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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 2h

"Some people regard [the War on Drugs] as a success because it's doing what it's designed to do, which is destroy communities and [..] lives in order to have political control."

"[E]very harm we associate with drugs is either caused by or exacerbated by prohibition."
#Maryland #USA #Drugs #Policing

Baltimore is watching the consequences of prohibition unfold before its eyes

The Baltimore Police Department's enforcement of prohibitionist policies continues to get drug users killed. Yet city officials have mostly sat on their hands as the drug supply wreaks havoc on…

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2h

Sarah McBride is trans. She's also as privileged as a trans person can possibly be in the US. She's mostly cis passing. She's white. She's binary. But most of all, she's wealthy and she has access to healthcare most trans people don't and security most trans people will never have,

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AnthonyJK_RGC $335/$2,000 For Restoring Disability Benefits @anthonyjk-rgc.bsky.social · 15h

Down to only needing $200 to finish everything off!! Almost there, but not quite!! Thank you all; please help me finally finish this!!

#Helpsky #HelpFolksLive2025

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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 16h

And we just need sales.

Period.

There is literally nothing else right now, despite everyone else insisting I focus on whatever they want.

I can't. Until year's end, this is it.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2h

“It’s possible that what I have to say is how to live with defeat… We have got to stop thinking about victories and start thinking about how the hell we are going to live with each other, how are we going to live with the world…we have constructed and keep constructing.”

Alaa shares his thoughts:

‘I deserve to heal’: freed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah on his prison ordeal and next steps

The campaigner, who spent more than a decade in an Egyptian ‘vortex of incarceration’, wants to join his son in the UK while he reflects on the fight for freedom

www.theguardian.com

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 11h

Literal anti-LGBT blackshirts marching in Soho today

Bindel:

Headline:
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS I'M TRULY AFRAID OF WHAT THE TRANS ACTIVISTS WILL DO NEXT (Julie Bindel)

✍️ 'The police must stop enabling protesters and take action to protect women from violent threats' | Writes Julie Bindel

Read the column ⬇️
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/10/afraid-what-trans-activists-will-do-next/

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4h

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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mash 🍉 (they/them) 🔞😷 @maiar.bsky.social · 1d

my presence has been lacking and i apologise. 🫂 i’m juggling a handful of mental illness and disability eg: long covid, fibro, mecfs, pots, severe depression, anxiety, audhd. i can’t get out much. my work ability is crafts.

please help in any way for myself, carer + cats at home. it’s cold. ❤️‍🩹💔😷

mash 🍉 (they/them) 🔞😷 @maiar.bsky.social · Apr 21

please, if you’re somebody with a little extra to spare, please consider helping me and my family (my carer and our two cats). we need so much help personally, around home, with the cats, groceries etc.

please boost 💘

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Noah Fisk || 📌 @noahfisk.bsky.social · 23h

It's #MutualAid Friday & there can never be enough threads for us to post in to reach out to others through.

Please feel free to post your mutual aid links below & I will repost each one of them! ALT text your images!

Don't forget to add 💸💕 to your MA posts & 🍉 on Palestinian MA boosts.

Love yall

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Erica (they/them) @sickfemme.bsky.social · 14h

Noah Fisk || 📌 @noahfisk.bsky.social · 23h

It's #MutualAid Friday & there can never be enough threads for us to post in to reach out to others through.

Please feel free to post your mutual aid links below & I will repost each one of them! ALT text your images!

Don't forget to add 💸💕 to your MA posts & 🍉 on Palestinian MA boosts.

Love yall

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 15h

Sure feels like public health infrastructure is a thing that takes decades to build and often operates invisibly and it’s a Real Fuckin’ Problem to speedrun its obliteration but what do I know I’m just some guy

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 14h

Health for me, not for thee.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15h

The White House released a memo from Trump's physician summarizing his visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center earlier in the day, which included a Covid vaccine booster and a flu shot.

Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second check-up of the year

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 14h

Please contribute if you're able or share if you're not.

Directly asking people you know is most effective

Donate to Urgent Help Needed to Save Nada and her Daughters, organized by Cj Joe

Update Jan 25, 2025 Although there is great news of a ceasefire,… Cj Joe needs your support for Urgent Help Needed to Save Nada and her Daughters

www.gofundme.com

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 14h

anybody who's good at history want to tell me if it's good or not to starve your troops

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15h

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Kol They/Them @kolceridwen.bsky.social · 17h

plz help i'm trying to fight off panic attacks #urgent #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 💕💸🏳️‍⚧️
pp: paypal.me/kolalex
ca: cash.app/$kolceri

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 18h

I wish more coverage of traffic violence reckoned with the psychological harm of crashes on the wider community. It's not just cyclists; if a friend of mine is hit, my wife will be more nervous for me. These deaths and injuries take a heavy toll.

It had a chilling effect on the local cycling community, with members expressing their fear about riding on roads. Prince George has a lack of dedicated cycling infrastructure, including even painted-on bike lanes in many areas.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 17h

If you haven't already: Start weight training.

You don't have to gym rat out, or even buy equipment. Just put together some body weight exercises and do them regularly.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 8d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Aarian Marshall @aarianmarshall.bsky.social · 21h

Wrote about the unsettling year that federal air safety employees are having. They say the skies are safe, but the shutdown, and how the gov might react, is creating more stress

“It feels as if they want us to be afraid, but I’m just angry,” one FAA worker told me

www.wired.com/story/shutdo...

The Shutdown Is Pushing Air Safety Workers to the Limit

Federal employees say that flying is still safe despite the strain on air traffic controllers. But expect even more airport delays ahead.

www.wired.com

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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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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: The private jet that flew 10 shackled migrants to an Eswatini prison last weekend is owned by Israeli-American billionaires with close ties to Trump.

It’s oligarchs all the way down.

My first for @zeteo.com:

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 17h

Help to get any of this covered before Tuesday so it doesn't swallow all of my PIP would be really appreciated right now

We still need meds, toiletries, and other essentials before then too

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequsst #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpSky 💸💕 ♿️

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 5d

Our account is -£400 and it's just going to swallow my PIP when it gets here. Please help us get out of this pit

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #UrgentMutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #Disabled #ChronicIllness

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🍲🐛 bsroouokp's soup & crackers @snotwing.bsky.social · 17h

this is bleak but @onthemedia.bsky.social is doing good work

Authoritarianism, but Make It Look Normal. Plus, the Family Taking Over American Media. | On the Media | WNYC Studios

The Supreme Court has returned to the bench and is poised to hear major cases on tariffs and federal firings. On this week’s On the Media, how a century-old legal theory may help us u...

www.wnycstudios.org

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Wylder needs HELP @wylder.bsky.social · 2d

Very sick, sleeping a lot.

Really need help getting in to a dentist + rideshare back and forth. Hopefully today, bc they close Fri-Sun.

PayPal.me/MousePounder
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder
Cash.app/$WishMage
linktr.ee/wylder

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Erica (they/them) @sickfemme.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I appreciate that.

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Deadcantance (Can't contribute; gladly reposts) @deadcantance.bsky.social · 5d

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QuyetPawz @quyetpawz.bsky.social · 5d

October Goal: 65/750 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...
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#HelpSky
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 #DisabledCrowdfund #Disabled #Poverty

Support QuyetPawz

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