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34-White-Transmasc-AroAce-Disabled Capitalism & neoliberalism is exposing US fascist roots to more demographics Mutual Aid is cool Art is neat AIGenArt is not real art. Perish infuriated and mired in stagnation

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Deadcantance (Can't contribute; gladly reposts) @deadcantance.bsky.social · 4d

Is a 22 day early "birthday favor" too soon?

A "If I've done anything you appreciate pls repost/boost/give to anyone's mutual aid/emergency commission posts"?

My basic needs are met, but I'm not in position to help more than repost/boost so giving to those in need is like a birthday gift for me

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QuyetPawz - Mutual Aid @qpmutualaid.bsky.social · 20m

I know a bunch of new threads are popping up but due to being really sick I'm having a hard time keeping track so please let me know if you find out about any new regularly posted ones so I can add em to the document so people can find them.

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Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · 17h

Cost of a new replacement wheel chair at our local RX. Posting paylinks for anyone wanting to contribute to help Dez with safer wheelchair.

Paypal: paypal.me/xodanix3?cou...

Cash app & Venmo: doublerainbowomg

A blue wheelchair with price label $288.81

The blue chair next to black foldable one like Dez has now that's falling apart. (Wasn't labeled with. Price but prob around 300)

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Mohammed's mother 🍉.♕♕♡ @tfggsbsb.bsky.social · 4h

Because my child is black, no one donated to him. 😭
I am tired of this unfair racism.
How unfortunate it is when one of your children is diagnosed with a cancerous tumor and you are powerless to save their life from this deadly cancer.

chuffed.org/project/1531...

🙏🏻

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Wylder needs HELP @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

Over a year begging.

Got in for an overview appt of what I need & had 1 root canal. I need 3-4 more and was supposed to go back 3 days later.

That was months ago. Im technically being treated I just can't afford to keep going and it's getting much worse now.

Linktr.ee/Wylder Help?

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Saeed @saed-in-gaza.bsky.social · 3d

Hello, I'm Saeed from Gazan currently displaced with my family in Al-Mawasi Khan Younis. We urgently need your support to cover rent (500$) and food for the week (200$). Can we make it happen today?

Plz Donate via GoFoundMe:
gofund.me/a0a540b8

@mommunism.bsky.social
@slimyswampghost.bsky.social

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Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 11m

URGENT NATIVE MUTUAL AID💸💕

Sat Oct 11

$25/$100 only 30 minutes left to meet $75 need please! It will keep me housed and fed another day. Mvto.
#settlersaturday #helpsky

Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 10h

NATIVE #MUTUALAID💕💸

Sat Oct 11

Disabled housing insecure Mvskoke/Semvnole woman needs ongoing help daily ($100) for hotel/food please. Also working towards $1500 for rent/deposit on an apartment. Mvto!

Cashapp $fdanger
Venmo/PayPal @francesdanger

#settlersaturday #helpsky #nightsky

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 14m

Hello bluesky! I'm Nora and I have a jewelry store focused on fused glass; I also have game tokens and worry stones.

Collage: nora.jewelry/collections/...
Cluster: nora.jewelry/collections/...
Worry stones: nora.jewelry/search?q=wor...
Earrings: nora.jewelry/collections/...

#bsnm

ad for the nora.jewelry collage collection, which consists of pieces made from patterned cane with some transparency piled on top of other different color canes and turned into a molded shape; the transparency creates a lot of depth in the final pieces, because you can see through the transparent bits to what is behind it. pictures are a pair of round green, white and purple cufflinks, a orange and yellow bolo tie, and a teardrop shaped pendant with a green/white design added to a pink design

ad for the cluster collection, a group of fused glass pendants (and a couple other things, but only pendants are pictured) made from placing glass cylinders on their ends in a group and melting them just enough to round them out but not enough to make them fully puddle like most of my designs. the result of this ends up looking a bit like fish eggs adhered to a flat surface, or a bundle of grapes. the ones pictured are a simple round aqua blue design with yellow middles, a purple design with distorted flowers (this one started out as regular flowers but rounded their petals in the kiln, blurring them) and a round tan design with brown and white middles.

