mutual_aid

I've got some kind of fucked up throat thing going on. I feel kinda bleh, but mostly normal except my throat fucking Hurts and I can't account for anything other than the fact that covid rates are up here and despite wearing fitted n95s in public, i have to use public transit and generally face elevated risk.

but i can't even afford covid tests and my insurance is disrupted. If im positive i'm gonna have to pull shennanigans to get paxlovid, but i'll cross that bridge when i have to

i need to do the most due dilligence i can afford here - which is unfortunately just otc testing

if you can help, venmo is @ktkatte with other handles available on request via pm

thanks

can dm for payment links or look at previous posts, extremely sorry :(

Been off the site mostly for a bit cuz I've been feeling bad :(

I've been living with my family again since my life fell apart and they eat even worse than me. I have things to eat but I want to eat fresh food, stuff that you couldn't buy at a hardware store. Tired of eating absolute slop cuz there's nothing else

I just confirmed that this place has a lead water service line and I'm afraid to drink the water. I knew it probably had one before and I grew up here so the damage is probably already done but yeh

I am such a ball of anxiety I can't stop thinking about the lead water or the peeling paint here or dust from when my family was doing work on this ancient house in the most negligent way possible some months ago

I miss having a place to live where the people I live with just barely tolerate me and don't go on rants about immigrants and crime waves and demonrats and where I don't have to worry about being poisoned slowly just by existing

Anyway, whining over, most of should be bulldozed and the debris buried in a big pile which is designated a toxic waste zone , everything is full of toxic chemicals and heavy metals unless you have money and can afford the good things and it's driving me insane

It's not urgent but if you wanna help I would really appreciate it

Links for money-sending that do not identify me (I hope this means it can stay up):

https://ko-fi.com/paxctl (I think this one has anonymous money-sending capability without needing an account)

Cash app: $paxxap

Thank you for reading, sorry for asking, the online work I was doing has dried up for now :(

Skip to the end if you don't care about the update:

Long story long with a lot of extra detail since the ordeal is basically over now:

I was illegally detained and searched by security while working at a festival. The security were blatantly corrupt, having broken into our camp and stolen things multiple times in the first two nights alone. Security claimed I had substances and a burner but the police dropped the entire investigation for multiple reasons (basically they had nothing to go off of but the word of security who had also stolen everything my partner and I brought to the festival - roughly £600 of camping gear and clothes. At the time I felt utterly powerless and like my life had ended in the whim of some undertrained removed.

The funny thing is I never really had any of the stuff security said I did - at most you could say I confiscated it from some kid who was shitting himself because I caught him with it. I was going to try to turn it in without getting them into trouble but the moment they saw me with a bag and a phone, possibly because I'm brown, they decided that I must be a dealer.

But I was incredibly lucky with the sergeant, she was genuinely quite understanding, seemed to believe me, also had ADHD which may have helped as well as me being in a long term relationship with an okay job. The duty solicitor did an excellent job as well although she was unbelievably busy so contact was few and far between. I got away essentially scot free ( as I should have, I genuinely didn't do anything wrong lol)

Thanks to the help of you generous lot and the most based comrade I know IRL, I was able to just about cover rent while I was waiting for a new job to start.

Unfortunately the job offer was retracted, thanks to a misleading reference given out by the one of the most evil banks in the UK (it rhymes with Sharklays - put a .co.uk on the end of that to find out more). It was hell to work there (I was frontline customer service, not doing evil investments don't worry), the employee turnover was insane - we were short staffed by about 750 in our department alone. So we were doing over twice as much work as we were supposed to - oh but the do-nothing, clueless-about-the-role, check-emails-and-go-to-pointless-meetings-micromanagers were "really grateful" for all the work (just not in anyway that paid us for doing two people's work). And to top it off the CEO was an Epstein client.

So yeah after working there for a year, being a top performer, experiencing intense mania followed by a massive breakdown due to the stress and then getting a disciplinary investigation for "call avoidance" (my system had been set up incorrectly from day one and there was calls I literally could not take because of this), I left for my not-quite-dream but definitely interesting and chill office job for an actual half decent company. Only for shitty Barclays to lie in the reference and say that I left mid disciplinary, which despite emails showing I didn't do and their own policy saying it shouldn't have been on my record, I can't take them to court without spending a load of money. But that will have to come another time because I've still got bigger fish to fry right now.

I'm still asking for money though, don't you worry! I just need a little bit of help paying off the debts I accrued while unable to work. Rent is fine and basically covered I'm very behind on bills and debt payments so bailiffs are looking to take possessions if I don't pay soon, which would probably be my pc which I need for work stuff.

Every little helps if you can and it's seriously much appreciated. One day once my feet are fully back under me (hopefully soon, I'm actually really loving this new job) I will be able to pay people back and/or pay it forward here.

My cashapp (UK only I believe: £tongzhi PayPal. Me/temphelp Any other methods on m

I will likely repost this in a month or two if that's within the rules

Tl;dr life still a bit fucked, could I borrow some money please mum/dad/glucose guardian??

