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So I see that in one day, folks organizing through a hashtag on Mastodon have successfully collected almost $100,000 in donations for Kamala Harris' campaign. This is pretty impressive, in my opinion.

Now, I'm not going to discourage you from voting or from participating in electoral politics. But I am going to just point out that Black queer and trans folks' mutual aid fundraisers on this platform routinely go underfunded and even the boosts are sparse.

When considering donating money, I want us to ask ourselves: whose needs are centered? Who benefits? Why donate to a politician but ignore a poor person? What are my politics really and how do they show up in my spending habits?

These are just suggestions, but I think the implications are pretty important.