Cat Blues
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You can become disabled or homeless in an instant.
It just takes one accident or illness to change your life forever.
It’s not a moral failing.
You can’t just “try harder”.
People need support, compassion and to have their basic needs met.
That’s how you ensure survival.
It just takes one accident or illness to change your life forever.
It’s not a moral failing.
You can’t just “try harder”.
People need support, compassion and to have their basic needs met.
That’s how you ensure survival.
August 1, 2026 at 11:05 AM
You can become disabled or homeless in an instant.
It just takes one accident or illness to change your life forever.
It’s not a moral failing.
You can’t just “try harder”.
People need support, compassion and to have their basic needs met.
That’s how you ensure survival.
It just takes one accident or illness to change your life forever.
It’s not a moral failing.
You can’t just “try harder”.
People need support, compassion and to have their basic needs met.
That’s how you ensure survival.
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Shannon is an excellent reporter and I hope you will read this story. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/24/p...
A Prison on Fire
Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.
www.themarshallproject.org
July 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Shannon is an excellent reporter and I hope you will read this story. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/24/p...
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ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through August 21st! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
June 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through August 21st! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
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People should know that NYPL alone has 100 vacancies and that this doesn't include the 160 vacancies at BPL & QPL. Library workers also need higher pay. Meanwhile the libraries ARE NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH FUNDING. We need @mayor.nyc.gov and the @council.nyc.gov to fund libraries at 0.5% of budget now.
June 26, 2026 at 6:34 PM
People should know that NYPL alone has 100 vacancies and that this doesn't include the 160 vacancies at BPL & QPL. Library workers also need higher pay. Meanwhile the libraries ARE NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH FUNDING. We need @mayor.nyc.gov and the @council.nyc.gov to fund libraries at 0.5% of budget now.
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I’m primary caretaker for a baby now, spending nearly every hour of almost every day handling it all completely on my own.
I’d like to be able to afford 1-2 days a week to knock out big chores (like laundry) & to be on the ground again. A nanny costs $20-$30/hr. I make $350/week lol
I’d like to be able to afford 1-2 days a week to knock out big chores (like laundry) & to be on the ground again. A nanny costs $20-$30/hr. I make $350/week lol
July 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I’m primary caretaker for a baby now, spending nearly every hour of almost every day handling it all completely on my own.
I’d like to be able to afford 1-2 days a week to knock out big chores (like laundry) & to be on the ground again. A nanny costs $20-$30/hr. I make $350/week lol
I’d like to be able to afford 1-2 days a week to knock out big chores (like laundry) & to be on the ground again. A nanny costs $20-$30/hr. I make $350/week lol
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When you realize that the United States is just an occupying state of illegal settlers trying to stop non-white settlers from coming, maybe it’ll click.
June 25, 2026 at 7:55 PM
When you realize that the United States is just an occupying state of illegal settlers trying to stop non-white settlers from coming, maybe it’ll click.
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City budget negotiations are moving towards an adopted FY27 budget, and your City Council Members need to hear from you - weigh in and tell them to fund our public libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget.
Easy steps with scripts and facts on our action page here:
nycplan.org/actions/libr...
Easy steps with scripts and facts on our action page here:
nycplan.org/actions/libr...
Library Budget Phone Bank 2026
We’re emailing and calling city councilmembers on the Budget Negotiating Team (BNT) directly to ask them to dedicate 0.5% of the overall city budget to our libraries. Are you in any of these BNT…
nycplan.org
June 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM
City budget negotiations are moving towards an adopted FY27 budget, and your City Council Members need to hear from you - weigh in and tell them to fund our public libraries at 0.5% of the city expense budget.
Easy steps with scripts and facts on our action page here:
nycplan.org/actions/libr...
Easy steps with scripts and facts on our action page here:
nycplan.org/actions/libr...
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#OtD 12 Mar 1990 the Capitol Crawl took place when disabled people got out of wheelchairs and crawled up the steps of the US Capitol. They were protesting the stalling of the Americans with Disabilities Act banning discrimination against the disabled stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1252...
March 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
#OtD 12 Mar 1990 the Capitol Crawl took place when disabled people got out of wheelchairs and crawled up the steps of the US Capitol. They were protesting the stalling of the Americans with Disabilities Act banning discrimination against the disabled stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1252...
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Apart from the moral repugnance, this is so revealing of how ignorant conservatives are about poverty. Poor people have to think about money ALL THE TIME. They worry constantly about what everything costs, how to substitute one purchase for another, what bill can be put off until payday, etc.
