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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 8m

You're very welcome.

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 30m

You're welcome.

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Olive Official @oliveofficial.bsky.social · 43m

Thank you
I haven't gotten any new movement on this as I need help clearing Octobers utilities ASAP. Last $10 went towards my card that I use for my cats needs. Plz help this disabled black nonbinary person and cat stay housed.

#TBNC #Mutualaidrequest #Fundsky #helpsky💸💕

An image of an email receipt by First Premier card that shows a payment of $10.00 was made on 10/15/2025. Card info, checking account number and confirmation number are redacted in Red marking.

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 30m

$155 TO GO OCT UTILITIES BY FRIDAY URGENT!

Black. Nonbinary. Disabled. Denied SSI & SNAP. Low-pay no-PTO job & had to take sick leave last week so this check w/b lower than usual. 16 ppl $10 each keeps them & their support cat safe.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

Olive Official @oliveofficial.bsky.social · 1d

245/400
I'm a black disabled nonbinary person that is in urgent need of help with Octobers utilities and rent. I appreciate anything. Please help me and my cat stay housed.
C: $oliveandmisa
PP: Oliveandmisa
V: Olivia-Harrell-8
Kofi: ko-fi.com/oliveandmisa

#TBNC #MutualAidrequest #Fundsky

An image of autumn leaves as a background and there is text that says "Mutual Aid Request I'm Olive and I'm a black disabled nonbinary person that is struggling to get by with basic necessities, utilities and for my elderly cat. I am in urgent need of help with Octobers bills as well as food. Anything is appreciated Goal is $400 to help pay for Octobers and any remaining September bills.

Cashapp: $oliveandmisa
paypal: Oliveandmisa
Venmo Olivia-Harrell-8
Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/oliveandmisa"

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 1d

Already disabled & in mourning for their recently lost service dog. Behind on rent & out of food to add to the misery. Any combo ppl x $$ = $750 keeps them safe.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

@CanadianJoannie @canadianjoannie.bsky.social · 9d

E-transfer or PayPal to help is [email protected]

@CanadianJoannie @canadianjoannie.bsky.social · 10d

In desperate need to catch up with rent 526$ behind and in need of groceries so badly. We continue to grieve and mourn Toby. The pain is unbearable.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 2h

not to repeat the obvious but: if they are doing this to one of the most famous Western activists alive, imagine what they are doing to the people whose names we will never know

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 2h

Greta is an immensely impressive human being and despite her well-intentioned downplaying of her experience what she endured was torture. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 1h

They will use this garbage to deny disability status, medical care, and pain medication to people like me.

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AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 1h

I've been waiting for the next round of this bullshit to drop, courtesy the climate RFK Jr's created.

I am in pain every single second of every single day. No respite. Never has been. I learned early and hard how to mask. Now, it's second nature not to show it ~85% of the time.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃

PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.

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jadelennox @jadelennox.bsky.social · 1h

Right? And I know the article focuses on people who theoretically can’t be understood (skill issue!) but we’re about 5 minutes from a tool like that being used to deny pain treatment to someone expressing pain “wrong”.

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 2h

yes! people are already told that they're not reacting the "correct" way to pain, so let's just digitize that

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jadelennox @jadelennox.bsky.social · 2h

People with chronic pain and anyone socialized not to show pain (which appears in all genders for different reasons) very specifically mask pain. Good lord. I don’t start showing chronic pain in my face until about 8, meanwhile for acute I scream and yell FUCK at like 3.

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 2h

Pain does not work like this.

Nothing works like this. There's a reason lie detectors are inadmissible bullshit machines.

But even if it did, those thermometers mentioned in the first sentence? They don't work properly on Black skin. Same with pulse oximeters: they don't work on melanin, either.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 1h

$3180 TO GO EMERGENCY DENTAL SURGURY BEFORE THE DAMAGE GETS WORSE.

