In case anyone hasn't heard, the cyclospora outbreak affecting tons of people in the US right now is coming from Taylor Farms produce. Best to stay away from bagged lettuce and prepared salads completely right now, but especially the ones mentioned in the screenshot:
Taylor Farms
Earthbound Farms
Little Salad Bar (Aldi)
Marketside (Walmart)
Kroger House Brand
Target private label greens
Costco salads and greens etc
Trader Joe's chopped salad kits and fresh produce
Fast food: McDonalds, Taco Bell, (Yum! Brands), Chipotle, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, Olive Garden, Top Golf, Red Lobster, Burger King, etc.
This is not the first time I've heard about a Taylor Farms foodborne illness outbreak. I stopped eating their salads after reading a description of the conditions in their facilities. Doesn't sound like they've improved anything.
We need a fully funded and staffed FDA, and regulations with teeth - and that's exactly what we don't have under Trump. To make things worse, the CDC is no longer tracking these outbreaks. We're on our own.
Not my usual art post but I absolutely had to share this with the fandom. Was watching Caine's scenes frame by frame..for art purposes obviously(¬‿¬) don't ask how many screenshots I have now..
Anywho! Was going through the scene in episode 7 where Jax and Caine are in the restaurant, and one particular reaction from Caine made me pause.
Most of us probably assume that since this whole episode was an adventure made by Caine that he must know that this 'date' with Jax was all part of said adventure, but here me out.
We see Caine being his normal chaotic self here, having fun and thinking they're just hanging out. Then Jax asks about his secret hobbies. (key word there because that's exactly what he programed Able to tell Jax to ask him about)
Now this is where I paused, because that chaotic energy from before is completely gone and Caine almost seems stunned here. He freezes and his irises immediately shrink. Almost like that question was completely unexpected.
Then here for a moment he looks kind of disappointed or even hurt. Like the reality of the situation finally hit.
What if Caine was so excited about a human asking to spend time with him he truly forgot about the adventure for a moment. If this whole time Caine thought Jax genuinely wanted to hang out with him, but when Jax asked about his hobbies that's when he realized it was all for the adventure. Jax was never actually interested in hanging out with him, and I think that genuinely hurt him.
But he put so much effort into this adventure he can't let himself slip up now and reveal that he knows what's going on. In this moment he seems to think exactly that, staring Jax down with what looks like a dismayed expression, and has to quickly compose himself so he can play his part in the whole adventure.
TLDR; What if Caine was so excited about Jax asking to hang out, he completely forgot it was part of the adventure. Until Jax asked about his hobbies, and then he was left disappointed and hurt. :)
Aaand that's my thoughts on this scene after analyzing Caine's reaction frame by frame (ദ്ദി˙ᗜ˙) . Maybe I'm reading into it too much (Caine's my favorite so totally possible) BUT I'd love to hear y'all's thoughts on it!
Happy pride to black trans people in particular I know it can be tough out here with how often the image of what and who counts as queer always seems to never consider us
Some Bubble=Abel stuff I started drawing before Episode 9 came out. Back when I thought Bubble would be the blue one. Guess I have to call this an AU now..?
…Or maybe this is just an excuse to draw Bubble with nothing more than eight arms, because while Caine made himself a human-like avatar to seem more approachable to the humans, Bubble doesn’t care about such trivial things. If he needs hands, there will only be hands. Why waste data making a useless body
