Todd Stanfield
@tstanfield.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Fighting for inclusion, tolerance, & fairness | LGBTQ | Southwest Florida | Geek | Beaches | Sunrises | RPG gamer | "He who is brave is free." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
ho ho how much is that? 😮
This holiday season isn't very merry for consumers, an AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds this holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares of them are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is…
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December 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
ho ho how much is that? 😮
We were shopping Aldi for cost savings but some of the items we regularly buy have gone up 25% in just the last two weeks! It's not everything but a lot of things. Not the cheapest place to shop anymore. 😮
The Aldi Essential That's Becoming Less And Less Affordable - Chowhound
Simply Nature organic whole bean coffee has seen a drastic increase in cost. Though Aldi remains an affordable place to shop, this coffee keeps rising in price.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We were shopping Aldi for cost savings but some of the items we regularly buy have gone up 25% in just the last two weeks! It's not everything but a lot of things. Not the cheapest place to shop anymore. 😮
"Much of the state money was intended to assist needy Floridians, including children. Instead, it paid for political consultants, lawyers and thousands of advertisements that helped DeSantis and his supporters win at the ballot box."
Miami Herald: DeSantis Secretly Diverted $35M Meant For Needy Children To Anti-Weed And Anti-Abortion Ads - Joe.My.God.
The Miami Herald reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration diverted more than $35 million in taxpayer funds — an amount far greater than previously known — as part of a brazen agenda last year to…
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December 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Much of the state money was intended to assist needy Floridians, including children. Instead, it paid for political consultants, lawyers and thousands of advertisements that helped DeSantis and his supporters win at the ballot box."
Ain't it the truth...
December 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Ain't it the truth...
Another throwback family Christmas picture. My grandparents, three aunts, an uncle, & my father (tallest in back). Plus a photobomb from my cousin in white boots. Taken on the farm in Southern Indiana. Later the area later became the Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge.
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Another throwback family Christmas picture. My grandparents, three aunts, an uncle, & my father (tallest in back). Plus a photobomb from my cousin in white boots. Taken on the farm in Southern Indiana. Later the area later became the Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge.
Whatever works…
”A crowd celebrating an annual Christmas festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Sunday cheered on an effigy of President Donald Trump being burned alongside the devil, as part of a traditional holiday celebration to represent the triumph of good over evil and all bad things.”
”A crowd celebrating an annual Christmas festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Sunday cheered on an effigy of President Donald Trump being burned alongside the devil, as part of a traditional holiday celebration to represent the triumph of good over evil and all bad things.”
Crowd Cheers On Burning Trump Effigy At Annual Christmas Festival
“It’s to represent the triumph of good over evil and all bad things and to let go of bad things,” one participant said.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Whatever works…
”A crowd celebrating an annual Christmas festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Sunday cheered on an effigy of President Donald Trump being burned alongside the devil, as part of a traditional holiday celebration to represent the triumph of good over evil and all bad things.”
”A crowd celebrating an annual Christmas festival in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Sunday cheered on an effigy of President Donald Trump being burned alongside the devil, as part of a traditional holiday celebration to represent the triumph of good over evil and all bad things.”
Yes another library event. I'm going. "Now is the Winter of Our Discontent!" Sample a variety of brews paired with miserable literary readings & meager refreshments. Explore trials, tribulations, mishaps and misfortune from history. Learn how to insult like Shakespeare. buff.ly/7wxkQKE
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Yes another library event. I'm going. "Now is the Winter of Our Discontent!" Sample a variety of brews paired with miserable literary readings & meager refreshments. Explore trials, tribulations, mishaps and misfortune from history. Learn how to insult like Shakespeare. buff.ly/7wxkQKE
A holiday greeting from 1964. Mom, Dad, and me.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A holiday greeting from 1964. Mom, Dad, and me.
🐉 🎲 Not sure I'm convinced about initiative rolls but I'd be willing to join a campaign using these modified rules and see if it has the desired effect.
Dungeon Masters, It's Time To Stop Using These Rules In D&D Combat
Dungeon Masters, gather around. It's time we stopped using these combat rules in Dungeons & Dragons.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🐉 🎲 Not sure I'm convinced about initiative rolls but I'd be willing to join a campaign using these modified rules and see if it has the desired effect.
Happy World Human Rights Day! On this day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being. buff.ly/Mc1ZpRs
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Happy World Human Rights Day! On this day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being. buff.ly/Mc1ZpRs
Civicus, a non-profit that monitors civic freedoms, placed the US in its “obstructed” category citing a “sharp deterioration of fundamental freedoms following a year of sweeping executive actions, restrictive laws and aggressive crackdowns on free speech and dissent.”
US civic health rating downgraded after year of ‘restrictive‘ Trump actions
Civicus, a non-profit that monitors global civic freedoms, moved the US from the ‘narrowed’ to ‘obstructed’ category
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December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Civicus, a non-profit that monitors civic freedoms, placed the US in its “obstructed” category citing a “sharp deterioration of fundamental freedoms following a year of sweeping executive actions, restrictive laws and aggressive crackdowns on free speech and dissent.”
Happy Bodhi Day! May your day be filled with enlightenment. On Bodhi Day, Buddhists commemorate Siddhartha Gautama’s enlightenment by lighting lamps to combat darkness. buff.ly/Ez7b3ly
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Happy Bodhi Day! May your day be filled with enlightenment. On Bodhi Day, Buddhists commemorate Siddhartha Gautama’s enlightenment by lighting lamps to combat darkness. buff.ly/Ez7b3ly
