#fund 4 good

[justinsentertainmentcorner]

Alaina Demopoulos at The Guardian:

Madelyn Ritter expected to leave the St Louis date of Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts Tour with merch – she didn’t expect to also go home with some free emergency contraception. But that’s just what she saw upon entering the stadium. There, right by the women’s bathrooms, was a table where concertgoers could donate to abortion funds and pick up free condoms and morning-after pills, also called Plan B. “We noticed it immediately,” said Ritter, who is 25 (and, as she jokes, “too old” to love the 21-year-old pop star). “I was like: ‘What’s this about?’ They told me it was free, so my sister, her friend and I all took some. I personally don’t need it, but I’m going to save it in case something bad happens.”

Last month, in conjunction with her world tour, Rodrigo launched the Fund 4 Good campaign, which aims to protect women’s and girls’ reproductive rights. A portion of sales from the tour will go toward the fund. As part of the initiative, Rodrigo paired with the National Network of Abortion Funds, which connected her with local chapters at various stops on the tour. “There are plenty of singers making a stand about social issues, but I’ve never seen anything like this,” Ritter said. Abortion is illegal in Missouri. (It is only permitted in the case of an emergency that threatens the life of a pregnant person.) Missouri Republicans are also trying to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides reproductive healthcare like STI screenings and contraception in the state. Activists who staffed the table Ritter stopped by came from Right by You, a youth-focused text line that connects Missouri teens to abortion care out of state, birth control and information about their rights, and the Missouri Abortion Fund, which helps people cover the cost of an out-of-state abortion.

God Bless Olivia Rodrigo! Glad to see her taking a stand against Missouri's oppressive anti-abortion laws by giving out free emergency contraception items.

See Also:

PinkNews: Olivia Rodrigo hands out free Plan B tablets at Missouri tour, where abortion has a total ban

#Olivia Rodrigo #Birth Control #Reproductive Rights #Abortion #Missouri #St. Louis #GUTS Tour #Plan B #Fund 4 Good #Contraception #Reproductive Health

[tomorrowusa]

Cheers to Olivia Rodrigo! 🍻👍🏼

Pop singer Olivia Rodrigo teamed up with the Missouri Abortion Fund to give out free emergency birth control pills and condoms to concertgoers at her St. Louis show. Rodrigo visited St. Louis on Tuesday evening as part of her GUTS world tour. X user @cowboylikekin posted a viral photo of the condoms and Julie contraceptive pills that were distributed at the concert. The image has been liked more than 30,000 times. Volunteers with the Missouri Abortion Fund handed out the pills, condoms and stickers at Tuesday’s concert. The nonprofit aims to provide assistance to Missouri residents who cannot afford the cost of abortion care.

Missouri has been taken over by far right MAGA extremists. Fortunately there is a ballot measure being proposed to restore reproductive freedom in the state.

Abortion rights advocates with Missourians for Constitutional Freedom are pushing for a ballot measure through Missouri’s initiative petition process, looking to amend Missouri’s constitution with a law that would make abortion legal until viability. To place the issue on this November’s ballot, the campaign must collect around 180,000 signatures in support of the petition and turn the signatures in to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office by May 5.

If you're in Missouri, consider lending a hand with the ballot measure.

Missourians for Constitutional Freedom

And whichever state you live in, get more involved in state politics and particularly the state legislature. Most of the far right anti-freedom badness originates in legislatures in red states. Start by discovering who represents your legislative district(s).

Find Your Legislators Look your legislators up by address or use your current location.

Only one party is dedicated to restoring reproductive freedom nationally.

#olivia rodrigo #guts world tour #abortion #a woman's right to choose #reprodective freedom #emergency birth control pills #missouri #st. louis #missouri abortion fund #fund 4 good #text right by you #roe v. wade #restore roe #the sanctity of reproductive freedom #state government #state legislatures #election 2024 #vote blue no matter who

