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Winnie Madikizela’s boo @dre-withwithout.blacksky.app · 8d

If you can share, boost, spread and donate. I truly appreciate it.

Thank you 🙏🏽.

Love you, regardless

gofund.me/34d23778

Donate to Help me receive my little brother Dravin Matiste, organized by Andre Small

It’s taking me a lot to do this and I was just here asking for help ma… Andre Small needs your support for Help me receive my little brother Dravin Matiste

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Kindra Cotton @kindracotton.com · 10h

ANOTHER SAD REMINDER: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.

White men saw the largest job
increase 一 365,000 一 among
groups.

According to an analysis of the most recent labor statistics by
Katica Roy, a gender economist

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 12h

Save us so all the art in my mind doesn't die with me because Im too sick to create.
PayPal.me/MousePounder
PayPal.me/WyldWish
Cash.app/$WishMage
Venmo.com/u/WishMage
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder

♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 17h

If a few folks could give 1-4k, we could be in position to actually survive, get a shop up, and start helping others out again.

We need dental & medical care, & a car - bare minimum.

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We are buried & will not survive without outside help.

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🏳️‍🌈43 🏳️‍⚧️He/They ♿Disabled ♾️AuDHD 🖖Geek 💜Surviving on kind donations🙏

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 10h

LINK IS GONE FUCK BLUESKY BUT THE WORK CONTINUES FUCK BLUESKY HELP ePP PLEASE

MSN99 @msn99.bsky.social · 18h

‼️URGENT‼️

#MutualAid #BOOST

I’ve been stuck at 360/800 towards bills and rent for a bit…

Doing all I can to survive. Haven’t been able to make appts, etc. The good news? I found job, so while I wait for that process to start…it would be amazing to get something towards my goal. Thank you!! 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾☀️☀️☀️

My mutual aid card created by @gendervoid.gay, written in shiny pink bubble letters. The background is black with pink, green and white

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 18h

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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truthbytwoheart @truthbytwoheart.bsky.social · 9h

$1427 is needed urgently to cover basics and prepare to evacuate the city due to ongoing terror from occupying military forces. At least $250’s needed today for passport. PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS! #Urgent #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #BIPOCMA

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 10h

Miss Major, the LGBTQ+ rights activist who has been on the front lines since Stonewall, passed away yesterday. The impact of her resistance will not be forgotten. Read more in her memoir, "Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary," which won a Lammy in 2024.

Graphic acknowledging the death of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, LGBTQ+ rights activist, on October 13, 2025.

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Post Punk-y Brewster @krismeana.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve been masking at all times in public spaces since 2020 and it’s really not that difficult at all you just put the mask on and go tbh

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 10h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 16h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 16h

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Notice the difference?

Also Israel has killed dozens of Palestinians since this “ceasefire” began. Including a beloved journalist named Saleh Aljafarawi who was only 28 years old.

He spent this genocide chronicling life in Gaza. And they murdered him while claiming peace.

B B C NEWS
Palestinians celebrate return of detainees freed by Israel
Today's Podcast
News Today
All 20 living hostages in Gaza freed by Hamas as peace plan holds

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 10h

Cover reveal!!!! The novella FES IS A MIRROR by Chantal James releasing from Willow Books on October 28 has stunning outerwear!

#booksky

The cover of Fes is a MIrror by Chantal James, multicolored geometric patterns in the zellige style

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it's bilal @bilal78.bsky.social · 17h

Hello everyone.
It was a very big and eventful day. Everyone was filled with joy. Everyone cried with joy. Tears of joy fell on everyone’s cheeks. There were mothers and fathers waiting for their children who would be released from captivity The joy was complete and everyone left
gofund.me/0962a012a

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yaqub @yaqub3788.bsky.social · 18h

Hello everyone
I hope you can help me and my family
My house has been destroyed and I am homeless. I desperately need your help to shelter my children and provide them with bedding. We are approaching winter and the weather has become very cold.
Please donate or share my campaign🙏
gofund.me/97359d2c

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Bitches on Comics, a comic and pop culture podcast @bitchesoncomics.bsky.social · 11h

We really loved Etheres and are absolutely delighted to see it coming back!

Read @lettersofpriya.bsky.social chatting with @anasabdulhak.bsky.social and Dennis: bitchesoncomics.com/the-afterlif...

