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Sheril Kirshenbaum Apr 28, 2024

This photo was sent my way by someone who knows I work in #food security. I don’t know where it was taken or who deserves credit. (The tickets appear to name a pub).

But I’d sure love to see this kindness replicated. Widely. It’s critically needed & warms my heart. ❤️

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kfet Apr 28, 2024

@Sheril I don’t get it.

I’m thinking all those would have had way more effect going to a food bank. Or taxes, in the case of a sane gov.

Here we see a restaurant profiting off the charity of people, on top of some of those meals likely never getting used up at all.

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Alec Perkins Apr 28, 2024

@kfet @Sheril poor people deserve hot food, too, and this treats people with the dignity that our policies deny them. Food bank food usually needs some kind of prep, and food stamps (taxes) can’t be used for hot food. Both are also bureaucratic quagmires and stigmatizing.

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Tyler K. Nothing

@alec There is seemingly no end to the potential for cruelty from the human animal. At the same time, there is a strong drive to help. Unfortunately, America is only configured to favor one group, and it’s not the one we’d prefer.