This year, on the 31 May, we lost Gilbert Baker, gay artist and creator of the gay pride flag. Today we would celebrate his 66th birthday. Let’s remember him as the wonderful person he was.
wait why does his flag have 8 colors and the current one only has six?
Fabric in the basic primary and secondary colors was and still somewhat remains readily available and generally speaking cheap relative to other colors. The pink and the turquoise not so much.
The color pare-down from eight to six happened early on in the history of the flag from what I’ve heard so that making and/or ordering flags had half a chance of being affordable for the people who wanted one.
Even now when it comes to self-made pridewear, the extra colors would be an issue. Basic packs of art supplies include the six colors but not the two extras. Craft stores will nearly always carry the six colors plus pink in a yarn line if they have the space but not a decent turquoise, same thing with quilting fabric coordinating prints. Anything rainbow will be the six colors and not the two extras, including the variegated yarns.
Nothing nefarious involved, just the simple economics and logistics of what materials were available.
The Florida Fiasco has begun! Of course, by Florida Fiasco we mean a large intake of 150+ syrian hamsters are traveling to The Pipsqueakery Friday!
On Monday, May 22nd, a man brought 75+ hamsters to a shelter in Florida. He said that he had a lot of hamsters at home but he couldn’t afford the surrender fee for all of them. The shelter said that if he brought all of the hamsters in the next day the surrender fee would be waived. Shortly after the intake an employee of the shelter contacted us asking for help and even agreed to drive the hamsters to us. That afternoon I also spoke with the director of the shelter and offered our assistance officially. Unfortunately, by then some had been euthanized because most shelters simply aren’t equipped to handle an intake that large. We knew that we had to act quickly to save the rest of the hamsters.
The next day, the man brought another 75+ hamsters to the shelter. At this point we had not yet worked out a transfer arrangement and the unfortunate reality was that shelters have to make tough choices so some from this group were also euthanized.
Today, we reached an agreement with the director to transfer the remaining hamsters to us. Their employee is willing to do the driving and we are willing to pay the costs of the transport.
Now, it’s time for us to start fundraising. We need help to cover the cost of bedding, food, veterinary care, a few chew toys, the inevitably destroyed water bottles, and transport costs. I know the goal of $10,000 seems high, but it comes out to us spending approximately $100 to save each hamster. Of course, many hamsters will not require extra care so they won’t be that expensive to rescue, but some hamsters will likely need veterinary care and even surgery to get to become adoptable.
Please help us save the Florida Fiasco hamsters by making a donation at GoFundMe.com/The-Florida-Hamster-Fiasco, donating supplies from our Amazon wishlist at http://a.co/fEKocKc, or going to thepipsqueakery.org/help to find other ways to help.
Thank you so much to the lovely people at the shelter and thank you to all our wonderful supporters. Please share this post everywhere! #hamster #rescue
I know this is not a hamster/rodent blog, but these hamsters need help!
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