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Rachel Walens
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Film & TV Development Executive/Producer. Gamer, armchair detective, lover of all things 1980s. She/her. Opinions my own.
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Adding Donna's in Echo Park (Los Angeles)!
Instagram post from Donna's - To help those affected by SNAP reductions/loss of access, we're offering take home ready to heat vegetarian pastas at no charge for anyone that needs it. As someone that once benefited from these welfare programs, and also as someone that works everyday to feed people, I think it's important that we focus on those beyond our own walls and help our communities. During normal business hours, stop by our To-Go window located at 1538 W Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles to pick up. Please share to help spread the word. - Sathia Sun (Head Chef)
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Love this so much! Thank you to the amazing Chef Samin Nosrat for celebrating her birthday in such a compassionate, generous way.

If you are in a position to do so, please consider joining me in donating to this important cause. ❤️

teamfeed.feedingamerica.org/participants...
Reposted from Samin Nosrat's official Facebook page - "Today is my 46th birthday. And throughout my life, I’ve had the immense privilege of never — not once — feeling what it’s like not to know where my next meal is coming from. My birthday wish is to raise $10,000 this weekend for @feedingamerica, a national network of food banks, to help feed the most vulnerable among us. Let’s take care of the people around us as our government fails to do so. It’s an especially crucial time to take action now as tens of millions of Americans are losing their SNAP benefits. It’s been heartwarming to watch people across the country rise up to take care of each other as the shutdown continues. The fact is, no one in this country (or anywhere!) should go hungry—there are more than enough resources to go around. Life is more fulfilling for everyone when we’re all cared for. Every dollar you donate to Feeding America will provide at least 10 meals to those in need. So please click on the donate button above and help with this campaign! And, for every dollar this wonderful community raises for Feeding America this weekend (up to $10,000), I will donate a matching amount @accfb, to my local food bank. Visit tinyurl.com/saminbday to contribute. Link is also in my bio!"
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Heyoooo
Post by Natasha Twymeme - "Guess who has 7 thumbs and just got fired from the morgue?"
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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So tomorrow we're going to get a bunch of think pieces about how this election was a referendum on MAGA politics and the Right needs to reach across the aisle and understand and accommodate the values of the Left if they want to win elections, right?

..... Right?
The Anakin/Padme 4-panel STAR WARS meme template
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) in "House of the Dragon" reading a letter with raised eyebrows and a surprised "hm!" face that looks almost identical to the face a man is making while reading a paper in the news article.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Oh it's so good!!

And not at all relevant to today. 😅
Two panels from John Carpenter's THE THING, featuring Kurt Russell sitting at a desk and speaking into a microphone. A bottle of liquor sits nearby. Panel 1 - "Nobody trusts anybody now." Panel 2 - "And we're all very tired."
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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#fbf to my favorite jack-o'-lantern that I ever carved.

Happy Halloween everyone!
A lit jack-o'-lantern glowing in the dark, featuring the silhouette of a wolf with huge fangs howling. The rest of the pumpkin behind it looks a little like the moon.
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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We may not get to have our Sammy Hagar impersonator story or our diseased monkeys on the loose story but at least we’ve been graced with this magnificent typo. 🤣

What a week in journalism!
A KTLA 5 headline - California News - California regulators levy stiffy penalties against Bitcoin ATM operators by: Travis Schlepp Posted: October 30, 2025 / 04:54 PM PDT Updated: October 30, 2025 / 04:54 PM PDT
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Important thread below 👇

