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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hi, I'm Jasmine Walls, an award-winning writer, editor, hot chocolate connoisseur, and founder of @bonedustpress.bsky.social My work is unapologetically queer, inclusive, and heartfelt. Portfolio: www.jasminewalls.com I'm open for writing work, ready with original pitches, and viciously anti-AI.

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thank you so much to every person generously backing this, no matter what budget or tier! Your support means everything. We're over halfway there, we can absolutely get this done in 4 days!

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Katra Ariello, Golden Apple Audio 🏳️‍⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey everyone, I'm really in a bind. I was just told earlier today that my job will be terminating me on October 13th, exactly one day before my upcoming requested paid medical leave to recover from bottom surgery. I intend to fight this in court, but I could really use some help in the meantime.

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Donate to Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery, organized by Katra Ariello

Hi, my name is Katra, and I’ve just been notified that I’ll be let go of… Katra Ariello needs your support for Support Katra Through Bottom Surgery Recovery

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's happening again!!!! This Saturday is the TRANS NERD MEET UP. If you identify as trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, whatever, you are welcome. We define "nerd" super broadly: there might be games. Zeitgeist SF, 12:30 until whenever Deets/RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/trans-nerd...

TRANS NERD MEET UP: trans flag against a colorful starfield background

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Release day is here!!! Help us celebrate all of the incredible authors who contributed to the Forged in FIYAH anthology! Snatch a copy or five for yourself wherever books are sold. Shout out to Matt and the @tordotcompub.bsky.social team for seeing this project through.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mohammed's son Elias urgently needs treatment to save his fading eyesight. You helped Elias survive horrific malnutrition through your shares & donations, & he urgently needs your help again. Time is running out to keep him from going blind, & he's already hurt his hand badly falling down:

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Help Mohammed and his famile.

Father's Urgent Call: Save Little Elias's Sight and Life

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the absolute very best part of being an author is that sometimes people will post pictures of their cats alongside books you’ve contributed to/written and then tag you

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Nikhil Prabala @nprabala.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Introducing myself! Author of a Queer Epic Fantasy Romance duology, whose audio is narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Bridgerton’s Lady Danbury. Currently seeking rep for this series or for my unpublished manuscripts: DBZ meets Warhammer Science Fantasy or Frieren meets Pratchett Fantasy Satire!

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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've launched a GoFundMe to help me get my cats to a safer home in Scotland, and you can pay-what-you-want using the GFM system and get 15 of my books as eBooks as a Thank You every Friday as an update! www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho... That's almost 700,000 words of fiction, pay what you want!

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Donate to Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland, organized by Tobias Buckell

Hi, I'm author Tobias S. Buckell, and these are my two cats, P… Tobias Buckell needs your support for Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 10/09/2026

Oh, and its time for the Barnes & Noble preorder sale! Get 25% off purchases of my new novel THE FIST OF MEMORY if you preorder now. If you're interested in my unique first contact novel (Aliens! Assasins! Ancestors!), there's no better time to get a copy. Preorders are love ❤️ 🚀🌍

Preorder sale graphic for THE FIST OF MEMORY. B&N Reward members will get 25% off preorders, and B&N Premium members will get 25% off plus an additional 10% discount. Becoming a B&N Reward member is free and can be done online. The coupon code will once again be PREORDER25.

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Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We are open for work! Editing - developmental editing - copy editing - line editing - proofreading - sensitivity reading - book coaching Design - typesetting - layout - book design - cover design (we don't illustrate ourselves but we can connect you to someone!). arcaneoblong.com

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Arcane Oblong

Making stories come together

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Kelrond, Best Purveyor of Gay Books Ever @panediting.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Fuck. Maybe if I sleep I won't eat. If you can help, the car tags came out and now idk wtf I'm gonna do paypal.me/panediting We're seriously trying. He's applying for everything. I'm trying to find a remote part-time job to supplement my own pay. It shouldn't be this hard to be alive.

