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SN Désirée Cha

@sndesireecha.bsky.social
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lightning + foam /she.hers/ writer. cis femme all you fascists bound to lose

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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 13h
i’ve got a job interview later this month! i live in a car. it’s getting colder & colder outside. please help me get inside for a bit to be strong & ready for this. it means a lot to get an in-person interview invite, 1 of 4 interviews since job-hunting for >17 months. V SNDesiree C $SNDesiree
Screenshot of phone voicemail transcript. Text reads:

“Voicemail

October 7, 2026 at 14:35

Transcription

‘Hi this message is for [redacted]. My name is [redacted] and I'm an administrative assistant here at [redacted]. I am calling to get you scheduled for the [redacted] position that you applied for. We have three timeslots open on October [redacted date]. If you could give me a call back and we can see if we can get you scheduled for one of those my number is [tedacted]. Thank you.’“
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Larisa Aitch @llarisah.bsky.social · 10h
Pls donate to Désirée, she needs to be indoors V SNDesiree C $SNDesiree gofund. me/1a4f3793d
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 5h
Hairdids in progress, circa 2022.
A small white dog about to get a hair trim and brushing by his human. Tiny blep.A small white and black dog looks witheringly at her human. The hair on the dog’s head is brushed forward and about to be trimmed. This sweet girl has an underbite. Esmé is displeased.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 6h
Facts.
Grooms dogs at home.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it’s hard to articulate how living in a car compresses your sense of the possible. how architecture and space interplay with a human body already pushed out of the socially legible. and how a body begins reflecting that erasure and invisibility. contraction. compression. small.
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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Temps next Tuesday night where our friend is STILL living in a car are projected to go down into the 30's (F). The goal is to get her inside for a while, & while significant progress towards that has been made, there's still a ways to go. V SNDesiree C $SNDesiree C: @sndesireecha.bsky.social
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Amanda Finley Digs All the Spooky Things @rubyslippahs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Living in your car is no way to live. I've got 23.000 followers. Can everyone give one dollar?
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 14h
dear Namu and Esmé, thank you for sending a little goodness my way today in the form of a job interview invitation.
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Wynn Thornton @northwind.myatproto.social · 06/10/2026
Also, self-promo because I’m getting really desperate: If you’re in Anchorage, I have realistically only a month, maybe two, left to find housing. Ideally looking for something near downtown—but at this point I’d take anything as long as there’s bus service to downtown. Budget is $1,000-1,100/mth.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 14h
A lot of people are struggling right now. Including your queer and trans fam, and your artists friends, and the people who are both. The mental health pressures are real and the consequences are potentially devastating. Check on your people. Let them know how much you love having them around.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
my last published piece. 2019. in 2020 i began living in my car, Seattle. a literary agent wrote to me the week before i became car homeless. we had our first phone call during my first month of living in a car. i’ve struggled since then. homelessness is a thief. writing requires time, safety.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
it’s amazing what’s possible when we love and are loved, care and are cared for
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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The “functionally unemployed” includes people who are unemployed and looking for a job as well as those who are involuntarily working part-time and who are earning poverty-level wages (or less than $26K before taxes). www.cbsnews.com/news/functio...
cbsnews.com
Nearly 25% of U.S. workers are "functionally unemployed," economic analysis finds
An alternative measure of unemployment that accounts for wages suggests the U.S. labor market is weaker than it looks.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
www.inc.com/daniela-pier...
inc.com
Women Absorbed All of July's Job Losses. Here's What the Number Doesn't Tell You
Women bore all of July's job losses, and 845,000 have left the labor force since January. The numbers are a signal about what's driving women out and where they're headed.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
looking forward to sending my 700th job application in which I summarise 15 years of experience in 2 pages and also pretend to be motivated about writing another cover letter
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
i’ve been job-hunting since February.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
it’s okay to want to be warm
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 10h
🌳
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 10h
i may have a part-time job interview but even if i get a part-time job offer i am still homeless i live in a car, which is not a home and i cannot afford rent with part-time income (15-20 hours a week). i am chronically ill & becoming sicker. so it feels a bit too little, too late i am exhausted.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 13h
you know you've won at life when a small dog in your care wags his tail in his sleep. Namu, i love you forever and miss you every day. [video dated 28 August 2019]
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 15h
good news! this afternoon i received a call to schedule a job interview that’s set for later this month. it’s part-time. i applied in July. poco a poco
Screenshot of job app email confirmation dated 20 July 2026. Text reads:

“Do Not Reply. 
Your application to [redacted] (PT) has been processed

Gmail folder label: JobApps_2026

To: [redacted] 
Date: July 20, 2026, 2:45 PM

Dear [redacted],
Your application for [redacted] (PT) at [redacted] has been processed.”
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 13h
i’ve got a job interview later this month! i live in a car. it’s getting colder & colder outside. please help me get inside for a bit to be strong & ready for this. it means a lot to get an in-person interview invite, 1 of 4 interviews since job-hunting for >17 months. V SNDesiree C $SNDesiree
Screenshot of phone voicemail transcript. Text reads:

“Voicemail

October 7, 2026 at 14:35

Transcription

‘Hi this message is for [redacted]. My name is [redacted] and I'm an administrative assistant here at [redacted]. I am calling to get you scheduled for the [redacted] position that you applied for. We have three timeslots open on October [redacted date]. If you could give me a call back and we can see if we can get you scheduled for one of those my number is [tedacted]. Thank you.’“
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 13h
you know you've won at life when a small dog in your care wags his tail in his sleep. Namu, i love you forever and miss you every day. [video dated 28 August 2019]
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 14h
dear Namu and Esmé, thank you for sending a little goodness my way today in the form of a job interview invitation.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 15h
good news! this afternoon i received a call to schedule a job interview that’s set for later this month. it’s part-time. i applied in July. poco a poco
Screenshot of job app email confirmation dated 20 July 2026. Text reads:

