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Since more people are here

**BIPOC-Only Mutual Aid**:

A lot of BIPOC in need haven’t gotten mutual aid in here as much as counterparts who get theirs completed quicker.

Help folx out in need. Ty.

queer/trans art twt is here it's so over

i buried a close family member who'd been ill for a while at the beginning of june. i haven't been able to write or work and would appreciate material support for the month! 💞✨

i can usually get by on about ~$1000/mo to cover meds/bills. can anyone help?

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/rozzybox

helloooo blue sky im erik, a black transmasculine artist + creator. links to my writing, videos, and other social media here (bikenesmith.carrd.co), a sampling of my art below ✨

I got permission to share this so buckle up yall!: ]

BlueSky's antiblackness:

BlueSky Team had invited a Black person to talk on safety and moderation at a recommendation of someone long time ago. One Black person, rest non-black. Black person got ignored and passed over so much (1/n)

Nine months later, this take holds up as well as leaving milk out for the same time frame.

love how the actual bird-to-sky migration comes on the heels of

1) bluesky devs banning people who post about their shitty mental health, and
2) white queers getting called out for blocking most of blacksky

I would think Twitter self destructing was a lot funnier if using Twitter wasn’t tied to my stupid career

There is ZERO chance given the present state of the protocol and existing tools that a vast user influx will end in anything other than massively negative consequences for marginalized files.

Remember what happened to Gawker after they pissed off Peter Thiel?

That’s Twitter after it was a major source of attention on Jamal Khashoggi at a time when a certain nation was going hard on trying to powerwash their image.

Remember who financed the loans that dickhead bought it with?

Johns Hopkins trounced by a mob of he/him lesbians

Tech people actively say shit like "what's the point of learning about history, only the future matters" and then in the next breath share deeply weird and incorrect interpretations of history.