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Sometimes I feel like I am uniquely bad at being nonhuman.
A good day for me is one where I have enough energy to wash my hair. A good day is one where I can walk around the block and listen to the birds.
The thought of returning ‘home’ fills me with fear. With dread, even.
Safety is the human bed, the human meds, the mobility aids. Safety is the human who checks on me, who washes my hair when I can’t, who sits on the back step with me and strains to hear the birds when I’m too tired to walk.
Maybe I’m a bad animal. I’ve been too sick for too long to stay alive in the wild. Nonreleasable. Domesticated.
Too feral for human society; too weak for the wild.
no no this is actually really good advice, dw! thank you so much for the suggestion, i didn't consider editing before but im actually pretty good at it so that sounds feasible! i'll have to look into review writing as well, anything involving writing would work great for low energy days.
to clear some things up, i'm not physically disabled or physically unable to work, i'm psychologically impaired right now and thus unemployed/not attending college yet. hopefully SSI will approve me since they did my evaluation recently. also just today i FINALLY got my dad to agree to $100 a week for groceries so now i may be in the clear for a few months, yay! it's still a good idea for me to build up some personal savings before i go to school this fall, and i can make a certain amount of money per month without losing SSI so i really appreciate the tips!
does anyone know how to genuinely make at least $100 a month while unable to work that doesn't involve art commissions/those scammy rewards apps/etc? i'm still waiting on SSI to either approve or deny me a second time and my dad basically told me to eat quarters so uh 🤪 i'm looking for any way to buy groceries for myself. my mom suggested the food pantry but that doesn't sit right with me because i have college savings i choose not to dip into opposed to being in desperate need (im not using them because it's all my mom and i have left for emergencies).
before anyone asks we got denied for food stamps (apparently my mom's disability payments are $100 over the income limit? wow US government ur really rooting out the fraudsters here /s)
any tips would be so so appreciated!! thank you for reading and goodbye for now 🦌
On April 16th 2025 the US federal government has proposed to change the interpretation of the endangered species act so that it no longer protects habitat.
This is open for public comment until the end of May 19th. Please comment and make your voice heard.
Wildlife need their habitat. If the ESA redefines harm so that habitat is no longer protected, the implications for wildlife would be catastrophic.
BTW if you like my little pony (especially g1/g2/g3) my sideblog is @positivelypinkpony !!! if you also post MLP i will gladly follow you back 🐴 💗
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his dome-like brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes.
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Closest match: Rangifer tarandus platyrhyncus genome assembly, chromosome: 28 Common name: Svalbard Reindeer
same goes for this blog as well
just a heads up, i haven't gotten around to making a proper pinned post yet but i would like to set some boundaries real quick!
please do not interact if you post/reblog NSFW or your blog name is something sexual. i also block "proshippers"/"darkshippers" or anything similar.
my blog is SFW but i am an adult, please do not interact if you are under 16! 18+ accounts are welcome to interact if your posts are all SFW.
i may post mild horror content but it will be tagged accordingly (like my mlp infection au and stuff). i do not post gore or vent art.
the bunny council demands that you give money to trans people
#1 RUDOLPH FAN // collector // rudolph kin & reindeer/whitetail deer therian // he/they
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