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[PI] The Monster Kingdom (2/2)
2023.06.06 04:06 Nomyad777 [PI] The Monster Kingdom (2/2)
Part 1 "When we Firmas were pushed north into the Pyrimian mountain valley after the death of their chain of command, they settled down and instead of focusing on expansion focused on necessities like food. With co-operation from the first goblins and other creative minds that joined the First Wave of the migration, they managed to grow food over the summer in first-iteration greenhouses. "My parents were part of the first wave. They were old for a couple, but joined the Firma clan in founding a government and keeping the area safe, as well as spreading word. The dragonic gods didn't like their behavior at all; cities burning is more entertainment for them, so they were the first to be Forsaken in this era, publicly, in the main square of the old Dragonic Capital. "However, that backfired, with more and more dragons tired of running around and fighting all the time, they decided to settle down in a place where nobody would bother them; now that they had this place given to them, and the Second Wave started. Basically the entirety of the dragonic clans and several other species amassed in this wave, and the Sapient Unification Government held. "My parents had an egg in one of the more northern caves, right on the coast. Then, the third wave arrived and everything went downhill from there. "The Unification Wars were fought between those who wanted one government to cover this region, and those who wanted governments segregated by species. This would have been fine if the secessionists didn't step in on people's behalves, without their consent; it took fifteen years of war for the war to end. Millions died and some species like the Snow Fox beastpeople almost went extinct. My parent were part of the death wave. "The war evolved so rapidly it was impossible for a commander to last more than two months. It started with sticks and stones and within a month there were arrow volleys. A year saw guns, two tanks, three battleships, four planes. Bombs, bigger bullets, bigger guns, bigger bombs. "In the last few months of the war, the first nuclear devices were used, creating miniature stars on the land with immense destructive potential unleashed. It ended with mutually assured destruction protocols being activated, and when all was said and done the land was a snow-fallen irradiated dustball. "It took years for the survivors to pick up the remnants of our short-lived civilization and restart it into the Terra Firma Sapience Union. All the time, my egg didn't hatch because I had no incubator, but didn't die thanks to my ice type. It was located close enough to a mana vein where I just... absorbed the entire vein. When the cave was found by explorers following maps for my parents den, all they found was my egg glowing brighter than Sunstones. "I was taken to an incubation facility in Cellyia, one of the bigger cities. There I hatched, and after more than one test I grew. My growth was still... affected by the time without an incubator, so my already slow growth stopped after fifty years instead of continuing to infinity. And then I took some magic courses, did my best to drain my mana reserves, and settled down here, well away from... the bustle of Cellyia. It never quite felt like a home, you know. It was a good place to grow up, don't get me wrong, but I like it here better. Remote, and in the same place my parents met for the first time. As much as I can tell, anyway; a number of records were destroyed in the Unification War. "When your heroes continued to come up here, I would be the one on first guard. Damming a river, I used water magic to break it. Trying to destroy some transit infrastructure, I would be the first one to either fake it, finish it off, or lure them away. When your latest one decided to head for Cellyia, it was out of my range for such activities. I shadowed the party on the way and let others take care of it. "I never thought that your 'heroes' would be heartless enough to burn what they were told and even acknowledged as a hospital with patients inside. A library and museum with most of our pre-unification works inside. An orphanage, a school... an entire neighborhood of ten thousand citizens' homes. What for? To try to kill just one of us. "We... couldn't take that kind of behavior. Cellyia might have not been the best place for someone with my personality to grow up, especially without parental figures, but that orphanage still had some good memories. An all-citizens vote was called, an all-citizens vote was passed, and we started a counter-offensive military campaign into your Civilization Nations. We've been waiting for you elves, leaders of the Civilized Nations, to advance your society; it's been seven hundred years, all the most you've done is grow your population and add an extra floor to your townhomes. "So we're going to do it for you. You ran our patience down, so we're going to change your society for you. Is it a repeat of the Unification War? I don't think so, given that you Civilized Nations never rescinded the declaration of war against us 'monsters' over two thousand years ago; one that you still follow through on to this day. "But that isn't the end of my story. "When the gods forsook us, they tried to pry away our magic, our land, and our lives. So we defended. Space radars monitor their movements on the mortal plane. There's so many more technical details I can go into. All I can tell you is, at one point, the old god of Dragonic Princess-kidnapping; yes, they were a god; they came and asked us to restart worshiping them. "That went over as well as you'd expect, and the next thing that happened... was that I absorbed her mana and powers. Technically, I am an undefined god, and... at this point, I'm afraid to get a definition. "What if it's something I don't like? Something evil, immoral... something my parents, the leaders of the Second Wave, wouldn't be proud of? What if... what if it kills me? Everyone hates me? I'd no longer be free... "So my solution was to hide. Here, in a mountain cave in the middle of nowhere. This is my life, all of it... and I don't know where to go from here." ----- "So... you're a god?" I asked. I couldn't think of another question to ask. "Yes and no." The cat replied. It did nothing to satisfy my fearful curiosity. How could one both be and not be a god? "Princess-kidnapping was a... niche god, rarely prayed to by still enough to be, you know, and actual deity. So her mana ran out first, and most of it dissipated back into the environment yada yada yada, but like the sponge my mana reserves are, I sucked more of it up than I should have; enough to had just a slight touch of divine control. On par with a low-level demigod. If I was omnipresent, I'd solve me problems with a snap of my claws, and then I wouldn't be hiding from my problems here." "If your powers came from a god, how are yours undefined?" My mind was seeking knowledge now. I was a mage, after all, and this was more than just the opportunity of a lifetime; it was the opportunity of a aeon. "Because I absorbed her essence from the environment before it had the chance to fully dissipate, but still late enough where it was no longer hers." Vixie shrugged "Or something like that, mana gets weird sometimes. All that matters now is my stockpile is slowly increasing its grow rate, which gets annoying pretty fast." "Annoying?" The cat laughed again. "Do you think this is all of my baseline reserve? Half of the reason I stay away from the rest of society is because the last time someone with multiple aura got involved with politics..." She trailed off, and then let another, this time impeccably cast illusion fall. The air around her was burnt crisp with the power of several mandatory auras in her current small size. Twelve tails flicked behind her back, eleven of them made of energy. Floating specs of light, some smaller while others the size of ice crystals surrounded the air around her. The six orbs on her back were joined by six more, and were attached to a ring. Her head had two halos, and her entire body was engraved with glowing lines. If she before radiated power, now she was made of it. The lights on the cave's ceiling flickered as more and more of the illusion fell away. Geometric shapes orbiting her body, a platform made of mana at her feet, lightning whizzing between all sorts of objects. Finally, it was gone, and the cat that stared at me with big, sad, glowing blue eyes had told me her deepest secret. As soon as it had started, the illusion repaired itself, and before me was one cat, a halo, six orbs, two crystals, and two mana tails. I did the second most instinctive thing when it came to seeing a cat. I pulled her in for a hug. There was a quickly quieted hiss as she squirmed a bit in my grip, trying to get more comfortable, before letting herself get stroked by me. Several images flashed before my eyes, and a tear came out of mine. We had gone to war against the less lucky sapients on our world, and were now paying the price. It felt like hours, but then my stomach growled, reminding me I hadn't eaten in literal days. Vixie shot out of my grip and led the way down into the cave. I followed, and soon enough I was eating some salted crackers with dried meat and cheese while Vixie moved around between other caves. "What are you doing?" I asked her between bites. "Packing," She replied. "Why?" "It's time I got out of here and, to follow the phrase, touched some grass." ----- It took three days for the elf, whose name was Nick, to recover enough to be able to make the journey to Cellyia. In those three days, I realized just how - and why - the Civilized Races looked at us the way they did. For starters, I'd forgotten just how many things ran on electricity, let alone other, more complicated mechanics. Pressurized water, instant hot water, even sinks, showers, and toilets were all completely unknown to the 'civilized races.' Ah, yes. Civilized