Alenka
@uprightgarfield.bsky.social
Librarian, reviewer/critic for WWAC & Sidequest. They/them
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The war is over, but the nightmare hasn’t ended The bombs have stopped, but life hasn’t returned. Our city is silent nothing but rubble and painful memories We lost our home, and we’re trying to survive among the ruins We have no one but you after God 💔 Donate and share our story🙏 gofund.me/d14cbe76
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The war is over, but the nightmare hasn’t ended The bombs have stopped, but life hasn’t returned. Our city is silent nothing but rubble and painful memories We lost our home, and we’re trying to survive among the ruins We have no one but you after God 💔 Donate and share our story🙏 gofund.me/d14cbe76
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Please contribute if you're able or share the original if you're not.
Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know
Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know
@mommunism.bsky.social
Please please help me and my family. My heart is broken because I have no money to buy food for my children.💔💔
www.gofundme.com/f/4c6uu-help...
Please please help me and my family. My heart is broken because I have no money to buy food for my children.💔💔
www.gofundme.com/f/4c6uu-help...
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Please contribute if you're able or share the original if you're not.
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Note that the most effective way to get help for people is to directly ask people you know
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The good: I start my new W4 tomorrow.
The bad: My new gig pays *monthly* at the end of each month and I'm starting at the beginning of the period, so I wont get paid until New Years.
There's 12% or $8407 left to close out this ENTIRE campaign. I REALLY need a hand to hold onto the gig.
The bad: My new gig pays *monthly* at the end of each month and I'm starting at the beginning of the period, so I wont get paid until New Years.
There's 12% or $8407 left to close out this ENTIRE campaign. I REALLY need a hand to hold onto the gig.
Oh Hai 👋🏿
If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.
This is what I came for.
If I can keep these gig contracts steady, the last 15% of this campaign (that I started in October 2022) will go to the bigger ticket items that I still need like neonate appropriate pulse oximeters, for ex., and my licensure exam fees.
This is what I came for.
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The good: I start my new W4 tomorrow.
The bad: My new gig pays *monthly* at the end of each month and I'm starting at the beginning of the period, so I wont get paid until New Years.
There's 12% or $8407 left to close out this ENTIRE campaign. I REALLY need a hand to hold onto the gig.
The bad: My new gig pays *monthly* at the end of each month and I'm starting at the beginning of the period, so I wont get paid until New Years.
There's 12% or $8407 left to close out this ENTIRE campaign. I REALLY need a hand to hold onto the gig.
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Thank y’all so much for your support so far. We’ve reached 35% of our goal! 🧡
Shrimp is doing great! He’s the bravest little lad. If you want to help us recoup the rest of the cost of his vet visit, I have zines for sale or you can leave a tip! 🐈✨
ko-fi.com/theverbalthing
Shrimp is doing great! He’s the bravest little lad. If you want to help us recoup the rest of the cost of his vet visit, I have zines for sale or you can leave a tip! 🐈✨
ko-fi.com/theverbalthing
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thank y’all so much for your support so far. We’ve reached 35% of our goal! 🧡
Shrimp is doing great! He’s the bravest little lad. If you want to help us recoup the rest of the cost of his vet visit, I have zines for sale or you can leave a tip! 🐈✨
ko-fi.com/theverbalthing
Shrimp is doing great! He’s the bravest little lad. If you want to help us recoup the rest of the cost of his vet visit, I have zines for sale or you can leave a tip! 🐈✨
ko-fi.com/theverbalthing
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Temporary Services/Half Letter Press will be at Staple + Stitch Art Book + Print Fair starting tomorrow 11/14 through Sunday 11/16 at Hotel 55 in Chicago. Get all the latest from Public Collectors too. AND Brett Bloom will be there. Find us at table 30. More details here" www.stapleandstitchfair.com
Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair
Chicago-based art book and print fair. Exhibitors include arts publishers, small and independent presses, book artists, zine makers, and printmakers.
www.stapleandstitchfair.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Temporary Services/Half Letter Press will be at Staple + Stitch Art Book + Print Fair starting tomorrow 11/14 through Sunday 11/16 at Hotel 55 in Chicago. Get all the latest from Public Collectors too. AND Brett Bloom will be there. Find us at table 30. More details here" www.stapleandstitchfair.com
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GoFundMe has deleted my friend Sama'a's account and refunded its donors. She is struggling with depression and despair and needs our support now more than ever. They have created a new fundraiser to help them survive in the war-torn wreckage of Gaza City.
chuffed.org/project/1575...
chuffed.org/project/1575...
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
GoFundMe has deleted my friend Sama'a's account and refunded its donors. She is struggling with depression and despair and needs our support now more than ever. They have created a new fundraiser to help them survive in the war-torn wreckage of Gaza City.
chuffed.org/project/1575...
chuffed.org/project/1575...
Deeply grateful for everyone shedding light on the library budget situation. As a CPL worker it feels like we just get more exhausted and burned out, while the city tells us to do more and more and more, but gives no support.
