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pukicho

May God kill everyone who has ever lived

cosmosnout

Wanted to draw pre-academy Dimitri

taxkha

Dimitri I drew for @meltypancake for the FE scuffle

guerrillatech

swinging-from-my-cable

How is it is supposed to work: your emotions are a response to your situation and surroundings. It is OK to feel the emotion. Now take that emotion and use your logical brain to decide which parts of the emotion fit the facts of the situation and which do not and why, and how you're going to respond to said emotions (which is what tweet said, and what therapists say)

How people seem to interpret it: any emotional reaction is perfectly fine and I am not responsible for what I do out of emotion.

sverdenes-prinsessa-deactivated

The "How it is supposed to work" part is really great, took me long enough and a therapist to figure that.

mamoru

you know how all those applesauce packets were recalled for lead?

well. it turns out the cinnamon used in them may have been laced with lead on purpose.

An FDA spokesperson said that one of the agency’s theories for the WanaBana cinnamon applesauce contamination was “economically motivated ad

fun times in the united states food industry right now am I right folks

ferrosparrow

In case you’re a buffoon (like me) and thought someone was out here meticulously hand-poisoning applesauce:

An FDA spokesperson said that one of the agency’s theories for the WanaBana cinnamon applesauce contamination was “economically motivated adulteration.” (…)

Economically motivated adulteration, or “food fraud,” can occur when a cheaper ingredient is added to a product to enhance it or bulk it up, but is not disclosed, according to the FDA. One example, the agency said, is when lead-based dyes are added to spices to give the product a certain color.

We love cutting corners to maximize profit at the expense of our consumers

mamoru

hand-poisoning applesauce would be too tedious. these applesauces were poisoned in bulk for maximum efficiency

pazithigallifreya

Turmeric is also frequently affected by this. A lead compound with a bright yellow color can be used.

I'm not gonna dox myself by saying precisely what I do for a living, but I am involved in public environmental health, and in the past have conducted home investigations in child lead poisoning cases. For years, foreign spices have been a problem, particularly for immigrant families who visit relatives overseas and bring spices back from south asia in particular.

During and immediately after covid, however, we started finding domestically sold spices coming back from lab testing with high lead results. Sam's club, wal-mart, etc. We used to tell families to buy domestically instead of bringing things back from India, Pakistan, etc, but even that isn't safe anymore.

You might - might - be safer with higher end organic products but I really just don't trust anything anymore. This isn't a new issue, but it's definitely becoming more widespread.

mamoru

is there a reliable way to test spices for lead at home?

propelledbydisaster

if the spice you're using is water-soluble, you can mix it with water and then use a water testing kit. they sell water-testing kits at the hardware store; ones that you send off to a lab are more reliable (but also more expensive).

you can also buy lead-testing swabs on the Internet. some of these are not reliable, so I'd recommend testing the lead-testing swabs. use a swab on something that you know is lead (a fishing sinker, a car battery, etc) and another swab on something that you know is lead-free (most things in your home, hopefully) and make sure you get the expected results.

note that lead-testing kits are not food-safe, so you should not just put pipettes / test swabs / etc into your spice jar. spoon out a small amount (onto a plate or whatever), test that small amount, and then throw that small amount away. (and then wash the plate.)

alugard

gonna add this consumer reports investigation from a couple of years back that made the rounds. they looked into a bunch of american spice brands and found that this is a huge problem across brands, regardless of whether or not it's organic (exact quote: "CR’s tests could not determine whether one brand was consistently better or worse than any other. And organic products did not have consistently lower levels than conventionally grown ones").

mamoru

summary of the results, which tested for things like lead, arsenic, and cadmium beyond safe limits:

there was no safe oregano or thyme among their tests

for basil and ginger, only one brand was found to be safe in each

for paprika and cumin, half of the products were unsafe

a few of the spices they tested were considered "high concern" as in, their highest level of danger on this scale

consumer reports recommends growing your own herbs when possible because herbs and spices can be so dangerous to buy

fun!

sofnaskinder

One of my best friends showed my art to her little brother. Then he asked me: "You can draw every Pokémon?"

"Yes", I said shamelessly.

He proceeded to name in one go every single Pokémon he knows so far and I drew them all lol

That Piplup in the middle was requested by our other friend tho (she wanted a new profile pic hehe)

lizardsfromspace

I did see a unreformed They're The Same person the other day on here mocking someone posting that we wouldn't be worrying about this if Kamala Harris was President and like. Yes. I am reasonably sure I would not be worrying about the closure of the Department of Education & the President trying to invade Greenland if Kamala Harris was President. It does in fact seem a lot less stressful if she was in charge

lizardsfromspace

Did Donald Trump effectively exhibit how everyone's the same on foreign policy when he cut all foreign aid, started a trade war with the aim of annexing Canada as a state, and threatened to conquer Gaza & force out all its residents, all in the space of like, a day and a half

radicrow

lamenting what we dont have

saccharinescorpion

talking about Rosie The Riveter, fun fact: while the We Can Do It picture has become the most-well known depiction of her in modern times, it wasn’t really a famous image when it was made–in fact, it wasn’t even intended to be her

the most famous depiction of Rosie The Riveter during WWII was probably Norman Rockwell’s painting

note what she’s resting her foot on

septemberequinox

i fully support anti-fascist/anti-nazi butch lesbian rosie the riveter

cikero

thenewborndeity

Behond one if the funniest things ive seen on reddit in a hot minute

nonaferatu

happy 2025 to this post

amayikes

So on the 27th DeepSeek R1 dropped (a chinese version of ChatGPT that is open source, free and beats GPT's 200 dollar subscription, using less resources and less money) and the tech market just had a loss of $1,2 Trillion.

Source

carys-the-ninth

The problem with commercial F/M romance is that it's written by the most heterosexual women alive and reading it you feel yourself slowly suffocating from the Gender of it all like a fish in a eutrophying lake. And what we actually need as a culture is F/M written by insane bisexuals violently allergic to heteronormativity

lilja4ever

the david zwirner gallery and the felix gonzalez torres foundation in the smithsonian removed the descriptive plaque for portrait of ross in la by felix gonzalez-torres. the old plaque explained portrait for ross' origins as the artist's partner's aids related death, and replaced it with a plaque with absolutely no information about the piece itself, who ross was, or who gonzalez-torres was either. portrait of ross was also reeranged to lay on the floor long ways instead of in a pile as it typically is situated, and the plaque outside the exhibition FOR GONZALEZ-TORRES omits his sexuality, as well as his aids related death. i'm in utter disbelief