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Cake day: August 5th, 2023

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  • I have a degree in postmortem science and hobby in anthropology/archeology/paleontology. The biggest extinction event this globe has ever seen, the Permian Extinction, where over 90% of ALL life (96% of ocean life) went extinct, was from pollution and a mere 10°C increase in global temperature. That’s all it took to decimate life on earth. The pollution and heat came from volcanoes, but we are on the same path. It’s already gone up 1.6°C… I do think humanity will survive, but not the majority of us.

    Some of my family doesn’t believe in climate change, and/or is religious to the point that they don’t believe in carbon dating and core sample data. I wish I could make them believe, but no data in the world will work.

    I was part of a documentary on the largest fires in recorded history and so many were within the last 10 years it was terrifying. One in the forests of Russia was still ongoing when the doco was finished and RELEASED!






  • I’ve been opting out of every single one, but some companies are assholes and make you send it in through a written letter (Meta) or worse, automatically accept it if you’ve even just used the app/site/product after they send an email to you regarding changes. The fact that massive corporations also say all matters must be resolved in small claims court and with mandatory arbitration with the company’s arbitrator is incredibly illegal sounding. Fuck you AT&T. They were the company who fought for revoking arbitration rights in contracts. The Supreme Court decided it was legal.


  • It’s because it’s a data stealing company. They require 24 different types of permissions, including keylogging, biometrics (your fingerprint), your wifi network, your Bluetooth, photos, contact info and it saves your payment details, just by using the app. It also was recently flagged for malware. You’re getting a good price because you’re paying for it in a different way



  • If you can make a good wage for several years before you apply, SSDI will go up and won’t be such a low average. Unfortunately, I was disabled after only a few years in the workforce and the most I made, even with a degree, was $15/hr. I wasn’t making enough for long enough to get more than the $914 (the SSI limit). That’s the best advice I can give. If you get SSDI, you’re also allowed to get married without losing benefits. Those on SSI, if married, the income the spouse makes is considered your income and is taken out of your SSI.


  • And yet disability is at a whopping $914/month federally and you can’t have more than $2k in your bank or they take away your food stamps and healthcare… a number that hasn’t changed since 1974 and would be $13k if adjusted for inflation. I didn’t choose to be disabled. I paid my taxes when I could work, to prevent suffering; but I’m now living with a family member and selling nudes to afford the rent, bills, vehicle costs, insurance costs, prescriptions that aren’t covered, service dog expenses, etc.





  • “I’m pro life”

    Oh cool, so you voted for and support better healthcare? Better pay for teachers? Allotting more tax money to support schools? An increase in WIC? Maternity leave? Paternity leave? Foster system funding? School lunch programs? Childcare/daycare programs? More funding for women’s health centers that provide STI testing and contraception? An increase to Medicaid’s asset limit of $2k that hasn’t changed since 1974? Mental health programs? An increase in SSI for disabled children/parents because no one can survive off $10.9k/year anymore?

    No?!? Then shut up, you’re pro forced birth, not pro life.