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Kori Feener
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Award-winning Documentary Storyteller. Journalist. Cinematographer. A.T. GAME '12. Views are my own. Born a masshole. Miss living in Midwest nice Madison. Now residing in rural Vermont.
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Kori Feener @korifeener.bsky.social · Feb 20
I hope y’all are hanging in there. I’m struggling with how to meet the moment myself.

Read on over at my substack.
#documentary #journalism
A Brave (?) New World
What the future looks like for my independent media
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 2d
I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 3d
US Gov't is shut down but @noaa.gov still toiling away at destroying decades of multilateral cooperation and ocean ecosystems in one fell swoop.

Folks, this is really, *really* bad.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 4d
every day a new rubicon is crossed
katmabu.bsky.social Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 4d
It’s not law enforcement. It’s a deputized partisan militia.
logicallyjc.bsky.social John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 4d
This is so fucked up.
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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d
Do not be a doomer about this. Just call your New York friends and remind them to vote, and tell them to do the same. He is more popular and will win with good turnout.
janus.bsky.social The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 6d
i hate to be that bitch, but my sources are telling me this early voting data has gotten Zohran's people rightly spooked and y'all better stop assuming this one's in the bag. GOTV
Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge
The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.
gothamist.com
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Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 4d
The Constitution means nothing if everyone only enforces the parts they like when it suits them. And that's happening. That's where we are. So, stop citing the Constitution as if it's a magic shield to stop Trump from seeking a third term. He's going to do it, and someone will have to stop him.
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𝑲𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 @kassandraseven.bsky.social · 5d
“Enter your ZIP code to find nearby food banks in the Feeding America network
Groceries, meals, and more are just a search away.

Click on a food bank to learn more about hours, locations, and services at partner food pantries and meal programs.”

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5d
The world is deeply unserious about dealing with climate change. We need to reduce emissions by 50% in 5 years and we're nowhere near that.
World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed
www.theguardian.com
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Julia Raifman, ScD @juliaraifman.bsky.social · 6d
Did you know?

About 4.5 million SNAP recipients are babies and toddlers under age 5.

About 11.1 million SNAP recipients are kids aged 5 to 17 years, who need food for healthy growth, learning, & development.

The federal government has the capacity to continue funding SNAP during a shutdown.
11.1% of SNAP recipients are kids under age 5, 27.7% kids 5-17, 41.6% adults 18-59, 19.5% adults aged 60 & older https://www.ers.usda.gov/media/1124/snapparticipantage.xlsx
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Kori Feener @korifeener.bsky.social · 5d
Real let them eat cake energy right now with the ballroom and SNAP situation.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d
worst branding campaign of all time
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 8d
"You can't vote out the mafia."

From February: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-quest...
https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-questions-answered-were-already free article
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Kori Feener @korifeener.bsky.social · 8d
Honestly, life has been a roller coaster since 2020. There is no getting beyond that. I hope some of you feeling similarly see this sunrise and find hope in it. For a fleeting moment, I did.
Sky with clouds a dark orange from the sunrise.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 9d
And so it begins...
elizabethweill.bsky.social Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · 9d
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
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Leah Douglas @leahjdouglas.bsky.social · 8d
NEW: the USDA says it will not use $5 billion in contingency funds to pay for November SNAP benefits.

The benefits are set to lapse at the end of this month due to the federal shutdown.

States, mayors, House Democrats etc have been urging the agency to use this money. Story TK
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d
Angus: Canada is reconsidering that relationship with China. Why? Because we can no longer trust the US.

And we know that we have 150, maybe more, Canadians in custody at ICE detention centers. We had two Canadians under Chinese custody and it caused a huge outcry. We now have over 150 in the US.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 9d
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9d
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
“Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped
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Kori Feener @korifeener.bsky.social · 9d
Im lucky if my beets are big enough for the voles.

And finally, don’t even get me started on learning curves with soil health, companion planting and timing of seed starts. True gardening for survival take space, time and money. It’s a privilege. /end
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Kori Feener @korifeener.bsky.social · 9d
Those again for a number of years. That shit lives in the soil, and y’all don’t want that hallucinogenic fungus. Unless you like losing limbs. This was all thanks to the CONSTANT rain we had this spring.

Then, got hit with drought and my fall crop, forget it. 4/
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Kori Feener @korifeener.bsky.social · 9d
I’ll challenge anyone to find a kid that wouldn’t win out a hunger strike. My kids will just go to bed hungry before I can force any food on them they don’t like. They are that stubborn.

And climate change. I tried oats this year, and rye. I was wiped out by ergot. Which means I can’t try 3/
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Kori Feener @korifeener.bsky.social · 9d
To meet the needs of three little kids who have a ridiculous aversion to vegetables. They require enough fruits to counter the lack of healthy vegetable vitamins. That’s year round berries.

And with that, most things someone can reasonably grow, kids turn their noses towards. 2/
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Kori Feener @korifeener.bsky.social · 9d
100%
Also neglected in the conversation is climate change damaging crops and parents of little kids (food aversions).

I’ll start with the easy. Any parent with kids under five knows of the damn berry obsession. I have strawberries, raspberries and blueberries on my land and still never enough 1/
melodyschreiber.com Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 9d
My favorite part of gardening is always watching the animals snatch up the food right before I can get it
gwillow.me G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 10d
On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 10d
It flies under the radar because it is overwhelmed by the sheer repulsiveness of the physical destruction of the east wing, but there is no way that a president should be allowed to use private money to change public property. It circumvents the power of the purse.
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 11d
Senator Merkley holding the floor
Merkley STILL Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
www.youtube.com
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