Some of you may have heard about the UK Cat Killer, some sick fuck who has killed and mutilated over 300 cats and other animals such as pet rabbits and wild foxes over the past 3-4 years.
Recently there have been an influx of more killings especially around the South Eastern area, including Surrey, Hampshire, Sussex, Berkshire, etc, where the animals have been mutilated and either returned to their owner or left on footpaths and sidewalks where kids regularly walk to school. School children have been finding theses horribly mutilated animals. Most recently, however, on Monday a lady’s cat was found beheaded and splayed out in a star shape beneath her bedroom window in the morning about 2 minutes away from where I live, my mum works at a vets and was visited by Scotland yard police who advised everyone who lives in the area to keep their pets in at all times if possible. Especially at night.
So, since Tumblr is so American-centric, I thought I’d write a little PSA telling people who live in the UK to please keep your pets in at night, and if possible, during the day.
Sources of information for those who want to read more about this arsehole:
I have never made any type of post like this and it’s going to be long and annoying but I just can’t fucking take this anymore. I’m Sophie, I am a 19 year old latina girl who has been living with an abusive man double my age for the last couple of years after running away. I feel trapped here and I have no means to leave safely at all. I’m mentally ill and on disability which doesn’t leave me with any room to get away from him and he is extremely controlling even when it comes to money and what I should have to owe him for living with him.
I have no family to lean on and the friends I did have, he has cut me off completely from them. He’s smashed my phone when he got paranoid leaving me with nothing and no one. He monitored my phone and my social media so I have had to make separate accounts to try and hide him from seeing what I post. Not only that but he is racist, he hates women, believes in white supremacy, thinks that all girls should only be with men and give themselves to men whether they want to or not.. it just goes on and on and never stops. He always talks about genocide, thinks women ask for too much, ect. He has actually gone to jail in the past for assault. He threatens me with violence if I don’t do the things he asks for all the time and my mental health has gone downhill since I came here. There are so many things that have happened that I can’t even talk about.
I am always being taken advantage of, threatened, manipulated into sex, into giving him money, just so that I won’t be out on the streets with no where to go. This type of life is making me want to kill myself if I can’t get a change soon but I am terrified of the thought of leaving him. I want to get a restraining order so that he can’t come after me, but if I do that I will have no place to live because I can’t afford the apartment I live in if he’s not here. I need help getting out. There is no way I can afford to pay a deposit, pet fee, and first months rent on a cheaper apartment with the income and type of life I have right now. He knows about how much money I bring in a month, and with my bills and everything I have very little. I know what I need is a lot, my goal is around $500 dollars even though that won’t begin to cover it, I don’t expect much help at all. Even a couple dollars I have that I can hide from him will hopefully add up.
I was at risk of being homeless when I met him because of leaving my family. I thought that because he had issues too that he was a good person at heart but I can’t take the way that he treats me anymore, it has only gotten worse. If you don’t believe me, or think I shouldn’t be asking for this kind of help or think this is all my fault just block me. Ihave had too many people act like I am over exaggerating or that I’m crazy. I will just block you.
my paypal email is sophimazziotti@gmail.com if you can help at all and if you cant i understand I know everyone is struggling and other people need more help than I do but I would be so thankful if you would please please reblog this post for me. Thank you.
I know a lot of you guys don’t want to reblog those posts about the wildfires in Greece because they’re too long, so I figured I would make a shorter post for y’all.
Here is a link on how to help and what the current situations are, and here is a direct link to the fundraiser.
As someone who has personally been affected by fire, I would really appreciate if y’all could sb this??
I never thought I would have to ask for help, but I don’t have much of a choice anymore.
My parents are separated and are set to have a divorce. He decided to cheat on my mom after almost 21 years of marriage. For an entire year, he emotionally traumatized my whole family, apologizing for the things he’s done and telling us he would never see this woman again. He said he would go to counseling. He said he would pack up all of his things from the girl’s house and move to a neutral place for a few weeks. He made promise after promise, but they all fell short.
He lied to us and suddenly told us he was going back to her. He did this repeatedly over and over again, around 50 times or so. But this isn’t the end of what he has done to harm my family. There was a time last year where he physically assaulted us by throwing my mother and me on the pavement and viscously twisting my sister’s arm behind her back, hurting all three of us. He yelled at my sister and me that he never wanted to see us again. Everything I used to see in him had vanished. He was no longer the man I once knew.