without toilet paper. Bitter ramblings about the people who set off the chain reaction of events that killed my family aside, those were the second longest three days of my life; the first was my thirteenth birthday so I could get a personal HUD and social media. I was also a mess of thoughts. The elf had shown me, over the course of the three days - aside from the two-minute get-my-life-together moment - that I couldn't hide from my problems forever, or they would team up and try to hunt me. Hence my new, reluctant guest from the overflowing hospital they had oh-so-nicely delivered to my door. I had words for the medical staff. And I was also a mess of thoughts. Did I mention that one already. In all seriousness, Nick adapted to electronics pretty well. All I had to do was explain what it was, what it did, and file it under the name of science. It took an impressive four minutes of rambling about quantum mechanics before Vick realized that he was in way over his head asking how the 'magic rock that can half-think with bottled lightning' worked. He backed out when I yanked a textbook from my knowledge hoard and flipped through the pages to the start to explain how quantum superposition affected the set of particles it was entangled to. Fun. Finding out what toothbrushes were took some convincing, but soon the elf's teeth started to recover from lack of proper dental care. Food was easier than I expected, and Vick was pretty accepting of whatever I tossed on his plate. Except for artichokes, for some reason he hated those. Over the three days we bonded, and Nick got pretty used to life in my home. On the second day I moved him to the guest bedroom I had built but never maintained, but one wave of my paw and a splurge of magic later that was solved. "Why don't you use magic more often?" Nick asked. I explained that was much as I wanted to burn my reserves like they were a forest before a forest fire, the mental strain was tough without learning proper casting, which requires one to drain their reserves to practice wielding physical willpower. That meant that I was caught in an infinite loop of negativity, so I could only get away with a couple spells a day before the mental exhaustion metaphorically turned my brain to mush. On the morning of the fourth day, we left. Honestly, Nick could have left on the first day but I wanted him to be able to have the stamina to walk around for hours on end with me in Cellyia. Either way, as long as he kept by me it would be fine. There was a small population of elves, humans, and dwarves who had come up to the TFSU for one reason or another and never left, which meant that he wouldn't be too far out of place. My plan, instead of just flying into the Cellyia while steering clear of the airport, was to make it to the closest town, Lymian, and take a train from there north to Union Station. It would dump us a bit further downtown than I liked, but Cellyia was built in levels, and I could take the footpath level to wherever I needed. All said and done and one passenger seat clipped to my saddlebag harness on my dragon form, I opened the door to my cave. And was promptly blocked by a wall of snow. "Right," I half-grumbled. I enjoyed tunneling through snow, but spray would make the entrance cave wet and that wouldn't dry for another couple days, and until it did the sound of drips would echo throughout my home like nothing else. Either way, checking one last time that Nick was secure, I prepared my wings and powered forward. The snow and ice parted for me, and then melted and fixed itself back together behind me as I power-swam through the snow the same way I would through water. After ten seconds of this, I burst up from the snow-covered mountain the snowstorm had left behind and started to change my heading for Lymian. It would take thirty minutes of flying to get there, as I was flying lower and slower than usual to take care of my passenger, but we soon enough turned the next mountain and saw the town. The elf gasped as he took in the sights, while I kept my eye out for more activity. It had been fortified as a military base due to the war, but not by much; the town was useless from a defensive standpoint anyway. I spotted the next train arriving from its winding track around the next mountain, which also meant that I was a bit early. The citizens of Lymian were used to my presence, as I usually stopped by to pick up supplies and occasionally a bit of correspondence. So when I landed on top of a several story tall snow pile, nobody cared. I let Nick out, and then transformed into my cat form and slid down the snow pile to start to jogging towards the train station. That's when I remembered that unlike me, elves without snowshoes do not float on snow. Oops. ----- The sights were more than pretty, more than beautiful... If the gods had rejected these people, they might have just as well done it out of jealousy. After I'd been dropped off on top of a snow mound, I immediately flattened myself on my stomach to not fall through. I'd been in more than enough snowstorms and snow mounds to know how it would go if I didn't. The cat climbed the hill below me, reappearing as naturally as the snow fell. "Sorry," Vixie apologized. "Here, let me..." I felt the snow melt around me and we descended down to the ground. Vixie glowed brightly, literally; Even using as little magic as reshaping some snow was threatening to cascade out of her form. We moved to the train station without incident, where the massive 'train cars' were loaded full of passengers and cargo and then taken off towards the big city. Apparently this was the same one the hero burned, but the 'rebuilding and recovery efforts we going well; no critical infrastructure had been severely damaged.' Either way, the ride there was uneventful. Stepping out into Union Station was different. It was like I had entered a busy capital marketplace or square, with everyone rushing in another direction to another place. I trailed after Vixie, where even the oddity of an elf in these mountains was outshone by just how many different races there were; beastkin and kobolds and orcs and undead all filled the streets in, well, peace. "The city is built in layers," Vixie explained. "So while yes, residential and office towers here in the capital were set alight, underground public transit, personal transit, and cargo and fluid transit was all untouched, so we were able to circle around the hero and put out the fires to be replaced with smoke generators, and a couple holograms snatched from a nearby cargo transport." I had no idea what any of that meant, only that the city also had extensive underground bits. The towers soared over everything, and lights covered every spare centimeter of the city. Vixie led me down market stalls, across plazas, through parks and through building lobbies. Eventually, the babble increased, something I didn't think was possible. "Welcome to the commercial district," Vixie said after she had pulled me into a corner away from the masses of people and crowds moving around. "We're right near the harbor, and when we get there I'm going to show you the lighthouse and explain the city a bit better." I almost lost track of Vixie as we continued to move through the throngs of people going about their daily lives. I saw a couple boarded up shops, but most of them were either undamaged or didn't care about the scorch marks on their shops. Jewelry boutiques and grocery stores lived in tandem with furniture stores and a massive slab of too-smooth-to-be-natural stone of a rock type I had never seen before. It was covered in signs depicting some kind of diagram. Right around the corner was the waterfront, with a massive promenade running alongside it. Snow-covered trees lined the walkways, and soon enough Vixie and I came out of the crowd near a large, tall abandoned - though no unmaintained - building. "Right then," Vixie explained and started climbing. "Here's the old lighthouse, it's perfect for seeing the city. They never officially decommissioned it, so it's still legal to climb and properly maintained, but they never use it either." "What was the large thing they were building?" I asked, clambering onto the next ladder. "That? Oh, that was the space elevator." Vixie replied. "The ground part has been completed for three years now, we're just waiting for the rest of the nanotubes to make it into orbit and then run a kevlar cord up, follow it down with the space-grade heavy-duty nanotube cord, and then that's that." "Space?..." I was confused. "When the gods said that they were higher than mortals, you took that both figuratively and literally; they live above you and in a higher dimension. In this case, space is where they live in terms of height, but not number of dimensions. We're working on interdimensional travel, and interuniversal too, but those aren't replicatable on any sort of large scale yet." Vixie shrugged. "Either way, it's not like I care." "But you have it?" I pressed. "Dimensional travel." "Yes." She replied. "Well," I let out a short laughed. "The Civilized Nations are screwed over." "That's putting it lightly," She climbed on top of the last platform and showed me the city against the setting sun, lit up brighter than the night sky and more lively than the earth. It was beautiful. I sat there and watched the city glow with a power not even the gods had, side by side with not a dragon or monster, but a friend.
END. A/N: Rushed this last bit of the arc, but school is ramping up at the end of the year so it was either fast story or incomplete story, and I chose fast story. Happy pride month, everyone, and I hope to see more of you when I have more time. Original Prompt: [WP] For as long as all the races have known, Dragons have been seen as violent, destructive creatures. After an attack on your village, you black out and find yourself in the den of a dragon. It's rather annoyed that that is how they're seen, and wants to prove that isn't the case. u/Lycan_Jedi thank you for the prompt!
