Gauss's Great-Grandchild

Which is to say, if someone brings up in conversation that their paycheck is short or whatever, and your first instinct is to think of them as crass for airing their laundry and/or conclude they must be irresponsible with money, you might want to unpack why you're a simp for capitalists.

The community you need is on the other side of shame. Shame and cynicism are forms of obedience.

Stigmatizing talking publicly about one's financial struggles is a very useful tool of the ruling class. It serves their interests to keep us from realizing how much we have in common and imagining, together, how much better we could have it if we forged real connections with one another.

Making a list of expenses and sorting between "wants" and "needs" when you're in financial straits is so 2001.

In 2025 it's sorting your expenses between "things I'll die if I go without for months" and "things I'll die if I go without for days" and cutting back on the first.

You can't expect the village to show up for you if you are unwilling to be a villager.

Kelsey Pomeroy

While many are talking about losing hope or moving to other countries,Native people have survived under U.S. gov't leaders that wanted us dead since the very beginning.This is still Native land,and will always be Native land.We never had the luxury to stop fighting.

via @EmmyNawjoopinga on Twitter

I'm on Bluesky, relatively anonymous except to trusted community members, because I'm trying to find a pocket of peace w/in an abusive relationship - not a person, but an org all of whose "values" align with fascist programming & is intent on silencing me. Why are you on Bluesky?

I'm so jealous. Haven't been in 11 years. Get it today, girl!! (Then get a little bit more for the rest of us.)

"Any therapist worth their salt will tell you that living out of alignment with one's values creates cognitive and emotional distress." Maria Fakhouri