this one is technically my main blog but for some reason it’s not the one I really use for most things, and I don’t get notifications for this one. I’m also @lilylizard and @badlydrawnskeletons, those are better places to reach me
it sucks that we have to do this all the time but here’s the gofundme page for the family of the woman who was murdered by ice(is) in minneapolis today.
She was a mother of a 6yo child whose father passed away in 2023. Renee was remarried to a woman - so, to put it bluntly, not only has a child been orphaned by both biological parents, but the possible ramifications of a same-sex stepparent keeping custody amidst all the scrutiny and awful, virulent rhetoric to come makes me nauseous just to think about. Not only will Renee's wife and child need support for therapy and other immediate financial impacts of such a traumatic loss, an ample legal fund may be needed as well. I hope I'm wrong. But in case I'm not, please consider giving as and how you're able.
It is Winter. Babies are literally freezing to death in tents while Israel is blocking aids only miles away.
This Christmas, this season of giving, please consider sending your donations to these mutual aid networks.
I think the reason we grow that one long forward facing tusk while we fall asleep is because our brain is trying to prepare us to war in the realm of dreams. even though the battles there are illusory. the body can't tell so it grows the tusk
bro, we wake up to come hang with you. we come over to hang out with you. we are here for you. bro.
Working on a few furbs today. Meet Dark Roast!
Before and after:
I can’t get him to turn on (I tried everything) so he’s just non verbal. He’s cool like that ❤️
Really hate how much time I am being forced to spend begging everyone around me to call their elected officials so I can maybe keep my job + so my lab won’t be shut down in October + so my entire professional network won’t be laid off + so the Great Lakes won’t go back to being a poisoned dead zone of industrial sludge/dead fish/toxic algal blooms. I would rather be spending all this time doing actual, you know, science, rather than pleading for people to make phone calls to try to stop the deliberate strangulation of environmental research across this damn country. It’s humiliating! It’s nightmarish! And yet here we are!
Anyway, I am once again asking you to call your reps if you care about accurate life-saving weather forecasts, clean drinking water, having fish you can eat, climate change, and more, because the people who work on these issues — including me and my peers — cannot survive this without your help.
