#public shelters

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai said Thursday he should have acted sooner to take over handling of the troubled Whitehorse Emergency Shelter.

"I do believe that that's my responsibility," Pillai said during Question Period. "Should I have done that six months ago? You know what, I guess I should. So again, this is on me."

The state of the shelter has dominated the first two days of the legislature's fall sitting. Pillai has said he wants civil servants across several government departments to draw a list of policy options to fix problems at the shelter.

The Yukon Party especially has blasted the government's handling of the shelter file. It comes in the wake of the nearby Alpine Bakery closing, because of numerous public safety issues around the shelter.

Meanwhile, several reports have also found shelter users often don't feel safe there. And those who are trying to stay sober have a hard time doing so, because the low-barrier shelter doesn't require people to be sober to access services. That has resulted in substance use in and around the building. [...]

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[lady-raziel]

Not to talk about the watcher thing again as I’ve already kind of said my piece, but one of the most batshit insane parts of this whole unbelievable situation is that for some reason they decided that for some fucking reason the BEST time to announce this highly controversial decision was literally DAYS before they would be going on an international tour and having to face irate fans IN PERSON. Guys. What the hell. At least have the sensibility to announce a move that you HAD to have known would make people upset AFTER one of the few times you actually interact in person with your fanbase.

I hope you’re ready to investigate the Tower of London for ghosts, because I have a feeling the Londoners will be more than happy to acquaint you with the building later this week.

Insane move after insane move. Truly.

[runawaymun]

Btw if it’s hot where you live right now and you inexplicably feel like absolute shit, this is your reminder that headache/sleepiness/nausea etc are all signs of heat exhaustion. Please go run some cool (NOT cold) water over your wrists and hands, or if you’re at home take a cool (NOT cold) bath or shower.

If you’re out and you don’t have money to go somewhere then head to your closest library. They’ll have AC and a bathroom. I’m so serious. I deadass was on the verge of puking my guts out an hour ago and assumed I was about to get a migraine but turns out it was just good ol heat exhaustion. Your brain is cooking and it will get harder to realize that’s what happening. Stay safe 🫶

Btw don’t use ice or very cold water. It can kill you.

[drizzlesketchingnook]

Meet Barrett!

I’m a bit late to party about this guy since my friend, @regularassgrass has already been making drawings and stuff of him on their page. But life has been hectic with me getting a job and all other crazy stuff I’ve been trying to work on, including the blog rebrand. But he’s here now and hopefully I’ll be able to draw more of my anxious dire wolfbeastman and his adventures at RSA along with the world around him.

[skeletoninthemelonland]

never lay down in bed right after eating. don't think about staying on your phone for nearly two hours in that position. don't sleep either. acid reflux is real and i hate that guy

[redhoodscorvid]

IRL PSA: Coloradans, you may need rabies shots if you attended the Moms and Mutts adoption event on July 20, 2024 in Englewood! (20 min south of Denver, CO.)

If you attended:

Call the hotline: 303-692-2700

After hours: 303-370-9395

Email: cdphe_zoonoses@state.co.us

If it's determined that you were exposed, you need to get vaccinated immediately. "Once clinical symptoms appear, rabies is virtually 100% fatal." (WHO)

The news is spreading more widely now that lab work has definitively confirmed that a puppy was infected. Rabies can be spread through licks and scratches, so anyone who interacted with the puppies could be at risk. (Reporting from The Denver Post.)

[codenamesazanka]

Deku "can't forgive" Shigaraki/Tenko for all he's done and needed to stop his cycle of sadness? And this is him being heroic?

Well, I think it's only fair that the Villains never forgive Hero society for managing to produce a dipshit like Deku.

