a bun to bun ratio

[princessgemma12]

If you like the word “queer” reblog.

[incandescent-creativity]

#fun umbrella. we r all sitting under it like the big rainbow thing in elementary school gym class

[prismatic-bell]

Okay Jumblr, I have a question that's serious in the sense that I'd like a serious answer, but lighthearted in the sense that it's for fanfiction and not like, something where I need to check with my rabbi because I'm accidentally pregnant or something.

So I have a Jewish character. He was born and grew up in England and, if asked his nationality, would tell you he's English. His mother was New York Ashkenazi and his dad was Iranian Mizrahi.

Here's where the question comes in: to the best of my knowledge Ashkenazi minhag says you should only name a child after a dead relative and never a living one because it's a curse on the relative if they're alive, but Mizrahi minhag says you should only name a child after a living relative or it's unlucky for the child.

1) do I have the Mizrahi part right?

2) if yes, who wins? Does the kid just get named after nobody?

[jewishgay4il]

minhag goes after the dad (traditionally)

when yiu get married either you take on your husband's minhagim, or your wife yours

[embrace-of-the-cold]

Find a name that matches a deceased maternal relative and a living paternal relative.

[correlationalbuns]

This would have been my answer, too.

[wiisagi-maiingan]

People who say that cats are miserable inside have clearly never turned a feral cat into a pampered house kitty and seen the absolute transformation in them. Three of my four cats are rehabilitated ferals and out of them, the only one who is even slightly interested in going back outside is the one who was adopted as a very young kitten. The two who were adopted as adults don't even glance at the door. They do not try to escape. They barely even have prey drives anymore. They want cuddles and pets and a warm bed to sleep in and regular meals and toys to play with. It took my newest girl, still scraggly and flea-ridden with mats in her fur, less than a day to start rolling around on the bed, begging for pets and brushing and kisses.

Cats that have struggled to survive, eating garbage and fighting other cats and hiding from predators and shivering under cars while it rains, are cats who are almost always so so so happy in a warm and safe home where they never have to worry about their next meal. They are the ones who know how much it fucking sucks to be outside and how much better it is inside.

[correlationalbuns]

All of my cat are former ferals. Mama and her kittens loved the pampering, but she hated staying inside for long. She figured out ways to escape, no matter what we did. This was before catios were a thing. My old man kitty passed a few year ago, but he was the most spoiled bub. He certainly preferred being inside. My current copilot opted herself out of being a feral. She was caught in a trap and release, got spayed and then returned to her colony, where she proceeded to run into some poor woman's house 3 times before the rescue was called. She adopted me fairly immediately. If I try to take her near an open door, she flips out and runs at all cost. She's a serial killer kitty (strong prey drive) and absolutely does not want to be outside.

[wildspringday]

manny jacinto via instagram

[xueyangapologist]

“this is the hill you want to die on?” oh no i just love arguing. i fully intend to leave this hill once it gets boring. sorry for the confusion!

[shortgremlinman]

i fully intend to just grab a piece of wood and fuckin slide down this hill once im done

[weavemama]

DO NOT SUPPORT SALVATION ARMY 

[jackharknessday]

I can back this up. It isn’t only their shelters.

I have a family friend who worked at our local Salvation Army headquarters as a a secretary. This particular office took all the Christmas donations for children in need, put them in a warehouse, and on a designated day the staff and their friends picked through them all, taking whatever they wanted. She saw people hauling away bikes donated for specific families. Some local children had hundreds of dollars of gifts donated in their name, and on Christmas they received three cheap things, items likely not even from the person who sponsored them.

My friend quit, and I’ve not given them a dime of my money since then.

Do not give to the Salvation Army.

[gayfeatherfiend]

Do Not. Give. To. Salvation. Army

[rab-it-deactivated20231030]

My turn.

I’m a wildfire and disaster logistics specialist.

I deal with a lot of agencies who provide disaster relief.

I used to say the Salvation Army’s disaster services were the one (literally the ONE) good thing they did.

They would come in, set up a canteen trailer, make and pass out hot coffee and donated food in a disaster, usually being one of the first agencies to get there and the last to leave.

Then I found out.