Chicago Public Library's budget cuts would mean losing HALF of the materials budget. It would mean losing 90 staff members.
Cop budget's fine, though.
Cop budget's fine, though.
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Deeply grateful for everyone shedding light on the library budget situation. As a CPL worker it feels like we just get more exhausted and burned out, while the city tells us to do more and more and more, but gives no support.
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A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A plea for help. 🙏
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
One of the lead playtesters of Blue Prince, Iggy, has polycystic kidney disease and has only a few months to find a living kidney donor.
His story, contact and donor information can all be found on
iggyland.org
Please help us in sharing his story and getting the word out.💙
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For 10 years, we’ve told human-centered stories about the local court system and held powerful institutions accountable. Join us for a fundraiser to fuel our next decade of public service journalism.
Injustice Watch's 10th Birthday Party
We're throwing a fundraiser celebrating 10 years of impactful journalism. Join us for bowling, Chicago-style magic, cocktails and party food
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
For 10 years, we’ve told human-centered stories about the local court system and held powerful institutions accountable. Join us for a fundraiser to fuel our next decade of public service journalism.
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Here's my letter. Share away. Tell the city of Chicago not to cut the library's budget.
buttondown.com/papersquared...
buttondown.com/papersquared...
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Here's my letter. Share away. Tell the city of Chicago not to cut the library's budget.
buttondown.com/papersquared...
buttondown.com/papersquared...
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Do you have a little money to spare? Want some good, original comics to read, and also to help get some money to the Palestine Red Crescent Society? You can always check out Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine!
SAMIDOON: COMICS FOR A FREE PALESTINE
www.samidoonanthology.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Do you have a little money to spare? Want some good, original comics to read, and also to help get some money to the Palestine Red Crescent Society? You can always check out Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine!
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I am desperately trying to raise enough money so that I begin the slow process of getting my Masters in Bioethics from Hopkins. Being the sole stream of income and with lots existing debt to pay off, anything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-si...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-si...
Donate to Help Sinead Afford Johns Hopkins, organized by Sinead Kinney
Sinead is a trans femme with a background in medical illustration, patient advocacy, an… Sinead Kinney needs your support for Help Sinead Afford Johns Hopkins
www.gofundme.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I am desperately trying to raise enough money so that I begin the slow process of getting my Masters in Bioethics from Hopkins. Being the sole stream of income and with lots existing debt to pay off, anything helps.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-si...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-si...
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If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
Take Back the Classroom
www.takebacktheclassroom.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
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I can’t stop thinking about this little girl firing me with her little clipboard and everything, I’m absolutely haunted by this kid
I got four in total but one was a single girl with a clipboard who laid me off due to AI and I wanted to dump my whole basket in her bag. She won, sorry she won.
I think I may only get one single trick or treater and they insisted on only taking one candy. I’m still over the moon.
November 2, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I can’t stop thinking about this little girl firing me with her little clipboard and everything, I’m absolutely haunted by this kid
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OUR #WheelsAndRoses trailer is HERE✨🌈🛼
LOVE MAGICAL GIRLS? LOVE ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER SKATING? LOVE QUEER GALS AND THEY THEMS?? Look no further!!!
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY SHARE OUR TEASER TRAILER WITH THE WORLD!!!
youtu.be/sT23E5MyZKQ?...
#IndieAnimation
LOVE MAGICAL GIRLS? LOVE ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER SKATING? LOVE QUEER GALS AND THEY THEMS?? Look no further!!!
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY SHARE OUR TEASER TRAILER WITH THE WORLD!!!
youtu.be/sT23E5MyZKQ?...
#IndieAnimation
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
OUR #WheelsAndRoses trailer is HERE✨🌈🛼
LOVE MAGICAL GIRLS? LOVE ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER SKATING? LOVE QUEER GALS AND THEY THEMS?? Look no further!!!
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY SHARE OUR TEASER TRAILER WITH THE WORLD!!!
youtu.be/sT23E5MyZKQ?...
#IndieAnimation
LOVE MAGICAL GIRLS? LOVE ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER SKATING? LOVE QUEER GALS AND THEY THEMS?? Look no further!!!
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY SHARE OUR TEASER TRAILER WITH THE WORLD!!!
youtu.be/sT23E5MyZKQ?...
#IndieAnimation
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Last full day...come get
ShortBox Comics Fair is live! My offering this year is a horror short story about a son questioning if he needs to rescue his mom from a newfound obsession with making art.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Last full day...come get
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blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/30/f... They are targeting children and religious holidays. They are staging ICE raids in cemeteries. There is nothing about this that has anything to do with law and order. This is lawlessness and desecration.
Feds Won't Pause Immigration Blitz During Halloween, Día De Los Muertos, Homeland Security Boss Says
During a news conference Thusday, Gov. JB Pritzker also slammed federal agents' targeting of people without criminal records and using tear gas on neighborhood streets.
blockclubchicago.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/30/f... They are targeting children and religious holidays. They are staging ICE raids in cemeteries. There is nothing about this that has anything to do with law and order. This is lawlessness and desecration.
