muffins for everyone

The stories you hear of people dying from rationing, this is what happens to their body.

Affordable insulin isn’t just a right, it’s a necessity.

News articles are great but I think direct info from the source is more important here, though all of the stuff above appears to be correct. For something as potentially impactful on peoples' health as this, I think the barrier to getting to the information should be as low as possible.

This is the official website to use to check serial numbers. It has the tool to check and full instructions on locating the serial. There is also an FAQ page.

The email I received also listed a customer service number and an online support page.

Abbott Customer Service 1-833-815-4273 Available seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern Time.

Online support, 24/7

The Prosperity Gospel (which I personally like to call the “Osteenian Heresy”) claims that if you believe hard enough, bad things won’t happen to you. And if bad things do happen, you either don’t believe enough or did a sin.

The book of Job takes extreme pains to establish that Job has a devoutly sincere faith and is not doing a sin. Satan and God single Job out as someone whose virtue is unassailable. Yet he suffers. A lot. The word “calamity” is probably too mild. And Job personally yells at some loser friends who try to kick him when he’s down by claiming he must have done something to deserve his suffering.

jesus’ birthplace is under military occupation

bethlehem is surrounded by military checkpoints, an apartheid wall, and over 20 segregated illegal settlements built on stolen land - all designed to keep palestinians (including palestinian christians) under the thumb of oppression

palestinian christians are not allowed to move without restrictions, meaning that many have never and will never see their own holy sites in jerusalem. jerusalem is less than 30 minutes away.

they are often harassed, beaten, or even killed on holidays like christmas and easter.

palestinian christians are forced out of their homes as israel continues to build apartheid walls and illegal settlements

churches have been deliberately targeted in airstrikes, arson attacks, and settler violence

nuns and other clergy have been targeted in violent attacks

indigenous christians of the holy land have begged for help from christian communities abroad, fearing for their lives and even a possible extinction, according to christian religious leaders there

and finally, a message from the archbishop of jerusalem:

consider not doing that

You will navigate to the page on disney plus (and it has to be here. Unless someone has actually uploaded the REAL movie anywhere else you cannot get it elsewhere)

BUT YOU WILL NOT HIT PLAY. You won’t do it. Because it’s NOT THE REAL VERSION OF THE FILM AND DISNEY IS FUCKING LYING TO YOU AS IT ALWAYS DOES

You will scroll down HERE. To EXTRAS instead. You MUST GO HERE. This is non -negotiable

THEN YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTRAS AND YOU WILL THEN HIT PLAY ON THIS BAD BOY: THE FULL LENGTH VERSION

ok children gather 'round because all of these kindof have the same answer and I am way too passionate about this subject and the history behind it that I physically cannot remain silent about it

So if you were a 90's kid like me, you grew up with this film on VHS. if you were also like me, then you probably remember it very differently from how it was released recently both in blu-ray and on streamer formats and probably were freaking out thinking this was some kind of mandela effect for years: and THIS IS BECAUSE. THERE IS A CRUCIAL SCENE MISSING. AND LITERALLY I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. THE TWO MINUTES CUT KINDOF CHANGE THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THE WHOLE MOVIE??? and allow me to explain why.

That video above it the Deleted Song "When Love is Gone" was ONLY EVER featured on the VHS release of The Muppet Christmas Carol that came out through the 90's. Why? because initially, some uppity disney executive market tested it and went "kids are gonna get antsy with that and not like it" so they cut it then for the theatrical release, but then Brian Henson (director, son of JIM) somehow managed to get it into the VHS cut of the film. Kinda went rogue about it if memory serves. Now, as a child, this was kindof... a huge part of the movie for me? like I remember listening to it and crying a bit as a kid because this one song is just... so emotional? like seriously. other than the fact that it's being sung by Meredith Braun (who at one point played Eponine in Les Mis, and you gotta have some SERIOUS pipes to do that) AND Michael Cain, and it's a love song in a way, like it's very clear that she still cares for Ebenezer but she recognizes that her love for him is different than his love for her and she has to leave him, meanwhile THE MAN IS BEHIND HER CRYING AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN SEE HIM AND CLEARLY IT'S THE BIGGEST REGRET HE HAS And honestly? That's a HUGE part of what made it stand out for me as a child. Like. The muppets themselves were all fun and good but then you have this song for a second... and it really feels true to the dickensian spirit guiding the whole film, and it's what's made it to me the most true to form adaptation of his yet. It's phenomenal. And this dumbass disney exec said "it's too adult emotional for the kids" (an argument that always has and will always continue to be completely fucking stupid).

So then what happened? why didn't they put it in the DVD and Blu Ray releases that have come out throughout the years? Well, literally DISNEY LOST THE FOOTAGE. APPARENTLY. so when they went to restore it and reformat it for those releases AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY for the streamer release, it was literally missing. and Brian Henson has been asking them to look for YEARS. FINALLY they found it back in 2020, and then only last year did they upload the fully restored version that you see me ranting and raving about.

"But Egg", you ask, "why does this matter? What does this small 2 minute sequence change about this movie SO MUCH that it merits a huge ass post about it that is making people confused?"