Damaged teeth lead to infections lead to ER. Stop it b4 that happens. Not covered by insurance. (Of course.) Any combo ppl x $$ = $3180 does it.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

Kyle Hester Film Maker @kylehester.bsky.social · 1d

Never thought I’d be posting this, but here we are.
I need emergency dental surgery—a tooth implant that’s not covered by insurance. The damage stems from an accident I had back in high school, and after years of managing the situation, it’s finally caught up with me.
gofund.me/f344ce05b

Donate to Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able., organized by Kyle Hester

Hi, my name is Kyle. I’m reaching out for help with an urgent d… Kyle Hester needs your support for Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able.

gofund.me

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Kyle Hester Film Maker @kylehester.bsky.social · 1d

Never thought I’d be posting this, but here we are.
I need emergency dental surgery—a tooth implant that’s not covered by insurance. The damage stems from an accident I had back in high school, and after years of managing the situation, it’s finally caught up with me.
gofund.me/f344ce05b

Donate to Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able., organized by Kyle Hester

Hi, my name is Kyle. I’m reaching out for help with an urgent d… Kyle Hester needs your support for Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able.

gofund.me

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Helen, Tina's Boob Punch @tinavstammy.bsky.social · 1h

#HelpFolksLive

And have teeth to eat!

Kyle Hester Film Maker @kylehester.bsky.social · 1d

Never thought I’d be posting this, but here we are.
I need emergency dental surgery—a tooth implant that’s not covered by insurance. The damage stems from an accident I had back in high school, and after years of managing the situation, it’s finally caught up with me.
gofund.me/f344ce05b

Donate to Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able., organized by Kyle Hester

Hi, my name is Kyle. I’m reaching out for help with an urgent d… Kyle Hester needs your support for Emergency Dental Surgery — Please help if you are able.

gofund.me

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 2h

nice to see white ladies call out the "purity test" and "circular firing squad" rhetoric as total bullshit

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

"What do you have to say about the capitulation that you participated in?"

Cory Booker clearly wasn't expecting the pushback he got from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social

Full interview: youtu.be/HLfzsOVjlxc

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AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 1h

Portland is majority-white; Chicago is deemed important to white colonial and capitalist interests.

Actual DC residents? Majority Black. When are the pols and pundits and party apparatchiks going to care about them?

Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

Once again: this is also happening in DC. Still.

It feels like we’ve been forgotten, maybe because there aren’t huge confrontations to run photos of. But our neighbors are still being taken every day. Routine traffic stops are now done by 12+ feds alongside local police.

Please talk about us too.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 1h

When they are in the majority [which will be the thirty-second of never if they don't fucking warrior up], they need #AbolishICE. It's a fascist enterprise by very measure, an official arm of the Klan, and if the Dems don't force its disbandment, nothing will ever change.

And they'll lose. Again.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3h

This is good: Rep Eric Swalwell tells me House Dems are now discussing making an end to mask-wearing a precondition for ICE funding.

"When we are in the majority, the masks are coming off," he says.

This is the next frontier in anti-Trump resistance.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...

Trump ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn in Chicago, Handing Dems an Opening

There’s one simple pledge Democrats can make to voters about ICE that’s easy to understand and will have broad support.

newrepublic.com

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 2h

Would somebody send them the last gee-dee $5 for Sept so they can get started on the $300 for Oct. FOOD/MEDS/HYGIENE URGENT!

Disabled Enby on SSI w/ disabled mom. SSI is 70% less than poverty level for a 2-person household. 31 ppl $10 each is good

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

Ambelies @ambelies.bsky.social · 2h

Disabled enby on SSI that doesn't meet my needs. I need groceries, currently. I live with my disabled mom and help her with her needs. I'm currently trying to raise a total of 405 for this month (100/405) PayPal.me/Ambelies or cash.app/$ambelies or venmo ambelies

Pay Amber Downs using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/Ambelies and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Ambelies @ambelies.bsky.social · 2h

Disabled enby on SSI that doesn't meet my needs. I need groceries, currently. I live with my disabled mom and help her with her needs. I'm currently trying to raise a total of 405 for this month (100/405) PayPal.me/Ambelies or cash.app/$ambelies or venmo ambelies

Pay Amber Downs using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/Ambelies and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

PayPal.me

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Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 7h

The way they didn’t hesitate to betray their actual students in service of this kind of blind fealty

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 7h

I fear that schools being willing to drop diversity programs without a fight shows how flimsy their commitment to inclusion was in the first place. People fight for things they truly believe in.