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Mizuno Aoi @mizunoaoi.bsky.social · 13h

Well. I need help.
Turns out because of the shut down I'm not going to get my gov't help this month.

When I'm feeling better I'll make a proper post but yeah, this kinda hit me hard.

If you want to help:
Cashapp: $MizunoAoi
Paypal: paypal.me/mizunoaoi
Kofi: ko-fi.com/K3K7ZNHFY
Venmo: @MizunoAoi

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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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QuyetPawz @quyetpawz.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you💜

I'm super sick right now so things are rough.

QuyetPawz @quyetpawz.bsky.social · 23h

October Goal: 95/750 CAD
I'm disabled & queer, living in extreme poverty. I'm in URGENT need of food, hygiene, medication, clothing, etc.
Donate: ko-fi.com/qpthepurples...
Wishes: throne.com/qp_and_valia...
💕 💸
#HelpSky
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 #DisabledCrowdfund #Disabled #Poverty

Support QuyetPawz

ko-fi.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, is there a question here?

27 children died.

Close the goddam camps if you can’t comply with safety measures.

This isn’t the first time flash flooding in this zone has killed campers, just the most well known with the highest death toll.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/10/t...

Texas youth camps say cost of implementing new safety requirements will force them to close

During a Friday state hearing, parents of July 4 flood victims said camps should prioritize the safety even if costs are high.

www.texastribune.org

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aslynn's tremendous 'tism horror show 👻 🎃 @audhd-psychnp.com · 19d

i have joined the war on Autism on the side of Autism

this statement used to be a joke

FAFO 🔥

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BixByte @bixbyte.bsky.social · 1d

My bank account is getting scary...

If you'd rather just be generous instead of buying something from my shop, anything helps...

ko-fi.com/bixbyte

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Mizuno Aoi @mizunoaoi.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think it's because I (think I) missed taking my meds this morning. That's just hrt meds anyway. I take my anxiety med at night because it makes me drowsy.

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Mizuno Aoi @mizunoaoi.bsky.social · 3d

Out of curiosity how bad is my anxiety when I have my phone on the table and it vibrates which made me jump and eek. Like it was unexpected.

Shortly after I was on my pc and it did a bidooo pop up notification and THAT made me jump.

Wtf is wrong with me?

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Mizuno Aoi @mizunoaoi.bsky.social · 4d

I... used to have colored contacts.

...

Used to...

Bokdan0 @bokdan0.bsky.social · 4d

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Bokdan0 @bokdan0.bsky.social · 4d

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Fresca Husky @frescahusky.bsky.social · 5d

I just received a 24 hour shut off notice on our cell phones. The bill is $680. Losing cell phone service would mean the end of my job search, since no one could call me.

Boosting my Ko-Fi🙏

@fairshare.help

💸💕 #MutualAid

Fresca Husky @frescahusky.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve decided to cut off Twitter/X for my mental health, and may take a hiatus from streaming. Not sure yet on that one; it’s my only source of income rn. I can’t afford to suffer burn-out. (self-inflicted)

Please support my Ko-Fi. It’s all I have until something clicks.

ko-fi.com/frescahusky/...

Support Fresca Husky ❤️

Become a supporter of Fresca Husky today!

ko-fi.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 5d

These are the "law enforcement" tactics federal agents are using in Chicago. Their car is obstructed by a moped so they tear gas the entire neighborhood.

Unacceptable in America.

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Mizuno Aoi @mizunoaoi.bsky.social · 5d

7/1000
Yes this was posted 2 days ago and l only have $7 towards it (and not even that, see attached pic)

Disabled, trans, chronic illness, can't get nor keep a job. Need a hand up. #HelpFolksLive2025

Cashapp: $MizunoAoi
Paypal: paypal.me/mizunoaoi
Kofi: ko-fi.com/K3K7ZNHFY
Venmo: @MizunoAoi

A screenshot from Aoi's bank showing a balance of negative eighteen dollars and forty eight cents.

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 10d

These posts have been shared around 40 times in three days, and not a single lead has materialized.

Which, fine, that’s kind of what I expected. The job and housing markets are crap right now, and BlueSky has never been as good as the old place was about getting any emergent need met.

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Wynn Thornton (Needs-a-job arc) @northwind.bsky.social · 13d

UPDATE FOR THOSE WHO CARE:

I will be going to San Diego this evening, where I expect to have internet access and short-term shelter. This is, however, a short-term arrangement, and for several reasons I suspect finding work, healthcare, etc. in San Diego will be more challenging than in many places

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 5d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 5d

PSA:

If reading wasn’t political, they wouldn’t be banning books.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 5d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

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Mizuno Aoi @mizunoaoi.bsky.social · 6d

I love how my bank tells me I'm in the negatives so nicely and just suggests I should add money to get it out of the red.

I do thankfully have overdraft protection. But yeah, I need help now more than ever

Cashapp: $MizunoAoi
Paypal: paypal.me/mizunoaoi
Kofi: ko-fi.com/K3K7ZNHFY
Venmo: @MizunoAoi

Mizuno Aoi @mizunoaoi.bsky.social · 7d

All this said could I get $20-30 for dinner? Or 40 because I'll have to order it and have it delivered....

I don't have the energy to much else.

Cashapp: $MizunoAoi
Paypal: paypal.me/mizunoaoi
Kofi: ko-fi.com/K3K7ZNHFY
Venmo: @MizunoAoi

Mizuno Aoi @mizunoaoi.bsky.social · 7d

All this said could I get $20-30 for dinner? Or 40 because I'll have to order it and have it delivered....

I don't have the energy to much else.

Cashapp: $MizunoAoi
Paypal: paypal.me/mizunoaoi
Kofi: ko-fi.com/K3K7ZNHFY
Venmo: @MizunoAoi

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Millie(let) says FREE PALESTINE @gyro.bsky.social · 7d

I am once again out of grocery money because my life is a disaster. I would appreciate some spending money but there are probably people who need it more - I'm facing the danger of debt, not death - so only if you're sure. ko-fi.com/millie55148

Support Millie

ko-fi.com

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 7d

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

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URGENT SEE 📌! - Elle🪻(115/450$ Mutual aid) @elle-speaks.from.rehab · 7d

#Mutualaid is resistance ✊🏼

Please help some folks in this thread. Share posts. Donate a few bucks/what you can.

Community matters more now than ever

#helpfolkslive2025
#trending #followers #protest

bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 7d

October 4th. New month. #HelpFolksLive2025 thread. Something's *always* due & food is *always* needed. Things only get better with community action. *Now* is when folks need food, water, shelter, meds. *Now* is when we/the community needs to be there for each other. There's no one else. Just us.

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Ping-chan (No Context Megatokyo) @sevs44936.megatokyo.com · 8d

Megatokyo webcomic artwork
fredrin.artstation.com/projects/28k...
megatokyo.com
#webcomics #manga

Kimiko - Scavenger Hunt
A color drawing of Kimiko looking worried and crouching down and pointing at something on the ground with her right hand. She is wearing a peach colored top with lace fringe, a blue skirt with lace underneath, black socks over her knees, and several colored paper bands around her left wrist. Piro stands behind her wearing a brown flannel shirt over a red and white tshirt that says "RWBY OMG MMD", large headphones around his shoulders, and jeans. He is holding his sketchbook in both hands as he looks at Kimiko. In the background we can see power poles and wires, a couple buildings, and a bamboo scaffolding holding up a corrugated roof with a cat peeking over the edge to watch them.

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