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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 3h

$930 TO GO 2700-MILE RELOCATION IN 1 WEEK URGENT!

After the GFM fees come out, Chris now has gas, food, & a couple of motel nights but they've recently had hip surgery & they'll be about 10 days on the road. Any combo ppl x $$ = $930 is good.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 2d

Please help DV survivor Chris (& 14 y.o. support kitty Zoe!) on their cross country journey to a new, safe home. DV devastates your sense of self-worth, along w/your finances. Chris is already tremendously buoyed by the kindness of Bluesky strangers. Thank you!🧡🧡🧡 www.gofundme.com/f/moving-to-...

Donate to Moving to Safety After Surviving DV, organized by Chris Voelker

I’m reaching out for help during an incredibly difficult time. After surviving domes… Chris Voelker needs your support for Moving to Safety After Surviving DV

www.gofundme.com

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Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you to all the thoughtful & kind Blueskyers who have already donated & spread the word. Chris still has one week left under the current unsafe living situation. But your generous hearts are providing much needed courage. More than halfway there. Let’s get Chris over the top! 🧡🌺🧡🌺🧡

Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 2d

Please help DV survivor Chris (& 14 y.o. support kitty Zoe!) on their cross country journey to a new, safe home. DV devastates your sense of self-worth, along w/your finances. Chris is already tremendously buoyed by the kindness of Bluesky strangers. Thank you!🧡🧡🧡 www.gofundme.com/f/moving-to-...

Donate to Moving to Safety After Surviving DV, organized by Chris Voelker

I’m reaching out for help during an incredibly difficult time. After surviving domes… Chris Voelker needs your support for Moving to Safety After Surviving DV

www.gofundme.com

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 9h

Context: Kipnuk, a Yup'ik village near Bering Sea in SW Alaska, was hit with a massive storm and flooding last August, too. Last spring, it won a $20M grant for erosion control.

The GOP's Bugly Bill killed the grant program, which allocated 2.8B to communities hardest hit by climate change.

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 9h

FB reports of major flood damage in Kipnuk - homes and store floating, people swimming.
Very high water in Quinhagak as well.

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 11h

only 10 more days to get a vampurr! grab yours before he vanishes into the night 🦇

www.makeship.com/products/vam...

vampurr the plushie with his cape enjoying some outdoor time

same picture but he’s a little farther away from the camera

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Elemental1025 @elemental1025.bsky.social · 8h

Tfw you keep checking the counter to see how many more to go until he can be unleashed on the world: 35! It’s only 35 to go!!

These guys need a new friend:

Two kitty plushies, one is a yellow medieval kitty with a grin and a sword and the other is a round, brown, very soft kitty with big, round, pleading eyes.

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Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 5h

Congrats for winning today’s “Privileged White Woman Donning the Mantle of Melodramatic Martyrdom“ challenge.

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 5h

More from the Big Island: hiked some shoreline ruins in South Kona and the vog gave us QUITE a #sunset : )
#Hawaii #photography

A white sand beach with black lava rock outcroppings and a few noni trees form the foreground of a tremendous Hawaii sunset, the red sun just hitting the horizon and lighting up mid and high clouds

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Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 8h

Democracy doesn’t die in darkness without help. Congrats on being an accessory to its murder, WaPo.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 9h

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. With Hector now out on bond, the family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

buff.ly

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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 9h

Dog peeps! Not local, but another urgent need.

It's for my friend Jen's brother. This is their family dog; he's in a bad way. He needs specialized surgery to save his life, and they're already out 4 figures just trying to get the DX.

Donate here: spot.fund/cr84cxmsc.

Click here to support Jen Havens' story *HelpGhostGetWell

*spotfund is the easiest place to create beautiful and free online fundraisers. It takes just minutes to start raising money today.

spot.fund

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AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 9h

Dog peeps! Not local, but another urgent need.

It's for my friend Jen's brother and his family. This is their family dog, and he's ina bad way. He needs specialized surgery to save his life, and they're already out 4 figures just trying to get the DX.

Donate here: spot.fund/cr84cxmsc.

Click here to support Jen Havens' story *HelpGhostGetWell

*spotfund is the easiest place to create beautiful and free online fundraisers. It takes just minutes to start raising money today.

spot.fund

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 9h

$2500 VET - TESTS & SURGERY RN URGENT!

Aji's friend Jen's brother's dog has an abscess on his neck apparently near/on a nerve. Has to be removed under anesthesia. That's why the expense. Any combo ppl x $$ = $2500 saves the dog's life.

Pls RS/QS. Pls do what you can. #HelpFolksLive2025

AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 9h

Dog peeps! Not local, but another urgent need.

