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because like……….so does mine? at a certain point each day Grim decides she wants out, and until that happens she a) follows me about SCREAMING, and b) sits atop whatever I’m doing and bites my hands. this is not an exageration

wanna know what I do? I take her out. either supervised in my backyard or on leash in the front

she naps in the sunlight, eats copious amounts of grass, rolls in dirt, and murders butterflies. after 15-30 minutes (equivalent to the time you’d spend on a neighbourhood dog walk) I take Grim back in, and she happily sleeps/plays/cuddles indoors for the remainder of the day

the UK literally had so many pet cats killed by cars and dismembered by wildlife between 2014 – 2018 that the country thought there was a cat serial killer on the loose.  

and that wasn’t the first time, either – the EXACT same situation played out in the UK in 1990 because so many pet cats were dying in “safe neighbourhoods”

you want more information on your “culture”? cats kill 55 million birds per year in the UK.

here’s my two kitties when they were young and getting harness acclimated :)

after you’ve done this a few times and they’re used to it, you can take them out. the walk part is super easy, too! walking a cat isn’t like walking a dog – most cats just like to sniff. they’ll wander around a bit, investigate some things, lay down in the grass. it’s a nice peaceful moment, a good chance to maybe bring a book outside and chill if youve got a long enough leash!

there are other options for enrichment if your cats hate harnesses – ghost is anxious about being outside and will often bolt, so instead i bring him in things to sniff as enrichment!

my baby mochi LOVES her walks.

her and ghost were born in a feral colony that was spawned from outdoor farm cats. more than half of the population there had FIV - feline immunovirus - and were starving or wasting away. mochi and her brother ghost nearly died as baby kittens from serious respiratory infections, which mochi still has complications from. there were frequent injuries and even deaths from dog and human attacks, too.

a friend of mine was making the effort to neuter the population and adopt out those who were young enough, but most of them were too feral to be inside cats. six months after we rescued mochi and ghost from the colony, a single coyote came through and killed all but one of them.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2242937-universal-basic-income-seems-to-improve-employment-and-well-being/

Increases high school graduation rates

Reduces:

Domestic violence

Alcoholism

Emergency room visits related to mental health

Road traffic accidents.

All while not disincentivizing employment for most groups (the exceptions being high school students, who were able to focus on their studies, and new mothers…who were using it as maternity leave!)

People, for the most part, want to work.

UBI would allow us to expand the definition of “work.” If somebody can live off of UBI, then they can devote themselves to things which we don’t currently value financially such as the arts, raising children well, etc.

There are so many people who are struggling with mental and physical illnesses, and chronic pain, who are still breaking themselves working because they don’t have another option - because it can take years to get on disability, and it’s not enough to survive on, so people keep going as long as they possibly can.

Even if it’s not a matter of disability, as such … people get burned out?

We’re not really built to do school and work with minimal breaks to the extent that we do.

Universal Basic Income could become a reality in Europe. If you’re a European citizen interacting with this post, please sign this European Citizens’ Initiative to introduce unconditional basic income in the European Union.

I was administered to the hospital after passing out at work about a week ago. Apparently an issue with my iron and blood sugar was very low. Could be part of my mediations but have a follow up in a few days to have testing done. After being sent home, I had a sore throat the following day and the day after I wound up with awful tonsillitis, a sinus infection, and an ear infection. I was having issues breathing and was aspirating a ton trying to sleep, so they prescribed me antibiotics, a steroid and a breathing treatment/inhaler. Well… it just kept getting worse. I started getting profusely sick out of nowhere and couldnt keep food/water/my medication down, and nausea was so bad I was up two nights straight. My friend stopped by to check on me and insisted I go back to the hospital. First they gave me zofran for the nausea (what they give chemo patients) and they had to up me to ciproflaxin (used to treat anthrax because of how strong the antibiotic is) instead of my old one. After 5 days on it, I FINALLY feel better, and today is my first day back at work!

Cherry on top? First time I got profusely sick, while running to the toilet I wound up somehow dropping/chucking my phone and the screen broke and went black entirely. Thankfully I have a work phone and finally got corporate to allow me to download tumblr on here and FINALLY able to update. So with all of that said I cannot WAIT for this year to be over (come on burning goat, burn away all the evil bs for a smoother 2022, yuck).

Lastly, I’m sure many of you know, but my mom and dad died and I have no remaining family. I know it’s so close to Christmas so a lot of you are probably strapped, but if there’s any way you could reblog this or donate even a small amount it all adds up. I desperately need to fix my phone screen as I need that phone to verify myself at work for each application. I also missed 9 days of work so my check is going to be awful. I also will need help with either rent or heart medication and/or my phone bill. before I get paid again since this next check is going to be awful and only have a day and a half on it.

Again I know it’s the holidays, so I’m praying for a Christmas Miracle!!! My PayPal is paypal.me/jpd05, or you can message me on here for my Zelle info or my KoFi info. Of course reblogs are essential and SO appreciated, and again every small amount helps. I desperately need a miracle here. I’ll update as often as I can with any donations

December 20th, 2:45pm EST:

For the past couple of months I have been struggling harder than usual to take showers due to the fact that every time I take a shower I have to deal with pain from having to jam my legs into the bathtub. This bathtub is smaller than the one in the last place and so bottom line I need a taller shower chair so I can take showers and not have to deal with this new pain. I am looking for chairs currently and unfortunately since this is an extremely niche item that needs to have a 400-500 pound weight capacity it is both expensive and difficult to find. I have found only one chair that will work so far:

So I am looking to raise $90. This is very important so please share and donate if you can.

