Robin Gibson
@robingib.bsky.social
Knoxville News Sentinel people and trends editor. Back in the South after decades of Midwestern winters.
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This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
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 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is what I try to always tell people: food banks can do way more with your money than you can, due to bulk buying deals. And they can do way, way more with your money than with the canned goods you didn’t want to eat
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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
Who needs talking heads on TV? This McDonald’s on a Tuesday night has the liveliest political debate going between 2 tables, ranging from COVID and Trump to declarations of “You’re insane,sir” to “It’s not easy being MAGA,” all in cheery but heartfelt tones. CNN, Fox and MSNBC could take notes.
May 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Who needs talking heads on TV? This McDonald’s on a Tuesday night has the liveliest political debate going between 2 tables, ranging from COVID and Trump to declarations of “You’re insane,sir” to “It’s not easy being MAGA,” all in cheery but heartfelt tones. CNN, Fox and MSNBC could take notes.
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“Boom goes the dynamite.”
20-years ago today.
19 year old Ball State University journalism student Brian Collins filling in for the regular campus sportscaster — when the teleprompter suddenly stops working (2005)…
20-years ago today.
19 year old Ball State University journalism student Brian Collins filling in for the regular campus sportscaster — when the teleprompter suddenly stops working (2005)…
March 23, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“Boom goes the dynamite.”
20-years ago today.
19 year old Ball State University journalism student Brian Collins filling in for the regular campus sportscaster — when the teleprompter suddenly stops working (2005)…
20-years ago today.
19 year old Ball State University journalism student Brian Collins filling in for the regular campus sportscaster — when the teleprompter suddenly stops working (2005)…
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just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’
December 20, 2024 at 2:13 PM
just totted up all the substacks I pay for and found myself thinking ‘wow wouldn’t it be better if all these writers were in one place and I could just pay a flat fee’ so anyway that’s how today I invented the concept of the ‘newspaper’
I’m not saying I’m mostly here for a steady supply of cat and dog content amid the political news, but I’m not NOT saying that. Here’s my share of the cat tax:
November 13, 2024 at 3:40 AM
I’m not saying I’m mostly here for a steady supply of cat and dog content amid the political news, but I’m not NOT saying that. Here’s my share of the cat tax: