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PSA: your country is racist.

If you use cash app, they are getting rid of the auto cash out option on the 26th of this month

No real fucking reason given, just the usual fucking usual vague one, lol

The end of the month is nearly here again and I could really use help covering expenses like power, rent, life-sustaining meds, and medical debt. I haven't been able to pay my student loans and my credit score took a 100 point nose dive because of it.

Additionally, my partner's mother just said that she was going to withdraw her financial support of it, so our finances are in serious jeopardy because both of us are hunting for jobs right now. The CAO is ghosting my most recent SNAP and Medicaid application so for now i still don't have money for food or insurance of any kind and don't know when i will again.

paypal: https://paypal.me/InternetDragonGirl
kofi: https://ko-fi.com/gaydragongirl
venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/GayDragonGirl

anything helps- thank you so much ;w;

#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #transcrowdfund

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I'm tired of people calling Cybertrucks a "clown car." Bitch, a clown car can hold anywhere from 10 to 20 clowns at a time. Those doors ALWAYS will be able to open and they only ever crash if a clown WANTS it to for a gag.

Clowns deserve better than this. 🔴

This was shared with my craft group. I just double-checked the date on Reddit, and it dates from March 20, 2025.

I hope we can find the knitter! Please boost.

#knitting #rdu #RaleighNC #DurhamNC #triangle #LAX

If you get a DM saying "call me the Fediverse chick", it's a spam. Don't click the links, but DO report it!

Reports from users are really important, especially if they are about spam DMs because no one else can see the spam except the user.

You can report posts by clicking ⋯ on the post and selecting "Report". When you report it, make sure to select the option to forward the report to the server it came from so that the admin there can delete the spammer's account.

#FediTips #Spam

As promised... THE LAUNCH OF MY BANDCAMP PAGE!!

https://incrediblealibi.bandcamp.com/

4 short soundtrack pieces up so far (and I will re-do the vox on "Limerence" as soon as I can) Please feel free to listen and download and add me as a favorite! Thanks everybody!

We know how it is on social media.
Some people easily meet crowdfunding targets without even trying and some people don't even get shares let alone donations.
And we know that privilege plays a massive part in that.
So please share my friend's crowdfunder. She's an amazing person. Let's make her day.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/put-5-on-it-for-rent-groceries-utilities?attribution_id=sl:622f8952-b516-42c4-a2c3-9b6830e013fd&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

This sort of sensitive "special case" is hardly unique to English. Japan is full of foreigners who learned Japanese from watching shōnen anime and going around unknowingly offending people left and right by speaking like anime characters. Some people, after having that pointed out to them, may lean into it and insist on their "right" to speak that way, but doubling down will just convince people that you truly are an asshole. I'm sure you can think of similar cases from your own native language, where a foreigner might pick up a phrase from some old movie or song lyrics and then use that phrase in inappropriate contexts.

Sometimes non-native speakers of English see certain phrases, such as "Imma be," being used by native speakers, and assume this is just modern English slang, available to anyone. But many of these usages are specifically #AAVE (African American Vernacular English), and if you are not #Black and you use these, you might be criticized for #CulturalAppropriation. The mistake is of course an innocent mistake, but that doesn't mean you aren't accountable at all. When you learn that a particular phrase (such as "Imma be") is AAVE and are called out, apologize, say you didn't know, and stop using it. Don't become defensive and try to argue that it's okay for you to use it because [reasons].

Hi! I'm Alysa, co-founder of @manager with @are0h and I'm an extroverted neuroexpansive auntie, who's afraid of being perceived on screen. But I love community! Join me tomorrow for the first of a twice-weekly digital 3rd space to hang, get shit done via body doubling, talk shit, and just be a human in this age of composting empire. 11am CET join via this link! https://awosanma.h-i.works/call/kxmw67jg

It's sort of counterintuitive, but hating yourself a lot can lead to accidentally very selfish and callous behavior. Like, okay, you're not a person who is actively trying to do things for yourself and not care about other people, but to be a consequentialist for a moment the intent doesn't entirely matter.

What I mean is, like, okay if you don't think you have any value or impact on the world it's really easy to not have it occur to you that self-destructive things you do to yourself do in fact hurt other people. People can be harmed by seeing you suffer because that's how caring about people works.

That's sort of an obvious example but it also ends up being the more subtle things: you don't think reaching out to people can make a difference because who the fuck are you, you don't think disappearing is going to affect anyone because who would notice you gone.

I think what it comes down to is that it's really easy to unintentionally harm others if you don't see yourself as an active member of the web of connections that links everyone in the social graph together

edit: It's fully paid for now!!!!

Ok so, my original copy of my name change order is water damaged and I can't use it anymore.

I can get a copy of my sealed name change order via mail, but I need a signed and notarized affidavit of identity.

getting the affidavit notarized with ups will be around 15 dollars, and getting overnight shipping with ups will be 75

if y'all have any money to spare, it'd be greatly appreciated!

https://paypal.me/grace6643
cashapp: $gracealopex

(currently 90/90 USD)

The family of Qaadir and Naazir Lewis have a go fund me to help the family grieve and cover investigation costs.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/qaadir-and-naazir-funeral-service

#QaadirLewis #NaazirLewis #BlackMastodon #mutualaid #BellMountain

#mutualaid

Hey lovelies,

I need a hand: I dont have a ride to and from work and ive gotta head out in less than an hour. Could you spare a buck or two for an Uber?

https://ko-fi.com/somarasu
https://venmo.com/somarasu
https://paypal.me/c4rtwright
https://cash.me/$somarasu

Love you!

Art 365/076: Submarine

When my oldest was a toddler, one of her favourite shirts was a yellow one with a submarine on it. She loved it so much and was heartbroken when she out grew it. So I got some fabric scraps and recreated it on a larger yellow shirt.

Here is a watercolour rendering of that submarine but with chickens in it.

#art365 #MastoArt

Names get stale over time. I recommend changing your name every 5-10 years for optimal happy