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3255419

Hey folks, I'm asking on behalf of a trans comrade that is new to transition and really wants to find some local friends to talk to and possibly hang out with in the future. This comrade is having a bit of a hard time getting started and I think this would help a lot.

If you think this might be in your alley or you know anyone, please DM me on matrix @small-k:matrix.org. You can do so with a new account but I will ask which account on hexbear you are, dw I will forget it almost immediately and you can delete that info after. I'm just asking for security/no trolls reasons.

Hello again! Thank you everyone that helped us get this month paid for, sadly it looks like we might have to deal with this through to November now which really sucks, but for now we arent desparately chasing down rent for the night fearing we’ll end up on the street any given day.

This post is just for some help with food and general hygiene products along with paying for some of my wife and I’s prescriptions that have been ready for a while but we havent been able to pick up that are pretty important for our health and cause really shitty withdrawal symptons without them. It would cost us altogether, $120 to pick up every one of them. However, we can make due with just getting the most important ones which we’d only need about $70 for.

Any help towards food and the hygiene products mentioned (deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, etc) would also help a lot as we’re extremely low on both since our food stamps were cut :/

I hate to ask for help again, but due to our situation which I detailed a little bit in my previous posts, we don’t have many options or places/people to go to for help at the moment :(

DM for payment links (i think its technically against the rules to post them here?) or for questions etc!

this community is amazing and we cant tell you all how much youve already helped us, having the stress of worrying about if we’ll end up on the street every night lifted for the next few weeks/last week or two has felt incredible and we owe it all to the generosity of our fellow comrades here.

thank you, and solidarity forever!

This month has not been easy for me and am still struggling to get a job, Even $10 whould be fine

I just need something to eat for now, thank you.

You can Pm me for my paypal

I have been talking with Siraj over tumblr for weeks now. He is a dedicated journalist that aspires to get a PHD, for months he walked 3 km daily just to get some expensive internet hotspot, nevertheless the danger and how he could use some of the money spent to get water and food for his family. But it is not like he has a choice. Quoting Siraj “With every book you read, there are true stories written in blood. Does this mean anything to you? Why are am I telling you that? I don't know. But dear friend said to me one day: "Write, Siraj. Don't stop. Write so that Siraj can rest. Write for Siraj."

The situation for his family has become increasingly dire, with his son Amir in constant physical pain with a skin infection that has spread to another sibling. And this new update Siraj just gave as if today that his parents and 7 brothers was notified by IOF and had to evacuate to them to escape death. They need funds asap to purchase new tent and other necessities of life.

Please help him out. It is the least we can do right now. As if 8/16/2024 we are at $38,072 CAD and we need to reach the 40,000 CAD short term goal asap. He is vetted at 219 on Hussein's spreadsheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yYkNp5U3ANwILl2MknJi9G7ArY4uVTEEQ1CVfzR8Ioo/edit Remember that if you are in the US, 1 USD equals 1.39 CAD so even a small donation goes far.

Siraj deserves to be able to provide a well-built home for his children, who have been sleeping in a tent for months now since their home was destroyed. I have also attached a graphic to make sharing in various platforms easier!

I'm gonna go down to the bank and try to get the fee waived and make sure overdrafts are off again, but I'm $40 in the hole right now. On the bright side, it was one of those short term loan things so I can do that again and not be totally broke. I'm looking for a job right now, but doing it in such a car dependent area is really hard. I missed the public transit to my job interview today because it came 10 minutes early and I feel like a fucking idiot. I applied for more places online, but I'm about to just walk to everywhere nearby and just see if they have openings.

As always, any help is appreciated

As much attention as it got, my last post did not get anything.

I need something for dinner tonight, and I would like to get some portobello mushrooms and a block of tofu to prepare for a meal.

It totals to being a little under $7, like $6.3.

That's all I really want 🥺 I will update the post as soon as I get enough.

BTW, one of the mutual aid organizations finally reached out to me, so at least there's that.

DM for Cash App, PayPal, and Venmo.

Thank you 🥺👉👈

Thank you!

I put aside a quarter of my rent this week, as I'm determined to pay it myself.

But I need toilet paper and more money for food. I went shopping and got what I could, pork chops mostly, but it wasn't enough and will be gone soon.

I talked with my boss today that I can't keep killing myself like this. I can't afford to eat enough food to make up for my energy expenditure. My job is literally killing me, mentally and physically. I can't stop shedding weight, and that's while I'm putting on muscle, so I'm actually losing more in a way. I'm down to 139. I'm 5 10 and broad shouldered. That's way too light.

I've got job applications out and I've got in touch with some contacts that are going to look for me. I'm working to not even survive. I'm so tired. Like my soul is weary at this point.

I need to schedule therapy really badly but can't afford it. I need new work pants because I've lost so much weight mine are probably 5 inches too big in the waist. I don't even know what my size is anymore. I also need to update the addy on my driver's license so I can then get my marijuana card renewed, which is about 100 all told. That's the only way I have to medicate myself right now. I need a new phone as mine is a shitty one a friend gave me, and it crashes just using the text now app that I have to use because I can't afford a phone bill anymore.

I'm trying really hard not to let life break me but I'm struggling.

But for right now, I just need toilet paper and some groceries.

