sistermagpie

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New Yorker. To the left. Amateur dancer. Amateur Russian speaker (and some French). Writer and editor of magazine stories and books for children and adults. Horror Fan. Halloween Fan. Pop Tart fan. Pagan-ish. Fond of overanalyzing stories in books, TV and movies. Can’t remember the last time I drove a car. Pomeranian roommate. Previous owner of a Golden Retriever and a Kerry Blue. Enthusiastic Sirens Conference attendee and sometimes presenter.
Join me in raising money for Knit for Food! via @givebutter https://givebutter.com/knitforfood23
Knit for Food Knit-a-thon 2023

A fundraiser for Feeding America, World Central Kitchen, No Kid Hungry, and Meals on Wheels.

Knit for Food
https://conversationalist.org/2023/01/28/gig-economy-care-work/
"The conversation about the #disability community and the gig economy is often...tense. I posit that perhaps there is a way forward."
When Gig Workers Inadvertently Become Care Workers

As if the gig economy wasn’t exploitative enough, it’s now filling a gap in another exploitative industry that values profits over human lives.

The Conversationalist
Just heard "Heard it through the grapevine." translated into #Russian as: "a #magpie brought on its tail." #translation
Tonight my water bottle leaked into my left shoe and sock. so that was soaking during class, then I couldn't get the bathroom stall door to work, then got tangled in my backpack (I'm GenX - don't know how to get it on both shoulders!). Finally got to the bus & realized I forgot to close my pants. Tomorrow will be better!
Ugh. Scratched my own eye trying to open in this morning. Ouch. (Has been numbed now, have salve and name of an opthomologist.)
Was paranoid last night I was infected with #Covid & had infected others. Did a home test this morning and seemed like it might be positive. Rapid lab test just came back...NEGATIVE!! Woo-hoo!

“Once the car blindness has been lifted for you, you can't unsee cars as all the things they are: big, noisy, dangerous, fossil fuel-emitting, expensive, and cumbersome.”

Our own Sarah Goodyear is quoted in this great piece from Mashable.

https://mashable.com/article/car-free-movement-social-media

#TheWarOnCars

How to fight car-centric culture

These groups teach members how to fight for safer streets.

Mashable
Modern art or tragic accident... you decide.
boiling water: a shakespearean interlude

For today's #Caturday I'm going to go with an action shot I took when Loki and Theo were around 4 months old.

I set up a camera on a tripod and was teasing them to get them to jump from a cat tree to the top of a small cabinet. On one occasion, however, both were on different platforms on the tree and decided to jump at the same time resulting in this shot...

#BengalCat #AbyssinianCat #CatsOfMastodon #CatPhoto #Kittens #PetPhoto #photography