I originally used this source and I think its higher quality (but substack so got moderated):

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-25-2025

Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) holds in reserve to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

the shutdown plan the USDA released in late September. Then, it said: “Congressional intent is evident that SNAP’s operations should continue since the program has been provided with multi-year contingency funds that can be used for State Administrative Expenses to ensure that the State can also continue operations during a Federal Government shutdown. These multi-year contingency funds are also available to fund participant benefits in the event that a lapse occurs in the middle of the fiscal year.”

Today, in yet another violation of the Hatch Act that prohibits the use of government resources for partisan ends, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service website reads: “Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01. We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats. They can continue to hold out for healthcare for illegal aliens and gender mutilation procedures or reopen the government so mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us can receive critical nutrition assistance.”

at the same time the Department of Agriculture says it cannot spend its $6 billion in reserves to address the $8 billion needed for SNAP in November, the administration easily found $20 billion to prop up right-wing Trump ally Javier Milei in Argentina.

To be fair, they also have little to gain now besides a slight feeling of doing something good but any alternative has to start from somewhere and need to get momentum.

Yeah, YouTube is really entrenched.

It’s not that hard to set your peertube account to autoupload any YouTube channel but we only get away with the IP issues while peertube is small so it’s not very sustainable.

I wish more of the creators that have ethical issues with the Trump administration’s actions would acknowledge that Google is enabling and actively supporting (at least through larger than usual donations to) the Trump administration and then choose to upload anywhere else, even if they keep uploads in two places. I wonder if they lose more IP control on peertube, it seems unlikely given the alternative is Google. I’ve tried to message a few creators but I think the larger ones have either contracts of fond memories of the community that they grew from.

Ahahaha. A title cautioning not to watch YouTube with the description of the situation being… a YouTube video.

I’m avoiding YouTube so for others like me that want more info here’s a BBC article on the filter itself (not the failure mode):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250822-youtube-is-using-ai-to-edit-videos-without-permission

YouTube has secretly used artificial intelligence (AI) to tweak people’s videos without letting them know or asking permission. Wrinkles in shirts seem more defined. Skin is sharper in some places and smoother in others. Pay close attention to ears, and you may notice them warp

And an Invidious link that lets you view the video:

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2HY-nREvVu4

So is killing someone over $200

I’m not trying to justify the death. I just agree every detail is ridiculous and you skipped that one

And the other government with large contributors is China and intellectual property rights have never been strong there. Walk around a tech startup in China and you’ll see plenty of posters they’ve made with their products and with the faces of Elon Musk or Steve Jobs there as if they’re endorsing or part of the product

And the other government with large contributors is China and intellectual property rights have never been strong there. Walk around a startup and you’ll see plenty of posters they’re made with their products and with the faces of Elon Musk or Steve Jobs there as if they’re endorsing or part of the product

A lot of upvotes here, and I think they’re ignoring how much is involved in production pipelines and the overhead of sourcing suppliers. That said, Musk has a habit of throwing in last minute changes and the company manages to handle those but much like self driving they ship late

Its about a month since John Lyons of the (Australian) ABC asked Trump a question and he responded by telling him he was “hurting Australia”.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-17/trump-tells-off-australian-reporter/105781964

I wonder who’s next month

I’m assuming it’s because the post is neutral quotes not blind hate and instead of up voting for visibility you’re upvoting positions you agree with and can’t tell the political position of the post or are scared someone else might see an upvote as being aligned with the administrations actions, but let me know if I’m wrong

And if I’m right, isn’t that just reinforcing most of the behaviour that makes social media, and their influence in politics so problematic. ie. amplified emotions, limited references to sources, and mobs. And aren’t those problems / amplifications part of how the US is in its current situation so by taking actions like upvoting the angry reply but not the informative original post helping to consolidate those mechanisms?

If you like this comment then I’m assuming you dislike the way the White House is attempting to frame history. If so then why aren’t you also upvoting the post that would increase awareness of these actions?

As a note, I’m surprised so many of the replies are angry screaming about Columbus instead how official government communication is using such charged, and politically biased language.

Your first link is broken.

Your second link doesn’t immediately have that data but there is a dynamic form to get some data. I don’t see public suicides in it. Since it’s a dynamic form, a genAI system won’t see the data either but will see people reference the site when making arguments. I’m assuming the genAI is just doing that.

Your last two links are the same report for different years. One says this and it contradicts your numbers:

Among all suicide decedents, the most common location of suicide was a house or apartment (71.3%), followed by a motor vehicle (5.5%), a natural area (4.4%), a street or highway (2.8%), and a hotel or motel (2.3%).

Also, I’m not convinced that these would be even across all modes of suicide so I’m not convinced by the simple math. (ie. Maybe people use guns to kill themselves outside a lot more than at home, or the opposite. I don’t see a great reason to assume they’d be similar rates.)

Oh, I simply don’t trust genAI. I sometimes finish a project, then see what genAI has to say. It’s usually pretty misleading. They sometimes give sources though. Any links to those?

That ruling is worth taking a look at:

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69784731/261/american-association-of-university-professors-v-rubio/

From page 148 the ruling begins a section titled “Justice in the Trump Era” and beginning page 155, also in that section, begins to list the ways he uses retribution including targeting free speech.

Other quotes are:

• “this Court finds as fact and concludes as matter of law that Secretaries Noem and Rubio and their several agents and subordinates acted in concert to misuse the sweeping powers of their respective offices to target noncitizen pro-Palestinians for deportation primarily on account of their First Amendment protected political speech”

• “I fear President Trump believes the American people are so divided that today they will not stand up, fight for, and defend our most precious constitutional values so long as they are lulled into thinking their own personal interests are not affected. Is he correct?”

Usually with a comment like that I wouldn’t reply like this but you’re very, very active in this thread.

Any statistics on public suicided by hanging? Ideally per capita grouped by race.

I had a look myself so I know this is a tall order but I thought it was worth seeing if someone has the info

Didn’t they start doing this really early one? At least moving them around state lines and not telling lawyers or family so it was hard for them to file suit?

And remove any need to offer them security from China

Does anyone have a good breakdown of this 1.5 trillion number?

Everything I saw while searching was pretty right wing and it would be nice to have an idea if some of it is pessimistic, or even to have some of the numbers explained rather than solely demonised.