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2023.06.05 23:03 NeuroticUnicorns 3 months post liver transplant and unsure what to do about my treatment plan
Im feeling kind of lost here and i guess you would say its one of the bad days. I am 3 month post liver transplant. I have had a few issues that were fixed like a blood clot 4 days post tx, and a narrow hepatic artery which required a stint about 3 weeks ago which led to sepsis. During the past month my bloodwork has been good and I was taking 3 mg tacro and 20mg prednisone. I used to take cell cept also but for whatever reason i was stopped over a month ago which was confirmed in my transplant book which only the transplant team write in for me had it listed as not being taken. This past weekend I visited the ER due to stomach pain and for whatever reason no one can explain, they started me on cellcept again and I was unaware of that since I take so many meds. Nothing turned out to be wrong and they said my levels were great, so I went home. I noticed on the discharge paper after leaving that they added the cellcept.
Fast forward to today at transplant clinic I asked them why I was put back on cellcept, and they were confused as to why cellcept was stopped. They (tx team) had no answer after talking amongst each other and gave me a reasoning that 3 anti rejection is the standard for early post transplant. Okay but I was clearly doing fine without it and considering the hell these meds put me through between the anxiety, constant forgetting hair loss, emotional roller coasters..... Why would you add another serious medication if I had a plan that worked. I'm literally in tears typing this because I know it sounds so stupid but I was looking forward every time I see my team that they lower my meds. So i can feel more normal again, so i can remember what happens and have normal conversations i wont forget. Because I went to the ER and nothing turned out to be wrong (thankfully) now I have another medication. I feel so.... sad, I don't even know the word to use.
I am sure it's frustrating for a doctor to have patients think they know what's best but I also am learning from everything I'm going through. I literally was doing good and they added another and told me they will now see me every 2 weeks instead of weekly. Now it will be even longer I'm on these meds and them not being lowered. Any time I try and communicate this it doesn't come out the way I want it to and I essentially get no where.
I am trying to learn to also be a good patient and voice things but this doesn't seem to have a silver lining.
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2023.06.05 20:47 No-Measurement2404 Is there a chance I get in this cycle? I am First Gen and need help!
I am a Neuroscience major currently a senior looking to apply to medical school. I am passionate about MD schools and thats what I am hoping to attend. I feel like I am not the most competitive candidate and wanted honest opinions on if y’all thought i had a chance. I am from Mexico (born and raises) and have been in college in TX so I am now considered in state in Texas. English is my second language with Spanish being my first.
GPA: 388 GPAs: 3.80 MCAT: 501 (tried everything and im just not good) Shadowing: 100 hours Clinical Volunteer: 200 ICU Research: 130 Non clinical volunteer: 680 Leadership : VP of two clubs Extras: Raised 35,000 by organizing and event for woman’s heart health went through the committee process at my university
Ask me anything I could be forgetting. I am a first gen in college and also in the US and everything is new to me so I need all the help I can get.
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2023.06.05 10:11 Bluebearry15 Condos/apartments near Veterans Memorial Medical Center?
Hi! Can anyone please recommend condos/apartments near Veterans Memorial Medical Center? Good for 1 - 2 people and hopefully is 15k or below. Must be with security guard, CCTV, fire exits and within a good area.
Specific things I look for:
- Allows tenants to cook
- Allows visitors (both sexes)
- Preferably semi-furnished with bed, aircon, stove, microwave
- Preferably with parking space
From my research, I've heard of Avida Towers Vita, SMDC Grass Residences, and Joseon Residences with info about them online. However, can't seem to find the official FB pages/contact numbers for the first 2.
Other places include Vien Plaza, One Carmela Place Condominium but lack a lot of information online. Please share any info you have!
Thank you!!
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2023.06.05 04:32 somethingsecretuknow Does anyone know which dog breed is best for my lifestyle?
Hello! Hoping someone here has knowledge of ESA/service dogs
My questions are which breed best suits my lifestyle and is it better to get a puppy or a young adult? This will be an ESA written by my therapist so size/breed doesn't matter as far as housing or moving. I'm getting an official service dog in the future
I still struggle with posting about myself! I am in my late 20s now. I am diagnosed with ptsd, severe anxiety, major depression, ocd! I'm in therapy and on medication i started at the beginning of the year after putting it off for so long! I just got a pair of kittens who are about 1 year, neutered, vaccinated. Microchipped, healthy, non aggressive, very kind cats who dont play very rough or annoy anyone! They are boys if it matters. I have no children, and single but i really do not know what the future hold.
The dream dogs i want do not fit into my life at the moment, so i need help picking a breed or mix to help me with my current lifestyle. I am a business owner, independent, work from home, like it very quiet and peaceful, exercise, go on hikes, on the go/travel, but will plan to take them with me whenever i can
What I'm looking for -
- high intelligence, obedient, easily trained, loves to please, listens, loves to work or do commands
- alert, guard, protector, territorial but not aggressive
- respects boundaries or when told no
- has good intuition, and can sense when owner is sad, scared, depressed, crying
- intimadating looking, looks scary so others wont come up or try to bother me
- able to be around cats, dogs, people, kids
- able to take hikes, car rides, travel, beach, dog park, walks
- loves to cuddle or sit by owner while still respecting space and able to sit alone
- able to be crate trained for periods, car rides, parks, plane rides sometimes possibly
What im Not looking for -
- aloofness, annoying
- extremely high energy or needs like 3-4 walks daily
- extremely needy or demanding. I work from home so do need my space/alone time
- aggressive, no huge hunter instinct to chase cats, no biting
- no barking if possible or very minimal. I get panic attacks with too much noise especially howling, crying, barking at nothing or barking at every door. I understand dogs bark, but I'm talking constant all day or waking me up in the night barking
- no pulling on leash
My dream dogs -
I come from a lot of abuse, horrible relationships, scary experiences, hypervillagence, trouble sleeping at night, feeling scared all of the time. I'm a single female who exercises alone/takes walks/errands/park alone and i want to feel protected like a guard dog. Looking intimadating is very important. I dont want my dog to look too friendly or personable if that makes sense. I dont want them to be aggressive just look like it! I just want to feel safe for once in my life. I really need a loyal companion that brings me a feeling of protection as well! I'm in a large city, and the amount of street harassment women get daily is unbelievable. Any advice? Thank you!
- any japanese dog - Chow Chow, Akita, husky, shiba una, kishu, Akita Inu
- pit bull, mixes
- Huskies, alaskan malamute, anatolian shepherd
- belgian sheepdog, belgian turveran, bernese mountain dog
- doberman, bullsmastiff, Rottweiler, Doberman, great dane, GPS, american staffordshire terrier, afghan hound, Collie, Corgi, Rottweiler, Cane Corso, tibetan mastiff, dogo argentino, american bully, Labrador, English Bull Terrier
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2023.06.05 04:30 somethingsecretuknow Does anyone know which breed is best for my lifestyle?
Hello!
My questions are which breed best suits my lifestyle and is it better to get a puppy or a young adult? This will be an ESA written by my therapist so size/breed doesn't matter as far as housing or moving. I'm getting an official service dog in the future
I still struggle with posting about myself! I am in my late 20s now. I am diagnosed with ptsd, severe anxiety, major depression, ocd! I'm in therapy and on medication i started at the beginning of the year after putting it off for so long! I just got a pair of kittens who are about 1 year, neutered, vaccinated. Microchipped, healthy, non aggressive, very kind cats who dont play very rough or annoy anyone! They are boys if it matters. I have no children, and single but i really do not know what the future hold.
