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Voting is Your POWER<p>More than a quarter of all nursing home operators nationwide spent under $10 a day to feed their residents, a team of reporters found after analyzing thousands of federal cost reports filed with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nursinghome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nursinghome</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nursinghomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nursinghomes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/robbery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robbery</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elderabuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elderabuse</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elder</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/elderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elderly</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2025/04/many-nursing-homes-feed-residents-on-less-than-10-a-day-thats-appallingly-low.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nj.com/news/2025/04/many-nursi</span><span class="invisible">ng-homes-feed-residents-on-less-than-10-a-day-thats-appallingly-low.html</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cowichan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cowichan</span></a> Valley residents adapt to life without <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a> as strike enters 4th month.<br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/PeopleWithDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleWithDisabilities</span></a> , <a href="https://beige.party/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://beige.party/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> struggle with the lack of options for <a href="https://beige.party/tags/transportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transportation</span></a> in the Cowichan Valley.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/UniforLocal114" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniforLocal114</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UniforLocal333BC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniforLocal333BC</span></a> the union representing 44 drivers, mechanics&amp; cleaners, have been on strike since Feb. 8. They are advocating for wages similar to their counterparts in Victoria, better access to washroom facilities &amp; more consistent breaks. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Workers</span></a> have since voted against a new contract with their employer, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TransDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransDev</span></a> &amp; the strike reaches 105 days, there is still no end in sight. As a result of the strike, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transit</span></a> in the Cowichan Valley has been on hold, interfering with where and how people move through the community. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HandyDart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandyDart</span></a> services are still available but only for medical appointments related to renal dialysis, cancer treatment &amp; multiple sclerosis.</p><p><a href="https://thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valley/cowichan-valley-residents-adapt-to-life-without-public-transit-as-strike-enters-fourth-month" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valle</span><span class="invisible">y/cowichan-valley-residents-adapt-to-life-without-public-transit-as-strike-enters-fourth-month</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BusStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusStrike</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unions</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WorkerRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerRights</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BusRiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusRiders</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicTransportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransportation</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>During the public debate surrounding the slaying of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, many Very Serious People TM insisted that it was hyperbolic to say United Health and medical insurance companies like it, were themselves in the business of murdering Americans for profit. While obviously their denials were disingenuous on a structural level in a society where providing (or not providing) access to live-saving medical care is one of the most profitable industries in the US economy, but as it turns out they were flat out wrong in a literal sense too. How do we know? Because recent investigations into UnitedHealth management practices show the company was straight up bribing nursing homes to deny their customers hospital care and pressure elderly residents to sign "do not resuscitate" orders; even if they wanted to use the coverage they paid for to you know, not die.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/unitedhealth-nursing-homes-payments-hospital-transfers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/21/unitedhealth-nursing-homes-payments-hospital-transfers</span></a></p><p>Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers</p><p>"The secret bonuses were just one of many maneuvers UnitedHealth devised to track and cut expenses in its nursing home initiative.</p><p>Internal emails show, for example, that UnitedHealth supervisors gave their teams “budgets” showing how many hospital admissions they had “left” to use up on nursing home patients.</p><p>The company also monitored nursing homes that had smaller numbers of patients with “do not resuscitate” – or DNR – and “do not intubate” orders in their files. Without such orders, patients are in line for certain life-saving treatments that might lead to costly hospital stays.</p><p>Two current and three former UnitedHealth nurse practitioners told the Guardian that UnitedHealth managers pressed nurse practitioners to persuade Medicare Advantage members to change their “code status” to DNR even when patients had clearly expressed a desire that all available treatments be used to keep them alive."</p><p>So, there's a term for a situation when you just let someone in a medical emergency die because its more profitable for your company, and that term is "homicidal negligence." Which itself, is a fancy way of describing what any normal person would call murder. If you or I were caught doing this kinda shit at our (hypothetical, I assure you) Airbnb rental property, we'd be going to jail for a long fucking time. Because UnitedHealth is a giant corporation, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, and has enough lobbyists to sure no US Senator ever dines alone again however, it's just "efficient business operations" in the eyes of many free market fundamentalists and investor class sociopaths. Folks, they literally gamified a plot to enlist nursing homes to murder our grandparents for money; this isn't a wayward comment on an earnings call, these unhinged mutherfuckers had bonus tiers for nursing homes that kept hospital visits low at any cost. In a just world, folks should absolutely go to fucking prison for this homicidal bullshit, but we do not live in a just world and since our entire society is built to service capitalist extraction and the rich people who do it, I'm not gonna hold my breath while I wait for justice.