This is Lucky. She lives in the store inside my subway station. Here she is displaying her superior blep. She is always happy to see me because she knows I worship her
Every time you say that you only donate to charities and non-profits with extremely low overhead and administrative costs, what you’re actually saying is that you’ll only support charities and non-profits that underpay their employees and stretch them thin because they don’t have the budget to hire enough of them.
Transparency should be the priority here. Not low administrative costs.
Also? Especially in really BIG catastrophes, in the IMMEDIATE aftermath?
You want the charities that can MOBILIZE FAST. You CANNOT DO THAT if you are pinching every penny and working to the minimal staffing. You just can’t.
Transparency is important. And a charity should be able to EXPLAIN why each of the dollars they spent is spent the way it is, and it should be a solid reason.
And no, this is not just a factor of Money Is Evil. Even if we weren’t in a monetary-reward situation, value of effort, time and training still exists, as does value of goods, and it would simply turn to a different metric.
Considering all the damage done by Harvey and BEING done by Irma and Jose, this seems like a good time to reblog this.
going to the doctor when you’re chronically ill is weird.
It’s like imagine everything in your house is on fire, and you’re standing there and the fire department come in like, describe the fire to me and maybe we can find what caused it and put it out.
and you can’t just say everything so you’re like… well the fire in the curtain is the biggest but the fire in the photo albums might be doing the most damage also the fire in the couch is really inconvenient
occasionally the firemen are like, well your tv is on fire so it might be electronic-fireitus but that would cause other things like fire in the dvd player
and you’re like, oh yes. that’s been on fire for years. I forgot to mention it because it’s always been a relatively small fire. It’s right next to the bookshelf which has much more fire.
and then the firemen are like, oh. i wouldn’t worry about that. book shelf fire just happens sometimes.
😂😂 OMG yes.
“test results say there’s no fire. you’re fine,” they tell you as you suffocate on smoke
This is the 10th one of these flowers Slash has stolen and brought home.
Here is number 11…
Here’s his third catch of the night.
And that second photo is his face right after I told him “People on the internet love your flower catching skills, Mr. Slash!”
Guess what Mr. Slash is up to tonight?
And, he’s back at it again tonight.
He got another one, and he is proud of himself.
He brought in another one tonight.
Thank you, Mr. Slash!
He is so beautiful 😭
He’s aware of that, and loves being told that. 😛
Sometimes, he will hold my hand when I ask him about the flowers.
He brought these two flowers in last night, and decided to pose for me when I put them near him to take photos.
Plot twist! He brought back a hibiscus tonight instead of the usual ones.
He must be feeling more tropical.
He’s back to the normal ones now…
Even when it’s raining, he still decides to go and find these. Good thing for him that whatever breed of cat he is, he has remarkably water-resistant fur!
He had a very busy night while everyone was asleep last night…
Before the storm: Provide food! If they have to fly, the wind is going to exhaust them. If they hole up, they won’t be able to forage and will need a reserve.
Split green peas are so nutritionally dense that pigeons could live off of them exclusively if they had to.
Peanuts are fatty and slower burning fuel.
Pigeons have squeakers year round and crop milk takes a lot of fat to produce.
So those two foods will cover the most important bases before the storm.
After the storm , there will likely be windfall birds who may be injured.
Watch out for any bird acting or moving differently, and be aware that if you can get close to it and it cannot evade or does not make the expected attempt to, that bird needs help.
If you can, have wild birdseed on hand and a cat carrier or clear rubbermade tote that you are willing to put holes in.
If you have resident birds, keep the birds who need help in a place the residents can’t get to.
Look around for rehabs that will take doves or pigeons ahead of time.
Rehabs are likely to be overrun with stormfalls!
If you have the space and capability, offer to foster any birds that just need a safe place to heal.
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