Husted: "People living in poverty are just not very, um, experienced at navigating the real world, right? I remember talking to one young lady who said, 'Well, I don't really know how money works at a grocery store,' bc she grew up & has lived all of her adult life using SNAP cards to buy groceries"
March 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Apart from the moral repugnance, this is so revealing of how ignorant conservatives are about poverty. Poor people have to think about money ALL THE TIME. They worry constantly about what everything costs, how to substitute one purchase for another, what bill can be put off until payday, etc.
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Writing is thinking.
March 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Writing is thinking.
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longanisa would be a beautiful name for a baby girl
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
longanisa would be a beautiful name for a baby girl
The Apothecary Diaries is just so fantastic and beautiful. And I hear the manga's art style is even more breathtaking than the show's art style, OMG.
I'm also just coming off the heels of A Sign of Affection which was another 10/10 anime 🩷
#anime
I'm also just coming off the heels of A Sign of Affection which was another 10/10 anime 🩷
#anime
July 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Apothecary Diaries is just so fantastic and beautiful. And I hear the manga's art style is even more breathtaking than the show's art style, OMG.
I'm also just coming off the heels of A Sign of Affection which was another 10/10 anime 🩷
#anime
I'm also just coming off the heels of A Sign of Affection which was another 10/10 anime 🩷
#anime
Anime and manga are the only things getting me through these times.
July 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Anime and manga are the only things getting me through these times.
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Feelin’ real tired of how Americans flock to European cities each summer, return to gush about how enjoyable those cities are, but then vote against public transportation, bike-inclusive roads, housing, and building for people instead of for cars and corporations. Because racism and classism.
July 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Feelin’ real tired of how Americans flock to European cities each summer, return to gush about how enjoyable those cities are, but then vote against public transportation, bike-inclusive roads, housing, and building for people instead of for cars and corporations. Because racism and classism.
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friendly reminder that all institutions are not real. laws, governments, nations, borders, corporations. they only exist in our collective imaginations. a bunch of little stories we tell ourselves. fairy tales
July 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
friendly reminder that all institutions are not real. laws, governments, nations, borders, corporations. they only exist in our collective imaginations. a bunch of little stories we tell ourselves. fairy tales
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The United States will go down as one of the shortest-lived, most corrupt, most distorted, genocidal, bloodlusting, violent, anti-life Empires in history.
July 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The United States will go down as one of the shortest-lived, most corrupt, most distorted, genocidal, bloodlusting, violent, anti-life Empires in history.
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🚨Want to know where all the immigration enforcement money is going to? We've got you covered!
- $51.6 billion for border wall ($46.6 billion for wall, $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities).
- $45 billion for ICE detention
- $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement
Grand total: $170.7 billion.
- $51.6 billion for border wall ($46.6 billion for wall, $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities).
- $45 billion for ICE detention
- $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement
Grand total: $170.7 billion.
July 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🚨Want to know where all the immigration enforcement money is going to? We've got you covered!
- $51.6 billion for border wall ($46.6 billion for wall, $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities).
- $45 billion for ICE detention
- $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement
Grand total: $170.7 billion.
- $51.6 billion for border wall ($46.6 billion for wall, $5 billion for CBP checkpoints and facilities).
- $45 billion for ICE detention
- $29.9 billion for ICE enforcement
Grand total: $170.7 billion.
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Boycotting is a privilege.
Prepping is a privilege.
Protesting is a privilege.
Leaving the country is a privilege.
Not all solutions are accessible to everyone.
We need robust community care to ensure people aren’t left behind.
Prepping is a privilege.
Protesting is a privilege.
Leaving the country is a privilege.
Not all solutions are accessible to everyone.
We need robust community care to ensure people aren’t left behind.
July 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Boycotting is a privilege.
Prepping is a privilege.
Protesting is a privilege.
Leaving the country is a privilege.
Not all solutions are accessible to everyone.
We need robust community care to ensure people aren’t left behind.
Prepping is a privilege.
Protesting is a privilege.
Leaving the country is a privilege.
Not all solutions are accessible to everyone.
We need robust community care to ensure people aren’t left behind.
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Please believe me when I tell you:
Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now.
You are going to need it.
And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing.
The thing that sustains and nourishes you.
That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others.
More present.
More:
Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now.
You are going to need it.
And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing.
The thing that sustains and nourishes you.
That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others.
More present.
More:
fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Please believe me when I tell you:
Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now.
You are going to need it.
And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing.
The thing that sustains and nourishes you.
That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others.
More present.
More:
Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now.
You are going to need it.
And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing.
The thing that sustains and nourishes you.
That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others.
More present.
More:
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heaven might just be a porch swing, a breeze, and nothing left to prove.
July 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
heaven might just be a porch swing, a breeze, and nothing left to prove.