</p><p>What I will say however is bougie maggot bootlickers can kiss my puckered asshole, because you can't stop reality from being real, or folks getting killed for profit by corporations, from calling that what it is: murder. The fact is that no company in the history of capitalist society every created any wealth; they merely extract it form our shared environment and labor class folks like you and I. If a company like UnitedHealth figures out that letting your grandma die is good for their share prices, that's exactly what they're going to do; don't let disingenuous muppets who benefit from this system tell you it's too complicated for you to understand, and this practice isn't precisely what you think it is. These folks have made killing us for money at various speeds, a profitable industry; the least they could do is stop pissing in our faces when we point out that CEOs and investors have more bodies on themselves than you'll find in a pauper's cemetery. </p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murder</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/UnitedHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedHealth</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/HomicidalNegligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomicidalNegligence</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ProfitMotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfitMotive</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/NursingHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NursingHomes</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Flak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flak</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seniors</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ForProfitHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForProfitHealthcare</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Well, Reps Lawler &amp; Malliotakis<br> (and every other GOP Rep) just voted for🚨half a TRILLION dollars in cuts to Medicare. Not Medicaid. Medicare. Sure hope those 30 second ads start cranking. Receipts below.</p><p>CBO letter confirming $490 billion cuts to Medicare."<br>-J Marshall</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hunger</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seniors</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/June14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>June14</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2025-05/61423-PAYGO.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbo.gov/system/files/2025-05/6</span><span class="invisible">1423-PAYGO.pdf</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Count the ways that <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is destroying lives: the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>, US standing &amp; <a href="https://toad.social/tags/creditrating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creditrating</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> affordability, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wellbeing</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/publicsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicsafety</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a>... to <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/POC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POC</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> ppl, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> ppl, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a>, small business owners... </p><p>"Travel to the US🚨is dropping from pretty much every part of the world! </p><p>Tourism to the US from Europe is in the process of collapsing."<br>-A Reichlin-Melnick<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>I'm not sure what it's going to take for mainstream media to admit the GOP reconciliation budget bill is absolutely a plot to murder labor class Americans for the benefit of the wealthiest people in our society, but the evidence that this is precisely what's going on here continues to mount. A breaking Congressional Budget Office estimate released last night shows that precisely because the Republican Party's class war murder and theft bill does *not* reduce the deficit, but will in fact increase it, passing this budget reconciliation bill will automatically trigger sequestration under the Statutory Pay‑As‑You‑Go Act; which is a fancy way of saying it will result in over $500 billion in cuts to Medicare over the next 10 years. This is of course despite President Donald Trump's promise that the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" wouldn't touch funding for either Medicaid or Medicare.</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/cuts-to-medicare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/cuts-to-</span><span class="invisible">medicare</span></a></p><p>'They're Not Just Cutting Medicaid': GOP Bill Would Trigger Over $500 Billion in Medicare Cuts</p><p>"This Republican budget bill is one of the most expensive—and dangerous—bills Congress has seen in decades," said Boyle, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee. "The nonpartisan CBO makes it clear: The deficit will explode so badly it will trigger automatic cuts, including over half a trillion dollars from Medicare."</p><p>"This is what Republicans do—pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires by going after programs families rely on the most: Medicaid, food assistance, and now Medicare," Boyle added. "It's reckless, dishonest, and deeply harmful to the middle class."</p><p>Boyle highlighted the CBO's findings during his testimony at the House Rules Committee hearing, which began in the early hours of Wednesday morning.</p><p>"This is really the breaking news," Boyle said. "Over the last several months, there's been no discussion of Medicare at all. There has been of Medicaid, but not of Medicare."</p><p>"Because of the size of the deficits, because of the PAYGO or Pay-As-You-Go Act, that would trigger sequestration of Medicare, and it would total over $500 billion," Boyle continued. "The official figure that CBO confirms is $535 billion in cuts to Medicare."</p><p>For those of you who are unaware, Medicare is the federal health insurance program that typically provides coverage for Americans 65 and over; it's at least partially funded by payroll taxes and in a country that does almost nothing to help seniors who are no longer in the workforce, it's a program that saves lives every single day. The GOP has been trying to eliminate or privatize this program for decades, and as such I have a hard time believing these proposed cuts, which again add up to like $550B over the course of ten years, are in any way accidental even if they are automatic. These GOP nazis know what they're doing, and the rest of their budget is devoted to the same goal: killing poor and marginalized people so the wealthiest individuals in our society can pile up more money they won't live long enough to spend. Peter Thiel needs more cheddar to mainstream dystopian fascist propaganda, so Grandma is going in the woodchipper; that's literally the plan here, and it is both entirely predictable and intentional.</p><p>Which of course brings up the question of why American corporate media isn't just up and telling you that the Republicans want to kill poor people and seniors to pay for Elon Musk's quest to birth himself a child army by bribing social media influencers to accept his sperm? Could it be because the people who own those media outlets stand to make a pretty penny from the GOP's reconciliation budget bill and they hate poor people almost as much as rich Republican nazis do? Who can say... </p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seniors</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ReconciliationBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReconciliationBill</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murder</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/SocialPrograms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialPrograms</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a></p>
