Jac 🐣
@jayqlyn.bsky.social
lover of social safety nets • likes sci-fi, crafts, crosswords, camping • views mine, etc. (she/her) 🌹🫱🏾🫲🏼
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Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Mamdani is going to bring him that snowglobe that plays "Memories" from CATS and we're going to get government grocery stores nationwide
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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It's interesting that wise conservative business guys implicitly understand "return on investment" except when it comes to this. It's better for YOU if your neighbor gets enough to eat so he can become your community's mechanic, accountant, dentist--whatever!--instead of lying dead in a ditch
The welfare state is about dignity, equality, and making people not poor, but as @itsafronomics.bsky.social says/cites here, it’s often also an investment that more than pays for itself
Why should you 🫵🏿 care about SNAP? SNAP recipients saw:
- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital
SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital
SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's interesting that wise conservative business guys implicitly understand "return on investment" except when it comes to this. It's better for YOU if your neighbor gets enough to eat so he can become your community's mechanic, accountant, dentist--whatever!--instead of lying dead in a ditch
Underrated discomfort in pregnancy is that I can’t like, cross my arms anymore, or rest a phone/laptop when lying down. The weight pushing down gives me immediate acid/nausea. The little things!
September 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Underrated discomfort in pregnancy is that I can’t like, cross my arms anymore, or rest a phone/laptop when lying down. The weight pushing down gives me immediate acid/nausea. The little things!
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On June 24, I began my Election Night speech by quoting Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That's the spirit of this campaign, and our city.
This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.
This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.
September 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On June 24, I began my Election Night speech by quoting Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” That's the spirit of this campaign, and our city.
This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.
This is "Until It’s Done,” a new series about New Yorkers who refused to accept that a worthy goal was impossible.
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RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
September 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
slowing down the phone video to a frame by frame to prove to Brian that it really was a kick 🦵
September 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
slowing down the phone video to a frame by frame to prove to Brian that it really was a kick 🦵
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Immigrants and advocates tell me that MPD's growing cooperation with ICE on immigration enforcement in D.C. has made them fearful to call local police if they witness a crime or are victims of one. Trust that MPD built up over years may have been demolished in recent weeks: 51st.news/ice-presence...
As ICE increases presence in D.C., immigrants say they’re scared of calling local police
D.C.'s status as a sanctuary city has faced federal and local challenges.
51st.news
August 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Immigrants and advocates tell me that MPD's growing cooperation with ICE on immigration enforcement in D.C. has made them fearful to call local police if they witness a crime or are victims of one. Trust that MPD built up over years may have been demolished in recent weeks: 51st.news/ice-presence...
@51st.news Will there be a weekend events listing out today? None last weekend either!
August 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@51st.news Will there be a weekend events listing out today? None last weekend either!
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The internet has "leveled the playing field" in an unhealthy way. Most people with years of training, decades of experience, and a proven track record of making the world a better place are at a disadvantage to the glib, charismatic motherfuckers who can spew bullshit for hours on end.
"debate" gamifies politic conversation and replaces the actual stakes of the subject being debated with interpersonal stakes of clout and such. the demand for the version of civility that features in these conversations amounts to trying to water down even the interpersonal stakes
August 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The internet has "leveled the playing field" in an unhealthy way. Most people with years of training, decades of experience, and a proven track record of making the world a better place are at a disadvantage to the glib, charismatic motherfuckers who can spew bullshit for hours on end.
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everyone involved needs to be permanently barred from public office, for starters
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody at appointment
Abrego, who was just released from federal custody on Friday, now faces deportation to Uganda.
www.nbcnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
everyone involved needs to be permanently barred from public office, for starters
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Decided to get a plug-in vacuum after many years of cordless. Filled the entire canister on a rug I had ostensibly vacuumed earlier in the week, and I am never using a cordless again.
