@annapshields

reader, harm reductionist, + law student (she/her) solidarity forever.

 Delaware
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Joined April 2018
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Starting a 2026 reading thread. So far: 1) The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicalism in an Age of Extremism by @TimAlberta (2023) 2) The Getaway by Jim Thompson (1958) 3) Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation by Jen Percy (2025)
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Worst part of the Halloween season by far is putting the fentanyl and razor blades in the Snickers. It's so much work and I feel like the kids never even notice anyway. Not sure I'll even bother this year.
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mindy🌷@mindyisserOct 22
sorry but this isn’t real. it’s free to invite a friend over to your house. yes there’s a very serious affordability crisis but a lot of you would rather scroll on your phone than be with other people.
‏ً@justjargonsOct 21
We CANNOT even afford hobbies. We CANNOT afford to go out with friends. We CANNOT afford to exist anywhere outside our homes. They then call it a mental health crisis. It's not. It's an affordability crisis.
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It’s going to get worse but we are rapidly becoming a society of two types of people, ones who can function normally the way people have for thousands of years, and the other who have intellectually neutered themselves in the delusional belief that it is to become more efficient
Major Glazer@John_BummitOct 21
So the people that are anti AI, do you like, not use AI at all??? Like not using it for generative art, and paying artists, I understand, but you're behinnnndddd if you refuse to touch it
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.@OmgemeralddddOct 20
The literacy crisis isn’t that people can’t read the words. It’s that they can’t understand the context, infer meaning, recognise nuance, identify contradictions, or draw logical conclusions from what they’ve read
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David Doel@daviddoelOct 20
As suspected this woman kicks ass
Furkan Gözükara
@FurkanGozukaraOct 19
Piers Morgan: "If you became a politician, would you carry on drinking beer, or would you give it up, do you think?" Jaime West: "I don't know, why don't you ask Pete Hegseth, who is drinking whiskey as he's running an illegal war? Why don't you ask him that?"
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Daniel Pearson@DPearsonPHLOct 19
You can kill anyone you want in this country as long as you use a car, are sober, and don’t leave any hints of your intent ahead of time.
TMZ
@TMZOct 18
Kansas Mom Who Drove Truck Into Youth Soccer Game, Killing 2, Released Without Charges tmz.me/4dJYvlp

Kansas Mom Who Drove Truck Into Youth Soccer Game, Killing 2, Released Without Charges

The woman who plowed her pickup truck into a youth soccer game in Kansas, killing 2 people and injuring 10 others, has been released from custody ... and she hasn't been charged with a crime.

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Joe
@electionsjoeOct 18
YOU'RE NOT PAYING TAXES FOR THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE PAYING YOUR TOWN FOR THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES. THE ROADS, POLICE, SCHOOLS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIBRARY, SNOW PLOWS, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SO MUCH MORE.
POLITICO
@politicoOct 18
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

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barbie★@rarestbarbieOct 18
cell phones aren’t druglike, they’re carlike. even if you consciously want to opt out, you can’t, because everyone expects you to have and use one to interact with society. i cannot even use the laundry machines in my building without being forced to use the laundry app.
Charles
@wotancoreOct 17
Cell phone addiction is an absolute thermonuke to the brain and nobody 'takes it seriously' because it is not clear that there is any solution in a world where the revealed preference of everyone across the globe, regardless of income, race, age, any factor whatsoever, would rather be on their phone than do *anything* else. Deciding "I use this too much" and meaningfully altering one's behaviour doesn't seem to have much success for any of the very small minority of people with the sentience or self-reflection to realize how bad it is. Most people seem to think of it as an unproductive habit at most, rather than an addiction. Any attempt to speak seriously about this is met with derision, accusations of pretentiousness. There is no real solution to it. The future of human cognition fifty years down the line is horrifying if you stop and think about it for even a moment.
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I think it's really sad and damaging to tell teenagers that it "gets worse" once they become adults. Because it doesn't. My life got significantly better once I got out of the house and became financially independent. I'm in a significantly better headspace than I was at 16.
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That’s prob how they found the food kitchen! It’s how ppl look for jobs, buy things, for banking…EVERYTHING requires a phone, an email account and 2 step verification. Sell the phone, food for a week then what? Back at the food kitchen with no way to function in modern society.
Different Drummer
@DP2thehillOct 13
Waiting to serve at our local food kitchen and all the people waiting to eat a free meal have a phone?
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Katie Bergh@Katie_BerghOct 13
Criminals have been exploiting outdated EBT card technology to steal SNAP benefits from unsuspecting low-income families. Since December 2024, the victims of this theft have had no recourse & federal action to prevent it has largely stalled — for a deeply infuriating reason:
The main thing Congress has done about SNAP theft is to abandon a previous effort to help victims. The federal government had, since late 2022, been replacing people’s stolen funds, just as banks are required to do if your debit card is hacked. As a result, 753,929 households were compensated. In December 2024, a bipartisan spending agreement that included a provision to extend these reimbursements through 2028 was on the brink of becoming law. But Elon Musk, who had been named a leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency, attacked the legislation more than 100 times on X, pushing to “defund everything.” (Musk did not reply to a request for comment.) Trump then sank the deal. Victims of SNAP theft can no longer get any of their benefits replaced. And with the government off the hook for losses, there is now less incentive to put money into the solution.

