Remember when they sold us the slogan, “Go paperless, save trees, save the planet”? Now we've gone digital, and it's consuming enormous amounts of water, destroying ecosystems, harming bees, and contributing to environmental damage on a scale paper never did.
My boyfriend made this little arched doorway in the wall for my cat so she could move freely between the living room and bedroom without us having to leave doors open all the time.
I came home from work three days ago and he's standing there grinning like he just built the Sistine Chapel, pointing at the baseboard. "Look what I made."
There's a perfect little archway cut into the wall. Wood frame, smooth edges, brass hardware holding it in place like a tiny magical portal. He measured her, researched cat door heights, watched YouTube videos on how to cut drywall without destroying the whole wall.
Spent two weekends building this because he noticed she'd sit by the bedroom door and meow when it was closed, wanting to be wherever we weren't.
I stood there staring at this thing trying not to cry because who does that? Who spends their Saturday cutting a cat-sized archway into someone else's rental apartment wall because a cat seemed mildly inconvenienced?
He said he found the design idea on Tedooo app in a home improvement group, saw someone else did it for their dog. Ordered the brass corner pieces from a woodworker on Tedooo who makes custom pet furniture. Even sanded and stained the wood to match our floors.
My girl walked through it immediately, stopped in the middle, and looked back at him like "finally, someone gets it."
Now she uses it approximately seventy times a day. Back and forth. Living room to bedroom. Bedroom to living room. Just because she can.
I posted this photo in the pet community on Tedooo where I sell handmade cat toys and collars. People lost their minds. Someone asked if my boyfriend takes commissions.
Best photo ever of my girl. But really it's the best photo of what love looks like when someone pays attention to the small things that matter to you.
Even if it's a cat. And a doorway. And a weekend project that didn't need to happen but did anyway.
I live in Puna Hawai'i and my area is on our 6th day without power and now 3 more storms are coming.
The government does not care.
Not your local government*, not the state government, and definitely not the Federal government.
*Except Mamdani.
They really should’ve done this when it was first revealed what they did. Her death is why it was resurfacing, but she told us what they did while she was alive, which makes this nothing more than damage control and not an actual apology. Sometimes it really is a little too late.
Denmark just passed a law that every person owns a copyright to their own face, voice and body. In the age of AI, this places more legal control in a person's hands, and there are real, large consequences and fines for breaking this law.
I’m so tired of the “grow your own food” response to all of these recalls. I don’t want a damn homestead! I want all the damn tax money I pay to fund agencies that protect our food!
This is the thing: measles is the canary in the coal mine. It’s the most contagious disease we know, so it’s the first to come back when vaccination slips, and behind it are diphtheria, polio, whooping cough, all the diseases we no longer fear because we stopped seeing them.