August 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Decided to get a plug-in vacuum after many years of cordless. Filled the entire canister on a rug I had ostensibly vacuumed earlier in the week, and I am never using a cordless again.
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His unions statement.
August 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
His unions statement.
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denmark rocks bc theyll notice that only 80% of their population is currently laying in the grass in a park with a six pack of 8% beer reading a book while on a 3 hour lunch break from work making $50/hr selling croissants at a cafe called GOBBO or FLUUZ and their government will spring into action
Confronting what its culture minister called a "reading crisis," the Danish government announced this week that it planned to make books exempt from a 25% value-added tax.
Facing a ‘Reading Crisis,’ Denmark Wants to Make Books Cheaper
The Danish government announced this week that it planned to make books exempt from a 25 percent value-added tax.
nyti.ms
August 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
denmark rocks bc theyll notice that only 80% of their population is currently laying in the grass in a park with a six pack of 8% beer reading a book while on a 3 hour lunch break from work making $50/hr selling croissants at a cafe called GOBBO or FLUUZ and their government will spring into action
There are so many pretty, unique-but-not-too-out-there names for girls. For boys it’s like: would you like boring, biblical, or overwhelmingly southern/trendy trad-wife coded?
August 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
There are so many pretty, unique-but-not-too-out-there names for girls. For boys it’s like: would you like boring, biblical, or overwhelmingly southern/trendy trad-wife coded?
The air is so cool and crisp leaving Gloucester, I could simply die having to go back to the swamp. 🥲
August 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The air is so cool and crisp leaving Gloucester, I could simply die having to go back to the swamp. 🥲
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The price of vegetables rose 38.9% in July.
August 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The price of vegetables rose 38.9% in July.
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People are being forced out of DC. The cost of living is too high, and Trump is waging an all-out assault on the District.
It should be easier and more affordable to build a life here.
That's why I’m running for DC Council in Ward 1.
Join us: aparnafordc.com/donate
It should be easier and more affordable to build a life here.
That's why I’m running for DC Council in Ward 1.
Join us: aparnafordc.com/donate
August 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
People are being forced out of DC. The cost of living is too high, and Trump is waging an all-out assault on the District.
It should be easier and more affordable to build a life here.
That's why I’m running for DC Council in Ward 1.
Join us: aparnafordc.com/donate
It should be easier and more affordable to build a life here.
That's why I’m running for DC Council in Ward 1.
Join us: aparnafordc.com/donate
I need government intervention on the baby clothes ads on Instagram. It is too targeted. Kid is going to have more clothes than I do before he’s born. This is taking advantage of vulnerable people (me)
August 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I need government intervention on the baby clothes ads on Instagram. It is too targeted. Kid is going to have more clothes than I do before he’s born. This is taking advantage of vulnerable people (me)
“please purchase a monthly subscription to use your baby’s white noise machine” it is truly time to destroy venture capital
August 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“please purchase a monthly subscription to use your baby’s white noise machine” it is truly time to destroy venture capital
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The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.
U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to…
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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there's an actual genre of analysis that acknowledges that for generations people used to buy and sell other humans, aided by a comprehensive system of apartheid that continued for generations later, but nevertheless blames the resurgence of open bigotry on a decade or so of cringe Tumblr posts
July 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
there's an actual genre of analysis that acknowledges that for generations people used to buy and sell other humans, aided by a comprehensive system of apartheid that continued for generations later, but nevertheless blames the resurgence of open bigotry on a decade or so of cringe Tumblr posts
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Many of the 4.5 million disabled American adults and families of disabled children who depend on home- and community-based care fear the services could be at risk because of the roughly $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending cuts to come over the next 10 years.
Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them
The White House says roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts won’t limit home- and community-based care. Health care experts disagree.
trib.al
July 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Many of the 4.5 million disabled American adults and families of disabled children who depend on home- and community-based care fear the services could be at risk because of the roughly $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending cuts to come over the next 10 years.
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July 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM