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I was driving through Vermont with a friend, and we pulled over at a tiny shop offering Maple Items. We were on the state highway, not the interstate, so "pulling over" meant "squeezing my tiny car into a parking bay the size of a broad highway shoulder."

As we got out of the car, an older woman emerged from behind the building where she had been pruning her roses. She introduced herself as Tammy.

Her shop offered the promised variety of Maple, but also a number of small antiques and a plethora of dog figurines, plaques, and clearly-hand-stitched garden flags.

A huge purple ribbon hung on the wall behind the register, along with many pictures of small dogs. This was no county fair ribbon. It was the size of my torso. The material had the soft sheen of actual silk.

As I placed my purchases on the counter, I asked, "Do you... Breed dogs?"

Yes. She does. She has bred Yorkies for the last 40 years. Her mother bred Yorkies before her. The purple ribbon was from her national championship winning Yorkie.

You may be expecting that the infodump was going to be about Yorkies.

It was not.

It was about 40 years of drama in the Yorkie breeding community. Where – you must understand – the judging at shows is often about who you're in with, not about the dogs. This is especially true when Tammy's opponents win anything.

And Tammy's mother! Well. Phyllis has been on the Yorkie scene since Yorkies were invented. Because of this, many women of equally venerable age hold deep grudges against Phyllis. The sort of grudges that result in episodes of Midsommar Murders.

This led to deep injustices against Phyllis on the part of judges and prevented her dogs from winning so often she retired from the scene. Judging is all about who you're friends with, after all.

After 20 years in hiding, Phyllis – the One True Queen of Yorkie Breeding – hatched a plot. She may have been out of the show circuit, but she was still breeding dogs. She entered an absolutely perfect bitch in the national competition, but sent her with a handler rather than go in person.

None of the usurpers knew who this dog belonged to, and in dog-breeding circles this Does Not Happen. This could have resulted in further injustices, but Phyllis was crafty. She knew this tournament was being judged by a man from the UK, who knew naught of the drama in the US Yorkie Empire.

With these advantages – and being the best dog there – Phyllis's bitch won the highest honor at the show.

Incensed by this insult to their ill-gotten supremacy, the other owners descended on the handler after the show, demanding to know for whom he was working.

"Phyllis," said he.

The name of the overthrown queen evoked horror in the usurpers.

"PHYLLIS!? She's still ALIVE!???"

Yes, Phyllis yet lived, and this bitch – the dog, not the woman – went on to mother Tammy's current dogs. One of whom, Lucy-Fur, is the reincarnation of Tammy's sister (also Lucy). This is certain for two reasons.

Firstly, Sister Lucy absolutely went straight to Hell upon her death, and Lucy-Fur the dog is positively as evil as Sister Lucy was.

“So... We got the exploding diarrhea. Here's my advice for anyone who doesn't have it yet:

It's going to take a minute for the government to pin down where this is coming from, and then issue a recall, because the FDA has been gutted. But, I can tell you, without a shadow of a doubt : this is coming from Taylor Farms produce, and you will see them recalled.

You'll want to avoid all Taylor Farms produce in the grocery store. They supply McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, about any fast food place you can think of.

Raspberries, watermelons, cilantro, and the veggies you're hearing about are not causing this many people to get sick. It's the shredded lettuce, specifically, that's the problem. But, you'll want to stay away from every type of produce this company puts out, because one strand of shredded lettuce is all it takes to contaminate bushels.

Taylor Farms is the source. Taco Bell proactively pulled their produce from their restaurants. You're going to see other fast food places doing this, and probably will see that before the government names a source. The FDA knows this, but they can't come out and tell us all until there's proof, which takes resources and research, which takes manpower, but the FDA has been cut by about 20-30%

During the Biden term, onions at McDonald's had ecoli. We knew this because DNA testing was done quickly and they were able to narrow it down to one place that caused the outbreak. And, it was traced back to Taylor Farms. This isn't going to be solved as quickly though.

When you get this, make a virtual appointment to your PCP - a "same day sick" appointment. Tell them someone in your family just tested for this and was positive and was prescribed Bactrim. If you go in person, they're probably going to make you poop in a cup and wait until results come back to prescribe.

You'll know when you get this. Trust me on all of this.

You'll want to stay hydrated because this parasite damages the lining of the small intestine. Your small intestine, in turn, secretes more water into the gut, and less nutrients and liquid are able to remain in the body. So no matter how much you shit, you're going to want to drink. A day of this leads to dehydration if you don't increase your fluid intake, and a few days will land you in the hospital.

If you have headaches, weakness, muscle cramps, dizziness, or an increase heart rate - hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Go to the ER for fluids if you can't drink enough.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. Brought to you by America's 250 birthday celebrations, workforce reduction in the FDA and CDC, and viewers like you.

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And, MAGA - don't blow up the comment section. I argued with y'all on COVID bc I was afraid y'all would die, but I really don't care if you get explosive diarrhea.

I wanted to use what ‘reach’ I may have here to share the Carolina Wildlife Center’s urgent plea for donations. If they are unable to raise $75,000 to cover ongoing and future care of their wildlife patients, the center will have to close July 20th, 2026. The services provided by CWC to the community are incredibly valuable, and without them, many wild animals will suffer without the care they need.

