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[Bev 🇨🇦 @Garnet_2203]

I was born in 1961 too.
And this version of the past is a myth.

Kids did have food allergies we just didn’t have the science to name them.
I lost a brother before he was two because medicine didn’t yet understand what allergy killed him.

Trans kids didn’t “not exist.”
They hid. They were shamed. Many never survived adolescence.

Violence didn’t start with social media.
Bullying, racism, misogyny, and abuse were simply normalized and ignored.

Families didn’t stay together because things were better
they stayed together because women and children had fewer choices.

And no, it wasn’t just “Merry Christmas.”
We said Happy Holidays. Season’s Greetings. Yuletide.
Nobody lost their mind. Nobody felt threatened. We just… lived.

I rode buses and subways too
they weren’t magically safer.
We just didn’t talk about what happened on them.

What really changed wasn’t people.
It was visibility.

Data replaced denial.
Voices replaced silence.
And accountability replaced nostalgia.

The past wasn’t safer.
It was quieter because suffering had nowhere to go.

I don’t want a time machine.
I want a future where we stop confusing silence with peace.

Stop being such a boomer.

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

You know who’s not in the Epstein files?

Undocumented immigrants.
Trans people.
Drag queens.
People who write books & create art with LGBTQ+ content.

It’s rich, powerful and mostly white men.

They want you to blame the “others” so you won’t blame them.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

80% of SNAP households have working class jobs
48% have someone with a disability
47% have children
39% have someone elderly
1.2m are veterans

“They should get a job” is some serious “12-year-old theory of governance” at work.

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

“What did people do before SNAP?”

They died.

Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.

They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore

The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others

[Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego]

Reminder: Republicans blocked a bill that would have paid ALL federal workers during their shutdown.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

44% of Americans are paid less than a living wage by their employers, and forced to rely on taxpayer-funded social safety nets like SNAP.

Programs like SNAP subsidize the profits of companies like Walmart, Starbucks and McDonald’s who pay poverty wages.

Hope this helps.

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

“Let them go a month without meals. Maybe they’ll get a job”

First, many SNAP recipients have jobs. They’re just living below the poverty line because of tremendous wealth inequality.

Second, many are disabled and children and can’t work.

Third, no one should starve to death.

[rachel mcmillan 🇨🇦 @rachkmc]

a reminder of my all time favourite tweet

[e l l a 🇨🇦 @blondehotcoffee]

do you think the washing machine and the dryer are actual friends or just work friends?

[Andrew—#IAmTheResistance @AmoneyResists]

The reason we MANDATE vaccines to attend school is because while it is certainly your right to put your own children’s health/lives at risk for your own stupid anti-scientific reasons, you do not have the right to ENDANGER the health/lives of EVERYONE ELSE. This isn’t complicated

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Let me get this straight: The same Supreme Court that ruled colleges CAN’T use race in the admissions process has just ruled that law enforcement officers CAN use race to conduct raids and detain people. You can’t make this up.

[Kyle Clark @KyleClark]

A US President threatening to use the military against civilians in an American city is not normal and journalists who choose to ignore or normalize this should explain their choice to the communities they serve.

[Dr. Rob Davidson MD, MPH @DrRobDavidson]

This little shit literally cast the tie-breaking vote to rip healthcare away from 17 million people.

[jude @wishfu1l]

i think bellyconrad should kiss and makeout on the beach this wednesday. it’s what susannah would’ve wanted

[Hutch @hutchinson]

The main thing to know about Gavin Newsom is that he has a visceral hatred for republicans. He’ll fly to Georgia and humiliate DeSantis in a televised debate for the love of the game.

That hatred is kind of perfect for the current mood of national dems who want to see a fight.

[C O U R T N E Y @icourtneycries]

shiny bug? life of a showgirl? i know who this record is about.

[🥹 Jack 🥹 @altyjacky]

No one cares that you hate Taylor Swift btw