either form war machines which are capable of tearing through the striation of society to make it smooth again or turn down the noise!!!
the good ones: New Mexico & Alaska
almost there: Tennessee, Mississippi's new one
Honorable Mention: the back of Oregon's
It’s important to understand that people—not even Homo sapiens!—living at what must have been the subsistence margin, without states or written language or metal tools or electricity or antibiotics, managed to keep this person alive. They devoted resources to his care and survival. He lived for years, possibly decades, with a severe disability at a time when his community would have been doing things like fighting off literal cave bears.
Our society has inconceivably more material, social, and technological resources to bring to bear to help each other. We have no excuse.
More pets go missing around the Fourth of July than any other time of year. If your cat is afraid of fireworks, keep them inside and STAY HOME. Make sure they have cozy places to hide. Play music to help cover the loud noises. Keep windows shut - cats can easily bust through screens if they are scared enough. Draw the curtains to block out flashes of light. Use a calming pheromone diffuser such as feliway if you have one. And if they are up for it, play with them for distraction!
A wandering deer, building shrines along the way.