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Hal featuring Gillian Anderson - Extremis 1997

Gillian Anderson is an American-British actress. Born in Chicago, Anderson grew up in London and Grand Rapids, Michigan. She received international fame for starring as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the science fiction mystery series The X-Files (1993–2002; 2016-2018), winning a Golden Globe Award for the role. Her other tumblr famous credits include playing Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal (2013–2015) and Media on American Gods (2017). She earned her second Golden Globe for playing Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of Netflix drama series The Crown (2020). Over her career she has received various accolades including two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for three Laurence Olivier Awards. She was appointed an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2016 for her services to drama. Anderson has supported numerous charities and humanitarian organizations. She is an honorary spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis Network and a co-founder of South African Youth Education for Sustainability (SAYes).

Hal is an international British/French ambient techno group. In 1997, Hal gained widespread recognition when Anderson featured on their track "Extremis". Anderson hosted the BBC science documentary series Future Fantastic, which used an instrumental Hal track as its theme. She loved the music so much she collaborated with the group on a new, spoken-word version. "Extremis", released in May, 1997, blended trance, house, and ambient electronica with Anderson's atmospheric vocals.

"Extremis" received a total of 52,2% yes votes.

Catatonia - Mulder and Scully 1998

"Mulder and Scully" is a song by Welsh alternative rockband Catatonia, released as a single on 19 January 1998 from the band's second album, International Velvet (1998). The song makes direct reference to fictional FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), the two main characters of the popular American sci-fi TV series The X-Files who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called X-Files. In an interview Cerys Matthews, co-writer of the song, explained that while she was not a serious fan of the show, the basic premise of the series matched the concept of what she was trying to express.

The song reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, making it Catatonia's highest-charting UK song. It also became a hit in Iceland, reaching number two, and in Ireland, where it peaked at number 17. The music video for "Mulder and Scully" was popular; according to Billboard magazine, it received heavy rotation and was played 30 to 35 times weekly in the UK. The video was heavily promoted in the US, due in part to its direct allusion to The X-Files, and it received decent airplay. Welsh actor Rhys Ifans (recently most known on tumblr for House of the Dragon), one year before his breakout performance in the film Notting Hill, features prominently.

"Mulder and Scully" received a total of 52,9% yes votes. Other X-Files related polls: #855 "Materia Primoris: The X-Files Theme (Main Title)".

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Mark Snow - Materia Primoris: The X-Files Theme (Main Title) 1996 (main theme originally 1993)

The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993, to May 19, 2002, spanning nine seasons with 202 episodes. A tenth season of six episodes ran from January to February 2016. Following the ratings success of this revival, The X-Files returned for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which ran from January to March 2018. In addition to the television series, two feature films have been released: the 1998 film The X-Files and the stand-alone film The X-Files: I Want to Believe, released in 2008, six years after the original television run ended. The series revolves around FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who investigate the eponymous "X-Files": marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Both the series and lead actors received multiple awards and nominations, and by its conclusion the show was the longest-running science fiction series in American television history. The series spawned a franchise that includes spin-off the two series Millennium and The Lone Gunmen.

Mark Snow (born Martin Fulterman; August 26, 1946 – July 4, 2025) was an American composer for film and television. In addition to The X-Files, Snow would serve as composer for shows including Smallville, Blue Bloods, La Femme Nikita, Ghost Whisperer, Hart to Hart, One Tree Hill, the 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone and Starsky & Hutch. He was nominated for a César Award for scoring the 2006 Alain Resnais film Private Fears in Public Places.

Snow landed the X-Files job in part because he lived in close proximity to Chris Carter, enabling easy communication between the two. The theme did not come easily to Snow, with Carter rejecting earlier motifs that were louder and bolder. The famous whistle effect was inspired by the track "How Soon Is Now?" from the US edition of The Smiths' 1985 album Meat Is Murder. After attempting to craft the theme with different sound effects, Snow used a Proteus 2 rackmount sound module with a preset sound called "Whistl'n Joe".

The Truth and the Light: Music from the X-Files is a 1996 album composed of excerpts of instrumental music scores from the first three seasons of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, on which Snow was the resident composer. These tracks are linked together with portions of dialogue from the series. It reached a peak position of number forty-two in the UK albums chart, and spent four weeks in France's album charts, peaking at number nine. On its parent album, the intro theme is titled "Materia Primoris". It is a remixed version of the original theme Snow composed in 1993. The composition was released as a single in 1996 and achieved chart success, particularly in France, where it reached number one on the SNEP Singles Chart. It debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for three weeks. The composition has since been covered by many artists, including DJ Dado and Triple X; DJ Dado's version was a major hit in Europe while Triple X's version reached number two in Australia.

"Materia Primoris: The X-Files Theme" received a total of 88% yes votes!

David Duchovny - Half Life 2018

David Duchovny is an American actor, writer, director and musician. He received his breakthrough with the role of Fox Mulder in The X-Files franchise (1993–2002; 2016–2018) receiving international fame and earning a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and five Actor Awards. He received another Golden Globe for his portrayal of Hank Moody on the television series Californication (2007–2014). He also had a recurring role in the Twin Peaks franchise (1990-1991, 2017) as transgender DEA agent Denise Bryson. Duchovny holds a B.A. in English literature from Princeton University, and an M.A. in English literature from Yale University, and has published five books: Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale (2015), Bucky F*cking Dent (2016), Miss Subways (2018), Truly Like Lightning (2021), and The Reservoir (2022).

"Half Life" is the second single from his second studio album Every Third Thought (2018). The song blends themes of scientific radioactive decay with the emotional decay of relationships.

"Half Life" received a total of 63% yes votes!