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💜Ms. Luci/Plush🧸 (Freb Whomsterly) @anplushie.bsky.social · 16h

ALMOST AN ENTIRE WEEK WITHOUT DONATIONS
NECESSITIES NEEDED, STATE INSPECTION (POSSIBLE REPAIRS!) NEEDED
HELP!
Kofi: shorturl.at/Z3mfJ
CA: $LuciNevins
Vnmo: @ Harland-Nevins
PP: shorturl.at/S694j
#ko-fi #helpfolkslive #urgent #help
#TransCrowdfund #emergency #HelpFolksLive2025 #mutualaid 💸💕

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|🏳️‍⚧️ F.E.A.R.onox |Oct Funds: $155/$2200 | ❤️🧡💛💚 @farronox.bsky.social · 7h

We are now $555 behind on the $71 daily need to meet our $2200 monthly goal. Thus alongside not meeting more than 14% of our goal last month. We need immediate help, small donations add up!

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 10h

NPSM-7, in lay terms:

youtube.com/shorts/brPs0...

Trump's SECRET Directive That Could Label You a Terrorist (NSPM-7)

YouTube video by Casual Politics

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 10h

NSPM-7, as explained by The Regime:

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence – The White House share.google/GvWbOrzGkIJH...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

they can see the polling

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 19h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 10h

Nancy Drew books

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Ebony M @ebonyabsolutely.bsky.social · 10h

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

www.nytimes.com

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 22h

It is creepy how the height of the pandemic has been scrubbed from popular culture, it was only 5 years ago when people were isolating, masking, Zoom learning, wiping grocery bags with bleach, listening to ambulances siren day and night.

A lot of people haven’t dealt with that trauma and it shows.

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 13h

UPDATE: Problem solved, and I'm on my way home, y'all!! 🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️ Thanks to everyone who boosted my super mini-funder & my donor--y'all = real MVPs!!!

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 14h

🚨🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨 🚨🚨

Recalibrating my $$$ need, or else I'm stuck at work, fam...

🚨🚨👉🏿👉🏿What I need to get home right now: $50!!👈🏿👈🏿🚨🚨 If *2* people can give $25 each, I can go home, y'all!!

Which two of y'all got $25 to get me home??

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 15h

If 3 people gave $25 by 5:30PM EDT today, I'd be so set, fam!!

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 15h

OK, let me be clear: if I don't get the 🚨$75 by, at latest, 5:30PM EDT today,🚨 I'll have to walk home, which = 4 hours and some change!!

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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♎ jentrification @jentrification.com · 18h

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Twitter/X Post by Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) - 2h ago
Tweet text:
"Don't let the GOP's lies fool you: undocumented immigrants can't get Medicaid, Medicare, or Obamacare. The only way in which the federal govt might pay for their healthcare is through ERs, which are required to give emergency care to all people. Medicaid reimburses hospitals for uninsured ER care, but it's a tiny share of spending.
My @Morning_Joe Chart"
Chart Title:
Medicaid Spending (2023): $860 Billion
Pie Chart showing:

Emergency Medicaid Spending: 0.40% (small red slice)
All Other Medicaid Spending: 99.60% (large blue portion)

Source: KFF

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 18h

Sis, I accept your apology. 🫂🫂🫂🫂

It's not completely taken care of. I still need $75 by 4-4:30PM so I can make it back home today. 🤞🏿🤞🏿🤞🏿🤞🏿

Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 18h

UPDATE: An amazing soul just gifted me $10! 🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️

🚨🚨What's left: $75 by 4PM!🚨🚨

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 23h

UPDATE: Bsky fam, 🚨🚨all I need = $85 for work transportation today!!🚨🚨 If that can happen by 3PM today, that = fantastic!!

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 1d

Again, if *5* people gave $25 by 9:30AM, I'd be able to catch a Lyft to and from my job. Thankfully, I get paid tomorrow, so I just need to get through today.

Appreciate anything y'all can do, Bsky fam!!

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 1d

My needing the $125 = getting dire by the minute; w/out it, I can't make it to & from work today!! 🚨🚨Pls pls pls pls help me w/ the $125 by, at latest, 9:30AM EDT today:🚨🚨

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d

Def watching the halftime show now

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are freaking out after photos emerged of Super Bowl singer Bad Bunny sitting during “God Bless America” at a New York Yankees playoff game.

MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Sits for ‘God Bless America’

The singer is causing anger among Republicans for his actions during a baseball game.

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Leta Lestrange @joybella.blacksky.app · 2d

Thanks for everything this month, y'all. Everyone is grateful, even amidst the turmoil.

Now at:

$380/1200 💕💸

#disabledashell #disability #mutualaid

cash.app/$bellad0nna

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 1d

So appreciate you, @deadcantance.bsky.social!! 🫂🫂🫂🫂

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨 EMERGENCY🚨🚨

👉🏿Need $125 by 9AM EDT today so I can take get to & from work, fam!!👈🏿 If 5 ppl give $25, I'm set. Pls help expeditiously:

Venmo: @TheJunctureX
CashApp: $TheJunctureX

#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky

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