The dream dogs i want do not fit into my life at the moment, so i need help picking a breed or mix to help me with my current lifestyle. I am a business owner, independent, work from home, like it very quiet and peaceful, exercise, go on hikes, on the go/travel, but will plan to take them with me whenever i can
What I'm looking for -
- high intelligence, obedient, easily trained, loves to please, listens, loves to work or do commands
- alert, guard, protector, territorial but not aggressive
- respects boundaries or when told no
- has good intuition, and can sense when owner is sad, scared, depressed, crying
- intimadating looking, looks scary so others wont come up or try to bother me
- able to be around cats, dogs, people, kids
- able to take hikes, car rides, travel, beach, dog park, walks
- loves to cuddle or sit by owner while still respecting space and able to sit alone
- able to be crate trained for periods, car rides, parks, plane rides sometimes possibly
What im Not looking for -
- aloofness, annoying
- extremely high energy or needs like 3-4 walks daily
- extremely needy or demanding. I work from home so do need my space/alone time
- aggressive, no huge hunter instinct to chase cats, no biting
- no barking if possible or very minimal. I get panic attacks with too much noise especially howling, crying, barking at nothing or barking at every door. I understand dogs bark, but I'm talking constant all day or waking me up in the night barking
- no pulling on leash
My dream dogs -
I come from a lot of abuse, horrible relationships, scary experiences, hypervillagence, trouble sleeping at night, feeling scared all of the time. I'm a single female who exercises alone/takes walks/errands/park alone and i want to feel protected like a guard dog. Looking intimadating is very important. I dont want my dog to look too friendly or personable if that makes sense. I dont want them to be aggressive just look like it! I just want to feel safe for once in my life. I really need a loyal companion that brings me a feeling of protection as well! I'm in a large city, and the amount of street harassment women get daily is unbelievable. Any advice? Thank you!
- any japanese dog - Chow Chow, Akita, husky, shiba una, kishu, Akita Inu
- pit bull, mixes
- Huskies, alaskan malamute, anatolian shepherd
- belgian sheepdog, belgian turveran, bernese mountain dog
- doberman, bullsmastiff, Rottweiler, Doberman, great dane, GPS, american staffordshire terrier, afghan hound, Collie, Corgi, Rottweiler, Cane Corso, tibetan mastiff, dogo argentino, american bully, Labrador, English Bull Terrier
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2023.06.05 04:29 somethingsecretuknow Which dog breed do you think best suits my lifestyle?
Hello! Hoping someone here has knowledge of ESA/service dogs
My questions are which breed best suits my lifestyle and is it better to get a puppy or a young adult? This will be an ESA written by my therapist so size/breed doesn't matter as far as housing or moving. I'm getting an official service dog in the future
I still struggle with posting about myself! I am in my late 20s now. I am diagnosed with ptsd, severe anxiety, major depression, ocd! I'm in therapy and on medication i started at the beginning of the year after putting it off for so long! I just got a pair of kittens who are about 1 year, neutered, vaccinated. Microchipped, healthy, non aggressive, very kind cats who dont play very rough or annoy anyone! They are boys if it matters. I have no children, and single but i really do not know what the future hold.
The dream dogs i want do not fit into my life at the moment, so i need help picking a breed or mix to help me with my current lifestyle. I am a business owner, independent, work from home, like it very quiet and peaceful, exercise, go on hikes, on the go/travel, but will plan to take them with me whenever i can
What I'm looking for -
- high intelligence, obedient, easily trained, loves to please, listens, loves to work or do commands
- alert, guard, protector, territorial but not aggressive
- respects boundaries or when told no
- has good intuition, and can sense when owner is sad, scared, depressed, crying
- intimadating looking, looks scary so others wont come up or try to bother me
- able to be around cats, dogs, people, kids
- able to take hikes, car rides, travel, beach, dog park, walks
- loves to cuddle or sit by owner while still respecting space and able to sit alone
- able to be crate trained for periods, car rides, parks, plane rides sometimes possibly
What im Not looking for -
- aloofness, annoying
- extremely high energy or needs like 3-4 walks daily
- extremely needy or demanding. I work from home so do need my space/alone time
- aggressive, no huge hunter instinct to chase cats, no biting
- no barking if possible or very minimal. I get panic attacks with too much noise especially howling, crying, barking at nothing or barking at every door. I understand dogs bark, but I'm talking constant all day or waking me up in the night barking
- no pulling on leash
My dream dogs -
I come from a lot of abuse, horrible relationships, scary experiences, hypervillagence, trouble sleeping at night, feeling scared all of the time. I'm a single female who exercises alone/takes walks/errands/park alone and i want to feel protected like a guard dog. Looking intimadating is very important. I dont want my dog to look too friendly or personable if that makes sense. I dont want them to be aggressive just look like it! I just want to feel safe for once in my life. I really need a loyal companion that brings me a feeling of protection as well! I'm in a large city, and the amount of street harassment women get daily is unbelievable. Any advice? Thank you!
- any japanese dog - Chow Chow, Akita, husky, shiba una, kishu, Akita Inu
- pit bull, mixes
- Huskies, alaskan malamute, anatolian shepherd
- belgian sheepdog, belgian turveran, bernese mountain dog
- doberman, bullsmastiff, Rottweiler, Doberman, great dane, GPS, american staffordshire terrier, afghan hound, Collie, Corgi, Rottweiler, Cane Corso, tibetan mastiff, dogo argentino, american bully, Labrador, English Bull Terrier
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2023.06.05 04:28 somethingsecretuknow Dog breed help best for mental health
Hello!
My questions are which breed best suits my lifestyle and is it better to get a puppy or a young adult? This will be an ESA written by my therapist so size/breed doesn't matter as far as housing or moving. I'm getting an official service dog in the future
I still struggle with posting about myself! I am in my late 20s now. I am diagnosed with ptsd, severe anxiety, major depression, ocd! I'm in therapy and on medication i started at the beginning of the year after putting it off for so long! I just got a pair of kittens who are about 1 year, neutered, vaccinated. Microchipped, healthy, non aggressive, very kind cats who dont play very rough or annoy anyone! They are boys if it matters. I have no children, and single but i really do not know what the future hold.
The dream dogs i want do not fit into my life at the moment, so i need help picking a breed or mix to help me with my current lifestyle. I am a business owner, independent, work from home, like it very quiet and peaceful, exercise, go on hikes, on the go/travel, but will plan to take them with me whenever i can
What I'm looking for -
- high intelligence, obedient, easily trained, loves to please, listens, loves to work or do commands
- alert, guard, protector, territorial but not aggressive
- respects boundaries or when told no
- has good intuition, and can sense when owner is sad, scared, depressed, crying
- intimadating looking, looks scary so others wont come up or try to bother me
- able to be around cats, dogs, people, kids
- able to take hikes, car rides, travel, beach, dog park, walks
- loves to cuddle or sit by owner while still respecting space and able to sit alone
- able to be crate trained for periods, car rides, parks, plane rides sometimes possibly
What im Not looking for -
- aloofness, annoying
- extremely high energy or needs like 3-4 walks daily
- extremely needy or demanding. I work from home so do need my space/alone time
- aggressive, no huge hunter instinct to chase cats, no biting
- no barking if possible or very minimal. I get panic attacks with too much noise especially howling, crying, barking at nothing or barking at every door. I understand dogs bark, but I'm talking constant all day or waking me up in the night barking
- no pulling on leash
My dream dogs -
I come from a lot of abuse, horrible relationships, scary experiences, hypervillagence, trouble sleeping at night, feeling scared all of the time. I'm a single female who exercises alone/takes walks/errands/park alone and i want to feel protected like a guard dog. Looking intimadating is very important. I dont want my dog to look too friendly or personable if that makes sense. I dont want them to be aggressive just look like it! I just want to feel safe for once in my life. I really need a loyal companion that brings me a feeling of protection as well! I'm in a large city, and the amount of street harassment women get daily is unbelievable. Any advice? Thank you!
