Until Employment or the Apocalypse

This painting I began in 2021.

We are willing to do the work to teach him manners, but doing so *requires* Fancy's cooperation, and being tackled -- we hover but Banjo is FAST -- repeatedly, over the course of several hours a day, is not a fair thing to ask of her. It's all in play, but it is still tackling and is very intense. It's stressing her out and has made her sore a couple of times now, so we need to give her a break. It also isn't fair to keep Banjo cooped up. It's heartbreaking and unfair to everyone.

I will make a formal post later, with more info, but if you are within a few hours of Tulsa, would love a young (9 months), playful, friendly, very energetic, mischievous, possibly clever cat who is an absolute delight to play with, AND you can cope with a cat with high prey drive and poor bite inhibition, do not have other pets, do not have kids under 15 or so (your kids might be polite but their friends might not, and that's not worth the risk), and are willing to be patient as you teach him manners, please reach out.

He is SO funny and I love having him around, even with the mischief (sometimes ESPECIALLY then), but even after consulting with a behaviorist, he simply cannot coexist with Fancy.

If you are within five hours of Tulsa, can handle a high energy cat that needs a lot of attention, and are willing to commit to him 100%, please reach out. If you are from further away, reach out. I might be able to get him to you.

I did not, at the time, think that the news stories were going to be:

1. The Trump admin is exploiting loopholes to round up wild horses and send them out of the country to slaughter (x)

2. The Trump admin says they’re allowing the import of 300,000 metric tons of foreign ground beef and it won’t say what countries the beef is coming from (x)

I’m reading people online who are like, “Honestly you shouldn’t buy ground meat of any kind unless it’s from a farm that processes it themselves.”

Idaho banned Pride flags. Boise’s mayor wrapped the flagpoles in rainbow instead.

Idaho Governor Brad Little signed HB 561 into law last week, prohibiting government buildings from flying non-official flags, with fines of $2,000 a day for non-compliance. Boise had been flying a Pride flag for over a decade.

Within a week, Boise Mayor Lauren McLean had the city’s flagpoles wrapped in Pride colours. The rainbow wrapping sits on the pole itself, not as a flag. The city is also displaying a large “Creating a city for everyone” sign on City Hall and rainbow lighting around the building at night.

The city’s response was precise: “The city of Boise remains in compliance with the law and is not flying any city official Pride flags on our properties.”

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Ted Hill, has openly stated his bill was specifically designed to target Boise for flying the Pride flag. The mayor’s response: comply with the letter of the law, and ignore its spirit entirely.

Filippo Palizzi (Italian painter 1818–1899)

Excavations in Pompeii, 1870

Oil on Canvas

119.5 × 86 cm.

Raven hologram stamp