[rithmeres]

genuinely these panels are going to make me ugly cry

#i'm not back for real yet i think i want to stay away longer. i'm just here to put more things in the queue and answer messages #i really enjoyed trimax vol 4 idk something about it was less miserable than 1-3 #might have been the first volume that i wasn't grimacing the entire time i read it. or maybe i'm just desensitized now. #unironically this prayer is soooo beautiful to me. give us this day our daily bread. not bread for the week not bread for a year #just enough for today. #lately when i've been praying it just looks like #please for the love of god please please please please please PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPL #things are not looking good for the community house.. lots bureaucracy with the city. and the church that funded us is falling apart #i don't know what i'm going to do if we get shut down it's the one thing in my life that's worth anything #all those kids... where are they going to go. who is going to help them. where is the neighborhood going to get their food. #in two days it will be the anniversary of [REDACTED] and i am so so so scared #just sat in my room today and fruitlessly scrolled thru jobs im not qualified for & tried not to think about thinking about killing myself #i don't WANT to kill myself i don't want to think about it i hate thinking about killing myself i will never ever kill myself or even try #but there is a demon or perhaps a ghost or evil wizard that tells me there's an easy way everything can go away. and it's A STUPID. BITCH. #please do not reply to this post i know you all mean well but i just don't think i can handle it. #talking about it i mean. and hearing people say nice but empty things. #i just wish i had someone to sit next to me. #personal #i don't want to go to church tomorrow :( it all feels so fake and i do not ever feel fed.

[icewindandboringhorror]

Hrmm... Revising my game and I feel like there's still sooo much writing left to do, for something that probably won't even amount to much, so.. I do want to narrow my focus more (especially given my health problems seeming to get worse/less energy the past few years), but I'm not sure how would be best to...

I currently have 5 characters as the Main ones with full planned questlines and such, with each character having 6 quests you can do for them. But I haven't really started the writing for the 5th main character. So then I was thinking, if I were going to write 6 full quests worth of content anyway... is it better to allocate that time on just doing a Complete 6 Quests for ONE single character, OR would it be better to do something like.. choose THREE side characters and do 2 quests for each of them? So that people have a wider variety to interact with and sort of sample around (of course with the idea that, once the first version of the game is released, IF people actually care about it enough to make it worth the effort, I would then add additional content to complete those 3 characters stories as well)

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SO... If you were playing an interactive fiction sort of game centered around talking to & doing quests for a cast of characters (like there's no larger plot, more it's just about interacting with people, every character kind of has a self contained story, the focus is just learning about them and the world and exploring the area) --- Which would you rather have?

(and of course it would be stated up front which characters have only partial questlines, so people don't expect them to have full quests like the others and then get disappointed, or etc. etc.)

Basically, is it better to just focus in specifically on having one fully complete questline? Or for there to be a few stories that are not complete yet, but have more initial options available?

#I guess I just feel weird about investing too much into characters if possibly nobody will like them. so the idea of being able to sample #around a wider variety opens up the option of like 'hey even if neither of these 4 are your favorite - you have 3 other options soon too!' #or whatever. BUT I also am very anti-the trend of releasing half finished games or shit like that where people preorder and then #the game sucks on actual release and isn't fully playable or good until 5 updates later #HOWEVER.. those are giant companies with hundreds of employees and millions in funding. I feel like it's different for someone #if they're just like ''hey I am getting zero money for this and doing it entirely on my own in my free time and before I do like 50+ hours #of work on top of the 100+ hours of work that I already did - I would like maybe to at least see some proof #people are interested in this - so I'm releasing the game with like a small amount of the originally intended content removed #that I still have planned out and hope to add later and the game is still entirely done and completely functional #except for just a few quests I might add later.. sorry'' etc. etc. ??? like I think that's different. but maybe some people dont see #it that way and would still be like 'grrr.. how dare there be unfinished options..>:V" idk #And the nature of the quests is such that it's not weird to have it be partial like.. again.there's no major plot. it's not like the quests #are leading up to some dramatic thing and having them half done would make it feel like a cliffhanger. It's meant to be very casual just #chilling and doing little tasks and such. And last thing to clarify I guess - by 'side character' I don't mean taking some unimportant bac #ground character and forcing them to have quests. I mean like.. originally the game had 8 full characters and I thought that was #too much so I cut it down to 5. So I still had everything planned for all the side characters too. Id' just be like.. re-giving them #quests and focuses that were already planned from the beginning but that I got rid of.. former main characters banished to the side lol.. #ANYWAY... hrmm... hard to decide... It's just so niche I think. I feel more and more like I should just get it to a 'proof #of concept' state and get it out there to interest check rather than invest in it soooo much for nothing. Because I really do not have the #tastes other people do or interact with games or have interest in things in the same way. A lot of the stuff that I love (slow. character #focused things with basicaly no action or plot where its' just about getting to explore a world and learn about #people in a casual low stakes setting but ALSO not romance) I think people find very boring so... lol... #This year as I try to pick the project back up again after abandoning it for like 3 years I keep looking at stuff and going.. ough... #yeah... cut this maybe.. I should cut that too.. I should make them a side character.. remove this.. blah blah.. #Though I did ADD a journal and inventory system and other things that like People Expect Games To Have so.. maybe #that will count for something.. hey..you can collect items.. it's not just 'talking to elves for 600 hours simulator'.. are you #entertained yet? lol.... When I was making my other tiny game for that pet website and I gave it to the play testers and someone was like #''it should have achievements so I feel I'm working towards something concrete'' I was literally so blindsided like..??... people WANT that #in games..? is the goal not simply to wander aimlessly &fixate on world/character lore& make your own silly pointless personal goals? I did #do them though because it IS fun to make up little achievement names and such but.. i fear i am out of touch so bad lol..

