[patrochilles-or-bust]

Shout out to all the Black ppl that can no longer participate directly in the fandom they love because of the stresses of racism 👍🏾 you contain multitudes of value and I'm sorry that the color of your skin and the power of your voice makes people not want to acknowledge that.

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Yes, nonblack people can reblog. I'd appreciate it, in fact, if y'all took the time to vocally support your Black friends/fans in fandom.

[shamebats]

[teaboot]

Sometimes I get the feeling that something is in my house watching me so I talk to “it” out loud like it’s a guest. I actually do genuinely enjoy having company over and keep a bathroom bag of supplies so I usually tell my imaginary paranoia-visitor it can sleep on the couch if it’s staying the night, where the new toothbrushes are, etc. surprisingly it does help

[lastoneout]

Going to the library and renting a study room when I need to do adult things like making phone calls and filling out paperwork or applications. My ADHD makes it so I cannot easily do "school and administrative" adjacent stuff at home, but if I go to the library my brain switches into work mode for some reason and it works. Used to stay after or go to school early to do my homework for this exact reason, legit cannot reccomend it enough.

[night-city-netrunner]

I queue up a playlist of songs roughly the length of the chore I need to do, with a "smoke break" song (17 from Repo! The Genetic Opera) somewhere about the middle.

Press play, do the chore. Smoke break song comes on, and I take the duration of that song for a snack and some water. When the song ends, its back to the chore. When the Playlist ends, I am permitted to leave the space I was working in.

I started this as a way to force myself to take showers even when I had zero energy to do so (bc getting up is hard, even if the shower itself is the Good Place) then realized it worked for every chore I hate.

Works. Every. Fucking. Time.

[mamoru]

🇺🇸nationwide class 1 recall of 3,370,530 pounds of frozen chicken fried rice due to contamination with glass🇺🇸

the brand names are ajinomoto and trader joe's. the ajinomoto fried rice was also exported to 🇨🇦canada🇨🇦, although as of when I (rune) started typing this, a canadian recall has not been announced. they probably will though. it has glass in it.

this is a class 1 recall, the highest severity with the most relative danger. eating this recalled frozen chicken fried rice is considered to have a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death. because of the glass

four people choose to protect others by reporting glass in their rice, which led to the recall. "no confirmed reports of injury due to the consumption of this product" which might mean there are reports of people who ate glass or got injured in another way, but may not have actually sought medical attention for it, or any possible medical attention was not categorized and reported correctly. who knows.

only some lots and some specific packages of these products are being recalled. best by dates extend into november 2026.

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/ajinomoto-foods-north-america-inc--recalls-chicken-fried-rice-products-due-0

WASHINGTON, FEB. 19, 2026 – Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc., a Portland, Ore. establishment, is recalling approximately 3,370,530 pounds of frozen not ready-to-eat (NRTE) chicken fried rice products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically glass, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

frozen and not ready to eat, meaning these should be cooked before eating for safety.

unfortunately, if you cook this chicken fried rice at the temperature glass melts (1723 celsius/3133.4 fahrenheit), the chicken might become tough. probably best to chuck these!

The NRTE chicken fried rice items were produced between September 8, 2025, and November 17, 2025. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]: 1.53-kg. cardboard packages containing 6 bags of frozen “AJINOMOTO YAKITORI CHICKEN WITH JAPANESE-STYLE FRIED RICE” with BEST BEFORE/MEILLEUR AVANT dates 26 SE 09 through 26 NO 12. 20-oz. (1 lb. 4 oz.) plastic bag packages containing frozen “TRADER JOE’S Chicken Fried Rice with stir fried rice, vegetables, seasoned dark chicken meat and eggs” with BEST BY dates 9/8/2026 through 11/17/2026.

some emphasis mine. label link is a PDF. NRTE means not ready to eat. if you bought your frozen chicken fried rice before september 8 2025, you do not have the extra crunchy version.

only some lots of these products are being recalled, and not every bag currently on the market.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number P-18356 inside the USDA mark of inspection. The Trader Joe’s item was shipped to Trader Joe’s retail locations nationwide. The Ajinomoto item was exported only to Canada.

these products were shipped nationwide. ajinomoto yakitori chicken fried rice was also sold in canada. I (rune!) expect them to recall it soon. sorry canada!

The problem was discovered after the establishment notified FSIS that it received four consumer complaints regarding glass found in product. There have been no confirmed reports of injury due to consumption of this product. Anyone concerned about an injury should contact a healthcare provider.  

four people reported glass. there may have been injury reports that were not from eating the glass or were inadequate to include for some reason. the glass may have pierced through the bag that injured someone during handling, for example.