$6/$90 raised

Cash app: $cmder

Venmo: deepseaprincess

Highlights:

No concessions (!)

No permanent two-tier system

A clear path to regular full-time employment

Immediate 3% raise for long-term—or “legacy”—workers

Immediate cost of living raise

Preserved high quality health care benefits and

Large retirement fund increases

8.2. Unsolicited Materials. Netflix does not accept unsolicited materials or ideas for Netflix content and is not responsible for the similarity of any of its content or programming in any media to materials or ideas transmitted to Netflix.

…and you’ll find similar clauses out there for other production entities. They are trying to safeguard themselves. There are people out there who are certain that a hit film or TV series is based on their stolen idea. The easiest way to avoid that is to make sure that their ideas can’t get to you.

I can't remember how far along the episode was in production — I think a rough draft of the script had been written —but showrunner J. Michael Straczynski had to pull the plug on the episode until they finally tracked down the fan who'd suggested a "workers' strike" story on Usenet and get legal documents signed that the fan wouldn't sue or ask for a cut of the proceeds. AND the documents had to be watertight enough that Warner Bros' legal dept was satisfied all financial/legal risk had been eliminated. In other words, it wasn't up to JMS to make the call.

Sadly, after that, he could no longer participate in the old Babylon 5 Usenet discussion list, where he used to interact directly with fans, answering questions. It was just safer if he stayed away, because that way nobody could accuse him of lifting ideas for the show. We don't want Neil to have to pull back for the same reason.

A lot of creators avoid social media for the same reason. Those that are here @neil-gaiman , @dduane , have a hard and fast rule not to look at unasked solicitations.

And now that Babylon 5 might get a reboot, JMS has issued a similar request:

like… not only can I not marry the love of my life without losing my health insurance and the $800 or so a month I’m forced to survive on

but I can’t even CALL her “my wife” casually

like literally the US gov’t has people whose job it is to go and interview the family, friends, & neighbors of disabled people to just make sure that they never refer to anyone in their life as “my wife” or “my husband” etc

and if you DO, then SNAP! You’re defrauding the US gov’t of the pittance you can barely survive on and you are no longer entitled to your disability benefits

(some kinds of benefits might remain in diminished form but if you were disabled before age 22 you are fucked COMPLETELY and can’t get them back even if you divorce… the only loophole is if the other person was ALSO deemed disabled before 22, because that fucking makes sense)

and this is just… legal and no one but disabled activists ever talks about this shit

If you have money to spare please donate to the following:

If you're in the Philippines relief goods are needed:

Drop off points for Office of VP Volunteer Center:

Address of the LeniKiko2022 Volunteer Center is at 284 Katipunan Ave., Quezon City

you don’t have to tell people anything you don’t want to tell them. it’s not rude or disrespectful to be private about things. you don’t owe anyone that information, so how could it be wrong to withhold it?

queer but don’t want to come out? don’t!

have a trauma disorder but don’t want to tell people what your trauma was? don’t!

disabled but don’t want to talk about it? that’s right, simply do not!

practice telling people to go away when they ask invasive questions.

the responses I’ve been using in particular are “that’s between me and my therapist/doctor”, and “why does it matter to you?”

you don’t need a “reason” to want to keep things to yourself. you don’t need to tell someone your entire history so that they can label you as “valid”.

- Bank account is (currently) $250 overdrawn. (thank you, November’s insurance)

- Car payment is $400 on 12/12.

- $200 in smaller misc bills.

- Car insurance is $200 on 12/23. 

- Oil change for the car is $30, and a new tire (our front left one has a nail in it, and we used fix-a-flat on it like 2 months ago and have been running on prayers and good luck) will run us about $75 if we do the installation ourselves, which we can. 

- I’m going to need to get my meds refilled soon, which will cost $60. (Thankfully, that’s for 3 months worth, so that’s not as awful.) 

In total, to get all of this taken care of, I need $1,215. 

It’s the holiday season, and I don’t expect or want people who cannot afford to help to do so. But if you can and you’re willing to, every cent really helps a household of 4 disabled queers get through another month. (Not to mention, everything to do with the car also helps our 2 young foundlings who rely on us for rides to work & errands.) 

So here are my links: 

VNMO: borinquenaqueer (link)

CSHP: $reyahwolfe (link)

PYPL: mireyahwolfe@gmail (link) 

You can purchase some of my landscape photos here, as well! I don’t receive payouts for 30-60 days, depending on when the sale is made, so that’s not the fastest way to help me, but I love seeing my photos go to good homes, so it will cheer me up regardless. 

- my bank account is no longer overdrawn! Thank you all so much. 

- I was able to get the tire patched, instead of replaced, which helped a lot. And a friend is able to do our oil change on Saturday, so that’s a decent amount of money saved right there. (Honestly, bless that guy.)