That's because the government regularly underfunds SNAP. It knows that food costs more than it allows, it just chooses not to fully fund.
SNAP benefits fall short of financing healthiest diets, researchers say
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5596203-snap-benefits-health-plans/
That's good news.
"The Evers administration says it got full FoodShare benefits distributed before the Trump administration appealed an order on SNAP benefits."
#Wisconsin #SNAP
I just spoke to WGME CBS/Fox last night about a data center proposed for an old Maine mill. Lewiston's climate and water resources are a better fit than in the southern US, but city managers still overestimate the benefits to local economies—about 20 jobs post-construction, many remote.
Locally Linear Convergence for Nonsmooth Convex Optimization via Coupled Smoothing and Momentum
Reza Rahimi Baghbadorani, Sergio Grammatico, Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10239 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.10239 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.10239
arXiv:2511.10239v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We propose an adaptive accelerated smoothing technique for a nonsmooth convex optimization problem where the smoothing update rule is coupled with the momentum parameter. We also extend the setting to the case where the objective function is the sum of two nonsmooth functions. With regard to convergence rate, we provide the global (optimal) sublinear convergence guarantees of O(1/k), which is known to be provably optimal for the studied class of functions, along with a local linear rate if the nonsmooth term fulfills a so-call locally strong convexity condition. We validate the performance of our algorithm on several problem classes, including regression with the l1-norm (the Lasso problem), sparse semidefinite programming (the MaxCut problem), Nuclear norm minimization with application in model free fault diagnosis, and l_1-regularized model predictive control to showcase the benefits of the coupling. An interesting observation is that although our global convergence result guarantees O(1/k) convergence, we consistently observe a practical transient convergence rate of O(1/k^2), followed by asymptotic linear convergence as anticipated by the theoretical result. This two-phase behavior can also be explained in view of the proposed smoothing rule.
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Just finished "The Word for World is Forest" by Ursula K. Le Guin. Can't believe I didn't read this one earlier, and this strengthens my resolve to finish off the rest of her stuff I have yet to read sooner. I think it benefits somewhat from having read it after "Four Ways to Forgiveness" which gives more of the Hainish context. Certainly none of the blurbs I had read about it did it any measure of justice, which is one reason I hadn't prioritized it. More than being about colonization, it's about a solution to the paradox of tolerance, and both the price and imperfections of that solution. As usual with Le Guin's science fiction, it's a rich companion to anarchist thought.
I think the typical objection to seeing it as an answer to the warlord question would be that it serendipitously positions the indigenous population with more power and a less ruthless opponent than in the imagined scenario, and it uses the League of Worlds as a sort of deus ex machina to foreclose further retribution. Ultimately that's why I think it's more about the paradox of tolerance than anything else, but I also think in regards to the warlord problem that we are too quick to underestimate just how numerous and enthusiastic the opponents of a warlord might be, and to overestimate the strength of technological weapons wielded by frail (and psychologically unarmored) humans.
In any case, Le Guin gives this book's alien humans yet another fascinatingly credible capability, and getting to see the introduction of ansible technology with all its implications is pretty cool too. Maybe not
The AI boom is driving coordinated innovation in the US as it builds fabs and energy infrastructure that could have lasting value even if the bubble bursts (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2025/the-benefits-of-bubbles/
"Intégrer une « marche Š flatulences » Š votre routine quotidienne ne vous permettra pas seulement d'avoir une digestion optimale, cela pourrait également vous protéger contre la démence et améliorer votre santé mentale et physique en général."
https://www.popsci.com/health/fart-walk-he
The Trump administration is telling states NOT to pay full November food stamp benefits,
revising its previous guidance after winning a temporary victory at the Supreme Court on Friday
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/09/t
On OpenAI's 10th anniversary, Sam Altman reflects on "a decade of breakthroughs, learnings, and the path toward AGI that benefits all of humanity" (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/ten-years/
Oh good! Someone from the @… community can weigh in on the benefits.
Oh wait…
Anyway, sooner or later the time for computable reals will come. I'm still HODLing stock in continued fractions (and teaching them every year to my first-year students).
"SNAP benefits reduced the depth and severity of poverty experienced by recipient households, especially among children, who experience higher poverty rates than the population at large."
But the gop would rather have kids in poverty.
https://www.
We just got through the annual open enrollment benefits meeting at work. I have a 'good' job with 'good' benefits and yet I'm still so exhausted by it. My sympathies are with folks who have it worse.
Switzerland is covered in solar PV — if the Swiss can see the economic benefits, then sunnier countries can get over themselves
#Switzerland #Swiss #Schweiz
“Notes on Being a Man”, by Scott Galloway. An interview by Jordan Klepper on The Daily Show.
Nearly one in five men in their 30s still live with their parents, and 15% report having no close friends. Men are also four times more likely to die by suicide than women.
