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Republicans want to cut SNAP benefits — even as 1 in 10 households are food-insecure – Vox (Me: GovernmentOverPeople GOP… let them go hungry)

Source: Republicans want to cut SNAP benefits — even as 1 in 10 households are food-insecure – Vox

Financial Self-defense Saturdays Repost & Service Adulthood: Project Do Better Phase II

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

Adults are expected to be able to take care of themselves, and to accept responsibilities that we associate with adulthood. #ProjectDoBetter has updated some of these proposals on Adulthood: What do you think?  One of these responsibilities is voting, which is meant to give each citizen a voice on decision-making for the common good.  Another such responsibility is financial self-defense, and of course, paying one’s bills, avoiding scams, and honoring contracts, including the […]

Thoughtful Thursdays, emotional and financial self-defense, and Phase II: Adulthood — Context, Critical Thinking, Continuous Learning: Project Do Better

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Three years after first COVID-19 death in Texas, Waco brothers remember parents who died within days of each other

“It’s something I never thought I’d go through,” Gabriel Resendez, one of the Resendez children who lost their parents to COVID-19, told KWTX. “I felt like my world was tumbling down,” his brother, Moses Resendez. said.

Source: Three years after first COVID-19 death in Texas, Waco brothers remember parents who died within days of each other

♫ Sweet Baby James ♫

Filosofa's Word

The other night when I played another James Taylor song, David mentioned this one, Sweet Baby James, as being one of his favourites and I promised to play it, since I’m still in James Taylor mode for the moment.  I learned some interesting things while researching this song, such as that Taylor Swift was named after James Taylor!  But more interesting is the background of the song.  This is one of his most popular songs, although it did not chart anywhere, and has been played at almost every James Taylor concert since its release in 1970!  According to SongFacts …

James Taylor is not singing about himself in this song, but about the child who was named in his honor. Taylor wrote the song in 1969, when he drove on his way to Richmond, Virginia to see his older brother, the late Alex Taylor. James had recently returned to America…

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Why are women so marginalised by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? — Stigmatis News

Barely 8% of its inductees are female. The canon-making doesn’t just reek of sexist gatekeeping, but also purposeful ignorance and hostility Courtney Love I got into this business to write great songs and have fun. I was a quick learner. I read every music magazine I could get my hands on and at 12, after […]

Why are women so marginalised by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? — Stigmatis News

Indigenous children suffer most from illegal miners’ Amazon invasion — Stigmatis News

The influx of heavily armed gangs, now being tackled by President Lula, has had a catastrophic effect on infant health By Tom Phillips in Boa Vista The severely malnourished Yanomami baby girl is about eight months old but weighs just 2.75kg (6lbs) – less than half the average for her age. A catheter runs into her tiny […]

Indigenous children suffer most from illegal miners’ Amazon invasion — Stigmatis News