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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
#vss365
upon #reflection
in the the mushroom zone
it's come to my detection
that there ain't no music on😆
my attention span ain't #timed
& it's the perfect time of year
to hear a tale unwind
while I'm settin' here 🫠
youtu.be/WaKIX6oaSLs?...
upon #reflection
in the the mushroom zone
it's come to my detection
that there ain't no music on😆
my attention span ain't #timed
& it's the perfect time of year
to hear a tale unwind
while I'm settin' here 🫠
youtu.be/WaKIX6oaSLs?...
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
YouTube video by Arlo Guthrie - Topic
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#vss365
upon #reflection
in the the mushroom zone
it's come to my detection
that there ain't no music on😆
my attention span ain't #timed
& it's the perfect time of year
to hear a tale unwind
while I'm settin' here 🫠
youtu.be/WaKIX6oaSLs?...
upon #reflection
in the the mushroom zone
it's come to my detection
that there ain't no music on😆
my attention span ain't #timed
& it's the perfect time of year
to hear a tale unwind
while I'm settin' here 🫠
youtu.be/WaKIX6oaSLs?...
#Emoetry
Poptarticus ran a tight breakfast crew
Gravy's humor was thin
Jelly'd jiggle for you
like angels on the head of a pin
Biscuit sopped & toiled
hashtag Hash Brown covered smothered & scattered
Eggs never let up, they was #hard boiled
Coffee's what really mattered
youtu.be/m-v-LGOfaKo?...
Poptarticus ran a tight breakfast crew
Gravy's humor was thin
Jelly'd jiggle for you
like angels on the head of a pin
Biscuit sopped & toiled
hashtag Hash Brown covered smothered & scattered
Eggs never let up, they was #hard boiled
Coffee's what really mattered
youtu.be/m-v-LGOfaKo?...
Banana Pancakes
YouTube video by Jack Johnson - Topic
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
#Emoetry
Poptarticus ran a tight breakfast crew
Gravy's humor was thin
Jelly'd jiggle for you
like angels on the head of a pin
Biscuit sopped & toiled
hashtag Hash Brown covered smothered & scattered
Eggs never let up, they was #hard boiled
Coffee's what really mattered
youtu.be/m-v-LGOfaKo?...
Poptarticus ran a tight breakfast crew
Gravy's humor was thin
Jelly'd jiggle for you
like angels on the head of a pin
Biscuit sopped & toiled
hashtag Hash Brown covered smothered & scattered
Eggs never let up, they was #hard boiled
Coffee's what really mattered
youtu.be/m-v-LGOfaKo?...
#SenseWrds 149
a clearing in a stand of hardwood
where ghosts are unfettered
echoes a high lonesome whine
like a gut shot panther
dangerous from injury
it pounces from every crevice of forest
with reckless abandon
& empty eyes
as it outflanks logic
& haunts the soul
youtu.be/q6mDt3dTkMk?...
a clearing in a stand of hardwood
where ghosts are unfettered
echoes a high lonesome whine
like a gut shot panther
dangerous from injury
it pounces from every crevice of forest
with reckless abandon
& empty eyes
as it outflanks logic
& haunts the soul
youtu.be/q6mDt3dTkMk?...
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
#SenseWrds 149
a clearing in a stand of hardwood
where ghosts are unfettered
echoes a high lonesome whine
like a gut shot panther
dangerous from injury
it pounces from every crevice of forest
with reckless abandon
& empty eyes
as it outflanks logic
& haunts the soul
youtu.be/q6mDt3dTkMk?...
a clearing in a stand of hardwood
where ghosts are unfettered
echoes a high lonesome whine
like a gut shot panther
dangerous from injury
it pounces from every crevice of forest
with reckless abandon
& empty eyes
as it outflanks logic
& haunts the soul
youtu.be/q6mDt3dTkMk?...
