The immediate emergent need was covered, but Francis still needs urgent financial support.

Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie*@francesdanger.bsky.social · 4h ago

URGENT NATIVE #MUTUALAID💕💸 Mvskoke/Semvnole woman needs $38 ASAP to avoid losing my room please. I have 1 1/2 hours to book. I'm still sick and have been doing nothing but sleeping since Saturday. Mvto. Vnmo/PP @francesdanger #settlersaturday #helpsky #fundsky #indigisky

Today's reminder that the current genAI boom is powered by GPUs manufactured with a mineral called coltan (and other rare earths, and cobalt) mined through the labor of enslaved children in Congo, and the US and UAE fund the paramilitaries which protect those mines and keep those children enslaved.

Today is the last day. We're at $26 / $500 and need it today. I've been too unwell to boost. Please help with boosts or any funds you can spare? linktr.ee/wylder Thank you!

Fit Check For My Hobbit Era@wylder.myatproto.social · 2d ago

We need $500 before the 5th. Anything helps linktr.ee/wylder

Barely any help received. Daily needs are costly with no home or kitchen to rest or prepare anything in. Please help Jacob get shelter, food, and pay for his phone, which is his only lifeline as it's access to everything and payment for anything in one. venmo.com/u/jas042edu cash.app/$louvreaux 💕💸

jacob summerlin | @jas042edu

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

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Fit Check For My Hobbit Era@wylder.myatproto.social · 2w ago

0/$250 Today Nothing is coming in and Jacob is one of the most in-need individuals I know so the new goal is $250 a day. He asks for almost nothing and gets even less. Enough is enough. Help someone go from barely surviving to maybe ok-ish venmo.com/u/jas042edu cash.app/$louvreaux #MutualAid 💕💸

#CovidIsNotOver

Dr Noor Bari@njbbari3.bsky.social · 11h ago

8 people called in sick last week, and 4 people this week. This is just in my little circle of people I need to get jobs done… No one has tested for COVID-19 or anything else. Just endless sick leave which will go down as another mystery I expect.

1802) Transwrongsbot. Listen, validation and love is all very well, but at some point things get bad enough that action is required as a matter of simple survival. It's time to protect trans rights by doing some trans wrongs.

You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

Please take a little time to check in on your friends.

Small acts of kindness and love.

Katie@looktogod.bsky.social · 11h ago

I'm sure billionaire Morland Holmes would insist there's no point trying to stop such places bc they'd just pop up elsewhere. BUT I DON'T CARE IF IT'S PLAYING WHACK-A-MOLE with an evil mole! YOU WHACK THAT EVIL MOLE EVERYWHERE IT POPS UP! We can't stop people being evil, but we can rescue victims!

Was 25 hrs w/ no help ❤️‍🩹 Progress has been consistently bad/nonexistent $200 still due: Borrow loan repayments. $1969 still due: shortened goal towards staying inside due Saturday (8/8). 🍯 Linktr.ee/hiitsbritt { #mutualaid #bipocmutualaid #homelesssky #mutualaidrequest #helpsky #fundsky }

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homeless: 16 months, deeply marginalized, & chronically ill household. will not survive without help. pls help answer if thriving is possible.

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accepting reparations 🥳@liminalclown-e.bsky.social · yesterday

$210: CA Borrow repayments, needs to be cleared today. Have been asking for a month. $50/$2019: shortened goal towards staying inside due Saturday (8/8). Triple surged rate. 🍯 Linktr.ee/hiitsbritt { #mutualaid #bipocmutualaid #homelesssky #mutualaidrequest #helpsky #fundsky #mutualaidvoid }

I’m a Black trans, non-binary immigrant parent trying to get my child, cat, &myself to safety in Cali, where I have job opportunities. If you can donate or share, I’d be so grateful. ❤️ Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/notyourbaeshae #BlackSky #BlackTransLivesMatter #TransCrowdfund #MutualAid #LGBTQ #TransRights

Through a complicated set of circumstances, my habitual speech is basically a cross between professor's English and street kid.

The Creatively Maladjusted@tyrotcm.bsky.social · 12h ago

The more one knows about the subject, the more one tends to get infuriated at the conflation of terminology. As you suggested, it's clearly intentional to make people think they have to accept the bad shit in order to use the good.

Fair point, let's call it stochastic parroting then.

I don't even live there and I reacted with a sigh of relief. This is a BIG deal.

