it is time
I am having bottom surgey in october!!!!! this is a fundraiser so I can afford lodging near the doctor until my 2 week post-op, and to help recover ~2 weeks of lost wages during recovery time that aren't otherwise covered by paid time off and savings.
thank you so much<3
Twitter thread with some more advice for dealing with extreme heat: https://twitter.com/ArnicaxRoss/status/1409111943315656710
encounter with a ghost (?) long ago
So I had completely forgotten that this happened, but Mom remembers it vividly. When I was 4 or 5, one of the relatives, a great aunt, died and we traveled to go to the funeral. Everyone else who would be attending already had lodgings, so we were offered the house of the deceased to sleep in.
That night, Mom dreamed there was an old lady demanding to know what she was doing there and who she was. Mom being who she is, and of a rather rational bent, assumed on waking that it was just her subconscious playing tricks on her since she was spending the night in an unfamiliar home and the funeral was on her mind.
Except I hadn't slept well either, and told Mom that I dreamed about an old lady demanding to know what I was doing there in her house and who I was.
The only memory I have of the whole affair (outside of the funeral itself, of which I remember only that I was uncomfortable) was that her house had a secret passage to the attic hidden in the closet, and another door behind a fridge downstairs to get to the cellar. Potential ghosts? Meh. 5-year-old me was far more interested in the possibilities of hidden doors and staircases.
RT @RedIzaK@twitter.com
What if anthros/ferals lived in fantasy cities together in harmony :3
https://twitter.com/PugetSoundJBGC/status/1408817871619117056?s=19
Twitter link to a map of where to go to stay cool in Seattle this weekend
For all the Seattle folks who don’t have air conditioning: https://alert.seattle.gov/2021/06/25/excessive-heat-warning-cooling-centers-open-across-seattle/
safety recall on several BIPAP, CPAP, and mechanical ventilators
Heads-up via https://twitter.com/madblqscientist/status/1406979791425789954 on Twitter, who has further commentary: several breathing assist devices manufactured by Philips under various brandnames used a sound abatement foam material that can degrade and release carcinogenic compounds into the air the user is breathing.
The official recall page is https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update and describes which devices are affected and the claims process.
Sunrise Solstice over Stonehenge
Image Credit & Copyright: Max Alexander, STFC, SPL
Damn, that's just cool looking. If only I had a place to put it....
https://www.etsy.com/listing/217083743/cockatrice-skeleton-3d-print-taxidermy
Rare coastal dragoness, often found by sunny sea cliffs. Nonbinary but fairly femme-leaning. If you're under 18 don't follow.