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Since the holiday toy drive post is circulating again, I figured this would also be helpful! Food insecurity is such a massive problem in America, in general, and if you have the means to help feed others, I think you should take that opportunity. Here are some other tips:

1. If you’re planning on donating items from your own pantry, please check the expiration dates on the packaging. Think of your donations as gifts to bestow, not castoffs to be rid of. It’s awful to think of people feeling like they got scraps someone else just didn’t want. Everyone deserves dignity with their meals.

2. If you’d rather give money to a food bank, that’s also great since they buy food in bulk and know what items are most wanted/needed!

3. Not everyone has access to appliances like stoves or microwaves or hot plates so if you can donate items that don’t need to be heated up, that would also be greatly appreciated!

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So something I would recommend, even if you're not someone who can use them for the intended purpose, is that everyone. Everyone. Including cis men, should keep some menstrual pads on hand. Not only will you be able to hand them out if someone needs them, but they make extremely good first aid supplies. Pads are a sanitary, sterile little strip of fabric, that is specifically designed to absorb blood, that comes in a small package that can be stuffed in a first aid kit, and has an adhesive back. That is the ultimate jury-rigged emergency bandage. Slap a pad sticky-side up on a wound, and wrap it with whatever fabric or long sleave or rope or whatever you have on hand to stop the bleeding. The pad will absorb blood and help keep the area clean and out of contact with your unsensitized wrapping.

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I love the use of the phrase 'some strange alchemy' as a descriptor for a process you don't understand.

'Through some strange alchemy(crochet) they turned a bundle of yarn into a stuffed giraffe'

'Through some strange alchemy(bad cooking) they turned a perfectly marinated steak into a charcoal briquet'

'Through some strange alchemy(good cooking) they turned a pile of slop into the fluffiest bread loaf I'd ever seen'

'Through some strange alchemy(bad reading comprehension) they took my polite statement and turned into a disgusting act against the poor'

and so on

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Things are grim right now but a small silver lining is that The Onion bought Alex Jones's site InfoWars and are going to turn it into "a parody of itself", using it to make fun of conspiracy theorists and far-right nutjobs.

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you have to outlive donald trump

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Babe wake up new Starset just dropped.

New single from my favorite band! Exquisite timing on this one. Not political at all. not related to current events in any way. Lyrics are purely coincidental or me projecting, I'm sure.

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BRO THE NEW CHAPTER WAS AMAZING!!!

Thanks! Things actually start happening from here on out. I've got like one or two chapters later that could be considered "filler" But they're scenes I'm looking forward to a lot. The rest of the fic has plot happening.

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Half-Lives chapter 19

I figure a lot of us could use something to cheer us up right now. Have a chapter.

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I hhope there's a recount pr something bc goooooOOOOD I HATE REPUBLICANS

that would be nice I guess. Unfortunately I am fully willing to believe that this is an accurate count and the country is just that full of gullible idiots and malicious assholes.

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Someone stop the United States I want to get off.

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💙 USA 💙

national suicide prevention

national domestic violence hotline

national sexual abuse hotline

trans lifeline and resources

💙INTERNATIONAL💙

list of suicide hotlines by country

domestic violence hotlines and resources by country

sexual (+ domestic) abuse agencies by country

international trans resources

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Associated press's map is bugged to hell. Half the states on it are showing "Wins" When no votes have been counted yet.

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Nothing says "Healthy and Functional Democracy" like an entire nation being gripped by dread because it's an election day.

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Like to charge reblog to cast

Reminder that if Trump loses, he’s gone once and for all. He will have lost twice in a row. His initial win seemingly a fluke. He will be in his 80s next time he wants to campaign. Now two presidential rounds out. He is running on fumes atp. His sentencing is pretty soon. One last blow is really just what we need to banish him once and for all.

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Have we done this one yet this year

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it only just now dawned on me that I’ll very likely learn who won the election from those Supernatural homosexuals. this is how we live now.