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Governor Wes Moore @govwesmoore.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve declared a State of Emergency because the federal government is — illegally and cruelly — withholding funding for food assistance.

We are providing $10 million in emergency aid so Maryland families don’t go hungry.

Four panels of graphics summarizing the Governor’s latest executive orders. Full text available at governor.maryland.gov/news/Pages/executive-orders

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

Dems have a bill to fund SNAP and feed families through the shutdown. Yesterday, Senate R’s blocked it.

It’s needless and cruel to use hungry children as bargaining chips. Previous shutdowns did not cut SNAP. Release the funds.

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 2d

Here's how you can help: give.feedingamerica.org

Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 2d

@nokidhungry.org is another great option too. They do such great work feeding kids.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

FACT: In July, Marsha Blackburn voted for the largest cut to SNAP in the history of the program.

Now, 700,000 TN children, seniors & people w/ disabilities are going to miss meals and she’s pretending to care b/c she’s running for Governor.

She thinks your too dumb to remember

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 2d

"Thanks to popular apps like Life360, and features on our devices like read receipts and Find My that we all but take for granted, being overprotective has come to be seen as a baseline condition of caring for each other."

www.thecut.com/article/kids...

Young People Are Helicopter-Parenting Themselves and Each Other

And just like their parents before them, their vigilance is suffused with anxiety.

www.thecut.com

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 2d

"We miss so much out of life if we don't love. The more we love the richer life is—even if it is only some little furry or feathery pet."

—from Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery

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ALT: Krokopina Walking GIF

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 2d

“Even techno optimists acknowledge that the skills children will need are evolving faster than schools can, and that the most utopic AI outcome will still be completely unrecognizable in its particulars and its problems.”

nymag.com/intelligence...

The Techno Optimist’s Guide to Futureproofing Your Child

AI doomers and bloomers are girding themselves for what’s coming — starting with their kids.

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 4d

Yep. I just got a letter yesterday from Liberty saying they were pulling out of California in January.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 4d

Step by step we move toward The Great Climate Insurance Collapse.

E&E News: Insurers flee wildfire-prone California despite state assistance

Regulations to enable large rate increases contrast with other state efforts to stabilize insurance markets.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

With Donald Trump's government shutdown halting SNAP food benefits, California is stepping up.

We've fast-tracked $80 million to food banks across the state and deployed hundreds of California National Guard service members to help make sure Californians in need don't go hungry.

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 4d

Go Dodgers!

James Sims @simsjames.bsky.social · 4d

We’re now waiting for Godot…let’s go, #Dodgers… #WorldSeries

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

Here's my full interview with Jon Stewart on @thedailyshow.com.

Zohran Mamdani - Reimagining NYC Through Safety and Affordability | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 4d

You mean *our* governor. I don’t care how long you live in Oregon, you’re always going to be a Californian. 🫶🏻

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 6d

🇺🇸 We’re better than fear, we’re braver than billionaires, we’re bigger than ever — and we’re going to win.

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 6d

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social is 1000000000000% right.

#prop50

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 6d

Warning: strong language, not suitable for children.

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 6d

Auntie Katya is such a darling! You're lucky to have her judging you —er, your pumpkins. 🎃

Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 6d

These people have NO SHAME. FFS. A farmer?

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 6d

Hedge fund star-turned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claims of soybean farming were mocked by those who looked up his real estate portfolio.

Cabinet Secretary Worth $600M Roasted for Claiming to Be a Farmer

Hedge fund star-turned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claims of soybean farming were mocked by those who looked up his real estate portfolio.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 6d

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 6d

The Motion Picture Association, the trade group that represents major Hollywood studios, apparently didn’t get a heads-up that Meta‘s Instagram was going to borrow the MPA’s PG-13 ratings framework for its new teen settings in the app.

variety.com/2025/digital...

Motion Picture Association Distances Itself From Instagram’s ‘PG-13’ Content-Blocking Feature for Teens, Says Meta Did Not Contact Trade Group Beforehand

The Motion Picture Association, the trade group that reps major Hollywood studios, apparently didn't get a heads up that Meta's Instagram was going to borrow the MPA's PG-13 ratings framework for its ...

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 6d

I love mariachi music—it’s part of the soundtrack of Southern California. 💀🥰🧡

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.

And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.

No more.

My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Bridget O’Brien @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 7d

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

a photograph of the interior of a church. Several people are visible sitting in pews. In the pew immediately in front of the photographer, a black human-sized cardboard cutout in the outline of a woman is visible, as though a shadow is sitting in the pew in front of you.

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 7d

Malibu will never feel the same way again. Everything changed in January.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Malibu residents flee as international buyers snap up burned-out lots

Nearly a year after the Palisades fire, Malibu has issued only four rebuilding permits. The slow pace has led to declining home values as frustrated locals abandon plans to rebuild and list their lots...

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Derek E. Baird @derekeb.bsky.social · 8d

So dumb. Performative.

You could already buy cane sugar Coke at the grocery stores and every Mexican market.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

12% of Americans will lose access to food resources when SNAP benefits expire in 8 days

@HHSGov;
Thank you, @POTUS!

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CANE COMEBACK: Coca-Cola has begun rolling out soda made with cane sugar nationwide in a 12-ounce, single-serve glass bottle, months after President Trump urged the company to bring back the ingr...

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 9d

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

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