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Helmi

@helmsinki.bsky.social

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pro-abortion | mental health advocate | taylor swift enthusiast | she/her | donationsforabortions.com

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Helmi @helmsinki.bsky.social · Jan 20

If you're looking for a tangible way to make an impact right now, consider looking into orgs related to causes you care about.

For abortion, I have a website with info on funds/clinics/other support orgs listed by state. Give at least one a donation or an Insta follow! donationsforabortions.com

Abortion Funds in Every State

donationsforabortions.com

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Kate Schapira @kateschapira.bsky.social · 2h

Urgent request BY THURSDAY MORNING: the family member of someone I know is being targeted for deportation thru his asylum process. He & his family need $2K for legal & transportation fees. If you have like $25 tonight, please send it to secure.actblue.com/donate/amor-... or Venmo @amornetwork w/a 💙

Donate to Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance

Show your support with a contribution.

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@DrKBrandi (Kristyn Brandi, she/ella) @drkbrandi.bsky.social · 1h

What is better than arts & crafts? Is it arts and crafts that support abortion? Yes! Come to this event! By artisan made crafts (great for holiday season) and hang out with cool abortion people that are raising money so that people can get the care that they need. secure.actblue.com/donate/njaaf...

NJAAF Presents: Abortion, Spice, & Everything Nice

New Jersey Abortion Access Fund (NJAAF) is hosting the Abortion, Spice, and Everything Nice Artisan Market fundraiser. Get tickets today!

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Helmi @helmsinki.bsky.social · 3h

I heard there's a new influx of users today 👀

Helmi @helmsinki.bsky.social · 17d

I have created a starter pack and a feed of 125 repro-related orgs and counting!
Starter pack: go.bsky.app/Gow33pj
Feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 4h

NEW: The federal health office that runs the Title X family planning program was wiped out on Friday, but workers there remained in the dark until today because layoff notices were sent to email accounts they had already been locked out of.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

POLITICO Pro: HHS explains why its CDC purge went too far

A federal court has temporarily blocked the layoffs, which targeted nearly 1,000 HHS employees, most of them at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 7h

Heather is looking to talk to Mississippians who are still using Bluesky despite the bluesky ban:

Heather Harrison @heatherharrison.bsky.social · 7h

If I've randomly followed you this week, I'm writing a story about the Bluesky ban in Mississippi. My editor @ashtonpittman.bsky.social gave me people's Bluesky handles who reached out & wanted to help with this story. I'm unable to DM many of you so please email me if you're still interested!

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Helmi @helmsinki.bsky.social · 5h

Congrats!

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 12h

digital illustration of a large pink and green haunted house with ghosts and stars. text reads, ‘my body is not a temple, it is a haunted house.’

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Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 14h

NEW: Recordings from a crisis pregnancy center conference, shared exclusively with Autonomy News, reveal that anti-abortion physicians are reluctant to prescribe abortion pill “reversal”—even as the conservative legal movement uses the supposed treatment to expand CPCs’ free speech rights.

Abortion Pill “Reversal” Is a Hoax. It's Also a Powerful Right-Wing Legal Strategy.

Speakers at a crisis pregnancy center conference made rare admissions about the challenges of providing so-called abortion “reversal,” and indicate its importance as a litigation tool.

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my good bitch 💎 @clozilla.reprosky.xyz · 1d

Client is short $450 for an abortion appointment TOMORROW (Wednesday). If you can help close this gap, donate here:

V: Crystal-Zilla
$Clozilla

Use the note 🐐

a brown and white sheep is standing in a pile of wood chips .

Alt: a brown and white goat is jumping in a pile of wood chips .

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 17h

We look forward to the mediation process, and signing the first ever UFW union contract within New York City limits.

Workers at Brooklyn Grange deserve to be able to afford life in the city they help feed.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

One Year After UFW Majority at Brooklyn Grange Farms, Stalled Negotiations Move to State Mediation

New York City – In October 2024, the United Farm Workers was certified to represent farm workers at Brooklyn Grange, an urban agricultural and rooftop farm located in New York City. After close to a y...

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Helmi @helmsinki.bsky.social · 1d

The video edits made in response by monmelia fans have been beautiful though

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my good bitch 💎 @clozilla.reprosky.xyz · 1d

Still need 350!

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Helmi @helmsinki.bsky.social · 1d

One of the jobs I got an offer from had a stipulation in the contract that if I resigned before 12 months of working there, I would owe them $5000

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

FYI California comrades, PG&E is seeking yet another rate hike. You can participate in public comment at the Public Utility Commission's website here. Threading information about the public hearings below.

Proceedings Tab5 - Public Comments

apps.cpuc.ca.gov

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Helmi @helmsinki.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats on catching up!

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 1d

Help the family of the 13-year old child who was kidnapped by ICE in Everett, MA:

Laura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 1d

"This has been a nightmare for us, but with your help, we can bring our child home and make sure no other family has to live through this pain. Please share, donate if you can, and help us bring our 13-year-old son home. Thank you for standing with us."

www.gofundme.com/f/mim-ajuda-...

Donate to Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back, organized by Josiele Silva

English: Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Please He… Josiele Silva needs your support for Our 13-Year-Old Son Was Taken by ICE — Help Bring Him Back

www.gofundme.com

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Liberal Jane @liberaljane.bsky.social · 20d

🧵THREAD: Despite spending the most per capita on health care, the United States has the worst maternal mortality rate of any high-income country. This statistic is even worse for Black pregnant people who are 3x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women.

Digital illustration of a group of parents hugging a pregnant Black woman. Text reads “pregnant people deserve support and community. Not isolation and fear.”

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whoserisa.bsky.social @whoserisa.bsky.social · 1d

Many, many cultures have coffee rituals, very weird to call this an American phenomenon

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

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whoserisa.bsky.social @whoserisa.bsky.social · 1d

Today in the Abortion Mobilization Project: we launched a new resource page! Did you know there are actually tons of different ways you can get involved with abortion access? Check them out www.abortionmob.org/options

Volunteer Options — Abortion Mobilization Project

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Abortion Forward @abortionforward.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: Abortion Forward is currently accepting applications for our Board of Directors! If you, or someone you know, is passionate about protecting & expanding Ohioans' right to access abortion care, apply today at AbortionForward.org/Board.

📅 Applications close October 31, 2025!

Join our Board of Directors - Abortion Forward

Abortion Forward and Abortion Forward Alliance are currently accepting applications for their Boards of Directors! We encourage you to apply if you’re passionate about protecting and advancing reproductive rights, increasing access to reproductive health care — especially abortion care — pursuing policy changes that support abortion access, and value reproductive justice and autonomy for communities […]

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Don’t Post About Crimes @katerosebee.bsky.social · 1d

Big moment for me, my first-ever publication credit!
The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Society of Family Planning Research Practice Support: Digital and data security for abortion research in a post-Dobbs era—A primer for qualitative researchers

Abortion is banned or severely restricted in nearly half of the United States. Research on the impact of these restrictions and abortion care has neve…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I've been told that this 2019 fundraiser for Miss Major started after her stroke is where anyone who might want to contribute to the expenses of her family in the immediate future should contribute: fundly.com/missmajor - It will stay open for the time being.

Click here to support Miss Major's Monthly Fundraising Circle by Friends of Miss Major

After Miss Major's 2019 stroke, donations go to continuing her rehab + her retirement fund, in addition to helping care for Asiah, the baby she and Beck ...

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