Every time they did this, regardless of if they were actually invited or deployed by the agency in charge (usually FEMA, sometimes others) they would SELF-DEPLOY. Meanjng they would just show up. Ok. That’s not TOO bad, sometimes agencies have to take initiative and get there before the red tape is sorted out. BUT. They, after they left at the end of the incident, they would send FEMA or the host agency a BILL. They used one or two paid employees (usually the driver of the truck and a supervisor); and many VOLUNTEERS, but they would bill for EVERYONE’s Labor at standard federal rates. They would bill for the food they distributed even though it was all donated by another agency or private parties. They would bill for the coffee they made and the supplies. Except they would use electricity from the shelter location, water from donations or from the shelter, and in many cases, they would get the coffee and industrial filters DONATED, but bill for them at retail prices.

Don’t FUCKING give to the Salvation Army.

[knight-of-vengeance-deactivated]

The Salvation Army is also ass to the workers. A good number of people join it, naively thinking that it’s doing good, and end up leaving cynical and beaten down. The management is hostile, if not outright abusive, and demand some ridiculous hours of it lower to mid-level staff. Don’t support these people.

[fisharescary802]

Unsettling update

[oldearthaccretionist]

Find better local charities and shelters and give to them instead!

[moonybyte]

Also just for even more horrific context on the original twitter thread?

Salvation Army reached out to Milknmuffins and asked what shelter she’s at with the promise to address the abuse in it. She…ended up saying where she was. She was thrown out onto the street. It’s also all on Twitter.

They invited her to a personal talk so she could explain the situation in person.

And then they threatened her with a screenshot of a rape-threat made supposedly by her:

And then threw her out into the street while claiming she broke house rules that

So yeah, the Salvation Army is a bunch of entitled assholes that will treat the most vulnerable like shit if they dare try to do anything that makes them look bad

[supernovafirefly]

The “Fuck Salvation Army” posts are making the rounds again, so conisder this your reminder: Do. Not. Give. These. Assholes. A. Single. Fucking. Penny.

Do not support them in any way, shape, or form.

[eagletrekkie]

‘Tis the season to say FUCK the Salvation Army.

[rat-girl-big-tits]

I’m a social worker. You will not believe the amount of times the salvation army has tried to screw over our clients, in particular ones with disabilities. We’ve had multiple instances of clients not being allowed in because they have service animals, which is a violation of the Americans with disabilities act.

[goblinbugthing]

im only a man when im a grown ass man and im only a woman when god forbid women do anything

any time other than that? im a fucking Echidna

[goblinbugthing]

ENIGMA. FUCK

[sub-at-omicsteminist]

Astronomy I-

[anon-e-has-a-tmblr]

Archaeology: it is mandatory, it is ritualic.

[beowulf22121]

Fun fact about archeology!

if it's a rock and you lick it, your tongue got a little dirty.

If it's a bone, it sticks to your tongue.

Bones remember being inside a body where they could be wet all the time, and they want to return to that state.

[shortgremlinman]

Cheers science side of Tumblr. Never say that again though

[tatersgonnatate]

Yeahhhh you know what, that's funny, I'll queue that

[wooteena]

are you telling me americans have stores that open up SPECIFICALLY for halloween and just. dont exist any other time of the year. you people are insane

[offishly]

Imagine an empty storefront. Some business that closed years ago. The building stands empty, unused for literal months. And then boom. Fall comes around and there’s a Spirit Halloween. There’s no escape.

[wooteena]

what the fuck 😁

[enderenby404]

Yeah this is a thing

[krystal-prisms]

Are you serious

[what-even-is-thiss]

Yes and they are divine gifts of beauty and cheap plastic lawn decorations.

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

… I honestly assumed that the existence of Halloween stores was just a running joke in American TV shows.

[what-even-is-thiss]

No they’re very real

[onepersonfriendgroup]

Can confirm this phenomenon also occurs in Canada

[fan-enby-anonymous]

It’s fun

[what-even-is-thiss]

Oh, it’s a blast.

[moonybyte]

Wait, so during non-halloween they are just empty? Like, they don’t switch between seasonal decorations (like christmas, easter, etc), they just…close and wait for next year???

