invasive tegu lizards will inherit the earth

gin. 20+. white tme lesbian. scifi fan. anarchist. cover art by salamispots. i block zionists and transmisogynists.

[albertserra]

genuine question — how is donating money going to help Palestinians if no food is going in? What is the money for?

Medicine, water, supplies, food, fuel (much of it black market being upsold at egregious prices) — these all cost money and pretty much all Palestinians in Gaza have no source of income now. It’s drops in the bucket compared to ending the siege and occupation but it’s one way to do at least something small to help. Others are in need of money to evacuate when the border opens again (which hopefully is asap…), tuition and supplies for school to continue studies despite it all. Another fund is focused on trying to rebuild farmlands in Gaza to get food again that way.

I can’t tell anyone what to do with their money but I don’t think this mindset of “well nothings going in so we can’t help” is helpful for people on the ground who are the ones saying that donations can and do help them survive.

[gael-garcia]

The Sameer Project also explained where they're getting food:

[sawasawako]

donate to the sameer project:

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water

**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of w

North Gaza: Food, Water & Other Distributions

Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza fac

Medical Campaign x Sameer Project

Medical Care: The Sameer Project in Honor of Mosab Ali

The Refaat Alareer Camp - by The Sameer Project

The Sameer Project, a mutual aid organization led by three Palestinians in the diaspora, are the proud directors and funders of a tent encam

[scarlettaagni]

so i think the solution is to give dachshunds a third pair of legs right in the middle

[daylights-rain]

I think we should also add some sort of chitinous segmented armor on their backs to help protect them also

[anywhoozles]

[collapsedsquid]

Asking all my scientific questions to the Chinese AI with the hope that the CCP are monitoring it, will notice my brilliant observations and fund me.

[werewolf-transgenderism]

my most lukewarm take is that I don't think there should be any exemptions for vaccines, etc., beyond documented legit adverse medical shit that makes it physically impossible. like they should be free and required and nobody should be allowed to just choose to leave their child and any immunocompromised person they interact with vulnerable to potentially deadly but entirely preventable diseases and other medical conditions.

[tharkuun]

my lukewarm addition to this is that i think refusing your child vaccines is child abuse, just like refusing to feed them

[trapped--under--rice]

please behold the 24 Hours of Lemons race, in which you can only spend $500 total on a car to cross country race for 24 hours

named after the legendary 24 hour Le Mans race, Lemons rallies barely legal cars in an endurance race across America. had the privilege of sharing the freeway with this race and seeing the absolute art od this event

[friendly-neighborhood-patriarch]

This is so American I could CRY

[hogmilked]

oh this is nothing. some of my favorite lemons entries are:

an airplane stuck on a toyota minivan

this miata built by rocket scientists

the mr2 boat

the nyan cat bmw that i think actually played the song at all times

the homer simpson car built by uranium workers

this limo whose brakes caught on fire

the dumbest corolla and supra wearing funny hats

and so much more. 24 hours of lemons my beloved

[barbiehelmet]

the zendaya thing isnt even a new phenomenon by any means!! the article mentions margot robbie wearing the taj mahal diamond as well, and in addition to that i also want to remind people that diljit dosanjh's request to wear the patiala necklace for the 2025 met gala was denied by cartier because they said it was in a museum and could not be loaned. however they had no issues at all loaning it to emma chamberlain, a white woman, for the 2022 met gala, while they turned down the request of a punjabi man who wanted it to honor his heritage.

this behavior is nothing new. the global south and everything in it - the people, the culture, our heritage - is seen as nothing more than a decoration or commodity to colonizers. i don't even need to bring up the koh i noor or the entire british museum; these examples are recent and egregious enough on their own.

of course this is not to imply that any of the people involved here - zendaya, margot robbie, or emma chamberlain - had any sort of malicious intentions. but the ignorance is just as bad in my opinion. the ignorance is just as harmful, if not more. because it means we are not even an afterthought. it means that the real people and histories and heritages of the global south do not even register when these people are putting together looks for their movie premiers and met gala appearances. everything is just reduced down to a shiny piece of jewelry whose history they need not bother with. it's just a continued reminder of the way colonization affects us all even long after independence, of how barely-healed wounds keep being reopened even decades later. even now, we are being denied connections to our histories and heritages while they are freely being given out to those that have nothing to do with it and don't care for it. and i'm sick of it.

[sheepy-zephy]

*small service bell ringing*

You're listening to

*hmph!*

102.3

*awawa*

Real Princess FM

*tea pouring*

Where we play nothing but the most proper music

*window opens*

*dramatic sigh*

This isn't your queen's station

*Imagine Dragons- Radioactive starts playing*

[csny]

this is sort of sickening to me. can they swap

[sligoriverblues]

I love corn syrup I love trans fats I love seed oils I love saturated fats I love red 40 I love sugar I love it all I am fat American and I accept to live is to die

[fluoresensitives]

When I say quite literally nothing can touch me right now! See you all, January 2026! It's available for pre-order, everywhere you can get books, including Barnes & Noble and Bookshop!

Absolutely fabulous artwork by Beth Steidle!

[fluoresensitives]

hiiii! So for Barnes and Nobles premium and rewards members, there's this pre-order event going on where you can get 25% off the book price. (Jet2holiday) that's at least $6.99 off!!

And you can feel giddy and excited that you're supporting a Black horror author author, yes, cheers and absolutely!

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[dietranch]

hyper beam

[soldrie]

I also have Hyper Beam Sylveon! I have a recording saved because the animation made me laugh.

[darth-moth]

[escuerzoresucitado]

[padurenii]

Soviet Era Murals in Kazakhstan and Tashkent, Uzbekistan

[mismedleym]

some pet portraits from june!

opening up comms again now :)

[kropotkindersurprise]

footballers writhing around on the field like mating snails

[klapollo]

Washington Post is paywalling the article but it looks like Taylor Farms — a consumer bagged salad brand that also supplies produce to grocers and fast food chains like Taco Bell, Walmart, McDonald's, Chipotle, Burger King, KFC, and Meijer —may be at least one of the sources of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Taylor makes bagged greens, salad kits, chopped salads, the works. Keep avoiding supermarket greens, but keep an especially close eye out for this brand/supplier. The above list of grocers and fast food chains is NOT exhaustive, so please continue getting lettuce and other raw produce taken off your burgers, sandwiches, etc.

[klapollo]

Iceberg lettuce sold at Taco Bell linked to cyclospora outbreak | CNN

Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosp

Non-paywalled article now on CNN.

[nimashkawizii]

Hey Canadian pals, this company does have produce sold in Canada, notably ready-to-eat salads at Sobey (safeway, thrifty foods, IGA, etc.) and Loblaw (superstore, shoppers, etc.) stores. So while no outbreaks here have been linked to the massive issue in the US (yet), it might be a good time for a bit of caution.