Mastodawn

In #Sudan, #violence still #rages, the #infrastructure is #destroyed, and #funding for #basic #necessities is woefully #inadequate.
https://www.unhcr.ca/news/three-years-on-war-weary-sudanese-remain-on-the-move/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CA_PS_EN_NEWS___260501_5

Three years on, war-weary Sudanese remain on the move

As the crisis in Sudan moves into its fourth year, fighting still rages in large parts of the country, causing new displacement and extending the daily tragedy for millions of people with no clear end in sight. Since the war started in April 2023, some 14 million people have been forced to flee, with 9 million remaining displaced inside Sudan and 4.4 million across borders.

UNHCR Canada

f*cking b*tch club Apr 26

Oh yeah, step right up, folks. Get yer ammo over here and yer ice cream over there.

#cornerstore #Necessities

CBC Thunder Bay Mar 28

'We're seeing drastic increases:' annual poverty report released in Thunder Bay, Ont.
Bonnie Krysowaty says there were no surprises in this year’s report on poverty in Thunder Bay, Ont., though the number of people struggling to afford the necessities is increasingly concerning. The annual report looks at both provincial data and local data, collected through initiatives like the LSPC’s community volun...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-poverty-report-9.7144564?cmp=rss

Stephen Gutknecht Mar 23

#Necessity #Necessities
#RelationshipMisunderstandings

1. Love is not optional in #Democracy

2. A #DemocraticSociety that worships hate and prizes hate is a society #DeathCult

3. #TooPreachy you need to be preaching love. We all do.

Alaska Headline Living Mar 19

🩸 Free Tampons? Scotland Just Did Something Historic
Scotland became the first country in the world to make tampons and other menstrual products free by law.
But here’s the big question: could something like that ever happen in Alaska?
Some local groups are already taking steps you might not know about.
Read the surprising Alaska connection:
👉🏿 https://tinyurl.com/zfn2xpxp
#PeriodEquity #WomensHealth #Scotland #Alaska #PeriodPoverty #PublicPolicy #Hygeine #Necessities #FreeTampons #Menstruation

tech news ᳇ eicker.news Aug 4, 2025

#YoungAmericans are increasingly using “buy now, pay later” (#BNPL) #loans for both #necessities and #discretionarypurchases, driven by #economicpressures and the #easeofapproval. While #BNPLloans offer flexibility, they may encourage #overspending and could potentially impact #creditscores in the future. https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/credit/the-perils-of-buying-botox-and-concert-tickets-with-buy-now-pay-later-loans-23a59c7e?eicker.news #tech #media #news

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Likely Jan Lukas Aug 2, 2025

@BackFromTheDud @skinnylatte @minmi

BTW, an interesting POV I learned from Tendayi Bloom, a scholar and editor of the book below (disclosure: of which I am a contributor), is that while #homelessness itself is usually not illegal, the practise of making #natural #human #necessities such as sleeping and excreting waste illegal in public spaces has the same effect as #criminalising being #unhoused.

😡

I am linking the book because there are so many vectors to being treated as non-#citizens that I think it are important to be aware of, even if one is *technically* a citizen, claiming such rights may depend on a number of other systems such as #authenticated #identification to "enjoy" those rights.

Lots of complexity that absolutely could be fixed if policymakers chose to do so. 😡

https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526156419/

#criminalisation
#citizenship
#HumanRights
#dignity
#access
#accessibility

Manchester University Press - Statelessness, governance, and the problem of citizenship

Statelessness, governance, and the problem of citizenship - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Statelessness, governance, and the problem of citizenship by Tendayi Bloom

Manchester University Press

Chamber of Leather Craft Jun 20, 2025

I #make all sorts of #bag -s. I think that the popularity of this #beltbag is the outcome of the fact that #men actually do have #necessities and there is absolutely no place to put them. Pockets are common, of course, but they're not #bottomless . So this #leatherbag usually holds a phone and may be few cards as well, when a pocket gets added :)

#handcrafted out of #vegetabletanned #leather

Orders are welcome! See here:

https://www.nahakamber.ee/en/order/leather-belt-bag-magnet-lock/

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Mar 14, 2025

A quotation from Horace

You sleep, gaping,
On your bags of gold, adore them like hallowed
Relics not meant to be touched, stare as at gorgeous
Canvases. Money is meant to be spent, it buys pleasure:
Did you know that? Bread, vegetables, wine, you can
Buy almost everything it’s hard to live without.

[Congestis undique saccis
indormis inhians et tamquam parcere sacris
cogeris aut pictis tamquam gaudere tabellis.
Nescis, quo valeat nummus, quem praebeat usum?
Panis ematur, holus, vini sextarius, adde
quis humana sibi doleat natura negatis.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 1, “Qui fit, Mæcenas,” l. 70ff (1.1.70-75) (35 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/horace/75673/

#quote #quotes #quotation #avarice #covetousness #drink #food #gold #greed #hoard #miser #money #necessities #riches #utility #wealth #wine

The Unfortunate Truth Mar 11, 2025

Today we have side #solar panel 2/10, 16/24 overall, mounted on the #Vulpibus. We also worked out (mentally at least) the design for the bedroom and bathroom wall. We bought some reflective strips for vehicular safety, 2 guage wire connectors, more bolts and screws and more drill and screwdriver bits (they break often when working on thick steel with unknown overlaps behind it) today. To get more done, we need some #fedihelp #mutualaid #funding to cover the cost of hinges, screws and wood, as well as getting much needed tyres fitted and covering numerous bills.

This week so far: $100/$2000

#resistance2025 #selfsufficiency #resilience #homeless #buslife #skoolie #helpfolkslive2025 #fuckproject2025 #necessities #DIY #Food #tools #labonwheels #schoolbusconversion #busconversion #solarpower @vulpinelabs #vulpinelabs #tuckfrump #electrical #fundingrequest #helprequest #getfedienoughrunwaytostarttheirownthing #getfedihousing #getfedipaid #getfedisponsored #getfedifunded

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