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Sam Still Masks 🪉

@theailingwitch.bsky.social

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They/Them Queer, Disabled, & Chronically Ill Ostomate “Fighting fascism is a full-time job!” Writing Fantasy, Learning Harp, Always Binging DS9 Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch 🚫NO UNSOLICITED MED ADVICE🚫

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · Jun 29

New Intro! ✨

I’m Sam, a disabled, chronically ill, & queer creator.

I am primarily a fantasy writer of stories, & now that I am learning to play the harp, I write fantasy songs as well!

I just started a FREE Patreon to share my world building, poetry, songs, & more:

Patreon.com/TheAilingWitch

Writing Fantasy, Learning the Harp

Patreon.com

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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 3h

Can we just marvel at how fucked up a country has to be to need "sanctuary cities" for its own citizens?

Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 3h

Michigan: Trans advocates seek LGBTQ sanctuary city designation for Lansing

www.wkar.org/wkar-ne...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Trans advocates seek LGBTQ sanctuary city designation for Lansing

Councilmember Brian Jackson says he is open to exploring the LGBTQ sanctuary city designation but is concerned about garnering increased scrutiny from the federal government.

www.wkar.org

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3h

There can be no social justice without disability justice.

You want to fight fascism? Engage the disability community.

Practice inclusivity. Wear a mask. Make protests and resistance accessible.

Don’t treat us expendable, less than or “better off dead”.

Don’t leave us behind.

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David Lo Pun-ch Nazis @helpmeskeletor.bsky.social · 2h

Just for some perspective, Israel has dropped about 11 tons of bombs an hour on Palestinians every day on average for 2 years.

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LadyFluffyOrca 📎 🇵🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 1h

Doesn’t this just serve him right? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 1h

I have been working on a collection of flower mini watercolor paintings called "Imperfections," but I need to sell them to cover the printer I need asap.

I'm pricing at $15/each. lf you want one, comment here or DM me! Alt text has ID.

#ArtSky #Art #Watercolor #flowers #nature #painting #MutualAid

A) a light orange orchid with white dots in the center with a light green stem and leaves.

B) a purple abstract orchid with a vibrant green stem and leaves.

C) a peachy Pink Starburst flower with a darker pink Center with mid green stem and leaves.

D) a peachy pink star fish shaped flower with a long green stem and leaves.

E) a shockingly Orange flower in the shape of a lavender plant.

F) a rich purple stem of lavender plant/flower.

G) a burnt orange five petaled flower with one very long leaf.

H) a deep purple that's almost black five petaled flower

J) a delicate light peach four petaled flower with light green stem and leaves

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 59m

OR - if you just want to help me with the printer with no paintings:

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
CashApp/Venmo: foxrook
ko-fi.com/rookkilljoy

#art #watercolor #painting #ArtSky
#MutualAid
#DisabilityCrowdfund
#TransCrowdfund

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 57m

Believe me when I say that sometimes this is what holds authors’ resolve together, because publishing is bleak af.

Henn, known robot kisser @iwriterobots.com · 13h

This is your monthly reminder: if you like a piece of writing, a piece if art, etc-- TELL THE PERSON WHO MADE IT!!! Leave a comment, tell them with *words* that you like it.
Seriously, it goes *such* a long way.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 8h

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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David Lo Pun-ch Nazis @helpmeskeletor.bsky.social · 8h

White people love talking about social cohesion because their concept of it is shaped - above all - around white dominance.

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Shan Wolf @shanwolf.bsky.social · 8h

Well fuck:
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia

www.theguardian.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

RFK Jr admitted there’s no proof Tylenol causes autism.

He said “we’re making the proof”.

This is the man directing public health policy for the country.

If you have to “make the proof” you haven’t solved the problem.

He’s a eugenicist grifter.

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Wylder needs HELP @wylder.bsky.social · 7h

Please help out if you're able or boost?
PayPal.me/MousePounder
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder
Cash.app/$WishMage
linktr.ee/wylder

♿🏳️‍⚧️ Wylder needs HELP @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

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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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

Over half of all Americans can’t afford a basic standard of living.

Many are fighting to ensure they don’t lose healthcare and food assistance.

Yet Kristi Noem felt entitled to supplement a six figure salary with $80,000 in dark money.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 10h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 3h

So much yelling happened… 😂😅

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 6h

“The presence of frogs is often a mark of a healthy ecosystem, something we should strive to preserve.” – David Attenborough

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 8h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Fallon | find me on disabled.social instead of this nazi bar @fallonturing.bsky.social · 6h

MOST OF THESE SLOTS ARE OPEN.

