Sounds like your pre-planning paid off here.
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“ “We were told that the panels that covered the building were fireproof, instead, they burned quickly like butter,” a resident told local paper Corriere.”
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This sounds horribly familiar.
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hey now. don’t confuse me with logic. i had a whole plan of feeling bad about a major household purchase worked out. now, i gotta change everything
and yeah, good point. 
( it seems like, hey isn’t the point of modern capitalism instant gratification? and it’s not even managing that right. is there a customer service window i can exchange it for something with a bit more universal healthcare and a lot less houslessness? this one didn’t work as advertised. )
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This.
Just FTR, @gatto: the July floods in Germany, Belgium, Austria (anyone I left out: sorry, didn’t blip on my radar, German situation overshadowed everything) have made some things harder to come by. The amount of fridges, washing machines and central heating people had in their cellars which now are sought after is tremendous. The Ahr valley alone has already 180.000 metric tons of “Sperrmüll” (bulky waste) in August, and counting. (Usually, that 9500 tons per year.)
There is a small village called Dernau. 800 houses were heavily damaged. 500 of those now need new central heating. And that’s just one village.
(And it’s not just fridges, heating, and the likes. Its basically everything.)
Add closed ports and difficult part production elsewhere due to the pandemi, and December actually starts sounding like good news.
Took me a while. But I am looking forward to it, now. Nearly.
Oh, actually forgot to update: came here to say fuck everything. I’m loosing my shit, and everyone notices.
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I’m sorry, that sucks 
Are you in a position where you can take a breather, kind of get away for a little personal time?
I’m struggling to keep it together, too. Also been noticed, which seems to make me get worse. I’m going away for a long camping weekend soon. I’m hoping the nature and the unplugging will give me a recharge.
This timeline is fucking exhausting. Take care. 
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Seconding @ClutchLinkey. Even if all the time you can eke out is 10 minutes to stare at a flower and listen to some music. I think the only people not losing their shit right now, to one extent or another, are the ones compounding the problems. You are in good company. We can all lose our shit together.
My cats help me alot and making time for creative stuff or some Yoga with Adriene, even if it’s just 30 min in the evening. And melatonin because everything is worse without sleep.
I wish I could loan this fluffy guy out to all of you. He purrs loudly and is very soft. He drools too, which is not quite so nice.
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When you figure out the logistics, sign me up! I wants the floof!
Oh, and echoing the yoga or any gentle body stuff, so nice. There are nice tai chi stretches that just make everything feel less horrible.
Now, finding the energy to do that is the real struggle. 
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“Get a floof loan at Floofs-r-Us!”
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Insert gif of Ang Lee’s Hulk sitting and staring at desert flowers…
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The radio room of the Philadelphia Police Department, inside the headquarters at 8th and Race streets, faces near-daily staff shortages.
Absences are driven by burnout, COVID-fuelled illness, and sky-high turnover, according to nearly a dozen current and former dispatchers who spoke with Billy Penn, as well as other officials with knowledge of the situation.
Until recently, supervisors were mandating overtime for dispatchers seven days a week, department officials confirmed.
“A lot of people are burnt out,” said Darnell Davis, union representative for Local 1637 of District Council 33, which represents civilian communications in the police department. “They’re the first responders, and they’re getting a lot [of pressure] from management to come to work and work through the COVID, and they have.”
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Good (Encouraging) Stuff?
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I think the moose would have preferred to not be stuck up to his neck in mud.
I guess it’s one of those half full/half empty things.
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Just a reminder that amidst everything else, Roe v Wade is officially no longer law in Texas starting tomorrow.
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It’s coming for the rest of the south next… So much for living in a free country…
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I’ve been staring at this reply box for five minutes trying to think of something to say that could help you, and everything I come up with just makes me more frustrated with my inability to figure this out. 
I’ll echo @ClutchLinkey and @anon23281680 in hoping you can take some time for yourself, even if it’s just a few minutes here and there. It may not be obvious, but your presence here means a lot to many of us; speaking for myself, you help me remember that we’re all going through this together, and I think that’s going to help us all get through these times.
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Cross posting, because fuck.
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They’ve delivered. Pack the court. Bad faith is winning.
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