[strawberrydragon]

Yeah, it’s not a permanent store. A company will rent an empty building for the 2-3 months before halloween, sell halloween stuff, and then clean everything up and disappear until the following year. And they’ll usually set up in different buildings from year to year. They just find any good-sized empty store space that will give them a cheap, short-term lease.

It’s so temporary that the halloween stores don’t even have a real sign, they just hang up a banner outside:

[wheeled-jack]

So you’re telling me that every year for a month or two the Spirit of Halloween possesses a dead building then disappears?

[velvety-vixen]

that is exactly what we’re telling you

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[bajoop-sheeb]

PLEASE for the love of the universe read anti-colonial science fiction and fantasy written from marginalized perspectives. Y’all (you know who you are) are killing me. To see people praise books about empire written exclusively by white women and then turn around and say you don’t know who Octavia Butler is or that you haven’t read any NK Jemisin or that Babel was too heavy-handed just kills me! I’m not saying you HAVE to enjoy specific books but there is such an obvious pattern here

Some of y’all love marginalized stories but you don’t give a fuck about marginalized creators and characters, and it shows. Like damn

[spid3rgrrrl]

If anyone has any recommendations give them to me please!

[bajoop-sheeb]

Gladly! The pieces on this list aren’t limited to specifically anti-colonial science fiction and fantasy, but they do center related and relevant topics, themes, etc.

Anything by NK Jemisin. She is the best speculative fiction writer of her generation and probably the best speculative fiction writer alive. She is easily one of the best writers working right now, across all genres. That’s not hyperbole. She deserves all the hype.

Anything by Octavia Butler. She needs no introduction. Her short fiction is incredible; “Bloodchild” is one of the pieces that inspired me to write.

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon. Excellent. Just read it.

The Radiant Emperor duology by Shelley P. Chan. It broke my heart and it'll break yours.

Babel by RF Kuang. You’ve probably already heard of this book because Harper Voyager marketed the shit out of it and was right to do so. It’s very, very good. Kuang writes a compulsively readable story, that’s for sure.

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo.

So Long Been Dreaming: Post-Colonial Science Fiction and Fantasy (anthology) edited by Nalo Hopkinson.

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (anthology) edited by Nalo Hopkinson.

Severely underhyped books of assorted speculative genres:

The Blood Trials by NE Davenport. Given the current chokehold romantasy has on the public it’s insane to me that this book hasn’t sold a billion copies.

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez. It’ll change you.

The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera.

The Lesson by Caldwell Turnbull.

Read widely. Read diversely. People of the Caucasian persuasion need to stop getting pissy when the story doesn’t immediately center them and they don’t automatically relate to everything the character says and does and is. Just let yourself get swept in the story—even if it touches on (gasp!) racism—and maybe, just maybe, it’ll reveal something to you.

Or maybe not! Marginalized sff authors do not have to and should not have to educate their readers. But if I see one more white person complain about how Black characters are fundamentally annoying because they complain too much I’m going to fling myself into the sun

Thanks for coming to my ted talk I didn’t want to do it but here I am

[wakandama2]

Oh! Please read EVERYTHING EVER WRITTEN by P. Djèlí Clark y'all! but start with this book first!

This is the epitome of Black Steampunk. It so refreshing to see science fiction written and just beautifully and authentic displaying of black culture(locations, language, practices, belie, ect) like black culture is extremely relevant and refreshingly written in this story. It even has some thrill of historical/ancestors revenge, along with messages of life and healing in it. It has all kinds of Black diaspora and queer rep in it too!

[possumsinatrenchcoat]

Reblog to give the person you reblogged it from the energy to do one (1) chore or maybe many

[low-selfesteem-and-god-complex]

*crying and shaking* please reblog from me, please i beg of you

[sirlairla]

The Acolyte as text posts (again)

[vaspider]

Hey, since we're talking about giving blood today - a friend of the family got in an accident yesterday due to a vagus event after a blood draw. He had never had one before. My wife gets these somewhat frequently, so:

If you've never passed out after a blood draw or injection, you should wait at least fifteen minutes after an injection or blood draw before you drive or do anything where a sudden loss of consciousness could cause you serious injury - climb a ladder, use a sharp knife, etc. If you ever have, you should wait half an hour.

