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Erica (they/them)

@sickfemme.bsky.social

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Hi there! I'm an artist and writer. I have chronic pain and debilitating fatigue. I'm 38 and a white person on Lenape land near New York City. I love to crochet, pen pal, and write poetry. Let's be buds! https://greenowlcrochet.etsy.com

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Erica (they/them) @sickfemme.bsky.social · Mar 22

Please share: I have an Etsy shop! I also accept crochet commissions. Please check it out. Thank you! greenowlcrochet.etsy.com

A person is holding a frog-shaped stuffed toy in front of a shelf of books.

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LittleBrownBirdPhotography @tessamurray.bsky.social · 3h

A galah playing with a yellow everlasting flower at Coalseam Nature reserve #birds #birdphotography

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 1d

I’m really worried about support dropping off - that’s stagnancy for six families and a displacement camp - but I can barely type. Remember it’s just me…

Please help. No one has ever used our toolkit but it’s so easy

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 3d

Artwork, sharing OFFLINE, sharing online, anything anything anything

You dont even have to email. I made you:

- printable flyers
- two graphics for socials
- a QR code to stick on things
- a printable zine
- a digital zine
- a one-click email template

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Hope Giving Circle | Linktree

This giving circle sustains 6 families in Gaza and a mutual aid team serving a displacement camp of 15 more with food, water, shelter, medicine, and more.

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Nichole @tnwhiskeywoman.bsky.social · 3h

If I may add one to this helpful list: “low man/bottom of the totem pole.” That position is actually a *high* honor bc it is the foundation holding everyone else. It is not a low ranking figure at all

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 14h

Here’s some words/phrases I no longer say due to racist origin that personally gave me the ick so I just stopped using them. I found often times I brought it up ppl just didn’t know so I’m sharing. Do what you want with this info. Okay, ready here we go 🧵

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Michael @mmdc.bsky.social · 8h

#speirgorm

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 9h

48% of Ireland's waterbodies are so polluted, contaminated with chemicals, choked with algae, deprived of oxygen, lacking in species variety or physically altered and damaged that they fail to meet minimally acceptable standards.

And it's getting worse.
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Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 7h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 4h

Please contribute if you're able or share if you're not.

Directly asking people you know is most effective

Donate to Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War, organized by Fatima Ayub

My name is Ahmad Johar, a 25-year-old, Palestinian from Gaza. I have lived throu… Fatima Ayub needs your support for Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War

www.gofundme.com

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Katie Mummah, PhD @nuclearkatie.com · 7h

Tell us the DOE site you cowards
www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated ‘Robot Porn' on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network.

www.404media.co

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Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 7h

Hate yelling on this. But hate seizures more. ~310 short on out of pocket med. Below = GoodRX *discount* prices. Out of pills. 😟 Every bit helps! 🙏💖

🎁💝 Tips:
ko-fi.com/revcasey/g...
https://paypal.me/tpipc
(credit/debit): https://bit.ly/payrev

🎲💞 #TTRPG games:
www.drivethrurpg.com...

Screenshot from GoodRx showing discounted medication prices around $1400+.

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 4h

Please contribute if you're able or share if you're not.

Directly asking people you know is most effective

Help Fayez's son and his family in Gaza rubbles

Hello, I'm Abdul Haadi from Portugal. I'm opening this campaign on behalf of Fayez and his family. Fayez's son particularly needs treatments following their targetting by the Genocidal entity. Here is...

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 4h

Please contribute if you're able or share the original if you're not.

Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know

MSN99 @msn99.bsky.social · 13d

‼️URGENT BOOST‼️

Good day, y’all!

Idk if the entire $387 will be covered, so can we knock out the remaining $53???? Thank you!

Mutual Aid Void @mutualaidvoid.bsky.social · 15d

Can we get this closed out??

Only $153 needed for @msn99.bsky.social! 💕💸

V/C: MSN99

bsky.app/profile/msn9...

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💫 11•02 💫 your favorite Scorpio | they/them @lenadreamsingld.blacksky.app · 8h

Stalled at $230.

If I could reach $500 by 10/19 that would allow me some breathing room

💫 11•02 💫 your favorite Scorpio | they/them @lenadreamsingld.blacksky.app · 1d

Thank you community for your support so far!

$215/$750 needed by 10/19 for bills as I continue to fill out apply for roles.

$100 away from $315.

CA: $lenadreamsingold
PayPal: lenadreamsingold
Venmo: lenadreamsingold

DM for Zelle

#helpsky #BIPOCMutualAid #MutualAid #Crowdfunding

a cartoon drawing of an easel with a sign that says support arts education

ALT: a cartoon drawing of an easel with a sign that says support arts education

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Erica (they/them) @sickfemme.bsky.social · 4h

How is your day going, friends? I was able to go to a "crafting for charity" club meeting at a local library. I also fed the flock and took an everything shower. I really need to shave my legs. What are you all up to now?

