other essentials, here's a resource. Just put in your zip code and you will get a list of nearby food pantries and orgs that can help. Please share widely! 🥰 findhelp.org

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

Feeding America is a great organization to donate to, 98% of the money goes to programs and services and for each dollar they can provide 10 meals. If you donate $5 that’s 50 meals. It’s a national org that rescues, stores and distributes food to foodbanks and pantries. www.feedingamerica.org

Last week our local humane society took in 28 cats from a woman who had gotten in over her head with too many litters. They require a lot of care to get them healthy and adoptable - please consider a donation if you can! www.hsccvt.org/donate

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A good quality respirator protects against more than just Covid. Many diligent maskers haven’t had so much as the sniffles in years. It’ll help you avoid colds, flus and more. Who wants to be sick if they can avoid it? Mask up!

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“COVID-19 continued to cause about the same number of monthly work absences year-round as during peak flu months.” Imagine what the real number looks like when most cases aren’t even being reported. #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE

Hey all I really need to adopt her out. Taking care of her is starting to cut into the money I have saved for rent. I'm on the verge of ditching the rescue's application process just to get her out of my house sooner. If you can please help please share!

We've got some tiny creatures that could use a big favor. In addition to our regular kennels being almost full, our kitten nursery is overflowing with wee little babes that aren't quite ready for adoption - that's where you come in! 💕 🐈

In Mexico, blackouts caused by data centers destroyed people's refrigerators and oxygen equipment in hospitals, and water shortages meant toilets couldn't flush in schools. AI is another version of colonial extraction.

The nonprofit I volunteer with has partnered with Lucky Paws to bring rescue kittens to the mainland for adoption. They’re all so great! Please, if you can spare anything, Lucky Paws needs help.

Hey y’all! A cat rescue on the island of Oahu needs our help! Lucky Paws has only raised $577 out of a needed $5k to keep their important work going. Can you help spread the word? Donate a few bucks? Thank you! @jortsthecat.bsky.social @fishtopher.bsky.social luckypaws.org?fbclid=PAVER...

Gentle reminder that should a general strike happen, it’s crucial to plan and establish robust networks of community care. There will be people, especially within the disability community, who can’t participate. Who have needs that must be met. Let’s make sure we figure out how to include them!

If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days. Covid is not over. You can infect others before you feel symptomatic. People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing. We need to protect each other.

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These boys are just legs and ears. Satsuma & Chicory are still looking for a home together! They are such amazing boys with the best personalities (though Chicory really likes to chase & wrestle, he can be obnoxious for cats who prefer to Not do that). Apply to adopt at crits4cats.petfinder.com!

Thanks for the shout-out, @violetblue.bsky.social! Threat Model, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday. www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

To be clear: LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government. The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency. This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Help! This 2-headed tabby monster is Renly and Rory; both super sweet! They look cranky because they are 12and lost their home and also that's just their faces. They do biscuits! We need to raise $700 for their care. Can anyone help? Donate here: www.whiskerssanctuary.com/donate

I’m very very tired of “living in fear” being lobbed at maskwearers by people who frequently say they can’t wear one because no one else around them is. Living in fear is ignoring science and endangering lives and your own health because you’re terrified of not fitting in.

Put a banner on every closed rural hospital WE SAVED ARGENTINA INSTEAD

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So my buddy Carlota, who is taking over Dogskull Patch, has a group of feral cats to deal. She’s been trapping and neutering as possible, but one sweetheart named Big Daddy showed up on the porch limping. Some asshole shot him. She’s raising money for his amputation and care. gofund.me/3b6cf293e

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What can you do today? Sign the petition to tell Congress to step up and act as the legislative body they are designed to be! And tell Mike Johnson to get the #GOP back to work in DC! #speakout

New study just dropped linking shingles reactivation and dementia risk. You know what reactivates shingles? Covid. Want to avoid it? Wear a well fitted respirator and give yourself the best odds of avoiding Covid infection. There’s also a shingles vaccine which may help reduce risk!

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I’m not doing much holiday shopping this year, both because of $$ and overconsumption! Whatever I do buy, though, will either be local or from a small, independent shop. Drop your favorite recs here! Bonus points if it’s a useful item, not just a decorative thing.

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