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"In America today, 42 million souls rely on SNAP benefits — some 1 in 8 U.S. residents... Poverty has a thousand faces. Your neighbor... The medical resident... Your barber, mailman, Amazon delivery person... your old friend, working furiously to keep up appearances."
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Someone you know relies on SNAP. They just don't talk about it
Two years before she went on public assistance, Joanna Rakoff had a best-selling novel that won literary awards. She presented like a middle class working mom. But in reality, she was struggling — wor...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"In America today, 42 million souls rely on SNAP benefits — some 1 in 8 U.S. residents... Poverty has a thousand faces. Your neighbor... The medical resident... Your barber, mailman, Amazon delivery person... your old friend, working furiously to keep up appearances."
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
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THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
Tick-tock-tick-tock... I'm eager to heel these socks, but I can't till 8 p.m... ⏳ 🧶
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Seafarer Stripey Crew Sock pattern by The Seamen's Church Institute
Size:
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November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tick-tock-tick-tock... I'm eager to heel these socks, but I can't till 8 p.m... ⏳ 🧶
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
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November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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I waited for menopause…only to learn I had missed it. When my doctor mentioned something about postmenopausal symptoms, I did a double-take. Wait- what? And then it hit me…
By Jen Covich Bordenick
By Jen Covich Bordenick
Nobody Ever Told Me That Menopause is Just a Point in Time
Are We There Yet? My Perimenopause Journey
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November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I waited for menopause…only to learn I had missed it. When my doctor mentioned something about postmenopausal symptoms, I did a double-take. Wait- what? And then it hit me…
By Jen Covich Bordenick
By Jen Covich Bordenick
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Last Friday, students at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor participated in the first-ever case competition focused on #LongCOVID and infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs).
Read @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social's reporting from the event: bit.ly/43VHy2f
Read @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social's reporting from the event: bit.ly/43VHy2f
![“The fact that I could do something about it [by participating in the competition] gave me a sense of agency.” - Jane Kim, Member of the winning team who has been affected by Long COVID herself](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:age5xvis2s2vy5qiz2tjxoc6/bafkreihhpap54viy54l3r7jmtdhtog7afc6vx7eu7res3giui3p4pamdjq@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Last Friday, students at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor participated in the first-ever case competition focused on #LongCOVID and infection-associated chronic conditions (IACCs).
Read @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social's reporting from the event: bit.ly/43VHy2f
Read @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social's reporting from the event: bit.ly/43VHy2f
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Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
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Happy Halloween! We have a some last-minute #LongCOVID themed costume ideas for you! 👻
October 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Happy Halloween! We have a some last-minute #LongCOVID themed costume ideas for you! 👻
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Food security advocates throughout Douglas County are discussing an emergency response plan if SNAP benefits don’t come in for November. Here are some resources, plus info on how to help. lawrenceks.news/4op5hAb
Douglas County food security advocates working on emergency plan for SNAP beneficiaries; here are some resources
Food security advocates throughout Douglas County are discussing an emergency response plan if SNAP benefits don’t come in for November. Here are some resources, plus info on how to help.
lawrenceks.news
October 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Food security advocates throughout Douglas County are discussing an emergency response plan if SNAP benefits don’t come in for November. Here are some resources, plus info on how to help. lawrenceks.news/4op5hAb
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More than 188,000 Kansans will not receive SNAP benefits at the start of the month due to the shutdown.
"You know, COVID scared the heck out of us. And this is right up there with that level,” said Brian Walker of the Kansas Food Bank. (@kmuw.bsky.social)
"You know, COVID scared the heck out of us. And this is right up there with that level,” said Brian Walker of the Kansas Food Bank. (@kmuw.bsky.social)
Kansas food pantries sound the alarm as 188,000 people prepare to lose food stamps
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is joining Democrats from 24 other states in suing President Donald Trump's administration over the lapsed funding.
www.kcur.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
More than 188,000 Kansans will not receive SNAP benefits at the start of the month due to the shutdown.
"You know, COVID scared the heck out of us. And this is right up there with that level,” said Brian Walker of the Kansas Food Bank. (@kmuw.bsky.social)
"You know, COVID scared the heck out of us. And this is right up there with that level,” said Brian Walker of the Kansas Food Bank. (@kmuw.bsky.social)
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The City of Lawrence's Community Building will no longer be available for free play and exercise starting in January, and rec centers will not be open for warming and cooling during extreme weather. lawrenceks.news/4p2SMdJ
City of Lawrence Community Building won’t be open for free play, exercise; rec centers won’t be open for severe weather respite
The City of Lawrence's Community Building will no longer be available for free play and exercise starting in January, and rec centers will not be open for warming and cooling during extreme weather.
lawrenceks.news
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The City of Lawrence's Community Building will no longer be available for free play and exercise starting in January, and rec centers will not be open for warming and cooling during extreme weather. lawrenceks.news/4p2SMdJ
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NEW: More than two dozen Democratic-led states, including Kansas, are suing the Agriculture Department after the Trump administration said it would not use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.
