John!
@teleogougar.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist @ Siliconera/ Teacher in training / model enthusiast / scifi writer / 30 / ace / all my opinions are my own
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STILL MATCHING DONATIONS 🌹 Their need should be self-evident: survival. It's why this giving circle centers on not just support the survival needs of six families & a camp—but also, hopefully, alleviation of indignity.
Life-and-death needs like food & shelter: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Life-and-death needs like food & shelter: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
STILL MATCHING DONATIONS 🌹 Their need should be self-evident: survival. It's why this giving circle centers on not just support the survival needs of six families & a camp—but also, hopefully, alleviation of indignity.
Life-and-death needs like food & shelter: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Life-and-death needs like food & shelter: chuffed.org/project/hope...
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Give and be matched ‼️ Every week, we try. Simple for us, monumental for them.
Six families & a camp, reliable support to survive, every single week for thirty weeks straight. Click "weekly" on a coffee to support them with urgent medical care, shelter, winter supplies. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Six families & a camp, reliable support to survive, every single week for thirty weeks straight. Click "weekly" on a coffee to support them with urgent medical care, shelter, winter supplies. chuffed.org/project/hope...
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Give and be matched ‼️ Every week, we try. Simple for us, monumental for them.
Six families & a camp, reliable support to survive, every single week for thirty weeks straight. Click "weekly" on a coffee to support them with urgent medical care, shelter, winter supplies. chuffed.org/project/hope...
Six families & a camp, reliable support to survive, every single week for thirty weeks straight. Click "weekly" on a coffee to support them with urgent medical care, shelter, winter supplies. chuffed.org/project/hope...
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11/700 and matching 75.
Celebrating genocide this week (yes, it is)? Pay reparations.
Maha is my friend, a single mom facing eviction on FRIDAY.
We need £700 and we’ve been asking for two weeks to no avail.
Maha is my friend, a single mom facing eviction on FRIDAY.
We need £700 and we’ve been asking for two weeks to no avail.
Saving lives on the frontline in Palestine - help Maha
My name is Louisa and I'm raising money for my dear friend Maha and her family in Gaza.
chuffed.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
11/700 and matching 75.
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Closing out another day with hope.
Famine, emergency health conditions; some of these six families can’t go home because the IOF is still occupying those areas. They can’t afford for us to forget them...so don't.
Give and be matched up to £887 / $1,162 chuffed.org/project/hope...
Famine, emergency health conditions; some of these six families can’t go home because the IOF is still occupying those areas. They can’t afford for us to forget them...so don't.
Give and be matched up to £887 / $1,162 chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Closing out another day with hope.
Famine, emergency health conditions; some of these six families can’t go home because the IOF is still occupying those areas. They can’t afford for us to forget them...so don't.
Give and be matched up to £887 / $1,162 chuffed.org/project/hope...
Famine, emergency health conditions; some of these six families can’t go home because the IOF is still occupying those areas. They can’t afford for us to forget them...so don't.
Give and be matched up to £887 / $1,162 chuffed.org/project/hope...
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FOR FREE EVEN
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
FOR FREE EVEN
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Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Bay Area friends: SF Bay Area Mutual Aid is looking for donations for their holiday gift market!
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Bay Area friends: SF Bay Area Mutual Aid is looking for donations for their holiday gift market!
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People are already doing what you say they *should be* doing. You could join them.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
People are already doing what you say they *should be* doing. You could join them.
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do y'all know any gender marginalized ppl who never liked or were maybe even offput by video games who ended up getting into the hobby? what game or games did it? or was it maybe something else, like a streamer or show?
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
do y'all know any gender marginalized ppl who never liked or were maybe even offput by video games who ended up getting into the hobby? what game or games did it? or was it maybe something else, like a streamer or show?
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Soad is back! Celebrate by sharing or donating or both.
👇🇵🇸🙏🏻When you extend your hand to a mother holding her child you are giving them a new beginning… a chance for a safe home, a smile to return, and a life to grow anew
This is my new campaign to build a new life after all the suffering and pain that my child and I have faced👇👇
gofund.me/15acdba95
This is my new campaign to build a new life after all the suffering and pain that my child and I have faced👇👇
gofund.me/15acdba95
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Soad is back! Celebrate by sharing or donating or both.
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if you buy a print, you’ll get one of these stickers for free!
alternatively each sticker’s $5 a pop.
alternatively each sticker’s $5 a pop.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
if you buy a print, you’ll get one of these stickers for free!
alternatively each sticker’s $5 a pop.
alternatively each sticker’s $5 a pop.
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I just want to point out that there is a lane for someone to start a small media company whose express mission statement is "nothing we put on the internet was made by AI" & every time a category gets overrun like this, they branch out
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I just want to point out that there is a lane for someone to start a small media company whose express mission statement is "nothing we put on the internet was made by AI" & every time a category gets overrun like this, they branch out
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The impact of your last three weeks of support has been transformative for Mai, helping her survive a high-risk pregnancy, get medicine, stay housed. But we're scraping the bottom of the barrel, yall. And she needs help EVERY day.
