Iowa City City Park, Saturday 25, 1pm-4pm

If you or someone you know needs to save money, and/or would like to join a supportive community dedicated to building a hyper local safety net, come learn about the Iowa Time Bank at our free Market Meetup & community potluck this Saturday. This meet-up is intended to serve anyone interested in the CR/IC corridor, and you don't have to be signed up with ITB to come hang out!

What's a time bank? It's like carpooling... but for everything, not just rides. We exchange goods and services with each other directly—no dollars needed. Feel free to read more here: https://ringsnetwork.org

So far we have people signed up to bring to the vending table:

-- brand new toiletries

-- clothing

-- home grown garden produce

-- jewelry

-- kitchen supplies

-- home-made baked goods

-- handmade crafts

-- and more

These will all be available at the market, without having to use dollars at all! We will demonstrate how it works, plus just hang out, have fun, and enjoy a good meal!

Hope to see you there! RSVPs welcome, but not required. (If you would like to vend, please RSVP so we can send you a vendor kit.)

Topic! I make just a little too much to qualify for medicaid, but I have a lot of non-traditional expenses that make affording health insurance impossible at the moment. I'm looking to access therapy, but the Abbe Center is only concerned with my income, so I can't get on their sliding scale.

I would prefer someone local and in-person, but a telehealth resource is perfectly fine too. Thanks for the advice!

I’m a 40 year old dude, I’d say I’m above average. Looking for pickup games with no long waits and decent competition. Not the field house though, probably too intense for me at this point. Willing to play on any organized teams that need someone too.

Anyone in the IC/CR area interested in a female crested gecko & an enclosure (also food/decor/etc.)? We would love for her to go to the home of someone knowledgeable on caring for reptiles. If not, would anyone happen to know the best location to list or donate to? Please lmk!!

Any experience with local gunsmiths in the Iowa City area? I need a little work done on a rifle.

Many are losing SNAP right now and the need for good food and water to go around is huge. We gotta feed each other!!!!

The community fridge at 910 Gilbert St was started by a group of friends and has now been continuously running, open to the public 24/7, for over a year! So much food has been brought to the fridge, often more than the shed and fridge capacity can handle at one time, and is always taken within a few hours! Community fridges work and the need is great!!

If you and some friends or neighbors are interested in starting a community fridge in your neighborhood and want to know about our experience, you can always email the fridge iowacityfridge (at) proton (dot) me, or you can DM me on here and I can get you connected.

OR if you are interested in helping with the Gilbert St. fridge (we need folks to help with cleaning and food pickups), you can also email or DM me.

Thanks for reading!

Recently figured this out and decided the world needs to know.

Gumby's is one of few (maybe the only?) places that still offers a tiered pricing model on increasingly large orders of wings. Most places are like "fuck you, a wing cost $2 no matter how many you get".

A 5 piece wing order is $9.99, so we're almost at $2/wing. However, a 30 piece wing order comes to $42.99, now we're at $1.43 a wing. If you have a family of 3, or yourself and 2 roommates, and your get the 30 piece, you each get 10 wings for $14.33, instead of the $18.99 that a 10 piece order would usually cost. In today's food economy you aren't getting 10 wings for $14 anywhere.

Also the Super Value Menu for $11.99 def has some absolute bangers on there.

This is minor/petty, but serious props to them for having a proprietary and functional website, I find listing your fucking Facebook page as your "website" and "menu" as they link from Google incredibly disingenuous and intellectually lazy.

Lastly, I can't verify as I haven't gotten delivery from them anymore, but they USED TO have in-house delivery as opposed to that fucking blight on society and parasitic cancer of a "service" that is DoorDash. That could have very well changed as in-house delivery just doesn't make sense for most business models anymore.

Anyway, I know Gumby's won't be around forever, but it's an area staple that's hung on in the face of mass enshittification, and we should support it before its snuffed out.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

I am trying to post on the Iowa City, Iowa Apartments, Roommates, Subleases, Homes, Rentals (UI) group. I paid $10 through ApproveMyPost and it still keeps getting rejected with feedback saying "submit payment and resubmit post." Anyone have this issue before or know how to resolve it? I'm not trying to spend another $10 if I don't have to. TIA!

