For the sake of transparency.
I know I seem like I have it together, but some days, I am genuinely terrified for my future. I have one amazing freelance client, but as a trans person in tech with soft skills - and as a trans journalist - work started drying up after the election last year.
Globally, companies seem less interested than ever in working with me. In Australia, tech firms decided I was "too controversial" to be associated with.
My partner and I wanted to have a baby this year, but I can't see a path to making that happen. All I have is my writing, and some days it feels like I'm deluding myself into thinking that will be enough.
I have the cash runway to make The Index work for the next few months, but after that it’s down to subscribers.
I made the decision a while ago to never take sponsors or sell ads. All I can do is hope I can keep finding an audience or look for investors who believe in indie media. But that brings its own trouble.
My partner tells me, take it one day at a time and everything will be okay.
She’s a smart thing. I’m going to keep listening to her.
But if you’ve got any spare luck, send a smidge my way 
@Daojoan ::sending whatever lucky vibes can be mustered::
May the Force be with you.
@faraiwe AND WITH YOUR SPIRIT
@Daojoan passing on any luck I find...
@Daojoan I don’t have any luck to spare, but if it’s any consolation, I only sent money to Joyce Vance and you.
I have stopped watching tv, quit drinking in January, and am caring for my wife. And my cat.
I can’t honestly say things will get better, but you are heard, are helping me understand stuff.
Thank you.
@mftassano I fucking love you.
Ok, how can we help? Is there a way to subscribe? It would be easier for people to do this if you had more info and even a subscription link in your profile. Note that people are not fond of #Substack these days, so if you can enable direct payment and bypass them it would be good.
Also, people want to pay via PayPal, Credit Card, and Venmo. There's also Zelle and some other what I would call secondary payment options.
But if it's not easy people won't do it.
My 2 cents.
@Ehay2k There are links to both my sites on my profile, and both are built on Ghost. I wouldn't go near Substack with a ten foot pole. Wrote about that here:
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/why-i-wont-write-on-substack/
Just be clear, I'm not trying to be argumentative, just stating what I have seen in the hope that I can be someone helpful. When I look at your Mastodon profile, this is what I see with no actual links:
@Ehay2k oh, that's interesting....this is what the official Mastodon shows me. What app are you using?
I'm using Maston v2.9.4 for Android. I definitely don't see any of those links.
Maybe it also has something to do with my Mastodon instance?
In the near term, maybe put those into your general profile text?
@Ehay2k I will - and thank you, I hadn't realized!
D'oh, I never tap the About tab because so few people seem to have anything in there. Still, having links in the main profile wouldn't hurt.
Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 
@Daojoan Just subscribed.
@efscher THANK YOU!
@Daojoan
Maybe @Frohmann / @ChristianeFrohmann would be an interesting follow (even if it is german) and good for your network.
It's just an idea. 
@Daojoan I did the thing because I believe in what you’re doing. Thank you!