#vss365
trying to remain #relevant in an ever changing atmosphere
ain't worth what it takes to fail
just be clear
mote to beam to peer
on track like yer runnin' on rails
pop culture references expire in 3 months now
gadgetry's outdated in 3 years
learn how
to shut yer mouth & open yer ears
trying to remain #relevant in an ever changing atmosphere
ain't worth what it takes to fail
just be clear
mote to beam to peer
on track like yer runnin' on rails
pop culture references expire in 3 months now
gadgetry's outdated in 3 years
learn how
to shut yer mouth & open yer ears
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Froth was a light weight
that lived in an air pocket
just above some hot coffee
& from time to time
on upper lips
that lived in an air pocket
just above some hot coffee
& from time to time
on upper lips
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Froth was a light weight
that lived in an air pocket
just above some hot coffee
& from time to time
on upper lips
that lived in an air pocket
just above some hot coffee
& from time to time
on upper lips
#vss365
yeah
Snoopy took a ass whippin'
but just because
Richthofen caught him slippin'
don't mean he threw up his paws
#achievable don't mean easily gotten
& beagles are tenacious
long as The Great Pumpkin don't go rotten
Snoopy's taste for blood is voracious
youtu.be/KNIxlsZ5ar8?...
yeah
Snoopy took a ass whippin'
but just because
Richthofen caught him slippin'
don't mean he threw up his paws
#achievable don't mean easily gotten
& beagles are tenacious
long as The Great Pumpkin don't go rotten
Snoopy's taste for blood is voracious
youtu.be/KNIxlsZ5ar8?...
Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
YouTube video by The Royal Guardsmen - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#vss365
yeah
Snoopy took a ass whippin'
but just because
Richthofen caught him slippin'
don't mean he threw up his paws
#achievable don't mean easily gotten
& beagles are tenacious
long as The Great Pumpkin don't go rotten
Snoopy's taste for blood is voracious
youtu.be/KNIxlsZ5ar8?...
yeah
Snoopy took a ass whippin'
but just because
Richthofen caught him slippin'
don't mean he threw up his paws
#achievable don't mean easily gotten
& beagles are tenacious
long as The Great Pumpkin don't go rotten
Snoopy's taste for blood is voracious
youtu.be/KNIxlsZ5ar8?...
#FromOneLine 395
#vss365
Last Night I Saw
is what I say ever night
I'm out here sawin' once more
up the middle, gee & haw
keepin' the chain tight
so it'll cut like a snaggle-tusked boar
just a pinch betwixt cheek & jaw
#achievable by moonlight
firewood for the poor
youtu.be/_vICXPCKLfY?...
#vss365
Last Night I Saw
is what I say ever night
I'm out here sawin' once more
up the middle, gee & haw
keepin' the chain tight
so it'll cut like a snaggle-tusked boar
just a pinch betwixt cheek & jaw
#achievable by moonlight
firewood for the poor
youtu.be/_vICXPCKLfY?...
Burning Hell
YouTube video by John Lee Hooker - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#FromOneLine 395
#vss365
Last Night I Saw
is what I say ever night
I'm out here sawin' once more
up the middle, gee & haw
keepin' the chain tight
so it'll cut like a snaggle-tusked boar
just a pinch betwixt cheek & jaw
#achievable by moonlight
firewood for the poor
youtu.be/_vICXPCKLfY?...
#vss365
Last Night I Saw
is what I say ever night
I'm out here sawin' once more
up the middle, gee & haw
keepin' the chain tight
so it'll cut like a snaggle-tusked boar
just a pinch betwixt cheek & jaw
#achievable by moonlight
firewood for the poor
youtu.be/_vICXPCKLfY?...
#vss365
we all wanna be special
don't we
if not for ourselves, then for someone else
sometimes, special, isn't as #achievable as we'd like
because we still ain't figured out how to be equal
anything else is lesser than
and that's not very special
youtu.be/LLe5b6sIkGU?...
we all wanna be special
don't we
if not for ourselves, then for someone else
sometimes, special, isn't as #achievable as we'd like
because we still ain't figured out how to be equal
anything else is lesser than
and that's not very special
youtu.be/LLe5b6sIkGU?...
