But keep forgetting to post. Not sure how many I can do without badly slowing down the loading, so this is kind of a test. Let me know if it goes well or not, please.

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/11/nx-s1-5599147/9-strategies-to-find-free-or-low-cost-food-when-money-is-tight

Not religious, but so many MAGA claim to be ‘Christians’, they have no idea what Jesus taught.

Not sure if they caved or they are buying time or what, but man, reading different sources gives you completely different views of what is going on. One link embeds, one does not, but next post I am going to put some SNAP related things I’ve collected from the internet. I will never understand how so many of my fellow human beings think it’s a good think to keep food from needy people, especially children, and still call themselves Christians. Still call themselves human. Cause they have lost all their humanity, if they ever had any to start with. We let greed become the driving force behind everything in this country, and boy, are we going to pay for it. Not sure if I am depressed, wallowing in despair, or just numb. But it’s not a good feeling, whatever you call it.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/10/senate-democrats-criticized-caving-government-shutdown/87190561007/

Was looking up a recipe I had saved and this appeared at the top of the page. DD says it’s everywhere, but this is the first time I’ve seen it. Blatant lies. Seriously.

Isn’t this the president who is fighting the courts to keep food from children? That president? How can people actually believe this. Oh, wait. Cults. You do not believe what you see with your own eyes or hear with your own eyes. You only believe what the cult leaders tell you to believe. Do they not know that the entire government is run by the Republicans? We are so screwed.

From Instagram: “One out of every three Trump supporters is just as stupid as the other two.”

“”A quote (I asked permission) from a comment on another blog, slightly paraphrased:

“When people don’t have to vote, guess who votes? The ones with an extreme view. So instead of getting people elected who will contribute to the nation, you get those with extreme platforms who will suck in the voters with their extreme views…” ozdobe

This is true in all levels of government. Even school board meetings have people with agendas who go push them in at the expense of the children. Been to at least one of those, voting for reason, but not enough reasonable voters bothered to show up. It matters who you vote for, people. I cannot say this enough. You have to vote, and know who you’re voting for, or we wind up where we are right now. Right-wing fanatics, religious zealots, seemingly uneducated idiots who do not have the ability to think or reason. We get what we deserve, and if we don’t turn out for what’s right, well……

Read your history of the extreme right, and see how it works. Start small, in school boards and small town government, and work your way up until you are running most of the country. Or, spend your time thinking about what Justin Beiber did or didn’t do. Sheesh!””

From a post I made in January of this year. Sorry to say, but I was sooo right. 😦

“Am applying to get more help, but the government only helps the really, really rich, and the rest of us can go hang, for all they care. Seems that way, anyway. The hoops you have to go through to get someone to come in for an hour or two a week to do the things you can’t, like cook. Fingers crossed anyway, but even if I qualify for something, I expect it all to be taken away again, including the assistance I already get, once the MAGA’s wishes come true and Trump destroys every one they hate. They will be destroyed, too, because if they think he will skip over them, I don’t want to be there when they find out how very, very badly they have been conned, and how truly important it is not to just believe everything you are told, especially from a proven liar. Denial is not just a rive in Egypt, as they say.”

If there is voting where you are, please vote us out of this horror we are in. Children starving, suffering because of no medical care. Adults, too. In our country. Not some third-world dictatorship run by some madman, but our very own country. I save things to share from the net, then forget, so here are some.

Excerpt from Mandami’s victory speech:

“As FDR said, democracy has disappeared in several other great nations, not because the people dislike democracy but because they have grown tired of unemployment and insecurity, of seeing their children hungry while they sat helpless in the face of government confusion and weakness. In desperation, they chose to sacrifice liberty in the hope of getting something to eat. New York, if we have made one thing clear over these past months it is that we need not choose between the two.

We can be free and we can be fair. We can demand what we deserve and together we have built a movement where everyday New Yorkers recognize themselves in our vision of democracy. Every new voter registered, that is faith renewed. Every voter who traveled through withering heat to the polls, that is faith renewed.“

“Under international law, every person has the responsibility to refuse illegal or immoral orders, no matter who gives them.” This was established during the Nuremberg Trials after the second World War,

Please let’s hold them accountable. I’ve seen the videos of what they do to their fellow citizens, their fellow humans. No matter what or where, there always seem to be humans who revel in being able to do horrible things to other humans. ICE has members because they enjoy the power to hurt others without consequences. Sometime, a lot of the time, i am so disgusted by some members of my species, and so ashamed to be a member of my species. Life should not be this way.

