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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · Aug 5

self-soothing by giving myself pep talks in the Luke the Vampire from Buffy voice

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 5h

Don't got many more worst days of my life in me, boys.

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 6h

1999 was the one time in my life I lived within 20 minutes of a drive-in that did regular shows all summer long, it was written in the stars for me.

scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 6h

Movies you've seen at the drive in.

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 6h

THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT 🙂‍↕️🙏

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 6h

Recovering from the WILDEST headache situation, it was on both sides of my head from temple to jaw and every time I started to fall asleep my heart would start RACING and I'd jolt awake in a panic. Am I dying and if so how long do I have?

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Carta Monir @cartamonir.com · 3d

If you love trans people, if you love sex workers, if you think we deserve to have families... please donate. The amount of money my friend needs to raise for court costs is shocking. Please donate.

More Carta @morecarta.bsky.social · 3d

I am fundraising for an anonymous friend, who is a trans sex worker and POC. They are at risk of losing custody of their children. Please, please donate. This is a situation that is painful and scary beyond description.

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🫂 www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-... 🫂

URGENT NEED! HELP KEEP FAMILY TOGETHER, DONATE NOW!

We are raising funds for a pillar of our community: a trans sex worker of color who is at risk of losing custody of their children. While their lawyers are confident they can win this discriminatory case, funds are needed by February 2026. We believe they should no longer have to face this on their own, which is why we are asking for your support.

Goal: $50,000

https://www.gofundme.com/help-keep-family-together-urgent

Venmo: carta-monir
Cashapp: $cartamonir

Send donations with a red heart emoji to ensure funds are redirected to this SWER

We are raising funds for a beloved community member; a trans sex worker of color who is at risk of losing custody of their children. For their safety and privacy they must remain anonymous, but this is a pillar of our community, loved and verified by those of us running this fundraiser.

Our friend is facing a trial in February regarding the custody of their young children. The case against them is based on the fact that their primary form of income is sex work. Notably, the judge of the initial custody arrangement ruled that their job was not reason enough to restrict their parenting time years ago. Because of this precedent, their lawyer feels very confident they will win their upcoming case.

To defend their rights to parent their own children, our friend needs to raise $75,000 by February 2026. This staggering amount of money is required by the court to cover the costs associated with a two day trial (lawyers fees, expert witnesses, the court reporter, depositions, creation of trial binders, the list goes on). If they cannot secure these funds by the February deadline, they will be forced to settle, resulting in severely reduced interaction with their children. We obviously do not want this to happen.

Our friend has provided for themself and their children for years, fighting their custody battle in private while continuing to be an incredible parent, friend, and educator. They can no longer face this by themselves, which is why we are asking for your support.

In our current political climate, we know that our friend's situation is especially precarious. This is a crucial moment to show solidarity with a community member who needs it more than ever.

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 1d

This is an abandonment of the most vulnerable trans youth, for whom Fenway Health was often a provider of last resort, and signals Fenway’s willingness to abandon all trans patients.

They must be pressured over this capitulation. We need your help - reach out, call, demand answers!

kitt kogut @himdianajones.bsky.social · 1d

Let them know what you think.

Gov. Healey: 617-725-4005
AG Campbell: 617-727-2200
Fenway: 617-267-0900

cis Bostonians specifically, we need you to step up. I'm already seeing my local trans circles raise hell about this, but we need you, too. I wrote a phone script. Use it and spread it:

Hello, my name is [name] and I'm a [transgender] constituent living in [City], Massachusetts. I'm calling to bring to Gov. Healey's attention the deeply alarming development coming from Fenway Health, in which they've recently announced they will no longer provide gender affirming healthcare to patients under the age of 19 in order to retain their federally recognized status. This is in utter direct violation of our state constitution, specifically Chapter 127, in which quote, "Access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming health care services is a right secured by the constitution and laws of the commonwealth. Interference with this right, whether or not under the color of law, is against the public policy of the commonwealth." This is also in contradiction of Boston declaring itself a sanctuary city for transgender people, the resolution which states Boston has, quote, "a specific commitment to protecting transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Taxpayer-funded agencies shall not comply with federal efforts to strip resources that safeguard their rights. Boston will not cooperate with federal or state policies that harm transgender and gender-diverse people and remains committed to ensuring their access to healthcare...without fear or discrimination."

As Massachusetts' first openly gay Governor, I'm aware that this past August Gov. Healey signed updated Shield laws protecting gender affirming healthcare in Massachusetts. Jordina Shanks, the CEO of Fenway Health herself, said these protections are quote, "a landmark victory for health care, human dignity... and that Massachusetts stands as a national beacon of equity and compassion." I am in complete and utter disgust, yet unsurprised, that a leading institution in gender affirming healthcare is capitulating to federal threats that are not law, and acting in direct opposition to the city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is a deep betrayal of their transgender patients. I urge Gov. Healey to bring all powers of the state to investigate and reverse this gross over-compliance on the part of Fenway Health.

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 12h

Saw a post that said something like "if you're only using your self-awareness to bully yourself, you're doing it wrong" and it's like great, something else to realize I suck at 👍

scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 19h

Bring back socially beneficial shame!

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Ms. Maxwellmusic 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxmaxwellmusic.bsky.social · 19h

This is the energy we need going forward.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Man escapes ICE while handcuffed, bystanders use pliers to free him.
Salt Lake City, UT

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 20h

Best bookstore on the planet 🙂‍↕️🙏

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The Haunted Bookshop @bookshopghost.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not appealing to your virtue.

I'm not begging you to accommodate some kind of delusional phobia.

I'm not putting this damn thing on my face because I feel like it.

I am somebody's child, somebody's spouse, somebody's parent--and I won't cringe and waffle about protecting them.

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 1d

me: I just read that the Appalachians are older than BONES

9yo: oh so from when you were born

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 1d

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 1d

RCHR DKLY

scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 1d

And Richard Kelly knuckles.

scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 1d

I wake up and I have to imagine us the Swiss Family Robinson. Maybe the LOST IN SPACE crew. I pretend us on a big adventure, I find little parties and milestones, because you can't tell the kids there's no hope, right? But also oh my god where do we go from here?

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 1d

A totally normal carnival except the carousel mounts are all just a bunch of fiberglass people.

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 1d

editor: you get those anti-Quaker plates made up for the press?

engraver: sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.

Photo of an image of a woodcut print from the mid 1600s in the book from the post I'm quoting. Caption reads: "This hostile image of the early radical Quakers, depicted 'going naked for a sign,' emphasized their antinomian disdain for the law. They were 'above ordinances.'"

The image shows a lawman to the right in his fancy pants with a sword and a hat. In the center top of the image is a sign that reads "Above Ordinances." To the left are four naked folks, men and women, marching around and maybe shouting a little bit. It's fine, they're fine.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re looking to help rebuild Gaza a farmer and a civil engineer seems like a good person to help ❤️

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohammed. Mohammed was finishing his studies to be a civil engineer in Rafah. His home and the small farm that him and his family had were destroyed. He’s now trying to survive with his large family, including many small children, in tents.

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 1d

If you need a consistently replenished outside source of power to keep your will to live activated, I couldn't more strongly recommend becoming an Oz Perkins fan.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Anita Bryant Humiliation Day

A four-panel image of Anita Bryant being pied in her sanctimonious face by gay rights activist Thom Higgins, 1977.

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 1d

why are transporters so loud

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Fear Captain @cheercaptain.wang · 1d

We need a The Offspring for the left

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scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · 1d

scare-acuda @mostestghostess.bsky.social · Sep 6

Osgood Perkins tramp stamp
Charlie Kaufman chest piece