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in retailers’ or consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

the good news is, since this is a glass issue, you probably do not have to worry about sanitizing your freezer.

but uh, you might want to to worry about the rice itself, because getting sepsis from eating glass is a really nasty way to die. anything that can slice up your insides on the way down or on the way out is a bad time. and nothing in this recall actually says what the glass is specifically from, so it might also be dirty.

Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to [email protected]. For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.

please save lives and help keep your community safe. report unsafe food. report unsafe products. do not just assume someone else will report. report safety issues! the glassy rice was only identified and recalled because of reports!

for more information, check the recall announcement!

thanks for reading! stay safe and take care!

[elenex4]

These "youre copying silus art style!!!" Hate asks get more annoying each and every time like omg god forbid someone SLIGHTLY took inspo it isn't like silu THEMSELVES said that they don't want people to take inspo of their art or la terrur and the fact that people JUST think that silu is the only one working on it and doesn't have a team to work on la terrur is WILD like no hate to silu or anyone in this situation but omg do these People (anons) think that inspo means that you copied it like bro be so fr, you're au is so awesome and has so much potential no need to reply to moids trying to sour your mood like these people R LOSERS who have nothing to do except hate on anyone or anything, don't listen to them, your au is going to be awesome and i know it:)

thank you thats so sweet, I really dont mind people asking questions here and there but holy shit do you need to be an absolute asshole while doing it?, you can just ask for my inspo if you feel so sure that all I know of miraculous is silu's art

I was there when this show dropped, I was there trying to figure out who hawk moth was, I was on amino communities and consuming miraculous content everywhere. This show is 10 years old and has thousands of redesigns both by the creators and the fandom you dont get to call dibs on things like marinette having tan skin and darker hair when its something she has in official art.

Some artists really like her final design with white skin blue eyes and hair, I personally don't like that trope that every asian protagonist is victim of so I dont indulge on that, its what happened to musa in the winx reboot and I dont like it, Im not going to draw it often or at all I drew her like that as ladybug like 2 times and I didn't like it at all so I went for the opposite

most of my "redesigns" if you can even call changing hairstyles that pull from the concept art colors

we are losing the ancient texts cause wtf these were literally the creator's ideas in the first place

I've had a cartoony style and ive been a y2k/2000s artist for a while now you can check my other social media if you want, when I started drawing lukloe on tiktok for fun they already had a 2000s look even tho it was very basic and I had no idea what la terreur was at the time. I don't like indulging in stupid discussions that make no sense, Im leaving everything as clear as possible here so I don't have to answer more stupid questions, if someone has nothing good to add or ask im just not going to answer

I love silu's art and all the work the team of la terreur put into their au this reply has nothing to do with them, this is just for annoying people that need everything explained like they are 4 year olds

[sillysiluriforme]

[stellernorth]

haiku of despair

[sevdahalma]

most fantasy books or fics i’ve read that contained a desert biome fell back on real world prejudice and misconceptions in place of authentic worldbuilding for a place and people, and it is so telling that the trope seems to repeat itself

things like

the desert as a lifeless wasteland where ‘life is crushed underneath the shifting sands and blazing sun’ blah blah blah. deserts are full of life and they are beautiful and people have lived and prospered in them for eons. please read a book

the desert as an ugly or barren terrain where everything is harsh and threatening

the desert as something scary

the inhabitants as backwards religious zealots

the men as overly violent and oppressive

the inhabitants in need of outside instruction/intervention, i.e. “civilizing the savage”

the “harem” and women as exotic, sensual, mysterious

writing tribalism with no knowledge of how tribes actually function

djinn (or for the westerners, genies)

Islam Lite (the aesthetics or spiritual practices appropriated and stripped of meaning)

sprinkling random arabic words for ✨flavor✨instead of expanding your worldbuilding to include language as well

clothing as oppressive or mysterious, instead of serving its actual purpose (protecting you from the elements, which should be obvious but i guess it isn’t. covering your skin keeps you cooler and safer in most deserts)

people who live in deserts as ignorant, superstitious, uneducated

this isn’t worldbuilding, it’s just ignorance and bigotry

[sourb0i]

So true!

To anyone writing stuff set in the Mojave/Sonoran Deserts (and maybe the Colorado?) Please please please look up Palo Verde forests!! The trees are green but completely bare of leaves- they photosynthesize directly through their bark. And instead of leaves they have spikes! It's so trippy and cool to be walking through a lush green forest knowing that the nearest water is 50+ miles away.

