I keep saying 'surely something has to break' with the housing crisis and I don't know why I think that because all evidence suggests that capitalism will just keep capitalisming while people die in the streets.

How AARP Shills for UnitedHealthcare

“AARP is basically an insurance marketing scheme masquerading as an advocacy group for the elderly”

Via Prospect

public media funding is always under threat — but now Elon Musk is targeting NPR and PBS for budget cuts. @benmullin.bsky.social and I found out how stations are preparing: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/b...

This is the best SHUT THE FUCK UP video thread there is on the internet. It’s about 46 minutes long. It covers not just the what to do (shut the fuck up) but goes into painful DETAIL about how not shutting the fuck up can mess up your life.

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This is the lash photograph of Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh, taken as he walks, unflinching, towards the Israeli tanks. An absolutely harrowing image.

This deep dive on Netflix purposely turning movies into barely distinguishable forgettable slop is so insightful, researched & brutally hilarious. A must read if you want to really know what’s happening to the business AND culture of movies.

It's genuinely fucked up to me that if the people owed punitive monetary recompense specifically say "In These Specific Circumstances We Would Gladly Take A Lower Amount Of Punitive Monetary Recompense; That Feels Like Justice To Us," a judge can step in and say "Nah, no deal." Fuck this ruling.

wrote about the media frenzy following Daniel Penny's acquittal for murdering Jordan Neely, and the disparity in the NYPD's reaction to finding Luigi Mangione, vs the stabbing of 17-year-old Yeremi Colino—about a country making some lives more valuable than others. @teenvogue.bsky.social

"But 'if we don’t cook, we don’t eat,' says Almadhoun. After all, there is no retreating from where you live. 'That’s the beauty and the resilience of soup kitchens that come from the community, versus the one that has people on the payroll.'" www.eater.com/24318675/gaz...

in agreement with my landlord, I gotta pay $1500 between Dec 15th/31st.

the first installment of 800 is due this Friday.

I have food stamps & other day by day support, I just wanna be able to slightly enjoy the holidays without worry about RENT.

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The scary thing is… George W Bush was public enemy 1 for Democrats, before Michelle Obama’s hug. Now Trump is public enemy 1 and he will probably be rehabilitated by liberals in a couple years. Kamala, endorsed by Cheney, was literally to the right of Ronald Reagan. Y’all don’t stand for anything.

she doesn't even own a gun. i'm so sick of everything, these companies are allowed to ruin all our lives and kill people, and when someone expresses justified anger at them they're the ones jailed

North Carolina’s Atrium Health says it will forgive the debts of 11,500 people — less than a week after NBC News reported that the company has aggressively pursued former patients’ medical debts, placing liens on their homes to collect on bills.

this is unquestionably sexual violence, holy hell

Hey, y'all...

I know everything is so very trash at the moment, but in case anyone has a soft spot for disabled women from NYC, I could still use some help. 🫶🏾🙏🏾

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