THUNDER NOISE

COMPUTER DEATH FUNDRAISER

Hey all! This morning I woke up and accidentally knocked my computer off my desk, and now she isn’t turning on. Now she’s an old girl, I got scammed by Canada computers and her parts were 13+ years old.

So I’m getting a new one.

I will be buying one tomorrow, so it would be highly appreciated if you could donate if you’re able, AND ONLY IF YOURE ABLE, I will be getting this either way. As you may know I’m also preparing for my girlfriend to move in in 2 weeks, so financially I am attempting to save as much as I can, so anything helps donation wise.

If we reach a donation goal of 300$ collectively, I will do an extra stream on Monday of next week where I not only stream discounted commissions, I will also watch FOUR episodes of Transformers Prime.

If we hit a goal of 500$ collectively, I will do that, and also make a miniature sketch zine in july to show my gratitude.

vv You can donate HERE vv

POLILOP (POLIWHIRL + GIRAFARIG)

the asala collection (spanning 130 years, 355 albums/items, and more than 30.000 images) is a perfect example

the collection has been exhibited and promoted, & it is clearly an important historical archive. but who gets meaningful access?

a single rare photo album like those in collections such as this can cost thousands, putting them mainly within reach of wealthy collectors, universities, or museums.

these images are records of human history. when our shared visual heritage is locked behind ownership, price, and restricted access, most people lose the chance to see and learn from it.

they should be preserved, digitised & made accessible.

Hey! One of my partners wrote a really good blog about fighting with Cigna.

My insurance plan covers laser facial hair removal as a gender-affirming procedure for transgender people. My partner, a trans woman who is on my insurance, got this procedure done, and getting it reimbursed was like pulling teeth.

This is why I had to contact HR in order to get any meaningful progress on my claim. When the employer is the customer, the employer must be involved in any claims process complicated enough to require human judgment. This means the patient must disclose private medical information to their employer, which can expose them to discrimination. I was lucky in this case, because I'm already out at work and the procedure wasn't for me, but I still had to pass personal medical information through a member of my employer's HR team. If I were a trans woman getting my own laser reimbursed, this process would have forced me to out myself to my employer.* Ideally, there would be no such thing as employer-sponsored health insurance at all.

the "milkman" is a common figure in stories depicting a woman's infidelity and adulterous affair.

this implies that the ability to provide milk would both decrease the likelihood of a man abandoning his wife and children, as it would eliminate the need for leaving to get milk AND would secure that man's marriage, as his wife would have no need to seek milk from an extraneous source.

therefore, all men should produce milk, through various means such as:

- being a cow

- being an almond

- being a woman

- being a coconut

- being in the omegaverse

- being an oat

(list is exemplary and not finite)