#begpost — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #begpost, aggregated by home.social.
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:BoostOK: URGENT #MutualAidRequest PLEASE BOOST :BoostOK:
my older brother is living out of an extended stay motel and is struggling to make ends meet while also dealing with a divorce. he's set for tonight but will need about $100 by tomorrow evening ($70 for the room, $30 for food, gas and other amenities). i'll be using my links to protect his privacy, and then transferring the money to him
thank you for reading, and if you cant donate then please boost! 🙏
paypal: https://www.paypal.me/ic003 (@ic003)
venmo: @ic00003
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CW: Mutual Aid - missing bipolar & adhd meds, need to pickup ($0 / $50)
I've been out of my bipolar & ADHD medication since yesterday, going into today and have missed three doses so far.
I'm very scared as this is a crucial part of my treatment.
Anything helps me get my meds. I've no way of picking them up till next week.
Thank you for reading, hope you're well.
PayPal - https://PayPal.me/PaulJasek1 (Paul, my father)
CashApp - $PaulJasek#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAidSavesLives #HelpFolksLive2026 #BegPost #CrowdFund @[email protected] @[email protected]
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water.
Asking $200 to replace the van brakes.
$50/200
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 May 13th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
Please add note "fedi" if able
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FUNDED TY: Peach is a homeless trans woman currently living in a hotel room. She is out of food and needs $20 for groceries.
$20/20 done
PayPal: @alicechambers29
Venmo: @notamaterialgirl
https://cash.app/$alicechambers29
#MutualAid #BegPost #TransMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Urgent
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CW: mutual aid
my bank account's drying up again. i need at least $20 to keep myself afloat for the next week. anything more would help immensely. (and would make it so i wouldn't have to ask so much!)
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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CW: mutual aid
my bank account's drying up again. i need at least $20 to keep myself afloat for the next week. anything more would help immensely. (and would make it so i wouldn't have to ask so much!)
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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CW: mutual aid
my bank account's drying up again. i need at least $20 to keep myself afloat for the next week. anything more would help immensely. (and would make it so i wouldn't have to ask so much!)
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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CW: mutual aid
my bank account's drying up again. i need at least $20 to keep myself afloat for the next week. anything more would help immensely. (and would make it so i wouldn't have to ask so much!)
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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CW: mutual aid
my bank account's drying up again. i need at least $20 to keep myself afloat for the next week. anything more would help immensely. (and would make it so i wouldn't have to ask so much!)
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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CW: Mutual Aid - don't have psych meds for this month ($0 / $50)
I'm completely out of my bipolar & ADHD medication for the long haul. We need $50 to get it.
With things improving, we paid off some stuff and this will be the last hard month for us. Anything helps. I really don't want to miss anymore.
Thank you for reading, hope you're well.
PayPal - https://PayPal.me/PaulJasek1 (Paul, my father)
CashApp - $PaulJasek#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAidSavesLives #HelpFolksLive2026 #BegPost #CrowdFund @mutualaid
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CW: mutual aid
bank account is running low again you know the drill
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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CW: mutual aid
bank account is running low again you know the drill
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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CW: mutual aid
bank account is running low again you know the drill
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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CW: mutual aid
bank account is running low again you know the drill
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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CW: mutual aid
bank account is running low again you know the drill
https://ko-fi.com/skyeweeb
https://paypal.me/skyeweeb
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI17Td4j7rWdQk8ww#mutualaid #mutualaidsaveslives #transmutualaid #queermutualaid #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #BegPost #begposting
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water.
Asking $200 to replace the van brakes.
$50/200
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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FUNDED TY: Peach is a homeless trans woman currently living in a hotel room. Asking $20 for food.
$20/20 ✅
PayPal: @alicechambers29
Venmo: @notamaterialgirl
https://cash.app/$alicechambers29
#MutualAid #BegPost #TransMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Urgent
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water.
Asking $200 to replace the van brakes.
$50/200
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 May 10th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
Please add note "fedi" if able
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water.
Asking $200 to replace the van brakes.
