I WANT THAT TWINK OBLITERATED

"Us? Oh, of *course* our Dachshund sleeps inside- we just let him out in the morning and make sure he comes back for dinner. He just does his own thing, no worries."

"Um, you know it's not humane to keep a chihuahua confined to an apartment? They're dogs, they're natural predators. They need to experience hunting behaviors or they get depressed. No we don't leash ours, he absolutely hates it, we just let him come and go whenever."

Yall get how fucking stupid that sounds, right? So stop letting your goddamn cats get eaten and attacked and infected and hit by cars

A toddler would probably love full unattended access to the neighborhood too, but we don't do that either, do we

DONT ask why corvid isnt wearing a shirt bc the answer is embarrassing. (i forgor to draw it)

I might translate this article later today. This one was the most complete one, even in Italian news it's not talked about that much.

Recipient of a third-degree burn in front of witnesses. IE, "I won't take that shit from a man dressed like a ghostbuster"= "Gostbuster" or "Buster"

A distinctive personal feature or quirk. IE, "Have you noticed how that new guy is always eating bell peppers?" = "Peppers", or "That chick has a massive forehead" = "Forehead".

An embarrassing thing you said or did. IE, "Did you seriously call Dale "Dad"?" = "Junior", "Baby boy", "Sport"

A game of name-mutation telephone. IE, "Donny Clyde" = "Bonnie 'n' Clyde" = "Bonnie" = "Bon-bon".

Irony. IE, calling a tall person "short stack" or a particularly dour person "sunshine".

A 'wrong place wrong time' one-off incident. IE, "He spilled oil on his pants and had to borrow a pair that were way too big and Jim saw him with the waistband pulled up to his nipples and called him 'Parachute'"

A batman-style origin story but not in a cool way: "One time she hit a deer with the company car and when she called the boss to tell her she was crying so hard we thought she was dying" = "Bambi"

The incredibly rare 'admiration' nickname, bourne only once a millennia under the light of the blood moon: "We saw him lift a truck once so now we call him 'iron man'"

+ How Nicknames Stick:

Your fate is determined by The Counsel

You hate it

Toronto is not a wildfire-prone area. It is extremely close to the USA border, and the smog is currently affecting NY right now. There is literal chunks of debris in the air. The sky is orange, and the sun is nowhere to be seen.

Climate change and its effects are right outside your door. Data centres are the cause for the insane heat waves across the globe, and the increase in wildfires and other natural disasters.

You will watch recordings of the world burn around you, and only when you are behind the camera will you realize there is no going back.

Prices are already going up a little so RIGHT NOW is the time to stockpile as many as you feasibly can, N/KN95s are going to be all that stands between you and measles, bacterial meningitis, whooping cough (I lived through that, but only just. -20/10 Do not recommend.), tuberculosis and everything else that's about to come swarming back in the next 4 years or more. (Nevermind how toxic the air's about to become again in general...)

eBay is a good source for known quality brand name masks in bulk, people are still selling off enormous stockpiles from five years ago. I just scored a box of 50 for $34 less than Home Depot is currently charging for the same thing, but the time is now for this, people are only just starting to realize.

As many as you can financially manage. NOW. Cloth isn't going to cut it.

Please signal boost this message however you choose.

ADDENDUM: THE ONLY LAB THAT CERTIFIES RESPIRATORS AS SAFE AND INVESTIGATES THEIR QUALITY IS BEING SHUT DOWN BY THE US GOVERNMENT NEXT MONTH.

This is literally the lab that created the NIOSH standard. Without their work, nobody will be monitoring the quality of PPE required on the job by millions. No inspections, no certifications, no testing. No proof any mask will provide any protection from anything.

"Szalajda and others have said they expect the lab’s closure to result in the market being flooded with substandard masks.

Along with certifying new products, lab employees regularly inspect respirator manufacturing plants and test masks that have already been approved to ensure they’re still being manufactured to NIOSH standards. That work, however, has stopped, largely because of a freeze on approval of employee travel reimbursement."

edit: I say trans survivors but as always this bigotry also applies to anyone transphobes assume to be a trans woman: