Seth Triggs
sethtriggs.bsky.social
Seth Triggs
@sethtriggs.bsky.social
Just some guy. he/him
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So, whilst it's not a good replacement for government organizations like this, let's talk about Food Pantries. If you're able, I highly recommend donating to them.

Here's a bit of what to send them.

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12% of Americans will lose access to food resources when SNAP benefits expire in 8 days
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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"But if you give money to poor people, they'll just spend it on frivolous things like TVs!"

Okay, 1, not really true, and 2:

Let's say it is: A thread.

A bunch of poor people go out and buy out all the TVs at the store.
April 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis.

The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall.

1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.
April 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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It's sad that the dollar is what drives this story, not the human suffering, the dignity, the loss of honor and culture across the entire service, the loss of skills and experience at the battalion level. Just money.

www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/anot...
Another trans military ban would cost the United States billions of dollars - LGBTQ Nation
And that could be the least of the problems caused.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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Here’s a source sheet
October 28, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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I know "Buffalo buffalo buffalo"can easily be expressed as an infinite regular expression. "Ships shipping shipping ships" has slightly more complicated rules, but I believe it may be regular with respect to the infinite Kleene algebra as well.
October 19, 2024 at 3:03 AM
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Observation: Between making 'likes' private but allowing the blocked to read those who have blocked them, Elon has created a world where it's far easier to learn what and who someone hates than what and who they love.
October 18, 2024 at 6:48 PM