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🚨🚨 EMERGENCY #MUTUALAID – Legal bill OVERDUE 🚨🚨

DV survivor fundraising for legal fees 💵 We got more than halfway yesterday! Can y'all keep boosting today, and chip in if you're able to?

390/775

https://chuffed.org/project/replace-our-car
https://paypal.me/natoleander
venmo/cashapp @ natsmith89

#MutualAidRequest #queermutualaid #transmutualaid #transcrowdfund #begpost #disabilitymutualaid #disabled #disabledmutualaid #helpfolkslive2025 #lgbtq #lgbtqia #parenting #transinneed #trans #crowdfunding #crowdfund

me: "are you still hungry?"
me: [accusingly] "or did you fill up on cookies?"

13yo: [offended] "no! I didn't fill up on cookies!"
13yo: "it was brownies."

#parenting

Me (watching Grady's latest video on concrete): 🏗️👀

Mr 10 (interrupting): "Hey Paul, my friend made a character for the pokésword tabletop RPG I'm making, and he went with the same hair colour you did, and—"

Me: (pauses video)

Mr 10: "Oh sorry, were you watching something? I didn't notice because it looked so boring." 🔥🔥🔥

#parenting

they understand the power of flattery

#parenting

Little One just asked:

"What is the biggest problem in the world?"

And honestly, where do I even start? 🤔

Also, from what age can I answer "Probably white supremacist patriarchal colonial capitalism"?

#parenting

I’m so proud.

Our 18yo played in a school drama production of The Wave tonight, with his entire class.

They were given a lot of room for creative decisions, and made good use of it. The mood was oppressive and scary, and the relevance to current events was crystal clear.

Some people apparently complained that their interpretation was too radical. I told him that if art doesn’t hurt at least a bit, it’s just decoration.

#parenting

👆 Confidential birth offers far better care, anonymity, and safety for women and babies, compared to baby boxes.

So if #babyBox initiatives are on your ballot this year, think twice.

#ethics #bioethics #policy #family #parenting #adoption #2025election

I usually bring The Hobbit to daycare by cargo bike, and on rare occasions use the car. You'd think it would be much faster, as a 30 minutes bike ride turns into a 6 minutes car trip.
However, the car park is located about 70 meters further away from the building than the bike parking. The path has puddles and interesting rocks.
The walk takes roughly 342 trillion minutes as we must stop to observe them all.
Conclusion: go faster, take your bike.
#cycling #parenting

I usually bring The Hobbit to daycare by cargo bike, and on rare occasions use the car. You'd think it would be much faster, as a 30 minutes bike ride turns into a 6 minutes car trip.
However, the car park is located about 70 meters further away from the building than the bike parking. The path has puddles and interesting rocks.
The walk takes roughly 342 trillion minutes as we must stop to observe them all.
Conclusion: go faster, take your bike.
#cycling #parenting

Six years ago Ms. Rachel was a stay-at-home mom with a baby on her hip. Today she has a YouTube channel with more than 17 million subscribers, plus a Netflix series, nine books, and a second baby. She's also one of the loudest American voices speaking out for children in Gaza. @GLAMOUR made her one of its Women of the Year, and talked to her about her inspirations (Mister Rogers and "Sesame Street"), journey to motherhood, and advocacy for kids. "My love and care for children doesn’t stop at my own children. It doesn’t stop at the children in our country. It embraces every child of the world," she says.

https://flip.it/FYtI6E

#MsRachel #Gaza #Palestine #Parenting #Children #Influencers #YouTube #Advocacy #Activism

Six years ago Ms. Rachel was a stay-at-home mom with a baby on her hip. Today she has a YouTube channel with more than 17 million subscribers, plus a Netflix series, nine books, and a second baby. She's also one of the loudest American voices speaking out for children in Gaza. @GLAMOUR made her one of its Women of the Year, and talked to her about her inspirations (Mister Rogers and "Sesame Street"), journey to motherhood, and advocacy for kids. "My love and care for children doesn’t stop at my own children. It doesn’t stop at the children in our country. It embraces every child of the world," she says.

https://flip.it/FYtI6E

#MsRachel #Gaza #Palestine #Parenting #Children #Influencers #YouTube #Advocacy #Activism

Open-minded, liberal-leaning 40-yo cis white male seeking friendship in the #FortWorth area. The internet makes it easy to find "friends" that comment and like my posts, but I'm wanting to have lunch and build a relationship with someone nearby. I have been deconstructing my faith over the last few years, so I would prefer to avoid highly religious people for my own mental health.

I'm kind of a basic white guy, but I have had friends of different faiths, color, identity, and nationality in the past. I would love to continue that trend.

Some of my interests:
#Parenting #Crochet #Linux #AmateurRadio #Hiking #Camping #DiscGolf #Movies #3DPrinting

Open-minded, liberal-leaning 40-yo cis white male seeking friendship in the #FortWorth area. The internet makes it easy to find "friends" that comment and like my posts, but I'm wanting to have lunch and build a relationship with someone nearby. I have been deconstructing my faith over the last few years, so I would prefer to avoid highly religious people for my own mental health.

I'm kind of a basic white guy, but I have had friends of different faiths, color, identity, and nationality in the past. I would love to continue that trend.

Some of my interests:
#Parenting #Crochet #Linux #AmateurRadio #Hiking #Camping #DiscGolf #Movies #3DPrinting

It's so deeply demoralizing to notice that your kid, who thought he was researching #DnD info online, was reading #AI slop & stuck in a "Google App pretending to be a browser" silo where AI results are the default & most prominent.

Now I get to be the mom who's swimming against the riptide trying to teach my kids how to dodge AI crap to get real information, when "everyone uses it".

I became a #WebDev because I loved #tech & the promise of the web. But now I hate what it's become.

#parenting

People think a cool part of #parenting is that you get to teach kids your various philosophies in life. But the truth is, that even as a SAHM for many years & even now a parent who only works when the kids are at school.... I still barely have time for deeper topics than teaching them to be decent people. And the older they get, the more those lessons matter but the less influence a parent has.

This already feels like it's going to be an embarrassing "mom's so old fashioned" thing.

It's so deeply demoralizing to notice that your kid, who thought he was researching #DnD info online, was reading #AI slop & stuck in a "Google App pretending to be a browser" silo where AI results are the default & most prominent.

Now I get to be the mom who's swimming against the riptide trying to teach my kids how to dodge AI crap to get real information, when "everyone uses it".

I became a #WebDev because I loved #tech & the promise of the web. But now I hate what it's become.

#parenting

We have reached the “splashing in puddles” stage of toddlerhood and it’s an utter delight.

10/10, would like to listen to that scream of absolute joy every day for the rest of my life.

#parenting

Mothers, who are expected to provide unconditional love and support, in our society either lack:

1. Freedom to do so, e.g. in your average traditional nuclear family, or

2. Time to do so, if they’re also working for money, or

3. Money to do so - money is important when it comes to love and support, as without it you’re homeless, foodless, comfortless.

⬇️

#Parenting #Mothers #Family #UnpaidCarers