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Hey family, you might have seen this post where Chris and I both lost our accounts and the money in them for stupid reasons. We're managing to sort it out thanks largely to you but we're still in the mess 🫪 🫟

I've opened a new account but it'll take 21 days to get a cheque for the balance of the last one. The timing sucks because I have to pay

school fees for my pre apprenticeship program ($400)

another iron infusion ($160)

another four dentist appointments (there'll be more but that's what I know of, I'm guessing $400 after my health insurance)

A health insurance premium I missed last week bc of the bank issue ($45) + a late fee that I'll try to negotiate

a debt that I left way too long as it is ($600 or more precisely 400 USD so the exact number in AUD fluctuates)

Then my regular expenses

...And my savings don't cover that anyway

Then we found out we can't use the PayPal balance until the pay-in-4 arrangements are paid off now!! I guess since they were in arrears prior or because he changed banks - that's $267.

We have to clear the PayPal balance to make the account usable again, right now it's the only money Chris has plus I need it to repay the people who helped me when I was on the street last year

Ofc I'm not expecting to cover all of that but any help while I'm applying for fast food jobs would be huge. I'm finally starting to live instead of struggle to survive entirely thanks to how you've helped me and my kids ❤️

Any help is massively hugely appreciated ❤️

My Ko-fi is still /FakeJuly

The PayPal is still [email protected]

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Letter to a physio, govt covers a portion but I pay the bulk of it

A letter to a sports physiologist or something? I'm not completely clear on that but my GP thought it would help with how exercising causes pain in my legs and shoulders

Another x-ray on my gimpy hip/leg

[A kamayan feast using some of the recipes from veganfilipinofood.com! Kamayan (Tagalog for “by hand”) is a traditional Filipinx form of eating].

 Filipinx people have a long history of fighting for farm worker justice, such as the Delano Grape Strike started by Larry Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz, and other Manongs. Most foods that we all eat are picked by farm workers who often suffer and are treated unfairly, so we must recognize just how important it is to support these workers whenever possible.

Before being colonized and named “the Philippines,” the archipelago was diverse in distinct cultures and languages. Prior to 300 years of Spanish colonization, Japanese occupation, and (ongoing) U.S. imperialism, the islands had already been trading with merchants from all over Asia, and over thousands of years, the Philippines was forever changed by foreign influence. Modern Filipinx identity, traditions, and diet have thus developed to be both fiercely resilient as well as open to adaptation. Filipinx culture places a high value on caring for our community and for the land that sustains us. By bringing a vegan spotlight to Filipinx cuisine, we hope to carry our traditions of growth, compassion, and respect for the environment into the 21st century.

Vegan foods do not contain animal ingredients, including “meat,” sea life, eggs, dairy, and honey, all of which are products of suffering and exploitation. Many Filipinx dishes are naturally vegan, like lugaw, taho, and turon, while others are easily made vegan, like lumpia, afritada, and pinakbet. For those dishes that may contain animal ingredients, we have included delicious vegan recipes so that you don’t have to miss out on any of your favorites.

Every time some non-vegan talks about everyone just buying “sustainable, ethical, locally-sourced, humane, free-range, grass-fed, whatever” animal products I think of this video.

Where are we going to get all the land and resources for these hypothetical “nice” farms while feeding people the same (or greater) amount of animal products? We gonna start bulldozing our national parks now to treat the cows a little nicer? We gonna give all our money to Elon so he can build a space colony on Mars and cover it in chickens? Might need to put some grain and soy farms on Jupiter’s moons to feed them all too.

We can’t have both sustainable and ““ethical”“ farms. In the end, the animals are still bred into existence only to be exploited and slaughtered at a fraction of their natural lifespan.

[Image: A screenshot of a chat thread.

John: “Did you see the video of Fairlife staff beating baby cows?”

Carnie: “No I did not. My friend a local farmer supplies milk. And dont care to. If ita true thats sad. Try living ur life buddy. Im a meat eater and always will be. I dont drink milk nor do i buy from big pharma. I eat wild game these days

Be very careful john 👍”

John: “I never said anything baout you eating meat, I just asked if you had a seen the video of the company you’re promoting beating baby calfs.”]

[Image: a screenshot of a reddit post with the title: “After a year of dedication, perseverance, and the sound advice of my financial advisor, Pat, I was finally able to afford this can of beans. Veganism may only be for the ultra wealthy but don’t let anything hold you back from your goals. #dreamsdocometrue #thankspat #unsecuredpersonalloans“

[Image: the blood orange meme. “It’s like, that kind of leather” “Leather, she’s so pretentious.” “shut up it’s fucking skin” “Leather”]

Neither is:

Quinoa

Kale

Soy

Nuts

Agave

Wheat

Chocolate

Strawberries

Gluten-free food

Organic food

Diet food

Ultra-healthy superfoods

Food flown from the other side of the world

Pleather (still less environmentally damaging than animal skins anyway)

The only requirement for being vegan is avoiding animal exploitation and products as far as is possible and practicable to you.

That’s it. That’s the definition.

my venmo is @str-ngeloop.

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Israel has once again cut off all aid to Gaza and closed all crossings into the strip, intensifying its genocidal blockade as the population faces widespread disease and malnutrition.

The move, announced by the Israeli military’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (Cogat), comes after Iran launched missiles at Israel on Sunday in retaliation for its strikes against Lebanon.

Israel has repeatedly violated its ceasefire agreements with Hamas and Hezbollah, killing hundreds in both Gaza and Lebanon in recent months as it seizes control of more land.

The apartheid state last cut off all entry to Gaza in late February following the outbreak of the US and Israel’s illegal war on Iran.

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Cogat said in a post on X on Monday that crossings into Gaza would be closed “until further notice”. It falsely claimed the move “will not affect the humanitarian situation” in Gaza.

people are being Very Normal about a black person* taking ownership of her identity and participating as a figurehead of the community, clearly. which is honestly unsurprising, but still really weird because there's several mainstream queer flags that were created by 1 white person on tumblr with no community feedback whatsoever, and most people love those. one would think that people would be happy about her being so open to feedback and wanting it to be a community conversation.