Hard Pass

The ++budget++ package that US President ++Donald Trump++ and congressional ++Republicans++rammed through last summer has already spurred large-scale loss of nutrition assistance among low-income ++children++, with an analysis released Wednesday estimating that more than 700,000 kids across a dozen states have lost federal food aid since the ++GOP++ law took effect.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a liberal think tank, ++found++ that the “sharp participation declines” among children likely stem from provisions of the Republican law that—for the first time in the program’s history—shift large Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (++SNAP++) benefit costs onto states. The law also expands punitive SNAP work requirements.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/43247331

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/66415771

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/38075883

I wonder how ancient of a kernel it has and how many wonderful exploits can be run against it

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1153852/meta-accused-of-restricting-sexual-health-and-queer-instagram-accounts

Interesting follow-up to their previous post about the AI slop tsunami.

Also: High quality chaos

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