BabyWah

I have the same 2 cats. Yesterday I was bitching about them to my niece. Saying they got so bad, it’s like I’m the pet and they’re the owners.

They really push me around and make me do whatever they want. The tuxedo even follows me around when I’m cleaning and grumbles and shouts when their 3 litter boxes aren’t cleaned 3 times a day. There’s no use getting stricter, it’s 2 against 1 and I don’t have a fluffy belly to trick them.

It’s not even ‘floated’, Israel has been pressuring Europe for over a month now to force Egypt to open up their borders.

Yes, besides living in a rural area with a shitty library that has only books online I read in middle school, I have agorophobia. So making the trek there isn’t that simple.

Even the biggest university library’s online books are not up to date. They take years to get translated, so instead of waiting for that (since I’m not sure whether I’ll even be alive by then) I just read books in their original language as soon as they come out.

And stop making fun of disabled people.

I’m an avid reader. Books from authors I like here tend to take months to years to get translated and into a library. I read everything in English now because of that.

Key point here is ‘produce’.

*Nov 19 (Reuters) - A humanitarian assessment team visited Al Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza and saw signs of shelling and gunfire in what was described as a “death zone,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday.

The WHO-led team, which included public health experts, logistics officers and security staff from various U.N. departments, was able to spend only an hour inside the hospital on Saturday due to security concerns, WHO said in a statement.

The team described the hospital as a “death zone” and said the situation was “desperate,” with the hospital basically not functioning as a medical facility due to scarcity of clean water, fuel, medicine and other essentials.

“Signs of shelling and gunfire were evident. The team saw a mass grave at the entrance of the hospital and were told more than 80 people were buried there,” the WHO statement said.

The hallways and hospital grounds were filled with medical and solid waste, and patients and health staff expressed fear for their health and safety, it said. There were 25 health workers and 291 patients, including 32 babies in critical condition, remaining in Al Shifa, WHO said.*

“WHO and partners are urgently developing plans for the immediate evacuation of the remaining patients, staff and their families,” it said.

Just one point of view: I’m too poor to even buy food, but pirating books keeps me informed about current affairs and shit. It also enables me to stay alive because I still have access to my favourite authors, which makes me so happy and try to stay alive for one more release date.

Full disclosure: I’ve gone from a very good job to debilitating disability over 10 years in Europe. Also, before this, I bought hardback books of everything I liked. I’ll do this again as soon as I can afford it. I’ll always support authors as much as I can.

This has been happening all over Europe. Sorry Dutch link: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/10/27/israel-overspoelt-sociale-media-met-advertentievideos-over-confl/

The campaign was mainly aimed at European countries. “Nearly 50 video ads in English were targeted at EU countries, while viewers in the US and UK were served 10 and 13 ads respectively. One of the videos had been viewed more than 3 million times,” it said on October 17.

Also Belgium. The only time I had a gun was when I joined the Police for a few years. After that, nope. In my 5 years, I’ve never even had the thought that I should pull out my gun. I’ve served in Brussels and rural areas.

It was just emphasized so much during our 12 months of training to ‘never ever use it unless it’s your last resort, only pull out your gun when you’re ready to pull the trigger’ that it simply didn’t cross my mind. We were more trained with the stick thing, ‘job?’ and judo, hand to hand combat.

Also, as a civilian you have to take an exam to own a firearm. If you have mental health problems or a record of criminal behaviour forget it. Even if you do get a license, you can only use it in a shooting range and specific situations. And never transport your gun and ammo together.

If you have a burglar, even then you’re only allowed to use appropriate force. If he has a knife, you’re not allowed to shoot him.

There is a site with all the RSS feeds from major news outlets. If you download the app Feeder you can add them and have an overall view. Problem is, there are more newspapers that don’t support RSS anymore and it’s a shame.

Thanks for these btw.

Their statement would have been fine if they left the god and religion part out of it…

*The following statement was released, “In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful. With the help of God Almighty, our air defenses were able to shoot down an American MQ9 aircraft. The aircraft was conducting hostile, monitoring, and spying activities within Yemeni territorial waters. These activities were carried out within the framework of American military support for the Israeli entity.

The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm their legitimate right to defend the country and confront all hostile threats with the appropriate weapons, with God’s help. Yemen’s armed forces vow to continue military operations against Israel to support Palestine.” *

Also, here’s a backstory to the Houthis in short: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/who-are-yemens-houthis-why-did-they-attack-israel-2023-11-01/

I’m all for the Palestinian cause, but I don’t like the Houthis’ slogan. Or they should get a better PR firm.

Give it to her you monster. She deserves everything and more just by being soo cute :)

Pumpkin

Gizmo is going to be soooo spoiled and he deserves every bit of it. And that one black toe on every paw :)

I have a tuxedo too and he has a Hitler moustache and a beard and I actively have to remind myself not to give him everything he wants and usually fail because he’s so cute, funny and even taught my orange boy a few tricks. Enjoy him and give him some love from me.

Isn’t it Russian? I was told long ago so could be wrong?

Thank you! This is amazing, I’m really out of the game lately.

Soo…no more libgen?

My song is about how my cat’s mother created her in her belly just for me.

Actually it translates into: your mother birthed you especially for me baby, she kneaded your dough especially for me, or something like that.

Slow blinks every time :)

My cat :)

And I thought my cats were evil. This is just a real attempt on your life :)

I think he’s made it a game at this point, getting your attention that way.