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The evacuation prep poster is done! This poster is designed primarily with wildfires in mind, but the tips can apply to preparing for any much any disaster.

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Evacuation Prep:

As the world changes, it is important to be prepared to safely and efficiently evacuate your home, potentially with little or no warning. Preparing ahead of time can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and help you evacuate safely if the time comes.

Red Level (No Warning): People | Pets | Keys. Human life matters most. If you can't rescue your pets, let them out to give them their best chance. If evacuating by car, don't forget your keys.

Orange Level (Less Than an Hour): Crucial Meds | Important Papers | Money | Paper Map | Pet Vaccination Records. Crucial meds and medical equipment. Papers including passports, birth certificates, medical records, etc.. Multiple forms of payment. Paper map with marked evac routes in case of signal loss. Phone. Most evac centers require vaccine records for pets to be allowed in.

Yellow Level (More Than an Hour): Photos | Hard Drives | Computers | Chargers | Irreplaceable Items | OTC Meds | Pet Supplies | Pet Food | Clothes | Weather Gear. Family photos. Hard drives and computers. Make digital backups ahead of time. Charging cords. Irreplaceable items such as collectibles and mementos. Over the counter medical supplies such as Aspirin and tampons. Pet supplies such as bowls, crates, toys, and litter. Pet food and treats. Clothes. If you are running out of time grab your laundry basket. Weather gear if needed.

Green Level (General Preparedness): Food | Water | Radio | N95 Masks | Multitool | Power Pack | Gas | Stove + Fuel | Flashlight | Toiletries | Emergency Contact Info | Bedding | First Aid | Can Opener. Easy prep, shelf-stable food. Water. Battery powered/rechargeable NOAA weather radio. N95 masks for smoke. A multitool. Rechargeable power pack for phones. Keep your car at least partially fueled at all times. Portable stove and fuel for cooking food without power. Flashlight and spare batteries. Toiletries including hair products, toothbrush and paste, etc.. Emergency contact info for friends and loved ones. Spare pillows and blankets. Dedicated first aid kit. Can opener.

Save yourself time and stress by preparing an evacuation bag ahead of time and keep it in an easy to access place. At the end of every season rotate out the perishable items within such as food, water, and medications. The more you can keep in the bag, the more time you'll have to grab everything else. Remember, it is okay if you can't do everything. Some preparation is better than no preparation.

If you are in the U.S.A. and experiencing disaster related anxiety call the Disaster Distress Hotline at 1-800-985-5990 for support and resources.

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Great info, but I live in a city and I don't need it.

Yes you do. YES YOU DO. YES. YOU. DO. Look at Greenfell Tower in England. Look at the Marshall Fire in Colorado. Look at the Paradise Fire in California. LIVING IN AN URBANIZED ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT PROTECT YOU FROM FIRE. I live in Colorado Springs in the suburbs and just last Friday I had to grab my bags and pets and put it all in the truck because my neighbor's brother went off the rails and lit his house on fire with a blowtorch. Thankfully things turned out fine but if it had been even a bit windy that day (and we've been having a very windy year so it is amazing it wasn't windy) my apartment would've more than likely been damaged if not lost.

2. I'd die before I left my pets behind.

Yep. You probably will. I know that is harsh. I know it sucks. I know it is heart wrenching. But you need to fully think through your decision here, and all its ramifications. If at the end of the day this is the decision you arrive at, that's fine, but you need to be prepared for it ahead of time. If I'm remembering correctly, this is how one of the two deaths in the Marshall Fire occurred. She went back in for a pet and couldn't make it back out before being overcome. Your pets have good instincts and if all you can do is let them out, they do have a chance. Just another reason to make sure they're microchipped and the microchips are properly up to date.

Also! I've had a couple people express interest in translations, and I am planning on it! But this is going to be a whole series with at least a few more posters and I want to get them all done before I start looking into translation so that I can get them all done at once.

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation near Australia.  This is their flag:

The Gay Kingdom (as it is colloquially known) was founded in 2004 in protest against Australia’s legal stance against same-sex marriage.

