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Dropout had an ep of Game Changer wherein they did challenge contestants to keep one particular cat in their lap the longest.

Not quite the same, but at least a good step on the right path.

our bluesky safety manager replied with this to a woman venting after ICE kidnapped her husband, and then banned her.

How do we trust this person to have the empathy needed to be in charge of safety on this website? what the fuck?

if we spam the feedback, it might get somewhere
@safety.bsky.app

Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise Anti-DEI and sports ban provisions for the military still exist in the bill, but the removal of a health care provision is a major victory for transgender people in congressional legislation.

1. In a Sunday Night surprise, the trans healthcare coverage ban has been removed from the military NDAA.

Congressional leaders released the negotiated bill this evening, and though the House AND Senate contained the provision, it is not in the final bill!

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December 6th. New month. #HelpFolksLive2025 thread. Something's *always* due & food is *always* needed. Things only get better with community action. *Now* is when folks need food, water, shelter, meds. *Now* is when we/the community needs to be there for each other. There's no one else. Just us.

White shell buttons used instead of expensive cowrie shells.

Palestinian beadwork

I’m today’s instalment of vanishing Palestinian craft work, I bring you beading. These examples are from Margarita Skinner’s book Palestinian Embroidery Motifs 1850-1950 A Treasury of Stitches.

still need 800 dollars by end of today for me to be okay ://

please help? for reference, it's half-midnight where i am

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

So far, Goranson's got strong characters and a solid world; a few of her butch lesbians blur together for me, but that's as likely because that's not my type as because of her writing, and also I was tired when I started. So, if vampire ethics tickle your fancy, I'd give this one a go!

I think my exact words to my spouse after I finished the first episode were "I'm probably going to have to read through the entire thing if only to see where this argument goes and what other perspectives get brought into play."

So, I'm in for the full ride, as it were.

Now, I have made it through exactly one episode, and I'm in this weird headspace wherein I've spent a lot of time thinking about how I'd argue with a vampire/demon/angel/etc. about the nature of their existence and what it meant for ethics and metaphysics, and that leaks into the reading.

Okay, so. I've finally gotten around to the transcripts for blooddollpod.com and I find myself in the place I _usually_ find myself with well-written pieces which is that I want to get in the middle of the ethical argument being had and yell at all sides and get murdered for my insolence.

I grew up under Section 28, when a teacher who spoke to me about the fact I thought I was gay almost lost their job as a result of it.

A queer kid was _literally_ NSFW, and that's what we're sliding back to.

1. Dems pick Newsom or Kelly despite all the warnings from Black folk.

2. Dem primary winner says "Be more normal! Abandon trans folk + immigrants! More cops!"🤡

3. Lots of would-be Dem voters sit out. Again.

4. Dems lose to Vance or someone else Thiel approved.

5. Dems blame Black folk. Again.

Thank you. Day 18 or 19 of trying to get support. I’m always left until things become a crisis bc I just get ignored. 🫠 This existence is dehumanizing. Idk how else to ask for help at this point.

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#MutualAid #BIPOCMA #FundSky 💸💕 🏳️‍⚧️💸 #MARequest

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Thank you, I've been trying since the end of October to get help with funds for my anxiety and depression meds but it hasn't been going well and I've been without for over a month.

We need to raise $1600 before we can raise money for groceries or non-bills. bsky.app/profile/farr... farronox.carrd.co

For Autumn.
The stress of raising money for shelter on a daily basis leads to disability flares.
On top of that their van broke.
$100 gives them a night
$550 gets them a week, that's cheaper and gets them a chance to rest!
Please help.
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#mutualaid
#helpsky
💸💕

Pay Jessica Claire using PayPal.Me Go to paypal.me/thaidakar and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

I have been on the streets since March. I sleep in my car and run out of food at the end of every month.

thank you

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Rem needs $500 to be able to attend their fathers funeral

This is extremely time sensitive, every dollar helps

Please ↻💬♡

Nobody should have to be mourning a parents death and worrying about not even being there for the funeral

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queer chronically ill person (currently unemployed) fighting with disability here would love to get $50-100 for the holidays ♥️

venmo/cashapp: @EmerySageH

"And so when I wasn't looking for work I spent much of my time down at the queer bookstore or at one of the two gay-owned coffee shops in the area, trying to make friends without being seen, the way one does when one is autistic and undiagnosed and carrying trauma in one's twenties." #writing

i’m at $55 right now for the coat THANK YOU!!

found a really good one and i negotiated a really good one in great condition for 60euros plus 7.49 for shipping. that’s about $79 so only $22 more to go.

C - $permanentalien
V - @permanentalien
PP - @AlyssumBorges

In "Fantastic Four: First Steps", Sue Richards says of Franklin -- after baby with the Power Cosmic brings Mommy back from the dead -- "He's not like us; he's more."

Sex workers have been saying this would happen for literally YEARS. We've been yelling it as loud as we could. What would the world look like if we were actually listened to?

Unhoused, living in car during the holidays. Mutual aid request to raise $1,000 for a room, car insurance, gas, etc.

Cashapp: $DeepSurrender

Grateful in advance 🙏

War Is Peace.
Freedom Is Slavery.
Ignorance Is Strength.

bsky.app/profile/atg.... This sure looks like ICE agents committing vehicular assault to me.

Support my failing art business 🥺 I’ve fell on very hard times from my health and cannot keep up while homeless, with no work space.

Fun fact:
POC are three times is likely to be denied a business loan. that’s why it’s vital to SUPPORT 👇🏾🥺

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Really, the bigger question here is why Strangio wasted his time talking to Douthat. Somebody as media savvy as he should've known better than to waste time giving talking points to anyone working at the NYT in the first place.