Sigrid Ellis

Silver Lake @silverfloof424.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:30 UTC

Idk if I'm buzzed yet but I keep reading ogres and I'm so confused. 💀 However on the subject of giving: Give blood It's free, you get cool shit, and it's guaranteed to help someone. They also give free health reports to you afterwards and there's no discrimination in who you help nor where.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:59 UTC

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Doggos make things better.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:42 UTC

I used to tell my kids when they were younger, "you can't make it better, but you can definitely make it worse." No, you cannot make this better. The time for those choices is past. But what you choose now CAN make it worse. You can always lose more. What will you choose? What are you gonna DO?

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:33 UTC

Dammit for a minute I thought that was going to be a joke about not inviting vampires, and instead it's this bullshit

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:42 UTC

(Well, yes. I wrote this thread because I found myself despairing, and remembered to go help someone instead.)

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:41 UTC

Reading books saves lives. Think of all the books that gave you strength, that carried you through dark waters, that kept you alive. You do that. You save lives. You light lamps on the shore, and guide people through the dark.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

You are fighting evil and darkness with every book you save. Every small scared person who is alone, who reads those books and chooses to live? That's a fucking life you saved. Think of how the world was changed by single texts. You are doing that.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:37 UTC

JFC I love that show. Can't watch it without crying.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:34 UTC

Tend your garden. Care for your kids, your elders. Give what you can. Help where and when you can. Shelter who you can. I will not lie and say it will be okay. But if we do nothing, it will be worse. Be the helper, and do not despair.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:33 UTC

That's my point here. Do what YOU can. Other people do what they can. Everyone cleans up their tiny corner. Everyone pulls the tiny lever they can pull. We all do this. Don't you see? That's the *point*. We all have to do what small things we can. Do not despair. Do not, I beg of you, despair.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:31 UTC

Do not, ever, criticize how someone else gives help. Don't y'all at someone who fosters cats just because people are dying somewhere else. Other folks are all doing what we can, and if that person can help cats? Well, cats need help, too. So do trees, waterways, library archives, you name it.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:28 UTC

Give to your community. Homelessness is going to be illegal, so give to orgs that help. Trans folks are in danger, so help those orgs. Give to food pantries. Give to youth programs, give to churches, give to arts programs. You can always help *someone*. And we are all gonna fucking need it.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:24 UTC

Who can you take in? Who can you shelter? Who can you care for? I'm not saying you have to run an underground railroad. I'm saying times are rough and are going to get rougher, and there is always someone more precarious than you. So who can you help? Aging parent? Extra teen? Friend? A new pet?

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

Spouse took Tiniest Dog for a walk, went past a construction site. Workers, all ostensibly dudes, spent a moment eyeing each other in the small group telepathy of "is it okay to pet the tiny dog? Will my man-card be revoked? Are we ALL gonna pet the tiny dog?" They did, indeed, pet the tiny dog.

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:38 UTC

Minneapolis cat tour started as joke, now draws hundreds of admirers

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Sigrid Ellis @sigridellis.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 00:26 UTC

Thank you for the reminder! Sigrid: I feel tired and crappy and depressed for no reason whatsoever, I guess this is life. K: hey, food improves things! Sigrid: .... When the fuck did I last eat????

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