Andrea Plaid
@ajplaid.bsky.social
I'm *so* not perfect, politically or otherwise. That said, this = my online home, so act like you got some hometraining.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all opinions are my own, not a representation of any employer.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all opinions are my own, not a representation of any employer.
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🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨 🚨
I'm safe & sound at home, fam! However, I'm going to need:
•$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
•$1060 to help cover my rent
Since I'm not trying to lose my housing or job, can you be a luv & help me out?
Venmo: @TheJunctionX
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I'm safe & sound at home, fam! However, I'm going to need:
•$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
•$1060 to help cover my rent
Since I'm not trying to lose my housing or job, can you be a luv & help me out?
Venmo: @TheJunctionX
#HelpFolksLive2025 #EmergencyMutualAid
💸💞
Happy Palentine's Day to you, Bsky fam!! Thank you so, so much for being such fabulous people, especially when I needed help, be it with encouragement, boosts, and/or gifts!!
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February 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Happy Palentine's Day to you, Bsky fam!! Thank you so, so much for being such fabulous people, especially when I needed help, be it with encouragement, boosts, and/or gifts!!
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Now 20% Funded and $45 to go! Please, this would help so much as I am So Bad at flossing!
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February 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Now 20% Funded and $45 to go! Please, this would help so much as I am So Bad at flossing!
throne.com/farronox/ite... #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕
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NEW: Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water.
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
NEW: Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water.
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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The relevancy of it all.
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The relevancy of it all.
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🧵 The story of #HenriettaLacks is a must read. Lacks went to Johns Hopkins because she felt a "knot" in her womb. She had previously told her cousins about the "knot" and they assumed correctly that she was pregnant.
#SheShed
#Pinks
#HenriettaLacks
#BlackHistoryMonth
#SheShed
#Pinks
#HenriettaLacks
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
🧵 The story of #HenriettaLacks is a must read. Lacks went to Johns Hopkins because she felt a "knot" in her womb. She had previously told her cousins about the "knot" and they assumed correctly that she was pregnant.
#SheShed
#Pinks
#HenriettaLacks
#BlackHistoryMonth
#SheShed
#Pinks
#HenriettaLacks
#BlackHistoryMonth
🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨 🚨
I'm safe & sound at home, fam! However, I'm going to need:
•$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
•$1060 to help cover my rent
Since I'm not trying to lose my housing or job, can you be a luv & help me out?
Venmo: @TheJunctionX
#HelpFolksLive2025 #EmergencyMutualAid
💸💞
I'm safe & sound at home, fam! However, I'm going to need:
•$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
•$1060 to help cover my rent
Since I'm not trying to lose my housing or job, can you be a luv & help me out?
Venmo: @TheJunctionX
#HelpFolksLive2025 #EmergencyMutualAid
💸💞
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February 13, 2026 at 3:05 AM
🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨 🚨
I'm safe & sound at home, fam! However, I'm going to need:
•$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
•$1060 to help cover my rent
Since I'm not trying to lose my housing or job, can you be a luv & help me out?
Venmo: @TheJunctionX
#HelpFolksLive2025 #EmergencyMutualAid
💸💞
I'm safe & sound at home, fam! However, I'm going to need:
•$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
•$1060 to help cover my rent
Since I'm not trying to lose my housing or job, can you be a luv & help me out?
Venmo: @TheJunctionX
#HelpFolksLive2025 #EmergencyMutualAid
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🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
🚨🚨👉🏿Needing $30 in the next hour👈🏿 so I can get back home tonite!!🚨🚨
Whatever you can spare = fantastic!!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
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🚨🚨👉🏿Needing $30 in the next hour👈🏿 so I can get back home tonite!!🚨🚨
Whatever you can spare = fantastic!!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
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February 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
🚨🚨👉🏿Needing $30 in the next hour👈🏿 so I can get back home tonite!!🚨🚨
Whatever you can spare = fantastic!!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
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🚨🚨👉🏿Needing $30 in the next hour👈🏿 so I can get back home tonite!!🚨🚨
Whatever you can spare = fantastic!!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #EmergencyMutualAid
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Acclaimed mezzo soprano Denyce Graves took a final bow last month and is pivoting to teaching the next generation. She performed on the world’s top opera stages for more than 40 years.
Such a brilliant, beautiful person. And now she's speaking about the racism she faced.
#Opera #Classical #BHM
Such a brilliant, beautiful person. And now she's speaking about the racism she faced.
#Opera #Classical #BHM
Opera singer Denyce Graves takes her final bow on stage
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Acclaimed mezzo soprano Denyce Graves took a final bow last month and is pivoting to teaching the next generation. She performed on the world’s top opera stages for more than 40 years.
