April (they/them)

Just so happened to listen to two back-to-back birthday episodes of the pod (The Shape of Water & Little Miss Sunshine) and boy, were they a treat 💖
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

Maintenance Phase fan here 💗 I was quite wary of the Biggest Loser doc when it was first being advertised, but then I saw you in the trailer and knew I had to watch it. You are incredible, the work you do is incredible! (sending love from a queer lil' lad)

can confirm, I have listened to every single Maintenance Phase episode except this one 😅

LET'S SHOW UP FOR TRANS KIDS! Point of Pride is a phenomenal trans-led organization that provides *direct* gender affirming care to trans ppl, from financial aid for surgeries, HRT, electrolysis, free binders/shapewear. Every single donation makes a difference secure.givelively.org/donate/point...

The masks ICE agents wear aren’t masks. They’re face coverings designed to hide their identity.

The masks disabled people have been pleading to normalize are KN95s, N95s and other respirators. Which will help protect you from COVID & other airborne threats!

Normalize masking for public health.

Medical science: "Look at all the advances we have to keep you alive with just a pill!"

Also science: "You can't have grapefruit now."

getting kind compliments from strangers about my tattoos always makes me feel so good 🥲 like yes tysm! please affirm me! it’s healing for my inner child!!!

I understand how strong hyper-normalization is (not to mention individualism) and how successful the west is/was in politicizing something as simple as wearing a mask, I just wish it wasn’t the reality we face. I wish people cared more.

Knowing what I know now about covid—and long covid for that matter—and the health risks it puts on every person who comes into contact with it…it’s just so unsettling to see the potential of communities of people being harmed simply because they got sick with covid.

It feels so weird being someone who still masks regularly. Currently on the ferry and in the last hour and a half, I have only seen one other passenger wearing a mask. I know I cannot possibly encounter every person on this boat to see if they’re masked or not…but it still gives me pause.

There’s so much I want in life, especially as it relates to my creativity, and yet I’m always minimizing myself and standing in my way still… I really want to know how to turn mindfulness into action.

being born on the first day of pride month felt intentional #gay

Proud of you for doing what you needed to for yourself and your health dude! Even if it means this chapter of Teddy’s is closed, there is still hope for what the next chapter can and will bring ❤️‍🩹

It would be so great to get a single major social platform that isn't run by or doesn't cater to right wing extremists

Why is jogging like THE activity for a protagonist in a drama film? It’s a weirdly common character point that always sets a scene as either “running is my reflective time in the face of stress (aka the story arc)!” or, as filler scenes

Someone downtown is playing their saxophone outside and it is echoing beautifully between the buildings

took a whole month but I’m FINALLY no longer dealing with bed bugs 😭🥲

Please donate if you can and help spread the word by re-sharing ❤️ What happened at the Lapu Lapu Festival is horrific. If you live in the lower mainland and are able, please consider donating blood to help those injured.

Tomorrow is election day and my fearful anxiety for the outcome is really starting to build… I’m glad I voted during the advanced voting last weekend to avoid the craziness tomorrow. 😮‍💨

staying in a hotel for the first time as an adult is so nice 🥲

Born to love.
Forced to constantly think my very existence is a nuisance at best and that even the slightest misstep could make the people around me uncomfortable.

the “mosquito” bites I was allergic to were actually bed bug bites…I just spent the last 3.5 days dealing with that 😭 thank goodness for my friends and the super nice exterminator guy

unfortunately I feel like stress is what’s going to get me in the end 🙃

I am definitely not feeling fergalicious today.

my bug bite journey continues, I now have one on my eyebrow 😑 the look and feel of a welt right above your eye is VERY MUCH LESS THAN IDEAL

learning I’m (now) allergic to mosquito bites after finding 7 in the past week is less than ideal…

Today I booked in two important medical appointments that I’ve been putting off for SO LONG, they’re both a month away now but I still feel proud of myself for getting it done! #audhd

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