AndaliteBandit

Trying, and learning. Liberal, likes libraries and cats.

[GingerSpice❄️💙 @thedesertginger]

You're telling me that Flock cameras have the capabilities to track a woman across multiple states to track if she got an abortion and a man who crossed state lines for weed, but they aren't being used for finding missing kids or get a glimpse of Mitch McConnell returning home?

[AndaliteBandit @AndaliteBandit]

@kittensnotkids I was 12 when it happened, and I am not big on saying things are off-limits for jokes, but this is one thing I do not find funny. My anger at the govt incompetence and cynicism in taking advantage of the situation has never abated. I still think of 2002 as a year lost to trauma.

[AndaliteBandit @AndaliteBandit]

@VikingSeaDub Carl the camel:

https://t.co/NYOBRQ0gdm

[AndaliteBandit @AndaliteBandit]

@moss_gossip @VikingSeaDub Came here to post this! 🤣👏

[All day Astronomy @forallcurious]

DON’T FORGET TO LOOK UP; on August 12, 2026, there will be a total solar eclipse, along with a peak of the Perseid meteor shower and also a rare alignment of six planets will all occur on the same day.

[Owen @Owennfa]

My son works full time here in Florida. Let me run his numbers.

State minimum wage is $14/hour. He's at $15.

40 hours a week = $600/week
That's about $2,600/month before taxes.

Florida has no state income tax the thing they sell you on. So after federal and FICA he takes home roughly $2,200.

Average one-bedroom in our area runs about $1,600.

That's 73% of his entire paycheck gone to rent before he eats a single meal.

Leaves him around $600 a month for:

- groceries
- gas
- car insurance
- health insurance
- phone
- emergencies
- savings

Car insurance alone eats a third of that in this state.

He works 40 hours a week and cannot save a dollar. Not because he's careless because there's nothing left to be careless with.

I spent thirty years paying off a house here. He's doing the same job I did at his age and he can't afford a one-bedroom.

That's not a discipline problem. That's not avocado toast.

The floor moved and nobody lowered the ceiling.

Working full time should cover a roof. In Florida it barely covers the rent on one.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

NO ONE wants Data Centers. NO ONE wants their cars tracking your every movements. NO ONE wants Flock camera's. So who the fuck is installing them? And why are we just taking it???

[AndaliteBandit @AndaliteBandit]

@japan_nobunaga I know multiple guys who own a truck specifically so they can be A Guy With A Truck for other people. It really is a thing!

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I needed to move a sofa.

I mentioned this to an American. He said, "You know anybody with a truck?"

I did not know anybody with a truck.

He looked at me with real concern. Not pity. Concern. The way you look at a man who has told you he does not have a name.

"You gotta know somebody with a truck."

I asked how one acquires such a person.

He said, "You just do."

This is the third time I have received that answer in this country. It is the answer to everything here. You just do. There is no process. There is only the eventual fact of having.

He said, "Ask Kevin."

I do not know a Kevin. He said Kevin like I should. He said it the way you say a shared uncle.

I met Kevin four days later. Kevin owns a truck. Kevin does not own a truck for himself. Nobody owns a truck for themselves. Kevin owns a truck for a fifteen mile radius.

Inside I said: THIS MAN HAS TAKEN A VOW. HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT. HE SIMPLY PURCHASED A BED AND ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES.

Kevin arrived on Saturday. He brought the truck. He also brought a second man.

I had not asked for a second man.

The second man's name is Tony. Tony came because Kevin came. Tony did not know me. Tony did not ask what we were moving. Tony brought gloves.

They moved the sofa in eleven minutes.

I offered them money. Both of them laughed at the same time, which felt rehearsed and was not.

I asked what I owed them.

Kevin said, "Buy the pizza."

That is the price. That is the entire economy. The truck costs one pizza and the pizza is not negotiable and the pizza is also not expensive and everyone knows what size.

Inside I said: THE FEE IS FIXED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND WAS SET BY NO ONE.

We ate on the floor because the sofa was against the wall and none of us wanted to be the first to sit on it.

Tony told me his daughter plays soccer. I asked if she is good. He said, "She's aggressive."

I still think about that.

Three weeks later, Kevin texted me.

"You free Sunday? Helping Tony move a fridge."

He did not ask if I wanted to. He informed me of a fridge.

Inside I said: I HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. I DID NOT ENLIST. THE PAPERS WERE FILED ON MY BEHALF.

I went. I moved the fridge. I have no truck. I contributed only arms.

Afterward, a man I had never met asked me if I knew anybody with a truck.

I said, "Yeah, I got a guy."

I have a guy.

I am somebody's guy now, too. Tony has told two people about me.

He describes me as "the guy who's strong for his size."

I have never been prouder of a sentence in my life.

[AndaliteBandit @AndaliteBandit]

@suchnerve ...because strictly speaking, a doll is an anthropoid! 😁

[AndaliteBandit @AndaliteBandit]

@suchnerve

[chantzy @chantz_y]

I mask in public still because no one has given me any convincing scientific evidence that getting repeat COVID infections is safe or sustainable for health, especially brain health 🧠

[Covie @covie_93]

They moved on from lindsey graham's death so quickly you'd think he died in a school shooting.

[Vivian @suchnerve]

Now is the time to reach out locally. You need as many local social bonds as feasible. The imminent economic crash will only be survivable for many people through heavy mutual aid, and there’s a good chance your participation could make the difference for yourself or someone else

[frankie cyrdrop 🐀 @nozucchini]

east coast floridians know that sarasota and st pete are just suburbs of tampa

[AndaliteBandit @AndaliteBandit]

@catastrotaffy Which Megacon?

[AndaliteBandit @AndaliteBandit]

@suchnerve Because we live in a society that loves punishment, to the detriment of rehabilitation. The casting out, the shaming, the never letting anyone forget, that's the punishment, and when we can't rely on formal, systematized accountability, that's all there is left.

[Bec Shaw @Brocklesnitch]

Brad Pitt putting hands on Angelina should have not only ended his career but also had him exploded out of a cannon directly into a wall

[Student Debt Crisis Center (SDCC) @DebtCrisisOrg]

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[Cora Harrington @CoraCHarrington]

Many of you have seen The Odyssey or are about to watch The Odyssey, and if you’re familiar with the tale, you know Penelope’s weaving - and her unweaving - of a burial shroud are key parts of the story. I’ve known this epic since I was a child, and I’ve always wondered...