🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

we’re entering crimes against humanity territory here

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Imagine the illusion of balancing a wine glass on the doggies head! Or tricking it into licking the underside of the table!! Talk about a meal and entertainment!!

I finished reading 'De Rat van Amsterdam' last night by Pieter Waterdrinker, it was quite an interesting read. In a way, the author mocked the current day society.. but also mocked the people who complained about this.

So the people who complain the most about their country and then try to find a new life in another country, are also the people who fuck up the most and then want to go back to their own country... the very country they complained and whined about to begin with. Grass isn't always greener on the other side I guess.

The charity lotteries were portrayed as giant scams (which they probably are, the ones hosting those lotteries sure manage to buy expensive stuff). This particular one in the story has huge similarities to our 'Postcodeloterij', a style of lottery where your zip code is the lottery number. I absolutely hate this one. Even if you didn't join in this scam, you know that "you lost the lottery" when the number falls on your zip code. It's a huge emotional blackmail for a lot of people so they join in anyway out of fear of missing the prize. It's just despicable, really. This lottery in the book manages to capture that sentiment extremely well, yigh! The author did a good job here.

There were a lot of subtle things in the book that I'm still trying to digest, but it was a pretty good read. I think I need to read something more happy next, less dystopian!
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I am working to get on the kidney transplant list. I have appointments in September and October, and then I'll be formally on the list.

The transplant list for Michigan is roughly five years for a kidney that isn't from a living donor.

In the meantime, if you want to see if you're a match for anybody on the list, you can call 1-800-333-9013. You do not have to be a direct match for me; if you mention either my deadname (Christopher Anthony) or my chosen name (Noëlle A.), and you match anyone on the list, I will get credit for your donation and you'll help me find a living donor who matches me.

There is NO CHARGE to be a kidney donor in the US, and I am told that if your kidneys are healthy, your life expectancy is not affected by donating one.