I love how we have a government that’s as close to a car packed full of coked-up clowns simultaneously screaming and shitting themselves as they hit one another with frying pans as it’s possible to get but Michael from Hardwick reckons that it’s the plastic fivers that are damaging British prestige.
alexa the DWP putting the lives of disabled people at risk is so sad play despacito
(sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
as of 22nd June, have been denied any PIP (personal independence payment) by the dwp. It has been taken from me completely, despite me sitting for an hour and a half with their private company assessor (not a doctor) and describing every single aspect of my ailments and trauma in excruciating detail, and supplying a letter from my doctor declaring me categorically unfit for work.
I am physically disabled with ehlers danlos syndrome – a connective tissue disorder that causes agonising pain in all my joints and makes me prone to dislocating major ones at any given time (most recently my jaw).
I am also severely mentally ill. I have bipolar disorder, ptsd, and GAD (generalised anxiety disorder), which are a hellish combination. I’m prone to self harm in manic spells, pacing, panic attacks, and vivid abuse flashbacks that have made it impossible for me to work. It’s exhausting and I’m tired all the time. I suffer constantly from suicidal ideation, even medicated properly.
Anyone who follows me/has looked at my uk politics tag will know that it’s been a constant and frustrating struggle for me to even get my pittance, but losing my pip would mean I have just 200£ a month.
That’s to cover all my bills. My food, my phone, cat food, my rent, and most importantly my travel. My home is severely abusive. I leave the house at 6.30am and stay out until I’m nearly falling asleep with pain and exhaustion. I’ve been beaten before. My parents gaslight me constantly and are homophobic or ableist depending on what mood they’re in. They blame me for this, and will not help. Not even in the slightest way.
The prospect of struggling to be able to buy food is incredibly bad for my eating disorder too. I’ve tried so fucking hard to recover this past year, and something like this makes it so risky to relapse. I cannot survive on this little money, and I don’t say that lightly.
I am going to appeal, but that could take 6 weeks, and that’s the best case scenario. I’ve waited 12 weeks to even get the result of this assessment, and I do not have any money for however long this takes.
please, for the love of god, if you have any spare money that you can donate to help me, my paypal is tinykestrel@gmail.com
Even the smallest amount would help. If you can’t donate please please reblog.
Thank you so much, from my lesbian ass and miss agnez:
hey just reblogging this again because all of my sneakers are almost falling apart on the insides (upper material disintegrating, not the liner) and I wear them from 6.30am until 5pm, daily, and there’s a lot of mid season sales on right now. I have enough for food and pet food (currently) but my bills are due in a week and with this on top it’s making me very anxious. Please help if you can!!
I hate to make this post but my 14 year old dog is dying and every animal hospital nearby is closed for the holiday, we got in touch with an emergency care place but since its after hours its $180 just for them to open the doors for us. He’s been in this condition for hours and I refuse to let him suffer for another 13 hours til his vet opens.
I’m coming to terms with the fact that this is probably my last night ever with my dog but I’m just NOT prepared for this expense, plus whatever the costs of euthanization and cremation are gonna be. also I know this is so sappy of me but he’s my first pet ever and literally my best friend, I want to get him cremated and some kind of (inexpensive) memorial urn instead of just disposing of him. If any of you can spare some money it would mean the world to me. I dont want to be put in a position where I cant even afford my dog’s remains. My cash app is $KyrstynB and PayPal is infamousnfamous@yahoo.com . I’ll reblog this with updates as they come, we’re leaving the house after I send this post. Thanks for anything you’re willing to give.
Here’s one of my favorite pics of him from 2 years ago:
we’re at the emergency care vet now, they’ve got him on an anti nausea med and mild sedative. I dont think he’ll make it through the night so I’m just trying to prepare myself for the worst. thanks to everyone who has sent money so far so that I can take care of my best friend 🐾
good news: he’s fighting! He’s trying (and failing) to stand lol. Seems a bit less disoriented and stressed but he’s definitely not in the clear yet.
bad news: they want to run more tests, just to confirm what we walked in here already knowing. more tests = more $$$, and we already dropped $300 on the visit+meds, so once again, anything you guys can send me helps, no amount is too small. this is obviously going to be a costly ordeal.
London is at about the same latitude as Calgary, Alberta. Madrid is at about the same latitude as New York City. And Florida is at the latitude of the Sahara Desert.
Geography is weird.
Dude, the way sunlight works here in London makes it VERY OBVIOUS how far north we are ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S TOO EARLY AND WE CAN’T GET BACK TO SLEEP BECAUSE OF THE STUPID SUNRISE.
