Crows Are Scavengers, They Get A Bad Rap Similar To Vultures. But Scavengers Perform An Ecological Function

I don’t really have a choice since I can’t drive or afford a car. It’s bike or bus for me, ride shares are too expensive. But honestly I like bike riding anyway.

Bike propaganda by me

There are other disorders that cause gluten sensitivity too.

Hey, yall with celiacs!

The FDA has allowed companies to not label things with gluten allergens. This means that, once again, the gluten free label can deceptive, and we need to start reading through all of the ingredients again (unless it has the verified label from GFCO). I'm not entirely sure how far this goes, but if looking for treats, do Not believe: cadbury cream eggs, newman o's. They are not gluten free. Stay safe!

Here is an example of the GFCO logo, they verify that advertised gluten free foods actually are:

Either of these logos means that a food has been verified by a third party company that is not the FDA (who has proven we cant trust them). I'm not sure about other verification companies, but I trust this one because they certify gluten free within celiac sensitivity standards. If you know of any other companies, feel free to add!

Once again, stay safe!

Non-celiac people are encouraged to reblog this.

Hey tumblr.

I want to share a post from The Guardian that was published today.

“Inside the building, staffers said that Doge cultivated a culture of fear.

“It’s an extreme version of ‘who do you trust, when and how?’” said Kristina Drye, a speechwriter at the agency, who watched dozens of senior colleagues escorted out of the building by security. “It felt like the Soviet stories that one day someone is beside you and the next day they’re not.”

People started meeting for coffee blocks away because “they didn’t feel safe in the coffee shops here to even talk about what’s going on”, she added.

“I was in the elevator one morning and there was an older lady standing beside me and she had glasses on and I could see tears coming down under her glasses and before she got off her elevator she took her glasses off, wiped her eyes, and walked out,” she said. “Because if they see you crying, they know where you stand.””

Everyone should read this article about “DOGE” tearing apart USAID (and then read more reporting about how they are being allowed to do the same to other US federal entities). Elon Musk and his minions are violating our highest laws and destroying lives and livelihoods in the US and abroad. USAID is less than 1% of the federal budget— this isn’t about cost-cutting or “investigating fraud”. It’s about cruelty and seeing how much unlawful devastation and psychological warfare they can get away with, with the intention to repeat this process at one federal agency after another. They already have access to IT systems at the Treasury, NOAA, and other agencies, and have taken over OPM (essentially HR for the federal government), using the latter to send demeaning and threatening e-mail blasts to civil servants.

I’m urging everyone who reads this to recognize what’s happening here and how abhorrent and frightening it is. I wager that even most people who wanted Trump back didn’t want a centibillionaire technocrat making unilateral decisions on which parts of the federal government to “feed into the wood chipper” (as he has described his team’s actions at USAID in a recent post on X, The Everything App).

Please call your elected representatives and urge them to act against Musk now— before his actions make our legislative branch totally irrelevant.

I’ve been seeing posts about Musk’s coup-in-progress going around on here, but I feel like a lot of people still aren’t aware of the extent of it, and I really want to help get the word out. I’m heartsick for all the civil servants at USAID and beyond. Some of them, their unions, and some Democratic congresspeople and others are speaking out, but these workers need us everyday Americans to speak out for them, too.

Thank you for reading. And anyone who isn’t American, please keep us in your thoughts.

I would add that it’s disappointing more grown women haven’t stopped having babies. No one asks to be born, even if circumstances are perfect your kid could wish they never lived. We have 8 (!) billion people in the world and counting, we need fewer people not more.

Women are pressured socially to have children. I want to tell any woman that you do not have to have kids, your career comes first. We need male birth control, I want to tell any cisgender man to be kind to women by not siring any kids on them. And maybe we should stop being queer-phobic and let people boink others of their own sex (regardless of gender identity).

Why conservatives and adjacent combine Chaos worship with the worst aspects of the Imperium

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Nurgle: infectious diseases are left to rampage unchecked, anyone more susceptible is left to die, food safety doesn’t matter, allergies don’t matter, infrastructure left to fall apart

Khorne: war for any reason or no reason, piss off everyone and break all treaties, no care for civilian casualties, commit atrocities because we can

Slaneesh: rape culture, sexualization of women and little girls

Tzeentch: lies, manipulation, gaslighting, psychological projection, cheating elections, plots within plots, think they can just magically make what they want happen

And

Imperial cult: xenophobia, intolerance of anyone and anything different, superstition and ~one single religion~ over science no matter the consequences

This is a joke because of course the c-suite will never fire themselves. They are kind of like the lord of the manor. The employees are like serfs. Nothing ever changes. Oh and there’s one person a step up from the rank and file that actually organizes and keeps the place running, the supervisor, corresponding to the steward. Meanwhile the lord does little but he owns the joint, and can’t be gotten rid of unless the peasants revolt.

Unfortunately they seem to hate minorities of various kinds more than lords exploiting everyone.

Hey Corporations!

And more corporate stuff.

While some people who take away help and aids are just bullies motivated by cruelty, I think others are doing it out of misguided love. They want to help you be independent and strong, and you have to tell them that no, you can’t do it, you need the assistance. And this is humiliating, to admit weakness. If we were still hunter gatherers you’d be the one the lions got.

We don’t live in nature though, but in a built environment, and it is our choice to support the weak and helpless or not.

what abled ppl think is a massive problem for disabled folks: 13 year old on the internet faking something

what is actually a massive problem for disabled folks: "well you don't LOOK disabled, are you sure you're not faking? I'm not giving you accommodations until you PROVE you're not faking. Please give me, a stranger, your medical info and explain your condition to me in detail so I know you're not faking and only then will I respect or take you seriously"

Those numbers are (360) 902-4111 for the governor and (360) 753-6200 for the attorney general

ICE and labor and Immigrant organizers

So what if some people use the same stimulants for a high? It’s conservatives who think that only caffeine, nicotine and alcohol are ok and everything else should be illegal. Who would rather throw people in jail than give them treatment for addiction. Don’t judge someone else’s drug use, judge conservatives who are so draconian about it.

Hey jerks that use prescription ADHD meds to party, fuck you guys for all the hoops I had to jump through today to end up NOT getting my meds filled. I hope your shitty party high is worth the panic and upset of people who NEED THIS SHIT TO FUNCTION.