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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 6h

A few of ways to reach the $200 goal by EOD EDT tmrw:

--if 40 ppl gave $5 = mini-funder done!
--if 20 ppl gave $10 = mini-funder done!
--if 10 ppl gave 200 = mini-funder done!
--8 ppl gave $25 = mini-funder done!

That's it! If you can give:

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 7h

2/ In my case, 🚨🚨my ask for $200 by EOD EDT tomorrow🚨🚨 = that financial bridge to help w/ transportation, aka Lyft rides, until my income from both jobs gets going starting this Friday. (I take Lyft b/c I don't have a car yet, not b/c I'm trying to ball out or flex.)

So...will you help me?

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 7h

1/ Like I've said b4, it = a lot to get rehoused, particularly $$$-wise. It =/= just getting the dwelling, but it can also mean recovering financially, e.g reestablishing regular income flow if you got a new job (or a couple). So, $$$ can be "funny" until the flow gets going. Thus, more asks 4 help.

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 8h

MINI-FUNDER REVISION: I forgot I can take the bus tmrw b/c the store location I'm assigned to =/= my usual location! Tmrw = handled! 👍🏿

🚨🚨Still need $200 to cover rides Wed. & Thurs., fam!🚨🚨 If 10 ppl gave $20, I'd be set!!

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

#HelpFolksLive2025

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THAT Amber @buriedbybooks.bsky.social · 12h

I like to remind people about lifetime limits and the refusal of insurers to sell coverage to people with preexisting conditions.

The ACA has issues. But those 2 things alone make it worth saving and fixing.

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 13h

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 17h

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 17h

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

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I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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goodkirbo45.bsky.social @goodkirbo45.bsky.social · 3d

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J. Skyler 🏳️‍⚧️ @jskylerinc.bsky.social · 5d

[OCT UPDATE] DISABLED BLK TRANS ENBY ✊🏿🏳️‍⚧️

OCT GOAL: $1500

Phone/internet. Storage fees. Bills. Medicated cat food. Rent assist.

That’s:

15 ppl giving $100

30 ppl giving $50

60 ppl giving $25

DEADLINE 10/15

linktr.ee/jskylerinc

#TransCrowdFund #DisabilityCrowdFund #HelpSky #BlackSky 💸💕🏳️‍⚧️

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Will @willgarcia820.bsky.social · 12h

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks so, so much for the boost!! 🫂🫂🫂🫂

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 12h

🚨🚨👉🏿👉🏿$130 = 13 people giving $10 each.👈🏿👈🏿🚨🚨

That's all I need by, at latest, 👉🏿👉🏿8:30PM EDT 2nite.👈🏿👈🏿

If you can spare it, I'd truly appreciate it!!

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 13h

👉🏿👉🏿If folks can gift me $130 of the $330 by 8PM tonite👈🏿👈🏿, I can at least make it home tonight & to and from work tomorrow!!

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 13h

🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨 🚨

👉🏿👉🏿Need $330 by 8AM EDT tomorrow to cover rides to work until this Friday:👈🏿👈🏿

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 15h

I made it 2 work. HOWEVER, I still need $330 so I can cover getting back home 2nite as well as getting to & from work tomorrow, Wednesday, & Thursday!!

🚨🚨I need at least 👉🏿$130 of the $330 by 8:30PM EDT 2nite👈🏿 so I can get home tonite & work tmrw🚨🚨:

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 20h

I can get _to_ work! I need to cover my ride home from work as well as my rides tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday!

& what have ppl gifted me so far?? $10, $20, $25. If, say, 33 ppl gave $10, this mini-funder = done, and I can make it to The Jobs so I can stay housed, esp. after being unhoused!!

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 20h

🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨

🚨🚨Got about an hour & some change to raise $330 to cover my rides to & from work until Friday--pls give what you can:🚨🚨

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky

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Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 1d

2 hours, nothing received yet. $0/$300. Please help a Cherokee/Chicana get groceries this week for Indigenous People's Day and to cook 10 meals Saturday for the Los Angeles homeless community! 💕💸

Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 1d

Mutual Aid Request
Hi everybody! I need help with groceries. Not just for myself, but I am scheduled to get my not narrow rear end into the kitchen and do some mutual aid cooking for the homeless and need ingredients for that. Help? 300. 💕💸 V: Annaleigh-Watts CA: $annaleighmaria PP: AnaleeWatts

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🇨🇦🦋Cranky Canuck🦋🇨🇦 @jupitess.bsky.social · 20h

More products to not support. Any business aligned with the Trump family doesnt deserve to succeed. Boycott them all!

Gay in Maine 🩵💙🩵🌈 @michaelwsf.bsky.social · 21h

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Chobani yogurt faces boycott over Ivanka Trump partnership with Planet Harvest

Support behind a boycott of Chobani products is building after the New York-headquartered company recently announced a controversial new partnership.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

Visa, Mastercard agree to $199.5 million settlement in merchants’ class action reut.rs/3J99RmH

Visa, Mastercard agree to $199.5 million settlement in merchants’ class action

Visa and Mastercard have agreed to pay a combined $199.5 million to settle a nearly decade-old class action that accused them of forcing merchants to swallow some of the costs of fraudulent transactions involving counterfeit, lost, or stolen cards.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 21h

Any journos working on this who need help with sourcing should feel free to ping me; I have lots of disabled kids, adults, and parents of disabled kids currently fighting for access to education in my networks. sesmith @ realsesmith dot com

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 21h

This special education news is really devastating and we're going to learn more in the coming days as we get more info and people figure out exactly what it means, but a reminder that disabled people are entitled to a free appropriate public education.

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

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#ProtectJhordin ❤️ @xchemoni.blacksky.app · 3d

This goal was never completed, I just hate cf'ing, but I still do need the support.

$186.32 (plus fee coverage for instant withdrawals) is all that's left. Please help me out if you can, and also boost.

#ProtectJhordin ❤️ @xchemoni.blacksky.app · Sep 12

Chronically ill and in need of support covering basic, HEALTH, + business related necessities, as well as BILLS.

Goal is $600. Please donate if you can + boost by reposting + quoting with kind words! Thank you!

• PP: paypal.me/chemoni
• CA: cash.app/$xCheMoni

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 20h

That's Commodus.

Columbus is that fabulous Latin American dance and music that's said to come from Afro-Colombian funeral traditions.

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 21h

Been thinking this for a loooong while...

I'm Not Going Back @im-not-going-back.bsky.social · 21h

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series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 2d

THANK YOUUU to the person who sent $160 oh thank god

but after all the transfer fees im still $11 short 😭

20 minutes left! (oh and I haven’t eaten since Wednesday lol)

venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
cash.app/$katiwithoutthee

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