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Arachnid activist_angel

@activistangel.bsky.social

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DID. Disabled. Hard of Hearing. Wheelchair user. Married! Gen-X Libra. Pronouns: She/They. I don't answer DM's I didn't consent to...Ask first! I Block Often! I rarely follow back! Find me at: https://ko-fi.com/angelgraham

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Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 6d

Like others, I'm restarting my Ko-fi and doing more blogging there. I set a goal for donations for those who wish to support me in obtaining a new laptop. Mine is about 8 years old and failing.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 17h

3D printers: WE NEED YOU! If you have a printer, start making whistles for your community. Volunteers of ours have been printing and passing them out across communities, over 200 have been handed out so far!

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 5h

Obligatory post in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Have a blessed one (unless you're a racist, then you can go to hell).

Bad Place characters in two panels
Top panel: Fun fact: Columbus is in the bad place
Bottom panel: because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 1d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 15h

You had me at chocolate!

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 16h

If you didn't know, Dolly Parton has done more for children's literacy in this country than literally anyone. Her Imagination Library funds books to children through local partnerships. Find one in your state by using this map on the Imagination Library site.
imaginationlibrary.com/usa/find-my-...

Find My Program - USA

Find Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Affiliates In The USA

imaginationlibrary.com

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 16h

One last idea, look for an org in your area that GIVES books to children. In Chicago, Bernie's Book Bank has donated millions of books. Each child receives books every month, I think?

www.berniesbookbank.org

Home - Bernie‘s Book Bank

Transforming children's stories with free books. Children are empowered to explore new ideas, gain knowledge, strengthen reading skills.

www.berniesbookbank.org

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Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 15h

I just snort laughed!

Spooky Boo @spookyboo.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, not sorry, neighbors.

Multiple plastic skeletons bow down on the grass or kneel with their palms up towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the fence line

Two plastic skeletons bow on their knees in the grass while one has a single knee down and his palms outstretched towards their god - the 12’ plastic skeleton standing behind the wood fence

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 17h

here's a school in Rogers Park looking for books for the kids doing Battle of the Books.... all the videos you have seen today of ICE activity in Chicago and been in and around Rogers Park. Only $250 left to fully fund this.

www.donorschoose.org/project/read...

Ready to Battle!, a project from Mr. Goldberg

Help me give my students the "Battle of the Books" texts to read. I coach an academic team at my school called Battle of the Books. The Battle of the Books is a city wide competition for st...

www.donorschoose.org

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18h

So my buddy Carlota, who is taking over Dogskull Patch, has a group of feral cats to deal. She’s been trapping and neutering as possible, but one sweetheart named Big Daddy showed up on the porch limping. Some asshole shot him. She’s raising money for his amputation and care. gofund.me/3b6cf293e

Donate to Help Big Daddy Recover from being Shot, organized by Carrie Sykes

There's a colony of lovely cats living in a rural neighborhood in Goldston, NC. Fr… Carrie Sykes needs your support for Help Big Daddy Recover from being Shot

gofund.me

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 17h

whenever I feel really terrible about this awful country, I like to look through donor's choose and look for teachers who just want books for their classroom.

This is a school near me, only needs $222 more to fund a set of Ghetto Cowboy books.

www.donorschoose.org/project/ghet...

Ghetto Cowboy Novel Set for 6th Grade, a project from Ms. Smith

Help me give my students a class set of the book, Ghetto Cowboy. I truly appreciate your support. The books in my cart are important to my 6th-grade students, as they will help broaden their unders...

www.donorschoose.org

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Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 17h

Anything Jackie Lau.
Just finished The Sitcom Star in February. Still to read The Reluctant Heartthrob and Meet Me in Millfield.

From Helsinki with Love by K.H. Anastasia

Wild at Heart by Zoe York

Her Knight at the Museum by Bryn Donovan

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 1d

Print copies are here! They've escaped Canada Post strike purgatory!

I'm keeping a paperback 'cause even though I cook these recipes a lot, I don't have them all memorized.

Sending 2 each to Library and Archives Canada and will scatter some among the Little Free Libraries in #NewWest.

A pile of paperback copies next to a pile of hardcover copies of the book *After the Feast*, which has a green cover and an illustration of a partly carved turkey on a wooden cutting board.

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Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 22h

You obviously want to support trans people, especially transgender people in sport during this period when soon, we will again no longer be allowed on the field. I'm asking that you to please donate. Pls share!

https://julesnotes.com/help-this-trans-person-wipe-the-floor-with-his-cis-competition/

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.

Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously, even if you get the flu shot and the COVID booster, and RSV, and pneumonia, PLEASE mask in public spaces. For your sake and for everyone else's sake.

bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 1d

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 21h

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 1d

Support clean energy by eating American lamb:
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Farmers urge Americans to embrace previously overlooked type of meat: 'There's really a huge, huge potential'

"Great way to support those family farmers."

www.yahoo.com

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Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, & one song you can’t stand:

- seafood (any)
- Anything Harry Potter
- Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood

Alice @starinthetitle.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, & one song you can’t stand:

- raw tomato
- The Descent (watched it as a kid, scarred for life)
- ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob La Da’ by The Beatles

M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, & one song you can’t stand:

- Cucumber anything. However you think it tastes, that is not how it tastes to me
- Farewell, My Concubine (Beautiful. Brutal. Once was enough)
- Collective Soul, “December”

Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 1d

Peopling is,so exhausting!

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Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 1d

Mine was mad dog 20/20 and Thunderbird.

Basically, rotgut.

Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 1d

Sale.

Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

I do NOT have the fanciest vacuum sealer, but it has been working fine for me and if you want it, it is apparently on sale right now for $27 with a coupon! amzn.to/3IJT3Tk

(reviews say the bag cutter isn't great, I never use it as I use pre-cut bags only, pretty much)

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

Unlawfully fired from your job at HHS or CDC protecting the public health? Want to talk through how to tell your story in the press? I'm happy to help you think through messaging strategy.

I’ve spent years doing public health comms and talking with reporters. You can see my work at matthewcort.land

Matthew Cortland

Matthew became a lawyer by necessity. Now they use their training in public health and law to help others.

matthewcort.land

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10

Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064

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Arachnid activist_angel @activistangel.bsky.social · 1d

Why are you bringing facts into this discussion?!

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

'I'm going to leave most posts open to the public, no patreon account required. In a time of weaponized disinformation, one of my goals is to provide reliable, trustworthy, and actionable information to as many people as possible — I'm asking you to help me do that.'

Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2d

"I suspect having survived that experience as a child, my inability to capitulate to bullies is buried deep in the machine code layer of my brain. I simply cannot do it."

www.patreon.com/posts/140933...

Thank you (yes, you) + updates | Matthew Cortland

www.patreon.com

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