Jen-of-Λrc@jen-of-arc.bsky.social · 12h ago

And there it is… Abdul El-Sayed will be our Democratic Nominee for the State of Michigan 💥👏 Woot Woot! Abdul El-Sayed - 49% (684,034) Haley Stevens - 47% (655,397) Congratulations to you Abdul, your team, @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov & this entire movement!! @abdulelsayed.bsky.social

It’s very impressive what El-Sayed accomplished, and this is true. But with a caveat: In high profile races, money does not always win, but it can make bad candidates much more viable in all races. And in low profile races, money is often the determining factor. That’s why it’s such a problem.

Burnt Texas Toast®@nailpounder.bsky.social · 12h ago

Proof that grassroots people power can overcome being outspent 10-to-1 by the establishment donor class. You just need to have the fortitude to organize and do the ground work instead of expecting to coast along on PAC money and the donor class. LET'S GO!

Reminder to everyone living with smoky air right now: DRINK MORE WATER. You're inhaling particulate even if you can't see it, your body needs to flush that crud out, and it needs water to do so. You're probably gonna produce more mucus and that's annoying, but it's helping clean out the crud.

Mute the term Perez Hilton. And for love of god, don’t link or share video and photos.

Thanks for the space 💜 Recently, I was turned away by my pcp while I was en route to my appointment. They're the doctor that fills my meds, I'm a physically disabled type 2 diabetic. I need my meds to live. ANYTHING at all helps. GoFundMe below. Also have CashApp & paypal, both are HMSBeardsley.

Crow, emotional support Wizard@hmsbeardsley.bsky.social · yesterday

813/4500 I'm a trans nonbinary person & physically disabled type 2 diabetic. I'm the primary income for my family of 4. Medical bills going to collections, I'm being denied access to doctors & could lose access to meds. GoFundMe below, also have PayPal & CA both HMSBeardsley. ANYTHING helps, pls.

Again of the ~45K gun deaths in the US each year, here is the approximate breakdown. We spend all this time talking about mass shootings, and "inner city🤡" gun violence. But we spend almost no time talking about the suicide. We just pretend that it's not there. But that's the "Guns in Vermont."

Mekka Okereke@mekka.mekka-tech.com · 2mo ago

[CW: update suicide stats] The US has ~45 gun deaths a year. ~1K from mass shootings ~15K from homicides ~30K from suicide Man + alone + depression + alcohol + access to firearm = at risk. The most likely victim of any US firearm, is its owner. Second most, is a family member.😢

if you guys want to really help a cause close to me, chip in to the west texas pride center. they do extremely necessary work in a less-than-hospitable area. your support, comments, and shares will make a real difference: www.pridecenterwt.org

Pride Center West Texas

LGBTQN+ Community Center serving the Permian Basin from Odessa, Texas.

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So tired of all of this shit.

True bravery isn't the absence of fear, but acting in spite of it. Still thought provoking, though.

Orcspiration@orcspiration.bsky.social · 13h ago

A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.

Manual testing with a screen reader will help you catch and fix accessibility issues that can't be identified by automated tests. Sara Soueidan has a great guide on various screen readers and how to set them up on your computer. www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/testing...

Setting up a screen reader testing environment on your computer

— The personal website of Sara Soueidan, inclusive Web UI engineer

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I just cut my foot on a piece of a Technology for a Better World trophy from 2018, and that is spot the fuck on

Or gold, or silver–computers are full of valuable metals. See also Flock cameras.

Dizzygirl@dizzygirl.myatproto.social · 14h ago

Remember, if you see someone stealing copper from a data center, no you didn't. youtu.be/xCzkSyAAf4M?...

This is true in a number of counties right now.

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now@understatesmen.bsky.social · 19h ago

hey gang, a far-right party is using this election to gauge whether locking trans people out of civil society has a public mandate, and they've proven they can twist the coalition's arm to get whatever they want. We are in danger. Can you fucking do something.

Among other very important influences, of course.

The Creatively Maladjusted@tyrotcm.bsky.social · 14h ago

Listen to this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV4S... Then this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=isqz... Irish & especially Scottish settlers in Appalachia contributed significantly to what eventually became modern country music.

And then when their favourite NSFW creator gets censored out of existence one day: "Why didn't anyone tell me about this?!" A pox on these people.

"[E]mployees at Flock have been accessing sensitive cameras in" an Atlanta suburb. "The cameras accessed have included surveillance tech in a children's gymnastics room, a playground, a school, a Jewish community center, and a pool." #Georgia #USA #Surveillance #Technology

City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Pitch Demo, Renews Contract Anyway

Residents of Dunwoody, Georgia are furious about the city's surveillance contract with Flock. Do their elected officials care?

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I feel like I sometimes have to explain that in 1994 you could have a movie where the main character is so consumed by inner pain that he does himself up like a goth mime, climbs to the top of a warehouse, plays a sick guitar solo at sunset, and smashes the guitar with zero irony