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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 11h

Take it from us -- an organization that closely studies all the horrific ways people can die from common household items -- have the jelly donut.

Steve Cambridge @stevencambs.bsky.social · 11h

Full of saturated fats, sugars and carbohydrates it'll create visceral fat around your heart and your liver and end your life early.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 5h

Hey, so another piece of advice for people who are S-Corps: there is a company called Opolis that acts as your employer of record and will provide health insurance and other benefits.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6h

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5h

This part blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 5h

also…you don’t spend $250 million dollars building a fancy country club expansion for a home you plan on leaving in a few years.

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Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 8h

Anyway, healthcare is a human right and no one should be making profit on it. Full stop.

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The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 23h

Remember, SNAP feeds a lot of disabled folks and kids.

I depend on food stamps myself. Extremely disabled.

atypica.bsky.social @atypica.bsky.social · 23h

We are going to see the increased rise of mutual aid very soon with SNAP cuts. Let's all be a part of this and watch carefully for the next move

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A Jelly Squishes Slowly By @ubiquisquish.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you. A violinist playing well looks all deep and caught up in the music. An oboist playing well looks like they’re having a heart attack.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 1d

❤️ unsub today! They put this on page 23.

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Quiara but spoopy! (they/them) @quiara.net · 1d

To exist until my benefits are transferred — I.e., buy food and afford gas to get to medical appointments 2 hours away — I need to raise at least $1000 more. I’m sorry. Please share?

gofund.me/72b6e44c8

Donate to Quiara Needs Your Help to Relocate, organized by Quiara Hazlewood

I'm Quiara, a disabled, queer, nonbinary person living in the Deep South. The pers… Quiara Hazlewood needs your support for Quiara Needs Your Help to Relocate

gofund.me

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A Jelly Squishes Slowly By @ubiquisquish.bsky.social · 1d

pui-pui official Tumblr post: “Un-uhlaive? UN-UHLAIVE? Ma’am, that man has been KILLED. He has been MUHDUHED. To DEATH.”
Followed by FrogInAPickleJar’s reblog of a photo of Benoit Blanc’s horrified open mouth mid-speech.

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A Jelly Squishes Slowly By @ubiquisquish.bsky.social · 1d

I thought the woman was gently biting the side of the cat’s head and like… relatable, but not a form of marketing

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Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 1d

$25 more received! Thank you so much- this gets me to $460 of $700, so $240 left to go.

Can anyone else send help? Could you perhaps match that $25, or even send $5?

Please keep sharing, too! About 4 hours left until the extension ends.

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Charlotte. @charlotteirene.bsky.social · 1d

I am a round faced woman and I will gladly take your money; my rent is overdue lol

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

If you wanna just give your money away have you considered round faced women????

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series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 1d

still haven’t received any more towards the ub*rs to go to the motel and i basically have 3-4hrs left to be out of here! $50-100 needed!

ko-fi.com/katimcf
venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
cash.app/$katiwithoutthee

#CriticalEnergencyMutualAid #MutualAid #UrgentMutualAid #EmergencyMutualAid #Helpsky

series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 1d

we didn’t make it and I’m getting kicked out 🫠

so we need:
$110 to pay off and reaccess storage
$75 in ub*rs to move
$200 motel for the night

$385 total 🚨 RIGHT NOW 🚨

💸 venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
💳 cash.app/$katiwithoutthee
☕️ ko-fi.com/katimcf (still $8 overdrawn)

series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 1d

still stalled at $335 left for overdue rent (after some went into an overdraft hole) and i also need to buy dog food and human food tn bc i haven’t eaten for 2 days 🫠

💸 venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
💳 cash.app/$katiwithoutthee
☕️ ko-fi.com/katimcf (still $8 overdrawn)

anything/everything helps ❤️‍🩹🫡

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Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 1d

EXTENDED DUE TIME: 5PM.

I've hit $435 of $700, so $265 remaining needed. #PleaseShare, and chip in if possible? My survival depends on staying housed!

#DisabilityCrowdFund
#MutualAidRequest
#HelpFolksLive2025

Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · Oct 18

Multiply disabled heart patient in need of support!

$700 rent weekly, due 11AM Sundays
$300 monthly bills (phone, storage)

Please help if you can? I cannot survive the street AT ALL- need hygiene and privacy to eat and sleep.
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EL5EB7BDZ3GTW
cash.app/$FalcoSkyWolf

Hey! I'm Falco! (He/him, xey/xem)

I'm a queer, Autistic heart patient struggling to stay housed. My disabilities mean I need careful hygiene to eat or sleep, so if I lose my room I cannot survive!

Hotel's summer rate is currently $700/week, and I owe about $250 monthly for storage and phone.

I'd be honored if you would sponsor me on Patreon for $3 - $20 per month, for sneak peeks at new art, requests, and exclusive coloring mandalas.

Or you can snag fun merch at FalcoSkyWolf.Redbubble.com! Over 200 of my designs on dozens of garments, accessories, and home and tech items. Undercover Dragons, Pride art, and a wide mix of mandalas!

But the fastest way to help is donating through PayPal or CashApp, and I also take commissions for mandalas and text art. DM if you'd like custom designs!

Please help if you can!

(Background- extremely dark purple, with some simplified coins on top and pale blue feathers on bottom.)

I'm a very pale transmasc with long brown hair, part in a braid over my right shoulder, the rest loose down my left. I'm in a black winter sleeveless vest and a black fedora with an orange flicker feather, with thin blue spectacles, a blue and purple heavy-duty respirator, a silver ankh necklace, a dog-tag style necklace with Captain America's shield, and a black chain bracelet with a metal TARDIS (resembles a British phone-booth-like police call box) and a safety pin that has rainbow and trans pride beads on it. Behind me is a fuzzy blue blanket.

