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Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · May 18

A thread with advice on helping those who need assistance:

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Oct 7

I am going to try to keep adding accounts here as I work through the Palestinian accounts here.

I am going to make this 🧵 to answer as many common questions about these accounts as well as other Gazan GoFundMes as I can so put a 📌 in it if you need a central location for these questions.

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Oct 7

I’m going to make individual posts for the Palestinian accounts I’m boosting today so they don’t get lost in a thread but if you are looking for them all in one place I’ll link them here 🔽

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 3h

I've also seen some people who do stop behind the line...but by several feet??? I do not understand why.

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 3h

And it's still not fool-proof!
Recently I found a Reddit post in which two top-level comments were possibly helpful, one which was possibly not, and two—the most-upvoted—which clearly did not read OP's post (one commenter admitted as much). It was all of nine sentences in length.

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 4h

This post is doing my head in. Late '90s???

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 8h

Efficiency!

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 8h

Proud of my celebrity doppelgänger

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

look how beautifully these trousers hang

Reviewbrah of Report of the Week is in a thrift store. He's wearing a gray suit with a white shirt and light green tie. The trousers hang pin straight without a pucker or ripple.

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 8h

There's an alternate universe in which he's no more than a fictional character played by William Shatner

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 8h

The story of your anal bleeding is more than one page?

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 1d

I think I'll just stick my hands in the freezer next time I want to feel alive.

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 1d

In case anyone was wondering whether over-whipping can also happen to water/oil/protein emulsions of the non-dairy variety: yep, I just curdled my "cream." Wtf am I going to do with this, make weirdly sweet margarine??
More importantly, I want to understand why cream can't be un-churned.

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 1d

You needn't worry, it's been a couple years since LA proper got hail or graupel and it hasn't legit snowed in six decades (except literally in my dreams, where we get the occasional fresh powder)

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 1d

Ma'am it was 90° a few days ago. Layer up and embrace it!! 😂

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 1d

Statistical voting strategies and inner workings of government aside, it seems very obvious to stop supporting the powers that be of the status quo, when they're doing fuck all to represent the interests of their constituents (i.e. their elected job)

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 1d

Telling people who won't vote "blue no matter who" that they're "supporting" Trump et al. is so silly at face value. Choosing to vote for someone you're politically aligned with is more progressive than voting for a Democrat who's far more similar to a Republican both ideologically and in practice

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 1d

"Artisanal blocking" is beautiful and deserves a better joke than I can make about a "sparkling mute function"

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 2d

So apparently a bunch of films left @shudder.com at 9 pm sharp, including the one I was just about to watch 🙃 I get contracts end, but damn Halloween is not over on the west coast!!

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 2d

Gonzo's intelligence is 100% genuine

Reposted by Helena

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 2d

So was I. If a fridge can, surely a watch!

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 2d

THAT IS THE CUTEST COMMAND I'VE EVER HEARD OF

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 2d

"more like conversations you'd have IRL"

the conversations I have IRL are potentially much less filtered than what I type out to post on the Internet but sure

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 3d

Oh cool! The other day I found one that was stuck on a curb so obviously I had to help it, and I did not expect it to be as heavy as it was. Sure hope they don't often tip over.

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 3d

Didn't want to give a specific number in case I miscounted lol. (I've misidentified people before!)

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 3d

(Also, I presume racists don't use "people of color")

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly. I know people who don't identify as white, because judeophobes would make the same judgement. It's plausible, systemically.
On an interpersonal level, I'm not sure *most* Americans—bigoted to be sure, but not Cornelius Hawthorne level—would assume or treat them as if they're non-white

Pierce's racist dad - Community (3x06)

YouTube video by lemonoclefox

Helena @cockamamied.bsky.social · 4d

A few (including a Canadian!).
Several, if you consider "people of color" to necessarily include Jews (contentious).
None, if you consider that all their photos are in grayscale. (Sorry.)

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