Riss 🐙
@phlameprincess.bsky.social
A critic of the human experience
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
I've been watching the Little House on the Prarie DVDs on a portable DVD player since I cancelled all our monthly services. Slightly less convenient than streaming on my phone, but the calm I feel from not having ads alone is so refreshing. #toomanyads #littlehouseontheprarie
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I've been watching the Little House on the Prarie DVDs on a portable DVD player since I cancelled all our monthly services. Slightly less convenient than streaming on my phone, but the calm I feel from not having ads alone is so refreshing. #toomanyads #littlehouseontheprarie
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
I don't personally care whether someone says "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" to me this month, but I tend to say the latter only because I know it offends a specific subsect... and I really don't mind ruining their day with no effort on my part. 😌 #happyholidays
December 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I don't personally care whether someone says "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays" to me this month, but I tend to say the latter only because I know it offends a specific subsect... and I really don't mind ruining their day with no effort on my part. 😌 #happyholidays
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Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
I appreciate being an informed consumer about celebrities when I may be contributing to their amassing wealth, but lord I miss not knowing anything about them. I wanna see Amanda Seyfried's new movie but I can't stand to watch the Bezos yacht girl anymore... #theHousemaid
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I appreciate being an informed consumer about celebrities when I may be contributing to their amassing wealth, but lord I miss not knowing anything about them. I wanna see Amanda Seyfried's new movie but I can't stand to watch the Bezos yacht girl anymore... #theHousemaid
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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today i am lemongrab
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
today i am lemongrab
I really hope so 🙌
They’re running out of new things for us to buy
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I really hope so 🙌
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The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to, not because the voters want them to, and not because SNAP recipients want them to. They are caving because their DONORS want them to. And that’s really all that ever matters to the establishment.
Don't use TurboTax no matter how convenient it seems. FreeTaxUSA is an excellent alternative for next year.
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Don't use TurboTax no matter how convenient it seems. FreeTaxUSA is an excellent alternative for next year.
Are all closed captions done by AI services now? It's almost not worth using for how often they're wrong now, it must be awful for people who are hard or hearing or deaf, and literally need them... But hey, someone's richer now for not paying for real people to do it, so that's all that matters. 😒
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Are all closed captions done by AI services now? It's almost not worth using for how often they're wrong now, it must be awful for people who are hard or hearing or deaf, and literally need them... But hey, someone's richer now for not paying for real people to do it, so that's all that matters. 😒
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Poetry Comics Month, Day 5
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Poetry Comics Month, Day 5
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It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up.
The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up.
The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's no longer left versus right or even Democrat versus Republican.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up.
The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
It’s now democracy versus oligarchy. Freedom versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.
Millions are awakening to this new reality — and they're speaking up.
The sleeping giant of America is roaring.
Get RID of this shit, literally who does daylight savings benefit??
“Permanent Standard Time (not springing ahead in March) could prevent 300,000 cases of stroke per year and lower nationwide prevalence of obesity by 2.6 million.” #DitchDST
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Get RID of this shit, literally who does daylight savings benefit??
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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Reminder: The government is shut down because Trump and Republicans don’t want to fund healthcare.
They are so against it that they were even willing to let 42 million Americans go hungry — until courts stepped in. www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
They are so against it that they were even willing to let 42 million Americans go hungry — until courts stepped in. www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
SNAP benefits will restart, but will be half the normal payment and delayed
About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of th...
www.npr.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reminder: The government is shut down because Trump and Republicans don’t want to fund healthcare.
They are so against it that they were even willing to let 42 million Americans go hungry — until courts stepped in. www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
They are so against it that they were even willing to let 42 million Americans go hungry — until courts stepped in. www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
Things have become so ridiculous that most of The Onion articles today are either partly true or completely believable. I mean, have both war criminals in the title not been sending each other money over the years, actively still?
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Things have become so ridiculous that most of The Onion articles today are either partly true or completely believable. I mean, have both war criminals in the title not been sending each other money over the years, actively still?
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Does anyone stop and think about how idiotic and embarrassing it is that we’re the United States of America, and we have an entire government that spends the whole day trolling, posting, and documenting evidence that will definitely be used at a future trial?
October 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Does anyone stop and think about how idiotic and embarrassing it is that we’re the United States of America, and we have an entire government that spends the whole day trolling, posting, and documenting evidence that will definitely be used at a future trial?
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J K Rowling gets a lot of hate, but I still don't think she gets enough.
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
J K Rowling gets a lot of hate, but I still don't think she gets enough.
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I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’m good with my taxes subsidizing social welfare for people who can’t afford food.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
I’m enraged with my taxes subsidizing corporate welfare to businesses that won’t pay a living wage.
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SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
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Here’s the thing about the Civil Rights Movement people don’t realize, shit was messy.
October 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Here’s the thing about the Civil Rights Movement people don’t realize, shit was messy.
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“Let them go a month without meals. Maybe they will get a job”
First, many SNAP recipients have jobs. They’re just living below the poverty line because of tremendous wealth inequality.
Second, many are disabled and children and can’t work.
Third, no one should starve to death.
First, many SNAP recipients have jobs. They’re just living below the poverty line because of tremendous wealth inequality.
Second, many are disabled and children and can’t work.
Third, no one should starve to death.
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
“Let them go a month without meals. Maybe they will get a job”
First, many SNAP recipients have jobs. They’re just living below the poverty line because of tremendous wealth inequality.
Second, many are disabled and children and can’t work.
Third, no one should starve to death.
First, many SNAP recipients have jobs. They’re just living below the poverty line because of tremendous wealth inequality.
Second, many are disabled and children and can’t work.
Third, no one should starve to death.