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Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 13h

We will step up and support our communities. Now more than ever mutal aid is important.

Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 14h

I was sure something fell behind our house last night in the storm. It was a wild one. It was loud, shook the entire house and things hit the back sliding glass door. If this tree would’ve been even 3’ closer to the house we’d be dealing with insurance today. It would’ve smashed half my house.

First person perspective of their leg wearing black doc marten boot with teal laces and black jeans, foot resting on a shattered fallen tree covered in lichens. A mess of broken green shrubs and branches wet from last nights wind storm.

A mess of fallen branches and understory growth, a large 15’+ branch of a fir tree on top of the giant white alder tree laying broken in many places.

Chunks of white alder tree trunk and large branches shattered on the forest floor surrounded by mangled vegetation.

Broken beaked hazelnut branches stuck under a massive broken white alder. Shorn of all their leaves and cracking under the weight.

Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 17h

I can't eat those either. I have so many allergies and digestive health issues it's easier to list the things I CAN eat. That's one of the main things they give out at the food pantry too. :/

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Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 18h

Back when I was a punk rocker the nazi punks would show up with these armbands on at shows and they would get their asses beat to hell and kicked out. Never give them even a millimeter or they use that to push the boundaries more and more. They test the waters to see how much they can get away with.

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Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 18h

I just learned there is a new Katamari game and I am sad now because I for sure don't have $40 in the budget for a game right now.

Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 20h

I feel unprepared to raise a teenager because when I was 13 my mom decided to no longer be a mom. I lived with random family and friends until I could get a job and save money to move to the city. I was working FT at 16 years old and wasn’t allowed to be a teenager. I don’t want to fuck this up.

Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 20h

Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice @uusj.net · 21h

On Nov. 1st, 22 million people will see their healthcare premiums double this fall, and 4.2 million will lose healthcare because they can no longer afford it....

We Must: #StoptheHealthcareHeist:
National Week of Action
Wednesday, October 29 - November 5
🔗 www.mobilize.us/economicsecu...

Stop the healthcare heist
Week of Action Oct. 29- Nov. 5
Economic Security Protection Action
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Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 21h

It sounds very promising. It says on the website that they work with the client that’s in need and use funds to purchase items that are needed. They apparently focus allergen free foods. I hope it’s an option for other people That seems this.

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Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned that there is a special needs food bank near me but haven’t contacted them yet. I was looking for myself b/c insurance decided I don’t need oral enteral nutrition so they won’t cover it. It’s $500/month 😖 Maybe those exist other places?

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Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 1d

I always forget just how anxiety inducing fall storms are when living in the forest until the first storm hits & I can’t sleep because my roof is assaulted by pinecones & projectile branches/limbs. I think a tree fell right behind my house. It shook everything. I get to assess the damage tomorrow.

Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed! I hope it will encourage people to get through reluctance to try volunteering for the first time, maybe they will see how fulfilling and joyful it is and they will want to continue into the new year.

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Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 2d

Wondering how many of you have donated to your local food bank/pantry. How many of you have gone the extra step and reached out to volunteer?

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Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 2d

Beans and rice kids. I hope you stocked up. I can’t eat those b/c of gastroparesis but my kid can. I’m not sure what I will eat b/c UHC also denied my prior auth for enteral nutrition. I have survived the last few years w/ insufficient cal/day. I’m alive & kicking. I’ll outlive these fascists.

Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 2d

I volunteer driving food to recipients for a local pantry and I appreciate you for doing this. 1/3 of their funding(federal) was cut last spring. They recently sent out a newsletter that outlined the SNAP/WIC crisis in facts. It’s incredibly concerning.

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Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 4d

There isn't one in my community. Or there was one and someone complained about it being “too much“ and not wanting text messages anymore so the whole thing stopped.….

Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 4d

More like, do I pay for my rent/mortgage or my taxes? Do I buy groceries or gas to get to work/doctors. I think these concerns you listed were a problem 5-7 years ago. It’s much worse now.

Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 4d

I have never been a diehard patriotic American that is all bald eagles, flapping flags and the red/white/blue…..however, the images of the White House being town down are crushing. It’s really fucking with me. I feel like I’m in a nightmare and can’t wake up.

Mandrake @mandrakefern.bsky.social · 4d

Please don’t. Americans with disabilities can’t leave the country. They want this to happen. They want us dead.

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