[hotsugarbyglassanimals]

every day i am thankful to have gotten top surgery within 4 months of making appointments and paying just 15 dollars

#cw: suicide mention in tags #10 copay 5 dollars for the meds #i was on my dad's good insurance #i try to donate to ppl's top surgery funds when i can because i feel like its not fair that other ppl have to either wait- #half a decade or pay a shit ton of money or both #i dont know if my dysphoria wouldve Pushed me to ending my life but... #when experiencing dysphoria i could not imagine my life truly starting without top surgery #and my years wouldve been so so wasted #my chest right now feels like it's been with me forever. it's MY chest. truly. for the first time since I was 10 #i didn't wait 4 months for top surgery i waited 7 years. maybe longer if i count me wanting a breast reduction at age 10 too #i love you informed consent model

[asleepinawell]

EVEN THE GREAT LOUISOIX

#GODDDD #I hate it here #this is the downside of leveling jobs constantly #main scenario roulette gives such good xp but at what cost #at least I get moogle tomes too rn #prae has helped fund 4 new mounts for me #ffxiv #ffxivmp #mp #I miss porta decumana at least that fight is fun and I get to lb3

[xrosevoidx]

redesign ur logo came up on shuffle and i have to say. "xenophobes and racists" coming so soon after "interracial couples" in the list of demographics fuckin. ye.

#op #something something brands dont care they will release rainbow branded shit 4 pride month while funding republican politicians etc. #good song #lemon demon #also the strings are immensely sexy. ily lemon demon strings

[acadianideals]

false prophet

#dima #fallout 4 #far harbor #fallout #my art #you know when you draw something really good and just know you'll never be able to do that again #fo4 #[rattles coins] this is my buy dima clothes fund

[tomorrowusa]

Cheers to Olivia Rodrigo for her support of reproductive rights!

The all-GOP Alabama Supreme Court has reminded the country that Republicans will never be happy until they are able to control every aspect of reproduction and sexuality of people in the United States. They worked for 49 years to repeal Roe v. Wade. We need to be just as determined to push back.

It takes guts to stand up for important causes, but Olivia Rodrigo is as gutsy as they come. Shortly before taking the stage at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, Calif., for the opening night of her Guts World Tour Friday (Feb. 23), the 21-year-old pop star marked the launch of her Fund 4 Good supporting reproductive rights with a video on social media.  [ ... ] Rodrigo also reminded fans that a portion of the proceeds from her ticket sales will go toward the Fund 4 Good, as well as the National Network of Abortion Funds in North America. “Thank you so much for supporting this cause that I care so deeply about,” she added. “I can’t wait to see you all on tour.”

