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(3) Josh Ellis on X: "A few years ago, I had a cool idea: what if I used Amazon wishlists to get homeless people in Vegas what they needed? I could create lists of things they needed and my followers on social media could buy it and it'd get shipped to my house so I could hand it out." / X
(3) Josh Ellis on X: "A few years ago, I had a cool idea: what if I used Amazon wishlists to get homeless people in Vegas what they needed? I could create lists of things they needed and my followers on social media could buy it and it'd get shipped to my house so I could hand it out." / X
thread about homelessness and the experience of being homeless
#threads#identities#public-life/cost-of-living#housing#ethics
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(3) Josh Ellis on X: "A few years ago, I had a cool idea: what if I used Amazon wishlists to get homeless people in Vegas what they needed? I could create lists of things they needed and my followers on social media could buy it and it'd get shipped to my house so I could hand it out." / X
1. One of the main drivers of inflation in the US is skyrocketing rents, which are up 30%+ over the last four years.
1. One of the main drivers of inflation in the US is skyrocketing rents, which are up 30%+ over the last four years.
So, it's surprising that the recent FBI RAID on a corporate landlord based in Atlanta has received little attention. The raid was part of a federal probe of an… — Judd Legum (@JuddLegum)
#public-life/cost-of-living#housing#public-life/crimes#threads
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1. One of the main drivers of inflation in the US is skyrocketing rents, which are up 30%+ over the last four years.
charlotte bancroft a.k.a. austerity measures on X: "everyday life in the united states is psychologically punishing in such a unique way. we’re in the most advanced stage of economic development relative to the rest of the world, so even though material conditions here tend to be higher than they are elsewhere" / X
charlotte bancroft a.k.a. austerity measures on X: "everyday life in the united states is psychologically punishing in such a unique way. we’re in the most advanced stage of economic development relative to the rest of the world, so even though material conditions here tend to be higher than they are elsewhere" / X
— charlotte bancroft a.k.a. austerity measures (@wifekisser303)
#capitalism#public-life/cost-of-living#public-life#govt#work-life#americanism#trends#culture#threads#dating
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charlotte bancroft a.k.a. austerity measures on X: "everyday life in the united states is psychologically punishing in such a unique way. we’re in the most advanced stage of economic development relative to the rest of the world, so even though material conditions here tend to be higher than they are elsewhere" / X
Peter Hague PhD on Twitter / X
Peter Hague PhD on Twitter / X
Any politician who wants to make the world better has to reckon with this chart (even if they vehemently disagree with the source). It’s a distillation of all our problems.How can we take the revolution in production that enabled the bottom half of the plot, and apply it to the… pic.twitter.com/IvRcFhg5Un— Peter Hague PhD (@peterrhague) December 20, 2023
#trends#stats#public-life/cost-of-living
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Peter Hague PhD on Twitter / X
Brian Goldstone on X: "Carole and her kids were sent home, and she was taken off the waitlist for a donor match. Her doctors have promised to appeal @Cigna's decision next week. In the meantime, there is concern about the cancer spreading. If that happens, a transplant will no longer be an option." / X
Brian Goldstone on X: "Carole and her kids were sent home, and she was taken off the waitlist for a donor match. Her doctors have promised to appeal @Cigna's decision next week. In the meantime, there is concern about the cancer spreading. If that happens, a transplant will no longer be an option." / X
Carole, a cancer patient and single parent, was denied a previously approved double lung transplant by Cigna right before the surgery, causing public outrage and leading to a promised appeal by her doctors alongside a social media campaign urging Cigna to reverse their decision.
#threads#healthcare#govt/policy#lobbying#metrics v humanities#public-life/cost-of-living#see-replies
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Brian Goldstone on X: "Carole and her kids were sent home, and she was taken off the waitlist for a donor match. Her doctors have promised to appeal @Cigna's decision next week. In the meantime, there is concern about the cancer spreading. If that happens, a transplant will no longer be an option." / X