Rachel (she/they)

@crossroadsview.bsky.social

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Online Trust & Safety person, Humanitarian. Passport stamp enthusiast. Reclaiming my sense of Hope. More sincere than snarky. https://aviewfromthecrossroads.substack.com

A grey tabby cat side-smiling while lounging on a brown fabric bag
Snowy mountains and a road between in which traffic is stopped on one side.
A black and white longhair tuxedo cat looking to the right.
A tabby and white cat curled up on a velveteen red chair
An orange kitten sitting in a pool triangle on a ledge, facing left and watching the humans play the game
A corgi lying down next to a backpack on a wooden floor.
A ginger kitten being constraint on a lap
Both names on the gulf
Google maps from outside of the US, reading Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of Murica)
My old cat roommate, Century, the softest cat in San Francisco (& he knew it). Here he is sitting in the “free bin” at our old haus. Actual photo: a 16lb longhair tuxedo very good boi kitteh sitting in on fabrics and other items in an open trunk with a “free box“ sign on the inside. Circa sometime between 2011-2016.
A paragraph on Musk compromising safety and quality to rush production at Tesla in 2018. “Tesla’s injury rate was 30% higher than the rest of the industry.”
Weather app screenshot showing that Istanbul is currently 7 degrees (celcius) but feels like 2
A grey tabby cat lounging and looking toward the camera, on a wooden bench in a cafe. She knows that she’s adorable and definitely taking a seat from a paying customer, but she’s the cafe cat, so customers can find another spot, thank you.
Two cats sitting on a carpet walkway outside of the hospital entrance
A double rainbow frames RVs and vehicles at the Burning Man festival, which is rainy and cold this week.
View of the road through the windshield, of an unpaved, uneven road in which the ongoing vehicle is clearly on a different plane than the vex hole form which the photo was taken.
A google map image with the subject moving through what looks like an area with no road.
Screenshot of the QuakeFeed app which now includes wildfires, indicating fires in SoCal in addition to all the other shit going on.
Image of a USB3.1 Type C Ethernet Adaptor. 1995 meets 2015.
A left foot with a protracted bunion and unnaturally shortened/elongated toes due to a broken 4th metatarsal from 2012. What you can’t see is the flatness underneath which causes the foot owner to feel like they are walking on sharpness much of the time. Every podiatrist this foot owner has met, asks when they are getting surgery. The foot owner cannot even wear most shoes because of the rubbing. Thank goodness for those T-strap Birks. The right foot isn’t much better.
This giraffe is judging you, while failing to realize how ridiculous they look.
An orange kitten has moved into his new home, and seems to have just realized this. He lives in NE Nigeria, with a humanitarian organization because he suckered a silly expat into paying his vet bills and bringing back bags of cat food from her RnR even though she doesn’t live in that location. Little orange cat is sitting on an ornately upholstered and woodworked easy chair, in which he is peeking around the corner and is smiling in a playful way.
Flowering tea poured in a Turkish teacup, with instructions for a small safe lying on the table in the background, because the drinker finally had the team bring the safe to her house which should have been done a month ago, but she didn’t prioritize it because there were other things going on.
Stainless steel camping cup 75% full with instant coffee, on desk in an office that could be anywhere…
Abstract expressionist paining of exaggerated bats around a chalice, looking delighted.