$50/200
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 May 8th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
Please add note "fedi" if able
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$20/20 May 7th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
Please add note "fedi" if able
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Can anyone send me some money for brake fluid my breaks are almost completely gone. $0/30 donation links on bio #begpost #muturalaid
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 May 4th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
Please add note "fedi" if able
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water. She has ongoing needs for food, gas, etc.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 May 3rd
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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FUNDED: Peach is a homeless trans woman currently living in a hotel room. Asking $20 so she can afford her HRT. She is complete out!
$20/20 ✅ FUNDED THANK YOU
PayPal: @alicechambers29
Venmo: @notamaterialgirl
https://cash.app/$alicechambers29
#MutualAid #BegPost #TransMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Urgent
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water. She has ongoing needs for food, gas, etc.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 May 2nd
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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FUNDED: Peach is a homeless trans woman currently living in a hotel room. Asking $20 so she can afford her HRT. She is complete out!
$20/20 ✅ FUNDED THANK YOU
PayPal: @alicechambers29
Venmo: @notamaterialgirl
https://cash.app/$alicechambers29
#MutualAid #BegPost #TransMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Urgent
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CW: #MutualAid Fundraiser Update #2 and general old man yelling at clouds
I don't even know what to write at this point.
Every month I tell myself, "Okay, this is the month we get back on track. I'm going to go get a second job. We're going to do this on our own for once, goddammit."
Yet my job takes just enough of a physical and emotional toll that I can't seem to function. I can't get focused. I can't get the apartment cleaned up or get everything organized, I can't seem to summon the willpower to go through the mind-numbingly asinine job application process to some other retail job that's probably even more demeaning than the one I currently hold.
So every month we only make rent thanks to charity. The only reason we're not homeless is because we're receiving mutual aid. I'm not exaggerating. We would absolutely be on the streets without everyone's help on the Fedi.
This has been going on for two years now.
It seems reasonable to ask, "Well, why don't you apply for government assistance? Why don't you reach out to local charities? Why don't you handle your money better and quit relying on strangers?"
Let me offer brief summary of the circumstances of someone I know to help answer those questions:
A co-worker of mine - a single mother with multiple health problems, has needed to resort to payday loans for enough money to eat.
She makes *just* enough money to not qualify for much public assistance, and struggles with tech literacy so it's a nightmare for her trying to navigate all the hoops one must jump through.
She reached out to the local clergy of the predominant religious faith in the area. It's one of the most wealthy religious institutions in the world, commanding hundreds of *billions* in assets (thanks to a whistleblower for it to even be publicly known), and she is a member of this church.
They made her give them copies of her paystubs and her bank account statements, detailed financial information of her (just barely turned) adult son who barely makes anything working at a movie theater and that of her brother (also struggling financially, and will only be their roommate until the end of their lease sometime early summer), and still turned her down. They offered her a couple of vouchers for their church-owned food pantry, most of which she's unable to use due to food allergies.
She had to beg them, sobbing, until they finally relented and agreed to cover one month of rent for her and her son (I guess her brother will magically find his portion?) and insisted that this was the last help she would receive from them.
It's a perfect (yes, albeit anecdotal) example of why #MutualAid is crucial: people are falling through the cracks because the institutions we're supposed to be able to rely upon are failing to protect us. Even one of the most wealthy non-profit entities on the planet refuse to help even their own members without forcing them to undergo an embarrassing and demeaning process to prove their worthiness to receive help.
If anyone deserves help, it's her. She's a sweet, good-natured soul just trying to survive. Yet because she isn't computer-savvy and able to constantly begpost like I have the privilege of doing, she is stressed out of her mind and starting to sell all her possessions before she has to move to a different apartment next month and couldn't afford to set any money aside for deposit and related costs.
I can't even remember where I was going with this now after angrily typing all of that. I guess maybe that it isn't always as fucking simple and easy as some people think it is, to be a grifting beggar.
I can promise you one thing, however: I'd be willing to bet that most of us posting #MutualAidRequest after request, would really rather not be doing so.
I would much, much, much rather be giving back to the community.
