the weasel and the hare

DHAKA, May 28 (Reuters) - A rare albino buffalo in Bangladesh - nicknamed "Donald Trump" ​for its distinctive blond tuft - has been spared ‌from Eid al-Adha sacrifice after a last-minute government intervention, a Home Ministry official said on Wednesday.

The nearly 700-kg (1,543 lb) animal ​had already been sold for ritual slaughter when ​authorities stepped in, citing security concerns after a ⁠surge of public interest ahead of Thursday's festival.

Home Minister ​Salahuddin Ahmed ordered the buffalo be spared, the buyer ​refunded, and the animal moved to the national zoo in Dhaka.

"At the last moment, the decision was taken to spare the ​buffalo from sacrifice due to security concerns and ​the unusual level of public interest," a ministry official said.

I’m still too afraid to use my port for bloodwork. I used lidocaine on it last week for chemo and it was great though!

My sad arm below

Unfortunately my blood is low on protein and my muscles are wasting away so as soon as I try to do anything I get so tired so fast. I force myself to walk 100 calories off on the walking pad a day which is about all I can manage. Exercise basically is the only controllable factor that helps cancer prognosis. But I’m on all these drugs that are harming my body so bad so it’s hard 😭 but I must prevail.

I don’t want to make a big popular post by accident just venting but I’ve for months just felt so miserable over the state of mind of men, my generation and younger. Obviously I posted about my cousin the other week and that’s a big thing. He told me he has no interest in dating or interacting with women so at least my mind doesn’t have to drift that way.

Another thing that happened (geographically) close to me last week was a 17 year old boy killing his girlfriend, girlfriend’s sister, and mother; which is being treated as femicide. A 17 year old boy wiping out three women. It seems like everywhere you look people are making an active choice to lean into hate and violence. I know the world is in a miserable state right now and that plays into a lot of it. Internally I do feel pretty hopeless but externally I want to be able to find ways to grow more positivity in the world.