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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 2h

Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 22h

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Luarien [$150/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 1h

Making ramen for lunch and stretching out my legs by slightly leaning forward. No matter how much I stretch and work my muscles stay tight and stiff. I don't think I've run in a decade.

It's hard to do anything and I'm only able to stay alive with your help. Please share <3

Luarien [$150/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 5d

It's #MutualAid Monday and time for a new post! I've got fibromyalgia and can't work anymore, and thanks to Trump I've lost SNAP, so I need your help paying rent and buying food! Please share and donate if you can!

venmo.com/code?user_id...
www.paypal.me/luarien
cash.app/$Luarien
gofund.me/9074f134

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harper🖍️💥🦕🦴 who attacked my pc??? @himbimboo.bsky.social · 7h

officially OUT of pads, please does anyone have just $12 so i can grab a big pack?? once ive used this one, im screwed🥲

cashapp, venmo, paypal (or chime) gets it to me immediately!!

#mutualaid #helpsky #bipocma #marequest #helpfolkslive2025 #transcrowdfund #signalboost #maboost 💕💸

harper🖍️💥🦕🦴 who attacked my pc??? @himbimboo.bsky.social · 3d

gonna leave these all pinned, so if anyone who likes my art and has a couple dollars to spare wants to toss it my way, you can💕

ko-fi.com/himbimboo

paypal.me/jestergender...

#mutualaid #helpsky #signalboost 💕💸

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LanguageNerd24601 (Can’t donate) @languagenerd24601.bsky.social · 2h

#MutualAid #HelpSky #StrikeForMutualAid

LanguageNerd24601 (Can’t donate) @languagenerd24601.bsky.social · 3h

$0/$500
Paypal: [email protected]
Venmo: @languagenerd24601
Cashapp: $Ejj24601
Posting for a friend who needs help paying her electric and wifi bill. She is a disabled, brown woman. The person who has been paying these bills

a girl sits next to a ghost with a faceless mask

Alt: a girl sits next to a ghost with a faceless mask

media.tenor.com

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Mx. Fee - BRING LINK BACK @mxfee.bsky.social · 2h

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ID: Photo taken looking over a tent city in Palestine. A few people are in the foreground staging, sitting, or walking past.

Khaled Ayman @eligeuno.bsky.social · 7h

It’s time to start planning our journey to continue chasing our dreams and finally see life beyond survival. My family and I deserve a chance to live, not just endure. ✊🏻

We’ve lost a lot, but hope keeps us going. Every step forward is part of our healing.

Support: gofund.me/591c2ff8

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Autumn @alpacawax.bsky.social · 6h

autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕

80 Sun/Shelter
100 Sun/Shelter/Food
550 2 Weeks

With Free Food Tues, SNAP Wed, Dad's ability to pay a week on Wed, we're just trying to make it until then for now. On lists for affordable housing. Trying to live. Tysm

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Luarien [$150/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 7h

I just woke up so I was briefly wondering why the chief bigot of Ishgard had something to say about US politics because the Roman numeral XIV has permanently warped my brain

NPR @npr.org · 10h

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

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Luarien [$150/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 7h

Good morning everyone! My knees really hurt so far and I'm getting short on food that doesn't require a lot of standing up after going down stairs so I'd really appreciate some more help getting to my monthly goal.

I'm permanently disabled and #MutualAid is how I stay housed and fed.

Luarien [$150/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 5d

It's #MutualAid Monday and time for a new post! I've got fibromyalgia and can't work anymore, and thanks to Trump I've lost SNAP, so I need your help paying rent and buying food! Please share and donate if you can!

venmo.com/code?user_id...
www.paypal.me/luarien
cash.app/$Luarien
gofund.me/9074f134

Venmo | Daniel Samuelson

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

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Arizona fRight Watch 🎃 @azrww.bsky.social · 14h

Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet responded to the harassment their organization contributed to that forced Rutgers professor Mark Bray to flee the country. The full statement is long, but here’s how he ended it:

Good riddance to him and good luck, Spain.
America and Rutgers are better off without him. But it begs the question: Why is Rutgers employing an advocate for political violence? He should be immediately fired and the university should disavow his vile, un-American ideas.

Archive: https://archive.is/5nf3L

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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 16h

Don't feel stupid, but also, if someone helpfully tells you "that's fake," the correct response is "oh shit, let me delete this" not doubling down and disabling comments.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 18h

Don’t feel stupid if you fell for fake video. It can be really hard to tell these days. But we do have to try and be careful with what we share because there’s so much AI video out there.