You are getting a MAJOR STEAL for LUXURY, ARTISAN crafts in my shop because I purposefully underprice everything to avoid sticker shock.

I still need income. Financial emergency is ongoing.

And you PROBABLY NEED HOLIDAY GIFTS.

Fallon | find me on disabled.social instead of this nazi bar @fallonturing.bsky.social · 7d

I'm opening up EMERGENCY COMMS! Please commission me for custom hats, scarves, gloves/mittens, or socks! I will take 3-4 of these. Note that I still probably won't be able to ship anything until after I return home in late October.

#BSNM #CommissionsOpen #OpenCommissions #Knitting #Knitsky #comms

CrippledCommie's Commissions

Commissions Open! Click to see CrippledCommie's commission menu.

ko-fi.com

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Fallon | find me on disabled.social instead of this nazi bar @fallonturing.bsky.social · 6h

For all you "nonbinary people are exempt from transphobia" asshats, now we can't escape the US if we have an X gender marker. www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5h

This lady has pancreatic cancer and is about to be evicted unless she can raise a few hundred more :(

gofund.me/f2ccaebad

Donate to Shawn's Urgent Need for Housing Stability, organized by Shawn Kellum

Hi, my name is Shawn. First, please let me apologize for needing to create a n… Shawn Kellum needs your support for Shawn's Urgent Need for Housing Stability

gofund.me

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Leona Neelam Maple 💛🍁 (she/her) @theleonamaple.bsky.social · 4h

You can buy her book here.

www.amazon.ca/Cerulean-Sna...

Cerulean and the Snake

Cerulean and the Snake: Alana, Kristin: 9781546879596: Books - Amazon.ca

www.amazon.ca

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Leona Neelam Maple 💛🍁 (she/her) @theleonamaple.bsky.social · 4h

Rest in peace, @kristinquip.bsky.social. I barely got to know you and roll dice with you. You were taken too early. But I just know you were amazing. I will fundraise for multiple myeloma in your memory.

www.debaptiste.com/obituary/kri...

Obituary for Kristin Alana Smith at DeBaptiste Funeral Homes, Inc. - West Chester

Our beloved, Kristin Alana Smith, transitioned to be with the Lord on September 15, 2025, at the age of 42 in Renton, Washington. As the youngest daughter of the late Dr. Clauszell and Anne W. Smith o...

www.debaptiste.com

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Wylder needs HELP @wylder.bsky.social · 4h

I am very ill & need financial help getting treatment & transport ASAP.

linktr.ee/wylder

Save Wylder & his loved ones? | Linktree

🏳️‍🌈43 🏳️‍⚧️He/They ♿Disabled ♾️AuDHD 🖖Geek 💜Surviving on kind donations🙏

Linktr.ee

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LadyFluffyOrca 📎 🇵🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning dear friends, here is today’s #Motification. I’ve spoken to Mo @helpcatsmsallam.bsky.social and he’s fine. He managed to find a cake for Julia’s birthday and some cousins came to help celebrate. ❤️
Plse send a bit if you can paypal.me/animalrescue703

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truthbytwoheart @truthbytwoheart.bsky.social · 12h

$1477’s needed, lots of great #art, #music & more, sales & tips needed!! #Disabled #TransCrowdfund #BIPOCMA
Art mayasdivinedesignstoo.square.site
#WearableArt legaleriste.com/mayas.divine.designs
#DigitalArt: Ko-Fi mayasdivinedesigns (also P/C/V)
Tips linktr.ee/mxmd1
Music truthbytwo.bandcamp.com

Painting on canvas by me depicting cherry blossom flowers

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 13h

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💖💄 Aoife ♿💖 @aoiferocksitout.bsky.social · 14h

Please share widely! Urgent!
Please help our friend @maedayj.bsky.social stay housed!
Today is the deadline, eviction process will start if Mae can't get this done today!
Mae does so much work for our communities, especially her work with @chronicloaf.bsky.social.
If you can't help, please share! ❤️🌸

Mae_DayJ @maedayj.bsky.social · 1d

If I cant raise $975 today I’ll likely be facing eviction this month

I’m out of time

Please help if you can!🙏🏽💚

$maelee21
V: @ Maelee-Johnson
PayPal.me/maeleeJ
ko-fi.com/maedaej

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