ALT The main thing Congress has done about SNAP theft is to abandon a previous effort to help victims. The federal government had, since late 2022, been replacing people’s stolen funds, just as banks are required to do if your debit card is hacked. As a result, 753,929 households were compensated. In December 2024, a bipartisan spending agreement that included a provision to extend these reimbursements through 2028 was on the brink of becoming law. But Elon Musk, who had been named a leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency, attacked the legislation more than 100 times on X, pushing to “defund everything.” (Musk did not reply to a request for comment.) Trump then sank the deal. Victims of SNAP theft can no longer get any of their benefits replaced. And with the government off the hook for losses, there is now less incentive to put money into the solution.

ProPublica
@propublicaOct 13
New: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it. propub.li/4dCgOc8

Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t.

Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food. Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress...

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Troy Jackson delivers a powerful closing statement: Johan Sebastián Garrero went to work in Biddeford, Maine, and didn’t come home that day because of ICE and its reckless actions. “Senator Collins paid for the bullets at Donald Trump’s command. Now she wants credit for not pulling the trigger.” Maine deserves a senator who will stand up to Trump, not one who just feigns concern.
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Mao'z Dong@messmerotOct 13
People can't explain why something is morally wrong beyond "it makes me uncomfortable" and it's so interesting to witness
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David Weigel
@daveweigelOct 13
Nothing *new* to say about this, but I truly hate how we've surrendered our phones to scammers who dial until they find someone with dementia. I accidentally click "answer" and my support for a humane justice system vanishes; I start looking up "most painful execution methods"
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ashley ray@theashleyrayOct 13
it has never been easier to be charming. i am batting 100 at my local coffee shops and restaurants. charisma is as easy as being able to handle a convo about the weather now
kate wehwalt
@mcmansionhellOct 13
no one has any social skills
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Aaron Rupar
@atruparOct 14
Q: If the president requests American ground troops in Iran, will you support that deployment even if it means more American casualties? MIKE COLLINS: *dissembles, doesn't answer question* OSSOFF: The question was about the war in Iran. He's perfectly happy to send other people's children to die in war
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This is one of the best answers I’ve ever seen
victoria 🧸@itstorikinsOct 13
I would go out and vote for bro for president right now if I could.
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kookie@KavyaConfusedOct 13
Deepinder Goyal
@deepigoyalOct 9
Replying to @chiraggoyal28
If you add our employees, warehouse workers, and all their families, Eternal directly supports the livelihoods of well over 1% Indians 💁‍♂️.. getting this to 5% by 2030 would be damn cool.
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OLONI BABY 🍒
@OloniOct 12
Sorry but to me age gap is not a thing when a woman is 30+ years old. We have to be careful not to infantilise a very grown ass woman. We know why he’s there that’s a given loooool but she’s 30 not 21.
Isla 🌺
@iamisla_Oct 11
She’s 31 he is 51 years, old enough to be her father, how did he even approach her
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Circe
@vocalcryOct 12
My theory on books is that they will find you when it is time for you to read them. If a book has sat on your shelf unread for 15 years, the time has not yet come for you to read it.
clara@clarafablesOct 11
it’s funny how sometimes you buy a book, then read it in two days, and sometimes you buy a book and it lives on your bookshelf for 15 years.
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