Then go support the kickstarter to get your hands on a copy! www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

Etheres: Ringo Award Nominated One-Shot Comic Returns

Anas Abdulhak and Dennis Menheere invite you to journey into Etheres, a realm where souls go when they don't belong anywhere else.

www.kickstarter.com

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S.E. Fleenor @sefleenor.bsky.social · 11h

Amaaaaaazing!!!!!!

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khanshq Ishaq @khansa92.bsky.social · 12h

**"I’m dad from Gaza. I lost everything.
My children are cold and hungry.
I have nothing but tears…
Please donate — or share.
Your kindness could save them."**
#Gaza #fyp #freePalestine
@mommunism.bsky.social
🙏💔
chuffed.org/project/1530...

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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · 6d

#Comics folks, I need you to pull up to this one.

The world sucks right now, and we have the opportunity to do a little bit of good for a displaced and marginalized member of our community. Please join me in supporting this KS campaign!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

If you're somebody who values supporting marginalized voices in comics, here's your chance to put your money where your values are!

The writer of this RINGO NOM’D INDIE COMIC (and a very dear friend of mine) is a Syrian Refugee who has been through more continuous hardships than I have space to list here; constantly navigating visa applications, unstable living conditions, predatory landlords (limited options as a refugee).

Anas just wants to make comics and live a normal life like what so many of us take for granted. Backing this campaign will help Anas to take the next step toward freedom and autonomy, helping to fund a move to another country with more stable employment options. This is truly one of the most important comics purchases you will ever make.

Middle Eastern and North African comics creators are some of the most underrepresented in the comics industry of the western world. Anas isn’t running a GoFundMe to support this move, and is not asking for charity. Simply, Anas is using their talent for storytelling, along with Dennis’ gorgeous art, to offer you a beautiful experience in the comics medium, that also goes toward funding a better life for Anas.

I’m so proud of Anas, and humbled by their experiences and perseverance. I would like to see Anas’ Dream realized, and I’d love to see this community help to make that happen. Please join me in pledging to the Etheres Kickstarter campaign! (link below).

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12h

So like this is funnier and more offensive than anything anyone else said about Kirk that got them fired

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Mary Ellen is secretly living in your walls. Hi. @maryellenreads.caviaporcell.us · 12h

We are currently engaged in a very long fight to try to get the hospital to lower or forgive this, but I'm honestly not optimistic. Any help would be appreciated.

But JS Carter Gilson died ten years ago! This very night! //🏳️‍⚧ @jscartergilson.caviaporcell.us · 27d

Hi folks. An unexpected medical bill has popped up, and we could really use some help with it.

#MutualAid #HelpSky 💸💕

Donate to Help Mary Ellen Cover Medical Deductibles, organized by Jeffrey Gilson

Mary Ellen has now been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. Unfortunately, the te… Jeffrey Gilson needs your support for Help Mary Ellen Cover Medical Deductibles

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Josh 💛⚪💜♠️ @blackice397.bsky.social · 14h

Still stuck at $10/$170!

I haven't eaten anything all day! Can anyone spot $40 so I can grab something for dinner? 💕💸

#BIPOCMA #SignalBoost #MutualAid #MABoost #UrgentNeed

Josh 💛⚪💜♠️ @blackice397.bsky.social · 1d

So once again, the grocery goal for last week was not close at all to being cleared, and now I have to reset for this week. Goal of $150, any help is greatly appreciated. 💸💕

#BIPOCMA #SignalBoost #HelpSky #MutualAid #MABoost #UrgentNeed #HelpFolksLive2025

Nighttime sky with a crescent moon, skyline of Philadelphia in the background.

Listed are Josh's paylinks:

CashApp: $blackice397
PayPal: @blackice397
Venmo: @blackice397

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 1d

It infuriates me that as human-made porn is being increasingly censored across the board, AI porn is not only allowed, but celebrated. And AI porn exists because of stolen content from non-consenting, unpaid human pornographers. It's maddening.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5d

“I still can’t believe how unhinged the last update was. Not only the nudity but the motions, boobs bounces more realistically, it’s incredible.”

Elon Musk's xAI seems to have relaxed filters on Grok's video generation, allowing users to create and share explicit AI pornography.

Musk's AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: 'Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!'

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Kieran @nug.monster · 16h

Israel confirms it will continue to starve palestinians and violate the terms of the ceasefire.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 16h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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