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⚜️not so 🎃spooky🎃 nancy @fancypants723.bsky.social · 6h

Latest text I received about SNAP in Louisiana

Text received today at 7:39 from Louisiana Department of Health:

LDH Alert: Starting November 1, all households with elderly, disabled, and/or children will receive temporary state-funded assistance. This will include 25% of their monthly allotment on the assigned date hat SNAP benetits are normally issued to their card, and 25% issued each week until the federal SNAP funds are available.
Households consisting only of able-bodied adults will not receive state-funded assistance.
Any remaining SNAP benefits on your card from previous months can still be used.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6h

It’s…hideous?

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9h

15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.

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Elle Ess @viamarsala18.bsky.social · 6h

Let your kid finish the block!

lizajae.bsky.social @lizajae.bsky.social · 6h

OMG I heard multiple dads telling their kids they had to be done. I'm in the middle of the block, standing there with my door open from giving other kids candy, and they're like "no we're done now." At least let them finish the block!

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Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · 6h

This is wonderful.

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Mayor of Halloween Town @joshuajfriedman.com · 6h

Just wanted to make sure you caught the winner of the annual dog costume contest in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn!

Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 6d

The winning entry at today’s 27th annual Great PUPkin dog costume contest in Fort Greene Park.
📷 📸 🐶 🫐 🧑‍🍳 🎃 #photography

Photo of two people in chefs costumes holding up what appears to be a large tray of blueberry muffins, but one of them in supposedly a chihuahua. The sign reads “Chihuahua or blueberry muffin? #knowyourmeme”.

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Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.blacksky.app · 11h

Hey everyone! I haven’t officially updated this but my sister is up for a new job, but in the interim, we need assistance with food and housing.

If you are able to donate and/or repost this fund, that would be amazing!

We are in need of just under 1000.

Donate to I'm Suing My Negligent Landlord, organized by Clarkisha Kent

If you’ve been following me on Twitter for the last two years in particular, then you k… Clarkisha Kent needs your support for I'm Suing My Negligent Landlord

www.gofundme.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

There are basic issues of democratic legitimacy when armed and masked men are defying the wishes of neighborhoods and cities of America.

Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 12h

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 10h

i would happily watch an 18 minute James Cameron critique of this costume

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Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · 9h

I am very glad she is okay!

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Sarah @whtabtpineapple.bsky.social · 9h

Wow. That is indeed why!

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 9h

SEND ME PICTURES OF YOUR PETS IN COSTUMES

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Don’t drive tonight if possible.

If you have to, drive slow and please keep your eyes open.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

It's 2025 and my law firm is still beating Trump's voter suppression in court.

We fight hard and we usually win.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

🚨BREAKING: Democrats won a major legal victory Friday as a federal district court permanently enjoined the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from implementing the provision in Donald Trump’s executive order demanding a proof-of-citizenship requirement on the federal voter registration form.

In Big Win for Voters and Democrats, Court Blocks Trump’s Demand for Voter ID on Registration Form

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 10h

This has been updated to reflect Judge McConnell’s order from the bench requiring USDA move the SNAP contingency fund immediately.

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 10h

I fully expect that if, on Monday, USDA does anything other than tell the court how much money it will be funding SNAP with, the judge will issue an emergency temporary order mandating that USDA fund SNAP.

www.patreon.com/posts/142532...

SNAP Must Continue - Ruling in Massachusetts et al v USDA et al | Matthew Cortland

www.patreon.com

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 10h

And this is adding onto the brain drain which already occurred during his first administration.

I've posted about this before, but the China Initiative drove a lot of scientists out of the country.

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 11h

A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.

Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...

www.pbs.org

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👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 10h

same thing he did to pope francis

Δ8 THC Crepes @dadscrepes.bsky.social · 11h

People are saying JD Vance had Charlie Kirk killed so he could fuck his late wife

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 10h

Like clockwork, Bluesky is diving head-first into enshittification.

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 11h

Bluesky is looking to a new signal — "dislikes" — to personalize users' feeds.

Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch

Bluesky is looking to a new signal — "dislikes" — to personalize users' feeds.

techcrunch.com

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 12h

From an Evanston resident filming an arrest at Oakton/Asbury ~an hour ago:

"He was being very violent with her, I said ‘You got to stop that,’ and he said, ‘Step back or I’ll fucking shoot you.‘ I step back, and then I continue to record, at which point he turned around and pointed a gun at me.”

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 11h

It behooves all of us to remember forever that Donald Trump, Republican President of the United States, and his Republican enablers did not *want* to release funds to feed children.

Judges have forced them to do it against their will.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 10h

Spooky season stuff is 35% off today only because, you know, HAPPY HALLOWEEN get a cute little thing: thebrokencircle.etsy.com?ref=seller-p...

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · Sep 24

SPOOKY! SEASON! SPOOKY! SEASON!

These clicky keychains are so tiny, so cute, so sweet, so 25% off!

thebrokencircle.etsy...

A small keychain with a with a white cartoonish style with big pink heart eyes, set in a black base.

A small keychain made of a black base with with a white spiderweb on top

A white ghost set in a black base on a black keychain loop.

A funny little pumpkin guy in a black base.

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 10h

poetic the last story i get to work at amplifying at @wired.com is a scoop:

police report alleges nancy mace berated cops in the airport, including TSA members who aren't even being fully paid rn

Nancy Mace Curses, Berates Confused Cops in Airport Meltdown: Police Report

At an airport in South Carolina on Thursday, representative Nancy Mace called police officers “fucking incompetent” and berated them repeatedly, according to an incident report.

www.wired.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 11h

A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.

Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...

www.pbs.org

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11h

This whole thread.

“Oh no, someone might eat food!”

Good. That’s good.

“They might buy something they like.”

Cool.

“They might get a treat!”

Also cool.

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 1d

There's something deeply disturbing about EBT/SNAP hate to me. Like just truly bone blanching shit.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 10h

Due to other obligations, I'm late with the Link memorial Fund Me Friday post this time around.

Post your mutual aid under this thread and check the quoted post for unmet needs. I will try to reskeet as often as I can while navigating life chaos.

Also, make sure to check out other threads!

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 7d

Fund Me Fridays is back!

In honor of Link, who remains unjustly banned, I will be reposting mutual aid links under this thread.

Drop your links and let’s meet some needs!

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Megan @megbrod.bsky.social · 11h

EDISON PARK????? This is like a few blocks from where I grew up, it is blue lives matter central, they are absolutely losing any public support they might have.

Peter Nickeas 🎃 @peternickeas.bsky.social · 11h

Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago

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