WHOO BOY

[cellobuster]

Whoever invented "open in app" links that redirect you to the app store instead of actually opening the app even when you already have the app installed on your phone should be involuntarily turned into a beanbag chair

[whitepeopletwitter]

[chandelyer-deactivated20241003]

HASSIDRISS “She Rises At Dusk” fall 2020 collection p.1

[rathockey]

i need to eat a food. none of the food in the house is The Right Food. what is the right food? only god knows. and we're not on speaking terms right now.

[itspapillonnoir-deactivated2023]

Elden Ring - Scenery [4/?]

[doublism]

fighting for my life on indeed.com

[the-complete-cosmicomics]

A comparison of the Hubble and James Webb images of the “Cosmic Cliffs” of the Carina nebula

[happyheidi]

‘Opawlia’ by Susan Herbert (1945 - 2004)

[important-animal-images]

[androidboy]

part-time position. weekends forbidden. MUST NOT BE AVAILABLE DURING THE HOLIDAYS. always greet customers coldly and ignore your team members. looking for someone who can take directions terribly. must be horrible at math, crumple under pressure, and add more sorrow to the atmosphere. this is an unfriendly workplace, we all hate each other here, and we’re looking for individuals who disagree with our viewpoints.

[apas-95]

taking my pet bacterium to the vet (broken flagella) and they put him under a  microscope to put a tiny cone on him

[pangur-and-grim]

TWO MODES (neither mode is cat)

[timemachineyeah]

People who think this planet was created for humans to be ours are so wild to me

[timemachineyeah]

70% of the planets surface is undrinkable uninhabitable death water that sharks love. How is that a human-centric design.

[kzumeskenma-moved]

If both are equally shit, I’ll take the one I’m more suited to. That’s the only reason I came back.

[tomlinsun]

waitomo glowworm caves, new zealand.

[docholligay]

Doc, what are the top five items food banks LOVE to receive? I'm doing a collection soon and want to ask for specifics.

MONEY. WE WANT MONEY. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY. WE CAN DO SO MUCH WITH IT. WE HAVE ACCESS TO DEALS YOU COULD NEVER. MONEY

That aside.

 I’m only going to talk about food items but if your food bank takes personal items, a lot of times diapers, feminine hygiene products, etc, are very very welcome. 

1) Canned chicken and beef 

looooooove this stuff. It’s expensive, it lasts forever, it tastes good and it can be used a variety of ways. This stuff is fucking catnip to food banks, it’s so hard for us to provide proteins. 

2) Fancy nut butters

Peanut butter is a standby for food banks as a shelf-stable inexpensive protein, but if we have a family with a kid with a peanut allergy that’s not going to work. Non-peanut butters are expensive and it’s something we hardly ever see donated. (we also like peanut butter, but that’s easier for us to buy ourselves than non-peanut butters)

3) Canned or packaged tuna

You may notice a trend here in shelf-stable proteins. And yeah. That’s basically it, so I’m not going to keep harping on it. But this stuff is a godsend. 

4) Easy breakfast things for kids (Granola bars, instant oatmeal, and the like) 

Whatever Donald Trump tells you, most people who get food from food banks are actually working their asses off and so they have to leave Obama to raise their baby or whatever, and they don’t have a lot of time in the morning. Things like this that kids can make for themselves are expensive. (Another trend you may be noticing–donate shit that costs a lot of money. That helps us more than all the shitty green bean cans in the world) But they are so helpful for busy working families where the parents may not have a set schedule and sometimes little Amanda is making her own breakfast before she runs off to school. Don’t let kids go to school hungry. 

5) Shelf-stable juice

This is one people never think of! But if you show up with a bunch of (preferably reduced sugar stuff) bottles of juice at my door, oh man, you are gonna get so many check mark and okay hand emoticons. This stuff is great for kids, and it doesn’t require refrigeration until it’s opened, so it works great for food drives. 

[kesonafyren]

But seriously, give money

And it’s way better food, too, anything you get prepackaged has A TON of sugar and/or salt in it…collecting cans may be more exciting than writing a check, but if the point is to help people, the check is going to get a lot more done

[pennie-dreadful]

Yoooooo heads up for those of you with kids, I know this time of year schools start holding canned food drives so keep this in mind if you’re able to give.

[kyraneko]

collecting cans may be more exciting than writing a check, but if the point is to help people, the check is going to get a lot more done .

hint: the point should be to help people.

[cumaeansibyl]

It’s food drive season which means it’s time for me to remind you to GIVE FOOD BANKS MONEY.

You know what else food banks can do with money? Pay the rent. Pay the utility bills. Pay their employees. Pay for repairs. Pay for new equipment.

Operating costs get ignored all too often but no one gets any food if the food bank can’t open its doors.

(also if you’re looking for donations like “this has been in my cabinet for three years” you can just go ahead and throw that out. You didn’t want to eat it and no one else does either.)

[27-umbrellas]