#olivia rodrigo #fund 4 good #guts #reproductive freedom #a woman's right to choose #abortion #abortion rights #roe v. wade #alabama supreme court #republicans #dobbs v. jackson women's health organization #vote blue no matter who #election 2024

[cutemeat]

see if rcg dont do a macden sex tape arc next season… i’ll be confused n appalled cuz itd just be SUCH a wasted opportunity !!!

esp cuz Charlie mentioned the Pam & Tommy shit on the podcast (which is Already a Hulu original aka part of the house that pays their bills so that makes me 👀) to segue-way into the whole Penaissance convo which exactly mirrors the Thunder Gun 4 shit 😭… n also cuz s15 was just “The Gang Does National Lampoon’s European Vacation” and in that film the parents , before going on their vacation, make a sex tape… and thats like a thing that they forget abt but gets brought back up again later (and then i think they totally just dropped the plotline but whatever LOL).. and the references to porn and PETER NORTH in Frank’s part of the 2020 in Review ep… and in that same ep mac and dennis “making music together” w dennis’ bedroom door open (which it hasnt been in a while now) in the BG of that shot with of them in the foreground on the couch… and all the Brokeback references … come on. i wanna see a whole drawer of macden sex tapes lets GO!! itd be such a fun gimmick. and they could skirt around the network n Middle America bs by making it some sort of BONUS feature if u will … set up a site for it.. break the fourth wall a little more come onnn..

#like its an Obvious plotline but its still GOOD!!!! #n theres so much potential for add ons that cna make u more money if thats the angle the studio needs 4 it #i’d pay listen… they donate the funds to some LGBT charity for PR #they sell the macden sex tapes itd be EVERYTHING #*NOT as an NFT …. Rob & Keyonna 🙃🙃 #i loved LW7 im rlly sad she got into all the NFT/crypto shit too 😭😭 oh well. no one in Hollywood man no one in Hollywood… #shes still so funny tho i hope she comes back for s16 #anyway back to whatever this is #hmmm wehre was i… #oh YEA charge me actual money n i’d pay #i’d actually maybe pay an insane amount.. no crypto but an insane amount #if the bros with cash will buy their $999 whiskey… my version of that is the Macden sex tape #dipped in gold or whatever.. they cant hav an emmy but they can sell a gold sex tape cmon #yeah i’d find a way to pay . listen… im just *saying* #honestly they could still get the Boys to buy in i bet .. for the collectors limited edition value or whatever #yknow what. u can sell it as n NFT if u Must for them but gimme the option of a physical copy #they can waste their money but i dont wanna. gimme #they hav such a cult following of an audience n that was proven with the whiskey #god also i need a Sunny boxset more than anything #ok back 2 s16 stuff #they can tease the plotline in the promo by doing the Prom PSA tapes … again i hav a whole promo campaign. #they do those PSAs in the style of 80s ‘no drinking n driving’ videos they used to make 4 the teenz before prom… come on. #‘USE PROTECTION’ 😭😭😭 #sunny abistenence PSA tape… the irony… even worse would be the no drinking n driving PSA from The Gang of all ppl… #COME ON I LOVE CHEESY PROMO #LIKE COME ON THE BEST PUNCHLINE WOULD BE A NO DRINKING N DRIVING PSA ‘from your friends at Paddys Pub’ LIKE #itd be a Mac n Chalrie Die Callback LIKE THEY HAVE FOOTAGE GROM THAT TAPE CLIPPED INTO ONE OF THE PSAS THATD BE FUNNY #listen i Know i am setting myself up cuz my expectations for s16 are so unreasonably high but i will still be disappointed #the breaking the fourth wall thing of the whiskey not being the set up for the punchline of s16 getting more homoerotic/depressing #not doing the prom themed promo.. not doing the macden sex tape arc… sighhhh

[victorluvsalice]

We have reached the second Building Interlude this week -- and this time, it’s actually relevant to what’s been happening in the main Chill Valicer save, as it’s a small makeover of the Valicer farmhouse! A makeover that was inspired by the following things:

1. My desire to clean out the household inventory so I didn’t have to go scrolling through all their various holiday decorations and whatnot whenever I wanted them to recycle a trash pile

2. My desire to also clean out their PERSONAL inventories -- particularly Victor’s, as he’s always carrying around loads of fruit and flowers and whatnot from the greenhouse to have on-hand for juicing and whatnot

3. “My Sims have over $100K in the bank? Time to jazz the place up a little!”