Also, here is an updated version of the Toasted IG post with alt text added if anyone needs it -
IG post by toasted.seattle (7 hours ago) Starting November 1st: If you are losing your SNAP benefits and are unsure how to feed your family, then breakfast is on us. No proof needed. No questions asked.
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Excerpt from the linked article that reads: "There is no moment when all is lost, and the credits roll. There is no cue that we can all throw up our hands now and give up on each other. No matter how upsetting the headline, no matter how frustrating the organizing meeting, no matter how pompous and arrogant that one guy was, no matter how tired we get of this bullshit or each other -- [the next section is highlighted] if you're still here, feeling, thinking, and hoping for a way out of this, if you're still holding onto your values and each other, it's not over. If you are still breathing and trying, it's not over. It's not too late, because too late is a fake idea. The people around you will always be worth fighting for, as will your community, as will your humanity."
October 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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*taps the sign*
Six-panel comic in which an angry man yells "It's just a joke!" and then a smiling blond angel descends from Heaven, hands him a piece of paper, and returns to the beam of light in the sky. The piece of paper reads: "Jokes reflect ur values, which can be criticized."
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Finally came up with a way to express this feeling 😅
Jurassic Park meme where a screeching Velociraptor is labeled "the news on my phone" and Chris Pratt, with arms outstretched, trying to calm it/hold it at bay, is labeled "me every morning."
September 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Post a movie you like with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score.
Rotten Tomatoes page for SLUGS (1988, horror). 29% Tomatometer with 7 reviews and 31% Popcornmeter with 2,500+ ratings.
September 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Well then -
An adorable fruit bat wrapped in a blue towel with its head poking out. Its mouth is so stuffed full of banana that its cheeks are puffy, and its eyes are wide like a deer in the headlights.
September 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Post a meme you made
Meme featuring someone trying to give a resistant cat a pill. The human hand holding the cat's head is labeled "me," the cat is labeled "my friend," and the pink pill is labeled "a well-deserved compliment."
August 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Happy birthday!!! I got you this (picture of a) cake to celebrate!
A tall white cake decorated with dripping blood and crime scene evidence like a chalk outline and a knife. It says "Case Closed" in black icing around the bottom. The cake is sitting on a marble countertop.
August 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Bee-come ungovernable
A bee hovers outdoors, facing a hand-drawn sign on a outdoor wooden railing. The sign depicts a smiling bee in the center of a red circle with a line through the middle of it, meaning: "no bees"
August 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING IMMEDIATELY AND LOOK AT THIS DOG
An almost perfectly round ball of black fluffy fur with a small white muzzle and black nose that makes this little dog look exactly like a sentient eyeball.
August 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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I love this
Black sharpie writing on a window, with big tan buildings in the background. The writing, set against the backdrop of a blue sky with wispy clouds, reads: "Someone is still listening to the music you showed them."
August 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Tweet from Zilla (@GoodZilla) Boss: You're fired Me: *turns in my gun and my badge* Boss: You're a waiter where did you get those
August 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Tweet by Keith Lowell Jensen (@keithlowell) "If you gave long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you... so you wave but then you realize that the abyss was actually gazing into someone else over your shoulder so you feel awkward & try to pretend you were gazing into a different abyss but there's really no other abyss."
August 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Wonton 😭
Facebook post from Knine Rescue Inc. on July 23 at 5:06 PM "Meet Wonton - 20 lbs of judgment and emotional unavailability. He's not broken. He's just... not that into you. Wonton isn't looking for love. He's looking for a roommate with low expectations, good snacks, and a mutual agreement to mind your own business. You want cuddles? Get a teddy bear. You want loyalty? Try a Roomba. You want a tiny dog who stares at walls, mutters curses under his breath, and occasionally lets you coexist in his presence? Now we're talking. Wonton's hobbies include: not being touched, ignoring your calls, and pretending he doesn't know his name. Sound like your kind of toxic situationship? Email kninerescueinc@gmail.com - Wonton might ghost you in person."
July 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Screenshot of a text chat: Today 7:05 PM Blue Bubble on the right - "Do you have a moment to talk with me about my new religion?" Gray Bubble on the left - "I am playing D&D right now!" BB - [photo of a possum sniffing a white and gold Buddha statue on someone's porch] BB - "(Carry on!)" [marked "Ha Ha"] GB - "I will join" [hearted]
July 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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*record scratch *
*freeze frame *

Yep, that's me! You're probably wondering how I got here...
A young, brunette female rescuer in a purple t-shirt, black shorts and elbow-length heavy duty gloves is standing in the open doorway of a wildlife enclosure, smiling and holding up a nonplussed female coyote pup. The rescuer is looking sideways at the pup, and the pup is looking right at the camera like Jim Halpert in "The Office." Photo credit - IG: @arcticfoxdaily Close-up of the nonplussed coyote pup's face staring right into camera, with a ceiling-high chain link fence in the background. Photo credit - IG: @arcticfoxdaily
July 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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It's giving -
Bad pun husky meme - a husky looks sideways at the camera with its mouth wide open like it just told a bad joke and is waiting for you to laugh.
July 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM