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Bunny Shelton @bunnyshelton.bsky.social · 2d

That was 🔥

🫶🏻LaylaBella🫶🏻 @laylabelle3.bsky.social · 2d

And that’s what it looks like when you have your ass handed to you

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 1d

🗣️Heads up y’all! There’s no mail or banking on Monday.

#StayReadyCrew

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Are banks, post offices open on Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day 2025?

Monday, Oct. 13 marks both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. Here's what to know about whether banks and post offices will be open or closed.

www.usatoday.com

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 45m

Jesus God, THIS!!! 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿

🌈 MAZZ @tornfeathers.bsky.social · 17d

i saw this and i’m not gonna lie i needed to see this.

i hope it helps others not feel guilty that we can’t do more

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AdarAyiraViews @adarayiraviews.bsky.social · 47m

Check out how in 6/25:

“4 big tech execs THE ARMY DIRECTLY COMMISSIONED TO BE LIEUTENANT COLONELS, W/ NO MILITARY BACKGROUND, WILL NOT RECUSE THMSELVES FRM BUSINESS DEALINGS W/ THE DEPT OF DEFENSE.”😶

You’d think👆🏽would be A HUGE media story, esp as there is minimal ovrsght on them, right?

Naaahh😶

Tech Executives Commissioned as Senior Army Officers Won't Recuse Themselves from DoD Business Dealings

The new formation is set to recruit tech executives to work on major Army challenges, but the service has not articulated exactly what those individuals would do -- instead focusing on recruiting tale...

www.military.com

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 2h

If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.

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Bear Jewess 🟦🎗️ @388shark.bsky.social · 1h

Where are the international security forces?

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 1h

What have people given so far? $20 and $25. If 16-17 more people gave $20 out of all the people reading this, I'd be set!

Please give what you're able in this tough economy, be it $$$ or a boost or two!

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a woman in a pink shirt is clapping her hands in front of a flag .

Alt: a woman in a pink shirt is doing a "make it rain" sign in front of a flag .

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 1h

Let's keep up the momentum, Bsky fam!!

🚨🚨Still need $330 by tomorrow at 1PM EDT so I can get to work this week!🚨🚨 Pls help:

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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

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a woman says i would love it if in front of a light

Alt: a woman in a black top says "I would love it if you would help me" in front of a light

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Uppity Black Woman @uppityblackwoman.bsky.social · 2h

It’s no longer Democrat versus Republican or left versus right.

It’s now democracy versus dictatorship. Right versus wrong.

It’s no longer a war on undocumented immigrants. It’s now a war on Americans.

It’s no longer a foreign enemy. It’s now the “enemy within.”

www.alternet.org/sleeping-gia...

This is how the great sleeping giant of America awakens, roars and puts an end to it

Something dramatic has happened.Many people who consider themselves non-political or independent, or moderate Republican, or who even voted for Trump last November, can’t avoid seeing what’s now come ...

www.alternet.org

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Desperately needed aid is in position on the Egypt-Gaza border, ready to be delivered to millions of Palestinians. The UN says it has received approval from Israel to begin deliveries on Sunday.

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KMJeezy @kmjeezy.bsky.social · 3h

“OMG the Supreme Court says that you can just stop people based on how they look!” 👇🏼 Black Americans.

a woman in a pink dress is sitting in a blue chair

ALT: a woman in a pink dress is sitting in a blue chair

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 2h

It's almost like they're trying to tell us something...

ht: @magacultslayer.bsky.social

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 3h

Coming back from being unhoused = long process! This week: need $375 by 1PM EDT tmrw to cover rides until I get paid on Friday:

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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

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Adera Joy (BEYOND URGENT, $78/95) @aderabaybee.bsky.social · 2d

Day 32: MAINT. FEE CAME OUT, AS EXPECTED. BACK TO $15/$95. OVER A MONTH LATE. My meds ($95) are NEEDED. My anxiety & depression are the worst it has been in a while & it's getting harder every day. #MutualAid #BIPOCMA #MABoost 💸 💕 #HelpFolksLive2025
C: $aderabaybee
V: Adera-joy
P: paypal.me/aderajoy

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 3h

2 wonderful ppl kicked this off! 🤸🏿‍♀️

🚨🚨What's left: $330 needed by 1PM EDT tomorrow to cover rides to work!🚨🚨 Pls help with $$$ or a boost:

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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

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a woman in a denim jacket stands in front of a stove and says i appreciate you

Alt: a woman in a denim jacket walks in front of a stove and says, "I appreciate you"

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MOHAMED ꧁♡꧂ @mo-hamed-a.bsky.social · 4h

@amyrela.bsky.social
@comicsamy.bsky.social @the-barbelith.space @shockdingo.bsky.social @ratsnvermins.bsky.social @space---ranger.bsky.social @nantaratnk.bsky.social @daktangle.bsky.social @natsu-nohi.bsky.social @nippsmcgee.bsky.social @lilmont789.bsky.social

MOHAMED ꧁♡꧂ @mo-hamed-a.bsky.social · 4h

I beg you, I don't want him to die.

Mohammed needs emergency surgery.

Please don't ignore this plea. Mohammed is hungry and deserves to live

Humanity has become extinct today, and we've started living on water and salt

3 responses—even points—can break the algorithm
chuffed.org/project/1531...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 7h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h

The Department of Education reportedly fired nearly everyone in the office that focuses on the nation’s children with disabilities in a wave of new layoffs

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

linktr.ee/junostump
venmo.com/u/junostump

tips super appreciated

i am a trans girl indie journalist w/ 16 years exp.

bylines formerly included: game informer, polygon, gamespot, kotaku, ign, the daily mail, etc etc etc '

im behind on bills, need groceries, more HRT, more cat food, etc et ♥️

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 4h

UPDATE: Another incredible person just gifted me $20!!

🚨🚨What's left: $330 by 1PM EDT tomorrow to cover rides until I get paid this Friday🚨🚨; please help as you can!

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 4h

As always, @vastramutualaid.bsky.social, thx!❤️

Need $350 by 1PM EDT tmrw to cover rides 2 work until I get paid from my 2 jobs on Friday:

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks @bfitzinar.bsky.social for this!

Need $375 by 1PM EDT tmrw to cover rides to work until I get paid from my 2 jobs on Friday:

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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

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BratDragonGirlfriend (Kaiya) | 🔞+ only. @bratdragongf.bsky.social · 5h

nearing emergency status again. electric due SOON w/ temps reps can't survive w/o heat + medically necc. ko-fi.com/gooddragongf... Hoping for cheaper housing by end of month, but until then bills still need paid. Please help. Thanks for thread/aid/shares/protection. 💜💙🙏

bsky.app/profile/brat...

BratDragonGirlfriend (Kaiya) | 🔞+ only. @bratdragongf.bsky.social · 6h

I'm pleading with you to find it in your heart to share a disabled creators needs, while recovering from multi-surgeries + illness. Reptiles can't survive under 45F w/o heat. All week it's under that. Electric is URGENT. ko-fi.com/gooddragongf... Shares are free & reach those who CAN help. #Helpsky

Temps ranging from 34F at night to 62F during the day.

3 pics of a yellow leopard gecko w/ minimal spots, one on top of a cave, the other two more close up shots of their face.

Text reads:

Meet: Karuma (leopard gecko)
Loves: Headpats, bugs, dog tails and hand treadmills.
Hates: Bright lights, back touches, and No bug days.
Profession: Professional Rock Climber

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 4h

UPDATE: AHHHHHHHHH!! An amazing person just gifted me $25 to kick off my mini-funder!

🚨🚨What's left: $350 needed by tomorrow at 1PM EDT!🚨🚨 Pls help, be it with $$$ or with a boost!

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snoopy is holding a heart in his mouth and hearts are falling out of it .

Alt: snoopy is hugging a red heart and smaller red hearts are floating out of it. The caption, in white letters outlined in black, says "thank you"

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 5h

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