Such a brilliant, beautiful person. And now she's speaking about the racism she faced.
#Opera #Classical #BHM
Such a brilliant, beautiful person. And now she's speaking about the racism she faced.
#Opera #Classical #BHM
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$505 total needed!
Wolfe's been trying to get this sorted for a while now, but he's not making much headway.
Please folks if you can, share and donate to help keep a roof over his head and get his phone and water bills paid
Please chip in, every little bit helps!
#MutualAid #BIPOCMA #HelpSky 💕💸
Wolfe's been trying to get this sorted for a while now, but he's not making much headway.
Please folks if you can, share and donate to help keep a roof over his head and get his phone and water bills paid
Please chip in, every little bit helps!
#MutualAid #BIPOCMA #HelpSky 💕💸
I’m getting scared again. Hours aren’t slowing down just yet, but I’m putting this up just in case, since, according to my Brother, we’re still a month behind, and I think I may need at least $300 this week, since my Sister wants Insurance…
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February 11, 2026 at 5:04 AM
$505 total needed!
Wolfe's been trying to get this sorted for a while now, but he's not making much headway.
Please folks if you can, share and donate to help keep a roof over his head and get his phone and water bills paid
Please chip in, every little bit helps!
#MutualAid #BIPOCMA #HelpSky 💕💸
Wolfe's been trying to get this sorted for a while now, but he's not making much headway.
Please folks if you can, share and donate to help keep a roof over his head and get his phone and water bills paid
Please chip in, every little bit helps!
#MutualAid #BIPOCMA #HelpSky 💕💸
🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
🚨🚨Needing $30 in the next 2 hours🚨🚨 so I can get back home tonite!! Whatever you can spare = fantastic!!
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🚨🚨Needing $30 in the next 2 hours🚨🚨 so I can get back home tonite!! Whatever you can spare = fantastic!!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid
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February 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
🚨🚨Needing $30 in the next 2 hours🚨🚨 so I can get back home tonite!! Whatever you can spare = fantastic!!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid
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🚨🚨Needing $30 in the next 2 hours🚨🚨 so I can get back home tonite!! Whatever you can spare = fantastic!!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid
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🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
🚨🚨Big ask: Needing $50 by 8PM EST tonight to cover my ride home!!🚨🚨 Please help as you can:
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #EmergencyMutualAid
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🚨🚨Big ask: Needing $50 by 8PM EST tonight to cover my ride home!!🚨🚨 Please help as you can:
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #EmergencyMutualAid
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February 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
🚨🚨Big ask: Needing $50 by 8PM EST tonight to cover my ride home!!🚨🚨 Please help as you can:
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #EmergencyMutualAid
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🚨🚨Big ask: Needing $50 by 8PM EST tonight to cover my ride home!!🚨🚨 Please help as you can:
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#UrgentNeed #blackmutualaid #mutualaid #blueskyhelps #mutualaidcommunity #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #EmergencyMutualAid
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In case you're wondering.... this plan was shared in that Project #they put out there for everyone to see.
WASHINGTON (AP) — EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health, removing key basis for climate change fight.
February 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
In case you're wondering.... this plan was shared in that Project #they put out there for everyone to see.
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Man, people really don't think that Others are human. It's wild. Like if they live Over There, and they look/talk/live Like That, then they're just theoretical, not human, and we don't have any responsibility to Them.
It's really the root of all the shit right now.
It's really the root of all the shit right now.
February 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Man, people really don't think that Others are human. It's wild. Like if they live Over There, and they look/talk/live Like That, then they're just theoretical, not human, and we don't have any responsibility to Them.
It's really the root of all the shit right now.
It's really the root of all the shit right now.
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HOME FROM HOSPITAL - water being reconnected (thank you, thank you!) but Courtney and kids NEED FOOD!
This is the problem when survival needs go chronically unmet - there is NO WRIGGLE ROOM LEFT, just constant lack.
Help asap please >> paypal.me/stillcreece85
#KeepFolksAlive #BIPOCMA #HelpSky
This is the problem when survival needs go chronically unmet - there is NO WRIGGLE ROOM LEFT, just constant lack.
Help asap please >> paypal.me/stillcreece85
#KeepFolksAlive #BIPOCMA #HelpSky
February 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
HOME FROM HOSPITAL - water being reconnected (thank you, thank you!) but Courtney and kids NEED FOOD!
This is the problem when survival needs go chronically unmet - there is NO WRIGGLE ROOM LEFT, just constant lack.
