Vita Ayala
@definitelyvita.bsky.social
afro-🇵🇷. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ bard class brawler. writer. work @ Abrams, Black Mask, DC comics, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Macmillan, Marvel comics, Realm, Valiant, Vault. Repped by @grahamophones.bsky.social. Pro-Danny. Free Palestine ✊🏾🍉
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Vita Ayala
@definitelyvita.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Donate to Support Vita Ayala After Fire Displacement, organized by Tini Howard
Hi everyone, I'm Tini Howard, and this is for my friend, and your favorite comi… Tini Howard needs your support for Support Vita Ayala After Fire Displacement
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Hello, all. In a time where everything is so much for so many people, I feel guilty asking but my family and I are in need of help.
Even if it is a signal boost, any help is appreciated.
I love you all, and I hope you are all safe.
gofund.me/980022e5
Even if it is a signal boost, any help is appreciated.
I love you all, and I hope you are all safe.
gofund.me/980022e5
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I don’t see “that’s how it works” as a helpful, objective, or even shrewd perspective.
My politic is less cynical than anything a progressive or moderate has ever presented because I am informed.
My disillusionment with this system is aspirational because I believe in better and greater things.
My politic is less cynical than anything a progressive or moderate has ever presented because I am informed.
My disillusionment with this system is aspirational because I believe in better and greater things.
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I don’t see “that’s how it works” as a helpful, objective, or even shrewd perspective.
My politic is less cynical than anything a progressive or moderate has ever presented because I am informed.
My disillusionment with this system is aspirational because I believe in better and greater things.
My politic is less cynical than anything a progressive or moderate has ever presented because I am informed.
My disillusionment with this system is aspirational because I believe in better and greater things.
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If yall don’t do nothing else, I want you to let those AI videos go. Please. People are still being funny and cute in real life. Please join the rest of us back in reality.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If yall don’t do nothing else, I want you to let those AI videos go. Please. People are still being funny and cute in real life. Please join the rest of us back in reality.
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Other bullshit but same link for ease-- got money coming in in the next week or two, but surviving until then
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Other bullshit but same link for ease-- got money coming in in the next week or two, but surviving until then
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Nia Davenport ( @niadavenport.bsky.social ) is a great writer and friend whose young family just lost a husband and father. If you've loved her books or her presence in the writing community, and you can spare something, please contribute.
gofund.me/4299d5593
gofund.me/4299d5593
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
gofund.me
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Nia Davenport ( @niadavenport.bsky.social ) is a great writer and friend whose young family just lost a husband and father. If you've loved her books or her presence in the writing community, and you can spare something, please contribute.
gofund.me/4299d5593
gofund.me/4299d5593
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You know the rules!
SWers are always welcome, be kind, build community, do good recklessly 🖤
SWers are always welcome, be kind, build community, do good recklessly 🖤
Mutual Aid Void Thread for week of 11/10/25!
Post your mutual aid needs below! Please post once and bump!
Focus on RSing people out of thread.
Use alt text or put “alt4me” in replies if using an img!
Use 💕💸 or 💸💕 in post to show up in the Mutual Aid Void feed!
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💕💸🍉 (Gaza feed only!)
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💕💸🏳️⚧️
Post your mutual aid needs below! Please post once and bump!
Focus on RSing people out of thread.
Use alt text or put “alt4me” in replies if using an img!
Use 💕💸 or 💸💕 in post to show up in the Mutual Aid Void feed!
💕💸
💕💸🍉 (Gaza feed only!)
🖤🧡
💕💸🏳️⚧️
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You know the rules!
SWers are always welcome, be kind, build community, do good recklessly 🖤
SWers are always welcome, be kind, build community, do good recklessly 🖤
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And yes, if we're gonna kick Schumer and Gillibrand and a bunch of other terrible Ds to the curb, groups like the @nywfp.bsky.social and @socialists.nyc and @bkindivisible.bsky.social are gonna be key. Find your organizing home, friends, and let's do this!
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
And yes, if we're gonna kick Schumer and Gillibrand and a bunch of other terrible Ds to the curb, groups like the @nywfp.bsky.social and @socialists.nyc and @bkindivisible.bsky.social are gonna be key. Find your organizing home, friends, and let's do this!
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Also too: doing stuff with the @nywfp.bsky.social is FUN! I volunteered to march with the NYWFP during the West Indian Day parade and took the photos in this thread. Just an incredible experience. You can do that kind of thing, too! Join 'em! blacksky.community/profile/did:...
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Also too: doing stuff with the @nywfp.bsky.social is FUN! I volunteered to march with the NYWFP during the West Indian Day parade and took the photos in this thread. Just an incredible experience. You can do that kind of thing, too! Join 'em! blacksky.community/profile/did:...
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What I'm saying is that the @nywfp.bsky.social cares about the policies and people (all of us!) that I care about, makes savvy political decisions, and get things done. Join 'em, friends in NYC!
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What I'm saying is that the @nywfp.bsky.social cares about the policies and people (all of us!) that I care about, makes savvy political decisions, and get things done. Join 'em, friends in NYC!
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Since we had ranked choice voting in the mayoral primary, the @nywfp.bsky.social organized a slate of Ds that it endorsed - instead of just endorsing one candidate.
This was CRITICAL for letting Mamdani and Lander team up, for example, and set the stage for Mamdani's win.