Got an email from DTA today saying that SNAP in Mass will not be funded next month, and they specifically mention that this is because of Trump and his Big Beautiful Bill. Love it.

“Under international law, every person has the responsibility to refuse illegal or immoral orders, no matter who gives them.” This was established during the Nuremberg Trials after the second World War.

Something I didn’t realize I needed, and it just appeared today. On Instagram. Suddenly there are a lot of sites I have never seen before, and I started following some of them. Before, I spoke about anger and despair and how destructive it is, and today came a different take. Some of the places I have followed are:

kindnessawareness

dailydosehopecore

peoplechoosingkindness

explaining animals

the_happy_broadcast

Just a few. But seeing positive things, seeing good people doing good things. I really needed this. The universe provides, it seems. It’s a good thing. 🙂

Yeah, that one.

Someone on Instagram talks about now believing in any and every thing that will bring on the downfall of this administration and someone commented that their spirit guide said everything is happening as it should and by the end of the month Trump will be led out of the White House in handcuffs. Please oh please oh please, and let him spend the rest of his time on the planet in a horrible jail cell with the worst food imaginable and no heat and not medical care. You know, like what he want for those of us who aren’t his rich cronies. But then someone else said pretty much what I have been thinking for some time. Still screwed.

mxphoenixfierz
Unfortunately It wouldn’t matter if the president and the vice president were removed from office. Because the line of succession more than 15 people down are all far right religious zealots who are members of the organizations that got us here in the first place.

Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison

The proof is here: A video on YouTube. TikTokers Expose the Sad Reality of Having Braindead MAGA Parents The Humanist Report

And for those of you who say they didn’t know who they were voting for, here are some shots from the FIRST campaign.

Had my bone scan, had my covid shot, had a lovely, lovely day being outside in the gorgeous autumn weather. Clear, sunny, low 60’sF, bit of a breeze blowing in my hair. It was just fantastic. October is my favorite month (April is second), and October in New England is just spectacular. So glad we moved here way back when. And my daughter was there doing her superwoman taking care of mom thing. How did I get so fortunate as to have her back in my life right now? Amazing, she is. Truly amazing. So in spite of all the really, really horrific things that the current administration and it’s cult followers are pouring down on us (yes, I went there), there is a lot of good in the world, and a lot of true beauty. Just let yourself find it, see it, hear it. Don’t get so absorbed in all that’s wrong that you miss all that isn’t wrong. Even a perfect cup of coffee is worth celebrating. Never give up, never surrender, but never let yourself be destroyed by not letting yourself see the good in the world. I think it was Mr. Rogers who said that when everything is going to hell (paraphrasing here, Mr. Rogers would never say hell, I”m sure), look for the helpers. Look for the good people out there trying to make things better. There are millions of them. The news only really shows you the bad, because that’s what get ratings and clicks and whatever, but it is not the only story. Let yourself be aware of the good stuff. You won’t regret it, I’m sure.

Upped my prednisone to 10mg, and feeling better, finally. Dr. wanted me to do 15, but no. I’m never getting off this med. Reset my laptop, thought I’d lost some crucial bookmarks, but found them. Trying to clean it all up, because I need to be getting ready to move, assuming I can find a place, and I just am not physically able to do the work needed, and messing about on the laptop does not hurt. Much.

Still appalled at my country, stunned that the orange disaster is destroying the White House, THE WHITE HOUSE, to build himself a gold ballroom while condemning the citizens of the country he is meant to be leading to possible starvation and death through cutting benefits and allowing the US version of the SS or the Gestapo to randomly kidnap and brutalize and torture said citizens. How is this happening? Who can top it? I have no answers or solutions, I am just numb.

Saw a thing where Amazon supposedly wants to replace thousands of workers with AI and robots. Been going on for a long time, where people are being replaced by machines. My question is, if machines put everyone out of work. how is anyone going to be able to buy your product anyway? No income, no purchasing. Seems like a self-defeating move, but then I never understood the foreclosing homes to let them rot business model, either, but I think there is some way this benefits the foreclosers financially and I don’t understand how that works at all. Oh, well. What a world. What a world.