- any japanese dog - Chow Chow, Akita, husky, shiba una, kishu, Akita Inu
- pit bull, mixes
- Huskies, alaskan malamute, anatolian shepherd
- belgian sheepdog, belgian turveran, bernese mountain dog
- doberman, bullsmastiff, Rottweiler, Doberman, great dane, GPS, american staffordshire terrier, afghan hound, Collie, Corgi, Rottweiler, Cane Corso, tibetan mastiff, dogo argentino, american bully, Labrador, English Bull Terrier
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2023.06.04 23:03 vampirepriestpoison Looking for signs of decay before preparation of first specimen. Want to know if she's at least a candidate for preservation before I eviscerate and articulate. Pics and story inside.
Hi there,
I live in the city near Amish country. I'm about a 20 minute drive from at least a dozen puppy mills. My partner drives an electric bike to work and found what he believed to be a male yorkie (bless his heart) deceased in a hit and run in March. He asked me if I wanted him and of course I did but I had already taken my sleeping medication and he had to get to work so she was outdoors in 45-54F temps until 8am when she was dropped off at my apartment and put on ice. Once I got her I told my partner that she was definitely some variety of shepherd mix and is a girl so I took to calling her Astolfo.
I examined her body today and included some pics of what are the most damaged areas on her. Aside from removing from ticks and having an obviously mangled face, she looks surprisingly good. No signs of bloat or other bugs. Blood was/is fresh red. If I am able to preserve her I'd sew her eyes shut since there's no saving them and I'd also wire her jaw. I want to have her curled up like she's sleeping. Yes I am aware this is ridiculously ambitious for a first project. No I will not start with something easier. I have to help her. I hope you understand.
Here's a link to the pictures I included. TW for the obvious. Most people don't think she's beautiful right now and that's okay. Her one ear shows some blood inside, her eyes seemed to be obliterated then frozen over, some teeth are knocked loose and her jaw looks broken. Two of her nipples look peculiar which is what I'm most concerned about being the potential early sign of decay.
NOTE: The small teeth looking things are gravel I used to weigh down the puppy pad before I got her frozen body out there. They are not part of her body.
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2023.06.04 19:27 lovingheadbutts I resent my partner getting a new puppy - am I terrible?
TW: Animal death, mental health, self-harm, eating disorders.
Hi, this is my first time posting and please do not judge until you've read my whole post - it's just a crappy situation and I needed to write it out.
For context: I (29F) started dating my partner (30M) about 3 months ago and we fell for each other quickly, he is very loving and kind and the healthiest person that has come into my life for a long time. Before we started dating I had planned to adopt a cat from a local shelter, as I have struggled a lot with mental health issues including binge eating disorder, depression and suicidal thoughts - causing me to leave my job in Autumn 2022 and take a pay cut to become a home based freelancer, as I didnt even have the energy to get out of bed and shower some days. As I love cats and have owned a cat previously I thought caring for a fur baby would make both myself and the furball happy - me providing a loving home and cuddles to a kitty and them giving me a reason to get up and feel happier everyday as I get to take care of and bond with an animal.
So, 3 weeks ago I brought home the cutest grey and white 1.5yr old tomcat who was previously a streetcat and we instantly bonded and loved spending time with each other, with him giving affectionate headbutts and sitting on everyone he met to demand hugs. My partner was also there with him from Day 1 as he helped me pick him up from the shelter and loves animals as much as I do - so he obviously got a lot of cuddles and love from both of us. As I said, he's the best (both the cat and my BF).
However, after about 2 weeks at mine he got into a fight with another cat resulting in an injured paw, which I quickly took him to the vets for and was treated - although he wasn't happy about wearing the cone of shame and had to be continuously monitored, meaning I had to miss a family friends wedding, which I got flack for. On the Monday though, he looked very lethargic and violently threw up despite his medication so I rushed him in again to the vet the next day. He had previously had a UTI before living with me and was fully treated by the slehter, but now had a major bladder blockage and was rushed into surgery and kept for several days. After a few days, they said the damage to his Kidneys was too severe and had to be put down - a complete shock to myself and my immediate circle who I had told about him, as he was so young and I'd only had him for less than a month. I was devastated and lost my goddamn mind, with me having to say goodbye to him 3 days ago with my partner by my side, both of us crying and making sure he knew he was loved and cuddled and giving him lots of treats and love until he passed. I also had to pay over 2k in treatment and cremation costs right after he was gone, which felt like a gut punch as not only had I lost my furry best friend who I grew to love even in such a short time, but the insurance wouldn't cover it as technically the UTI was a previous condition and the insurance I was provided with from the shelter didn't cover it - draining my savings which I needed as I search for a more stable job - wrecking my mental health again. So really just a universal slap in the face from every direction.
Now, as I just feel so bereft at this unfortunate series of events and trying to process everything - my partner tells me he has decided to adopt a border collie/german shepherd cross puppy from his two friends who had a surprise litter, after being persuaded by them and also being a huge animal lover like myself. Although I am so happy for him as I know they'll find such joy in living together and forming the best bond ever, a horrible side of me is very angry and sad that my partner is now going to get to have the relationship with his fur baby that I never got to have with mine and I feel so desperately sad and guilty at these thoughts. I am going to be totally supportive and of course can't wait to have puppy cuddles, but everytime I think about it at the back of my mind I have a horrible pang of anger, jealousy and sadness which I wish wouldn't be there as I only want them both to find the loving bond I did with my adorable kitty, if even only for a short time. I thought I;d post here as I've never been good at processing grief and thought it'd help to write it out, as I want to be as supportive as possible and don't want to put an emotional burden onto his happy time by fully unloading.
Thanks for reading as I know this was long and I wish everyone and their furry, scaly, swimming and insect babies a long and happy time together <3
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2023.06.04 12:07 Bumboozeler Tyler Police Story III
Pig said he smelled dope on a long-time buddy of mine who's in probation (made mistakes in his youth, good guy pulled through) and who's clean for 2 years. Detained anyway and the license was suspended under "probable cause". Now he can't have a sustainable ride to his job where most of the income goes to his mother's medical bills.
Why bother pressing charges when the system we live in Tx supports a barnyard of misbehaved power-trippers?
Nichols, Sepulveda, Willis Palumbo, Fuentes 2012, Phillips, Joplin.
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2023.06.04 06:25 Critical_Cucumber283 Daily Dose Of Chisme Tok
June 3, 2023
Todays Chisme I Dryer Then Winds From Lobbock Tx.
Yesenia gave alive sacando las garras de even with basic questions . Se hace que le van a decir que se busque trabajo en serio muy pronto.
So apparently she will sale all her unwanted worn down clothing in the plaza de Sain Alto 🛑
Ma’am’s las del Rancho won’t fit into your clothes first of all. Second of all Ma’am’s you’ll be complaining about not having clothes cause According to you selling used clothes es un emprendimiento. Y eres bien movida.
No her wearing the depression Pjs that made her reddit famous . Lol 😆😂👍🏼
Not Annie making sure JULIAR accounts for her newest mini split that according to JULIAR la Annie scammed her followers for the other one’s already in her house during the hate campaign . Allegedly. “I SAID WHAT I SAID AND I WON’T TAKE BACK”
PSA ANNIE when doing your filtros don’t do to many head movements. It throws me off Cause I see your filtro lashes next to your temples. Just stay in one position when using multiple filters. Just an observation. 🤭🫣🫢
Not JULIAR doing a get ready with me in pink mode TIK TOK live . Going to get lit 🔥 with her beasties . Pa se acuerden todas la que le dicen Bestie . Is only the hook 🪝 so you can pay for PPV chisme de mexico 🇲🇽. She is already set with her bestie . No se hagan ilusiones por ni en el mundo 🌎 las haces solo cuando renovan las subscription. Allegedly
It’s funny because they say “we can do with her money whatever we want and we can give it to whoever we want.” Yeah you can. 👍🏼
So can we be gossiping here and there of who we want and when we want. Cada quien mi buen.