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series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 1d

we didn’t make it and I’m getting kicked out 🫠

so we need:
$110 to pay off and reaccess storage
$75 in ub*rs to move
$200 motel for the night

$385 total 🚨 RIGHT NOW 🚨

💸 venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
💳 cash.app/$katiwithoutthee
☕️ ko-fi.com/katimcf (still $8 overdrawn)

series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 1d

still stalled at $335 left for overdue rent (after some went into an overdraft hole) and i also need to buy dog food and human food tn bc i haven’t eaten for 2 days 🫠

💸 venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
💳 cash.app/$katiwithoutthee
☕️ ko-fi.com/katimcf (still $8 overdrawn)

anything/everything helps ❤️‍🩹🫡

series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 2d

been mia bc of Crohn’s but today my phone bill AND medical supplies autocharged early and now i have to find

🚨 $375 in TWO HOURS (woke up late bc i thought id be good lmao) to stay housed 🥲

contribute if u can and share if u can’t ❤️‍🩹🫡

venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
cash.app/$katiwithoutthee

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Amanda Finley Digs All the Spooky Things @rubyslippahs.bsky.social · 1d

You can watch the protest here:

youtu.be/ss8yd0mM9ZQ?...

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Amal @82snejus.bsky.social · 2d

Please Help Me – My Son May Die at Any Moment.
I'm Amal, a mother of three children, living under the weight of the genocide taking place in Gaza. 🍉
My son is suffering from a severe and life-threatening injury after being shot by Israeli drones.
Please Donate now:👇👇
chuffed.org/project/1399...

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Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for helping me hit $170 so far! Under 19 hours left until due- can anyone else chip in? Could you match the last two $30 donations?

Please keep sharing, and help quickly if you can? I need to try to get a short nap- I'm having a very bad day physically. I'd love to wake up to good news.

Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 2d

24 HOUR CRUNCH.

Stalled at $110 of $700 rent due TOMORROW by 11AM. My life depends on staying housed- literally IMPOSSIBLE for me to survive the street due to complex disabilities.

#PleaseShare, and help quickly if able?

#HelpFolksLive2025
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#MutualAidRequest

Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · Oct 18

Multiply disabled heart patient in need of support!

$700 rent weekly, due 11AM Sundays
$300 monthly bills (phone, storage)

Please help if you can? I cannot survive the street AT ALL- need hygiene and privacy to eat and sleep.
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EL5EB7BDZ3GTW
cash.app/$FalcoSkyWolf

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 2d

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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1h • 8
I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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Saikat for Congress @saikatforcongress.bsky.social · 2d

The AIPAC brand has become toxic, so this is the new way they are influencing elections. Now candidates can say they aren’t taking any AIPAC money, while still taking AIPAC money.

@trackaipac.com you have your job cut out for you.

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Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 2d

Another $30 has been donated! Thank you for helping me reach $170 of $700.

Due 11AM tomorrow- under 19 hours from now. Can anyone else help? Could you keep the $30 matches going, or even send $5?

And of course, please keep sharing!

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Tami @chronictami.bsky.social · 2d

Trying to find a way to my surgical consult. A Lyft/Uber is over $200, which is money I desperately need for the car repair itself. There's no public transit that can get me there. I am completely stranded and running out of time. Any help is appreciated.

tamilove21 on Cash App, Venmo, and PayPal

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series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 2d

now over 4hrs late and $345 to go to stay housed due TODAY bc last contribution went to overdrawn p*yp*l - can anyone match $20 or $50 again? i am BEYOND down to the wire atp 😵‍💫😵‍💫 #helpsky #mutualaidrequest

venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
cash.app/$katiwithoutthee
ko-fi.com/katimcf (still $8 overdrawn)

series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 2d

been mia bc of Crohn’s but today my phone bill AND medical supplies autocharged early and now i have to find

🚨 $375 in TWO HOURS (woke up late bc i thought id be good lmao) to stay housed 🥲

contribute if u can and share if u can’t ❤️‍🩹🫡

venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
cash.app/$katiwithoutthee

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 2d

Guys I don’t feel so great and I want to take a nap but this is the best time to share and Yacoub has not raised much today so if possible if you all could share him too?

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Yacoub. Yacoub was a tailor before the war but he lost his shop and home. He’s trying to return to the North with his large family including Aida, 16, Anas, 14, Suhaib, 12, Batoul, 10, Yahya, 5, Zakaria, 2 and his wife who is pregnant.

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Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 2d

Shares are very slow today so far! And donations have been NONEXISTENT.

I have less than one full day to catch up to rent. I MUST not assume they'll give extra time. They have in the past but it's NEVER safe to assume they will.

🚨🚨

PLEASE HELP.

Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · 2d

24 HOUR CRUNCH.

Stalled at $110 of $700 rent due TOMORROW by 11AM. My life depends on staying housed- literally IMPOSSIBLE for me to survive the street due to complex disabilities.

#PleaseShare, and help quickly if able?

#HelpFolksLive2025
#DisabilityCrowdFund
#MutualAidRequest

Falco SkyWolf @falcoskywolf.bsky.social · Oct 18

Multiply disabled heart patient in need of support!

$700 rent weekly, due 11AM Sundays
$300 monthly bills (phone, storage)

Please help if you can? I cannot survive the street AT ALL- need hygiene and privacy to eat and sleep.
paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EL5EB7BDZ3GTW
cash.app/$FalcoSkyWolf

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