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elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a yellow background and says hey

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Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

Heeeey, this just got a lot more urgent because SNAP is officially offline. Just putting it back out there where y'all can see it.

Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 4d

Mutual Aid Request
Hi guys. Day 12 of a request for help while there's no SNAP. Currently at $420/$850. Nothing received since Monday. Please help. 😮‍💨 I'm exhausted and it's taken almost 2 weeks and I'm not even halfway there. 💕💸 V: Annaleigh-Watts CA: $annaleighmaria PP: AnaleeWatts

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Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

$2774/$4000!!! This is great progress!

Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 10d

A dear family has been devastated by the news of a life altering diagnosis.

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Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 2h

This sort of thing happens so often with these people -- like they can't quite help revealing what they are, to those who have the eyes to see it.

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 2h

What I find darkly funny about this is the fact that, taken completely out of context, writing the Lord's Prayer over images of Hegseth et al taking us to war, battle planes, armed soldiers, etc., is uh ... pretty biting commentary. Deliver us from evil, indeed.

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 15h

UPDATE: Juniper is still here but needs $1638 to make it over the line, within an HOUR. Please help if you can.

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Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know what happened with Juniper and her kids. Last I saw, they were at $492, and the rent was due in an hour. Really hope they didn't get evicted but kinda fearing the worst :(

Donate to Help Us Support Quonie’s Healing Journey, organized by Sam Gay

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

$2774/$4000!!! This is great progress!

Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 10d

A dear family has been devastated by the news of a life altering diagnosis.

They’ve been courageous enough to ask for help. If you can contribute, please do so. And whether you can or cannot, please share.

Community is how we make it through times like these.
gofund.me/97738eb05

Family and friends, On Friday, October 10th, our world flipped upside down. … Sam Gay needs your support for Help Us Support Quonie’s Healing Journey

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, Juniper, odd question, but have you checked your PayPal balance recently??

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

Also, related to this, note how young children (>10) will often pronounce names and words from a language they've never heard nearly flawlessly -- because they don't have any of the same hang-ups.

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

the more I suspect that there's a third reason -- refusing to pronounce someone's name correctly despite the fact that you know perfectly well that you could, because it's an easy way to signal your contempt for that person and their culture.

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

2. More insidiously, on some level, they do not think they actually have to, that other people from other cultures do not deserve their respect.

The longer things go on with Mamdani (and we were already seeing it with Ilhan Omar, Kamala Harris, etc.),

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever I encounter this phenomenon, it seems to me to originate from one of two mental blocks:

1. The person thinks they cannot, under any circumstances, pronounce anything "foreign", and that other languages -- especially spoken by brown people -- are simply too hard

OR

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

What's next? A Masque-of-the-Red-Death-themed party?

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Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

Of course! <3

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

I know, this is so desperately evil!!!

Click here to support Sarah Molloy's story *RelocatingOurFamily

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

$830/$12000, and they just crashed their car. It never rains but it pours, I swear...

Spooky Scary Sarahtons 🎃 (they/them) @sarahndipity.bsky.social · 9d

Every dollar helps, every share is wonderful, please help if you can, this is going to help us pay for moving 800 miles and keep us housed and fed while I find work as well.

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elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a yellow background and says hey

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

Heeeey, this just got a lot more urgent because SNAP is officially offline. Just putting it back out there where y'all can see it.

Annaleigh Watts 🇲🇽 @annaleighmaria.bsky.social · 4d

Mutual Aid Request
Hi guys. Day 12 of a request for help while there's no SNAP. Currently at $420/$850. Nothing received since Monday. Please help. 😮‍💨 I'm exhausted and it's taken almost 2 weeks and I'm not even halfway there. 💕💸 V: Annaleigh-Watts CA: $annaleighmaria PP: AnaleeWatts

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Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

$2674/4000!

Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 10d

A dear family has been devastated by the news of a life altering diagnosis.

They’ve been courageous enough to ask for help. If you can contribute, please do so. And whether you can or cannot, please share.

Community is how we make it through times like these.
gofund.me/97738eb05

Donate to Help Us Support Quonie’s Healing Journey, organized by Sam Gay

Family and friends, On Friday, October 10th, our world flipped upside down. … Sam Gay needs your support for Help Us Support Quonie’s Healing Journey

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so sorry 💔

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know that there's anything left to be done here; last I heard we were standing at $274/$2678. This family might be evicted from their home tomorrow.

Click here to support Sarah Molloy's story *RelocatingOurFamily

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, we've made it to $830/$12000!

Spooky Scary Sarahtons 🎃 (they/them) @sarahndipity.bsky.social · 9d

Every dollar helps, every share is wonderful, please help if you can, this is going to help us pay for moving 800 miles and keep us housed and fed while I find work as well.

spot.fund/frwsm1bsc

*spotfund is the easiest place to create beautiful and free online fundraisers. It takes just minutes to start raising money today.

spot.fund

Donate to Help Us Support Quonie’s Healing Journey, organized by Sam Gay

Reposted by Smia Thann

Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 2d

$2424/$4000! I don't know if that's y'all doin' it, but we've got some momentum going!

Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 10d

A dear family has been devastated by the news of a life altering diagnosis.

They’ve been courageous enough to ask for help. If you can contribute, please do so. And whether you can or cannot, please share.

Community is how we make it through times like these.
gofund.me/97738eb05

Family and friends, On Friday, October 10th, our world flipped upside down. … Sam Gay needs your support for Help Us Support Quonie’s Healing Journey

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Smia Thann @smiathann.bsky.social · 2d

There is also cheese where my brain used to be, to be fair. CHEESE.