the prettiest drowned rat

US Trangender Risk Map July 2026. Avoid Idaho!

New update from Erin Reed here.

This is a parasite that usually causes about 3000 cases of illness per year in the USA, Michigan currently has reported about 2900 (the confusion about “Michigan outbreak” is because Michigan is the first that caught an uptick in cases and has been very proactive about trying to trace them). Last official update from Massachusetts was 18 cases here centered in Greater Boston. The CDC recommends NOT assuming there are no sources of the parasite in your state even if no cases have been reported.

It isn’t an unknown illness but it is an unusual quantity of cases, and the fact that they haven’t been able to pin down the source after weeks of tracking is what makes it particularly concerning this year (harder to contain).

"Ummmm well im just kinda uncomfy with organised religion"

Ok. Well. You should be more uncomfortable with state-supported genocide and cultural suppression than with those swarthy folks and their silly hats believing in God and reading holy books. Just saying.

"Oh but homophobia and--"

Jews and Muslims have been doing far more interesting faggotry than you for literally thousands of years. My boy David was getting it daily and nightly. Discussions of multiple intersex genders in the talmud. Numerous works of Muslim poetry about gay love

And that's just Jews and Muslims. Like are you normal about non-Christian religions that aren't the vaguely Nazi-ish nouveau vikings you watch thirst vids of?

Hindus? Jains? Sikhs? Druhz? Buddhists? Shinto? A billion indigenous religions? Are you normal about shamanism? Vodou? Ancestor worship?

Yes, the US has freedom of religion. That did not stop the federal government from outlawing indigenous religions and trying to eradicate them. They kidnapped children and made sure they only spoke English. The elders were unable to pass on their tradition and a lot has been lost. Oral histories and practices weren't written down, and when the elders died, that information was lost. People are trying to revive the languages and the old practices, but some of it, we'll never get back.

The US government did not provide any protections for indigenous religions until 1978.

when I was younger, I got food poisoning. I was supposed to recover from it, but I wound up with a bunch of nasty medical conditions instead. I never imagined I would become disabled from food.

so I am really glad I have been able to help spread the word every now and then about food safety and recalls, since it hopefully means a few less people going through what I have.

while I have your attention, I do not post every recall, even just for the US, so here are a few of the links I use!

recalls.gov/recent.html <- aggregate of official government recall links for the US! food, drugs, products, child safety seats, motor vehicles, and tires! (half the feeds are broken half the time, but hey, it works™! check the FDA enforcement reports for a more complete list of recalls, especially drug recalls!)

recalls for canada <- recalls for canada!

RASFF <- food recalls and safety alerts for the EU!

food safety news <- news about food safety in the US, canada, and around the world!

I was poisoned <- see where people have gotten food poisoning near you, and report your own! (worldwide!)