Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment

Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days

True work life balance

Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.

Priorities.

Absolutely fitting coda to the whole Epstein horror show is that the brave testimony of dozens of women could not be credited and we need the emails of men to deem it credible.

I've encountered a few people arguing that tariffs are good, actually, because they will force us to consume less and while I think our consumer culture is problematic in many ways, I don't think things such as 'food' and 'medical supplies' fall under the category of unnecessary purchases.

Dear Canada-
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.

❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸

#MakeAmericaNormalAgain

Disability is not a moral failing. It can’t be prevented with healthy living, prayer, or wellness culture.

It’s a natural part of life. If you live long enough, you will more than likely experience disability.

We should all be fighting for better social supports, inclusion and accommodation.

Where is our humanity?

Look around!

1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.

2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."

3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."

This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.

joke's on you I DID 'go cry about it' and compassion has made me more powerful

Brown tabby cat on a gray couch covered in blankets looking happy as fuhhh

I want his life

Stand with science. Always.

Witness said a bus driver told an ICE agent to "gargle [his] balls" when the latter requested to enter the bus.

God bless

A day of getting run over by the US credit bureaucracy and I feel like the gray snow piled up on the side of the road.

Apologies for getting a bit political on main tonight.

I think this cartoon sums it up.

For the people in the back…

Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).

You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*

I feel like every time I log into Facebook, it’s a little bit worse than before.

One thing that isn’t talked about enough is how closely tied disability can be to homelessness. Many disabled people are forced into poverty in order to keep their medical benefits. By doing so, the income they receive isn’t enough to live off of. This isn’t a moral failing, it’s the system’s fault.

Financial statement today reminded me HOW GREAT IT IS when folks request that their libraries acquire books. 😍

Seriously, if you want a totally free-to-you way to help an author, submit a request with your local library. Those sales help us so much, in whatever format.

Shelf mushrooms on a log

Tiny shelf mushrooms on a log

Some kind of blobby fungus on a log

May not have been a white Christmas but all the rain brought out some #FungiFriends

A portion of a menu screen in Astro Bot with the options Resume, Restart, and Leave Planet.

The options I’m looking for at the end of 2024

Common sense laws and basic human rights to benefit everyone, even the poorest among us!
It really is that simple!!

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He’s precious!

Precious orange kitty witty on brown couch

I love her so much it hurts