“Guiding boys to become men is not a zero sum game. Everyone benefits.”
htt…
Trump loses another courtcase.
#trump #snap #foodaid
Writing software is hard, of course, and writing it for a diverse and demanding customer base is harder. The idea that CUNY-built software (much of it apparently vaporware for now) can serve the needs of a whole armada of educational stakeholders at once — well, that’s a hell of an uphill climb.
Then again…do current commercial ed tech offerings really serve needs all that well?
And as the article points out, the privacy and sovereignty benefits are •substantial•.
So: uphill climb, yes, and I for one am in favor of it.
2/2
Die USA zeigen, was uns bevorstehen könnte, wenn wir den hässlichen Populismus der Rechtsextremen nicht klein kriegen. Trump nutzt das Leid der Bevölkerung zu politischen Erpressung, um Superreichen noch mehr Macht zu verschaffen. Extremer als Merz, aber was wäre in ein paar Jahren?
Gleichzeitig gibt es auch Initiativen aus der US-Bürgerschaft, die Hoffnung machen und zeigen, dass Solidarität weiterhin existiert.
From: @…
The working plan would only guarantee a future Senate vote on enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies,
not an extension of the credits that Democrats have made a key demand in exchange for their votes.
Even if the Senate passes the new funding measure, it would have to go back to the House for another vote before going to Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.
Lettuce Financial, which offers an accounting, payroll, benefits, and tax compliance service for one-person businesses, raised $28M led by Zeev (Elaine Pofeldt/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepo…
🤨 The GOP reeeeeaally hates the needy.
"The Trump administration late Saturday told Wisconsin state officials to "undo" their fulfillment of food assistance benefits amid a court battle over funding for the nation's anti-hunger programs during the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history."
#Wisconsin #SNAP
How many people receive SNAP benefits in the US every month? Scroll down to the map showing the percentage by state. https://usafacts.org/answers/how-many-people-receive-snap-benefits-in-the-us-every-month/country/united-states/
Switzerland is covered in solar PV — if the Swiss can see the economic benefits, then sunnier countries can get over themselves
#Switzerland #Swiss #Schweiz
A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to pay the full amount of November Snap food aid benefits to states within 24 hours
The Trump administration
‘failed to consider the harms’
in not supporting Snap, judge says in ruling that demands funds by Friday
The order was in response to a challenge from cities and nonprofits complaining that the administration was only offering to cover 65% of the maximum benefit,
a decision that would have …
The European Commission says Apple and Google's Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/09/iphone-android-switching-ios-26/
Chancellor Thomas Gibson is offering a challenge to #UWM faculty and staff: Raise a total of $1,000 by the end of this week, and he will match with a $1,000 gift. Visits to the UWM food pantry rose more than 41% from September to October, as the federal government shutdown cut paychecks and certain government benefits and demand is expected to spike in the coming days as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are interrupted.
It's a good cause.
#Milwaukee
Until now, Social Security disability benefits got easier to qualify for as a person reached 50 and above. The Trump plan would end that.
New Work World: The administration contends that injured laborers have more access to technology and more nonphysical job options than in the past.
Red State Blues: Under the plan, millions — particularly in states that voted for Trump — could find it more difficult to qualify for disability benefits in the future.
1Password CEO David Faugno says the company has crossed $400M in ARR, up from $250M in 2023, as it benefits from a shift in the threat landscape due to AI (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/ryan-reynolds-backed-1password-tops-400…
UN Report Estimates Bold Climate Action Would Deliver $100 Trillion in Benefits by 2100 | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-climate-action-report
The Deathonomics of Putin’s War
“Black widows” marrying soldiers to collect death benefits are symptomatic of society-wide rot
…
India's November 21 labor law has granted legal status to millions of gig workers, but benefits are unclear and access to social security remains elusive (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/24/indi…
Donald Trump’s hateful, falsehood-filled rant on Thursday
blaming immigrants for crime, “social dysfunction” and economic hardship
is refuted by a wide range of immigration statistics,
which show clearly that immigrants dramatically bolster the US economy
and commit crimes at far lower rates than people born in the US.
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/11/07/repub/november-snap-2/
On Friday, federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island issued rulings
that could soon bring relief to millions of Americans whose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are set to expire on Nov. 1,
requiring the Trump administration to fund the program, at least partially while the legal proceedings continue.
The SNAP program, commonly referred to as food stamps, is among many government programs affectedby the ongoing shutdown,
and has been one…
Trump admin goes to SCOTUS to try and stop order that it pay full SNAP benefits this month: DOJ asks the justices for an order by 9:30 p.m. Friday — as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments, under a court order to finish Friday.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admin-goes-to-scotus-to-try
Les Miserables in real life:
Cops beef up patrols at grocery stores after SNAP food benefits freeze : Indybay
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/11/07/18881291.php