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Pay Kelly Russell using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/panediting and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🌟 HEAVY ARE THE YEARS is now live on Kickstarter!! 🌟 This book is a Stardust Collaboration with @wildstarpress.bsky.social with a special collaboration from @gegallas.bsky.social of Open Book Chocolates! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

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Heavy Are The Years Story Collection

Three illustrated SFF novellas in one collection exploring the theme of time and how it effects us.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 29/08/2026

the rest of us can only do what we always do: make our own decisions on who to trust and how to best spend what money we can spare in this one lifetime we spend in this hell world. for instance, you could set up a recurring monthly donation to the Sameer Project today. chuffed.org/project/help...

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Food & Water x The Sameer Project

Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide food & water...

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Shimaa is injured, starving, and homeless with her baby amid rubble, under bombardment and killer IDF drones. She's terrified for her baby daughter Sila, who's very sick from malnutrition. They have no one else, please share & give to help them:

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Help Shymaa and Sila

Hello friends, I am Shaima Al-Masry. Throughout my life, I have never asked for help from anyone, but the war on Gaza and on my city changed all of our lives. I used to work as an Arabic language teac...

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Amanda Helms - Preorder THE UPPER TENTACLE @amandaghelms.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

✨✨✨COVER REVEAL✨✨✨ I'm delighted with my cover design and art by Caroline Teagle Johnson, who nailed the retro, campy vibes I requested for my debut, THE UPPER TENTACLE! TUT publishes 02 09 27 from Union Square &. Co, but preorders are available now! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amand...

On a faded background of a green tentacle on a pink backdrop, the cover for THE UPPER TENTACLE shines in all its pink, green, and red glory! A green tentacle coils upward, and a silhouette of a woman dangles one-handed from its tip. Title THE UPPER TENTACLE, in red, interweaves with the upper portion of the tentacle, and the author's name, also in red, is at the bottom. "February 9, 2027" is above the cover, and "Preorders available" is below it.

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Liz as in lizard 🏳️‍⚧️ @sloppers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Thanks for this, I’m in kinda very pressing need of help on this to get food and shelter bsky.app/profile/slop...

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thiiird person @thiiirdperson.com · 30/08/2026

Working at a new job that hasn't paid me yet; the mortgage is still due Tuesday and my family still needs groceries for the week. I'm at $550/2300, hopeful someone out there can help close the gap a little. I need direct support. cashapp/venmo/paypal/kofi are all "thiiirdperson". Thanks so much!

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Donate to Help An Artist Feed Their Family, organized by Thiiird Person

Hello to you and yours! I'm a full time artist who fills my world up with music and la… Thiiird Person needs your support for Help An Artist Feed Their Family

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

ICYMI, new update.

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V. Astor Solomon @howsweetthewords.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I've not been good at yelling about this, but I'm still trying to get money together for moving up to Seattle! I've already gotten my glasses, so yay on that, but I still need the cash to move out of FL gofund.me/0f35c0653

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Donate to Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live, organized by Vale Solomon

Hi there, my name is Vale and I’m a disabled, trans, neurodivergent person… Vale Solomon needs your support for Help Vale get glasses and a safe place to live

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

The randomizer has spoken! The winners are... 💫 @nailahmoon.bsky.social for the signed copy of BEING ARO 💫 @blackmetronome.blacksky.app, @bydhiyanah.bsky.social , and @geekgirlsrule.bsky.social for the zines I'll reach out shortly. Thanks, everyone!

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lottie "frog k" lovely ⚧️🏴‍☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

as part of my continuing aspiration to avoid malnourishment and decay, please consider throwing me what support you can afford; I have about $50 that isn't earmarked for rent & the house lost one of our stamps

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rivers solomon @riverssolomon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I have a wishlist in case you'd like to support my family and me. I'm very sorry it's hosted at EvilBehemothDotCom :( You can also send us money at slightly less but still evil behemoth: paypal.me/riversandfam. www.amazon.co.uk/registries/g...