So yes, with all that in mind, I went ahead and, well, jazzed the place up a little. XD Here’s a list of all the most major changes:

Kitchen: I decided it was a little too brown in there and changed out the counters to ones with at least slightly more colorful tops (the Realm of Magic counters, if I recall correctly!), darkening up the wood-tones of the cabinets to match. I also replaced the fridge and the stove with Schmapple-brand ones to match their coffee maker and microwave (like I said, they have money now!), recoloring them all to the red swatch as I liked that best. After that, I got a longer side table to store both the VIP bucket and the picnic basket --

And then moved the entire dining table in slightly, because ta-da, we have an archway into the kitchen now! Yeah, I took another look at that wall and realized that the door kind of looked weird next to the arches into the front foyer and the study, so I put another archway to match. Now the downstairs feels more cohesive!

Study: Just one quick change in here -- I changed the wallpaper color to the blue with green trim swatch, as I decided I wanted a little more color in the room. I think it looks nice, and fits well with the rugs!

Front Foyer: A little rearranging FINALLY allowed me to put the coat-and-hat pegs that I had on a side wall beside the door, where they could actually be SEEN. Naturally, the shoe rack went underneath them, and the umbrella stand got moved to the far corner. Looks good! (I -- am reasonably certain the clock was there before, as part of an earlier upgrade, but if not, look, colorful clock.)

Living Room: As you can see, I went heavy on the Movie Hangout Stuff furniture in here -- replacing the downstairs couch with this nice wooden seat that has a nice colorful cushion AND matches the bookcases, and the side tables with these brightly painted variations. :) The coffee table also got a more colorful upgrade (pretty sure that’s the Paranormal Stuff one) -- but, of course, the biggest upgrade was to the TV, with me selling off the old Fallout 4 CC one to get a proper big screen for them to enjoy, along with a cute yellow trunk TV table for it to sit on. They may not watch TV often, but they might as well enjoy a proper-sized screen. The bizarre idol Smiler got recently watches over it all in her own little house shelf above said TV. :)

Crafting/Party Barn: The whole thing is ever so slightly bigger now, and that is to accommodate something new in Smiler’s party space -- namely, I have traded out the bubble blower (which none of Smiler’s guests seemed to like the one time I had them give it a spin) for their ping-pong table! Technically it fit in the smaller version of the barn, but I felt like it blocked the radio a bit too much, so I expanded things out to keep the “dance floor.” I also took the opportunity to rearrange the downstairs a bit -- adding some extra columns to “support” the party level, then moving the more technical crafting stuff (Smiler’s robotics bench and the Fabricator) to the front while the more low-tech crafty stuff (the woodworking bench and the candle maker) went in the back, with Victor’s alchemy cauldron in the middle. :) I even got to put the cool magical stone circle in there -- sized down slightly, of course. :p

(Oh, and outside, you may notice that the chicken coop pen is now flush with the corner of the barn, and that I’ve gotten rid of the large livestock barn. The gang seems to have enough to do with just remembering to take care of the chickens -- I don’t think they’re gonna get a cow or llama anytime soon!)

Greenhouse: Victor’s greenhouse actually got moved back slightly on the lot -- a somewhat fiddly process that involved enlarging the roof before adjusting the walls so that the plants stayed under cover the whole time. I also added a new shelf from Cottage Living beside the door to go with his other tools, and put his selfie with his first oversized pumpkin on it. :)  The biggest change, though, was to the crafting side of the greenhouse -- namely, there’s now STORAGE! The flower-arranging bench can already have flowers stored in it, so that wasn’t a big deal, but now there is an Eco Lifestyle cardboard storage box next to the cauldron grill for Victor’s herbalism plants, and a Discover University mini-fridge so he can store and access his fruits and veggies for juicing next to the juice fizzer! Which makes life so much easier -- his inventory isn’t PERFECT yet, but it’s looking a hell of a lot better, let me tell you!

#sims 4 #the lazy save #builds #yeah Victor Alice and Smiler have got The Dosh #to be fair Alice has a very well-paying job #has published a few good books #and regularly sells excellent and masterpiece-quality paintings #while Smiler makes decent cash at their part-time job #and has started making more serious dough from their SimsTube videos #Victor is the only one in the family who isn't an active money maker #and even he can get a good payout from his greenhouse when he wants #so yeah funding some house upgrades #big focus on adding even more color to the house here #Smiler loves color and I think it's rubbed off on me #it really does make the house nicer when everything is cheery and bright :) #and I think Victor and Alice feel the same way :) #queued

[killerchickadee]

Today I got a birthday card from @thebrideofcaliban 's mom (tell her I say thank you and hello) and like most years...... got one from her and not MY OWN mother.

