@geerlingguy Our system is the worst. I work 20 hours a week at a university and get full benefits for this very reason. It sucks you might have to work somewhere just to get benefits but maybe you can find a half time gig and still have time to do what you're passionate about.
For anyone wondering, Mastodon got over 70K sign-ups yesterday alone. Let's keep the momentum going! The "public square" of the web must not belong to any one person or corporation!
@Snubs Yeah I wouldn't know exactly, but there's some sort of proof you can likely send. Def helps to have an accountant to jump through these hoops. @CosmicTourist is right, it's def a racket. In my case they already cashed the check but didn't put it in the system.