Kendee
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Housing is a human right. Also, we all deserve rich eggs, tangy tomatoes, and piping hot coffee.
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he's being turned into a pastry before our eyes
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
he's being turned into a pastry before our eyes
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you're either snacking with me or snacking against me
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
you're either snacking with me or snacking against me
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British endurance rider Evelyn Hamilton in 1935. Hamilton was a larger-than-life character who helped ferry French Resistance fighters across Paris on a tandem during World War II.
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
British endurance rider Evelyn Hamilton in 1935. Hamilton was a larger-than-life character who helped ferry French Resistance fighters across Paris on a tandem during World War II.
“Rainey painted a clear picture of the affordability challenge facing millions of Americans.” AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGE. These people talking about the cost of being a human being in America!
Walmart CFO: “If you look at October wage growth, the difference between wage growth in the low-income and high-income cohorts was as large as it’s been in almost a decade."
This is the Trump economy.
This is the Trump economy.
Walmart CFO warns affordability crisis is getting worse
Despite solid earnings and market share gains, Walmart flags the strain on cash-strapped consumers as tariffs and higher prices bite.
finance.yahoo.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“Rainey painted a clear picture of the affordability challenge facing millions of Americans.” AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGE. These people talking about the cost of being a human being in America!
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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There are now more Democratic women in Virginia’s House than Republicans — total.
VA has come a longgg way!
VA has come a longgg way!
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
There are now more Democratic women in Virginia’s House than Republicans — total.
VA has come a longgg way!
VA has come a longgg way!
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Garfield endorses walkable neighborhoods.
October 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Garfield endorses walkable neighborhoods.
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It was hard for me to believe the “left wingers are just as violent as right wingers” thing even when I was a very conservative kid. Granted a right winger had just bombed my hometown’s Olympics at the time
September 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It was hard for me to believe the “left wingers are just as violent as right wingers” thing even when I was a very conservative kid. Granted a right winger had just bombed my hometown’s Olympics at the time
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A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
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Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 - enough to supply all of Iowa's residential water for five days.
Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume: buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume: buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much
In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 - enough to supply all of Iowa's residential water for five days.
Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume: buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume: buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
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Elderly parents: We walked to school in the snow, uphill both ways.
Me: 🤤Mmmm...walkable neighborhood.
Me: 🤤Mmmm...walkable neighborhood.
a woman in a white shirt is sitting in a classroom and making a funny face .
ALT: a woman in a white shirt is sitting in a classroom and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Elderly parents: We walked to school in the snow, uphill both ways.
Me: 🤤Mmmm...walkable neighborhood.
Me: 🤤Mmmm...walkable neighborhood.
Such immense joy Ben Healy has brought to our home all month! Chapeau to Ben!
🇮🇪 Ben Healy wins Super Combativity award at the 🇫🇷 #TDF2025
Deserved?
Full article on Domestique 👇
📷 Cor Vos
Deserved?
Full article on Domestique 👇
📷 Cor Vos
July 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Such immense joy Ben Healy has brought to our home all month! Chapeau to Ben!
WHHHHHHHY????
Microsoft and Mercedes‑Benz are working together to let people access Teams from the car.
Benz is the first car maker to enable in-car camera use for Teams while a car is being driven.
The companies are also partnering to put Microsoft 365 Copilot into vehicles.
www.theverge.com/news/708481/...
Benz is the first car maker to enable in-car camera use for Teams while a car is being driven.
The companies are also partnering to put Microsoft 365 Copilot into vehicles.
www.theverge.com/news/708481/...
Mercedes-Benz will let you use an in-car camera in Microsoft Teams while driving
The all-new CLA gets this first
www.theverge.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
WHHHHHHHY????
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Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate?
Research suggests the scheme may be more popular than thought, with consultations dominated by a loud minority
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Wales’s 20mph speed limit has cut road deaths. Why is there still even a debate? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Bail Funds — where community members donate money to help others post bail — exploded in popularity after the 2020 protests against police brutality. Since then, they've faced political blowback, and a wave of legislation working to restrict them.
Community bail funds face backlash from GOP lawmakers after a 2020 surge in popularity
Bail Funds — where community members donate money to help others post bail — exploded in popularity after the 2020 protests against police brutality. Since then, they've faced political blowback, and a wave of legislation working to restrict them.
n.pr
July 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Bail Funds — where community members donate money to help others post bail — exploded in popularity after the 2020 protests against police brutality. Since then, they've faced political blowback, and a wave of legislation working to restrict them.
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Since December 2023, 80% of Amsterdam’s streets have a maximum speed limit of 30 km/h. Early results:
11% fewer crashes on the new 30 km/h roads and 24% fewer involving trams and buses
1.5 decibels less traffic noise
63% of drivers fully or almost fully comply with the new limit
buff.ly/mZ1sjhU
11% fewer crashes on the new 30 km/h roads and 24% fewer involving trams and buses
1.5 decibels less traffic noise
63% of drivers fully or almost fully comply with the new limit
buff.ly/mZ1sjhU
July 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Since December 2023, 80% of Amsterdam’s streets have a maximum speed limit of 30 km/h. Early results:
11% fewer crashes on the new 30 km/h roads and 24% fewer involving trams and buses
1.5 decibels less traffic noise
63% of drivers fully or almost fully comply with the new limit
buff.ly/mZ1sjhU
11% fewer crashes on the new 30 km/h roads and 24% fewer involving trams and buses
1.5 decibels less traffic noise
63% of drivers fully or almost fully comply with the new limit
buff.ly/mZ1sjhU
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Don’t waste your time with people who want to know what your deal is; wait for the one who wants to know what’s your whole deal.
July 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Don’t waste your time with people who want to know what your deal is; wait for the one who wants to know what’s your whole deal.
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English People Encounter Pizza for the First Time
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June 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
English People Encounter Pizza for the First Time
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This is disgusting and terrifying. The solution to homelessness is housing. Truly, that’s it.
“The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid by a downtown Nashville business org”
“The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid by a downtown Nashville business org”
Jesus tapdancing Christ
"The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."
"The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."
‘Shadow’ police force removing homeless from downtown Nashville, state trooper says
“Our job is to police the homeless community,” a trooper told WSMV4 Investigates. “Profiling is what it is.”
www.wsmv.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This is disgusting and terrifying. The solution to homelessness is housing. Truly, that’s it.
“The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid by a downtown Nashville business org”
“The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid by a downtown Nashville business org”
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Washington's first-in-the-nation shared streets bill, allowing local governments to lower speed limits to 10 mph on specific streets where vehicle traffic must yield to pedestrian, bike, and scooter traffic, is now law.
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
May 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Washington's first-in-the-nation shared streets bill, allowing local governments to lower speed limits to 10 mph on specific streets where vehicle traffic must yield to pedestrian, bike, and scooter traffic, is now law.
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...
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NYPD Tickets Dead Cyclist For Obstructing Bike Lane
May 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
NYPD Tickets Dead Cyclist For Obstructing Bike Lane
This is a tough decision for our City Council. I’ve worked for a Veteran Service Organization. We must honor veteran service for sure. We must also support parks, sidewalks and ADA access across the city. I appreciate @nat4cville.bsky.social being frank about that
March 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is a tough decision for our City Council. I’ve worked for a Veteran Service Organization. We must honor veteran service for sure. We must also support parks, sidewalks and ADA access across the city. I appreciate @nat4cville.bsky.social being frank about that