Mads (old account)

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So long, and thanks for all the fish!

"be rootin', be tootin', but most of all, be kind" - a possum in a cowboy hat I saw on a bumper sticker one time
"Mads is definitely an alien." - a friend from work
"What are you, some kinda fag?" - my boyfriend

#NoBot #NoAI #NoSearch #nobridge

Pronounshe/him
I'm moving to my own server![email protected]
Why?I can't resist having another server to screw around with :)
Mstdn.games!Thanks for having me! Stay awesome, y'all. <3

help a black trans person move out of a transphobic environment!

"Help me leave this place to find a new place as I have just received threats from my transphobic family who have found out about my location, I have been running away from them as they keep on threatening my whole existence ever since I was outed.I REALLY HAVE TO MOVE FAST‼️
Part of the funds will go towards my medical transition journey as I need gender affirmation surgeries.I’m out of work at the moment as I try to find my feet,please help me if you can. Please share this and donate if you can"

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#Trans #MutualAid #BlackMutualAid #TransMutualAid

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Only 2.5% of the world's population is Nigerian. 🇳🇬

But 33% of the top 100 ranked Scrabble players are Nigerian.

https://www.wespa.org/aardvark/html/rankings/full_rankings.html

Only 1.3% of the US population is Indian American. 🇮🇳

But 20 of the past 23 spelling bee champs have been South Asian.

https://people.com/human-interest/national-spelling-bee-champions-words-they-won-with/

British colonizers did this to themselves. 🤷🏿‍♂️

English belongs to us now.

WESPA RATINGS

So much of the core of tech leaves out Disabled people and that's ultimately why we can't have nice things. It's why everything ends up being just a little bit worse for everyone. It starts there, then it reaches out to other groups of people that aren't overrepresented in tech, then FINALLY to everyone else who all throw up their hands and say "Who could have seen this coming?"

I'm going to rant about open source a little, I am so sorry.

So much of open source favors people that ~ have time ~ That usually means:

- They aren't caretakers (i.e. they don't have children or elder family that have care needs) or can rely on a partner to do all of that in their stead.
- They can work long hours outside of their 9-5 jobs which excludes many Disabled people or those that have chronic pain.
- They already have a high paying job, they have health insurance.

goal met tysm!!! 🖤 ​

hey there!

i need $100 to order groceries and $60 for medical weed ($160 total)

i'm currently unemployed and job searching and couch surfing after being kicked out of the place i'd been staying for years. details here: https://cyberpunk.lol/@vantablack/112169236744806197

paypal: https://paypal.me/v33b33

cashapp: https://cash.app/$vantablack420

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liberapay: https://liberapay.com/v4nt4bl4ck

ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/vantablack420

GFM (laser): https://gofund.me/aa09f716

patreon (monthly): https://www.patreon.com/vantablack

thank you so much 🖤

#MutualAid #TransCrowdFund

:FediPact:​ vanta, the fedipact girl :FediPact:​ (@[email protected])

please boost!!! :boostRequest: ***two weeks ago i was suddenly kicked out by my roomie*** so i'm here to ask for three things: # **1. housing in seattle** this is the biggest one. i have a couch to crash on for the moment, but also i'd like to seek out something medium to long term so i can get my shit together. i'm currently broke and unemployed, with no family or anything to support me. i have an amount of money saved up that i could probably put towards rent on a room for a month or so, but not enough to keep me going for very long. i will update this post if that changes. and hopefully it will, because... # **2. job leads** i'm currently doing my best to job search. after having an utterly sanity-destroying time working in fast food pre-pandemic, that drove me to the brink of suicide, i am extremely wary of fast food or retail and have basically set the hard limit that i can't do anything public-facing for my own mental health's sake. my various mental illnesses further complicate matters, but i'm trying my best to find something that will work for me. my work portfolio is at https://vanta.work # **3. donations to keep me going** and finally, i'm requesting donations to help keep me afloat in the meantime. no real goal here, i can tell i'm gonna need as much slack as possible cut to avoid things going south... so, seriously, anything helps give me a bit more breathing room -- even just a boost! thank you so much 🖤 paypal: https://paypal.me/v33b33 cashapp: https://cash.app/$vantablack420 venmo: https://venmo.com/vantablack420 liberapay: https://liberapay.com/v4nt4bl4ck ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/vantablack420 patreon (monthly): https://www.patreon.com/vantablack #MutualAid #TransCrowdFund #seattle

cyberpunk.lol
Oklahoma’s governor refuses to let kids in his state access the federal government’s new summer EBT program, to ensure that kids can have meals when school is out. In response, five tribal nations have teamed up to provide the benefits to any eligible kids who happen to live on tribal land (which is a lot of Oklahoma). https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/politics/school-meals-summer-ebt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE0.NZAi.mehkrnKm8xuN&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&ugrp=u&sgrp=c-cb
Another Red-Blue Divide: Money to Feed Kids in the Summer

Congress passed bipartisan legislation to provide families that rely on subsidized school meals with help buying food over the summer. Nearly half of Republican-led states have yet to sign on.

The New York Times

As the Arizona Supreme Court takes steps towards completely criminalizing abortion, it is a mistake simply to count on electoral politics for the solution. We need to foster grassroots means of abortion access—both to address the immediate needs of those impacted by this attack and also because it will be more difficult to keep abortion illegal if massive numbers of people nonetheless continue to access it.

https://crimethinc.com/DefendAbortionAccess

Learn how activists in Poland dealt with the state criminalizing abortion:

https://crimethinc.com/abortionwithoutborders

To Defend Abortion Access, Take the Offensive

What can direct action offer the fight for reproductive freedom? Grassroots strategies for resisting the criminalization of abortion.

CrimethInc.
Notorious transphobe Helen Lewis and stochastic terrorist Andy Ngo get thanked in the credits to Civil War, in case you were thinking about seeing it
@gnomelibre @weirdwriter @anantagd @techsinger @jorge For anyone wondering why free software does not succeed over the competition, it's this right here. We point out a deficiency in the experience, and the response is, "Your information is outdated. I tested it and it's fine. The advantage of free software is that anyone can do anything. You are just doing it wrong." Microsoft doesn't respond to users with a defensive crouch, they listen to them and do the work, resulting in a superior product.