Not the neck La marca del tóxico.
Cringe 😬. Pa que digan los que anda detrás de la JULIAR . Tiene dueño here is my stamp lol 😆 asco 🤢 antes nos se lo iso a lado de la verruga . “I SAID WHAT I SAID AND WON’T TAKE IT BACK “
We had no Parientes make appearances today. Ni las primas 1.0 2.0 and last but not least 3.0.
Good night Roaches 🪳 Toxicas, Sin Que Hacer. Endeudadas Hasta Las Chanclas 🩴 Por Q Viven En USA 🇺🇸. Fan Club De La Yesenia.
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2023.06.04 04:38 Competitive_Army_196 Looking for LCOL but normal/good pay in acct field. Retirement savings good taxes, water supply not drying, lesser crime, etc.
Got my BA in ACCT might get my MACC or do rando courses and take CPA. But also may move if can get a job (i can) right now with some superv exp/costruc work but entry level acct 0 exp.
I am looking to go to state seasons are fine (ie winter,summer,fall, etc all fine.)
dont want like TX, FL, CA, NYC, WA, DE, NJ, AZ, NM.
I like the middle area more i think like WY,SD,ND,WI,OH,IN,IL,IA,MS,
AL.GA.SC.NC,VA,WV,KY,KS,NE,TN,ETC.
only concern with colder spots are: Asthma (dont like the congest feeling from wild coldness), old people (dont want sick or slip and boom taken out by some stupid harsh winter when they prob could get 20+ years still)
I want to get like a LCOL with a good pay. So I can have animals, land, home, etc at kind of younger age. Temps arent 2 concerning, crime rates/rising big factor, enviroment/natural disasters are a concern (ie dont want wildfires ie CA or i 10/20 years for my area to be struggling for Water (AZ)?).
Not that I plan 2, but I would prefer a "logical" idea for gun stuff, mostly with this is just if someone is breaking into my home/still on my prop/ attacking me/ being a danger (crime going up i dont want to get charged on some BS if someone tries to rob/home invade) (NJ),
I would prefer low retirement tax implications (this would not be for my ie not for my 401k withdraw but for elderly people who I will be taking care of their disburstments ie SS/ annuity/ forget other shit but perhaps a benefit state to the. On that topic a state with no inheritance/death tax.
medical care/something within 4 hours for major surgery pref ie cancer (sure most places have this i not could use plane/drive from Lcol savings (doubt needed 4 me, old people mb but both good health, poor knees. a decent cancer screening state would b good (do those rankings even exist?)
States with entertainment of some level would be a plus:
really anything just need something:
ie i like Bball, (Indiana (maybe lcol with high pay), bull riding/horse riding (viewing not doing) might b cool, golfing (for old people not me), socialization opportunities for old people maybe?, swimming, fishing, catfishing, sewing, farming,hunting, gardening, mudfishing, College football clubs, nba teams, nfl teams, mlb, museaum, historical marks, hiking trails, national parks, scenery.
One day in my LCOL decent/high pay job I hope to have someone working for me that can solve these questions so I dont have to both yall. Also if needed I dont have a ACCT focus. I do like taxes (dont know anything at all from college at all at all.) I dont mind other ie just standard act1 etc. jobs. I have few years supervisor exp and lots of years for construction fam business. I plan to like on applications if I cant get anything 55k+ legit ie 3 year supervisor? 3 year supervisor that used _____ required skill for 1 year, ads/customer service/ job req/ finance planning/budgeting @ construction ( I did actually do this just in no way what a pro co. would do more like hours as a kid figuring our product price/costs/ pricing/ft etc. I can say I did that family business for 8+ years idk how that looks resume wise but I include skills in there a job might want ie communication or whatever.
for the like req skills somehting like
bill dot com or
quickbooks
pivot/vlookup
sql
would few dedicated hours of yt not get me to a beg level to start a job? like Bill dot com get invoice bring to there, document how Co. wants??
sql will get my ass but not applying for many with that in req.
Thank yall
for initial home looking 3 be 2 bath 3+ acres, if in cheap lcol then 3bed 2 bath 10+ acre. wouldnt mind 2 angus 1 dairy cows, chickens, garden (havent hcosen size yet not big deal), water supply if possible, need ac/some newer stuff (dont want to buy some shitter that needs hella fixing ie fucked roof or shitty porch etc.
trying to stay between 200/700k settlling more at that 350-550 range.
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2023.06.04 02:20 Competitive_Army_196 Best State/Area move to for accounting after college?
Got my BA in ACCT might get my MACC or do rando courses and take CPA. But also may move if can get a job (i can) right now with some superv exp/costruc work but entry level acct 0 exp.
I am looking to go to state seasons are fine (ie winter,summer,fall, etc all fine.)
dont want like TX, FL, CA, NYC, WA, DE, NJ, AZ, NM.
I like the middle area more i think like WY,SD,ND,WI,OH,IN,IL,IA,MS,
AL.GA.SC.NC,VA,WV,KY,KS,NE,TN,ETC.
only concern with colder spots are: Asthma (dont like the congest feeling from wild coldness), old people (dont want sick or slip and boom taken out by some stupid harsh winter when they prob could get 20+ years still)
I want to get like a LCOL with a good pay. So I can have animals, land, home, etc at kind of younger age. Temps arent 2 concerning, crime rates/rising big factor, enviroment/natural disasters are a concern (ie dont want wildfires ie CA or i 10/20 years for my area to be struggling for Water (AZ)?).
Not that I plan 2, but I would prefer a "logical" idea for gun stuff, mostly with this is just if someone is breaking into my home/still on my prop/ attacking me/ being a danger (crime going up i dont want to get charged on some BS if someone tries to rob/home invade) (NJ),
I would prefer low retirement tax implications (this would not be for my ie not for my 401k withdraw but for elderly people who I will be taking care of their disburstments ie SS/ annuity/ forget other shit but perhaps a benefit state to the. On that topic a state with no inheritance/death tax.
medical care/something within 4 hours for major surgery pref ie cancer (sure most places have this i not could use plane/drive from Lcol savings (doubt needed 4 me, old people mb but both good health, poor knees. a decent cancer screening state would b good (do those rankings even exist?)
States with entertainment of some level would be a plus:
really anything just need something:
ie i like Bball, (Indiana (maybe lcol with high pay), bull riding/horse riding (viewing not doing) might b cool, golfing (for old people not me), socialization opportunities for old people maybe?, swimming, fishing, catfishing, sewing, farming,hunting, gardening, mudfishing, College football clubs, nba teams, nfl teams, mlb, museaum, historical marks, hiking trails, national parks, scenery.
One day in my LCOL decent/high pay job I hope to have someone working for me that can solve these questions so I dont have to both yall. Also if needed I dont have a ACCT focus. I do like taxes (dont know anything at all from college at all at all.) I dont mind other ie just standard act1 etc. jobs. I have few years supervisor exp and lots of years for construction fam business. I plan to like on applications if I cant get anything 55k+ legit ie 3 year supervisor? 3 year supervisor that used _____ required skill for 1 year, ads/customer service/ job req/ finance planning/budgeting @ construction ( I did actually do this just in no way what a pro co. would do more like hours as a kid figuring our product price/costs/ pricing/ft etc. I can say I did that family business for 8+ years idk how that looks resume wise but I include skills in there a job might want ie communication or whatever.
for the like req skills somehting like
bill dot com or
quickbooks
pivot/vlookup
sql
would few dedicated hours of yt not get me to a beg level to start a job? like Bill dot com get invoice bring to there, document how Co. wants??
sql will get my ass but not applying for many with that in req.
