West Coast Bride
@lastyearsmodel.bsky.social
My name is max and i'm pretty confused.
Guitar and Voice at Noiseland, Mother Love Blone at the garages, freelancer for Bandcamp Daily, occasional poet, ostensibly a copywriter. She/Her and extremely Bi.
Guitar and Voice at Noiseland, Mother Love Blone at the garages, freelancer for Bandcamp Daily, occasional poet, ostensibly a copywriter. She/Her and extremely Bi.
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Donate to Rent Help For Max, organized by Lila Wolfe
If you’ve spent time in Chicago’s DIY music scene, you probably know Max — a warm, welcoming and fundamen… Lila Wolfe needs your support for Rent Help For Max
gofund.me
It's scary and impoverished out there for trans folks and I'm going to have to upend my life pretty soon. My wonderful friends and bandmates put this together to help out — if you can help in anyway, with a few bucks or a share, it would make this tgirl's life a lot easier
gofund.me/55321f9d3
gofund.me/55321f9d3
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both parts of this matter:
this would be a near ban in all states; there’s a runway here where fighting back helps hold up falling sky for trans kids. every day matters.
& if you’re like “it’ll be fine—they’ll just wait til after trump” i want you to recall what happened to *your* body from 14-17.
this would be a near ban in all states; there’s a runway here where fighting back helps hold up falling sky for trans kids. every day matters.
& if you’re like “it’ll be fine—they’ll just wait til after trump” i want you to recall what happened to *your* body from 14-17.
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
both parts of this matter:
this would be a near ban in all states; there’s a runway here where fighting back helps hold up falling sky for trans kids. every day matters.
& if you’re like “it’ll be fine—they’ll just wait til after trump” i want you to recall what happened to *your* body from 14-17.
this would be a near ban in all states; there’s a runway here where fighting back helps hold up falling sky for trans kids. every day matters.
& if you’re like “it’ll be fine—they’ll just wait til after trump” i want you to recall what happened to *your* body from 14-17.
Reposting this as time runs out and things get ever scarier — we're getting close to meeting the goal, and any amount helps enormously.
It's scary and impoverished out there for trans folks and I'm going to have to upend my life pretty soon. My wonderful friends and bandmates put this together to help out — if you can help in anyway, with a few bucks or a share, it would make this tgirl's life a lot easier
gofund.me/55321f9d3
gofund.me/55321f9d3
Donate to Rent Help For Max, organized by Lila Wolfe
If you’ve spent time in Chicago’s DIY music scene, you probably know Max — a warm, welcoming and fundamen… Lila Wolfe needs your support for Rent Help For Max
gofund.me
October 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reposting this as time runs out and things get ever scarier — we're getting close to meeting the goal, and any amount helps enormously.
tie between marge calling flying a kite "so unwholesome" and homer saying "i hope you pick many a bean" to lisa in a weird long exchange about sending her to grandma's
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
tie between marge calling flying a kite "so unwholesome" and homer saying "i hope you pick many a bean" to lisa in a weird long exchange about sending her to grandma's
It's scary and impoverished out there for trans folks and I'm going to have to upend my life pretty soon. My wonderful friends and bandmates put this together to help out — if you can help in anyway, with a few bucks or a share, it would make this tgirl's life a lot easier
gofund.me/55321f9d3
gofund.me/55321f9d3
Donate to Rent Help For Max, organized by Lila Wolfe
If you’ve spent time in Chicago’s DIY music scene, you probably know Max — a warm, welcoming and fundamen… Lila Wolfe needs your support for Rent Help For Max
gofund.me
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's scary and impoverished out there for trans folks and I'm going to have to upend my life pretty soon. My wonderful friends and bandmates put this together to help out — if you can help in anyway, with a few bucks or a share, it would make this tgirl's life a lot easier
gofund.me/55321f9d3
gofund.me/55321f9d3
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Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.
it's always terrifying to live like this but today has been extremely, extremely rough.
you should buy your trans friends coffee or something today
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
it's always terrifying to live like this but today has been extremely, extremely rough.
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hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid
September 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
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Hey, uh... we're gonna need every cis ally to call their congresscritters and yell at them, because this is, like... a straight-up deathblow to healthcare that keeps a LOT of us alive.
1. The HHS Appropriations Bill is out and it contains several devastating anti-trans provision.
It would bar federal funding for trans youth and adult care nationwide, which could be used to bar hospitals from providing it at all.
Will Democrats stand firm, or cave to avoid a shutdown?
It would bar federal funding for trans youth and adult care nationwide, which could be used to bar hospitals from providing it at all.
Will Democrats stand firm, or cave to avoid a shutdown?
House HHS Appropriations Bill Would Devastate Trans Adult Healthcare Nationwide
The bill would bar federal funding for any "social, psychological, behavioral, or medical intervention" to treat gender dysphoria.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Hey, uh... we're gonna need every cis ally to call their congresscritters and yell at them, because this is, like... a straight-up deathblow to healthcare that keeps a LOT of us alive.
it always hurts to be reminded that i can never go home again
NEW - Here's my update on the Texas bathroom bill, which goes to Gov. Greg Abbot for signing. It applies to publicly owned facilities - universities, schools, courthouses, the DMV, stuff like that. The bill, once signed, goes into effect on December 3rd, by my math: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Texas lawmakers just passed anti-trans bathroom bill after 10-year crusade
SB 8 segregates public bathrooms by a person's sex at birth, not their gender identity.
www.chron.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
it always hurts to be reminded that i can never go home again
the fuckers, they finally did it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAN...
August 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
the fuckers, they finally did it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAN...
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Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong.
Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:
Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:
August 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong.
Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:
Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:
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When calling my reps, I think it's just as important to push for "parental responsibility" alongside saying no to KOSA/SCREEN/IODA
If these legislators care so much about family values, then remind them how much they matter to you too! #SaveSpeech
If these legislators care so much about family values, then remind them how much they matter to you too! #SaveSpeech
nothing is stopping parents from installing web nanny software, nothing is stopping parents from buying their kids flipphones instead of smartphones. Nothing is stopping parents from doing the job of being a parent.
August 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
When calling my reps, I think it's just as important to push for "parental responsibility" alongside saying no to KOSA/SCREEN/IODA
If these legislators care so much about family values, then remind them how much they matter to you too! #SaveSpeech
If these legislators care so much about family values, then remind them how much they matter to you too! #SaveSpeech
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It's like a virus. If they put out a statement at 2 weeks and we stop, then the next time they censor even more, we'll have to call 4 weeks to get them to even make a statement.
The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.
The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.
I'm seeing less posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them, and losing them money.
Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.
Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.
Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy
August 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's like a virus. If they put out a statement at 2 weeks and we stop, then the next time they censor even more, we'll have to call 4 weeks to get them to even make a statement.
The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.
The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.
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Oh look more authoritarian bullshit trying to weasel itself into our lives.
Be loud and make them know we don't want any of this.
Be loud and make them know we don't want any of this.
It was only a matter of time, but Canada has joined the censorship bandwagon with Bill S-209.
Sign the petition, call your MPs, raise hell.
www.change.org/p/stop-bill-...
Sign the petition, call your MPs, raise hell.
www.change.org/p/stop-bill-...
Sign the Petition
Stop Bill S-209’s De-Anonymization of Every Canadian Adult
www.change.org
August 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Oh look more authoritarian bullshit trying to weasel itself into our lives.
Be loud and make them know we don't want any of this.
Be loud and make them know we don't want any of this.
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I made a quick and dirty anti-censorship cheat sheet to help onboard people and direct their energy in a productive direction. This isnt as comprehensive as various websites being shared around, but it should be easy to share and save.
Save the png and repost as widely as you can
Save the png and repost as widely as you can
July 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I made a quick and dirty anti-censorship cheat sheet to help onboard people and direct their energy in a productive direction. This isnt as comprehensive as various websites being shared around, but it should be easy to share and save.
Save the png and repost as widely as you can
Save the png and repost as widely as you can
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Call call call. Visa is literally begging us to stop calling and send emails. Calls cost them way more money and they can't use key words to filter them out
Welcome to the weekend! You made it sailor. Which censorious payment processor would you like to call first? Thanks to my moot @dieselbrain.bsky.social for the Stripe number, can confirm it works
stop-paypros.neocities.org
stop-paypros.neocities.org
July 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Call call call. Visa is literally begging us to stop calling and send emails. Calls cost them way more money and they can't use key words to filter them out
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and this petition is quick to sign if you are in the US. More number go up is good bsky.app/profile/acva...
Let’s change gears. Do some good
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
and this petition is quick to sign if you are in the US. More number go up is good bsky.app/profile/acva...
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I've seen more people scolding others for who you're allowed to be mad at than people circulating payment processors phone numbers so here they are again.
Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
July 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I've seen more people scolding others for who you're allowed to be mad at than people circulating payment processors phone numbers so here they are again.
i am vibrating loudly
News Added: El Dorado Gate Translation Project In-Progress
El Dorado Gate Translation Project In-Progress - News
bigbanana23 is working on an English translation of Capcom's El Dorago Gate for the Dreamcast. This game was released in 2000 through 2001 in seven parts on a bi-monthly basis. You can check for updat...
romhack.ing
July 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
i am vibrating loudly
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Demand an affidavit ballot and submit it. Your vote will count.
If this has happened to you today, get in touch with us at tips@hellgatenyc.com.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Demand an affidavit ballot and submit it. Your vote will count.
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It's easy to forget now but we had decades of steady advancement on trans rights. The 2016 bathroom bills invited huge backlash! It was only after the media constructed sports and youth medications as 'debates' that opposition moved from the far right to the polite center.
The repression of trans people is not, by and large, a grassroots outpouring of hatred from the American people. It's something that's been carefully planted and tended over years by a handful of media people and their pet reporters.
Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
June 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It's easy to forget now but we had decades of steady advancement on trans rights. The 2016 bathroom bills invited huge backlash! It was only after the media constructed sports and youth medications as 'debates' that opposition moved from the far right to the polite center.
my venmo is max-cohen-39 god knows i could use it!
it's give trans people money day.
my cashapp is $bugsmaytrix
my cashapp is $bugsmaytrix
June 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
my venmo is max-cohen-39 god knows i could use it!
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i went through the wrong puberty and got denied hrt when i was OVER 18 and like yes i survived but i don’t want anyone to suffer the way i had to suffer. protect trans kids with full-throated support or shut the fuck up
June 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
i went through the wrong puberty and got denied hrt when i was OVER 18 and like yes i survived but i don’t want anyone to suffer the way i had to suffer. protect trans kids with full-throated support or shut the fuck up
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i know a lot else is going on, but US folks PLEASE call your senators - they are actively set on trying to ban trans healthcare on Medicaid entirely which trans people like me who are on Medicaid actively depend on for life-saving healthcare
The Senate reconciliation bill retains the trans healthcare Medicaid/CHIP ban.
Call your Senators, we still have a good shot at killing this provision.
Hundreds of thousands of people rely on this care.
Call your Senators, we still have a good shot at killing this provision.
Hundreds of thousands of people rely on this care.
June 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
i know a lot else is going on, but US folks PLEASE call your senators - they are actively set on trying to ban trans healthcare on Medicaid entirely which trans people like me who are on Medicaid actively depend on for life-saving healthcare
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June 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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