Okay. I'm hitting the button and migrating this account to indiepocalypse.social. Let's see how this goes.
Some posted a thing somewhere about how common it's become to use real names on the internet and how harmful it can be and why did this happen?
It happened because of Facebooks 'real name' policy. A policy that did incredibly harm to trans and GNC folks for many many years and spread the idea that if you aren't using your real name you are being deceptive about who you are.
Just reminded that Western US is entering fire season soon.
Nows time to get your go bags sorted if you haven't yet.
If you aren't sure how, here's an intro
https://jessmahler.com/emergency-prep-101-go-bags/
Heard from a few other authors lately that they can't afford to leave Kindle Unlimited
This is your irregular reminder that KU is a trap designed to fuck authors over and use control of authors to develop a monopoly
Readers can help by buying books anywhere not Amazon.
Here's some options:
https://jessmahler.com/where-to-buy-ebooks-other-than-amazon/
Most authors can get free of the trap eventually, here's some info to help you get started:
https://jessmahler.com/breaking-free-of-kindle-unlimited/
Let's support each other.
Health shit means I'm unable to cook or shop, and even if I could, we don't have enough money for food this month.
(We don't have enough money because I've had to order fast food because couldn't cook/shop, and food stamps got cut.)
$200+ would get us through the month without constantly wondering when the food is going to run out.
$35/$200
paypal: jessicaburde@gmail.com
we're $90 in the hole and have another fee hitting tomorrow if we can't get the bank account out of negatives.
Budget next month is already screwed with double bills and shit.
$35/$90
closing ask, didn't make the deadline, but know there are a lot f folks asking right now, some with much more need -- pls go help them if can. Thank you to folks who helped. Didn't get us out of negatives, but may be enough extra that the negative won't screw our phone or cable bill next month.
I posted a few weeks ago about the Minnesota governor signing executive orders making Minnesota a 'refugee state' for trans folks.
As expected, on Friday the Minnesota legislature passed two bills saying basically the same shit as the executive orders. The bills still need to be signed by the governor, but with this governor, I think we can safely assume there's no chance of veto.
Within a week or two, Minnesota's refugee status will be solidly on the books and unable to be easily undone.
Homebound partner had to leave home discord server after breakup in january, and is have mental health flareups from isolation.
Can anyone suggest an open registration trans or queer server that is highly active (multiple folks on several times of day, mostly especially ~midnight UTC), preferably with pluralkit or other support for plural systems?
If if you have a private server you'd be willing to extend an invite, DM me?