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12/22/2024

We also think that Gisele should have been the person of the year. Time chooses their person of the year as someone who as a person, group, idea, or object that "for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year. We believe that Giselle has done more to empower women all over the world and has had a greater influence on people within their individual lives.

12/10/2024

The Roscoe Fund is a great organization that provides emergency vet care to pets in need and they are seeking donations!

🎄🐾 End of Year Giving Opportunity! 🐾🎄

Dear Pet Lovers,

As we approach the end of the year, many of us are looking for a meaningful way to make a tax-deductible contribution. If you're one of those people, please consider The Roscoe Fund! We are a 501(c)(3) organization in urgent need of funds, and your generosity can make a world of difference.

The Roscoe Fund helps pet owners in Alaska facing financial hardship with emergency veterinary costs. We provide direct financial assistance to veterinary clinics to ensure pets get the care they need—especially when the cost would otherwise prevent them from receiving treatment or lead to euthanasia.

Founded in 2000 by Paul Hendrickson in memory of his beloved poodle, Roscoe, our mission has been to reduce animal suffering and keep pets with their families. But right now, we’re in need of support to continue this vital work.

How you can help: 🔹 Donate via PayPal: http://paypal.me/roscoefund
🔹 Every contribution, big or small, directly helps pets in need!
🔹 If you can’t donate, we understand! Please share this post with your network to help us spread the word.

Whether it’s $5 or $500, your gift makes a life-changing impact. Thank you so much for your generosity and for being a champion for pets in need. 💖🐾

Warmest holiday wishes to you all,
The Roscoe Fund Board of Directors
🐾❤️ 🎅❤️🐾🐾❤️ 🎅❤️🐾🐾❤️ 🎅❤️🐾

11/28/2024

Today, 28 November, is Thanksgiving in the United States, or a National Day of Mourning for Native Americans in New England, or "Unthanksgiving Day" for some Native Americans on the West Coast. It commemorates pilgrims and Wampanoag people sharing an autumn harvest feast in 1621.
Thanksgiving days by English colonists in the 17th century were frequent, and marked what were perceived as gifts from God. Chris Newell, of the Akomawt Educational Initiative explained to Nur Ibrahim: "When it comes to the 17th century English 'days of thanksgiving,' they have no resemblance to the holiday we celebrate today. That holiday was not created until the 19th century. The English day of thanksgiving would have been a day of prayer. If they won a victory in battle that would have been a day of thanksgiving, which was normally a day of fasting, totally different from a feast."
Some of these thanksgiving days celebrated genocidal atrocities, such as a massacre of Pequot people by colonists in Mystic, Connecticut in 1637.
The modern Thanksgiving holiday as a feast began in 1863 at the behest of president Abraham Lincoln, and was made a national holiday by Congress in 1870.
The Indigenous National Day of Mourning began in 1970, after Wamsutta James of the Wampanoag was invited to give a speech by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts celebrating the Pilgrims' arrival. James was uninvited when event organisers read his speech, which stated: "This action by Massasoit [Wampanoag leader who feasted with the English] was perhaps our biggest mistake. We, the Wampanoag, welcomed you, the white man, with open arms, little knowing that it was the beginning of the end."
You can learn about 500 years of resistance to colonialism in the Americas in this book by Gord Hill: https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/500-years-of-indigenous-resistance-gord-hill

11/27/2024

America’s best co-pilot is up for America’s Favorite Pet!!

The only thing Auggie loves more than human attention is going for car rides… and salmon.

11/09/2024

Yesterday I graduated from the Anchorage Community Land Trust’s Set Up Shop program for entrepreneurs! I’m super grateful to the folks at ACLT and CITC for everything I learned!! If you’re looking to start your own business, I can’t recommend this program enough! Their next program open to anyone to apply for is early next year, but you can apply now!