But that's difficult when your annual salary raises are less than inflation. Or, as I've begun referring to them, "annual pay cuts".
But folks like my co-worker and myself didn't "apply ourselves" to get college degrees, so I guess we're getting what we deserve.
Except it shouldn't be what we deserve.
Survival shouldn't be a privilege to be "earned".
Original #begpost:
https://beige.party/@LibertyForward1/116469237814027295
Venmo: https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins
Cashapp: https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins
PP: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982
GFM: https://gofund.me/12171be3 -
CW: #MutualAid Fundraiser Update #2 and general old man yelling at clouds
I don't even know what to write at this point.
Every month I tell myself, "Okay, this is the month we get back on track. I'm going to go get a second job. We're going to do this on our own for once, goddammit."
Yet my job takes just enough of a physical and emotional toll that I can't seem to function. I can't get focused. I can't get the apartment cleaned up or get everything organized, I can't seem to summon the willpower to go through the mind-numbingly asinine job application process to some other retail job that's probably even more demeaning than the one I currently hold.
So every month we only make rent thanks to charity. The only reason we're not homeless is because we're receiving mutual aid. I'm not exaggerating. We would absolutely be on the streets without everyone's help on the Fedi.
This has been going on for two years now.
It seems reasonable to ask, "Well, why don't you apply for government assistance? Why don't you reach out to local charities? Why don't you handle your money better and quit relying on strangers?"
Let me offer brief summary of the circumstances of someone I know to help answer those questions:
A co-worker of mine - a single mother with multiple health problems, has needed to resort to payday loans for enough money to eat.
She makes *just* enough money to not qualify for much public assistance, and struggles with tech literacy so it's a nightmare for her trying to navigate all the hoops one must jump through.
She reached out to the local clergy of the predominant religious faith in the area. It's one of the most wealthy religious institutions in the world, commanding hundreds of *billions* in assets (thanks to a whistleblower for it to even be publicly known), and she is a member of this church.
They made her give them copies of her paystubs and her bank account statements, detailed financial information of her (just barely turned) adult son who barely makes anything working at a movie theater and that of her brother (also struggling financially, and will only be their roommate until the end of their lease sometime early summer), and still turned her down. They offered her a couple of vouchers for their church-owned food pantry, most of which she's unable to use due to food allergies.
She had to beg them, sobbing, until they finally relented and agreed to cover one month of rent for her and her son (I guess her brother will magically find his portion?) and insisted that this was the last help she would receive from them.
It's a perfect (yes, albeit anecdotal) example of why #MutualAid is crucial: people are falling through the cracks because the institutions we're supposed to be able to rely upon are failing to protect us. Even one of the most wealthy non-profit entities on the planet refuse to help even their own members without forcing them to undergo an embarrassing and demeaning process to prove their worthiness to receive help.
If anyone deserves help, it's her. She's a sweet, good-natured soul just trying to survive. Yet because she isn't computer-savvy and able to constantly begpost like I have the privilege of doing, she is stressed out of her mind and starting to sell all her possessions before she has to move to a different apartment next month and couldn't afford to set any money aside for deposit and related costs.
I can't even remember where I was going with this now after angrily typing all of that. I guess maybe that it isn't always as fucking simple and easy as some people think it is, to be a grifting beggar.
I can promise you one thing, however: I'd be willing to bet that most of us posting #MutualAidRequest after request, would really rather not be doing so.
I would much, much, much rather be giving back to the community.
But that's difficult when your annual salary raises are less than inflation. Or, as I've begun referring to them, "annual pay cuts".
But folks like my co-worker and myself didn't "apply ourselves" to get college degrees, so I guess we're getting what we deserve.
Except it shouldn't be what we deserve.
Survival shouldn't be a privilege to be "earned".
Original #begpost:
https://beige.party/@LibertyForward1/116469237814027295
Venmo: https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins
Cashapp: https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins
PP: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982
GFM: https://gofund.me/12171be3 -
CW: #MutualAid Fundraiser Update #2 and general old man yelling at clouds
I don't even know what to write at this point.
