Self-Portrait on the Border Line between Mexico and the United States, 1932, Frida Kahlo #womensart

personally, i find recurring large dollar donations stressful. if i'm getting $500/month from 350 people, it doesn't hurt too much when a few of them move on. if i'm getting $500/month from 5 people, literally any churn at all could spell instant disaster. small donations are THE foundation!!!

i know for a lot of folks "what you can afford" feels insultingly low, but it very much is not. just a couple hundred people giving $12+ a year can be life changing! recurring small dollar donations are the most important kind of support you can give BECAUSE you can afford to pay them a long time.

when we're swamped with mutual aid requests, it can feel *wrong* asking for help. but without donations, this already barely-sustainable job becomes straightforwardly impossible. PLEASE, if you can, donate 2 or 3 bucks a month to your favorite creators BEFORE you know they need it. they already do!

the fact that ian made his goal and then some in just a few hours is huge, but it also speaks to the importance of supporting the creators you like *before* they're in crisis. he expected this to go unnoticed, had little hope of making *anything*. that antipathy didn't come from nowhere!

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we need to talk about how completely fucked the economic model of youtube is. if Ian can't do it without going into massive debt, what hope do the rest of us have? self-employment taxes screw us over on a job that barely pays a living wage if you're lucky. but where else does one take these skills?

Love is fun! Love is exciting. Love is powerful. Love is... not enough. A relationship requires more than love alone to be sustainable in the longterm, says this comic from the archive by @erikamoen.bsky.social. (1/2)
www.ohjoysextoy.com/loveisnoteno...

“People who had gotten COVID-19 at least twice experienced higher rates of short and long-term health effects, including heart & brain issues, compared to those only infected once.”

Rather than “building immunity”, repeat Covid infections are slowly killing us.

#LongCovid

time.com/6553340/covi...

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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

hi kaygee :)

jacking off is unrealistic

hell yeah masked up!!!!!!! thank you!!!

Carnegie built those libraries (and invented the modern concept of philanthropy) specifically to distract the public from his fraud, monopoly and theft. And he taught the following century of billionaires how to do the sane. youtu.be/0Cu6EbELZ6I?...

Apprentice learns that knights think they’re dying when they’re horny

“Likes are useless” wrong. They let me know someone saw my art and thought “I would like to put a little heart of approval here”

If you've been following my Christmas light saga... this year's video has made me happier than ever!
youtu.be/qSFNufruSKw

Having friends and being kind is awesome

Started playing Thief today for the first time, really cool! Outside of 2D point-and-clicks (and King's Quest 8/System Shock 2) my knowledge of '90s western PC games is pretty spotty. I like how self-consistent the controls/level design feels so far (did the 1st mansion level)

The world if everything were South America:

I say this without hyperbole or boastfulness: this is the most thrilling and beautiful episode of actual play combat ever recorded. Every vivid detail described, each decisive character-motivated turn, the musical score *alone*. I’m so grateful to be part of this team. This is why I play the game.