Wacko from Waco
YouTube video by Billy Joe Shaver - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#vss365
we all wanna be special
don't we
if not for ourselves, then for someone else
sometimes, special, isn't as #achievable as we'd like
because we still ain't figured out how to be equal
anything else is lesser than
and that's not very special
youtu.be/LLe5b6sIkGU?...
we all wanna be special
don't we
if not for ourselves, then for someone else
sometimes, special, isn't as #achievable as we'd like
because we still ain't figured out how to be equal
anything else is lesser than
and that's not very special
youtu.be/LLe5b6sIkGU?...
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A male Eastern Bluebird heading out to join the rest of the flock.
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A male Eastern Bluebird heading out to join the rest of the flock.
water & ground beans: #measurable
let it percolate
chop a mess o ganja greens: pleasurable
on a little plate
roll myself a couple legs
light 1 up on the inhale
coffee filter full o dregs
they're still frackin' gas outta shale
mimosa brunch with eggs
that's my #vss365 tale
youtu.be/fmBb0Hy2JRk?...
let it percolate
chop a mess o ganja greens: pleasurable
on a little plate
roll myself a couple legs
light 1 up on the inhale
coffee filter full o dregs
they're still frackin' gas outta shale
mimosa brunch with eggs
that's my #vss365 tale
youtu.be/fmBb0Hy2JRk?...
Do It Twice (1992) - Bob Marley & The Wailers
YouTube video by Bob Marley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
water & ground beans: #measurable
let it percolate
chop a mess o ganja greens: pleasurable
on a little plate
roll myself a couple legs
light 1 up on the inhale
coffee filter full o dregs
they're still frackin' gas outta shale
mimosa brunch with eggs
that's my #vss365 tale
youtu.be/fmBb0Hy2JRk?...
let it percolate
chop a mess o ganja greens: pleasurable
on a little plate
roll myself a couple legs
light 1 up on the inhale
coffee filter full o dregs
they're still frackin' gas outta shale
mimosa brunch with eggs
that's my #vss365 tale
youtu.be/fmBb0Hy2JRk?...
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As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou
#vss365
I don't wanna get into #specifics
I don't want em gettin' into me
let's keep it shallow & unprolific
like an opaque projection of who we be
I wanna talk about far out shit
& you can get the fuck away
if you tell me to Google it
cuz you ain't got shit to say
youtu.be/hmqNyLQ-b84?...
I don't wanna get into #specifics
I don't want em gettin' into me
let's keep it shallow & unprolific
like an opaque projection of who we be
I wanna talk about far out shit
& you can get the fuck away
if you tell me to Google it
cuz you ain't got shit to say
youtu.be/hmqNyLQ-b84?...
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Things Goin' On (Audio)
YouTube video by LynyrdSkynyrdVEVO
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#vss365
I don't wanna get into #specifics
I don't want em gettin' into me
let's keep it shallow & unprolific
like an opaque projection of who we be
I wanna talk about far out shit
& you can get the fuck away
if you tell me to Google it
cuz you ain't got shit to say
youtu.be/hmqNyLQ-b84?...
I don't wanna get into #specifics
I don't want em gettin' into me
let's keep it shallow & unprolific
like an opaque projection of who we be
I wanna talk about far out shit
& you can get the fuck away
if you tell me to Google it
cuz you ain't got shit to say
youtu.be/hmqNyLQ-b84?...
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This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: BRUISE
Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement!
Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST.
The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement!
Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST.
The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This week's #BornBattleReady prompt word is: BRUISE
Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement!
Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST.
The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
Submit your poem by using our hashtag (QRT with hashtag if no space). Include your poem in this 🧵 for added engagement!
Submissions close Sunday at 9am EST.
The only rule is to aim for the heart — and don’t miss! 🖤⚔️🤍
#vss365
I hear #actions speak louder than words but it's contested
& wrote in lyrics as songs is sung
they ask if my work has ever been published or otherwise digested
on account o some phraseology I'd flung
the report was published in the paper that time I got arrested
but I was pretty young
I hear #actions speak louder than words but it's contested
& wrote in lyrics as songs is sung
they ask if my work has ever been published or otherwise digested
on account o some phraseology I'd flung
the report was published in the paper that time I got arrested
but I was pretty young
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#SenseWrds 148
if that joker stepped on my bunion 1 time
he did it a thousand times
twas a sensitive area
as I held a place in line
for a biker chick, that left to take a piss
but contracted malaria
ordered a double, quinine
gave me a very gentle kiss
then walked her terrier
to the edge o the pine
if that joker stepped on my bunion 1 time
he did it a thousand times
twas a sensitive area
as I held a place in line
for a biker chick, that left to take a piss
but contracted malaria
ordered a double, quinine
gave me a very gentle kiss
then walked her terrier
to the edge o the pine
Prompt 148
Tenderness
Repetitive
Absence
Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds , and include the prompt number. No combo prompts. Message me if you have more questions.