Help asap please >> paypal.me/stillcreece85
#KeepFolksAlive #BIPOCMA #HelpSky
This is the problem when survival needs go chronically unmet - there is NO WRIGGLE ROOM LEFT, just constant lack.
Help asap please >> paypal.me/stillcreece85
#KeepFolksAlive #BIPOCMA #HelpSky
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🚨BREAKING: Todd Lyons, the acting chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has admitted to senators that federal immigration officers would have “no reason” to be at voting locations this November. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
ICE chief admits there’s no reason for immigration agents to be at voting sites
The chief's comments follow threatening statements by Trump and his close allies about the upcoming 2026 midterm elections.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: Todd Lyons, the acting chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has admitted to senators that federal immigration officers would have “no reason” to be at voting locations this November. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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I was made aware of Britt, a disabled Black femme who needs some help. I am sure we can pull together and give what we can to meet this need, and if you cannot give, please do share <3
They are in the fucking lobby. At least the hotel allowed them that. IT IS TOO FUCKING DANGEROUS FOR A DISABLED BLACK FEMME TO BE ON THE STREETS!
COME. ON. FOLKS. LET'S. GO!!!
Linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
Please at least ENSURE Britt can get back into a room once available after #ValentinesDay
COME. ON. FOLKS. LET'S. GO!!!
Linktr.ee/hiitsbritt
Please at least ENSURE Britt can get back into a room once available after #ValentinesDay
We’d like to survive | Linktree
Two beings trying to survive long enough to thrive. 🌈
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February 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I was made aware of Britt, a disabled Black femme who needs some help. I am sure we can pull together and give what we can to meet this need, and if you cannot give, please do share <3
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Send Rhyna a tip !!!!
Hey guys! I know it’s been awhile but I wanna thank everyone who has still thought about me 💚 I’ve been going through a lot (family members deaths, etc) so it’s kinda been hard.
Today is my bday though so if anyone is kind enough to send me something that would make my day 🥹💚
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Today is my bday though so if anyone is kind enough to send me something that would make my day 🥹💚
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February 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Send Rhyna a tip !!!!
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Especially important in light of today's EPA news.
On how the privatization of climate data is creating a world where the best understanding of risk lives inside corporations, while the institutions of democracy increasingly struggle to insist upon full data and understanding. Essential reading.
On how the privatization of climate data is creating a world where the best understanding of risk lives inside corporations, while the institutions of democracy increasingly struggle to insist upon full data and understanding. Essential reading.
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Especially important in light of today's EPA news.
On how the privatization of climate data is creating a world where the best understanding of risk lives inside corporations, while the institutions of democracy increasingly struggle to insist upon full data and understanding. Essential reading.
On how the privatization of climate data is creating a world where the best understanding of risk lives inside corporations, while the institutions of democracy increasingly struggle to insist upon full data and understanding. Essential reading.
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All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
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--🚨🚨$50 for my ride home from work tonite🚨🚨
--$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
--$1050 to help w/ rent by next Monday
Pls help as you can!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
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--🚨🚨$50 for my ride home from work tonite🚨🚨
--$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
--$1050 to help w/ rent by next Monday
Pls help as you can!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#blackmutualaid #mutualaid #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid #BIPOCMA
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February 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
--🚨🚨$50 for my ride home from work tonite🚨🚨
--$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
--$1050 to help w/ rent by next Monday
Pls help as you can!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#blackmutualaid #mutualaid #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid #BIPOCMA
💸💞
--🚨🚨$50 for my ride home from work tonite🚨🚨
--$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
--$1050 to help w/ rent by next Monday
Pls help as you can!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#blackmutualaid #mutualaid #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid #BIPOCMA
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🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
I have a couple of asks:
--$50 for my ride home from work tonite
--$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
--$1050 to help w/ rent by next Monday
Pls help as you can!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#blackmutualaid #mutualaid #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid
💸💞
I have a couple of asks:
--$50 for my ride home from work tonite
--$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
--$1050 to help w/ rent by next Monday
Pls help as you can!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#blackmutualaid #mutualaid #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid
💸💞
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February 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
🚨🚨 EMERGENCY 🚨🚨
I have a couple of asks:
--$50 for my ride home from work tonite
--$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
--$1050 to help w/ rent by next Monday
Pls help as you can!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#blackmutualaid #mutualaid #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid
💸💞
I have a couple of asks:
--$50 for my ride home from work tonite
--$150 to cover rides tmrw & Saturday
--$1050 to help w/ rent by next Monday
Pls help as you can!
Venmo: @TheJunctureX
#blackmutualaid #mutualaid #HelpFolksLive2025 #helpsky #fundsky #EmergencyMutualAid
💸💞
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️