Thank yall
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2023.06.03 11:42 kittehgoesmeow What A Day: Border To Tears by Julia Claire & Crooked Media (06/02/23)
"A couple very good guys wrote an article today, the tobacco king, you the tobacco king..." - Disgraced former president Donald Trump doing some classic word salad during his Fox News town hall with Sean Hannity Law And Border
Some variation on “CHAOS AT THE BORDER” is a staple phrase in the Fox News chyron. But the source of that chaos is not who they want you to think it is. - The Trump-era policy known as Title 42—which allowed American border agents to rapidly expel many migrants to Mexico or other countries to request asylum—expired in May, and conservative media whipped its viewership into a frenzy anticipating a huge increase in illegal crossings at the Southern border. That hasn’t happened. What has happened is a crisis of a different kind.
- An internal Border Patrol investigation found that medical staff “declined” (refused) to review the file of an eight-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and a rare blood disorder before she had a fatal seizure on her ninth day in custody. Her parents had shared her medical history with authorities the second day the family was in custody. Anadith Alvarez was the daughter of Honduran immigrants, born with a congenital heart defect that required surgery three years ago. The day before she died, the girl had a fever of almost 105 degrees.
- The video surveillance system where the girl’s family was detained in Harlingen, TX, had been out of service for over one month, a violation of federal law that prevented authorities from collecting evidence, but interviews with Border Patrol agents and medical personnel there raised enough troubling questions to trigger an investigation into the girl’s nine days in custody. The agency’s own limit to detain migrants is 72 hours. The Office of Professional Responsibility (which is like Border Patrol’s office of internal affairs) reported that despite the girl’s rapidly deteriorating condition, her mothers concerns, “and the series of treatments required to manage her condition, contracted medical personnel did not transfer her to a hospital for higher-level care.”
This is far from the first report of this kind detailing inhumane treatment of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. - Adding to the unstable conditions at the border, the head of the U.S. Border Patrol, Chief Raul Ortiz, announced his retirement Tuesday night, which will take effect on June 30. It is unclear who will replace him. Ortiz oversaw Border Patrol’s nearly 20,000 agents during the pandemic and through the implementation of Title 42 after beginning his tenure in August 2021 following the ouster of MAGA-head Rodney Scott, who fully embraced Trump’s policies including #BuildTheWall. But the malpractice plainly did not end with Scott’s removal.
- During the Biden administration, agents have continued to engage in “unnecessary use of force” against non-threatening Haitian migrants. Biden’s own DOJ defended the continuation of Trump’s family-separation policy in court, despite his past criticisms of the policy as “criminal.” Since taking office, Biden has tightened standards for asylum seekers at the border to the degree that some argue he has all but eliminated the right to seek asylum on American soil. Seeking asylum is an internationally protected right, so it doesn’t feel particularly radical to criticize the policy choices that led to this.
President Biden, like President Obama before him, made a wager: that tough border policies and deportations will buy good will from conservatives or neutralize their bad-faith attacks. Except, it didn’t, and it won’t. Conservative media and GOP lawmakers will always portray Democratic presidents, falsely, as open-borders fanatics, no matter how strict their actual immigration policies are. Multiple GOP governors thousands of miles from the border have deployed national guardsmen to Texas, absent a big uptick in crossings, as a propaganda feint, to create the false perception of disorder. Democrats can’t beat that approach by meeting it in the ever-shifting middle, and they shouldn’t try.
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Under The Radar
A series of investigations found that Allina Health System, a “nonprofit” that runs more than 100 hospitals and clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin has repeatedly withheld care from patients who have unpaid medical bills as a draconian bill-collecting tactic. The network rakes in over $4 billion in annual revenue. In the for-profit American healthcare system, many hospitals are known to take aggressive measures to collect medical debt, including taking patients to court, garnishing their wages, or even seizing their tax refunds. Allina Health System, on the other hand, has an explicit policy to completely shut off non-emergency health services for patients with at least $4,500 in unpaid medical debt, and not allow them to resume receiving treatment until it’s paid off in full. At point, the electronic health-records system locks so that staff cannot schedule future appointments for those patients, even ones with chronic conditions requiring regular attention like diabetes and cancer. That confronts those patients with a choice between getting a loan approved through the hospital or filing for bankruptcy. Anyone in this country who has ever been on the wrong side of a health-insurance dispute knows how easy it is to rack up $4,500 in medical debt. Almost one-in-three Americans have medical debt, which accounts for about half of all outstanding debt in this country. Because Allina Health System is a “nonprofit” it was able to avoid $266 million in state, local, and federal taxes in 2020 alone. Another perfect day in the American health-care industrial complex!
What Else?
The Department of Labor’s monthly jobs report showed the 29th straight month of strong job growth, with employers adding 339,000 jobs in May. The U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan ransom note to suspend the debt limit, averting what would have been the nation’s first-ever default. The bill now heads to President Biden’s desk for signature.
The Senate voted to rescind President Biden’s student-loan forgiveness program, a measure the president is (obviously) expected to veto. YouTube will reverse its election-integrity policy, and allow election-denial videos on the platform. Great! I love when corporations sacrifice democracy to extract just a little bit more profit.
Disgraced former president Donald Trump’s lawyers have informed the DOJ that they can’t find the classified document about military operations in Iran that Trump was recorded referencing. Very likely story!
The Justice Department will not seek charges against former Vice President Mike Pence for his possession of potentially classified government documents, and the investigation has been closed. The Fulton County, GA, District Attorney’s investigation of disgraced former president Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election has expanded to include activities in Washington, DC, and several other states. More than 800 million trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just the past six years to meet global beef demand. Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) accused the National Rifle Association of seeking to use involuntary commitment laws “to round up mentally ill people and deprive them of other liberties,” a rare criticism of the NRA from a Republican. An investigation into child sexual-abuse claims in Spain’s Catholic Church found 728 abusers among members of the clergy and non-clerical staff and 927 victims since the 1940’s. A 19-year-old in the United Kingdom who converted to extremist Islam during the pandemic and planned to carry out a terrorist attack was given six years in prison. The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is experiencing its worst-ever wildfire season, with more than 200 so far this year. Be Smarter
The Discord disclosures of highly classified national security documents by former Massacheusetts Air National Guardsman/racist freak Jack Teixeira contain one particularly startling revelation: Iran, according to U.S. intelligence, plan to enlist militants in Syria to step up roadside attacks against U.S. military personnel, including through the use of armor-piercing munitions. The escalation is reportedly part of a broader strategic effort between Iran and Russia to drive the U.S. from the region (don’t threaten us with a good time!) but could also lead to escalating hostilities between the U.S. and Iran—and just in time for the Republican presidential primary, which will be chockablock with bloodthirsty war hawks who would happily exploit carnage in the region to revamp the GOP push for war.
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A Baltimore couple, both nurses, saved a fellow passenger’s life on their flight back from a Florida vacation. Fort Bragg, the major military base in North Carolina named after General Braxton Bragg—a Confederate general who owned slaves—was renamed Fort Liberty. Not sure why anyone thought it was a good idea to name a base after a guy who lost so many battles and is “widely regarded among historians as a poor leader who did not have the respect of his troops” in the first place!
