The welfare state is about dignity, equality, and making people not poor, but as @itsafronomics.bsky.social says/cites here, it’s often also an investment that more than pays for itself

I used to work in a supermarket on the checkout before barcodes so I had to press in every items price. If I liked the look of someone or I thought they looked a bit poor I used to put the odd things through without punching in the price. I once gave someone a whole chicken.

The British should be joining the call to release the Epstein files.

Not just quietly watching from the sidelines while Americans demand transparency.

Because let’s be honest: this isn’t just an American coverup.

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They just did "Hey Ho Let's Go" at the World Series, so this is an opportunity to once again state the proven fact that the first time the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" was played at a sporting event, it was at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota.

By rock critic Lester Bangs, with a boombox.

Scotland's 85-0 defeat of the USA at Rugby was the biggest ever win at Murrayfield in 100 years of history at the ground, and their third-biggest win of all-time:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c3rjj29dpddo

Note for Americans: Rugby is like American Football with less body armour.

ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.

SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”