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if i was a magical girl i would literally just die bc i accidentally left my soul gem at home

u got games on ur phone?

my mom asking what boy band justin timberlake was in and my dad goes no he’s the guy who invented napster

many of my posts are made much funnier by the fact that I’m hot. try to remember this so you can fully appreciate them

im really in a bad place i hope the sun doesnt start setting crazy early at like 4pm. i said i hope the sun doesnt set early at like 4pm that would be bad for me

If you live in the USA and you're pleading for donations to pay your rent, bills, or get food then dial 211! Please dial 211 before the last minute!

It's a toll free service with people who will help you find programs in your community to pay those bills, find food, and find housing! They will give you numbers to call so you can get help.

It is not 100% foolproof. Their job is to direct you to a program they believe will help your current issue, but it's still a step up from praying random strangers online will give you enough cash before a deadline! The added benefit of these community programs, which get funded by the local government most of the time, is if there are more people using them then they can get more money to help more people.

You're not taking resources from other people if you use your community services. Your taxes pay for them. Use them.

Dial 211 first to see if they can help, and if for some reason they can't, then make your donation posts!

https://www.211.org/

Hi I work for my state's 211 service. It really breaks my heart how many people only know to call us at the last minute. 211's can provide a whole wealth of resources to use before things ever get to a cut off utility, eviction, or homelessness!

I can't speak for all 211's but most should also have a website detailing all the agencies in their database. if you don't like phone calls, this can be something to reference instead.

If you don't have health insurance but you need to see a doctor, reference 211! We list clinics that provide free or discounted general care, vision, and dental services to low income households and people without insurance! Many hospitals also have financial aid policies that can severely reduce your bill if you had an expensive procedure!

If you're stuck in a dead end job or need educational resources reference 211! There are a lot of programs focused on providing basic adult education as well as trade skills or other high demand fields! State governments are generally more interested in funneling people into work than providing benefits, but you can still use this to your advantage especially if you have some form of disability but are still able to work. That includes if you're neurodiverse or have mental health issues! Most of these programs are extremely underutilized.

If you believe you qualify for public benefits but the bureaucracy of the process is in your way, reference 211! There are agencies specifically geared towards helping people obtain the benefits they qualify for- for free!

If you need help with your taxes-

If you need help finding a pro bono lawyer-

If you need help finding affordable housing/section 8 housing-

If you need help finding food pantries-

If you need help paying for your prescriptions-

If you need help obtaining disability aids or assistive technology-

If you need help finding transportation options-

If you need help following a natural or personal disaster (like a home fire)-

If you need help repairing a home you or your family owns or it needs modifications to be accessible-

If you need Queer resources-

Reference your 211!!!!!

I had no idea what 211 was before working for it but I wish I had. I've learned so much about what resources are actually available to the community even in a ho hum area of the country like my state. I've saved my partner literally thousands of dollars just from the medical resources I've gathered.

Not enough young people know about or utilize these services but they are there for you!

P. S.

This isn't an intended use of 211, but I like to reference the agency listings when I look for jobs. Many of the agencies listed are non-profits which, while they certainly are not perfect, generally have lower barriers of entry to decent paying jobs with benefits. The work environments tend to be much kinder and at least pretend to be forward thinking. You're more likely to find jobs without as many people applying as well, especially if they're only advertising their positions through their own website.

starting a compilation of my favorite "no thank you" buttons from when they want you to subscribe so bad

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I rambled about this in tags on another post but I can’t emphasize enough how only focusing on large-scale issues WILL lead to hopelessness & burnout. Activism must include small-scale, achievable works. If you don’t have something you can get your hands around and look at directly, despair will eat you alive.

I want to elaborate here for people who don’t think they’re capable of practical activism due to disability: what a LOT of volunteer groups need most is clerical and logistical support. Maybe you can’t get down to the river to pick up trash, but how about working the sign-up table? Or sending out email reminders or creating promotional graphics? How about making calls to the city to get funds for supplies?

Many volunteer groups rely on retired people to run their day-to-day functions, so as the economy worsens and retirement ages go up, charities are feeling the squeeze as their aging participants aren’t replaced. If you’re unable to work full-time due to disability but have the means to attend a zoom meeting once a month and take minutes, there’s an activist group that needs you. If you don’t have the financial means to donate to charities you care about, there’s a local advocacy group that needs help deciding how to allocate donation funds.

If you’re not sure how you or your disability can fit into a group, call and ask. My prison book group works from a basement that isn’t wheelchair accessible, so when I was unable to do stairs last year, I built them a database.

You can help and you are needed.

At one place where we used to live there were some great older ladies who scoured Facebook and Craigslist for free furniture and other home items. When they saw something, they’d contact their list of people with larger vehicles and trucks to see who would be able to go get it first and deliver it to someone who needed it.

They helped so many people who lost items due to fire and storms, housing instability, etc. If there wasn’t someone on the list but it was something that was often needed (like baby items), then they contacted people who had a bit of extra room in a garage or a shed and could store it until it was needed.

There are tons of items being given away for free but they tend to get picked up quickly and if someone is working, taking care of kids, doesn’t speak English, doesn’t have reliable internet access, or doesn’t have a truck, it can be difficult to take advantage of that. Someone who can’t leave home much due to a disability but can keep an eye on Facebook and text and coordinate group chats can help a huge number of people.

The Private Life of a Cat 1946 | dir. Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid

you guys have all this vitriol for lord licorice like you werent getting parked in the molasses swamp for 10 turns consecutively. you are letting your preconceived notions of appearance as an arbiter of morality propagandize you into ignoring the real enemy. grow up.

like ok i know what youre all gonna say btw youre gonna tell me that lord licorice abducted king kandy and tried to turn candy land into licorice land. sure. whatever. i guess we're monarchists now? either way. we have no way of knowing if this is even true. the only source on this is mr. mint, who was revealed to be taking money from the kandy family to excessively cut down candy canes so they could build their summer home, which prevented the flow of menthol to the gingerbread plum trees. we're all gonna pretend like we didnt see plumpy's mutual aid requests, which is extra fucked bc he's literally the LAST plumpa troll. and anyway when youre walking your candy ass up to the castle, i'd like to know WHOSE HOUSE has the rainbow bridge that takes 2 hours off your trip, 2.5 in toffee traffic. yeah. lord licorice. you guys are fake.

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Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019) | dir. Abby Martin

my other grounding technique is remembering that the earliest abolitionists & the earliest suffragists had no proof that the world would ever make possible what they fought for and indeed many of them did not live to see it come to pass. and yet they did not succumb to despair so it would be disrespectful to their memory to let it overtake me

remember when you used to look stuff up and the first result was always wikipedia :(