Roberto Minuta, a member of the far-right Oath Keepers who was part of the security detail for longtime Trump adviseThe Riddler Roger Stone, was sentenced to more than four years in prison for seditious conspiracy related to his involvement in the January 6 insurrection. Enjoy
paige on Twitter: "My 11 month-old son saw the pride merchandise in our local Target- immediately said “mama, I am woke and gay now” and then he did the worm"
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2023.06.02 20:22 CFoakley LOST themed fridge magnet poetry!
| I thought members of this sub would find gently amusing the fridge magnet poetry set I was given as a gift. (Zoom in to read!) Not sure where it came from originally, but I know it wasn't officially licensed merch. Anyway, hope ya dig! submitted by CFoakley to lost [link] [comments] |
2023.06.02 14:02 Pangolin_Beatdown Dog bite causing repetitive motion pain in forearm
60f
188 pounds
Physically active: hiking, camping, walking, gardening, camping, rock collecting, travel, home maintenance and professional / hobby related construction and fabrication projects
Routinely lift and carry things that weight 30-40 pounds (rocks, dog food bags, machines and tools)
Non-smoker
Very occasional social alcohol (maybe 2x/month, 2-3 beers)
Overall health very good for age, no chronic conditions except mood disorder that has been stable with medication last 30 years
Receive regular checkups and screenings
Professional gem cutter (operate precision machines by hand to cut gemstones, involves continual repetitive and precise motions with hands and arms
Medications: Lipitor (preventive - unmedicated cholesterol was borderline) Claritin (pet dander allergies) Lamictal 450 mg (mood disorder) Omega 3 fish oil 4 grams Aspirin (preventive)
(Eta: Photo of bites in comments)
A German shepherd dog bit me two weeks ago, a single forceful bite (no jerking or pulling) which left two deep punctures on my inner forearm, one 3" from my wrist and the other 3" farther up, as well as red bruising and significant swelling. Went to the ER where they cleaned the bites, gave me a tetanus shot and antibiotics, and Advil for pain. Now two weeks later, the bruising is all gone and the punctures themselves have mostly healed but I have pain when I flex my forearm and wrist. The pain gets worse if I continue to perform motions with that forearm and wrist and goes away when I don't move it. The pain is centered about the bite that was closest to my wrist, which is in the area of tendons there. There is also pain when I press on the wound that is closest to my wrist.
I cut gems professionally which requires I perform repetitive motions with that forearm for hours on end. I am seeing my GP next week and he will probably refer me to an orthopedic doc but in the meantime I am anxious.
What are some possible causes? If the bite nicked a tendon would that cause this? Will that be visible with an x-ray and repairable? Could it just have crunched a nerve?
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2023.06.02 13:21 han88star Taste of Hoboken on Tuesday
There are still a few tickets left for the Hoboken Community Center’s annual Taste of Hoboken fundraiser on Tuesday, June 6!
The event has been held for more than twenty years in support of the HCC’s programs, such as the Pantry which supports more than 2,400 residents and families. This event will help to feed, house and provide support to those in need in our community.
More than 25 local restaurants will provide guests with samples of their signature dishes, including Alessio’s, Anthony David’s, Antique Bar and Bakery, Baking Mama, Barbès, Bin 14, Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, Do Good Donuts, Double Dough, Fat Taco Tequila Bar, Fruiti Fi, GTK, Halifax, Hoboken Farms, Il Tavolo di Palmisano, Karma Kafe, La Boheme, Leo’s Grandevous, The Madison Bar & Grill, Merry Hot Cocoa, Montebello Bakery, Orale, Panela, Plaka Souvlaki, The Shepherd & The Knucklehead, Tony Boloney’s, and more to be announced.
Sponsors for the event include Jersey City Medical Center, Applied Housing Management, Bijou Properties, Ironstate, Rockabill, Sunrise Commodities, UBS, Federated National Land, LLC, Foot and Ankle Premier Specialists, Presinzano and Solanki Family, Schmid Family, URSA Development Group and Giannone Wine & Liquor Co, which will provide more than 10 wine, beer and liquor brand tastings.
A silent auction will be held simultaneously on-site and online. Local experiences and gift certificates to local businesses will be available. Those not in attendance can bid virtually by visiting galabid.com/tasteofhoboken2023. There will also be an on-site wine pull.
The event is 21+.
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2023.06.02 07:01 Critical_Cucumber283 Daily Dose Of Chisme Tok
JUNE 1, 2023
As I Thought 💭 Today Was Going To Be A Dry Dry Recap Of Events. No One Behold The Winds From Lobbock Tx Has Taken Yesenia Back To Sain Alto 🛑.
So allegedly the one user who came in the morning and gave us the chisme was right on point. Thank you 🙏🏼
She took all her belongings including the mantel she probably bought with a raffle money.
According to her Cucomelon slap the Mario coins 🪙 out of her first time after the the romantic picnic she set up. Allegedly for trying to steal from him $140.00 .
She claims she did not see the signs yet the bruises we’re on her harms . Make it Make Sense .
She claims she will set up a table in the plaza and sale her unwanted items because as a person who was born in a country where most people would like to come and work and create opportunity for there family and themself she has chosen to leave like a person who is unable to reach that opportunity. Math Ain’t Mathing
She stated now all of the sudden even thought Cucomelon DV her physically she claims Marinovio Was worst .
She fess up she moved in to fast 1 month after dating , (If you call that dating )Many people warned her including the reddit thread . Yet she fail to see the signs 🪧 since we we’re all jealous and wanted her man. 🤮🤮🤮
For her to say Roaches made fun of her DV 🛑 She seems to have amnesia of some sort.
Roaches 🪳 said no to DV that was never ok. So for her to try and sale that fake narrative continues to baffle me .
It’s seem to me that taking the mantel and saying you took it was and smiling while saying it is more like a trophy than someone who has been thru a traumatic event.
That she went thru it yes that we all saw it in the picture yes but, the page made fun of it No 🛑 so stop ✋
Hasta pena ajena da . Cuando llega el tío “ya llego de trabajar” no todavía no.
Cuando decía que el tío Iva por ella a Juarez creo que se quedó esperando ella por que tío nunca llegó . Andaba trabajando .
Ya andaba poniéndose las pestañas de Borrego 🐑 por que se Iva ir para la plaza . Tal vez para ir a scout her new spot for her table .
She said she did not take the 3k from the moldy mattress. Will see . In one of the first outings to the famous saturday night baile lucky’s, she alleges he put hands on her and accused her of drinking . While a cop was there putting on his gloves to allegedly go in and do some law and order.
All of the sudden the reason she did not press charges was cause he did not want him to back to Sain and see him there . Not because she was not that kind of person like she had said before .
She gets into this toxic relationship because she wants to fix them this man boys . Yet many times she would say on live while with MariNovio. “I am not his mom nor his therapist so I can help him with his berrinches “
With all the raffles she made while in the states. She had to depend on the money from her car to go back .
Julia live confesión sessions with alleged confessions from the bestias . The End
Annie going thru it and goes thru it every summer do to her poor choice from the USA 🇺🇸 . She getting trolled on some of her post . I wonder who could be behind that let’s put our thinking 🤔 hats 🧢 on lol 😂 The End™️
Roaches 🪳 GOOD night 🥒®️™️©️ There Is More To This Saga . To be continued
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2023.06.01 15:25 No_Competition4897 [HIRING] 25 Jobs in OK Hiring Now!
Hey guys, here are some recent job openings , feel free to comment here if you have any questions, I'm at the community's disposal! If you encounter any problems with any of these job openings please let me know that I will modify the table accordingly. Thanks!
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2023.06.01 00:52 kucuk__kurbaga i-130 and i-485 approved
| Hi, thank you all guys for your posts, updates and for cheering each other up. I got so much information from this thread. My case was just approved today. My husband filed i-130 end of August 2022 and I filed the rest of the forms (i-485, i-765, and i-131) on January 20, 2023. There was not movement on EAD and AP. For i-485 they sent RFE for medical on April 14, 2023 I replied within a week and it appeared in the account that they received on May 4th. Yesterday I saw date changed for RFE received and no status change. At the same time I checked i-130 and I noticed "case actively being reviewed" as of may 30, and under documents section I found approval for i-130. Approval message for i-130 came in today around 1:15 pm CST. About 5:20 I check USCIS account and see my i-485 is approved along with approval notice under documents section. I-130 got transferred to California Service Center and RFE for medical for i-485 I got from San Antonio, TX. Approval for i-130 came from CA, approval for i-485 came from NBC. Good luck to everyone! I hope your cases get approved soon! submitted by kucuk__kurbaga to USCIS [link] [comments] |
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