Every month I tell myself, "Okay, this is the month we get back on track. I'm going to go get a second job. We're going to do this on our own for once, goddammit."
Yet my job takes just enough of a physical and emotional toll that I can't seem to function. I can't get focused. I can't get the apartment cleaned up or get everything organized, I can't seem to summon the willpower to go through the mind-numbingly asinine job application process to some other retail job that's probably even more demeaning than the one I currently hold.
So every month we only make rent thanks to charity. The only reason we're not homeless is because we're receiving mutual aid. I'm not exaggerating. We would absolutely be on the streets without everyone's help on the Fedi.
This has been going on for two years now.
It seems reasonable to ask, "Well, why don't you apply for government assistance? Why don't you reach out to local charities? Why don't you handle your money better and quit relying on strangers?"
Let me offer brief summary of the circumstances of someone I know to help answer those questions:
A co-worker of mine - a single mother with multiple health problems, has needed to resort to payday loans for enough money to eat.
She makes *just* enough money to not qualify for much public assistance, and struggles with tech literacy so it's a nightmare for her trying to navigate all the hoops one must jump through.
She reached out to the local clergy of the predominant religious faith in the area. It's one of the most wealthy religious institutions in the world, commanding hundreds of *billions* in assets (thanks to a whistleblower for it to even be publicly known), and she is a member of this church.
They made her give them copies of her paystubs and her bank account statements, detailed financial information of her (just barely turned) adult son who barely makes anything working at a movie theater and that of her brother (also struggling financially, and will only be their roommate until the end of their lease sometime early summer), and still turned her down. They offered her a couple of vouchers for their church-owned food pantry, most of which she's unable to use due to food allergies.
She had to beg them, sobbing, until they finally relented and agreed to cover one month of rent for her and her son (I guess her brother will magically find his portion?) and insisted that this was the last help she would receive from them.
It's a perfect (yes, albeit anecdotal) example of why #MutualAid is crucial: people are falling through the cracks because the institutions we're supposed to be able to rely upon are failing to protect us. Even one of the most wealthy non-profit entities on the planet refuse to help even their own members without forcing them to undergo an embarrassing and demeaning process to prove their worthiness to receive help.
If anyone deserves help, it's her. She's a sweet, good-natured soul just trying to survive. Yet because she isn't computer-savvy and able to constantly begpost like I have the privilege of doing, she is stressed out of her mind and starting to sell all her possessions before she has to move to a different apartment next month and couldn't afford to set any money aside for deposit and related costs.
I can't even remember where I was going with this now after angrily typing all of that. I guess maybe that it isn't always as fucking simple and easy as some people think it is, to be a grifting beggar.
I can promise you one thing, however: I'd be willing to bet that most of us posting #MutualAidRequest after request, would really rather not be doing so.
I would much, much, much rather be giving back to the community.
But that's difficult when your annual salary raises are less than inflation. Or, as I've begun referring to them, "annual pay cuts".
But folks like my co-worker and myself didn't "apply ourselves" to get college degrees, so I guess we're getting what we deserve.
Except it shouldn't be what we deserve.
Survival shouldn't be a privilege to be "earned".
Original #begpost:
https://beige.party/@LibertyForward1/116469237814027295
Venmo: https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins
Cashapp: https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins
PP: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982
GFM: https://gofund.me/12171be3 -
CW: #MutualAid Fundraiser Update #2 and general old man yelling at clouds
I don't even know what to write at this point.
Every month I tell myself, "Okay, this is the month we get back on track. I'm going to go get a second job. We're going to do this on our own for once, goddammit."
Yet my job takes just enough of a physical and emotional toll that I can't seem to function. I can't get focused. I can't get the apartment cleaned up or get everything organized, I can't seem to summon the willpower to go through the mind-numbingly asinine job application process to some other retail job that's probably even more demeaning than the one I currently hold.
So every month we only make rent thanks to charity. The only reason we're not homeless is because we're receiving mutual aid. I'm not exaggerating. We would absolutely be on the streets without everyone's help on the Fedi.
