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just boosting this one more time tonight, please help me keep my neighbors safe

thanks to y’all, we got to $750 / $2175 tonight! that’s so fantastic, we’re 34% of the way there! that’s huge! endless thank you to everyone who has been helping raise this barn!

$1425 to go! let’s keep going!

so much gratitude 🌟🌟♥️♥️

Fantastic news! Resharing that I donated $25 ✨ Who can match me and support these wonderful humans? 🦁🌈💖

$295 after a couple more donations came through ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 thank you so much!! i will update again in the morning — very grateful for the shares and help here!

we’re up to $60! thank you so much for the shares and donations! off to a great start 🌈💖🌞❤️‍🔥

Keep Minnesota Housed! Much of the medía has left, but ICE is still in Minnesota and hundreds of families need help with rent in order to avoid eviction. Visit keepMNhoused.com to adopt a rent or donate to rent funds! #keepMNhoused

Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation.

Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.

Well, I'm hoping for a minor miracle tomorrow, but barring that, our financial future just got dashed to bits, so we will probably need mutual aid this month. If you can help out a couple of trans cuties + 2 cats, anything is appreciated and will go to keeping us housed and fed: linktr.ee/virtuistic

It's absolutely crazy to me that this is the private service. havenwatch.org/services Neighbors creating a good governance model when the actual government is cruel.

I swear those people haven't read the Declaration of Independence at all. We are recreating the grievances.

The Wordery: Rage Compost Writing through it in Minneapolis.

🆕 From me, words about the ongoing occupation: virtuistic.beehiiv.com/p/the-worder...

Feels wholly inadequate, but words are what I can do right now. Writing these ones left me feeling more resolute. I hope they can offer clarity and inspire folks to help out and speak up. In solidarity, always. ✊🏼💖

RENT SUPPORT FOR TRANS NEIGHBORS IN MPLS Our friends - a trans couple in Minneapolis and their two cats - are experiencing financial instability after job loss combined with other factors including disability/access needs. Let’s worth together and keep our community members housed! Goal by Feb. 28th: $2,175 Venmo: @allisonannecollage PayPal: PayPal.me/allisonannecollage

me and my friend @allisonanne.com are adopting the rent of our friends - a trans couple and their two cats - who are experiencing financial hardship.

we are hoping to raise $2175 by 2/28. anything helps, thank you!

V: allisonannecollage
PP: paypal.me/allisonannecollage

Instagram Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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here's an instagram post that can be shared too! www.instagram.com/p/DU9cqhsjWee/

I donated $25 ✨ Who can match me? Sending you all the love of the universe 🌈

I donated $25 ✨ Who can match me? Sending you all the love of the universe 🌈

hi! @rollingfor20.bsky.social are working on barnraising this one together! we'd be so grateful for your support to help these treasured community members & comrades stay housed!

Tips: moving from Xitter to Bsky Before you start following people, fill out your profile! Bio, PFP, banner, and post at least 5 to 10 things. Just reuse your top 10 banger tweets—recycling is encouraged! This way, people will know you aren’t a bot, will see what you are about, and might follow back. Turn off NSFW filters in Settings > Moderation > Enable Adult Contentand at the bottom on Settings > Moderation > Bluesky Mod Service Find your friends from the hellsite using Sky-Follower-Bridge.devNot perfect, but it will find the majority of the people you were following.Beware of fake tools that ask for money! Follow a few feeds related to your interests. In bsky you choose what kind of content you want to see. You can pin feeds (into tabs) to the top of your timeline, and you always have access to the Following feed which shows nothing but who you choose to follow. Block often. Don’t interact with trolls. Don’t quote dunk, comment, nothing. Let them rot in silence, take away their oxygen and they’ll asphixiate. This is the Bsky way. Turn off language filters in Settings > Languages > Content Languages Or you won’t see posts from anyone in Japan, Germany, etc, in your feeds, even if they only post a cool image with no text. Weird, but trust me on this one. Uncheck all to see all posts. Fuck content scrapers. Do not let that trash overwhelm this site, do not share their stolen content. You can block them all with two clicks by going to joabaldwin.com/scrapers and on the top-right clicking on Subscribe > Block Accounts (I know, “Subscribe” is an odd thing to name it, but that’s how block lists work). Use alt text to make images accessible. Helps for translations, readability, findability, and users with slow internet. Turn on Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting It takes time to rebuild, but the best time to do it is right now. Use your last tweets to tell everyone to move, then stop posting. Twitter is a Nazi/AI/bot/crypto cesspit.

🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋
It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!

Debunking the Mistruths and Misinformation About COVID-19 | Infection Control Today "Although the virus itself remains a threat, misinformation about COVID-19 has become a parallel epidemic, one that undermines public health efforts and endangers lives."

Early in the pandemic, people fixated on disinfecting surfaces, assuming it prevented infection. While hygiene matters, SARS‑CoV‑2 spreads mainly through airborne particles. Much better to focus on ventilation, masks in enclosed spaces, and hand hygiene.
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/debunki...

Remembering Alice Wong On the one-month anniversary of her passing, we honor the acclaimed disability justice advocate, writer, shit-talker, and friend to so many.

it's taken me a while to put this together. but I hope, if you've never heard of her, or even if you have, this tribute to Alice Wong buoys your heart and gives you a good sense of who this incredible person was. www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...

It’s Day 26 of the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities.

We continue to experience the surge in agents and resources throughout the Twin Cities.

This weekend and for the next week, we encourage folks to be ready to respond with whistles/honks at all times.

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In addition to COVID, the flu is also surging something fierce right now, and it is hospitalizing folks with truly nasty symptoms. Another great reason to don a respirator and re-up vaccines.
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A snow emergency begins at 9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28 MINNEAPOLIS SNOW EMERGENCY IN EFFECT minneapolismn.gov/snow

A snow emergency has been declared in Minneapolis starting at 9PM tonight.

www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-arou...

With eternal gratitude from the bottom of my heart, thanks to everyone who has sent help and shared this. We're at $125/2000, and I'm opening commissions today: ko-fi.com/c/3a76caeca0

Shop listings coming soon too, and my art-focused newsletter:
virtuistic.beehiiv.com/upgrade

#HelpSky #MutualAid

Support virtuistic Support virtuistic

The odds suck. I lost my accessible, breadwinning job alongside thousands of qualified, passionate people who deserved a lot better than to be DOGE'd into an abysmal market. Nine months later, we don't have enough to cover bills. If you can help, any amount is appreciated: ko-fi.com/virtuistic (4/7)

Woke up crying; depressed and scared. Being a disabled trans person with no family, income, or savings left is hard. I hate to ask for help when my neighbors are under federal attack, but we are $2000 short on bills this month. Please help us stay housed + fed. More links in bio. #HelpSky #MutualAid

UPDATE 🧵: Big announcement, and big asks below

Things are happening. Moves are being made. With huge thanks to my friend Erin for investing in me and this project, I am asking folks to support my work on beehiiv with paid subscriptions and curated ads. (1/7)

virtuistic.beehiiv.com/p/leveling-u...

11 years ago today, 12 year old Tamir Rice was gunned down by police officers on Cleveland’s west side.

The officer shot him within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in.

Tamir’s life mattered. It still does. My thoughts are with his family today.

Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Please take a moment to appreciate this very, very small water sausage!

💀 Happy Halloween + Sweet Samhain! 👻

I had a lot of fun putting this collection of seasonal favorites together. 😊 I hope you'll enjoy, and please subscribe + share if you do! I'm just getting started. #writersofbluesky

What are your favorite holiday treats? Got any nerdy recs I should know about?

Amazing work, Shelby! Sharing now 💖✨🌙

UPDATE: I'm still looking for work, and I'll be vulnerable and admit it — I'm starting to feel scared. I only have two weeks of unemployment insurance remaining, after which point we won't have income to cover our essential bills.

So, I'm adjusting a bit and made this:
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