More than four out of five Americans, 83%, said they were concerned about the cost of groceries, with 46% saying they were very concerned. Some 47% said they were worried about being able to pay their rent or mortgage, 64% said they were worried about affording an unexpected medical expense. About 48% said they believed they would have trouble affording an unexpected $500 bill without borrowing. One in four said it would be "very difficult" A quarter of those surveyed said they spent at least three hours a day worrying about their finances and ability to afford basic necessities. Another 25% of respondents said they or someone in their household had skipped meals in the past year in order to make ends meet, and 26% said they had fallen behind on their monthly bills over the past year.

Fuck the stock market reports, this is what real life is like

don't hate me but. really whelming design on my boy essek.

It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.

Millions of conservatives believe that most US cities literally burned to the ground five years ago and there’s no convincing them otherwise, because they’ll never go visit.

I think the fuck not but honestly let's see for ourselves

Pray for me and my mask on this flight y'all I'm surrounded by the four horsemen of the coughpocalypse

I hate crypto, I hate online gambling, I hate AI, I hate pay-later, I hate subscription models, I hate the gig economy, I hate ring cameras, I hate drones, I hate self checkout.

I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.

There is one place, however, where Musk, with the help of his minions, achieved his goals. He did indeed shred U.S.A.I.D. Though a rump operation is now operating inside the State Department, the administration says that it has terminated more than 80 percent of U.S.A.I.D. grants. Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

Get in loser we’re creating honest sentimental art without a trace of irony and putting a piece of ourselves out into the world

medical debt is the #1 cause of bankruptcy in the U.S.

I love how Rs are always given the free pass to 'not be informed' about what their own party is doing or the President is doing because they've been saying 'I haven't seen it' for 10 years now and that's good enough. Tweets, pressers, statements. They always look away for some reason and that's OK.

"But Dave, *how* do they win in this info environment?" I don't know! The right spent decades patiently building institutions, patiently buying up properties, patiently eroding the public's trust in real journalism. Fighting back against that -- starting 50 years too late -- is going to be tough.

Done. Super easy. You do not have to fill out a category. You can submit anonymously. Fight for your right to vaccinations. Vaccinations are a miracle of science, and that it is being passed off as more dangerous than the diseases it prevents is completely idiotic and bad science.

“There is a loneliness epidemic among men” have they tried not devoting their entire identity to hating women and everything feminine? Might help.

Democrats shrink the federal deficit and Republicans explode it and the entire media apparatus tells the exact opposite story, and now a bunch of vultures who have only ever robbed us and left us bleeding by the side of the road enjoy comfortable leads in most public opinion polls on the economy.

The fact that AI generated kid-lit is a thing shows that some people view kids' media as something meant to distract children, and not something that's integral to cognitive development.

i want to be a killjoy: we need to make it socially unacceptable to ask chatgpt anything

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

Today Marks 40 Years After the MOVE Bombing America Still Hasn’t Reckoned with Its State Violence Against Black People

40 years ago today, Philadelphia police bombed a neighborhood killing 11 Black people, including 5 Black children.

The only person who went to prison was Ramona Africa, a Black woman who survived the bombing. Chances are this is the first you've heard about it.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/today-mark...

You have to care so so deeply, regardless of whether or not someone else is going to think it's embarrassing.

Say something true and beautiful.

If it sucks, hit da bricks.

I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively.

Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.

wore a bucket hat to rehearsal and Joe called me Hip Hop Veggie Tales :(

how I feel defending jarlic

I need to draw OC for my health...

Fundamental problem is that comfortable, white Americans can never, ever imagine shit getting bad.

This is exactly the same problem with climate change.

Everything has to end up ok because others is literally unimaginable.

The saddest man in the whole world (he is not allowed to eat grapes)

hmm I do feel a little better thinking about how i would eat everything in elphaba's closet with a spoon

FORMER BULLIED LITTLE WEIRD GIRLS WITH NO FRIENDS, ARE WE EVER MAKING IT THROUGH THE OZ DUST BALLROOM SCENE WITHOUT CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY? (NO!)