This has been going on for two years now.
It seems reasonable to ask, "Well, why don't you apply for government assistance? Why don't you reach out to local charities? Why don't you handle your money better and quit relying on strangers?"
Let me offer brief summary of the circumstances of someone I know to help answer those questions:
A co-worker of mine - a single mother with multiple health problems, has needed to resort to payday loans for enough money to eat.
She makes *just* enough money to not qualify for much public assistance, and struggles with tech literacy so it's a nightmare for her trying to navigate all the hoops one must jump through.
She reached out to the local clergy of the predominant religious faith in the area. It's one of the most wealthy religious institutions in the world, commanding hundreds of *billions* in assets (thanks to a whistleblower for it to even be publicly known), and she is a member of this church.
They made her give them copies of her paystubs and her bank account statements, detailed financial information of her (just barely turned) adult son who barely makes anything working at a movie theater and that of her brother (also struggling financially, and will only be their roommate until the end of their lease sometime early summer), and still turned her down. They offered her a couple of vouchers for their church-owned food pantry, most of which she's unable to use due to food allergies.
She had to beg them, sobbing, until they finally relented and agreed to cover one month of rent for her and her son (I guess her brother will magically find his portion?) and insisted that this was the last help she would receive from them.
It's a perfect (yes, albeit anecdotal) example of why #MutualAid is crucial: people are falling through the cracks because the institutions we're supposed to be able to rely upon are failing to protect us. Even one of the most wealthy non-profit entities on the planet refuse to help even their own members without forcing them to undergo an embarrassing and demeaning process to prove their worthiness to receive help.
If anyone deserves help, it's her. She's a sweet, good-natured soul just trying to survive. Yet because she isn't computer-savvy and able to constantly begpost like I have the privilege of doing, she is stressed out of her mind and starting to sell all her possessions before she has to move to a different apartment next month and couldn't afford to set any money aside for deposit and related costs.
I can't even remember where I was going with this now after angrily typing all of that. I guess maybe that it isn't always as fucking simple and easy as some people think it is, to be a grifting beggar.
I can promise you one thing, however: I'd be willing to bet that most of us posting #MutualAidRequest after request, would really rather not be doing so.
I would much, much, much rather be giving back to the community.
But that's difficult when your annual salary raises are less than inflation. Or, as I've begun referring to them, "annual pay cuts".
But folks like my co-worker and myself didn't "apply ourselves" to get college degrees, so I guess we're getting what we deserve.
Except it shouldn't be what we deserve.
Survival shouldn't be a privilege to be "earned".
Original #begpost:
https://beige.party/@LibertyForward1/116469237814027295
Venmo: https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins
Cashapp: https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins
PP: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982
GFM: https://gofund.me/12171be3 -
CW: #MutualAid Fundraiser Update #2 and general old man yelling at clouds
I don't even know what to write at this point.
Every month I tell myself, "Okay, this is the month we get back on track. I'm going to go get a second job. We're going to do this on our own for once, goddammit."
Yet my job takes just enough of a physical and emotional toll that I can't seem to function. I can't get focused. I can't get the apartment cleaned up or get everything organized, I can't seem to summon the willpower to go through the mind-numbingly asinine job application process to some other retail job that's probably even more demeaning than the one I currently hold.
So every month we only make rent thanks to charity. The only reason we're not homeless is because we're receiving mutual aid. I'm not exaggerating. We would absolutely be on the streets without everyone's help on the Fedi.
This has been going on for two years now.
It seems reasonable to ask, "Well, why don't you apply for government assistance? Why don't you reach out to local charities? Why don't you handle your money better and quit relying on strangers?"
Let me offer brief summary of the circumstances of someone I know to help answer those questions:
A co-worker of mine - a single mother with multiple health problems, has needed to resort to payday loans for enough money to eat.
She makes *just* enough money to not qualify for much public assistance, and struggles with tech literacy so it's a nightmare for her trying to navigate all the hoops one must jump through.