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As the dread day approaches and the spirits begin to stir, now is the perfect time to hunker down with a horror novel! 😈🗡️
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
12 Chilling Books by Transfemmes to Read This Halloween (CW #16)
Tales of Nazi censorship, haunted houses, and mushroom cults to keep you up at night.
thetransfemininereview.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As the dread day approaches and the spirits begin to stir, now is the perfect time to hunker down with a horror novel! 😈🗡️
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
This Halloween, TFR shares twelve chilling tales from transfemme authors to match the mood 🖤
A handcrafted rec list with a scariness rating for each book.
#halloween #horror
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I’m looking for work!!! I’m a writer, illustrator, designer, and game dev seeking longer-term projects, especially in the animation, video game, TV/movie, or TTRPG industries! I’ve been told I’m delightful to work with and would love to prove that to YOU!! . ݁₊⊹
Portfolio: kendrawcandraw.com
Portfolio: kendrawcandraw.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’m looking for work!!! I’m a writer, illustrator, designer, and game dev seeking longer-term projects, especially in the animation, video game, TV/movie, or TTRPG industries! I’ve been told I’m delightful to work with and would love to prove that to YOU!! . ݁₊⊹
Portfolio: kendrawcandraw.com
Portfolio: kendrawcandraw.com
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more news: DATURA magazine volume 4 is now available in both print and pdf form! 🌸💘
daturazine.carrd.co#issue4
daturazine.carrd.co#issue4
Datura Magazine
Datura Magazine is a queer josei-inspired anthology series featuring a range of speculative and realist stories for an adult audience that, like the poisonous datura flower, might have an edge to them...
daturazine.carrd.co
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
more news: DATURA magazine volume 4 is now available in both print and pdf form! 🌸💘
daturazine.carrd.co#issue4
daturazine.carrd.co#issue4
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one last week to pick up my comic about the death of all beautiful things @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
one last week to pick up my comic about the death of all beautiful things @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Federal agents fired tear gas at a crowd during an aggressive raid in Little Village with no warning, Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez told @wttw.bsky.social.
If agents deployed tear gas without a warning, that would violate an order issued by a federal judge two weeks ago.
If agents deployed tear gas without a warning, that would violate an order issued by a federal judge two weeks ago.
Border Patrol Agents Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd with No Warning, Ald. Sigcho-Lopez Says
If agents deployed tear gas without a warning, that would violate an order issued by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis two weeks ago.
news.wttw.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BREAKING: Federal agents fired tear gas at a crowd during an aggressive raid in Little Village with no warning, Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez told @wttw.bsky.social.
If agents deployed tear gas without a warning, that would violate an order issued by a federal judge two weeks ago.
If agents deployed tear gas without a warning, that would violate an order issued by a federal judge two weeks ago.
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🌙☁️Now Available!☁️🌙
My sapphic horror mini-comic is now available for download for $5 or pay what you want on itch!
"Sweet Dreams" is a 10-page mini comic about a ghost saving a young woman from a nightmare.
Buy it here: mcapriglioneart.itch.io/sweet-dreams...
My sapphic horror mini-comic is now available for download for $5 or pay what you want on itch!
"Sweet Dreams" is a 10-page mini comic about a ghost saving a young woman from a nightmare.
Buy it here: mcapriglioneart.itch.io/sweet-dreams...
October 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🌙☁️Now Available!☁️🌙
My sapphic horror mini-comic is now available for download for $5 or pay what you want on itch!
"Sweet Dreams" is a 10-page mini comic about a ghost saving a young woman from a nightmare.
Buy it here: mcapriglioneart.itch.io/sweet-dreams...
My sapphic horror mini-comic is now available for download for $5 or pay what you want on itch!
"Sweet Dreams" is a 10-page mini comic about a ghost saving a young woman from a nightmare.
Buy it here: mcapriglioneart.itch.io/sweet-dreams...
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Hello Bluesky! We have 12 days to help fund my indie comic book and could use a little push! It’s funny and QUEER! If you have anything to give, please consider backing our kickstarter! We need a little over $18k!! Sharing is also caring! 🙇🏾♀️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
October 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Hello Bluesky! We have 12 days to help fund my indie comic book and could use a little push! It’s funny and QUEER! If you have anything to give, please consider backing our kickstarter! We need a little over $18k!! Sharing is also caring! 🙇🏾♀️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
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My friend Sama'a has two little girls to feed and clothe, and after two years of genocidal horror she is tired in ways we cannot fully understand. Please give what you can to help her family survive.
gofund.me/db56c7ce3
gofund.me/db56c7ce3
October 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My friend Sama'a has two little girls to feed and clothe, and after two years of genocidal horror she is tired in ways we cannot fully understand. Please give what you can to help her family survive.
gofund.me/db56c7ce3
gofund.me/db56c7ce3