No one hand writes paper checks to SNAP recipients in normal times. The funds are disbursed automatically. The majority of infrastructure goes to means testing current recipients or processing applicants. The money clearly exists; this is a choice made independent of the shutdown to squeeze voters.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

I always try to write/talk critically about tech product design without focusing on particular products, or even product categories, but I continually find that LLM/GenAI products cover all the bases for what makes a bad product bad

Wow, over lunch at this event, I was chatting with a woman and she mentioned how she failed Mississippi's "literacy" test 3 times, keeping her from the vote

Just now I learned there are a couple people here who integrated their schools

This ain't ancient history y'all

I can’t think of what to say.
The Speaker of the House will say he hasn’t heard anything about it.
No one will ask John Thune anything.

If you're on SNAP and you need help, add your links below so I can boost them.

If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.

Link's not around so we do what we can, right?

Personally, the main thing I think artists, musicians, writers, etc need sorted is the same thing most other people need sorted: cost of living.