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5h

Lauryn Hill just shared a moving tribute to the late D’Angelo:

People need reflection.

I regret not having more time with you. Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with your genius. Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no
remembrance of the legacy that preceded us. Thank you for charting the course and for making
space during a time when no similar space really existed.

You imaged a unity of strength and sensitivity in Black manhood to a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear and/or controlling interests. Far from possessiveness, far from greed, far from manipulation, far from exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos and that you Brother are in peace, in bliss and in eternal light and fulfillment with our Father in heaven. I Love you and I miss you. May God grant peace and shelter to your family, true friends and genuine appreciators, Brother, King.

A photo of Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo, wearing black

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.//Swav Silverhand✘ 🖥️ @suavevillain.bsky.social · 5h

Boosting. Please help out Qat. 💕💸 | #HelpSky | #MutualAid

Get fucked, Jay 🖕🏾 #FreeLink @qatapult.bsky.social · 6h

Been stuck at at 27% for a few days. I need donations everyday. I don't feel confident about this month rn... #helpsky #BlackDisabilitySky #helpBlackMaGes 🧿 ko-fi.com/qatapult/goa...

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 9h

New Request

Olive 🍉 @limbischessystem.bsky.social · 9h

🆘

„I have a family depending on me daily
I have a little daughter who depends on me
to provide for her needs
I had a job & income
I had a safe home
Now I have lost everything
I rely on you to feed my family
Pls don't leave me to face all of this alone“

gofund.me/acc047fe5
✅ @mommunism.bsky.social

A photo of Motaz, sitting admist ruins.
The photo is taken while displacement and famine in Gaza, Palestine.

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🎨Beau🎨 @stickerdust6.bsky.social · 9d

If anyone wants to help me out while I'm recovering, I made a goal
Nobody has to give anything!! Please make sure you're okay first <:3

Buy Beau (Sticky) a Coffee

Become a supporter of Beau (Sticky) today!

ko-fi.com

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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 10h

Hahaha! Get fucked Alex Jones!

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Semiotic Scaryname @mitdasein.bsky.social · 9h

Recommend me some thriller novels. Imagine you're in an airport with nothing to read. Of the books available at the airport, what would you buy.

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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 1d

Jamal Khashoggi
Born Oct. 13, 1958

“I expect that I will still wake up every morning and ponder the choice I have made to speak my mind about what is happening in Saudi Arabia. It is a pattern that I have grown accustomed to.”

In Memoriam
Jamal Khashoggi

Picture of jamal Khashoggi in native dress

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SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.social · 9h

Still need financial aid as I wait for SSI disability and section 8. I go to the mail of my temp apartment and nothing. Please, help me pay for electric, internet, food and supplies. Please help me, I am desperate. bsky.app/profile/mvbr...

Electric bill for October paid for. Cost $77.01.

Internet bill for October paid for. Cost $45.34.

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Olive 🍉 @limbischessystem.bsky.social · 9h

In addition for reasons

bsky.app/profile/limb...

Olive 🍉 @limbischessystem.bsky.social · 9h

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„Hello everyone, my family and I
are not well. My little brother Karam
was injured in his eye because
of the destruction.
We need $200 urgently.
You are our only hope.“

_ Ahmed Aziz

chuffed.org/project/1426...

Please share - and give if you can 🆘

A photo of Ahmed‘s little brother Karam. He is injured.
The photo is taken while displacement and famine in Gaza, Palestine.

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 9h

The more #AltUBI the less CFing. Simple as that.

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

Olive Official @oliveofficial.bsky.social · 1d

You can also support me through #Altubi. All of the money will go towards basics needs like utilities and whatever my cat needs. I don't get paid enough to cover most bills except rent. I work part time due to me being disabled but don't get government assistance due to income.

An image of a purple circles with a purple bandaid on the top left of the circle and on the right side of the circle is a purple flower. The caption reads "Mutual Aid saves lives!! Join to support #Altubi"

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 10h

Welp.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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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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The Language Garage @thelanguagegarage.bsky.social · 18h

Tengo miedo (I’m scared) #Spanish for #Halloween. #SpanishVocabulary #LearnSpanish #Languages. Click to learn more. thelanguagegarage.com/spanish-hall...

Spanish Halloween Vocabulary

Learn some Spanish Halloween vocabulary for costumes, trick-or-treating, costume parties, scary movies, and creepy places.

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