https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mamdani-arabic-numerals-nyc-schools/

And finally, I cannot believe the medium fries/McChicken thing. Is there a potato shortage I am unaware of? Is this post for real?

From NPR Up First newsletter, in response to the news that the CDC has changed their stance on vaccines and autism. Get it out there. Lies, lies, lies. This administration is NOT your friend.

CDC scientists say they didn’t change their website, and the Department of Health and Human Services wouldn’t divulge who ordered the adjustment to the wording, NPR’s Pien Huang tells Up First. There is no new scientific evidence to support the claim of a link between vaccines and autism. Huang notes that it is interesting that a headline on the CDC’s webpage still states that vaccines don’t cause autism. However, there is an asterisk next to this statement, which explains that the agency will not remove it due to an agreement with Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who provided a key confirmation vote for Kennedy to become the HHS secretary.

headline: ‘You can’t call yourself a Christian and be okay with what they are doing’: Trump voter sees light after wife tossed into ICE hell

https://wegotthiscovered.com

They revel in it, right up until it affects them personally. No compassion, no sympathy, and never, never any forgiveness for these cretins.

I need it.

Hope it helped a little bit.

November 25th. I plan to participate to the best of my ability, but if anyone can tell me how to get by without Amazon, please, please let me know in detail.

Starbucks is on the list, this is why:

Here are some others to boycott. Put your money where your mouth is. Don’t fund the enemy.

Target
What’sapp
meta
arby’s
waze
domino’s sugar
dasanji
whole foods
amazon
goya
minute maid
buffalo valley wings
spotify
estee lauder

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. 🙂