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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 3h

Yong people are broke bc they buy Starbucks daily ($42)

Became

bc they buy avocado toast in a sitdown restaurant weekly ($20)

Became

bc of a weekly to-go pastry ($6)

Will soon be

You're broke bc you buy one non-gruel item EVERY month

Even the inequality-absolving caricature is shrinkflating

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”

archive.ph/2TI8J

Why are young people spending so much money?

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Shea Fontana @sheafontana.bsky.social · 3h

Let’s generously assume your treat is $10. $10/week for a year is $520. So, you can save up for a down payment on a mid range house in LA in just under 300 years if you don’t get that treat!

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”

archive.ph/2TI8J

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Mondy Carrington @mondycarrington.blacksky.app · 16h

You remind me of a leather couch I used to slide my one eyed trouser snake into on the regular.

Doctor Dan @mumbles-j.bsky.social · 17h

What did he say in her ear here?

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Mista NoItAll @misstanoitall.blacksky.app · 16h

"My couch pulls out, but I dont."

Doctor Dan @mumbles-j.bsky.social · 17h

What did he say in her ear here?

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Ainz Ooal Goon @nemzero.blacksky.app · 16h

"Look at you teasing those pants when you KNOW I'm bisectional."

Doctor Dan @mumbles-j.bsky.social · 17h

What did he say in her ear here?

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Bony Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 1d

"We know what happens when private equity gets involved with businesses not expected to generate high growth or returns, as well as what happens when there's too little market competition in any given sector."

B&T is gone. And now--guess who?--Amazon, famous friend of libraries, is making a play. 📚

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

www.404media.co

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⬆️⬆️⬇️⬇️⬅️➡️⬅️➡️🅱️🅰️🎮 @purestinnosense.bsky.social · 17h

He said “ wear that lil thing i like” and the lil thing is a sectional slip cover

Doctor Dan @mumbles-j.bsky.social · 17h

“We still pegging tonight?…”JD gently whispered into her ear during their tender embrace

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𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖑🖤 @arielisreading.bsky.social · 23h

Running to Cabella’s mid argument is insane 😭

HERbron James 🐐 @naiijah.bsky.social · 1d

that’s a good question

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𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖑🖤 @arielisreading.bsky.social · 23h

😭

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Winsome Earle-Sears is a walking soup sandwich

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 23h

UPDATE:

A TikTok account dedicated to posting racist videos featuring an AI-generated Black woman named “Lakisha” was part of a trend pushing racist disinformation about SNAP benefits

TikTok didn't comment, but the account was removed after our report

www.wired.com/story/disinf...

No, SNAP Benefits Aren’t Mostly Used by Immigrants

SNAP benefits are set to run out on Saturday. Far-right influencers and extremists are incorrectly claiming that immigrants are the main recipients of food stamps.

www.wired.com

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Cardamom Basil @linluv5.bsky.social · 1d

& they SWORE ON THEIR MOMMAS THAT IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ANYONE!

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

It was a lady that WRITES for a living wrapped up 50 thousand dollars in a shoe box and gave it to a stranger in front of her house

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

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Leta Lestrange @joybella.blacksky.app · 1d

And y'all eating up that fuckass Dubai chocolate —

Pls!!!

Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 2d

Genocide in Sudan so that the UAE can steal their natural resources.

This world is so hateful and greedy

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Bald-Headed Demon 😈 @such-a-frknlady.blacksky.app · 1d

“i fucked my money up. now i can’t re-up”

JD @jdfromqueens.bsky.social · 1d

My homeboy told me he accidentally cash apped his side girl money he was supposed to send to his main girl and now she won’t send the money back

a young girl is holding a bottle of water in her hand .

ALT: a young girl is holding a bottle of water in her hand .

media.tenor.com

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Da1uwannakno🏳️‍🌈 @black99jack.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to the prototype ✨🥰

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33oz Mango Butter 🥭🧈 @shonnasaidso.blacksky.app · 1d

Damn Glo….now I’m conflicted when I hear your mursic

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Dawn Xiana Moon @dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 1d

Chicagoans are starting to do exactly this.

Handwritten sign: Yesterday a person was illegally detained here by ICE. If you were a witness please call his lawyer.

ICE Abducted Someone Here sign template.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: DHS used to only have information on immigrants who’d had contact with the agency.

Under a new data-sharing agreement, the system added information — including full Social Security numbers — on millions of Americans not in DHS databases.

DHS Agreement Reveals Risks of Using Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks

A recently released agreement gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security data. It contains alarmingly few provisions to ensure accuracy and privacy, experts say.

www.propublica.org

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Candy✨ @labeautenoire3.bsky.social · 1d

AND CONGO

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 2d

You should care about Jamaica and Sudan even if you don't know anyone there and the news isn't covering it. The anti-Blackness embedded in folks' lack of empathy is gross.

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𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖑🖤 @arielisreading.bsky.social · 1d

Ok the tells I’ve noticed- the camera pan over is like, too smooth and the people in the back aren’t really moving at all. Also there’s something garbled about her voice. Still too good though. I don’t think I would have given this a second glance as AI without someone pointing it out 🥴.

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𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖑🖤 @arielisreading.bsky.social · 2d

Ok I thought I was going insane so I’m glad someone else noticed 😭

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

did they make the color of the bluesky icon darker and what is wrong with me that i noticed

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Shameka 🏀 @shameka23.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the 51st anniversary of women gaining the right to have mortgages, business loans and credit cards in their own names.

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𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖑🖤 @arielisreading.bsky.social · 2d

Mamdani’s wife isn’t even covered up 😭

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 2d

Laura Loomer was born one year before I graduated high school.

She is younger than The Chronic.

She is younger than Under the Bridge.

She is younger than Home Alone.

Yet she looks like God shook up a sack of elbows and gave it a nervous system.

P R ∆ J | is making beats for a boring dumb bitch @prajxl.bsky.social · 2d

I am 4 years older than Laura Loomer? Nigga you are lying to me on this day here! 😭

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𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖑🖤 @arielisreading.bsky.social · 2d

Kat Graham’s wedding?! 🙌🏾.