(sorry about that)
I mean, if houses in England had shutters (like you would expect of any civilised country) instead of friggin’ curtains, the sunrise wouldn’t be an issue.
(sorry)
We don’t have shutters in the US (actually in New England we do but most of them are fake and permanently nailed open) but blackout curtains are less than $30 a pair and they’ll change your life.
Good Old Gulfie Stream!
wait what the shit london is as far north as calgary??
Yes, Northern Europe is very North indeed. It isn’t just due to the Gulf Stream, it gets wilder the more you learn.
The Scottish cities of Inverness and Aberdeen are on or near the 57th parallel, farther north than… Fort McMurray. And the Northernmost Functioning Year-Round Human Settlement – Svalbard – has milder weather in many respects than common-or-garden Canada. (Like, obviously Svalbard is the end of the world and you can probably see Valhalla from there, but Winnipeg has competed in the coldness stakes against Mars.)
A while back on Twitter, I saw some discussion of the shutters which are pretty standard in Germany, with some photos. (So, of course I can’t find that now.) Blocking light so you can sleep better in the summer very specifically came up, and I thought that seemed like something that would be extremely handy in the UK too.
Wouldn’t mind having some this morning, tbqh.
(As mentioned there, you do tend to see more actual functioning storm shutters in hurricane-prone areas further south in the US. I’ve noticed that myself, traveling. It’s mostly the funky little fake decorative shutters where I’m from further inland, too.)
London is at about the same latitude as Calgary, Alberta. Madrid is at about the same latitude as New York City. And Florida is at the latitude of the Sahara Desert.
Geography is weird.
Dude, the way sunlight works here in London makes it VERY OBVIOUS how far north we are ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S TOO EARLY AND WE CAN’T GET BACK TO SLEEP BECAUSE OF THE STUPID SUNRISE.
(sorry about that)
I mean, if houses in England had shutters (like you would expect of any civilised country) instead of friggin’ curtains, the sunrise wouldn’t be an issue.
(sorry)
We don’t have shutters in the US (actually in New England we do but most of them are fake and permanently nailed open) but blackout curtains are less than $30 a pair and they’ll change your life.
Good Old Gulfie Stream!
wait what the shit london is as far north as calgary??
Yes, Northern Europe is very North indeed. It isn’t just due to the Gulf Stream, it gets wilder the more you learn.
The Scottish cities of Inverness and Aberdeen are on or near the 57th parallel, farther north than… Fort McMurray. And the Northernmost Functioning Year-Round Human Settlement – Svalbard – has milder weather in many respects than common-or-garden Canada. (Like, obviously Svalbard is the end of the world and you can probably see Valhalla from there, but Winnipeg has competed in the coldness stakes against Mars.)
Most of the time, I am pretty glad to be living with someone who is more eccentric than I am in some ways.
Sometimes I do still get surprised by some of the details, though.
Over the weekend, Mr. C mentioned that some annual office party was scheduled for Thursday night, and he was planning to just get a hotel room closer to work that night. Fair enough.
This morning, I find out that it’s apparently black tie (and at Royal Albert Hall), when he brings out the garment bag where his equivalent Highland dress lives.
That would be the outfit that he got for our otherwise not at all formal wedding.* In 2004. And I think he may have worn it once or twice since then.
There’s also at least 50 lbs. more Mr. C than in 2004. And I would be amazed if he’s checked the fit in the meantime. Clothes are just not his thing.
I didn’t say anything, because it’s his event, his outfit, and his body to wear it on. But, maybe considering renting something appropriate could have been a wise plan there. If I had known earlier, I might have politely suggested that at least checking the jacket/waistcoat fit in advance was a good idea. But, a bit late the morning of the event.
* He decided totally on his own that he wanted the kilt to get married in. And yes, he is extremely Swedish. Long story I’m still not sure I totally understand, but it seemed to involve his adopting my crazy-ass family. Tartan and all. Anyway, that’s why he even had some formal wear at the ready.
i forgot to hit record but i was walking and saw two wolves hunting a fox, right? and i knew i would be next plus the fox didn’t deserve it so i pulled out my bow and stealthily shot them, and it was awful.
why, you ask?
because on one of them my arrow flew under the tail and hit right where the asshole would be and just kept going.
For a full on second I didn’t realise this was Skyrim
oh jesus no it’s skyrim i don’t go around shooting wolves in the ass in real life.
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