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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 3h

To all those “Let them go without food for a month, maybe they’ll get a job” people: Most SNAP recipients have jobs. Exploitative jobs that keep them living just below the poverty line. — Should they starve to death? And then what?

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 37m

Americans are more American than the American government

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 44m

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow

'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

As SNAP benefits come under threat, a Detroit farmer is stepping up to help fill the void

The federal shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Urban farmers like Travis Peters are stepping up to ensure their communities can eat.

www.whatimreading.net

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PhantoMantis @phantomantis.bsky.social · 1d

The trick 'r treaters are getting something special this year.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2h

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.

A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.

I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

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GreyWeirdo @greyweirdo.bsky.social · 1h

My theory for why Slasher reboots haven't caught on is when millennials picture themselves in the situations, they say "Yeah, c'mon momma's boy, free me. You gonna swing that machete or what? Do it coward!"

"Oh I get to be asleep and dead? Not seeing the downside here Frederick."

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 6h

i'm fine with a deeper focus on economic issues over social issues but man does plank 2 give the game away

To give ourselves the best chance to win, we recommend the following changes to our approach. Democrats need to:

Focus our policy agenda and our messaging on an economic program centered on lowering costs, growing the economy, creating jobs, and expanding the social safety net.

Advocate for popular economic policies (e.g., expanding prescription drug price negotiation, making the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour) rather than unpopular economic policies (e.g., student loan forgiveness, electric vehicle subsidies, Medicare for All).

Convince voters that we share their priorities by focusing more on issues voters do not think our party prioritizes highly enough (the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety), and focusing less on issues voters think we place too much emphasis on (climate change, democracy, abortion, identity and cultural issues).

Moderate our positions where our agenda is unpopular, including on issues like immigration, public safety, energy production, and some identity and cultural issues.

Embrace a substantive and rhetorical critique of the outsized political and economic influence of lobbyists, corporations, and the ultra-wealthy, while keeping two considerations in mind: First, voters' frustrations with the status quo are not the same as a desire for socialism. And second, criticizing the status quo is a complement to advocating for popular policies on the issues that matter most to the American people, not a substitute.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 4h

I am simply not fucking okay with yet another liberal plea to sacrifice the lives of trans people on the same day we find the Trump regime caused another one of our sister's death and is blaming us for 42 million people losing SNAP benefits.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 6h

deciding-to-win.org

Deciding To Win – Toward A Common Sense Renewal of the Democratic Party

Deciding to Win aims to provide the most comprehensive account to date of why Democrats lost and what our party needs to do to win again.

deciding-to-win.org

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · 3h

Shiva Take the Wheel

J🔥HELL🔥P @jlp.systems · 3h

Some Of Y'all Need Shiva The Destroyer

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 3h

Moving right won’t help the Democrats win elections. Moving left won’t help the Democrats win elections. The only thing that will help is moving down. It’s time for the Democrats to become the party of molemen

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 3h

so they built a suicide machine

M. C. Flux PhD @fluxinflux.bsky.social · 3h

OpenAI put out a press release today addressing mental health concerns. I have many issues with it, but something super troubling:

They estimate a WEEKLY prevalence of 560,000 users displaying signs of psychosis or mania and 1.2 MILLION users indicating suicidal plan/intent.

Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversations

We worked with more than 170 mental health experts to help ChatGPT more reliably recognize signs of distress, respond with care, and guide people toward real-world support–reducing responses that fall...

openai.com

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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 3h

💯 the fact that we have no reliable screening for latent predisposition towards psychosis and other serious mental illnesses was already a huge problem for otherwise promising psychedelic therapies, and now it’s becoming a massive crisis

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3h

I agree that LLMs probably aren't causing truly novel mental illness in previously mentally-stable people, but the key issue is that a TON of people DO have either active or latent mental illnesses - and it seems near impossible to accurately determine who's really at risk of LLM psychosis

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20h

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3h

“Just go to a food bank, a church or a charity”

For every meal the food bank provides, the SNAP program provides 9.

Even if donations are rapidly scaled up, they won’t be able to meet the needs of 42 million Americans who are about to go hungry.

It’s not sustainable.

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 8h

This is a nonprofit that helps people find food banks and other food assistance resources in their area.

Individuals can also donate & sign up to volunteer at local food pantries through this non profit org.

www.feedingamerica.org

U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America

Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.

www.feedingamerica.org

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 2h

Anyhow, if the numbers were this high for any other product we'd be screaming to get it off the market. bsky.app/profile/flux...

M. C. Flux PhD @fluxinflux.bsky.social · 3h

OpenAI put out a press release today addressing mental health concerns. I have many issues with it, but something super troubling:

They estimate a WEEKLY prevalence of 560,000 users displaying signs of psychosis or mania and 1.2 MILLION users indicating suicidal plan/intent.

Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversations

We worked with more than 170 mental health experts to help ChatGPT more reliably recognize signs of distress, respond with care, and guide people toward real-world support–reducing responses that fall...

openai.com

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kylie, themeny of the state (pumpkin),,, @kylie.hater.club · 2h

Man I wish the democrats actually gave a shit about their jobs in the present instead of writing books talking about their bullshit

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caffeine anxiety literal death @mxdshipwreck.bsky.social · 2h

folks today don't say "ass over teakettle" enough

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”

METRO
EXCLUSIVE
Andrew Cuomo says he 'will move to Florida' if Zohran Mamdani becomes NYC
mayor

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

The New York Post is owned by Lachlan Murdoch, solely because his daddy bought it and passed it on to him.

And it's backing Andrew Cuomo, a meathead whose whole career in politics stems from his daddy being good at it.

But *Mamdani* is the nepo baby, because his mom was a filmmaker? Sure.

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

Interesting cover from NY Post

Weird fetish art ran by the NYPost of Zohran

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3h

List of people who should be disregarded forever.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 3h

Screw every single pathetic person who contributed to this trash heap of a report

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GreyWeirdo @greyweirdo.bsky.social · 2h

Sud got the legendary Arby's Dice.
None of you are going to be able to be the coolest nerd I know ever again.

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F This Fitzgerald @timidwerewolf.bsky.social · 2h

I try my best to keep my religious beliefs private and not talk about them on social media, but I CAN NOT WAIT for The Great Pumpkin to rise from from his earthen prison and devour all of you unbelievers.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2h

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.

Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.

The people who need help are not the problem.

It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

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born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 2h

anti-fascism is now being billed as “left-wing terrorism”

a screenshot of an NPR article titled “A report claims left-wing terrorism is rising. The data paints a complicated picture” with a picture of the U.S. flag at night outside

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 6h

lol what the wealthy today don't seem to understand is part of staying wealthy in society is not pissing off the masses.

There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.

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