The British heat wave this summer is killing off grass - and revealing the ghosts of demolished buildings: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/the-british-heat-wave-and-aerial-archeology
oh wow @anthracite
remember how back at the beginning of July I went to the Pike Place with @green and they were kinda weirded out by Incredibly Buff Anpu? And I was too whatever to get a photo?
https://twitter.com/dymphna_saith/status/1025760847048716289
WHY DOES ANPU HAVE A SKULL ANKH?
WHY DOES ANPU HAVE AN ASET BELT BUCKLE?
WHY DOES ANPU WEAR A MOGEN DAVID?
PSA: Naturalnews.com is a very bad, Fash-adjacent peddler of dangerous pseudoscience and garbage medical advice.
0/0, Do not recommend.
(They sometimes come up as a top result when searching medical/diet things, which is why I bring this up.)
"ghosting," dating men, birdsite boost
RT @chaeronaea@twitter.com every single time i've ghosted a guy it's because i didn't feel like having a four hour conversation where i was required to explain exactly what he did "wrong", listen to him try to convince me to go out with him again, and then get called a bitch repeatedly until I blocked him
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/chaeronaea/status/1025234239661457408
Raziel climbed up and insisted on snuggling, then when reclining in my arms without having his head supported while dozing off was doing the thing where his head falls... back... very... slowly... and then he lifts it back up again (without opening his eyes) and it starts falling... back... again... #kittenthings
accessibility, autism, sensory differences, UK (+)
A supermarket chain in the UK (Morrisons) is introducing 'Quieter Hours' in their stores.
For an hour every Saturday, the background music is turned off, other ambient sounds are made quieter and the lighting is dimmed to make shopping more comfortable for those on the autism spectrum.
given that yesterday was cool and drizzly, and today started out the same, I made the (hilariously unfounded) decision to go participate in capitalism this afternoon ~without my hat~. the results weren't terrible, but I did get far warmer than I had expected. :P you'd think after twenty years here I'd remember--SEATTLE WEATHER: IT CHANGES A LOT.
stray cat report
given that Mooch paid no attention whatsoever to Grey, and Grey's disinterest in the food, I think Grey's somebody's indoor/outdoor cat that I just haven't seen before--but e was pretty scruffy-looking and skittish (I was only able to get close because Mooch was there, and my Weird Cat Thing), like I would associate with e being a stray. I'll keep an eye on eir, and hope for the best. :/
stray cat report
on the way out there was rain and yardwork, so I didn't see Mooch. on the way back, my "tsk tsk" call brought him out--along with another cat, this one grey and white and similarly skinny and scruffy-looking. I immediately thought "oh jeez am I feeding *two* strays now??" but when I put food down for both of them (a little apart), Mooch immediately dove into his, while Grey sniffed my finger (I didn't try to pet eir), sniffed the food, sniffed Mooch's butt, and strolled away.
NRA, schadenfreude
The NRA is collapsing financially; banks won't do business with them, their insurance provider has backed out on them, and they can't afford to hold rallies or meetings or to run their magazines or streaming video channels. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nra-financial-trouble-706371/
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pronouns: they/them
location: Seattle
phenotype: dracosaur
alignment: chaotic well-intentioned
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aka Sprackraptor, Rasha, elynne, Yahvahzensil, & etc.
40-something ace/aro
an identity under construction in a badly-fitting human suit.
~follows welcome; followbacks not guaranteed~