Here are some of their stamps:

They are currently ruled by Emperor Dale I, and their currency is the Pink Dollar.

they have a declaration of independence that talks a bit about gay rights and then just flat out copies the “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness” part from the american declaration of independence. and here’s the best part: the founding group actually elected their emperor. he was originally going to be called the “administrator” of a republic. their website, however, says that “upon legal advice, his title was changed to that of Sovereign on the grounds that under Australian law a defacto prince trying to claim his crown cannot be charged with treason”. so they made it a kingdom and he now claims to be a descendent of edward ii.

everything about this is glorious and everyone should know about it.

There is a new Chrome extension that detects if a video you’re streaming has a strobe in it, will freeze the video and stick this warning up there until you approve it.

chrome webstore link:

I meant to make this post like a week ago but better late then never I guess! So here’s the Do’s and Don’ts for intersex representation. 

Do: 

1) Have the intersex character be human. This feels like a kind of weird thing to point out, but seriously, almost all the “intersex” representation that we have is of nonhuman, alien, magical creatures who are magically a third sex that doesn’t even exist in humans. This gets really tiring and othering after a while just cause like. Only ever seeing yourself represented as nonhuman starts to make you feel like your intersex condition makes you less then human! So just. please stay away from calling nonhuman/alien creatures intersex.

2) Research an actual intersex condition and give your character an intersex condition that exists in real life. https://www.intersexequality.com/intersex-variations-list/ This link is not a complete list, but it’s a start. Actually look up a real condition, see what the symptoms are, and create a character that could actually exist in real life. 

3) Use the term intersex when referring to intersex characters! This seems like it should be obvious, but so much of the representation I see just either only refers to the intersex character as having their specific condition and never mentioning the word intersex, or by just describing their genitals or body in an invasive way and never mentioning the word intersex! Just use the word intersex to describe intersex characters. It’s not that hard. 

4) Recognize that being intersex is not the same thing as being trans. Many intersex people are trans, but being intersex doesn’t mean that you’re inherently trans. Intersex people often have a complicated relationship with gender, but they can still identify as cis, or any gender identity. 

5) Have an intersex character who’s entire identity isn’t just being intersex. Being intersex is a large part of of a lot of intersex people’s lives, and that absolutely should be represented, but if your character’s only character trait is that they’re intersex that. isn’t good. I would love to see intersex characters who are just existing and doing normal things and they’re also intersex. 

Don’t:

1) Describe your intersex character’s genitals in a weird fetishizing way. You really really don’t need to describe the character’s genitals at all in the vast majority of situations, so just Please Don’t because you’re going to do it wrong. 

2) Treat the medical community like they’re experts on intersex issues. The intersex community and intersex activists have very different beliefs and goals then then medical community, and in fact a lot of intersex activism is against the medical community, especially to do with nonconsensual surgery. 

3) Exploit intersex trauma. Pretty much every intersex person I know has trauma surrounded with the fact that they’re intersex, and many, many intersex people have faced medical abuse. I’m not saying that you should exclude these types of things from intersex stories, because this is a big part of intersex people’s lives and stories, but think critically about the way you include these sort of things and why you’re including them. Also, I’m not sure if I trust perisex/dyadic people to write stories about intersex people who had surgery performed on them at birth, or on the topic of intersex surgery in general, so maybe avoid writing stories where the main focus is intersex surgery, because I don’t think you’ll get that right. 

4) Use slurs to describe intersex characters. Seeing the h-slur thrown casually around hurts a lot of intersex people, and there’s really no reason for it to be included unless the intersex character is reclaiming it, but again, that’s not a viewpoint I feel comfortable with dyadic/perisex authors writing. 

5) Make being intersex seen as only a tragedy. Finding out that you’re intersex can be scary and stressful, but the only intersex stories out there seem to be ones focused on how sad and awful the intersex character’s life is going to be now. I would love to see intersex characters who have intersex pride, who are involved with the intersex community, who do activism, who have people that care about them and a happy ending! Only ever seeing people like you represented as a tragedy with no happy future is tough, and I really would just love to see one intersex story where the intersex character isn’t completely miserable all the time. 

This is just kind of a basic overview of things to keep in mind while writing intersex characters, and honestly my biggest advice would be to research and read stuff written by intersex people! And after you’ve written something, get an intersex sensitivity reader to give input.