updated post! western north carolina is very much still recovering from the effects of hurricane helene, we’re almost five months past when the hurricane hit at this point and there’s still roads in my area that only reopened for the first time last week, there’s still roads with mud caked along the sides that somehow still hasn’t washed away yet, there’s still debris stuck in the trees and along the riverbanks, still abandoned cars trapped in mud. and while a lot of areas that weren’t hit quite as hard have been able to mostly return to “normal” the landscape is forever changed, and so many people lost their homes and jobs and livelihoods. we’ve come a long way these past few months, but there’s still a long way to go.
so here are some mutual aid collectives to check out if you want to continue to help aid in our recovery!
and if you want to stay up to date on recovery efforts, government assistance, etc, check out Blue Ridge Public Radio! they have given continued detailed reports on the hurricane and all the effects since then and continue to do so now, and they can offer a much more comprehensive view of the situation than i can
flicking back through my procreate library what the fuck was this
authors notes: there is absolutely no one true meaning intended for this piece, but I guess my thoughts while making it were the plain, boring and literal way you talk about the world after seeing something traumatic , or the way things seem to lose all meaning and significance . and also the way you minimise an event to make it sound like it’s not so bad , the way you remove detail from the memory.
like .. there is something over the river . there is something unspeakable over the river . when you recount it , you have to make it seem so small . it’s just a body. the state the body is in can’t be made out like this . you hide the details from yourself to forget how bad it really looked . you hide it in general - so insignificant you could miss it entirely ! it was just a body and The Something that killed it looming , and birds flying away .
and the world could be full of colour , but you can’t see it that way any more . the grass is just grass . the trees are just trees . the fish in the river that’s just a river are just fish , and that’s just a body .
Also SPOILERS for anyone who wants the solution to the eye-spy:
tragic when a thing gets hate for being ‘woke trash’ and you look into it and its not even that woke. like cmon man i was promised monacle popping gay commie propaganda. this is just a video game with a woman in it.
We are an all-volunteer mutual aid food pantry and garden based in Gainesville, FL. We support our communities’ right to healthy and nutritious food by distributing free food through delivery and in-person services, and by growing some of the food ourselves!
We give out food for free to people dealing with food insecurity, no questions asked.
We deliver food to folks who can’t leave their homes due to lack of transportation or disability.
We grow veggies at the McRorie Community Garden! All produce is distributed through our pantries.
Hi! The city of Gainesville, Florida is one of the worst places in America to be homeless, but the good news is that it’s also in the middle of an apocalyptic housing crisis. Large swaths of the city, including its remaining Black neighborhoods, are food deserts. The Gainesville Free Grocery Store distributes free food to the hungry and needy on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at the Civic Media Center at 433 South Main Street downtown, and they help a lot of people and are saving lives. They could use support!
From the website:
Donating Food
As of November 2025, we can accept food donations at Working Food (219 NW 10th Ave. Gainesville, FL) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10a-2p. If you have a larger donation you’d like to make but cannot come during those times, please email us to coordinate an alternate drop-off time.
You can also donate food on the same day as our food pantries at the Civic Media Center (433 S. Main St.) as early as 12 pm. On good weather days, you can drop off food in the courtyard, but please text us if you’ve left food so that we know and can bring it inside.
Guidelines for what we can and prefer to accept are as follows:
Packaged food – Must be unopened and unexpired
Canned proteins (beans, tuna, chicken)
Grains (rice, pasta, flour, cornmeal)
Shelf-stable milks
Oils (vegetable, olive, etc.)
Snacks (crackers, gummies, applesauce)
Ground coffee
Baby food
We always appreciate gluten-free products and vegan substitutes!
Fruits and vegetables
Must not be moldy or severely damaged
We welcome farm or garden-fresh vegetables!
Eggs
We cannot accept farm-fresh eggs due to food safety guidelines
Prepared food
We cannot accept fresh/homemade prepared food
If you’d like to run a food drive for us, email, Instagram DM, or call us!
Giving Money
Recurring donations help us create stability for people experiencing food insecurity. Recurring donations help us transform from charity and towards solidarity. $10 pays for a week of groceries for 5 families. $50 pays for a little more than a month for the same 5 families.
The easiest way to donate money is through our PayPal, Venmo, or CashApp.
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Also reblog this post a lot! I’ll try to remember to do a fresh reblog with times and dates when each event is announced, so don’t forget to check the notes :)
I don’t like how you put these two photos together, as if to imply that the dumplings with the paw print have anything to do with this sweet, innocent angel who has never done anything wrong.
I love how you put those two photos together, as it shows how this sweet, innocent angel was helping you make dumplings
when I was like 14 I used to reblog these posts on here that were like “YOUR 20S ARE NOT AN IMAGINARY RACE YOURE DOING JUST FINE!!” just to be positive towards my older mutuals even though i didn’t really get what they were abour and I’d be in the tags like “#so true!! #everyone does things at their own pace!!” and now im 24 I’m thinking back to it and it’s like Oh of course the imaginary race. Which I’m losing
Too much movement makes your joints hurt and too little movement also makes your joints hurt. This would imply that there’s an optimal amount of movement that allows your joints to not hurt. This is a lie.
