txttletale:

txttletale:

that last comment is so fucking revealing as to the actual priorities and worries of people who say ‘get therapy’ lmao

“therapy isn’t about your happiness, it’s about making sure you act in a way that i’m comfortable with” is always the implicit content of that comment but it is very impressive to just come out and say it

woolandflax:

My buddy lives in China so when the sun is setting for him, it’s rising for me. So, naturally, I sent him this

13-vampires-in-a-coat:

wolfcat-hybrid:

the-thinkingcat:

guooey:

Rating: Cute

It is very common and safe for truckers to keep pets with them on the road. Having a pet helps truckers with stress and loneliness. I looked into this account and from my understanding these kittens were born feral and rescued by this man. He has gotten them medical treatment, and is helping care for their eye infections. His set up in the truck is good, having a little box, kennel, bed and toys.

Is there any risk of them getting down in the pedal area while the truck is in motion? Do they get put in the crate while he drives, or is there a solution I’m not seeing here?

Hello, a different trucker with a cat here:

When I rescued my little calico cat and took her with me in my truck, I was worried about the same thing. A tiny kitten can squeeze into the most unlikely of places in a truck! However, very rarely did I ever need to lock her in her crate while I drove. I had her crate tucked into a space behind my seat where it couldn’t move, and she would usually sleep there because it was a dark, safe space and she wasn’t used to the motion of the tank truck.

Later on, when she got more used to the truck moving, she would play a bit, but due to where the gear shift was located (I drove a manual transmission truck), it was easy while I had the cruise control on to set my foot where it would block her from getting underfoot and where I could feel her trying and nudge her out of the way. She learned pretty quickly that underfoot was not a place for her.

The more pressing problem I had in my new Freightliner was that when I had the truck’s Smart Idle feature on (battery powered AC that gets charged by the truck turning itself on and off) the window buttons also worked. As you can see from one of my pics, my solution was a loop of duct tape over the window button, sticky side up. I could still use the window button, but she did not like stepping on the tape.

(I was not worried about her getting out, she did NOT like the outdoors. I was more worried about my window being wide open while I was sleeping. The tape worked!)

jenroses:

mih-nah-mina:

amtrak-official:

Amazon is being sued by the FTC and 17 states for being an illegal monopoly

Amazon sued by FTC and 17 states over allegations it inflates online prices and overcharges sellers

The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorney generals filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging the e-commerce be

AP News

hi hey please talk about this as much as you can constantly over time

so often i’ve seen big-ass Stupid Bullshit News about Stupid Bullshit become absolutely nothing after like 3 days. i’m so fucking tired of it because it means that nothing changes, since we’ve forgotten what we need to change.

now amazon is getting sued. awesome! this is the first time i’ve heard of it. the suit was filed presumably somewhere between a few hours and a day ago, so that’s understandable.

is this really, really going to be covered after, i dunno, three days? i honestly don’t reckon so. amazon has enough money and probably apathy to make this not as much of an important lawsuit as it should - and maybe could - be.

i would love to be reminded every day for weeks and then months that amazon is being sued for operating an illegal monopoly. i want to read every joke, hear every update, see every move that’s made until this shit is wrapped up. i don’t just want to operate on hope and, inversely, a lack of faith on this one.

i want my anger over the way things are run to be grounded in things happening right here and right now, instead of historical events that make you go “that sucks. can’t change the past! :)” and move on, because that changes nothing in the present or the future. please talk about amazon getting sued by the federal trade commission and 17 state attourneys-general for breaking antitrust laws by being an illegal monopoly.

Effing finally

amtrak-official:

amtrak-conductor:

We can build back those places that have been taken from people by the automobile, the beauty of the city is how it never remains in a constant state

acerbicecho:

housecatclawmarks:

jethroq:

via @orbitalpirate

sandmandaddy69:

enthusispastic:

podle5:

depsidase:

And for people who do not have children - 20 years from now you will only have an empty space where wonderful time with your friends, your partner, and yourself will be.  You won’t remember (or likely profit from) the Very Important Thing your company needed you for.  You will be poorer for it, because in that space and time you could have had concerts, dancing, being there for friends that needed you, reading a great book, learning a new language, trying a different recipe, drinking wine and sharing your thoughts with someone you love.

Live your life for yourself and the people that love you - not for a corporation or a company.

THIS APPLIES TO TEACHERS TOO! EVEN THE STUDENTS WHO CARE THE MOST ABOUT YOU DO NOT OVERRIDE YOUR TIME WITH LOVED ONES, OR EVEN YOUR NEED FOR TIME ALONE.

muppethole:

muppethole:

was handed a new style guide at work and now we gotta use “person-first” language meaning you can’t say “lgbt person” you gotta say “a person who is lgbt” and it’s very fun and whimsical for me to imagine a world in which this helps anyone

liberals have gotten themselves so confused about language that they think saying “a mentally ill person” somehow erases that individual’s personhood. they also think the magic solution is to just clumsily rearrange the words. fascinating.