money (-), urgent help needed, mutual aid
I am a domestic abuse survivor working on getting a stable job, but it's going to take me a little while to get there. In the meantime, I am not making enough to make ends meet right now and I don't qualify for government assistance.
I have less £10 in my bank account so I'm currently unable to pay for basically anything right now.
Any help would be greatly appreciated:
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PayPal: https://paypal.me/mutantstandard
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This (use `file`) is probably my #1 make-linux-easier tip. My #2 make-linux-easier tip is did you know vi can just open zip files? And like tgz files and stuff. To vi they are just funny directories. You can use vi to poke around inside zip files and read text files inside of them without having to decompress them.
My #3 tip: run `man -k blarg` (or `apropos blarg`) and it'll search all the man pages on your system for "blarg". If you forget the name of a command you can use this to look it up.
I think my favorite program in the entire linux/unix toolchain is "file". Did you even know about this program? It's on every system including MacOS and it's magic. You run it on any file and it just tells you what it is. Any file. I don't know who keeps this updated but it supports surprising things. Like it knows Windows file formats. If it's a executable it tells you if it's 32- or 64- bit. If it's an image it tells you the size and channels. If the file extension lies it just figures it out.
"yeah this sucks but it has great potential / the idea is great" and the idea is a magical box that does everything for you
they let apps disable it now lol https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/27/apple-confirms-ios-17-4-reactions-change/
#Jortage — after Stripe shitcanned my account due to them no longer allowing donations on their platform (my account was in good standing, as it has been for years), all recurring donations are gone. Currently, we're receiving $340.47/mo out of the $340.47/mo we need to break even!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There is an citizens initiative for achieving a ban on all LGBTQ+ targeted conversion therapy practices across all member states of the European Union. However for this initiative to progress, there is a requirement for **1 million** signatures in order for the commission bring it before the EU parliament for debate. The collection period for signatures ends 17 May 2025.
To support a European Citizen's Initiative, you need to meet the following criteria:
- You need to be an EU national
- You must be old enough to vote in European Parliament elections (18 in most countries but some lowered the age to 16 for ECIs as shown in the following: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/data-requirements_en
If you have any other questions, they might get answered in the FAQ at https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/how-it-works/faq_en#Giving-support
Link to the initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home
UPDATE!
I have a solid lead … thanks for all the help!
Hey, Mastodon … I’m trying to track down an #AppleNewton developer named Stephen D. Cronin.
He worked at #AMD and operated a software company called TapTech based out of Austin, Texas in the late 90s. I’ve managed to contact his former software partner, Francis Preve … but Francis lost touch with Stephen years ago.
Together they released a sequencer program for #NewtonOS called NR404 and I’m hoping the source code still exists somewhere.
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