Other Mojave/Sonoran specific things:

There's tortoises! They're pretty rare to see but you can often find their burrows, or sometimes skeletons

Nightjars will wait till you get super close and then fly up, scaring the crap out of you

There are areas called 'desert asphalt', which are large expanses of black volcanic rock. Looks totally different from any other part of the desert

There are jackrabbits everywhere

Everywhere there aren't jackrabbits there's lizards

It's actually pretty loud; there's loads of insects- mainly crickets and the like- but also lots of birds! You won't see them but by God you will hear them

Wildflower blooms in the rainy season are the most beautiful thing you'll ever see in your life. There will be so many flowers that you never even knew existed

If you live near any mountain range, you'll actually see thunderstorms fairly often. You'll never actually get rained on, but there's almost always thunder on the mountains, especially in the evening. Idk maybe that's a metaphor or something

Source: I lived on the edge of the Mojave and Sonoran for a bit, and most of my job involved wandering around the desert for 8 hours a day

[kailverkami]

Drawing based on my random AU I haven't named yet but Kai is a literal single dad raising a mythical lizard kid 🐴

[aransmind]

[probuccalfat]

i’ve been saying “do it scared” but now i gotta actually do it

[lelif]

on survival

-// @aridante // @orivu // @buzzkillgirls // ? // ? // richard siken// @cemeterything // moomin, tove jansson// @disenchanted-killjoy // isn't that enough, shawn mendes// @ prettytheyswag on twitter// @ coletyumuch on twitter// ? // ? // bird by bird, anne lamott// undertale// @strawberrycircuits

[junglejim4322]

Something that I have noticed is I know almost nobody my age that goes to a food pantry. I know people who regularly run out of money for food and in general have to eat an unsuitable diet because that’s what they can afford and they still don’t go to a food bank, im not sure if it’s because they’re embarrassed or maybe if you didn’t grow up going you don’t know much about it but if you’re financially struggling I really recommend it. And look into other options for food assistance too like community fridges and gardens and other programs that can assist you, where I live Salvation Army pays for an allotted amount of grocery delivery for low income people every month, in the summer farmers take excess produce to the library to be taken by anyone who needs it, etc. There are a LOT of resources for free food that you can look into especially if you are literally not eating because of your financial situation

[junglejim4322]

Btw if you have dietary restrictions you can often let them know and in many cases they’ll prioritize certain items for you

[realmarysue]

Global map of community fridges

Urban Harvest - global foraging maps

Food Not Bombs Global Chapter Locations (mostly vegan!)

USA - Find your local food bank

USA - Meals on Wheels free or reduced cost food delivery (age usually 60+, check your specific area's eligibility

[aleph-none]

Map of US food banks that can accommodate gluten-free

[junglejim4322]

Good thing to have on hand in the midst of food stamps issues

[brightstrangeworld]

at least he died doing what he loved... letting people die by gun violence.

[userfish]

i hate when something violent happens to a right wing politician and every left leaning pundit and politician gets on their soap box about how "violence isn't the answer" as if the right wing ideology doesn't inherently encourage violence.

[lilyflxwers]

i. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, Sylvia Plath / ii. As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980, Susan Sontag / iii. Suddenly, It's December, Margaux Paul / iv. Waiting for This Story to End Before I Begin Another, Jan Heller Levi / v. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde / vi. The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857, Gustave Flaubert / vii. unknown / viii. @inanotherunivrse / ix. @violentcherries / x. Heaven, Mieko Kawakami (thank u @aworsening for attaching the sources)

[anna-scribbles]

check out @fandomsforpali for more info about how to use your art, writing, or donations to help families in Palestine!! contributor applications for their first campaign, Miraculers for Palestine, open tomorrow, January 10.

(and check out the voice acted video version of this comic, it’s phenomenal and i’m obsessed with it!)

Free Palestine! 🍉

[m0thmancore]

suck, and i cannot stress this enough, my cock to the fucking base

[m0thmancore]

oh no! i dropped this screenshot that explains how to bypass this with a free adblocker! you shouldn’t reblog this or anything; it’d be terrible if people used this advice to watch ad-free youtube!!

[smart-macademia]

the key to surviving grad school (also maybe life but definitely grad school) is to pick a side quest every few months or so. something that brings you joy and that you can get better at over time, independent of whether or not your research or classes are going well. put your need for academic validation to use in a non-academic setting and everything will feel less dire and you will learn you are more than your work