xpupspack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gambit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gambit</span></a> is all smiles and is sending out a huge thank you to Hanh for her recent donation to the X-Pups Pack. All the cats will need their vaccinations next month so it will definitely go to good use. You're very sweet, Hanh. Thanks again.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xpupspack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xpupspack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seniors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Love</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donation</span></a></p>
The Christian Science Monitor<p>Off the field, many of these older women have extraordinarily challenging lives. On the field, they are simply athletes. <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/soccer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soccer</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>football</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/southafrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2025/0513/south-africa-soccer-grannies?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-d</span><span class="invisible">ifference/2025/0513/south-africa-soccer-grannies?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub </span></a></p><p>Posted into MONITOR SOLUTIONS <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor/monitor-solutions-93ns3c9tz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>monitor-solutions-csmonitor</span></a></span></p>
BroGle<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> will have to move out of USA</p>
Snowbird of Paradise<p><strong>Silver Adventures Blanket</strong></p><p>One of my hobbies involves making blankets out of miscellaneous balls of yarn. Sometimes it is leftover yarn I have sitting in my crafting cupboard, sometimes it is yarn I find at thrift stores, and sometimes it is yarn donated to the local volunteer centre. </p> <p>The volunteer centre has a group called Angel Crafters who make knitted or crocheted squares and this group has been so successful that there are now too many squares and not enough people to put them together. Last year I volunteered to put some squares together and produced a few blankets that were subsequently donated to people living in local shelters.</p><p>A few months ago I dropped by with some crocheted squares and, when I was told they could not take any more squares, I offered once again to turn them into blankets. This conversation was overheard by the woman who leads the Silver Adventures Cafe which is a group of seniors who meet monthly to learn something new. She asked me if I would lead a workshop teaching the group how to join the squares to make blankets and I happily agreed.</p> <p>In the following weeks I prepared a PowerPoint presentation complete with links to useful YouTube videos, some pictures of my completed blankets, and a step-by-step approach from layout to completion using either a needle or a crochet hook. It would have been great, but unfortunately the venue’s technology did not have the necessary cable to link to my laptop. So, I winged it without the PowerPoint.</p> <p>Fortunately, I had prepared a handout that included the video links I had intended to use and we were able to show them via a different computer. After that, it was a matter of reading the room and trying to accommodate a wide variety of skill sets. Some of the attendees were experienced in knitting or crocheting, and some had never held a crochet hook. I began by showing the group how to make a slip knot, and was surprised when one person told me she had never learned that before.</p> <p>After the workshop was over, some of the Silver Adventurers volunteered to make blankets and took bags of squares home with them, so I consider that a success. </p><p>I took home the squares that the group had joined during the workshop and since then I have been working on them to put together a blanket. Given that the participants abilities varied considerably, I am pleased that the end product turned out as well as it did. When Angel Crafters and Silver Adventurers get together, they can make a really cosy comforter for someone who just needs to feel warm.</p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/angel-crafters/" target="_blank">#AngelCrafters</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/blankets/" target="_blank">#blankets</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/crafting/" target="_blank">#crafting</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/crafts/" target="_blank">#crafts</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/crochet/" target="_blank">#crochet</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/crochet-pattern/" target="_blank">#crochetPattern</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/hobbies/" target="_blank">#hobbies</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/knitting/" target="_blank">#knitting</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/seniors/" target="_blank">#seniors</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/silver-adventures/" target="_blank">#SilverAdventures</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/volunteers/" target="_blank">#volunteers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://snowbirdofparadise.com/tag/yarn/" target="_blank">#yarn</a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Admin for Comm Living: a vitally impt Inst to keep ppl with disabilities &amp; elderly ppl in their homes. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> are targeting it.</p><p>Ironically -talk of govt efficiency -pt of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ACL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACL</span></a> -supposed to be one centralized org to promote comm living svcs at risk being scattered around bureaucracies. </p><p>ACL is being "broken up for spare parts."<br>Up for elimination?<br>-St dev disability councils<br>-Protection &amp; Advocacy orgs<br>-Programs to stop old ppl from falling</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seniors</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-administration-for-community-living-doge-b2745737.