“Do Not Reply. 
Your application to [redacted] (PT) has been processed

Gmail folder label: JobApps_2026

To: [redacted] 
Date: July 20, 2026, 2:45 PM

Dear [redacted],
Your application for [redacted] (PT) at [redacted] has been processed.”
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 21h
Incredible workshop happening TODAY for folks in higher ed in the US. You can set the boundaries of how AI is implemented in your institution at the point of procurement, and Conti can tell you how.
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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Such a loving look from the father and such impish pride from this young miss dressed up in all her layered necklaces!
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
it is very cold tonight
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K. W. Knight @kwknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I need a writing community. I can't do it alone.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
friends, i've found a spot for ~$1,800. it's a 3-hour drive away and to start later this month, but it seems peaceful. nothing affordable nearby, & no hotel vacancies tonight. trying to raise $700 to cover the difference, but bookings go quickly so i may be out of luck. please help me get inside.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
fascism treats disabled homeless poor immigrant women of color survivors like me as expendable. please be the exception. thankful for any & all shares. homeless since Jan 2025, fled DV Nov ‘25, now live in car. my dog & only fam died. it is hell. V SNDesiree C $SNDesiree gofund. me/1a4f3793d
An East Asian woman with long black hair sits in her car. She wears a black KN95 mask and looks at camera. She waits for her laundry to dry at a laundromat.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On Oct 19 (my 🎉, btw) I'm stoked to be joining @dorothyjberry.bsky.social, @touloumi.bsky.social, Karilyn Crockett and M.C. Overholt at @vanalen.bsky.social, amidst their 🌟 Open Access exhibition, to talk about the architectural counter-archive!
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The Architectural Anarchive: Reimagining the Design Archive - Van Alen Institute
Shannon Mattern (Metropolitan New York Library Council) leads a discussion around how archives determine what’s worthy of collection and preservation, and the role of the architectural archive in an a...
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🪷🍓🐢
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
people, please stop they/them-ing me. my pronouns are in my bio. you can call me she/hers. i believe in you.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
people say the wildest things to homeless people. a lot of patronizing condescension. i am a Fulbright grantee. i skipped grades 2 and 8. i was first published at 19. rapes, spending $ & time others spent getting grad degrees i spent traveling halfway around world to get basic facts of my life.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
i, too, am a tender plant
My hand touching a tree trunk, summer or fall 2026
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Solarpunk Hauntie @solarpunk-auntie.myatproto.social · 30/09/2026
I'd like to see this funded. Please send some money if you can.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
in the library at the gym people coughing and sneezing and i have no health insurance and live in a car and it is a terrible dilemma homeless with a body whose kidneys filter my blood (thank you) and cells that turn over and teeth that require brushing no privacy no doors that close no way out
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ppl writing back to me abt paid indoor stays “Airbnb is getting more & more greedy.” “But if you extend your stay I can offer monthly discount.” sir, i am homeless & live in a car. still trying to fundraise for said stay. you own a house & another as secondary income source. we are not the same.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
“In the every day of walks, of feedings and moments of repose and sleep, in the moments of caring for and keeping Marty alive I observe: I have a need to be loved, but I also have a need to love.”
autostraddle.com
Two Weeks
"I think that adopting a dog would make me “less of a sad sack,” according to a journal entry on the day that Marty is picked up by his human mother."
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Esmé, you will not come with me into the new year. But earlier today I heard—clear as a bell—your bark. I was not asleep. Thank you for visiting me. I love you forever.
a small white and black dog looks out of a rear car window, looking at her human approaching the car. the dog has big ears, an underbite, black nose, and inquisitive brown eyes. foto taken October 2025
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the time to protect survivors is now. the time to protect homeless survivors is now. the time to house homeless survivors is now. the time to care for each other before we die is now. the time to act is now. the time to reduce suffering is now. there is suffering now. there are actions to take now.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
COVID-19 rates are rising. Measles (erase immune memory) is surging. I manage an autoimmune illness & asthma w no health insurance. I live in a country where it is a crime to sleep in a car & be homeless. Every night I sleep in a car. I job-hunt weekly. I have no cert of citizenship. Please help.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
there will be blood and typos
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
i miss you, Esmé. with you, things felt possible
A small white and black dog wearing a cozy black and red flannel fleece onesie is sleeping in her human’s arms. Taken winter 2021/2022
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the time to protect survivors is now. the time to protect homeless survivors is now. the time to house homeless survivors is now. the time to care for each other before we die is now. the time to act is now. the time to reduce suffering is now. there is suffering now. there are actions to take now.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
"When you're homeless, the margin for error is nonexistent. Every misstep and trauma disproportionately undoes you." —28 Feb 2021
“When you're homeless, the margin for error is nonexistent. Every misstep and trauma disproportionately undoes you.”

28 Feb 2021
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
it takes many complicit & nonplussed, poor-people hating owning class imperious look-down-their-noses-at-you-ers to make homelessness real. past tense. every single person who lists on Airbnb is an example of this banality of evil. motels are predatory. hotels are >$2K for wk stay. obscene.
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SN Désirée Cha @sndesireecha.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
banality of evil, et al.
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