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Rivers & Fam Wishlist | Amazon Gift List

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LaDarrion Williams @itsladarrion.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

To the kid back in Alabama who read Percy Jackson and told himself he’d write a book series with a character who looks like him one day… You did it, kid. #booksky

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

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Help Shymaa and Sila

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 28/08/2026

Please give to my dear friend Sharif. He has lost so much and relies on our donations to take care of his children. And find and help others. chuffed.org/project/sharif

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's not too late to donate to the GoFundMe for Sheila Williams and her husband. Please consider donating.

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Heyo! Are you into science-fantasy standalones about tearing down empires? Welllll there are now signed copies of THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY and THE KING MUST DIE at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena, where I had my very first book launch! Get ‘em while they’re hot!

Picture of The King Must Die and The Splinter in the Sky side by side. The King Must Did cover features a black woman with gray hair standing before a crowd of ghostly figures wielding swords. The art was done by Eleonor Piteira. The Splinter in the Sky cover shows a short-haired black woman standing before a reflective black prism with stars and planets floating behind it. The art was done by Andis Reinbergs.

Picture of the entrance to Vroman’s bookstore in Pasadena. I had my very first book launch here!

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

All empires end. THE KING MUST DIE is a science fantasy novel about a reluctant rebel on a quest to save her friends, even if that means teaming up with one of their greatest enemies. There’s now a signed copy @booksinc.bsky.social in SFO by the D gate entrance! (I’m omw to my very first WorldCon!)

Cover of The King Must Die by the phenomenal Eleanor Pitera. A Black woman with dark skin and gray hair in a red dress stands before a desert landscape filled with ghostly figures.

Picture of the Books Inc sign in SFO—a yellow sun on a white background

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Heyo! I’m doing a giveaway for both BEING ARO and my sci-fi horror novella! I’ll send my full zine collection to 3 people and a signed hardcover copy of BEING ARO to 1. To enter: ✨ add both THIS WORLD IS NOT YOURS and BEING ARO to GR/Storygraph ✨ repost this Winners will be chosen on 8/28!

Graphic showing comp titles for This World Is Not Yours: Dawn by Octavia Butler, Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer, Scavengers Reign, Princess Mononoke, Challengers, Swarm, Kill Bill by SZA

Cover of Being Aro, showing a dark-haired person pointing back an arrow; all in shades of green, gray, white, and black

Picture of a zine: “Stories from the Vault: AKA old stuff that will never see the light of day”

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You can help Mohammed's family survive Israel's genocidal siege by sharing & donating. Mohammed & his brother are severely injured from the relentless bombing. Mohammed needs $170 for antibiotics & surgery so he doesn't lose his fingers, & his family's starving & homeless:

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💻 Help Mohammed rebuild his future and feed his family of 9 💔🏕️🍽️

I am Mohammed, a young man whose future was buried under the rubble.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mohammed's son Elias urgently needs treatment to save his fading eyesight. You helped Elias survive horrific malnutrition through your shares & donations, & he urgently needs your help again so he doesn't get injured again while navigating the rubble of Gaza:

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Help Mohammed and his famile.

Father's call from under the rubble: Save Elias's life

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

'I don’t know what else to do. Our fundraiser has gone almost completely silent. The donations have stopped, the messages have stopped...we still need $6,000. My son Odai is still waiting for the urgent surgery he needs. He cannot...wait for people to notice us.' You can help by sharing/donating:

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Urgent Aid For Sahar’s Family

Hi world , it’s Sahar

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Young Nabil's plea for help so he can go back to school attracted a lot of sympathy but, alas, not much practical support. Could you make a donation? Or do you know an organisation - maybe even another school - that might support him? gofund.me/35fdca7d I would mean the world to him. #Gaza 🍉🏫

Standing in front of the white fabric wall of a tent, a ten year old Palestinian boy holds up a cardboard sign which says 'Help me complete my education like other children around the world. We love you, from Gaza.' Two hearts have been drawn at the bottom.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Lessons in Magic and Disaster is out in paperback TODAY. "You will always be loved. You cannot mess up so badly that you will not be loved." A story of mother-daughter magic lessons, queer families, and healing. Get it wherever you get books!