It's for my friend Jen's brother and his family. This is their family dog, and he's ina bad way. He needs specialized surgery to save his life, and they're already out 4 figures just trying to get the DX.

Donate here: spot.fund/cr84cxmsc.

Click here to support Jen Havens' story *HelpGhostGetWell

*spotfund is the easiest place to create beautiful and free online fundraisers. It takes just minutes to start raising money today.

spot.fund

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Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 12h

Damn, insomnia. Seriously?

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The Entity Formerly Known As The Impercievable Entity 🇲🇽 🇵🇸 @threeninjas.bsky.social · 21h

My friend Stevie White Magpie is a Lakota grandmother who lives in Box Elder, SD. She's been raising her 3 grandkids and last week her daughter died in a car crash, so now she's raising 4. She needs help with food and clothes for them, if anyone is able.

#SettlerSaturday

$tevian78

Stevie White Magpie top right, with her oldest daughter and some of her grandchildren.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 20h

Another devastating blow for the disability community as this administration cuts almost every employee responsible for administering funding & oversight for IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).

Education should be a basic human right..and disabled kids are just as deserving.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 19h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 22h

A couple also held a marriage ceremony.

For real: the unicorn & Kennedy from South Park.

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Unicorn bride marries Kenny from South Park at Portland ICE protest

The couple in costumes said they wanted to bring joy to the protests and show that demonstrators are "fun loving people."

www.oregonlive.com

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Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much for helping to spread the word, Diana! Your support means so much. 🧡🌺🧡🌺🧡

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Diana Nightbloom @diananightbloom.bsky.social · 1d

#MutualAid
#HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 2d

Please help DV survivor Chris (& 14 y.o. support kitty Zoe!) on their cross country journey to a new, safe home. DV devastates your sense of self-worth, along w/your finances. Chris is already tremendously buoyed by the kindness of Bluesky strangers. Thank you!🧡🧡🧡 www.gofundme.com/f/moving-to-...

Donate to Moving to Safety After Surviving DV, organized by Chris Voelker

I’m reaching out for help during an incredibly difficult time. After surviving domes… Chris Voelker needs your support for Moving to Safety After Surviving DV

www.gofundme.com

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knifeBOOts aka Jen (they/them) 👻 @knifeboots.xyz · 1d

People have no idea how well priced Bibi's disability/mobility aids are and how excellent the quality is. Bibi's stuff LASTS. It wears well. And Bibi is bending over backwards to accommodate US customers right now due to tariffs we never wanted and Bibi has no control over.

🌸Bibi🌸♿ (formerly bibicosplays) @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 6d

This isn't towards those who are broke.

I've noticed that people devalue my work. I could have hundreds of reviews raving about my products. But people only wanna support me if they feel they're getting a VERY "cheap" price. While so many other creators can charge whatever for their products.

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QuyetPawz - Mutual Aid @qpmutualaid.bsky.social · 1d

💕 💸
#HelpSky
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025

Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 2d

Please help DV survivor Chris (& 14 y.o. support kitty Zoe!) on their cross country journey to a new, safe home. DV devastates your sense of self-worth, along w/your finances. Chris is already tremendously buoyed by the kindness of Bluesky strangers. Thank you!🧡🧡🧡 www.gofundme.com/f/moving-to-...

Donate to Moving to Safety After Surviving DV, organized by Chris Voelker

I’m reaching out for help during an incredibly difficult time. After surviving domes… Chris Voelker needs your support for Moving to Safety After Surviving DV

www.gofundme.com

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 1d

October 11th. #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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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 1d

Caribbean Matters: Belize celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Caribbean Matters: Belize celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day

Caribbean Matters is a weekly series from Daily Kos. Hope you’ll join us here every Saturday. If you are unfamiliar with the region, check out Caribbean Matters: Getting to know the countries of ...

www.dailykos.com

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bfitzinAR @bfitzinar.bsky.social · 1d

"The Last Wildfire"
#NativeWriter
40 new patrons at $25/month cover all Aji's household bills & get daily vignettes of life on the alpine desert (Taos) Reservation where Aji lives. Today is a good day to subscribe.

AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 1d

www.patreon.com/posts/140954...

The Last Wildfire | Aji Wings

Get more from Aji Wings on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Amelia @ameliaearhart2.bsky.social · 2d

Please read. We have just 10 days to muster the resources to help recent DV survivor Chris & precious 14 y.o. feline Zoe on their journey to a safe new home. DV makes you feel small & worthless. Donations & reposts say to Chris: YOU MATTER. Thanks. 🧡🧡🧡
www.gofundme.com/f/moving-to-...

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