Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

I never realized till now…. From another source…

So, I spoke to people getting food at a food bank and here are some things I learned from those in need:
1. Everyone donates Kraft Mac and Cheese in the box. They can rarely use it because it needs milk and butter which is hard to get from regular food banks.
2. Boxed milk is a treasure, as kids need it for cereal which they also get a lot of.
3. Everyone donates pasta sauce and spaghetti noodles.
4. They cannot eat all the awesome canned veggies and soup unless you put a can opener in too or buy pop tops.
5. Oil is a luxury but needed for Rice a-Roni which they also get a lot of.
6. Spices or salt and pepper would be a real Christmas gift.
7. Tea bags and coffee make them feel like you care.
8. Sugar and flour are treats.
9. They fawn over fresh produce donated by farmers and grocery stores.
10. Seeds are cool in Spring and Summer because growing can be easy for some.
11. They rarely get fresh meat.
12. Tuna and crackers make a good lunch.
13. Hamburger Helper goes nowhere without ground beef.
14. They get lots of peanut butter and jelly but usually not sandwich bread.
15. Butter or margarine is nice too.
16. Eggs are a real commodity.
17. Cake mix and frosting makes it possible to make a child’s birthday cake.
18. Dishwashing detergent is very expensive and is always appreciated.
19. Feminine hygiene products are a luxury and women will cry over that.
20. Everyone loves Stove Top Stuffing.

In all the years I have donated food at the Holidays, I bought what I thought they wanted, but have never asked. I am glad I did. If you are helping a Family this Christmas, maybe this can help you tailor it more. It does for me!

I will never get tired of the Jerusalem Post’s #asteroid headlines.

https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-761322

@GottaLaff @rabbijill

Trump is not in jail now because he has Republican billionaire donors, foreign and domestic, shielding him.

Millions has been spent on lawyers advising witnesses to say "just say you can't recall."

Millions has been given to foundations like the Claremont Institute to harbor the seditious like John Eastman.

Millions has been spent to buy corrupt politicians and Supreme Court Justices.

Millions has been spent on disinformation about covid, climate,and coups.

The road to fascism is lined with moderates and people on the internet telling you to stop overreacting.

Trump blabbed nuclear sub secrets to Australian billionaire member of Mar-a-Lago club, report claims

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-maralago-nuclear-submarines-b2424981.html

#TheIndependent #TrumpSecrets #NuclearSubmarines #MaralagoClub #AustralianBillionaire #USPolitics #Politics #News

Sounds much nicer than more tax cuts for the rich.

Biden cancels $9 billion in student debt for 125,000 borrowers-
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/04/biden-cancels-9-billion-in-student-debt-for-125000-borrowers-.html

I don't know where to start.

"Officiant fires gun to welcome bride, shoots grandson — and wedding goes on"

Gardner has been charged with felony child abuse for negligently firing a firearm and causing an injury. Gardner — an elected Republican official who has served as a commissioner in Ector County, Tex., since 2021 — said he turned himself in on Monday and was released on $10,000 bond.

(free link) https://wapo.st/3Q0Eqvs

@ai6yr My mom was an ER nurse in PA and I swear to god there was a “I shot my best friend” incident during deer season every damn year.

Make no mistake: Trump was the main force behind the near shutdown. Why?

Because Trump calculated that a shutdown would play to his advantage. He operates on chaos.

It's likely he’s already at work trying to torpedo the next funding measure needed. Be warned.

I’m increasingly convinced that all services and most jobs would be improved with more staff. Literally, just more people.

More people sitting around getting paid with nothing to do, until there is in fact something to do.

Pay people to staff all those windows at the post office and bank and then celebrate no lines. Pay people to bus the tables, and other people to seat the guests, and still more people to take the orders and run the food.

I’m so tired of seeing one person doing it all

If you ever need a reminder of how the Democrats are the party of the rule of the law and the Republicans are the party cowed by a mob boss, during the “impeachment inquiry” hearing in the House, the panel was asked to raise their hands if they believe that both Hunter and Trump should be held accountable if they are found guilty. The Democrats all raised their hands. None of the Republicans did.

From this morning's walk along Boulder Creek, a Red-breasted Sapsucker-

#Birds #Birding

Workbenches in an abandoned china factory slowly making their way through the floor.

Photos of collapsing areas of buildings never seem to perform as well in terms of social media metrics which is somewhat baffling to me, as I find the mechanics of structural deterioration endlessly fascinating.

Anyway, here's the gallery for this place in case you'd like to see more: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/shenango-china

I've been talking about how AI will directly lead to an Idiocracy (2006) scenario for some time, but today's update to the "can you melt eggs?" saga is as clear an illustration of how as I think it's possible to ever have.

Quora's AI answers made up the melting point of eggs, and then Google picked it up and responded affirmatively that you can indeed melt eggs.

Then people wrote articles about how stupid it is that Google says eggs can melt. The Google fixes the answer.

Then Google ingests an article about how stupid it is that Google says you can melt eggs, and suddenly Google starts answering affirmatively again that you can melt eggs, citing the article about how stupid Google is for thinking you can melt eggs.

Rand, Paul stated if we want to avoid a government shutdown we need to discontinue it to Ukraine

I’ll let John McCain handle this one

"[Rand Paul] has no justification for his objection to having a small nation be part of NATO, that is under assault from the Russians.

“So I repeat again, the senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin."

The Banned Wagon is coming to Houston to give out free copies of banned books.

#news #books #reading #bannedbooks #readbannedbooks

https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2023/09/27/banned-wagon-book-bans