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BDS added this section to their boycott page and I think people really need to read it:
please remember, pushing unorganized boycotts without carefully fact-checking every company in the list can be actively HARMFUL to the boycott movement.
This meme is a MURDER ATTEMPT.
I am absolutely fucking serious. The original meme, without the big red denial, is someone's attempt to fucking kill people.
There is NO SAFE DOSAGE of pennyroyal oil. Even Mother Earth News says there's no reason to use pennyroyal essential oil for ANYTHING, even topically or as a fragrance, for fuckssake! That should give you some idea about how dangerous it is!
Pennyroyal tea, plant matter in hot water, is a traditional abortifacient. It is *incredibly* dangerous, induces abortion by bringing the body close to organ failure (and frequently pushing the system right over the edge, because dosage is impossible to meter), but I would drink a gallon of it before I took a half-teaspoon of pennyroyal essential oil.
Two teaspoons, taken across 48 hours, has successfully killed someone.
Three teaspoons taken as a single dosage killed the consumer within THREE HOURS.
There is NO SAFE DOSAGE! FOR PENNYROYAL OIL INTERNALLY! NONE!
The person who made this meme is PURPOSEFULLY, ACTIVELY, trying to get desperate people killed!
PSA: BAD LITTERBOX
i don't usually make posts like this, but this is a truly upsetting topic to me as a lifelong cat owner, so i feel i have a duty to share my knowledge with others.
there is a type of automatic litterbox for cats being sold that is EXTREMELY dangerous and has killed numerous cats through blunt force trauma, suffocation, etc. this litterbox is being sold under different brand names and logos, so i will include the picture of the model and two links to informational videos with more evidence and eloquence than i am able to provide.
please consider not having this type of litterbox in your home for your furry friends. me and my 16 year old tortie, puddy, want the best for all your kitty friends
image of litterbox below:
here are my two video links that provide proof and testimonials of this harmful product:
This Scam is Killing Cats by penguinz0
The DEADLY self-cleaning litter boxes that have flooded the market by One Man Five Cats
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PSA:
Acetaminophen/paracetamol has a hard stop upper dose limit, above which it becomes extremely toxic.
That limit is 4g (8 “extra strength” (500mg) tablets) in 24 hours (about 2 tablets every 6 hours).
A single dose of 22 extra strength tablets can kill you.
Taking 12 or more tablets per day for more than a week can also kill you (this is about 3 tablets every 6 hours).
Symptoms of overdose take up to 24 hours to manifest, and are fairly difficult to distinguish from other problems. They include abdominal pain (especially right upper quadrant), nausea, malaise, and confusion.
The antidote (n-acetylcystine) must be given within 8hours of ingestion in order to be useful.
After 10 hours the only thing that will work is a liver transplant.
You might think “why would I ever accidentally take so much?”
Well, acetaminophen is in almost everything in the cold/flu/pain aisle. Migraine combos like Excedrin, cold and flu combos like NyQuil, basically anything that says “non-aspirin pain relief”, and anything that’s branded as a fever reducer. It’s all probably acetaminophen/paracetamol.
So the goal of this post is to get you to read the labels on your medications. Because taking taking Tylenol and NyQuil together for a week (like you might if you had the flu) could kill you.
PSAs (Canada)
Don't Put it in Your Mouth
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Really disappointing when a pretty good writer ends up writing literal pedophilia :/
I appreciate that people have certain likes and dislikes, however it’s important to not judge people based on what they decide to create or how they create it. Everyone comes from different backgrounds and deals with things in different ways.
There are tags and notes in place to give a clear and concise overview of fics on AO3. It’s why I decided to post there. This way, I can write what I feel like writing and not have to worry that people will be unintentionally reading something not their Thing.
I highly encourage people to check out a writer’s full list of works before subscribing to them as a writer to avoid getting notifications for works that may upset them. And if things change over time, there’s nothing stopping anyone from unsubscribing.
I am not responsible if someone clicks on my fic and dislikes what they see while ignoring the Archive Warnings, tags, and author’s notes I have.
