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i 100% understand that absolutely no one normal wants to go to a city council meeting at 9am on a tuesday in the middle of the shit we are living through. we would ALL rather being doing something else. but if you are able to, you have a chance to make a real difference.

y'all landlords are planning on showing up to this en masse tomorrow to give comment how putting money in their pockets is more important than keeping people housed while they're in hiding from ICE. please email and then show up tomorrow if you can.

Have an old, spreading ornamental plum 20 feet from a big window in our house. Foxes showed up with two kits. One of the parents kept guard at the base while the other three bounded up. We watched them eat plums for an hour.

The Voyageurs Wolf Project of Northern Minnesota tags & documents grey wolf ecology & behavior: www.voyageurswolfproject.org

The video you see here is confirmatory proof:
Wolves. Love. Blueberries.

As much as 83% of a wolf's calories in summer months comes from eating berries.

You probably can’t personally stop the war in Iran today. Is there something you can do for your neighbors hiding from ice? For a trans person in Kansas? Any local aid orgs or rapid response networks? Phone banks? Anyone already doing good shit that just needs a hand?

I strongly encourage people feeling too much of The Doom to emotionally regulate themselves, very deliberately, if you start dipping into the despair. Being overwhelmed can quickly turn into learned helplessness and we absolutely need people to do what they can to positively impact what they can

Thread from last night. I live in KS. It is a state with a small population (just under 3 million). There is a vibrant LGBTQIA+ life here, but resources can be scarce, and a lot of awfulness happened quickly. I will be adding to the thread when I have more information.

I want to say again that relocation can't be the only solution. Many of us have communities, families, jobs here. Cost of living is more affordable than in most blue states. Relocation help is good, but many want or need to stay. People need help surviving this law - rides, DMV fees.

I am going to link to organizations that I know for sure are helping trans Kansans. This thread will develop slowly as I either know people or will vet them.

At this point we have not heard from anyone being helped via relocation resources. These exist, but I assume they are overwhelmed.

We bombed Iran?! | I need to pay that bill | Kansas antitrans ID law!! | Don’t forget Hugo noms | do we still have Venezuela’s president? | *an email re: book promotion* | I can’t pay this bill | cutting funds to MN?? | I need to check on my friends | timeline fights about doomerism | taxes | REPEAT

Seems like a good way to go, tbh

This is good advice.
Be with your people.

ohhhh this is so cool!

You handled it admirably but I'm so sorry you had to both develop those skills and use them :/

Holy fuck wooooooow. What a piece of work

This sounds so up my alley

they do indeed let you rawdog autism and adhd as long as you're good enough at masking and the grades are good huh

black and white print of Minneapolis in an imagined art deco industrial cityscape, multiple shapes of mills and railroads intersecting

"Minneapolis", 1925 lithograph by Ukrainian-American Louis Lozowick, Smithsonian American Art Museum

It's time.

Colin, the comrade running the shelter-in-place food program I'm working at, told me that this week he's had to turn down asks from schools to supply food directly to their sheltering families. The reason? There's not enough money coming in for that amount of food.

Let's change that.

I've also done the "If you tell me things like that I'm going to text you at x time and if you don't answer within y minutes I'm going to call, and if you don't answer the call I will escalate to a wellness check" but that seems too labor-intensive given your own health. and also ACAB :/

Yeahhh it's even harder when the person doesn't trust their therapist/can't get regulated enough to be in their wise mind about needing their therapist's support

One thing I've done with friends in this situation is to ask for their therapist's contact info, because their therapist should be aware they're in this position and is better equipped to handle things from there

"Additionally, please note that the Legislature did not include a grace period for updating credentials... your current credential will be invalid immediately, and you may be subject to additional penalties if you are operating a vehicle without a valid credential."
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Poem in the Shape of the Poet Beating Henry Kissinger to Death with Their Bare Hands by Felix

9 rents paid for Minneapolis immigrant families in need today! Can we make it 10 and get another family’s rent paid tonight?

This next family has a total rent need of $1400. Can you help?

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Please share and give if you can! Thank you! ❤️‍🔥

I think there’s a lot of overlap between those two categories though. Like if there’s a convention that you *must* write a 3AB regardless of whether it fits the particular story or not, writers are more likely to include a poorly written one instead of tossing it as a tool that’s not working

This. Give me a third-act breakup that actually feels earned and naturally flows from conflicts that had already been established, not just a contrived “ticking off a box” snooze fest

I dunno why focus on the one guy at all and not say like.. “oligarchs” or something instead?

GASP

donations to rent funds have dropped dramatically from last month and the needs are greater, as some families are now 2-3 months behind.

working on this feels like trying to bail water from the titanic with buckets.

but we just keep doing it.