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/rfk-jr-administration-for-community-living-doge-b2745737.html</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Some $380M is now in limbo after reductions in the federal workforce affected staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.</p><p>LIHEAP helps ~6M people survive blistering summers &amp; freezing winters, many whom face greater risks now that the year’s warm season has already brought unusually high temperatures.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seniors</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Sadism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sadism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/April19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April19</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/people-would-die-as-summer-approaches-trump-is-jeopardizing-funding-for-ac/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/people-would-d</span><span class="invisible">ie-as-summer-approaches-trump-is-jeopardizing-funding-for-ac/</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>🇨🇦 100-year-old WWII veteran who hoped for 100 cards for his birthday receives 1,700+<br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/wwii-veteran-birthday-cards-100th-birthday-1.7508114" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ww</span><span class="invisible">ii-veteran-birthday-cards-100th-birthday-1.7508114</span></a></p><p>'It's our duty today to say thank you,' says woman who sent birthday card from France</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MerchantMarine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MerchantMarine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanadianNavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianNavy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BattleOfTheAtlantic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BattleOfTheAtlantic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeRemember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeRemember</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>service</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> 🙏</p>
Holly<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/goodnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goodnews</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inspiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inspiring</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/friendship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>friendship</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/neighbors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neighbors</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cute</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> </p><p>Neighbors Celebrate 101st Birthday On the Same Day–Living Next Door to Each Other For 4 Decades </p><p><a href="https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/neighbors-celebrate-101st-birthday-on-the-same-day-living-next-door-to-each-other-for-4-decades/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodnewsnetwork.org/neighbors-</span><span class="invisible">celebrate-101st-birthday-on-the-same-day-living-next-door-to-each-other-for-4-decades/</span></a></p>
nomotime<p>Agency for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seniors</span></a> and People With <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabilities</span></a> to Be Shuttered Under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> Cuts </p><p><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/agency-for-older-adults-and-people-with-disabilities-to-be-shuttered-under-hhs-cuts-d0ff3bc2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">marketwatch.com/story/agency-f</span><span class="invisible">or-older-adults-and-people-with-disabilities-to-be-shuttered-under-hhs-cuts-d0ff3bc2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MealsOnWheels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MealsOnWheels</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a>.0 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a></p>
Holly<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spiffy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiffy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> </p><p>Snow buddies" help elderly adults, those with disabilities with free snow removal across Colorado. "Our program has been running for more than 20 years, and this is a program that really has connected well with our residents" </p><p><a href="https://www.cpr.org/2025/03/28/colorado-snow-removal-older-adults-disabilities-volunteer-services/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cpr.org/2025/03/28/colorado-sn</span><span class="invisible">ow-removal-older-adults-disabilities-volunteer-services/?utm_source=fark&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_content=link&amp;ICID=ref_fark</span></a></p>
The Christian Science Monitor<p>Comfort food prepared by grandmothers from around the world? Our food writer is in. She visited Staten Island to experience the ambience and cuisine at Enoteca Maria for herself. <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Food/2025/0326/nonnas-of-the-world-grandma-cooking-staten-island?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Food</span><span class="invisible">/2025/0326/nonnas-of-the-world-grandma-cooking-staten-island?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub </span></a></p><p>Posted into The American Story <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor/the-american-story-u1nco3brz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>the-american-story-csmonitor</span></a></span></p>
GG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@ddmgmgh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ddmgmgh</span></a></span> Look what's going on in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> - <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a>'s template for the entire country. </p><p>Former PM Stephen Harper - "A man diametrically opposed to the concept of defined pension benefit plans for public sector workers is now responsible for managing the investments of 375,000 Alberta pensioners."</p><p>To be clear, Poilievre's mentor built his political career campaigning against pensions. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2025</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theprogressreport.ca/progress_report_347" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theprogressreport.ca/progress_</span><span class="invisible">report_347</span></a></p>
GG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@ddmgmgh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ddmgmgh</span></a></span> "likely adjust CPP and OAS pension age qualifications as Harper did."<br>That is a given. <br>Poilievre plans to up from 65 to 67 immediately.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> is breaking down<br>
A flood of cuts led by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/YourMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YourMoney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/25/social-security-phones-doge-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/25/social-security-phones-doge-cuts/</span></a></p>