My mom has been a stay at home mom since I was young and is now one for my little sister, which has unfortunately prevented her from working. He was the provider and brought in money for us, but now he officially is no longer a part of the household. Due to this, my mom, little sister, and I are struggling because we can no longer depend on him. Luckily, we are on food stamps and have basic insurance for our medications and doctor visits, as well as a little bit of social security which is used completely for rent, utilities, and basic necessities. I have a job that pays for my car payment, gas for my car, and my phone bill, but that’s it.
However, my car recently broke down and I have no extra money to fix it. I’m trying to figure out a way to get another car or to try and fix the one I have, but for now, I have no way to get to my job, which means no income coming in for me either. In addition to all of this, I owe my college around $150 to be able to register for classes again, after dropping out last year to care for my mother post-surgery. He did not help. Everything was up to me. She’s much better now, but with that, I’m behind in college.
As expected, my depression and anxiety have worsened over the past year and I’m at a loss. I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist and counselor to try and manage this, but that can only do so much. I desperately need some help while I try and get my life back together. So, honestly, anything helps. I completely understand if you can’t donate, but if you could share this to get more exposure I would greatly appreciate it. Huge thanks to anyone who decides to send any money my way! It truly means so much to me and my gratitude cannot be expressed enough. Thank you so, so much.
Every single year the same things happens in Greece, every damn summer our country is burned, people lose their houses and families, then no one cares and the cycle repeats.
Its not just a weather issue, there is always a greater evil hidden behind all of this and nothing changes.
Last year my house almost burned, we were lucky on the last minute but I can still remember the fear of the people around me, running around and trying to help, the panicked animals and the sickening anxiety that I might lose my house and my cat.
Funny how when people think about Greece all they talk about is our economic crisis and shitty politicians (and even dare to act like they know everything about those matters), yet for some strange reason, when it comes to the refugee crisis, the tensions with Turkey or the fire catastrophes, silence ensues.
I’m positive that if it were a stronger country or a “popular” one getting burned, everyone would magically transform into Mother Teresa and pray, cry and reblog everything they can.
But no, this is Greece, the “joke of Europe”, or, as all fandoms here know it, “that one ancient country with the really cool mythology and gods”. No future or innocent people to worry about, right?
This is so true. I did a test yesterday: I reblogged posts about the Fire in both my blogs (one of them being a Greece travel blog, fancy that), overall potential of 6000 followers. The number of reblogs I got was disheartening. And the vast majority was from Greek followers.
Had I reblogged something pale in comparison about USA, or at least UK or at the very least France, people would be all over it.
Had I reblogged an idiotic headcanon about Apollo or Athena or an 100% accurate analysis of
Achilles and Patroclus’s relationship, people would reblog like crazy “oh wow how cool that is” .
I had photos of Santorini island and Ancient temples in my queue and they were posted, obviously getting more attention than the people and houses being on fire, right NOW. Because bucket list goals, duh.
Speculations about if it’s Alexander’s tomb found in Egypt these days got like 300000 notes.
No one gives a shit about Greeks nowadays. No one gives a shit about small or weak countries. No one gives a shit about something that doesn’t affect them personally. I saw a Portuguese person reblogging the post because they said last year when Portugal was on fire, nobody cared and they didn’t want the same thing to happen to Greece. I feel terribly sorry and I salute that person.
And one more thing: those of you who claim you love Greece, Greek mythology, you are Philhellenes, you can explain in detail how Leonidas’ sacrifice affected the invasion of the Persians in the European continent or you even eat Gyros and dance Syrtaki, here’s a secret, you don’t know shit about Greece. Literally nothing.
Many of you might wonder “okay what is this sudden outburst, where did all this come from”. But I don’t care if it seems out of place. I know where it comes from and fellow Greeks know where it comes from. And that’s enough for me right now.
And you might wonder: “Ok are we obliged to love Greece?”. Of course not. You don’t have to love Greece. So don’t claim you do either because you do not really know shit about her. (it’s a she.)
In case anyone cares, there are more than74 people dead, over 150 severely or critically injured and more than 600 houses burnt to the ground.
I mean this as a honestly legit question from a non-greek European to you, the people affected by it:
What do you think are the best ways to help?
Other than simply caring (although what I get from your posts is that this too is a rare thing and I’m sorry to hear that). Because, caring about something is important and good, but for me what matters most are the actions caring leads to.
