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Turacoverdin on AO3 // Artist, writer, and aspiring animator! DNI sloths (the animal)

[greenbirdgreen]

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

are people talking about the labor conditions at Taylor Farms yet? like the fact they use enslaved prisoners in their facilities?

are we drawing the connection between worker safety and consumer safety & public health yet?

are people demanding to see the conditions in this place that keeps making us sick? why are the enslaved workers not having the time to use the bathroom or to rest when ill? very few people would shit in front of their coworkers given any choice at all.

[saffronlesbian]

from what i can find from a 30-minute search, they have since stopped actively hiring prison labor for the past couple of years, at least. BUT, taylor farms has been flagged as dangerous and exploitative in general for a while now.

source on prison labor in the food system: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/01/29/prisoners-in-the-us-are-part-of-a-hidden-workforce-linked-to-hundreds-of-popular-food-brands/

Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands

In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found goods linked to prisoners wind up in the supply chains of everything from F

labor safety issues from 2025: https://ohsonline.com/articles/2025/11/25/osha-cites-taylor-farms-after-worker-dies-during-sanitation-process.aspx

OSHA Cites Taylor Farms After Worker Dies During Sanitation Process -- Occupational Health & Safety

A fatal machine-cleaning incident at a New Jersey processing facility has led to more than $1.1 million in OSHA penalties for willful and re

from 2013: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/business/taylor-farms-big-food-supplier-grapples-with-frequent-recalls.html

they have plants from colorado to new jersey to florida to california. more than 12-13 years that i could easily find of there being issues with labor and safety for workers and consumers, and a significant portion of that time they were directly using prison labor.

(use removepaywall if you need to to read these articles, i just wanted to drop the original sources i found in here)

[bgm05]

The animal is gay for being alive

[susiephone]

Dracula Daily Accountability Poll!

July 18: You're a crewman aboard the Demeter. There's something on board that shouldn't be here. Something bad is going to happen. Someone needs to take watch while everyone else sleeps. Time to draw lots... If you choose the option with the least amount of votes, you're on watch tonight, and whatever happens, happens. Good luck.

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[it-appears-that-bruno-has-deact]

[iamthelowercase]

Hello, tumblr! I saw something on here the other day that worried me, so I decided to Do Science about it. But I can't do it alone: I need your help to build the dataset!

Here's what I need you to do:

If you see a post with a "mature content" label, and it's 2026, DM me a link to the post.

Yes, that's really it.

I am hoping to collect several thousand such posts, so that I have a decent sized dataset. I do not care what the post is about; if it's labeled as "mature content", I want to add it to my dataset.

If I get 10,000 posts in my dataset before August 31st 2026, I will post my preliminary findings then. I won't feel comfortable calling my findings "settled" before 2027, unless I get over 50,000 posts.

[iamthelowercase]

Tumblr Science FAQ, round 1

What's your hypothesis, OP?

I am not talking about that unless I have results to share. That would bias the results.

I did write them down and I did share them with a trusted contact who can prove that I wrote them down the same day I made this post. (While I did so before I made this post, I am not sure they will be able to provide proof of that, because I did so on the same day.)

OP are you interested in...?

Do you have to click through to see the post? Does the clickthrough contain the words "mature content"? Then yes.

OP are you interested if the post is about...?

I am interested in the mature content labels, not the content of the post. Is there a clickthrough that contains the words "mature content"? Then yes.

[iamthelowercase]

Tumblr Science FAQ, round 2

Should I reblog this for reach?

Yes, please. I felt really silly when I noticed I forgot to include that in the original post.

Is it okay if I send you my own posts?

Yes, those are perfect for what I'm looking for. I actually need to do some processing on a post to make it useful for testing my hypothesis, and this makes it easy.

Are you looking for "potentially mature content" also, or just "mature content"?

I want both, please. Anything that throws up a blocking screen that you have to click through. The distinctions between them are one of the things I am hoping to study.

Does it matter when the post was made originally?

Technically no. There's no way to respond to this without introducing some bias in the results, and I don't want that. However, I do collect some data on a post as part of making it useful to me, and that data is easier to collect if the post is recent.

What if I request content label review on a post after I send it to you?

I need to see the mature content label to be able to use the post. Because the mature content label hides the content of the post, it is very hard to use a post that no longer has a mature content label. You could send me a screenshot, but people could use that to lie to me.

Basically, it's more work for you to make it usable to me.

OP are you a transphobe? It would ruin the experiment for me if you're a transphobe.

I promise I'm not a transphobe and not doing this for transphobic reasons. You should still double-check that I'm not a transphobe for yourself, though. I am not sure that this study will have the useful effects you're hoping for; I am studying something specific, and it may not be what you hope.

