There are special oxygen masks for animals, which are designed to fit deeper over a snout or beak, and there are programs to donate sets to your favorite fire company. Back when I did this, masks came in three sizes: small (like for the size of birds or hamsters), medium (cats and rabbits), and large (large dogs). I liked making that contribution to my community :)

I remember reading an article years ago, where a young couple had moved into a newly built community. As they settled in, they realized they had projects around the house that weren’t overly skilled but would benefit from additional hands. They got together with several of their neighbors who had similar issues.

Once a month, they descended on one house. The owner had a list of projects - empty the attic, clean out the shed, paint the living room, whatever they needed help with. Everyone would divvy up the work; the owner provided food and drink throughout the day, and at the end, everyone relaxed together. Then the next month, they’d descend on the next person’s house.

The group ended up really bonding together. As they grew older, they helped each other get through illnesses, celebrate graduations and weddings, cope with grief, and stay in their houses. I’m sure it helped that it was a new neighborhood with a bunch of people likely seeking connections, but I’d love to see that kind of bond elsewhere.

A series of last-minute travel requests, known as “off the record” movements,

Not like this administration likes to do anything on the record.

Vance’s plans to travel from his home at the Naval Observatory to the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base would’ve represented a flight on a familiar route, while avoiding public impacts such as traffic jams

Ah, he thinks he’s too good to sit in traffic.

List of who voted which way.

A sleeper race in Arizona could see community organizer Kai Newkirk upset Rep. Greg Stanton in a House race in the Phoenix area.

[Flock] run what it calls convoy analysis to flag vehicles that keep turning up near each other.

There’s an interesting article written back when it was revealed that the post office was recording the envelopes of every piece of mail it handles and what kind of data they could extrapolate from it. [If you’ve mailed a letter at the counter in the past few years, you’ll know that they bug you if you haven’t put a return address on the envelope.] Anyway, it’s called “Finding Paul Revere” and I found it an interesting read.

I want him to have to pay a million dollars to vevery person who entered. Plus a fine ten times that amount into an election integrity fund.

a sharp increase in threats targeting her and other justices is increasingly encroaching on their personal and family lives.

Well, a sharp increase in SC decisions targeting my family and community is increasingly encroaching on our lives as well, maybe we could get some protection from them.

The question remains, why did they do this?

Reportedly, he wanted to “inspect” it - but only by driving over it, not, y’know, actually getting out and looking at it or anything.

Btw, in case you haven’t heard, he’s building a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House. Because, y’know, he hasn’t caused enough damage to the place already.

There’s reasonable suspicion about that “proof of life” photo. They should let Beshear talk with McConnell on the phone or (better yet!) on video call.

I just want to get right in his face and scream LOSER at him and see his face implode.

Prosecutors believe that, in addition to denying her wages for her domestic work, they appropriated the roughly $115 a month that Maria received through Bolsa Família, Brazil’s flagship anti-poverty program.

$115 per month for 55 years is $75,900; they’re “compensating” her $40k. So they got her free labor for 55 years, plus an additional $35,900 from her benefits that they still get to keep?

Plus she’s still living with the family, has no financial literacy, no experience with the real world, doesn’t know how badly she was abused, and can’t read or write. It’s literally only a matter of time before her $10k settlement is gone.

Looks like the governor appoints someone to serve in his seat for the next six months; his term was up in January, anyway, unless he won re-election. Not sure if his seat will be filled in the general election or they’ll call a special election to fill it.

Considering the way they treat their employees, no thanks.

Didn’t he already mandate that we can have increased ethanol this summer due to his stupid fucking war?

he is draining it once again

Is he doing to have his entire SS detail drive over it again, including his multi-ton reinforced limo?

This is how we got invasive Burmese pythons spreading up the East Coast. The people keeping them as exotic pets absolutely swore they’d take care of them and they wouldn’t escape and breed, then a hurricane came through and they didn’t evacuate their pets and now we have fucking pythons slowly making their way north, devastating the local wildlife.

I’m just so tired of the Dems deciding that someone is too radical for them and twisting the rules so that they can put their own chosen person in place. Remember Bernie? Remember David Hogg? They’re too scared of the right to stand up to them, and too scared of the left not to stand up to them, and I’ll just so fucking sick of them.

If he pays out, then by definition he’s the loser, and he really doesn’t like to lose.

Twenty of the stations are located in Pennsylvania, while five are in New Jersey

I’m sure that’ll help people in Texas and Colorado.

Also: ewww, get that shit out of my state!