Tenderness
Repetitive
Absence
Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds , and include the prompt number. No combo prompts. Message me if you have more questions.
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
#SenseWrds 148
if that joker stepped on my bunion 1 time
he did it a thousand times
twas a sensitive area
as I held a place in line
for a biker chick, that left to take a piss
but contracted malaria
ordered a double, quinine
gave me a very gentle kiss
then walked her terrier
to the edge o the pine
if that joker stepped on my bunion 1 time
he did it a thousand times
twas a sensitive area
as I held a place in line
for a biker chick, that left to take a piss
but contracted malaria
ordered a double, quinine
gave me a very gentle kiss
then walked her terrier
to the edge o the pine
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California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
#vss365
whoa up
motherfuckers
that's enough goddamn #action for 1 day
wouldn't u agree
-whatever u say
-u do realize the only 1 in the mirror's me
back the fuck up
motherfuckers
I ain't bent that way
& u ain't the only 1
in the mirror I see
-act 4 of a 1 act play
-holler when u grasp reality
whoa up
motherfuckers
that's enough goddamn #action for 1 day
wouldn't u agree
-whatever u say
-u do realize the only 1 in the mirror's me
back the fuck up
motherfuckers
I ain't bent that way
& u ain't the only 1
in the mirror I see
-act 4 of a 1 act play
-holler when u grasp reality
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
#vss365
her #options was gettin' thinner'n she had
especially when she bought into thinkin'
she was born natural bad
then knock that back with drinkin'
easy as blueprints from AutoCAD
instead o quill dipped inkin'
change orders iron clad
when foundations are sinkin'
youtu.be/jdEYS8VA-dA?...
her #options was gettin' thinner'n she had
especially when she bought into thinkin'
she was born natural bad
then knock that back with drinkin'
easy as blueprints from AutoCAD
instead o quill dipped inkin'
change orders iron clad
when foundations are sinkin'
youtu.be/jdEYS8VA-dA?...
Shoppin' for Clothes
YouTube video by The Coasters - Topic
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#vss365
her #options was gettin' thinner'n she had
especially when she bought into thinkin'
she was born natural bad
then knock that back with drinkin'
easy as blueprints from AutoCAD
instead o quill dipped inkin'
change orders iron clad
when foundations are sinkin'
youtu.be/jdEYS8VA-dA?...
her #options was gettin' thinner'n she had
especially when she bought into thinkin'
she was born natural bad
then knock that back with drinkin'
easy as blueprints from AutoCAD
instead o quill dipped inkin'
change orders iron clad
when foundations are sinkin'
youtu.be/jdEYS8VA-dA?...
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"Doroteo" sent us this video from where they are harvesting strawberries. "This work is especially hard in the rain as the rows fill with water and makes everything muddy and slippery. We have to be careful so we don't fall. " #WeFeedYou
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Doroteo" sent us this video from where they are harvesting strawberries. "This work is especially hard in the rain as the rows fill with water and makes everything muddy and slippery. We have to be careful so we don't fall. " #WeFeedYou
#vss365
when #reality hits
sometimes it needs a chaser
or it'll give ye fits
if it ain't yer pacer
& start fallin' in pits
with no way to brace her
now ye stand on crumblin' ground
& haints whisper in the pines
with unearthly sound
that warps tree lines
but don't astound
youtu.be/nMXKEGNHSqw?...
when #reality hits
sometimes it needs a chaser
or it'll give ye fits
if it ain't yer pacer
& start fallin' in pits
with no way to brace her
now ye stand on crumblin' ground
& haints whisper in the pines
with unearthly sound
that warps tree lines
but don't astound
youtu.be/nMXKEGNHSqw?...