This was CRITICAL for letting Mamdani and Lander team up, for example, and set the stage for Mamdani's win.
Mayoral candidates @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social share a chuckle while mayoral candidate @bradlander.bsky.social speaks at today's @nywfp.bsky.social #RankTheSlate rally in Fort Greene Park.
Nikon FM2n, Nikon Nikkor 35mm f2, Tri-X #BelieveInFilm
Nikon FM2n, Nikon Nikkor 35mm f2, Tri-X #BelieveInFilm
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Since we had ranked choice voting in the mayoral primary, the @nywfp.bsky.social organized a slate of Ds that it endorsed - instead of just endorsing one candidate.
This was CRITICAL for letting Mamdani and Lander team up, for example, and set the stage for Mamdani's win.
This was CRITICAL for letting Mamdani and Lander team up, for example, and set the stage for Mamdani's win.
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Also worth noting: I'm a dues paying member of the @nywfp.bsky.social - AND I'm also a registered Democrat. You can do both! That means I still vote in Democratic primaries - which is CRITICAL in NYC, because that's where many elections get decided.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Also worth noting: I'm a dues paying member of the @nywfp.bsky.social - AND I'm also a registered Democrat. You can do both! That means I still vote in Democratic primaries - which is CRITICAL in NYC, because that's where many elections get decided.
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If you're compelled to tell people not to be mad at Dems right now because it's really the GOP's fault: several things can be and are true at once. The GOP is a fascist nightmare. And the Dems are complicit. It's not really that complicated anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
If you're compelled to tell people not to be mad at Dems right now because it's really the GOP's fault: several things can be and are true at once. The GOP is a fascist nightmare. And the Dems are complicit. It's not really that complicated anymore.
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Only three left to back WITCHING SEASON!
You want to read @matthtaylor.com and my story about TRANS WITCHES battling a MONSTER don't you?!? Of course you do! So back this book!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
You want to read @matthtaylor.com and my story about TRANS WITCHES battling a MONSTER don't you?!? Of course you do! So back this book!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Only three left to back WITCHING SEASON!
You want to read @matthtaylor.com and my story about TRANS WITCHES battling a MONSTER don't you?!? Of course you do! So back this book!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
You want to read @matthtaylor.com and my story about TRANS WITCHES battling a MONSTER don't you?!? Of course you do! So back this book!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
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Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
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Do you have a car to drive someone to a doctor's appointment or to help with food rescue on what would otherwise be wasted food?
I'm saying this for my sake as much as I am for you reading this: trying and stumbling with showing up for each other is always better than not being there at all
I'm saying this for my sake as much as I am for you reading this: trying and stumbling with showing up for each other is always better than not being there at all
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Do you have a car to drive someone to a doctor's appointment or to help with food rescue on what would otherwise be wasted food?
I'm saying this for my sake as much as I am for you reading this: trying and stumbling with showing up for each other is always better than not being there at all
I'm saying this for my sake as much as I am for you reading this: trying and stumbling with showing up for each other is always better than not being there at all
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Some recent links re: plugging into SNAP support: juliaturshen.substack.com/p/the-snap-o...
IC always has monthly resources for actions you can be taking in the present moment: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/newsletters/...
ICIRR has KYR trainings going online: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
IC always has monthly resources for actions you can be taking in the present moment: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/newsletters/...
ICIRR has KYR trainings going online: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Some recent links re: plugging into SNAP support: juliaturshen.substack.com/p/the-snap-o...
IC always has monthly resources for actions you can be taking in the present moment: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/newsletters/...
ICIRR has KYR trainings going online: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
IC always has monthly resources for actions you can be taking in the present moment: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/newsletters/...
ICIRR has KYR trainings going online: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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We can't solve the lack of government infrastructure overnight with mutual aid work, but if you're fuming and unsure over what to do, there are always places to carry that energy forward to help our neighbors that really need someone right now.
There is no choice but to be there for each other.
There is no choice but to be there for each other.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
We can't solve the lack of government infrastructure overnight with mutual aid work, but if you're fuming and unsure over what to do, there are always places to carry that energy forward to help our neighbors that really need someone right now.
There is no choice but to be there for each other.
There is no choice but to be there for each other.
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Tonight we stay mad. Tomorrow we stay mad and channel that anger into more work for each other.
Maybe you don't have funds for a food bank but you have time to cook for a free fridge (in any case, always ask first what people need)
Assemble a group for hygiene kits, join a KYR training
Maybe you don't have funds for a food bank but you have time to cook for a free fridge (in any case, always ask first what people need)
Assemble a group for hygiene kits, join a KYR training
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Tonight we stay mad. Tomorrow we stay mad and channel that anger into more work for each other.
Maybe you don't have funds for a food bank but you have time to cook for a free fridge (in any case, always ask first what people need)
Assemble a group for hygiene kits, join a KYR training
Maybe you don't have funds for a food bank but you have time to cook for a free fridge (in any case, always ask first what people need)
Assemble a group for hygiene kits, join a KYR training
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Coward implied that they are too scared to do the thing they really want
Don’t assume their actions that harm you go against their beliefs
Don’t assume their actions that harm you go against their beliefs
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Coward implied that they are too scared to do the thing they really want
Don’t assume their actions that harm you go against their beliefs
Don’t assume their actions that harm you go against their beliefs