Our friend is okay. He was driving below the speed limit and wearing his seatbelt when he briefly lost consciousness. His car is totaled, but he's okay.

Please be careful. I know we're all really busy, and we've all got a million places to be, but you can't tough your way through your body deciding it needs to reset itself by passing out briefly.

[electricslug]

I also really recommend bringing a cookie or granola bar and water (or any little snack) if you're getting a blood draw so you can have that after

This is especially helpful if you had to be fasting for the test

[vaspider]

Oh for sure.

[vaspider]

To be clear, y'all, every place I've ever been that you give blood or get it drawn for tests recommends that you stay for 15m.

A lot of people don't do that. We're all busy, and I don't think most of us know what might happen bc if you've never had vasovagal syncope/a vagus event... you don't know how completely out of your control it is. You're busy having a normal day and then you wake up on the floor.

A friend of mine nearly had a Very Bad Day the day before yesterday.

I took that as an opportunity to remind people to take care of themselves.

That's all. :)

[raven-6-10]

Things you should take with you if you want to give blood:

Water with high mineral content (iron, potassium, magnesium etc.),

Alternatively, dump electrolyte powder in your normal water (hangover stuff is helpful here)

Alternatively alternatively, tomato juice. Yes, really.

Granola or chocolate bar.

A salted snack (I prefer shelled pistachio)

If you have somebody who can get some time off to go with you, you can ask them for help in getting back home safely. I always go with my mom so I don't have to get back alone.

[vaspider]

Yes, that's good advice.

Again, friends, I'm talking about a blood draw for tests or an immunization as well. You don't have to have a pint of blood taken, or any blood taken at all, to have a vasovagal syncope/vagus event like my buddy had. He had a blood draw for tests.

I do my wife's E shots bc then she can just stay in bed afterwards bc she had a vagus event after her first HRT shot. My other wife passed out on a nurse while getting rabies prophylaxis shots in the ER after we woke up with a bat in our room. These things sometimes happen immediately but can happen on a short delay.

Nothing you could do within those 15-30m is more important than your safety.

[ferrous-princess]

Huh... Yeah, that's probably what happened when I got me ear pierced.

And yeah, I think tumblr's reading comprehension is striking again. This is ANY blood draw OR injection. It has nothing to do with hydration, salt, or blood sugar levels like you'd see after donating blood. This is basically any time you're stuck with a needle, see blood, fear bodily harm, or any number of other triggers.

As far as I can tell, this is the thing that makes some folks faint at the sight of blood. It's a nervous system... malfunction? You get some stimulus that makes your body think it's losing blood, so it slows your heart rate and dilates blood vessels to pool all your blood in your legs, causing a rapid decrease in blood pressure.

In theory, I could see how this might make you lose much less blood if you were actually wounded. In practice, taking your blood pressure off a cliff like that can make you lose consciousness.

[dr-otter]

Yep that's a good explanation. It's basically an autonomic nervous system malfunction. To be clear; if you are actually giving blood or having a lot drawn for testing for some reason then yes do replace that fluid and electrolytes, but that won't prevent a vasovagal event if you're going to have one. It just makes it more likely that you're having it sitting at the table with your juice and cookie instead of behind the wheel.

You'd think it was maybe part of the suite of issues we ended up with by taking a quadruped body and setting it upright on the hind paws, but it can happen to dogs and cats (and presumably other vertebrates) too. Smush faced dogs are particularly prone to it because they have high vagal tone to start with.

[vaspider]

I did not know that! I've never had a brachycephalic dog (if I'm remembering my terms correctly), though. Always had shepherd and/or pibble mixes.

My wife actually passed out while I was having a biopsy done a few months ago bc she could tell I was in serious distress, and it caused her to have a sympathetic vasovagal event. It was truly, truly wild.

In that case it was pretty much a case of "know your body," and so the two of us went and sat quietly in our parked car with the a/c blasting at our faces for 30m, and then I drove us home.

[correlationalbuns]

It's not a malfunction! The system is working as intended. WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT WE'D INTENTIONALLY BLEED OURSELVES?

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…atta boy

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