Thank you comrades, even if all you have is advice or kind words. I'm not in a great spot mentally right now, so anything is helpful. I love all you internet strangers. If it wasn't for Hexbear being the way it is and teaching me what it has, and not even accounting for the financial help, I don't know where I'd be, or if I would even still be, at all.

I hope you're all doing well.

Cashapp: $sgriffith0891

PayPal: sgriffith0891 gmail com

Thank you, again.

Thanks to everyone who chipped in.

I'm still waiting to hear back from the mutual aid resources I reached out to. I'm thinking to shoot a follow-up today because I know they can definitely be so busy to the point of glossing over emails and what not.

In the meantime, with my internet bill covered and what not, I'm still struggling a bit to keep it together.

Once again, any assistance is appreciated, and when I say any, I mean any.

I can't help but feel guilt over my situation, but honestly, I try to give myself grace because I'm in a freaky situation where I'm a black trans person in a conservative state with no family because transphobia is garbage.

Thank you all, once again, 🥺👉👈

DM for Cash App, PayPal, and Venmo.

Still stuck in the limbo of being unemployed without having qualified for unemployment :(

If anyone wants to help out, my cashapp and venmo handles are both under the handle cosecantphi. I'm looking for 20 to 30 dollars, but any amount is very helpful!

EDIT: Goal reached! Thanks so much to our comrade donors and our comrade bumpers here on c/mutual_aid.

i got nothing, if you can send $10 i whould be really grateful

Pm for paypal

As usual, DM for Cash App, PayPal, and Venmo.

Thank you 🥺👉👈

I've got a high efficiency machine that doesn't play nice with pods or normal soap, so i kinda need a specific kind of detergent. It's not bank breaking but the title range is the price for it.

I have some prospects but I need clean clothes, almost all of my shit is in various states of soiled and i've already been doing no-soap washes and shit's getting unhygeinic - any help would be appreciated, not stinking like booty is part of looking for work lol

venmo is @ktkatte - other handles are available via pm (cashapp/paypall/etc.)

Pm for my paypal

Need to get to the practice space tomorrow to audition a new guitarist, and grab a few necessities in the meantime. Got the usual - venmo, paypal, zelle.

Holler if you need any of the payment thingies! Thanks all!

I got a decent bit of money from yesterday's post, but unfortunately, on the same day, I ended up getting a fraudulent charge on my card that took a big chunk of the money out of my account. Fortunately, I was able to get that fixed through the company's support, but it'll take a while before the money is back, and I have not eaten yet today even though it's 2 PM my time.

I'm trying to keep things together, and even though I'm starting work on Monday of next week, my mind has still not been stable until then. I'm still ultimately worried about bills and what not because, even by the time I start my job, I might not get my first paycheck in enough time to cover all those expenses.

With this in mind, any amount of money helps, even like $5 so I can buy a decent chunk of canned vegetables. I'm feeling both the good and bad of my life right now, and being a black trans person in Florida with no family to turn to really makes the bad more overpowering of the good in this current moment.

Once again, appreciate you all 🥺👉👈 and Cash App, PayPal, and Venmo are all acquired through DMing me.

Thank you comrade!

Need is met. Thank you! Go help someone else, please!

I get paid tomorrow night, so I don't need much. But I work tomorrow and will definitely need fuel to throw truck and bust my ass like I do. I've got two small potatoes and maybe a cup of rice right now.

I applied for a second job today, with my apartment complex. That would discount my rent and pay me. Hopefully it comes through. I don't know anything about being a maintenance tech, but I can learn just about anything.

I'm doing my best, friends.

PayPal: sgriffith0891 at gee mail

Cashapp: $sgriffith0891

I was only sent $25 total, the other day, in spite of much fanfare and updoots/bumps.

I literally haven’t really eaten today except for some watermelon-flavored sour gummies. I don’t think I’m gonna make it to the Thai place that gives me food when they close.

Plz help. I know I’m a shit person but I’m not lying about how bad I’m starving.

~~Not sure how this situation resolved but this comrade never made an update, so I fear it's likely for the worst.~~ As explained here, the situation has stabilized and their housing is secure for the moment. They could likely still use assistance for daily necessities. I have no connection to them - we've never spoken to my knowledge - but if you feel you can help please do.

cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/3189587

Hate to make another one, but it’s a daily struggle for my wife and I to come up with the money for our motel room ($55) or we’re on the street unless we can secure a week (250) or month (525) in advance. Thank you everyone for all your help, Im sorry to kind of have to rely on this at the moment :( being on the street would basically be a death sentence for me in my current condition

cash app ~ @goldenratio1123 paypal ~ @iwannadaisuki venmo ~ @sleepyguts cash app or paypal are strongly preferred, hard for us to transfer the money out because we dont have a venmo card and it wont accept my bank. DM if any questions or have trouble. tysm ❤️🖤

Started a new job, but I'm still training and the first paycheck was only my first couple days, so I couldn't cover the entire phone bill. Need to get it covered by the end of tomorrow (12th). Any help is appreciated, message for info, I can do cashapp, venmo, paypal, or zelle.

Thanks!