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Mx. Fee - BRING LINK BACK @mxfee.bsky.social · 11h

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 15h

Hi all. I’m at the emergency vet with my old girl Iris this morning and I know that’s going to cost me at least half my SSDI check that just came Friday no matter what the issue is.
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Starting a cf thread here now; will update with a total need when I know.

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A small-medium brown dog with a white face and blaze orange bandana looks up toward the camera from a leaf-covered yard.

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 12h

Thank youuuu.

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 12h

Our quote is in the neighborhood of $1000-1200 which is well over 50% of my monthly disability check:

Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 15h

Hi all. I’m at the emergency vet with my old girl Iris this morning and I know that’s going to cost me at least half my SSDI check that just came Friday no matter what the issue is.
🫠😩😔

Starting a cf thread here now; will update with a total need when I know.

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$: ColochaRachel

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 12h

Finally seen by the vet and have a rough cost estimate.

Exam: $280
Blood work: $400
Fluids: $400 plus an anti-nausea med or possible antibiotics.

Looking at the neighborhood of $1000-1200 for this visit which is over 50% of my monthly income.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 🌻

Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 14h

In February we’ll have had Iris for 9 of her 11+ years of life and my partner has her name tattooed over his eyebrow. She’s our best girl and she always seems to get sick on weekends when the regular vet is not open.

My small-medium brown dog with a white face laying on a gray dog bed on an industrial gray emergency vet floor.

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 15h

Hi all. I’m at the emergency vet with my old girl Iris this morning and I know that’s going to cost me at least half my SSDI check that just came Friday no matter what the issue is.
🫠😩😔

Starting a cf thread here now; will update with a total need when I know.

V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 1d

for helping me rebuild after losing everything
chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

chuffed.org

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, it’s exhausting that people think Gazans should only ask for help to survive to eat, to stay alive but not to dream, to study, or to rebuild their lives. Wanting education, safety, and a future isn’t greed. It’s being human.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 10d

If the Mikeno can make it, what other blockades can be broken?

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 10d

If the Mikeno can make it, who else can make it?

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to C for the $30 I needed to write this check to my township for winter snow plowing!!

Thank you for helping close the gap between my disability check and my living costs. 🌻

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to A for $30 toward my immediate need of $100.

I’m at $75 of the $100 I need today plus whatever else I can put together for basic needs for the next two weeks.

Thank you all. 🌻

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to S for $20 toward my short goal of writing a $100 check to my township at the town meeting tonight.

Could use $65 more to cover the plowing costs and then anything beyond that will be used to cover gas and groceries for the next 14 days.

🌻🌻🌻

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to J for the first $25 toward my short goal so I can pay my township tonight.

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

As we’ve settled into actual housing again and therefore our bills have increased, I just don’t receive enough in SSDI to meet all of our monthly expenses. My check is our only income a lot of the time and it’s just not enough.

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Hi all.

I’m at the point in my disability check cycle where I still have bills to pay but am out of funds until my next check comes.

I’m looking for help putting together $100 I need to pay my township for winter plowing plus some groceries and gas.

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to O for $50 toward groceries!!

I’m so grateful folks were able to help me meet some needs among all the many unmet needs people are trying to meet on here.

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to C for the $30 I needed to write this check to my township for winter snow plowing!!

Thank you for helping close the gap between my disability check and my living costs. 🌻

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you! Really appreciate it.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 11d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Already received $75 and still trying to put together another $30 for a payment I need to make tonight if anyone could chip in or share this around:

Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Hi all.

I’m at the point in my disability check cycle where I still have bills to pay but am out of funds until my next check comes.

I’m looking for help putting together $100 I need to pay my township for winter plowing plus some groceries and gas.

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$: ColochaRachel

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QuyetPawz - Mutual Aid @qpmutualaid.bsky.social · 11d

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#HelpSky
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025

Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Hi all.

I’m at the point in my disability check cycle where I still have bills to pay but am out of funds until my next check comes.

I’m looking for help putting together $100 I need to pay my township for winter plowing plus some groceries and gas.

V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to A for $30 toward my immediate need of $100.

I’m at $75 of the $100 I need today plus whatever else I can put together for basic needs for the next two weeks.

Thank you all. 🌻

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Rachel Bean, still sick @colocharachel.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you to S for $20 toward my short goal of writing a $100 check to my township at the town meeting tonight.

Could use $65 more to cover the plowing costs and then anything beyond that will be used to cover gas and groceries for the next 14 days.

🌻🌻🌻

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