Kansas Gov. Kelly sues USDA for suspending SNAP benefits
More than two dozen Democratic-led states, including Kansas, are suing the Agriculture Department after the Trump administration said it would not use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.
www.kcur.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NEW: More than two dozen Democratic-led states, including Kansas, are suing the Agriculture Department after the Trump administration said it would not use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
Things the government clearly has enough money for: Argentina, gold ballrooms, private jets for Kristi Noem.
Things the gov't says it doesn't have money for: feeding hungry citizens (a good many who work for Trump's billionaire CEO friends who pay poverty wages)
Things the gov't says it doesn't have money for: feeding hungry citizens (a good many who work for Trump's billionaire CEO friends who pay poverty wages)
a man in a leather jacket is surrounded by cool words
ALT: a man in a leather jacket is surrounded by cool words
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October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Things the government clearly has enough money for: Argentina, gold ballrooms, private jets for Kristi Noem.
Things the gov't says it doesn't have money for: feeding hungry citizens (a good many who work for Trump's billionaire CEO friends who pay poverty wages)
Things the gov't says it doesn't have money for: feeding hungry citizens (a good many who work for Trump's billionaire CEO friends who pay poverty wages)
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The knitters 🧶 dream 🪢
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The knitters 🧶 dream 🪢
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Great framing.
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Great framing.
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That’s $500 million lost per day
Every $1 invested in SNAP generates $1.80 in local economic activity. Without SNAP, that will mean a loss of $15 billion to the US economy just in November alone.
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
That’s $500 million lost per day
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An MRI? Of what?
Trump on his recent trip to Walter Reed: "I got an MRI. It was perfect ... if I didn't think it was gonna be good, either I would let you know negatively, I wouldn't run, I'd do something."
(Note how he's openly talking about running for a third term.)
(Note how he's openly talking about running for a third term.)
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
An MRI? Of what?
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A lot of people are pretty freaked out by the current political state of affairs and carrying on because they don't know what else to do, except out one foot in front of the other.
And I think a lot of Very Online folks mistake that for "normie" indifference
And I think a lot of Very Online folks mistake that for "normie" indifference
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Ok, #knitsky, calling on knitters and retro gamers... any great knitting patterns featuring old school video game/arcade patterns (but not Super Mario)? Big SEGA and NEO-GEO fan in my life, but not exclusively those two. I've searched a million different ways on Ravelry (8-bit, Pac-Man, etc). 🧶 🕹️
October 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Ok, #knitsky, calling on knitters and retro gamers... any great knitting patterns featuring old school video game/arcade patterns (but not Super Mario)? Big SEGA and NEO-GEO fan in my life, but not exclusively those two. I've searched a million different ways on Ravelry (8-bit, Pac-Man, etc). 🧶 🕹️
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Trump’s new ballroom you’re paying for is going to be bigger than the White House itself. Because he believes he is more important than the country.
The symbolism is disgraceful and obvious. Again: Republicans would lose their minds if Obama did this.
The symbolism is disgraceful and obvious. Again: Republicans would lose their minds if Obama did this.
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Trump’s new ballroom you’re paying for is going to be bigger than the White House itself. Because he believes he is more important than the country.
The symbolism is disgraceful and obvious. Again: Republicans would lose their minds if Obama did this.
The symbolism is disgraceful and obvious. Again: Republicans would lose their minds if Obama did this.
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"We believe that we’ll look back on how Long COVID was covered thirty years from now and see The Sick Times as a key light in the darkness of denial.”
Thanks for including @thesicktimes.org among so many great newsletters, @jloeppky.com!
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Thanks for including @thesicktimes.org among so many great newsletters, @jloeppky.com!
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5 disability-led newsletters to explain this dumpster fire of a world we're living in - Disabled Journalists Association
As a Disability-led organization, we think it’s important to share the wealth. Here are five newsletters that we think you should read.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"We believe that we’ll look back on how Long COVID was covered thirty years from now and see The Sick Times as a key light in the darkness of denial.”
Thanks for including @thesicktimes.org among so many great newsletters, @jloeppky.com!
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Thanks for including @thesicktimes.org among so many great newsletters, @jloeppky.com!
discojourno.com/featured-spe...
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Now through Oct. 22, the full purchase price (your entire order amount) of purchases made at www.ricksteves.com/shop will be donated to the ACLU (up to $50K) & I'll also match that amount $1 for $1 for a total combined donation of up to $100K to the ACLU in defense of our liberties and our democracy
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October 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Now through Oct. 22, the full purchase price (your entire order amount) of purchases made at www.ricksteves.com/shop will be donated to the ACLU (up to $50K) & I'll also match that amount $1 for $1 for a total combined donation of up to $100K to the ACLU in defense of our liberties and our democracy