[bogkeep]

it's been over a whole month since i had a stupid argument with my parents about driving, a skill that i legally possess but hate doing because i have a special brain illness that makes me fear death and injury, but i'm still chewing over an absurd claim that it's "equally dangerous to go on a 14 hour train ride like you just did". literally how is that more dangerous. in what way. in what world. public transport is nice and good and i like it and i don't have to enter my personal torment nexus

[tototavros]

thinking about the possibility of cheapness of batteries, tech generally, and other materials + global warming could make "urban backpacking" a reasonable lifestyle, with a portable "home" of about 30 pounds costing about $1-1.5k in investment (backpack, 2 pairs good shoes, couple pairs of clothes, good battery, tablet, phone, misc.) hygiene would cost you a lot but you can probably get enough for showering reasonably for $100/mo, probably $50/mo plus necessities + storage food would be the highest cost but even still, you can get a day's worth of pre-prepped meals at grocery stores for $15/day even if you have no way of cooking

laundromat costs + minimal cell service would probably be another $30-50 per month, so monthly costs overall are max $150, or $5/day

current wages get you $10/hr after that dread beast taxation so that takes about thirteen hours a week of labor, which can easily be reduced if a mass of people take up this behavior and are able to know when/where to congregate for a mass food event, which could probably cut food costs in half, bringing total work down to about 8 hours per week

this isn't accounting for much, but if you could connect to wifi that lets you pirate media every week or two, that plus public libraries brings most entertainment costs down but still, what about entertainment? a movie ticket costs an additional hour of labor and you can get 4-6 cheap drinks for a half hour of labor. you might ask, what about the club? but there is much better, there are beaches.

[moregraceful]

Crafting a CV for **** ****** and fighting for my life but deciding to add Team Lift Fest and Time Begins to it anyway lmao

[katartna]

Song of Frosted Light ❄️🕊️

[golden-west]

[khattikeri]

by and large a lot of discourse can boil down to the fact that many of you simply don't like that other people who mildly annoy or inconvenience you exist in public.

[elftwink]

that one post that was like "if people had to say what they actually meant by 'queer spaces' we would find out a lot of you are just talking about discord servers" was onto something. even in cases where the joke doesn't apply im thankful for having seen it because i have now built up the reflex of asking "wait, what does 'spaces' mean in this conversation", and it turns out a lot of people are using this vague language to lend themselves undeserved legitimacy because their argument starts to look extremely flimsy if you ask literally any follow up questions.

(a secondary consequence of this language being popularized is also a lot of people's arguments actually would benefit from specificity, and they choose not to use it in favour of the more popular and [presumably] more understood and widely applicable "spaces". the problem with this is, of course, that there actually isn't a consensus on what "spaces" refers to, hence the original point about discord servers being relevant. but everyone keeps using it and so we cement its use even further.)

[soyoudneverguess]

SPOILERS THE SILT VERSES 36

This is a little bit of a live blog

HEART BROKEN HOLY FUCK

RELATIONSHIP ENDED WITH THE JOY OF HAYWARD AND CARPENTER FUCKING AROUND, RELATIONSHIP STARTED WITH THE TRAGEDY OF SEB AND DEV MY LOVES MY DARLINGS MY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MEAN MEAN MEAN YOU MOTHERFUCKERS ARE SO MEAN CANT THEY JUST BE HAPPY CANT THEY AKNDKDNFKEBDUEHFBKDLXNDHDJDBEJDBDJDNEBEBDNNDKDNDJDBDNDNDKKDKDKFKRKRBRJSJBDHDIEBJ DE IEKRJJDHJEE DE

Anyways, happiness is fleeting but “hold on Dev, I’m coming” for a man you’ve known for days who’ve you loved almost upon first sight.

HOLY HOLY HOLY HOLY SHIT HES ALIVE SEB IS SO POWERFUL SEB SEB SEB SEB SEB YOU FUCKING DID IT OH MY GOD MY LOVE DEV DEV DEV DEV DEV YOU MET A MAN AND HE FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU AND HE WENT INTO HELL FOR YOU AND SAVED YOUR SISTER AND AND AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BETTER FOR BOTH OF US

Oh bitch. Oh you fucking bitch. I’m. I. Yeah. It truly was too good to be real.

[wickedsick]

Honestly they should've just made the human character in the sonic movies Chris Thorndyke. I think that would've been more fun and also less cop