She reached out to the local clergy of the predominant religious faith in the area. It's one of the most wealthy religious institutions in the world, commanding hundreds of *billions* in assets (thanks to a whistleblower for it to even be publicly known), and she is a member of this church.
They made her give them copies of her paystubs and her bank account statements, detailed financial information of her (just barely turned) adult son who barely makes anything working at a movie theater and that of her brother (also struggling financially, and will only be their roommate until the end of their lease sometime early summer), and still turned her down. They offered her a couple of vouchers for their church-owned food pantry, most of which she's unable to use due to food allergies.
She had to beg them, sobbing, until they finally relented and agreed to cover one month of rent for her and her son (I guess her brother will magically find his portion?) and insisted that this was the last help she would receive from them.
It's a perfect (yes, albeit anecdotal) example of why #MutualAid is crucial: people are falling through the cracks because the institutions we're supposed to be able to rely upon are failing to protect us. Even one of the most wealthy non-profit entities on the planet refuse to help even their own members without forcing them to undergo an embarrassing and demeaning process to prove their worthiness to receive help.
If anyone deserves help, it's her. She's a sweet, good-natured soul just trying to survive. Yet because she isn't computer-savvy and able to constantly begpost like I have the privilege of doing, she is stressed out of her mind and starting to sell all her possessions before she has to move to a different apartment next month and couldn't afford to set any money aside for deposit and related costs.
I can't even remember where I was going with this now after angrily typing all of that. I guess maybe that it isn't always as fucking simple and easy as some people think it is, to be a grifting beggar.
I can promise you one thing, however: I'd be willing to bet that most of us posting #MutualAidRequest after request, would really rather not be doing so.
I would much, much, much rather be giving back to the community.
But that's difficult when your annual salary raises are less than inflation. Or, as I've begun referring to them, "annual pay cuts".
But folks like my co-worker and myself didn't "apply ourselves" to get college degrees, so I guess we're getting what we deserve.
Except it shouldn't be what we deserve.
Survival shouldn't be a privilege to be "earned".
Original #begpost:
https://beige.party/@LibertyForward1/116469237814027295
Venmo: https://venmo.com/thegizmotwins
Cashapp: https://cash.app/$thegizmotwins
PP: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/gizmo1982
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🚨 EMERGENCY #MUTUALAID—LEGAL HELP FOR DV SURVIVOR & TODDLER 🚨
Latest legal bill is $820, due 5/4. Still recovering from car accident & we can use all the help we can get 💞
Immediate need:
495/820https://chuffed.org/project/replace-our-car
https://paypal.me/natoleander
venmo/cashapp @ natsmith89#queermutualaid #transmutualaid #transcrowdfund #disabilitymutualaid #disabledmutualaid #lgbtq #helpfolkslive2026 #BegPost #crowdfund #disabilitycrowdfund #crowdfunding #fundraising #lgbt #nonbinary #bloomscrolling
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water. She has ongoing needs for food, gas, etc.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 April 30th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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I figured it out I get 12mpg hwy any donations will go to keeping gas in the van and towards our food budget. Halfway to Vegas now going the rest of the way on the 1st. Gotta go grocery shopping and update social security direct deposit info.
Donation links in bio
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water. She has ongoing needs for food, gas, etc.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 April 29th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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Please boost: Peach is a homeless trans woman currently living in a hotel room. Asking $10/day to support her survival.
$0/10 April 28
PayPal: @alicechambers29
Venmo: @notamaterialgirl
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water. She has ongoing needs for food, gas, etc.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 April 28th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water. She has ongoing needs for food, gas, etc.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 April 26th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water. She has ongoing needs for food, gas, etc.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 April 25th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal: [email protected]
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water. She has ongoing needs for food, gas, etc.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 April 24th
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal email [email protected]
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Please boost: @NeonxDaze is a disabled transfem person who lives in their van, and relies on it to access food and water. She has ongoing needs for food, gas, etc.
Asking $20/day to support her survival.
$0/20 April 22nd
Cashapp https://cash.app/$kuskishere
Venmo @ kuskiehere
PayPal email [email protected]