#i mean my mom says there's stuff in the mail but hello my birthday was monday #I've also seen her more recently even though it was like a year ago #ZERO effort from my family #my mom and sister texted me! #and my dad sent a present but it was 100% just from his wife lol #so thanks wife number 4 #like it upsets me every year but i turned 40 this year!!!!! that's a big one!!!! and still no effort!!!!!!!!!!!! #anyway thanks mama d #my birthday was not good if anyone hasn't figured that out yet #like the sunrise was ok and going to the concert with my friend was fun #but otherwise my god #but all the kitty birthday fund donations were great at least #so thanks to all of you for that

[geoarchcn]

KAVEHHH

#genshin impact leaks #LISTEN #we knew for months he was a 4 star and claymore but im still relieved lmao #like i dont have the funds for a c6 rn LMAO #but anyways #hes getting triple crowned #and maybe dehyas weapon depending on his skill and his kit #but he sounds good to me so far tbh #ill use raiden and nahida on the team they can carry and make kaveh feel like hes doing something 😂 #genshin impact

[kallunavulgaris]

I think a lot of these self identified "burnt out gifted kids" give themselves too much of the credibility that falls on the United States education system just being awful. I'm sure you were a very smart 8 year old but maybe school is just easy and you've never had to learn how to learn or manage your time for over a decade, sorry. When I got to college I realized I have never actually studied and I was an excellent student (and it didn't matter!). Also some people just learn from sitting at a desk and listening and some don't, so an education system that caters to one specific learning style means some win some lose.

#this isn't bragging because it has no bearing on my life but I had a 4.2 GPA out of 4 in high school #and in college I am a completely average student lol #I went to a large high school with good funding and everything #so lol #I just actually have to learn now and there's no memorization games

[coldhands-sunkeneyes]

I am currently experiencing shrimp emotions

#oh👏my👏fucking👏god #oh my fucking god #I have experienced the highs and lows of the human experience within a span of 48 hours #I run into a guy I’d never thought I’d see again and go home with him #and then realize after he dropped me off at my apartment that I had no way of contacting him #and so my friends steal my phone and follow him on instagram and dm him for me #he has followed me! but has not responded #full 180 from this there’s this fucking dickhead in model un who can’t accept the fact that I didn’t invite him to an upcoming conference #and what is he doing: blowing up my phone. demanding I explain and apologize. going behind my back and emailing our advisor #and if I do add him to the conference-we might not have all the funds 🤗 #bc now we’ll have to buy another plane ticket and a whole ass other hotel room bc having 4 guys to a room won’t work #how do I process my emotions? good question #oh and my advisor isn’t even here so I can only talk to him through email #like bro if I could just talk to him candidly and explain everything that be great #also if the guy I like could fucking respond to me and like me back that’s also be great #if I could just pass away that’d also be great #I hate it here #I’m simply not gods strongest soldier #I’ve girlbossed too close to the sun

[sunnyvaler]

guess who just got (temporarily) declined for seeing a funded therapist bc they took too long to pick one and didn't know what the process was or how to move forward with it

#im still eligable for the funded sessions its just declined until i sort things w the therapist #my mouth is still in too much pain to eat but idk if i can afford my dentist appointment on tuesday #and a man i don't know who knows my flatmate is apparently coming over and staying the night tonight and theres nothing i can do ab it #and things just keep piling up and its Bad im Struggling its all too much #and i have no irl friends to rant to and i dont like ranting to people online bc i feel like Too Much so i just 🧍‍♂️ #things are Bad i feel Bad and i will probably be ghosting for a while bc the thought of conversation exhausts me #i also still havent started taking the iron supplement i was prescribed 4 weeks ago and I have a doctors appointment in 2 weeks #and idk how to tell her im not taking it bc im worried if i tell her im not taking it or bring up my mental health she'll stop my t shots #so i just #things arent going good i try not to make posts like this but I'm just. things are bad and im tired and i want things to not be bad #negative //