Don’t like? Don’t read.
Something not clear from my tags? Ask in the comments and I’ll answer. Then I’ll do my best to make it more clear in the tags/notes.
I'm all for FoS, but it does seem a bit irresponsible to write a pedophiliac relationship as fluffy and positive. It can serve as an advocacy and easily enable pedophiles to act out in reality. I do realize it is fiction, but I think people underestimate how strongly fiction can influence reader mindsets and persuasion. It might help to note that you don't condone it in reality in the notes. If you do condone it in reality, never mind and I hope you will research its effects and reconsider.
First, I understand that there is a lot of nuance surrounding this topic that is not talked about and that I will not go into. There may be a link between fiction influencing people, however I don't believe an outright attack or ban is the correct way to move forward with compassion and understanding.
I also do not believe that link is as strong as many would like to think it is.
The fics in question are clearly marked Explicit, meaning that anyone old enough to read them should be mature enough to understand right from wrong.
I would like to link to my previous ask regarding this content.
It should go without saying, but I will say it anyways: I unequivocally do not condone pedophilia.
Edited to reflect my current thoughts and feelings on the topic, which continue to evolve and grow as I do.
Okay so I did some research, very basic research, on the user base of tumblr and how many of us there are.
There are at least 300 million unique visitors worldwide on this site. Over 500 million blogs.
Listen. Tumblr is $30 million in debt. This is Super easy for us to solve.
If each user gifts one blog crabs, which costs slightly over $3, that would be roughly $600 million at least. Far more than enough to get Tumblr out of the red zone.
If we want tumblr to stay afloat and not change something as integral about their operating system, we need to show them they can be profitable without reducing themselves to common social media sites. What we have here is special. It is different. We are the social media site people run to when theirs collapses and for good reason.
If we want this to work, we have to make it work. We can even make it into a game. Just how long can we outlast the other social media sites?
U.S. people, if you bought cinnamon from Dollar Tree, Dollar General, or other discount stores, throw it out. It's got lead
Hey, this is a psa towards proshippers-- don't. I don't care if you think its "cute" or "hot" this TRAUMATIZES people. my poor friend is a minor! I'm a minor! SA, Pedophilia, and other crimes are not "aesthetic" "cute" or "quirky" these crimes land people in jail every day and send kids and people to therapy. I hope the person who said such vile things learns their crimes and feels guilty about what they did for the rest of their life.
HEY GROWN ADULTS ON TUMBLR LETS NOT COMMENT ABOUT SA ON A 16 YEAR OLDS TUMBLR FUCKING DICKS CHRIST ALMIGHTY
I don't understand why people think it's so "chronically online" to have boundaries while playing online games. It's basic etiquette to leave people alone. You don't just join people's online lobby groups in Roblox do you? Not everyone can afford monthly robux private servers.
Remember kids! it’s not “chronically online” to have boundaries! Yes, even in videogames!
Here's a quick little rant about a TikTok I saw.
If you ship Lego Batman and Lego joker but dismiss the rest of the batjokes community GET OUT. By doing this you ignore content like telltale and the audio adventures or other movies and shows that include this context in the same light.
And if it's because joker's personality is different... He's enfp in both Lego and telltale renditions, so you can't ignore that either.
PLEASE don't gatekeep the community over people loving riddler or thinking enemies to lovers is neat.
This has been a Public fandom service anouncement
I love it when anons/guests find my works and kudo/leave reviews, but given the new revelation that Elon Musk is using bots to mine AO3 fanfiction for a writing AI without writer's permission, my works are now archive-locked and only available for people with an AO3 account.
Saw this on one of my rare visits to Facebook hell. Thought y'all would want to know
Reblog if you would beat up J.K Rowling with a comically large hammer given the chance.
⚠️PSA⚠️: Do NOT do violence against normal, nice people, because that's mean and you shouldn't do that. (Beating up genuinely bad people is a little more fine, just make sure no one sees you do it or you'll get in trouble.)
btw the thing she couldn’t ignore was someone calling her out for saying anti-depressants/hormone therapy are only perscribed by lazy doctors
Bushfires.
