“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” - Rumi | Random sh*t | Shanda | she/her | mid30s | Blackity Black Black | Buddhist Socialist Feminist | NYC ✌🏾
With American Thanksgiving coming up, I'd like to remind everyone reading this that it's a day of mourning for the Wampanoag people. If you can, donate to help them preserve their culture, their language, and to fight for their legal rights and recognition.
If you live in the New England area, make a trip out to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Museum. Hear the history of the First Thanksgiving from the people who were most affected by it. They go into detail of the events and cultural impacts of the first five years after the Mayflower's landing.
Support the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and its efforts to protect their homeland and many programs.
Hold on I just. Oh my god we might be able to CURE ASTHMA!! Hundreds of kids die EVERY YEAR from asthma attacks, I cannot count the number of times I'VE almost died due to asthma. It's terrifying, some of my earliest memories are of horrific asthma attacks, they were so bad my mom thought I had whooping cough. Not to mention the social isolation, the torture that is gym class, kids might not have to put up with that anymore!!
We might create a world where kids don't suffer and die from asthma attacks. I legit am crying as I write this. This is incredible!!!
“I like cancelled plans. And empty bookstores. I like rainy days. And thunderstorms. And quiet coffee shops. I like messy beds and over-worn pajamas. Most of all, I like the small joys that a simple life brings.”
architectanddesign: The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which opened in July 2025 near the Pyramids of Giza in #Egypt, is the world's largest archaeological museum dedicated to a single civilization. Designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, the $1 billion, 490,000-square-meter complex took more than two decades to complete and houses 100,000 artifacts spanning 7,000 years, including the complete Tutankhamun collection, Khufu's solar barque, the treasures of Saqgara, and the colossal statue of Ramses II. With its conservation labs, gardens, cultural venues, and panoramic views of the pyramids, GEM stands as a landmark of global heritage.
and both are just tiny specks of life holding hands. consciousness is a curse but the blessing of knowing this doesn't just tip but destroy the scales of pros and cons. i love being alive.
National Public Data is back online. Protect your privacy from it now - and check if other people-search sites have your information.
Over a year ago, National Public Data (NPD), a search site for people, earned a place in privacy infamy for a security breach that revealed the personal data of 3 billion individuals (that's billion with a "b"). Now, after disappearing, NPD is back.
As ZDNET sister publication PCMag reported, NPD is open for snooping again under a new owner, the rather mysterious-sounding Perfect Privacy LLC.
Oh boy. Better head over to nationalpublicdata.com and see if your profile is there. Then follow the handy instructions in the ZDNET article to have yourself removed:
How to remove your information from NPD
Search your name on nationalpublicdata.com.
When you find your profile, click "View Full Profile."
Copy its URL.
Go to nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html.
Drop the URL into the "Your Profile Link" field and click "Request Removal."
Enter an email address, and the site will send you an email requesting that you click to confirm deletion.
You'll need a separate email address for each profile you want to delete.
Holy shit, first universal free childcare program in the United States just dropped
New Mexico's child care assistance program is set to expand and become the first universal program in the U.S., the governor announced Monda
"New Mexico’s child care assistance program is set to expand and become the first universal program in the U.S., the governor announced Monday [September 8, 2025].
New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the state is eliminating the income eligibility requirements of its current child care assistance program to do this.
Currently, the program waives copayments for New Mexico families with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty level. That allows those families to pay little-to-no child care costs.
In November [2025], that will now apply to all families. The state estimates this expansion will save families an average of $12,000 per child [to clarify, that is PER YEAR. Families will save an average of $12,000 per child PER YEAR. x, x. That is a life-changing difference for so many fucking people.]
“It’s the difference between making it when inflation in this country remains too high. Particularly, in areas, like food, things that families have to have to raise their families,” the governor said.
With the expansion comes increased demand for care facilities. New Mexico estimates they will need an additional 5,000 early childhood professionals to achieve a universal system. They plan to increase reimbursement rates and give incentives to programs committing to pay entry-level staff a minimum of $18 per hour and offer 10 hours of care per day, five days a week.
The state also plans to do the following to improve the supply of care:
Establish a $12.7 million low-interest loan fund to construct, expand and renovate child care facilities
Additional $20 million requested in the Fiscal Year 2027 budget.
Target growth to focus on care for infants, toddlers, low-income families and children with special needs.
Partner with employers and school districts to expand child care options for working families.
Launch a statewide campaign to recruit licensed and registered home providers.
“Early childhood care and education is a public good,” said Elizabeth Groginsky, secretary of the New Mexico’s Early Childhood Education and Care Department. “By providing universal access and improving pay for our early childhood workforce, we are easing financial pressure on families, strengthening our economy and helping every child learn in safe, nurturing environments. This is the kind of investment that builds equity today and prosperity for the future.”
More information on how to access universal child care benefits and more is available here: https://www.nmececd.org/universal...
So many families have to make the tough decision to raise their children or work to pay the bills. This will solve that problem for many hard working New Mexicans."
