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Spike R. Monster 🇻🇪 HELP VENEZUELA @spikermonster.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

the venezuelan earthquakes tragedy continues on, two weeks later. i'm more actively posting about it on twitter because i do not have the energy to keep up with multiple social media pages at the moment + we venezuelans heavily rely on twitter to spread urgent news and information, bsky is useless.

screenshot showing a tweet i made on july 5 calling attention to the news of the official death toll from the venezuelan earthquakes having risen to 3342 at the time the news was posted.

"earthquakes death toll higher than 9/11 and the world still isnt talking about it enough. and these are just the official numbers, we know the actual number is much higher.

july 5 is independence day here in venezuela but we're in mourning. may we someday be free again. 🇻🇪"

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Nice Footpaws @ionotter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

One of the furry community's originals, Roz Gibson, is in really big trouble. She is in kidney failure, and needs a donor, so please reskeet. www.furaffinity.net/journal/1138...

I’ve thought long and hard about making this post, but really, at this point, I don’t have much to lose. Desperate times, and all that.

TLDR version: I need a kidney transplant, and I’m looking for a donor. Read below for all the gory details.

Since late 2019, right before Covid hit, I’ve been battling a serious illness. I’ve been kind of cagey about what exactly is wrong, for a number of reasons, but here’s the truth—I’m in full kidney failure.

There is no history of this in my family, so when the symptoms began appearing I didn’t recognize them until it was too late. By the time I went to a doctor my kidney function had dropped into the single digits. Most kidney failure is caused by diabetes or high blood pressure—I got some weird kidney disease I can’t even pronounce and never heard of: Oxalate Nephropathy.

By adopting some dietary changes and careful monitoring, I was able to limp along with reduced kidney function for several years. But you don’t appreciate how much your kidneys do to keep you healthy until they stop working. There’s constant fatigue and nausea, and a general feeling of unwellness that never goes away.

But eventually I lost even what minimal function I had left, which left the end of the line for kidney disease: dialysis. As of this point I’ve been on dialysis for about 3 years. Let me tell you—dialysis is its own special kind of hell that you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy.

But even that is just a stop-gap measure, and my condition is continuing to get worse. Despite this, I’m trying my best to live as normal a life as possible. I’m extremely lucky I have a job that’s willing to allow me 9 hours a week for dialysis, so I’m still working. On weekends I work on my art and comics, and one or two days a month I do my volunteer work at the bird-banding site. I can even travel to see my family—if I arrange for dialysis at a local clinic ahead of time.

All of that is done while trying to deal with the symptoms of kidney failure. I’ve known 4 people who were on dialysis—none of them worked or really did much of anything, and at this point they’re all dead, which doesn’t really give me a lot of hope for my future.

Which brings us to the point of all this—I desperately need a kidney transplant. That is the only thing that will give me a chance at a relatively normal life. I’ve been approved and on the transplant list for a few years, but the waiting period in California is very long. By the time I get to the top of it, I may be too sick to get one. Right now I’m still in relatively good condition, comparatively. A transplant from a living donor lasts much longer and is better in every way than one you get from a deceased donor.

Unfortunately, everyone in my immediate family is too old or has other health problems that preclude donation. So this post is a desperate attempt to find anyone willing to donate. I realize donating a kidney is a lot different than giving ten bucks to a GoFundMe, but as I said at the beginning, at this point I don’t have much to lose by asking.

Here is the living donor site: https://www.uclahealth.org/medical-.....t/living-donor

You can inquire and even arrange to donate completely anonymously if that’s what you want. Hopefully there’s a Jack Salem fan out there who wants to see the stories (and the artist) continue for years to come.

That is all.

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Spike R. Monster 🇻🇪 HELP VENEZUELA @spikermonster.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

informative thread i made for instagram but i thought i'd share it here too 🆘🆘🆘PLEASE REPOST IF YOU CAN'T DONATE!!! we are DESPERATELY trying to get more people to talk about this!! venezuelans, please share useful links in the replies ⬇️

PLEASE STOP SCROLLING
just one minute, please.
i’m begging you. i’m serious.

VENEZUELA NEEDS URGENT HELP AFTER BACK-TO-BACK 7.2+7.5 EARTHQUAKES, AND YOU CAN HELP US.

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Unomelon @unomelon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Allumeria is taking part in Next Fest Feb 2026! To celebrate, I have released a new update with an overhauled terrain generator. There's some really cool stuff out there to be found. Come check it out! #gamedev #indiedev #nextfest #steamnextfest #demo store.steampowered.com/news/app/351...

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Allumeria - 0.14 - Brand New Terrain - Steam News

Overhauled world generator with 3d noise, giant cliffs and overhangs. Also Next Fest!

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Unomelon @unomelon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Hey everyone. The Allumeria Steam page is currently down because Microsoft has filed a false DMCA claim on it. They sent an email earlier today claiming that this screenshot infringes on their copyright. I am taking a moment to figure out what my path is going forward, will update soon. #gamedev

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Unomelon @unomelon.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Please check out this awesome video Dialko made about my game! It's a long video, but very entertaining. They do a great job at exploring the game's systems, and taking a calm approach to things. #gamedev #indiedev www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd6l...

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Trying Out Allumeria (Minecraft Meets Terraria)

YouTube video by Dialko

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Pale_Gray @palegray.dev · 04/03/2025

Finally, crude networking implementation has me sending chunks over the network!

A picture with a blocky game in the foreground and a terminal in the background, showing successful sending of chunks over the network

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Pale_Gray @palegray.dev · 17/11/2024

Work in progress of making an aspen tree blockset. I'm still deciding on how logs will look for the tree since I want it similar to the dynamic trees mod for Minecraft, although it feels like I am copying it lol. I am thinking about rotating logs or having bevels for them

A picture featuring a leaf block similar to green aspen leaves, and a log block in relation to an aspen tree

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Pale_Gray @palegray.dev · 12/11/2024

lights as placeholder, but custom models! I need to add transformation functions for models though because making 6 different directions was a pain in the ass

Image depicting a block tree with thin branches and lime green leaves amongst a blue sky and a grassy plane

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Pale_Gray @palegray.dev · 11/11/2024

Love refactoring block model parser every day 😍

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𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒂 𝑯𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒊 🇵🇸🫒𝑰𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒂 @monahijazi.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Help me fight censorship. If you see this, reply with 🍉 or 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine

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