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wishcandy
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Artist, illustrator, horror lover, chronically ill & ADHD. Blk/ Asian (they/ them)✨🌸Clean air, community care🌸✨ #art & #gamedev @staycheesygames.itch.io my art & sh0p at 🎨 https://www.wishcandy.net more 💗 wishcandy.carrd.co ✨✉️ [email protected]
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Hiiii #PortfolioDay I'm Sashiko aka Wishcandy
I'm a freelance artist, illustrator, merch designer and indie #gamedev 💗🎨💗

I'd love to work with you on projects
📧: [email protected]
or you can check out some prints and goodies here: wishcandy.carrd.co
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Folks if you usually do end-of-year/holiday charity giving, consider moving it up to the beginning of November instead and hit up however many local food pantries you can afford to give to. (Check if you or a spouse/partner's employer does charity matching, too.)
In short, we do not know exactly what will happen with November SNAP benefits if the shutdown continues, but we do know there will not be enough money available to fully fund everyone's EBT card.

www.patreon.com/posts/snap-w...
SNAP & WIC - Status Update | Matthew Cortland
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Also on the tail of the news of how a lot of SNAP/ EBT recipients will likely not have funds for November, unless the gov shutdown ends before then. So we may be literally starving while he builds a ballroom
And Portland had something like 50-100k today iirc. Bridges were shut down and saw a lot of people with signs walking towards there
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The insulin patent was sold by Frederick Banting for $1.

The Canadian who discovered insulin everyone to be able to access life saving medication.

In the US it’s financially out of reach for many people.

California is changing that.

I hope other states follow suit.
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.

Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.

Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
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The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was due to receive a $20M grant from the EPA that they were going to use for flood protection.

It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.

The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
www.nytimes.com
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Art friends: Here's a tip for getting rid of *a lot* of the AI slop in your Pinterest feed.

⭐Go into your account settings.
⭐Click the "Refine your recommendations" tab.
⭐Click the GenAI Interests subtab.
⭐TURN OFF EVERYTHING.

So far, my feed is *significantly* cleaner.
I farted in your honor 💙
Thank you for the streaaam y’all 💗💕
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The petition for Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee being held in an ICE camp, is over 3300 signatures!

Rodney has been in the US since he was 2 years old.

He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him.

He’s in solitary confinement & facing deportation to Liberia
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
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ye see this shits not inevitable never give up in advance
Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.
Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site
Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.
www.jsonline.com
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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If you can’t afford books but want to support your favourite authors - borrow and request from your library!!! We LOVE libraries and it’s a wonderful way to support both the author and the libraries who help so many kids have access to reading 🥹❤️ especially right now!
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It fucks me up that most adults can't take art seriously as a medium for storytelling. Like it's considered a normal thing for adults to enjoy going to a museum and hanging a painting in their house but they draw the line at reading a graphic novel because "comics are for kids". That's insane.
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LMAOOOOOOOOO Black women tried to tell you 🤷🏿‍♀️
I feel vindicated in my hate for her lame ass
I saw what seemed like references to Megan thee Stallion, Beyonce, and another
From what I’m hearing it sounds like a dog whistle for conservatism. And she’s participating in misogynoir because her boyfriend used to exclusively date BW? So not just random hate. Some lyrics look like punching down on BW musicians
I wish I had a giant pizza stone! 😝 I’m making multiple pizzas from one batch. I use cookie sheets like a pizza stone. I put them in the oven while it’s preheating. Then use my wood cutting board like a pizza peel and slide them onto the sheet using parchment paper 🍕
Lmaooo I’ve been doing this with pizza and cookies. The biggest bowl I have is too heavy for my arms, and I store it on the top shelf for some reason 😅 (no other place to put it)
I was thinking the same thing. We can’t keep moving around and getting used to each new platforms quirks. Or we can but ugh
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🔮 You can pay Blacksky and Northsky instead of supporting a fully grown child in her meltdown

Blacksky: opencollective.com/blacksky#cat...

Northsky: northskysocial.com/profile/prod...

Myself alongside many passionate people at Blacksky and Northsky encourage you to explore what we offer <3
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
I’ve deinfitely dealt with it in ace spaces, ND spaces, art spaces, etc. I hate it