Tobacco Road (2006 Remaster)
YouTube video by Lou Rawls - Topic
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#vss365
when #reality hits
sometimes it needs a chaser
or it'll give ye fits
if it ain't yer pacer
& start fallin' in pits
with no way to brace her
now ye stand on crumblin' ground
& haints whisper in the pines
with unearthly sound
that warps tree lines
but don't astound
youtu.be/nMXKEGNHSqw?...
when #reality hits
sometimes it needs a chaser
or it'll give ye fits
if it ain't yer pacer
& start fallin' in pits
with no way to brace her
now ye stand on crumblin' ground
& haints whisper in the pines
with unearthly sound
that warps tree lines
but don't astound
youtu.be/nMXKEGNHSqw?...
#vss365
they keep removing the old toast
bread puddin' ain't got a chance
wait
that ain't what I meant to say
they keep moving the #goal post
I shift my stance
great
Charlie Brown missed the kick again today
Loose Ill boasts
Pigpen stirs up a dance
fate
hooray
youtu.be/7WmMCs5O9_E?...
they keep removing the old toast
bread puddin' ain't got a chance
wait
that ain't what I meant to say
they keep moving the #goal post
I shift my stance
great
Charlie Brown missed the kick again today
Loose Ill boasts
Pigpen stirs up a dance
fate
hooray
youtu.be/7WmMCs5O9_E?...
Bobby Bare - Dropkick Me, Jesus (Lyrics)
YouTube video by Country Universe
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
#vss365
they keep removing the old toast
bread puddin' ain't got a chance
wait
that ain't what I meant to say
they keep moving the #goal post
I shift my stance
great
Charlie Brown missed the kick again today
Loose Ill boasts
Pigpen stirs up a dance
fate
hooray
youtu.be/7WmMCs5O9_E?...
they keep removing the old toast
bread puddin' ain't got a chance
wait
that ain't what I meant to say
they keep moving the #goal post
I shift my stance
great
Charlie Brown missed the kick again today
Loose Ill boasts
Pigpen stirs up a dance
fate
hooray
youtu.be/7WmMCs5O9_E?...
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“Ale" works in the carrot harvest in CA. She earns $3.05 for every box of carrots she packs. One box has 24 bunches of 7 carrots each. To earn $100 she has to pack 34 boxes or 816 bunches which represents over 5000 carrots picked in a day. #WeFeedYou
November 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“Ale" works in the carrot harvest in CA. She earns $3.05 for every box of carrots she packs. One box has 24 bunches of 7 carrots each. To earn $100 she has to pack 34 boxes or 816 bunches which represents over 5000 carrots picked in a day. #WeFeedYou
#vss365
miners #transported minors
after they was killed
by troops full o hard liners
"Ludlow Massacre" it was billed
cold & calculated, not a random mistake
they don't work for us at all
they take
& keep our backs to the wall
kinda like Kent State
history, come to call
youtu.be/kGuASGyI7SY?...
miners #transported minors
after they was killed
by troops full o hard liners
"Ludlow Massacre" it was billed
cold & calculated, not a random mistake
they don't work for us at all
they take
& keep our backs to the wall
kinda like Kent State
history, come to call
youtu.be/kGuASGyI7SY?...
Ludlow Massacre
YouTube video by Woody Guthrie - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#vss365
miners #transported minors
after they was killed
by troops full o hard liners
"Ludlow Massacre" it was billed
cold & calculated, not a random mistake
they don't work for us at all
they take
& keep our backs to the wall
kinda like Kent State
history, come to call
youtu.be/kGuASGyI7SY?...
miners #transported minors
after they was killed
by troops full o hard liners
"Ludlow Massacre" it was billed
cold & calculated, not a random mistake
they don't work for us at all
they take
& keep our backs to the wall
kinda like Kent State
history, come to call
youtu.be/kGuASGyI7SY?...
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A Wild Turkey takes to the air to head into the woods.
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A Wild Turkey takes to the air to head into the woods.