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despair has only made me stronger

@mtfoss / mtfoss.tumblr.com

this is my personal, primary blog, you probably don't want to follow this i kvetch a lot, 🇵🇸, the siphonophore network/siph/101ft/she/they/transfemme/MED (men exclusionary dyke)/27/white/actual ancom/🏴‍☠️/blog is 18+ only/cash app $cmder

If any tma person wants this url you can have it, you can reach me @cutecipher and we can work out transferring it (for free to be clear)

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Realized if I beat around the bush this is gonna take forever so, hi, Im a computer scientist who is a disabled trans woman. I am highly competent but unemployable due to certain disability issues. Currently Im working on PierMesh (https://piermesh.net) and trying to get funding for it. In the short term though Ive been working on learning Proxmox and Im at a point where I feel confident enough with it to be ready to set up experimentation for providing cheap vps hosting. While I could slowly scrape together the tech for this I think the sooner Im less dependent on donations the better. Please consider helping me fund the tech I need to get set up to provide hosting. The goal below will cover this and things that we need around the house (including primarily disability aids)

ID: Red and white tabby getting pet

Venmo: AGIEF

Cashapp: $cmder

$450/$800 raised over halfway there!!!

Gonna move back to this blog slowly but good fucking lord:

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Here's a quick rundown of PierMesh that I'm going to start sharing along with the link to the site that will document PierMesh's progress: https://piermesh.net

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What is PierMesh?

A new internet for lgbt+ and other marginalized people most impacted by the whims of tech giants

- A LoRa (long range low power radio) based mesh network

- FOSS (free and open source down to the firmware and potentially beyond)

- Easy and cheap (mostly free) to connect to

- Encrypted (thanks Meshtastic!)

Status: Research and development phase, web technologies are actively under development by utopicwork/Agie that will enable this project

How will it work?

Seamlessly, the network will be accessible via web interface which can be exposed by the operator to the wider internet if desired

Socials: utopicwork on tumblr and bluesky

Links: piermesh.net

Font: reforma by pampatype

Edit: Made the text easier to understand and added an inverted color version

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Tumblr staff has targeted me for censorship, Ive had almost all of the functionality of this blog taken away and received 0 response from support. This is the second time theyve screwed with my blog like this, previously deleting all of my blogs for "spam". This comes after they marked a ton of trans womens sfw selfies as mature and after they were sued for this exact kind of behavior. They have not fixed their transmisogyny problem and likely never will.

Im moving to @heelnavi for the time being

Tumblr staff has targeted me for censorship, Ive had almost all of the functionality of this blog taken away and received 0 response from support. This is the second time theyve screwed with my blog like this, previously deleting all of my blogs for "spam". This comes after they marked a ton of trans womens sfw selfies as mature and after they were sued for this exact kind of behavior. They have not fixed their transmisogyny problem and likely never will.

Hey so remember how grocery prices suddenly jackknifed during lockdown and never went back down?

Well turns out the companies would have done that shit either way and had been steadily price-fixing for the last decade!

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson just announced more than $40 million in court-ordained Fuck You money from massive swaths of food production companies are to be paid out to households earning at or below 175% of the federal poverty level ($25.5k for 1 person, $34.5k for 2 people households) before Dec 31st of this year. Happy Holidays.

"The bottom line here is that my legal team took on two large corporate price-fixing conspiracies that increased the cost for groceries for Washington families. We've prevailed, and as a result, we are sending checks to over 400,000 Washington households."

Cannot stress enough the extent of the conspiracies he's talking about here. 15 out of the total 19 chicken producers got nailed in this lawsuit. Not the total number of conspirators, mind, just the ones who left enough evidence for the AG to kick their ass in so expedient a manner. Make no mistake, all 19 were in on it. The court case against the rest of them has been delayed until October of next year, though. None of them are making it out unscathed.

Tuna didn't escape antitrust horseshit either, because the CEOs of Starkist, Chicken of the Sea, and Bumblebee Tuna had a fucking group chat where they complained that the price of tuna was "too low" and they agreed to artificially inflate the price.

“What’s so maddening about the conduct of these companies is the reason that they engaged in this price-fixing conspiracy was greed. They wanted to make money."

So anyway the AG who nailed their asses to the wall and continues to do so is running for governor. If you live in Washington, could be worth your vote when primary season rolls around.

You know, if you don't live in Washington state... think about calling YOUR state attorney general and asking what they intend to do about that information. Are they going to protect citizens in your state? If you, like me, think that watching our pay trickle away in the checkout line is a shit deal... Maybe harass your reps and AGs about it.

The thing is, the more states react to the same information, the more likely that they'll succeed. Governing is no longer happening in federal Congress, so if your state chooses to take action on behalf of its citizens.... well, it's not like it's going to be easily stopped. Class action law is still law. The choices made by the prosecution determine what law is law and what law is simply a hollow effigy of lies. Who keeps the strong accountable to the law?

So I am writing to my state AG. I may also write to members of Congress, on the off chance that there is an avenue of restitution there as well. I want to know: if they can get a breath of refresher cash from their government trying to chase down some money, can I get some from mine? Because fuck! That'd be nice!

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12/09/23

Help a homeless trans woman fleeing violence!

Charlotte is a homeless trans woman living in her car. She has been driving nonstop to escape serious violence and extortion. Now she has a flat tire and needs $70 to fix it. If 4 people send $18 that’s more than enough. Please share and help if you can!

VENM0 @ ruby_arnone

$charlotterose86

12/11/23

She is extremely sick and throwing up! Please help her get $90 for a motel! If 6 people send $15 that’s enough!

12/12/23

Thx for the donations! She fell asleep outside someone’s house and they slashed her tires. She needs $120 for a tow ASAP bc they are threatening to call the police! Then she will need new tires :(. If 10 people send $12 each, that’s enough for the tow!

0/120

20/120

If 5 people send 20, that’s enough for a tow!

$80 more needed!!

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It's my birthday in a month (12/12!) and also my parents are throwing me out at the end of the year soooo if anyone's feeling generous and/or just wants to help a broke nb & autistic lesbian of colour out, please consider boosting or donating! Anything helps ^-^

just one week until my bday :3!

it's my bday btw. if u even care 🥰

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They sent me a broken cane so Im out $45 and a cane which I really need especially if Im going to work in person. Im a disabled trans woman, please help if you can.

Cashapp: $cmder

Venmo: agief

$20/$45 raised!!

This is covered but I have some tech bills I need to pay badly sorry

$65/$62 covered!!

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WOMEN OF NOISE FOR PALESTINE

41 tracks from great experimental artists. All proceeds will be donated to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund. Listen and purchase HERE:

As always, thank you for your support!

to any teenagers reading this i just wanna say that you're right. homework is bullshit, not accepting late work is bullshit, tardies are bullshit, having to ask to use the goddamn bathroom is bullshit. any adult who tells you differently is either lying or doesnt remember how much it sucked

you know what im actually just gonna block anyone who whines in the tags about how it's actually totally reasonable to tell kids they aren't allowed to take a piss

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They sent me a broken cane so Im out $45 and a cane which I really need especially if Im going to work in person. Im a disabled trans woman, please help if you can.

Cashapp: $cmder

Venmo: agief

$20/$45 raised!!

This is covered but I have some tech bills I need to pay badly sorry

$65/$62 covered!!

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