worry stone collection: this one has an orange collage design worry stone in an abstract shape, a white and green one where the edges between the colors blur, and a round one in a bi pride pattern.

earring collection: this one shows a sparkly green aventurine pair of round earrings, one that's white/grey/clear with black spots (that one's made from spiral cane that I made flat and you can see the spiral in the final design) and one with swirling green, yellow and pink set in white.

all the backgrounds on all of these are an aventurine dragonskin sheet that i put at low transparency over white, so they have a lacy quality to them.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 1h

Awwwwww Abo Jameel's daughter Joan & me have the same birthday! Happy birthday Joan. 🎂 I hope you'll find it in your hearts to share & give to our friends we love in Gaza to ease their hardship.

Abo jameel @engabojameel37.bsky.social · 2h

The war is over, but we still live as if it never ended...
Tents are our only refuge, and the cold is our companion.
Today is my daughter Joan's birthday—a reminder that joy has been banished from our lives. Don't break Joan's heart🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹😥😥😥
Im verified
@mommunism.bsky.social
shorturl.at/hcCSb

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 1h

Temnothorax isabellae, from the rainforests of Puerto Rico, is one of the more colorful ant species I have photographed.

Macro photograph in side view of a small ant carrying a bit of tree bark in her mandibles, her gaster tucked tightly under her body pointed forward. The ant's head, antennae, gaster, coxae, and femora are black, the thorax and petiole are red, and the tibiae are bright yellow.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 2d

U is for… #Umbrella 💚
(It’s also today’s #Cozytober prompt!)
Join us for #ArtABCs; the best art challenge on the whole internet.
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed

dotart.blog/karin-wander...

#Art #Watercolor #Watercolour #Painting

Black umbrella lies open on the wet ground on a day so rainy everything around it is reduced to blurry blues, greens, & pinks.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 1d

U is for… Ursus arctos horribilis 💚 🐻
The grizzly bear’s scientific name translates to “Bear Bear Terrible”

Join us for #ArtABCs; the best art challenge on the whole internet.
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed

dotart.blog/karin-wander...

#Art #Watercolor #Watercolour #Painting #Nature #Bears

Watercolor of a grizzly bear ready to set off on an adventure.

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Karin Wanderer @karinwanderer.bsky.social · 1h

U is for… Urchin 💚 🦑
The purple sea urchin can dig holes in rock with its teeth!
Join us for more #ArtABCs
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed
dotart.blog/karin-wander...

#Art #Doodle #Ink #MarineLife #Aquatic

Ink doodle of a Pacific Purple Sea Urchin- a small lump of dark purple covered in light purple spikes.

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 3h

Some amazing news:

Eng. Zakaria @zakharara.bsky.social · 1d

GOOD NEWS. Our beloved Zakaria safely evacuated to Ukraine two weeks ago 🩷 He wanted everyone to know but has been SO tired & busy.

He’s trying to leave soon because of the situation there. Any help will go towards this effort & a laptop so he can start working.

chuffed.org/project/zaka...

—Divya

Save Zakaria: Gaza Survivor with a Ukrainian Family

I'm Divya, and I'm a scientist based in the UK. I'm helping my friend Zakaria raise funds to help his family survive. We got in touch through mutual friends and I was moved by his story—one of resilie...

chuffed.org

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 2h

The genocide doesn’t end so long as there’s a famine, no hospitals working fully, no shelter… so our obligation hasn’t ended. Right?

Six families, mostly kids, one mom due to give birth imminently, need food.

10 hours left ⚠️ 633/879

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

chuffed.org

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 15h

Every hope is lifesaving—still. So although support has massively slowed down for these six families—despite ongoing famine, all their homes destroyed, impending cold, a baby due soon (‼️)—we’ll still be here every hour or two.

23 hours left ⚠️ 7/879: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 11d

Four matches, can someone be fifth?

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 14d

This is a lovely project for kids’ handicrafts and no one ever gives to it. It’d mean income for Ibtihal (to buy food) & joy for Palestinian kids.

I’ve matched my sister, can you match one of us? Can you text a family member to match you? Can you click “monthly”?

www.gofundme.com/f/rebuilding...

Gofundme screenshot reading
Divya M Persaud
€5 • Just now
Shantini Persaud
€34•1d

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 9d

I know we’re all racing to help people evacuate but many are choosing to stay in their beloved city. It’s our duty to honor their dignity.

Spark Space is, yes, still open, still serving people who are staying. Participate in, don’t exceptionalize, this sumud:

chuffed.org/project/spark-space-gaza

🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers!

In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken in...

chuffed.org

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 24d

I rarely share organizations in Gaza because it’s too hard to verify that they are doing the work they say they are but I know multiple people who were able to evacuate through the people working on this fund who are funding trips out of Gaza City (it’s $2100 a trip for 16 people).

Vulnerable Families Urgent Evacuation Fund

We are a group of Gazans and international activists (Palestinian/SWANA/Allies) who have been supporting Gazans for the past 2 years and beyond. We are now working to coordinate crisis evacuations for...

chuffed.org

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 3d

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/10/07/t...

We’re still going!

@sfdirewolf.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social

#ConnectingGaza

Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza

Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza Two years, what the fuck. It really has been two years to the day since Israel’s heightened and prolonged genocide against the…

disabilityvisibilityproject.com

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Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · 3d

We were able to get the first $400 amount immediately due covered on our own yesterday, but we will still need help with other bills that have accumulated. As well as upcoming bills while Dez applies for disability assistance. Everything is getting transfered to his name but he's not able to work.

Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · 11d

Gofundme is up! Help our fam cover remaining expenses after recent loss of our family member.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-cover...
💸💞 #HelpSky

Donate to Help Cover Expenses for Ophelia Juan's Family, organized by Danielle Miller

Hello friends and loved ones of Ophelia Juan and family. ❤️ Today we (D… Danielle Miller needs your support for Help Cover Expenses for Ophelia Juan's Family

www.gofundme.com

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Emmy Scott @emmynawjoopinga.bsky.social · 2d

One week until Trunk or Treat! We still need decorations, candy, and prizes for over 300 Native kids! Anything helps! #HelpSky #Halloween #IndigiSky #SettlerSaturday

Emmy Scott @emmynawjoopinga.bsky.social · 6d

Winnebago Two-Spirit needs to buy candy for the trunk-or-treat on the Winnebago Reservation. Bring Native kids joy! Anything helps.
#SettlerSaturday #MutualAid #Halloween #HelpSky
Venmo: Emmy-Scott-2
Cashapp: $spochunk
PayPal: paypal.me/EmmyNawjoopinga.

Halloween Charcuterie Board with m&ms, candy pumpkins, marshmallow skulls and ghosts

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Emmy Scott @emmynawjoopinga.bsky.social · 3d

People down the road were trying to get rid of “rez mutt” puppies & 1 was left nobody wanted. If anybody can help me get supplies to train him, & help with his teething biting stage, my arms/legs would be grateful! List here: a.co/af2nZRT #SettlerSaturday #MutualAid

8 week old brown and black puppy biting on a stuffed squirrel that a hand holds out.

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Ⓐnarchohoodism @161bklyn.bsky.social · 2h

Ppl till this day believe some story about Columbus saving the Taino indigenous ppl from the Caribs, who according to Columbus were "war-like and cannibals" except no evidence anywhere exists to make that claim but the truth always comes out. So why’d he do it? 1/2

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Ⓐnarchohoodism @161bklyn.bsky.social · 2h

"The cannibalism trope was used by Europeans to legitimize their abuse of Indigenous peoples, Fitzpatrick said." 2/2

news.uoregon.edu/content/rese...

Researchers denounce revived theory of Caribbean cannibalism

UO archaeologist Scott Fitzpatrick and colleagues criticize a new study, calling it flawed

news.uoregon.edu

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Ouaquaga on Chenango @jnxouaquaga.bsky.social · Aug 3

Never trust someone who calls themself an environmentalist or a scientist and supports habitat destruction and developers.

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