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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • The cat (15, Siamese) that had a stroke and vestibular syndrome two weeks ago is able to move around mostly normally again, but is still having some trouble, so my partner and I are acting as kitty elevators until we’re confident going down stairs won’t be a challenge. She’s still on borrowed time with masses in her brain and lung.

    The sphynx (18) that had heart failure a few months ago is basically back to normal and demanding lots of attention.









  • Yep, that’s bullshit. Though some of it is training, not actual technique. Like the guy sitting in seiza and being lifted. That sort of thing is used as a training to learn different ways to control your own body. But the throw that comes along with it? Bullshit. Whoever takes these training techniques out of context and presented them as real techniques, including the teacher, the person that recorded it, and the person that presented it, are all being dishonest about it.








  • These types of articles tend to be conservative in their outlook. Things are getting better, so no need to change anything, right?

    But let’s look at just to drug overdose deaths mentioned in the article. Here’s a graph from the CDC:

    You’ll note that, yes, there is a downward trend from 2022-2023. The part that ignores is there’s a much larger rising trend. I’d compare it to claiming global warming is getting better because winter is colder.

    I’m not saying the numbers going down is a bad thing, I just don’t think two data points going in the direction you want to claim outweighs the rest of the data.