So, what actions can I take that would help you and the wildfire situation?
reblogging for the second reply. here’s what can you do:
If you live abroad
Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World)
Use your web banking for a wire transfer to their Greek accounts :
National Bank of Greece IBAN: GR27 0110 1410 0000 1412 9611 217
Alpha Bank IBAN: GR06 0140 1990 1990 0200 2002 401
Piraeus Bank IBAN: GR03 0172 0180 0050 1800 5706 640
Hellenic Red Cross
The Hellenic Red Cross has opened an account where people can donate.
Eurobank IBAN: GR64 0260 2400 0003 1020 1181 388
Municipality of Rafina-Pikermi
The municipality of Rafina-Pikermi, one the zones hit hardest by the fires, has announced the opening of an account in collaboration with Piraeus Bank, accepting donations for those wishing to contribute.
Piraeus Bank ΙΒΑΝ: GR20 0172 1860 0051 8609 2291 418
Donate basic items (London)
St Mary’s Hospital — Praed St, Paddington, London W2 1NY — Maternity Ultrasound Reception — Cambridge Wing
Queen Charlotte Hospital , Du Cane Rd, White City, London W12 0HS- Maternity Ultrasound Reception
If you live in Greece, there are certain places appointed where you can donate food, medicine and clothes.
Can confirm that those are the drop-off points for London, UK – this tweet thread has more info on what items to donate, and where and when to leave them
Reblogging here for the list of resources. Guys, if you can, please spread this around.
hey guys! i just moved into a new apartment with my best friend to get away from my abusive mom’s influence (it’s a long complicated story lol). i don’t make a ton of money a month and my best friend is kind enough to pay rent so i can have a place to stay, but i still want to pull my weight and at least buy food. things are gonna be tough this month and i need like maybe $50 – $75 to buy food to last me till august. if you can’t donate, please reblog to spread the word? i hate doing this but i really really need the help.
my paypal is altairismyhomeboy@gmail.com
thank you so much, please reblog to spread the word!!
Hey guys, so I know a lot of you are broke af and don’t have anything to give but I would really appreciate it if you guys could send me some money to get myself out of the – ratio that is my bank account
Please help me out if you can it’s a little more now but even the 300 would be enough. Thank you.
My PayPal account is goluckydanny20@gmail.com
Thank you again.
Hey guys, I really need cash urgently so please do try and donate if you can I really need it
Hi friends, Danny is a great guy and if you can help even just a little a bit I know he would really appreciate it. I know we are all broke af on this site, but even just a few people sending a little bit could help. If you’re able to spare even just $5, getting a few people to donate that would really help.
hey guys listen I’m trying to plan a Disney trip and I wanna get as much cash as possible for it and I wanna sell some paintings so pls if you’re interested dm here and ill even do a commission painting for you
heres some examples of what I’d be selling please dm if you wanna see others that im selling
I lay in bed and I hear my sister crying in the bathroom and it breaks my heart. I failed to help her. She has no money to pay for bills, she has no money to take her son to the dentist or buy him new shoes. She sleep on the floor in my bedroom for five months now because she just doesn’t have any place to go.
She told me today that she keep thinking about killing herself.
I saw signal boosts where people asked for money because they wanted to go to Disneyland or they wanted to visit their friend in another state. And they got tons of donations. I’m not saying that you can’t raise money for less serious things. But I see my sister who has nothing at all right now and wonder why everyone ignore my asks for help. No one owns me money of course. That’s not what I’m saying. It just would be nice if some nice person or two send a few dollars. You would make a single mother and her son happy.
So please please if you can spare something, send via paypal: monicakil@mail.com
If you want to know more about the situation click here
AND PLEASE PLEASE REBLOG THIS POST, SPREAD IT SO MORE PEOPLE WOULD SEE IT. WE NEED AT LEAST $500. AND $3000 TOTAL.
THANK YOU
UPDATE ON SUNDAY JULY 08: WE DIDN’T GET ANYTHING IN MORE THAN A WEEK AND WE STILL NEED THOSE $500. PLEASE PLEASE IF EVERYBODY COULD JUST DONATE A DOLLAR WE WOULD MEAT OUR GOAL. OR IF YOU REALLY CAN’T (AND I TOTALLY FEEL YOU) AT LEAST REBLOG IT. I FOUND OUT THAT I PROBABLY HAVE Myasthenia gravis AND I’M FEELING WORSE AND WORSE EVERY DAY. I CAN’T HELP HER FOR MUCH LONGER.
PAYPAL: monicakil@mail.com (yes mail. com not gmail.com!!!!!)
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