Amara
@bloomandfeast.com
Food photographer/videographer, recipe developer, and creative strategist. Taurus. Eldest daughter of immigrants. Here for community, creativity, food, and some nonsense.
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Amara
@bloomandfeast.com
· Nov 19
Some seasonal drink work for clients (recipe dev + styling and shoots). #blackskyphotographers
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Dem voters are going to spin their wheels calling for Schumer to resign while whoever would take over for him would do the exact same things he's done. The. same. things. The rot is pervasive.
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Dem voters are going to spin their wheels calling for Schumer to resign while whoever would take over for him would do the exact same things he's done. The. same. things. The rot is pervasive.
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I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.
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UBI has to become a reality in America sooner rather than later and this article is a good explanation of why.
Work, After Work: Notes From an Unemployed New Grad Watching the Job Market Break |
urlahmed.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
UBI has to become a reality in America sooner rather than later and this article is a good explanation of why.
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Now that really warms my heart 🥹💜
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Now that really warms my heart 🥹💜
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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So, even if Kamala Harris ran the centrist campaign of their dreams featuring police officers, Liz Cheney, no Palestinians, and a pledge to build the most lethal military in the world she did it Black-ly and woman-ly so actually it was a “far left” campaign.
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
So, even if Kamala Harris ran the centrist campaign of their dreams featuring police officers, Liz Cheney, no Palestinians, and a pledge to build the most lethal military in the world she did it Black-ly and woman-ly so actually it was a “far left” campaign.
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Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
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If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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Another @runforsomething.net win!! Aislinn Kalob won her race for Concord City Council, ward 6 in NH -- her campaign focused heavily on affordable housing, especially for renters like herself. www.concordmonitor.com/2025/10/26/w...
Concord City Council Ward 6: Aislinn Kalob and Brenna Kehew Sculley hope to tackle housing, homelessness - Concord Monitor
Aislinn Kalob and Brenna Kehew Sculley, new candidates for Concord's City Council, aim to address housing and homelessness with fresh perspectives.
www.concordmonitor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Another @runforsomething.net win!! Aislinn Kalob won her race for Concord City Council, ward 6 in NH -- her campaign focused heavily on affordable housing, especially for renters like herself. www.concordmonitor.com/2025/10/26/w...
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Make sure you're following Run for Something here - it'll be an unending stream of GOOD NEWS all night long.
Manchester’s Ward 5 is in good hands. Jason Bonilla’s leadership is rooted in service — affordable housing, education, and community care for all. Congrats, Jason!
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Make sure you're following Run for Something here - it'll be an unending stream of GOOD NEWS all night long.
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Douthat argues that a party should respond to electoral defeat by moving closer to the center and by default the other party's line.
But this is famously not what the GOP did in ... 2024. Or in 2016.
Nor did Reagan moderate the GOP platform in 1980.
And FDR did nothing of the kind in 1932.
But this is famously not what the GOP did in ... 2024. Or in 2016.
Nor did Reagan moderate the GOP platform in 1980.
And FDR did nothing of the kind in 1932.
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Douthat argues that a party should respond to electoral defeat by moving closer to the center and by default the other party's line.
But this is famously not what the GOP did in ... 2024. Or in 2016.
Nor did Reagan moderate the GOP platform in 1980.
And FDR did nothing of the kind in 1932.
But this is famously not what the GOP did in ... 2024. Or in 2016.
Nor did Reagan moderate the GOP platform in 1980.
And FDR did nothing of the kind in 1932.
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An even better rule of thumb is to never do what your political and ideological opponents say you should. That alone should be enough for Dems to ignore Douthat's advice here.
But in addition to being intellectually dishonest about 2024, he's also staggeringly wrong about US politics.
But in addition to being intellectually dishonest about 2024, he's also staggeringly wrong about US politics.
Opinion | It’s Obvious Why Harris Lost in 2024. But Can Democrats Accept It?
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
An even better rule of thumb is to never do what your political and ideological opponents say you should. That alone should be enough for Dems to ignore Douthat's advice here.
But in addition to being intellectually dishonest about 2024, he's also staggeringly wrong about US politics.
But in addition to being intellectually dishonest about 2024, he's also staggeringly wrong about US politics.
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"Department of Defense (DOD) officials told Democratic lawmakers in a brief on the U.S. military’s strikes against boats off the coast of northern South America that the military is not identifying the occupants of the boats before they bomb them."
Pentagon Admits to Striking Caribbean Boats Without Identifying Victims’ Purported Drug Links
The White House cannot “satisfy the evidentiary burden” to prosecute those they have been killing, one lawmaker said.
truthout.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
"Department of Defense (DOD) officials told Democratic lawmakers in a brief on the U.S. military’s strikes against boats off the coast of northern South America that the military is not identifying the occupants of the boats before they bomb them."
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I'm asked all the time about the cost of universal basic income and often reply that the lack of UBI isn't free and that poverty actually costs us trillions of dollars a year that we pay for in all kinds of ways instead of UBI. Well, here's a study showing the lack of UBI also costs 9 years of life.
How Income Matters for Longevity
According to research, older adults in the lowest 20% of income die 9 years earlier than their wealthier peers. And 80% of households with older adults—or 47 million—are financially struggling or are ...
www.ncoa.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I'm asked all the time about the cost of universal basic income and often reply that the lack of UBI isn't free and that poverty actually costs us trillions of dollars a year that we pay for in all kinds of ways instead of UBI. Well, here's a study showing the lack of UBI also costs 9 years of life.
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My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
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Like I said... I assume NOTHING re: the NYC electorate except that folks usually live down to expectations. If you don't want Cuomo as Mayor then you need to get out to vote. Vote early if you can.
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Like I said... I assume NOTHING re: the NYC electorate except that folks usually live down to expectations. If you don't want Cuomo as Mayor then you need to get out to vote. Vote early if you can.
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i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this
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October 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Having fun brewing & bottling tibicos (water kefir). Primary ferment (left) w/ organic cane sugar, dried figs and mineral water. Secondary ferments flavored w/ blackberry guava (swing top bottles) & passionfruit pear + crystallized orange (short bottle). #fermentation #drinksky #tibicos #waterkefir
October 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Having fun brewing & bottling tibicos (water kefir). Primary ferment (left) w/ organic cane sugar, dried figs and mineral water. Secondary ferments flavored w/ blackberry guava (swing top bottles) & passionfruit pear + crystallized orange (short bottle). #fermentation #drinksky #tibicos #waterkefir
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I think the problem is when people immediately leap to grace, or talking about grace
when we're still at the 'they're a nazi' stage.
when we're still at the 'they're a nazi' stage.
This is in response to me saying that whether someone receives grace is contingent on how hard they work to earn it, and that regardless anyone who has been even a little Nazi-curious at any point in their lives should be permanently barred from office. People on here will say anything.
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I think the problem is when people immediately leap to grace, or talking about grace
when we're still at the 'they're a nazi' stage.
when we're still at the 'they're a nazi' stage.
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This is tonight in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago, which has been hit hard by ICE. (See the article under the quoted post)
There will also be a "Taste of Belmont Cragin" centered on Armitage & Grand, next Tuesday from 5-8.
I can't make it, but I think I'm going to make a point of getting to one of these in the next few weeks.
www.instagram.com/p/DPzInWzDhAY/
I can't make it, but I think I'm going to make a point of getting to one of these in the next few weeks.
www.instagram.com/p/DPzInWzDhAY/
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is tonight in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago, which has been hit hard by ICE. (See the article under the quoted post)