I’m getting proof of citizenship in Canada under their new legislation and need a passport-style photo with specifications laid out by the Canadian govt. I’m looking for recs for someone in the Iowa City area (a studio, not Walgreens, CVS, etc.) who can take high-quality photos and work with the requirements that Canada laid out! Happy to drive up to an hour if I need, especially if the studio’s done photos for Canadian citizenship before

EDIT: I didn’t put the requirements in my first post because I couldn’t find a list without additional clicks, but adding here since a couple people commented. I’m doing proof of citizenship by mail, there are size (including the size of my face within the photo) and quality specifications, as well as writing that the photographer has to do

The requirements are a little more than I’m comfortable relying on a drugstore to do, even though I’ve done passport photos at CVS before. If it gets denied that’ll slow down the application for my whole family, so it’s worth it to me to get an actual studio photographer.

I know I can go to any and I’m calling some, but I’m wondering if there are any who have done photos for Canadian citizenship before. Has anyone in Iowa City gone through this process and can you recommend a photographer?

Hey everyone! My name is Eion, and I’m an independent photographer/videographer based in the Iowa City area.

I’ve been looking to connect with more people in the community, so I figured I’d introduce myself here! I shoot all kinds of content, including portraits, sports, events, businesses, cars, social media content, and just about anything else. I’m always open to trying new projects and meeting new people.

If you or someone you know is looking for a photographer or videographer, I’d love the opportunity to work together. Whether it’s a personal project, an event, or content for your business, feel free to reach out!

You can check out my work on:
📸 Instagram: @eioniam (also linked on my Reddit profile)
🎥 YouTube: @eioniam (also linked on my Reddit profile)

Even if you don’t need a photographer right now, I’d really appreciate a follow or if you shared my page with someone who might. Thanks so much, and I hope to work with some of you soon!

3am's only pizza option looks like it's up to something. Something... yvil

Hi,

I’m currently 14 and I’m looking for places who hire 14yr olds and are flexible with their schedule so I can balance it with school for when it starts. I’m open to any suggestions!

Anyone else acknowledge this car around town? I always smile and announce "omg look there's Louis Vuitton car" 🚗🤩

Hey all.

I can’t get the Eastside Recycling’s website to open on/it doesn’t appear compatible with an iPhone and tried calling, but no answer.

Wondering, do I need to cut cardboard down? I will flatten it but I’ve got some huge boxes — hoping just to flatten and drop off and size isn’t an issue.

If there’s any other specific rules I should be aware of, please let me know!

In search of a therapist that has expertise in body image, relationship to food and exercise, health anxiety, etc.

Looking online can be overwhelming and I’ve found that a lot of providers list a plethora of “specialties” in their bios, but often don’t address those issues very well.

Thanks in advance!

Thanks!

I'm a music artist in Iowa City who's looking for someone to simply film a music video for me. I can pay like $150. I'll do the editing myself I just need someone to either film with my phone, or use theirs and upload the footage to the cloud somehow. We'll be going to like 3 different locations in the area and it shouldn't take much more than 2 hours.

Just wanted to add another perspective.

Hi IC! I’m in bad need of a microdermabrasion to deal with some acne. Any recs for me? Thank you!

I am almost 30 years old, and I have never done bar trivia! Where is the best place for a good time?

hi! sorry if this is a large post but I want to give a slight bit of context, long story short I am 17 and will be 18 in 3 months. for over a year now my parents have told me I would be kicked out at 18 and to prepare. Not gonna get into all the family details of course, but I will not have much (really any) support due to differing religious ideals and principals, and have no immediate family nearby.

I am currently going to be a junior next year, as my parents put me a year back in the 4th grade so I could have religious education classes, which is very worrying to me as I have to deal with 2 years of living on my own, or hopefully in a cheap room to rent, as it could and should have been only one.

I am quitting my sport to hopefully pick up a few more hours at my job per week, which is another worry as I bought my car in cash and have been driving without insurance for months as my parents have refused to co-sign the insurance, even as I offered to pay the additional premium that would be added. The only reason they are allowing me to drive is they believe I have valid insurance, as a photoshopped a policy.

I pay for my own phone as my parents have smashed multiple others of mine or have taken them, so I have that factored into the budget.

My monthly takehome pay is around 1100, give or take, I had over 4k saved but just used it to purchase my car, so I now have next to nothing.

Honestly just looking for some advice/helpful ideas to manage this, I just really do not want to become homeless, but at the same time want to make the most out of the last 2 years I have in highschool.

thanks for any of the advice, it is much appreciated