As a POC (person of color) living in the United States, I’m aware of the horrible stuff that’s happening due to the Trump administration. But as a POC (person of citizenship), I’m aware that I’m not in the most danger, here. So as a POC (person of capital), I’m offering some of my resources and skills to anyone who is against all the bad stuff happening.
As long as you’re not on my blacklist, Please feel free to reach out to me on Bluesky or Discord (standardsystem) if any of the following would be useful:
If You Need Podcast Transcripts
Lots of people prefer to read your words instead of listen. I have a bundle of subscriptions:
A full subscription of Zoom Pro, which plugs in really well with
A business subscription to Otter, a transcription service that i’ve been using to make transcripts for the Neon Liberalism podcast, free of charge. This also plugs in really well with
A pro subscription to Claude, which I use to clean up the transcripts.
If You Need Health Insurance
Currently, I’m married to someone so they can use my health insurance. We don’t live together and I reach out about once every two weeks just to make sure there’s no issues accessing the service. Eventually she won’t need my health insurance, which means I’ll be free to marry someone else who does. That’s why I have a waitlist!
If You Need A Dropbox
I have a bunch of free cloud storage, so if your activism involves sharing a bunch of files but you don’t have a convenient way to make them accessible, I can simply give you access to a Google Drive or a Proton folder. If you have a good case for needing more, I can set something up to let you tap into the 66tb of storage on my machine.
If You Need Data Science
My day job is DevOps. Most of it involves:
Collecting data
Making that data look fancy
Automating (1) and (2)
I find it enjoyable to figure out easier ways to do all of that, so if you're running a blog or something or want to have a bot collect some data every day for a year to prove a point, I can probably do a lot of the heavy lifting on it.
If You Need General Tech Support
Following Claude or ChatGPT instructions can still be hard if you haven’t done the task before. That’s where I come in! Like, if you have a popular substack blog and want to add your own domain, I’d be happy to do it for you over a quick Zoom call.
If You Want HBO, Hulu, Disney+, etc.
It’s a lot easier to do activism if you have convenient access to the memes of production. I can add you to my family plans for pretty much any streaming service at no extra significant cost to myself.
If You Need Money
I don’t like to donate to GoFundMes. Instead, I give money, no strings attached, to people who I know are good about this type of stuff, and I assume they’ll do all the hard work of figuring out which campaigns are legit.
On that same note, I don’t really feel like fielding individual charity requests but if you happen to meet these three requirements:
Has Dissociative Identity Disorder
Works for the Democratic Party in some significant way
Is not White
…then I would be happy to have a quick chat with you and possibly send you some regular money.
If You Need Sticks
My girlfriend told me that there's a stick shortage problem at the protests they organize: namely, they keep giving away yardsticks for people to make signs, but yardsticks cost money. Depending on how many people reach out to me, it might make sense for me to look for a bulk supplier of yardsticks.
Various Projects That Could Help You
There are some things I’m working on, and it would help motivate me if other people were interested in trying them out.
A Bluesky bot that auto-replies to posts that have images with alttext.
A personal radio that gives a stream of podcasts that someone subscribes to.
Conclusion
The one benefit of my life is that I make a lot of money. The downside is that I end up alienated from my fellow human beings unless I go out of my way to do so, meaning I’m constantly tempted to do suboptimal things with my money and resources. For example, today I spent $150 trying to impress a cute Indian girl who works at my building, by sending myself an edible arrangements as my own secret admirer. I’d like to take on work so I don’t forget that there’s multiple holocausts going on.