The paperback cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (daisies against purple cracked earth) plus YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A MAGIC SCHOOL LIKE THIS BEFORE! NOW IN PAPERBACK! And a quote from Smart Bitches, Trashy books: "beautiful, finely crafted"

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Mae Dean @maegodhavemercy.com · 10/08/2026

We’re at $782 / $1,000 for rent this week, and I need to get it sent over to him tomorrow if at all possible. If you’re in a position to help, it would mean the absolute world to me. Thank you!

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

the sameer project have had to pause their lifesaving operations due to a lack of donations they are asking for anyone who can afford to set up a monthly donation - literally anything at all, i’ve just set one up for £2 - so they know how much money they can rely on chuffed.org/project/help...

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THE SAMEER PROJECT IS PAUSING OPERATIONS.
This is not a decision we've taken lightly. The need is still there, the funding is not. Donations have significantly decreased and we cannot afford our daily operations.

Swipe through to understand what this means for communities on the ground and what we're planning to do about it - with your support.
The Sameer Project x
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WHAT THIS MEANS
Our kitchen closes: At least 3,000 meals a day, feeding up to 9,000 people, NOT being distributed.

Our water trucks stop: At least 350,000 liters of fresh water a day NOT being delivered.

Our medical clinics shut down: At least 400 patients NOT being treated.

Our bakery ceases: At lest 5,000 loaves of oread NOT being given out.

Our team pauses: At least 200 ground taff on break without a way to support their families.

No transport. No medication. No baby formula. Everything people in Gaza rely on to survive is provided by aid organizations, and one by one they are having to reduce or pause our operations - because of funding.

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

HAPPY BOOK RELEASE DAY TO THIS MORTAL COIL!!!💀🗡️🎉 Huge congrats to the team behind the book!! writer: @mythjae.bsky.social illustrator: @soengery.bsky.social cover artists: @artwins.bsky.social and our editor, Michael, who has escaped the trappings of social media

A promo image for This Mortal Coil by Jasmine Walls and Marie Enger (cover art by Vlad and Jan Schwarts) that reads:
IT'S HERE!!
Available in ebook & paperback
Order from our shop or your local bookstore or library!

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sheila is a fantastic person who has helped out many others in her turn.

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A quick weekend boost. If I’m fully honest, I’m exhausted and want to go home badly. 😅 Can you help by boosting and helping spread this far and wide?

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

does anyone know of any books like idlewild by @jamesfrankiethomas.bsky.social? Please. I’m begging

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Lots chatter in these social media streets bout Children of Blood and Bone. ALL BLACK EVERYTHING flick got ALL BLACK DRAMA. But this blog ain't bout none of that. Instead, I tackle another related controversy about the joys, rewards, perils, and pitfalls of writing African-inspired fantasy.

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Africa, Fantasy, and Worldbuilding

Movie still featuring royal family in film adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone Over the past few weeks there’s been a lot of discourse about the film adaptation of Nigerian-American writ…

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"Much of science as we conceptualize it now was built on top of the framings of Verne’s era. Revisiting the exuberance, obliviousness, chauvinism, and optimism of Verne’s science-related worldview offers a useful reminder of where some of our own narratives come from." @mitpress.bsky.social

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Jules Verne’s Empty Dream of Spaceflight

In “From the Earth to the Moon,” scientific advancement is treated as destiny — but no one quite asks why.

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 03/08/2026

I hate to have to do this again, but starting another (hopefully smaller) GFM. We are trying to start new endeavors, but we need to stay housed until then. gofund.me/f1aa8129f

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Donate to Support Danny and Nathalie's Financial Recovery, organized by Danielle Lorick

Hello, my name is Danny Lore, and I'm raising funds to catch up for … Danielle Lorick needs your support for Support Danny and Nathalie's Financial Recovery

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa @kashinggiwa.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Ehi is one of the kindest, most generous people I know, and a dear friend. If you can, please help.

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