[iamthelowercase]

Tumblr Science FAQ, round 3

posts created during 2026, or posts shared with you during 2026?

Posts shared with me during 2026.

It is easier to use a post if it was made in 2026, but it doesn't have to be made in 2026.

Some posts are labeled mature content by Tumblr, and some posts are labeled mature content by the person making the post. Won't that change the result?

That's actuality what I'm studying!

Is there a way I can follow updates, without having to follow you?

As of this FAQ post, I am using "iamthelowercase science project updates" as a tag on all my posts about it. I am considering whether to use tumblr's "community" feature to create a dedicated place to follow about it, as well.

If I'd thought about it beforehand, I'd have made a sideblog specifically for this project. Hindsight really is 20/20.

[bakurapika]

Further question: I've never had to click through to see a mature content post to my recollection. I only see that it is labeled mature content from dashboard view I think? If that's the case, do I send it to you in any situation where the post is labeled as "mature content"?

[iamthelowercase]

Yes, please do send those. I am toggling back and forth to look at the mature content label on my end.

[divorcedwife]

tous les mêmes, tous les mêmes, tous les mêmes, et y'en a marre

[merry-go-round-jailhouse]

[literaryreference]

The Peel is an offshoot of the Onion but honestly if someone told me this was real slam poetry I wouldn’t even question it

[lastoneout]

Maybe I’m just high but ngl this kinda does go hard. I love when parody becomes what it mocks. Because good parody is from a place of love.

[mens-rights-activia]

[mens-rights-activia]

I would like to note that I left flowers for her afterwards, just as a “sorry for using your grave for content”

[guardianspirits13]

@oh-tobeafrog thank you for inspiring me with this galaxy brain take on my two favorite marvel heroes :)

original post here

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

you are weak of mind and horny of spirit

[pjackk]

and metal of body

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

HOLY SHIT PJACK??????

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

HE WAS BACK FOR THREE HOURS, RESPONDED TO MY POST, AND THEN DIED AGAIN????

[messsssmer]

"Whimsy" is truly a wretched term. What maketh thee so carefree?

[fireknightqueelign]

thy mother

[messsssmer]

Art thou for fucking real

[sunsestart]

Happy let Papyrus say fuck day!

[datastate]

[ID: An Undertale comic of Papyrus' misgivings with "god." Sans and Papyrus are cartoon skeletons, speaking in all-lowercase and all-caps respectively.

Page one: Papyrus arrives home and hesitantly opens the dialogue with, "Sans, I think I met God." Sans glances aside, then asks "what?" and Papyrus clasps his hands together, emphasizing: "You know... God." To Sans' other side, he imagines Gaster (a slit mask and hands with star stigmatas emerging from a void) - who echoes several ominous phrasings such as: "The angel of the prophecy; the anomaly; world will be destroyed; the angel is arriving." - and then he says to Papyrus, "oh. hmm. are they, uh, cool?"

Page two: Papyrus cuts in, exclaiming in increasingly distressed tones: "No!!! It's annoying!!! It keeps messing up my puzzles!! Chewing on my bones!! Stealing my attacks!! It stares at me during the night!! It chases me!! It--" Cut off, his eyes widen. He points frantically at a cute dog, shouting, "It's right there!!!"

Page three: Sans leans over to see it and muses "ohhh. you meant d-o-g, not g-o-d." and Papyrus furrows his brows, replying: "What?! No!! I know what I said!!" then pauses, continuing while giving the annoying dog a suspicious look. "Although, now that you mention it… It is quite dog-shaped." The dog-god smiles. Papyrus continues: "It does not deceive me though. I'm watching you!" and Sans heads off-screen to take a nap.

Page four: Papyrus sighs after Sans. Then hears - "You won't appear in deltarune." - and looks down. The annoying dog nods cutely. Papyrus stomps his foot down and points accusatorily, shouting: "Oh fuck you!" End ID.]

[fella-lovin-fella]

i hate it when people mistake "etymology" with "entomology." like, i know where they coming from but it still bugs me

[elinex]

mithrun rediscovers the joy of ragebaiting

[malotte00]

[prince-geo]

you ever just think about how netflix daredevil genuinely gave it's protagonist TWO (2) on screen suicide attempts that weren't ambiguous at all and were actually pointed out as such in the narrative? like we're not talking "self destructive behavior that could interpreted as passive suicidality" here like the show straight up said "hey this guy, our hero, tried to kill himself several times and one time wasn't even for some heroic greater good sacrifice but because of his rapidly declining mental health and practically non-existent self worth' without tip-toeing around it or softening the blow. because i think about that a lot. like no judgement but i don't think modern marvel could ever