Thread by @45thabsurdist

Lots of grocery stores all over the country lost power in the last few days, so literal tons of perfectly usable food are getting thrown in dumpsters and compactors.

Be wary of anything that’s not cold, or inflated packages. If you wouldn’t eat it, don’t donate it.

Dumpster diving is illegal-ish in lots of places. Which is, of course, very dumb, since at worst you’re removing garbage for free.

Food not Bombs would never have existed without dumpstering. And there’s a pandemic and a societal collapse on. People might be hungry.

On the other hand, if you’re not already an anticapitalist, and want to get radicalized real quick: pay attention to the steps which corporations take to prevent people from picking through their literal garbage.

Anyway, gonna go drink some fancy coffee drink i found somewhere.

https://twitter.com/yourantifagf/status/1361816851374694416

Also, if your refrigerator isn’t back up and running yet, and you have lots of food from wherever that you need to keep cold, a reminder that @PDXFreeFridge has locations all over town.

Also just putting it out there: cheese is literally a way of safely storing dairy for long periods of time without refrigeration. That’s what cheese is for.

We are subtweeting you @newseasons. You and your perfectly fine feta. Also all of the unopened unexpired items that said “refrigerate after opening” that you just had hauled to the dump.

Anyhow, there’s apparently now a standoff at the Hollywood Fred Meyer, where armed security is trying to physically restrain people who are taking pictures of their dumpster full of food.

Oh, it wouldn’t be a problem at all for them to donate it?

https://twitter.com/portlandelk/status/1361836810461007872