Reluctantly awake. Lots of rain overnight, I was awake for some time and heard it drumming against the window. I finally fell back asleep, my right hand was on top of Ginza and the left was under the blankets underneath her. I could feel her softly purring.
But somehow I got up when the alarm woke me. I've eaten breakfast and fed Ginza hers. She's now snoozing on the upper perch in her cat tree and looks adorable as always.
Corruption is a system of concentrated gains and diffused costs: cheaters make a lot of money, and their victims each lose a little. The cheater has a much larger pool of money to spend on keeping the scam going, and the victims need to pay again to fight the cheater.
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For the price I paid for this modal #fabric, I expected these t-shirts to last a lot longer than nine months. I could have bought organic cotton for way less!
I babied these #shirts, never put them in the dryer, took good care of them and only wore them when going out, which wasn’t very often.
It’s a lot of #sewing work to have the fabric (not seams) fall apart so soon. I still like them, but they’re now suitable only as pyjama tops, unfortunately. @sewing
@DanielMenjivar@sewing they will! But also the olds who appreciated the breaking of conventions by the great Japanese designers of the late 20th century, and jumped on board in our little ways. 🥰 clothing can age, and be frayed or be mended, or both. It’s always beautiful. Your skills are so extraordinary!
@rustoleumlove@ai6yr she’s adorbs, my favorite version of doggos! Her nails are long enough to be pushing her toes out of whack, which I understand is very uncomfortable. Our pitties have all been horrible about getting nails clipped, many treats to get them in the door of the groomer, but when nails are trimmed so they don’t press the toes up, pups are definitely more cheerful! The best treat for this has been cream cheese & salami roll ups, before and after. 🥰
@CarolDanvers This is what doing the job looks like. Notice places government can improve lives, and come up with a plan to improve people’s lives, execute the plan. FFS
I kinda feel this one.. I grew up with the idea that someday I would own my very own house but nowadays that seems like a distant dream. And I’m freaking 31 already
@stux This always happens places that become desirable, and people move to more affordable places, which are many, if having a house is more important than living near this or that. People who want to own their home and live life that way(count me as one of them) can find a place to do that. Might not be near the parents in the sweet desirable neighborhood.
@Snowshadow@TonyStark I was ruminating on this today, and how absurd and cruel it is to withhold healthcare from pregnant women. They should have all the healthcare.
The people in Nextdoor around here are no longer acting out in ugly, racist ways. It’s calm in there with people just looking for help/offering up stuff. Amazing how the temperature has gone down.