It’s just the world we live in now.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

The mass firings at the CDC tonight drive home the fact that no one is coming to save us

But we can save each other

Wear a mask. Ideally a respirator like an N95

Even if you’re vaccinated. Even if you’re “not worried”

It protects you but it also protects everyone else

Bonus? Less colds & flus!

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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angel xtasy 💕 PLS HELP @freakingangel.bsky.social · 22h

my partner and I (both queer + disabled) desperately need help w medical costs for his ongoing brain issues as well as help trying to get stable housing 💕 anything helps. thank u for trying to fill the void link has left

CA: $freakingbabygirl
throne.com/freakingangel

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Peanut (Repost Pinned) @peanutium.art · 1d

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Peanut (Repost Pinned) @peanutium.art · 2d

NO PROGRESS, PLEASE HELP

Food: 100/100
Phone (16th): 0/250
Car (21st): 0/563
Car Insurance (15th): 0/200

$givepancake
paypal.me/inosaramet
Venmo: pancakewitch
www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa...
ko-fi.com/peanutliquid

#helpfolkslive2025
#mutualaid
#transcrowdfund
💸💞

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

hey ummm idk
I’m a journalist and trans and need help with stuff

I survive from donations and tips from viewers like you

bsky.app/profile/juno...

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

linktr.ee/junostump
venmo.com/u/junostump

tips super appreciated

i am a trans girl indie journalist w/ 16 years exp.

bylines formerly included: game informer, polygon, gamespot, kotaku, ign, the daily mail, etc etc etc '

im behind on bills, need groceries, more HRT, more cat food, etc et ♥️

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 1d

helping my friend Mohammed raise money for food and other expenses during the ceasefire ❤️ he's only $45 away from reaching 50% of his goal

Donate to Help Mohammed and his family from famine, organized by April m

My name is April from Chicago and I am a US citizen organising this fundraiser on beh… April m needs your support for Help Mohammed and his family from famine

gofund.me

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Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 1d

Courtesy of Link himself

Fund Friday post :

Happy Friday Yall. Post fundraising links, cashapp links, whichever campaign needing help on . ♥️

Screenshot of a text message conversation on a purple background. The first message from AJ Link at 7:48 AM reads: “Howdy pals. Can I ask for a favor. If anyone has capacity or time today can they do a fund Friday post. I know lots of people need help.” This message has a heart reaction. The second message, also at 7:48 AM, replies: “Obviously what everyone does with their CPU is sacred. So no pressure.“

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Autumn @alpacawax.bsky.social · 20h

autumnalpaca.carrd.co
Venmo: AlpacaWax
#mutualaid #helpsky #helpfolkslive2025 💸💕

70/130 1 Day
70/550 2 Weeks

13hrs until payment due for shelter. Food is covered with leftovers from tonight, so just shelter needed. Anything helps, still under a frost warning/freeze advisory, van still v broken.

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Luarien [$150/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 20h

There's basically no reason to not alt text pictures of social media posts. You already know what to type, someone already did

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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 1d

I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world.

By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

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Luarien [$150/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 20h

Tonight's dinner is my last nice cup noodle. If I've got the energy to wash the dishes tomorrow I might have mac and cheese again but I'm pretty low on the "it's a flare so I can't do anything" food

Luarien [$150/$600] @luarien.bsky.social · 5d

It's #MutualAid Monday and time for a new post! I've got fibromyalgia and can't work anymore, and thanks to Trump I've lost SNAP, so I need your help paying rent and buying food! Please share and donate if you can!

venmo.com/code?user_id...
www.paypal.me/luarien
cash.app/$Luarien
gofund.me/9074f134

Venmo | Daniel Samuelson

Venmo is a digital wallet that lets you make and share payments with friends. You can easily split the bill, cab fare, or much more. Download the iOS or Android app or sign up on Venmo.com today.

venmo.com

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 1d

Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

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You’re Gwenough. @gwenthedragon.bsky.social · 1d

universes beyond: eraserhead

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · 1d

guys, look, there's no ethical consumption under capitalism. i get that it *feels nice* to yell at me or whatever, but i simply have to make money somewhere. and it's not like there's that many people hiring blood boys right now. so yes i'm getting paid by Peter Thiel, but it's really not a big deal

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Gryph @lfgryph.com · 2d

Pretty Chessie last night. TNR Porch cats are starting to get their fall coats. ❤️

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