Give + be matched/find her link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Give + be matched/find her link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The impact of your last three weeks of support has been transformative for Mai, helping her survive a high-risk pregnancy, get medicine, stay housed. But we're scraping the bottom of the barrel, yall. And she needs help EVERY day.
Give + be matched/find her link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Give + be matched/find her link here: chuffed.org/project/hope...
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Hey friends; i want to share my campaign to support my family
two urgent cases that need your help
follow this thread 👇
two urgent cases that need your help
follow this thread 👇
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hey friends; i want to share my campaign to support my family
two urgent cases that need your help
follow this thread 👇
two urgent cases that need your help
follow this thread 👇
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1️⃣ Sarah
Sarah needs official registration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to be able to travel and receive urgent medical care.
Without this registration, her health is at serious risk. she needs about $5000
This registration is the first essential step to save her life ❤️
Sarah needs official registration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to be able to travel and receive urgent medical care.
Without this registration, her health is at serious risk. she needs about $5000
This registration is the first essential step to save her life ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1️⃣ Sarah
Sarah needs official registration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to be able to travel and receive urgent medical care.
Without this registration, her health is at serious risk. she needs about $5000
This registration is the first essential step to save her life ❤️
Sarah needs official registration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to be able to travel and receive urgent medical care.
Without this registration, her health is at serious risk. she needs about $5000
This registration is the first essential step to save her life ❤️
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1️⃣ Sarah
Sarah needs official registration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to be able to travel and receive urgent medical care.
Without this registration, her health is at serious risk. she needs about $5000
This registration is the first essential step to save her life ❤️
Sarah needs official registration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to be able to travel and receive urgent medical care.
Without this registration, her health is at serious risk. she needs about $5000
This registration is the first essential step to save her life ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....
Elk are again roaming on lands that California has returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe
Tribal leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom gathered Wednesday to mark the return of 17,000 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian tribe.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....
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this is insane both on its face and with several more insane details once you read the full thing
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
this is insane both on its face and with several more insane details once you read the full thing
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I also really want to thank @wholesomegames.com for supporting us and for letting us announce by making a donation to Doctors Without Borders Gaza bsky.app/profile/whol...
To help celebrate this announcement, the game's developer has donated 10k CAD to Médecins Sans Frontières on behalf of Wholesome Games and in support of critical relief efforts in Gaza. Thanks, @ko-op.com!
How MSF is responding to the war in Gaza
An unprecedented humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza, with attacks on civilians, attacks on health care, and a brutal siege.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I also really want to thank @wholesomegames.com for supporting us and for letting us announce by making a donation to Doctors Without Borders Gaza bsky.app/profile/whol...
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“Why Wearing a Barrel As Pants is The New Hot Style”
Chat, is it a good sign when the Atlantic's Thanksgiving take is "cabbage is affordable"?
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Why Wearing a Barrel As Pants is The New Hot Style”
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ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
Rep. Tlaib’s Economic Dignity for All Agenda Would Bring Economic Security for Millions
The agenda would lower poverty by 42% and child poverty by two-thirds.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ICYMI, this is great stuff. both better designed and more comprehensive than Biden's child tax credit boost www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/20/r...
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So just to be clear, this game isn't allowed but the Infowars game is.
We can be flooded in slop that belongs in the pits of the Google Play store, but artsy indie games are where Valve draws the line.
We can be flooded in slop that belongs in the pits of the Google Play store, but artsy indie games are where Valve draws the line.
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So just to be clear, this game isn't allowed but the Infowars game is.
We can be flooded in slop that belongs in the pits of the Google Play store, but artsy indie games are where Valve draws the line.
We can be flooded in slop that belongs in the pits of the Google Play store, but artsy indie games are where Valve draws the line.
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if you make games that are too much like actual art you wont just get banned but you'll also be refused keys for your own game and locked out of external bundles too, should have made a survivors clone you idiot
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
if you make games that are too much like actual art you wont just get banned but you'll also be refused keys for your own game and locked out of external bundles too, should have made a survivors clone you idiot
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Worth paying attention to: HORSES is a disturbing and compelling work of art.
Steam, the nearest platform to monopoly for PC games, has pre-emptively banned HORSES with a vague and spurious accusation that it features underage characters, despite the game having no such characters or context.
Steam, the nearest platform to monopoly for PC games, has pre-emptively banned HORSES with a vague and spurious accusation that it features underage characters, despite the game having no such characters or context.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Worth paying attention to: HORSES is a disturbing and compelling work of art.
Steam, the nearest platform to monopoly for PC games, has pre-emptively banned HORSES with a vague and spurious accusation that it features underage characters, despite the game having no such characters or context.
Steam, the nearest platform to monopoly for PC games, has pre-emptively banned HORSES with a vague and spurious accusation that it features underage characters, despite the game having no such characters or context.