Don’t usually reblog lots of stuff, but as an Aussie, this hits really close to home. A favourite camspite of mine, where I made so many good memories, was burned down in an earlier bushfire. Some school friends with asthma have had to go home early because they couldn’t breathe. Every morning, I wake up, look out the window, and see a haze of smoke, almost covering the sky. Some days the smoke smells almost chemical.
Here is the situation as of 5 hours ago (excerpt taken from The Guardian newspaper):
Queensland
14 homes had been destroyed.
There were 80 active fires.
Leave immediately and leave now alerts had been issued at locations including Kinkuna Waters, Pechey, Buxton, Woodgate/Walkers Point Road, Kilkivan and Noosa North Shore.
There were 293 vehicles across all of the fires around the state.
100 interstate and international personnel had arrived in the state to assist.
Very high to severe conditions were expected to persist across Queensland. Conditions may ease in some areas on Thursday but severe fire danger was expected again into the weekend.
New South Whales
There were 76 active fires.
None were currently at emergency warning level, most were at watch and act or advice level.
Conditions eased on Wednesday after the catastrophic and extreme fire danger ratings on Tuesday.
Thursday was forecast to bring very high fire danger across much of the state, as was Friday, with potentially severe fire danger on Friday in the greater Hunter region.
The very high fire danger being experienced in the north-east of the state was expected to continue for the rest of the week.
The Rural Fire Service commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, said severe conditions forecast for the weekend would be followed by another burst of hot air next week, meaning crews “simply aren’t going to get the upper hand on all of these fires”.
Western Australia
One fire was at emergency warning level at Drummond Cove in Geraldton.
A second fire, the Utakarra fire in Geraldton had been downgraded to watch and act.
AAP was reporting that two homes had been destroyed and two homes had been damaged in Geraldton.
Please. Wise up, Government, and cut the shit.
My heart goes out to the firefighters. Love you guys, absolute LEGENDS. Keep it up.
- Pasta
tl;dr my country is literally on fire and the politicians refuse to help
I know there’s a lot going on in the world, but you probably haven’t heard about what’s happening in Australia.
we’re on fire.
approximately ¼ of australia’s population is in catastrophic fire danger. A catastrophic fire level means your only chance of surviving is leaving before it’s too late.
it’s Spring in Australia, and rainforests aren’t meant to be dry enough to burn, yet at the time of writing this (11/11/19) there are 71 active fires in NSW (43 out of control), and 51 active fires in Queensland - not including those that have already burned before now, and there are more in other states. Sydney is already rated “catastrophic”, the first time this rating has ever been used there since its creation in 2009. That’s right, we had to add yet another level of destructiveness, because “high”, “very high”, “severe”, and “extreme” were no longer adequate. To quote the Fire Danger Ratings, “for your survival, leaving early is the only option”. conditions tomorrow will be the worst they have been, and people are evacuating as we speak. the fire fighters are preparing as best they can.
This isn’t just about people losing their homes; people have died and will die, countless animals have already lost their lives and many more will still perish. our land, our lives, and our hope is up in flames and will soon be nothing but ash. the annual fire season has not even begun yet. this is only the beginning. my native land is burning, and there is nothing i can do to stop it.
the government refuses to acknowledge that we are in a climate crisis. the fires have never been this bad. we have been in severe drought for more than a year which has only contributed to the force of these fires. the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has done nothing but send his “thoughts and prayers”. He will not accept aid from other countries because he is too egotistical to admit that we need it. All the while the people of this land are suffering. Climate change needs radical human change to be combated. we are already seeing the results of years of indifference, and this is barely the beginning of something that will only get worse the longer government’s and big companies refuse to act to counteract climate change.
Our government has also cut funding to Fire and Rescue NSW by 35.4%, the Rural Fire Service by 75.2%, and QLD Rural Fire Service by 26.42%, resulting in closures of services; they don’t have the resources to cope. We are fighting a losing battle against the results of climate change. and this is only the beginning.
