Mimi H.

“By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.”

[Salt River Wild Horse Management Group @srwhmg]

This New York Times investigative Article by Dave Phillips is going quite viral. Below link will let you read it for free.

While it may be un-surprising to horse advocates, many americans new to the issue are shocked. It is hard to understand that this could really be happening at the hands of, or at the very least blind eyes of, the very agencies who are charged with wild horse protection. (the BLM and the Forest Service)
However, it's true. We, SRWHMG, know it firsthand all too well. We go to those auctions where you see formerly glorious wild and free horses, terrorized, while they run them through the sale and later stuff them on the slaughtertrucks. If that's hard to hear, imagine being there, knowing what they are going through, and not being able to save them all.

While the Salt River wild horses will continue to run wild and free in the Tonto National Forest, we currently still have a lawsuit against the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest for the way they handled the zeroing out of the Alpine wild horse herd. Approximately 600 of them were sold at auctions, where we had to bid against multiple kill buyers, just so we could place them in sanctuaries all over the country. (Which the Forest Service themselves should have and could have done.) We managed to save 422 of them, but it cost us and our donors dearly, and we are still wondering about the ones we documented in the forest, that never actually showed up in the auctions put on by Rail Lazy H.

Currently, that same Apache Sitgreaves Forest Service is trying to do the same thing with the Heber wild horses. There is a lawsuit underway about that currently, (by ISPMB) so a judge will get to decide. We do not believe, and we hope the USFS will not get away with the loopholes that circumvent the wild free roaming horse and burro act.

To us, it's just incredibly sad that these agencies can stoop so low. Especially because there is no reason for it, because THERE ARE BETTER WAYS. More sustainable, more affordable and more humane ways of lowering a population. We know, because thats what we do, every day. We've prevented more than 1000 births of Salt River wild horses, and with that we believe we've prevented more than 1000 deaths of Salt River wild horses, while at the same time affording the rest of the herd the legal right to continue to roam free. All that, can be done on a much larger scale across America as well. #managewildhorseshumanely

Here is the beginning of the very viral New York Times Article, exposing how the BLM is using loopholes to "get rid" of as many wild horses as possible. Thank you for sharing:
= > "They once had run free through the desert mountains of the West, a multicolored band of 68 wild mustangs that had never been saddled or corralled.

Then the federal government rounded them up with helicopters, as it has with tens of thousands of other mustangs, in an attempt to control wild populations on public lands. The horses were held for years in a feed lot in Idaho while the government tried to find them what it called “loving homes.”

Abruptly this March, the government found a home. Whether it was loving didn’t seem to matter.

The horses were packed into echoing metal trailers and trucked 1,800 miles east to the pens of a hard-luck livestock trader in Ohio named Brandon Jones, who bought them for $25 each.

A day later, two double-decker cattle trucks pulled up at midnight, loaded the mustangs and quickly drove off into the night.

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[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Not that anybody asked, but in the time that has elapsed since the @NYKnicks last won a championship, we’ve discovered eight new Subatomic Particles. J-Psi Meson / Tau Lepton / Bottom Quark / Gluon / W-Z Boson / Top Quark / Tau Neutrino / Higgs Boson

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Our public libraries are a testament to government's ability to deliver excellent free services. But for too long, they've been forced to fight for budget scraps.

This year, we are changing that: I am proud to announce $31.7 million in new funding for our libraries.

Expect more staff, expanded hours, robust programming, and lots of copies of the Very Hungry Caterpillar for New York's Cutest.

[Mimi H. @lhuwes]

@PepperNPals 😭😭😭

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@lizrhoffman What’s his name? I want to be friends

[Maryam @hell_line0]

Just watched a video where a woman writer shared how her mum came over to help. Her mum did all the housework, laundry, cooking, cleaning, and childcare so she could focus. During her mum’s stay, writer TRIPLED her daily word count.

Then she said something that hit hard.
Most men have this kind of support their entire lives. Next time you call a man productive, consider that.

Damn. Still letting it sink in.

[Talia Jane @taliaotg]

ALL city hospitals are operating as warming centers.

311 is directing people to call 911 if unhoused folks are outdoors.

Scattered power outages across the boroughs, density in Bushwick.

DO NOT USE YOUR OVEN TO HEAT YOUR HOME

[Mimi H. @lhuwes]

@writeclimbrun Toronto

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@LlKECALLSTOLIKE I love pretty rocks too ❤️ Happy birthday

[Mimi H. @lhuwes]

@SFdirewolf I can’t believe this was her last tweet…

[Mimi H. @lhuwes]

@DamnNearWhite Starting salary for investment bankers in the 90s was less than that.

[Carl Hindy, Ph.D. @DrCarlHindy]

IF I GET DEMENTIA…..
I’d like my family to hang this wish list up on the wall where I live. I want them to remember these things.

1a. Every time you enter the room announce yourself. “Hi Dad - it’s Amanda.”
NEVER ask- Do you know who I am??? That causes anxiety.

• If I get dementia, I want my friends and family to embrace my reality.

• If I think my spouse is still alive, or if I think we’re visiting my parents for dinner, let me believe those things. I’ll be much happier for it.

• If I get dementia, don’t argue with me about what is true for me versus what is true for you.

• If I get dementia, and I am not sure who you are, do not take it personally. My timeline is confusing to me.

• If I get dementia, and can no longer use utensils, do not start feeding me. Instead, switch me to a finger-food diet, and see if I can still feed myself.

• If I get dementia, and I am sad or anxious, hold my hand and listen. Do not tell me that my feelings are unfounded.

• If I get dementia, I don’t want to be treated like a child. Talk to me like the adult that I am.

• If I get dementia, I still want to enjoy the things that I’ve always enjoyed. Help me find a way to exercise, read, and visit with friends.

• If I get dementia, ask me to tell you a story from my past.

• If I get dementia, and I become agitated, take the time to figure out what is bothering me.

• If I get dementia, treat me the way that you would want to be treated.

• If I get dementia, make sure that there are plenty of snacks for me in the house. Even now if I don’t eat I get angry, and if I have dementia, I may have trouble explaining what I need.

• If I get dementia, don’t talk about me as if I’m not in the room.

• If I get dementia, don’t feel guilty if you cannot care for me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s not your fault, and you’ve done your best. Find someone who can help you, or choose a great new place for me to live. With a bus and activities!!

• If I get dementia, and I live in a dementia care community, please visit me often.

• If I get dementia, don’t act frustrated if I mix up names, events, or places.
Take a deep breath. It’s not my fault.

• If I get dementia, make sure I always have my favorite music playing within earshot.

• If I get dementia, and I like to pick up items and carry them around, help me return those items to their original place.

• If I get dementia, don’t exclude me from parties and family gatherings.

• If I get dementia, know that I still like receiving hugs or handshakes.

• If I get dementia, remember that I am still the person you know and love.”

ᴄᴏᴘʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀsᴛᴇ in Honor of someone you know or knew who has dementia. In Honor of all those I know and love and lost who are fighting Dementia/Alzheimer’s.

[Mimi H. @lhuwes]

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@sandibachom Happy birthday 💖

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[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Many studies suggest a major cause of autism is the mutated sperm of elderly fathers, but in a centuries old tradition (see everything from schizophrenia to eating disorders), men have decided to blame women for taking Tylenol while pregnant (despite no valid supporting studies).

[Mimi H. @lhuwes]

@KeitaMSC Hologram?

[Mimi H. @lhuwes]

@anxiousdeluxe There will be a line