Because let me tell you friends. Belle does not seem very significant and kindof pointless to flashback to without that song. It's like ok. she's there. She tells Ebenezer she's breaking up with him. and then... THE MUPPETS CRY ABOUT IT??? and that's it. That's all you get. you don't get any of the sense of how deeply this affected this guy- the LITERAL PROTAGONIST THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CARE ABOUT. And it's all because, again, say it with me folks: the dipshit disney executive said "It's Too Emotional For Children".

Not ONLY that. But THIS SONG IS LITERALLY THE REPRISE THEY SING AT THE END OF THE FILM. WHICH. LET ME TELL YOU. IT'S FUCKING WEIRD FOR THAT TO LITERALLY COME OUT OF NOWHERE COMPLETELY LEFT FIELD AS A NEW SONG AT THE END. Like it makes no sense. ok sappy sentimental "the love we found" all right. BUT REMEMBER. THE ORIGINAL LYRIC IS "LOVE IS GONE". IT'S SYMMETRY. IT'S POETRY. IT'S FUCKING VITAL. An the movie is good as it is but literally trust me this makes it infinitely better when you see it as a whole. Please. Just trust me on this. Thank you and goodnight. oh yeah and here's a decent article that talks about it and that shall serve as my source for a lot of this

(Disclosure: I have taken the Mouse's money and in return for it did good work that I'm still pleased with, in a universe I'd loved since childhood; so, as we say around here, "sorry, Not Sorry." Yet all the people I was working with at Disney in the late 80s were well aware of the Rodent's more greedy-and-grasping qualities. "They didn't get so rich by overpaying their writers," was one theme that made the rounds a lot.)

Anyway; I can't imagine this movie without that song. The pain is necessary for the full joy later. Seek out the full version if you can.

Source: Facebook

And also — not to get nitpicky with deadly tragedies, but they’re called “human crushes,” not “stampedes.” It’s an important difference in description and also in respect. The deaths usually happen because the victims are pinned together in a tight space, they can’t breathe (as in the video) and they suffocate. “Stampede” doesn’t convey what actually happened to those people. The crush that happened in Seoul recently wasn’t because people “stampeded,” it was because they couldn’t move at all and they suffocated. But calling it a “stampede,” you’d think it was the people themselves that ran over each other, like wild animals. It’s disrespectful and untrue.

Like this young person didn't even know about goddamn Gutenberg which is a SHAME. I linked to it and they went "aw yiss time to do a theft" and I was like "I mean yo ho ho and all that, sure, but. you know gutenberg is entirely legal, right?"

Project Gutenberg is a gigantic collection of books that are in the public domain.  You can read the books through the site or you can download them in various formats so you can get the format you prefer for your eReader of choice.

It is free. 

It is legal.

I was reviewing the list of the top 100 books downloaded yesterday and I saw a fair few that I had to read for college classes - so if you’re a college student and your professor assigns you to read Plato or any number of older works, check here before you buy a copy.

If you look at the first reblog from me I also recommended a few other resources, most of which were from www.archive.org, home of the Wayback Machine! They run openlibrary.org, where you can check out ebooks of some public domain titles! They even have the Bone series by Jeff Smith!

And archive.org itself has all kinds of public domain media including music and movies! For Dracula fans, here's a radio show adaptation of the book, starring Orson Welles! And here's a 1920 movie adaptation of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," starring John Barrymore, the grandfather of Drew Barrymore!

so you guys are facing down yet another global warming summer and as an american i feel entitled to barge over and give you a lot of advice about how to live your life. also i’m used to surviving 90-110 degree summers (32—43 celsius) with no ac. so here we go. 

you need to drink  a lot of water. on average you should be drinking about two liters. on hot days, double that. 

fill plastic water bottles halfway up and stick them in your freezer. take them out once they’ve frozen and fill the rest up with water, drink the water, fill it up again, and carry it around with you until it’s time to get the next ice bottle. also you can put the icy end against your throat or over your chest for maximum refreshment.

consider making a lot of sun tea. get big glass jars or a pitcher. put a bunch of your preferred teabags in it with some sugar. if you want to be an american southerner, your tea should be green or black and your sugar amount should be enough to kill a child. if you want to be sane, put in as little sugar as you can get away with so it’s not dehydrating, and stick with herbal teas because the last thing you want during the heat of the day is a caffeine boost. leave your tea on a windowsill. after a few hours it’s steeped and you can put it in the fridge. tadaaa. 

fruit juice, soda pop, beer, and a lot of sports drinks like gatorade all dehydrate you, and in really hot weather they’re dangerous because people will drink them instead of water. drink an equal amount of water as anything with sugar. see prior point about sun tea. 

when you sweat you lose salt. so don’t feel bad about eating some junk food. 

freeze grapes. eat the grapes. repeat. 

get a hat with a brim. baseball caps are ok but wide brimmed hats are better because they shadow the back of your neck and that’s one less thing to have to worry about. 

don’t wear knit caps. just… no. 

you don’t get more sunburned because it’s hot, you get more sunburned because when it’s hot you wear less clothes. so don’t freak out.

if you don’t have AC you can put a bowl of ice behind a fan. this creates a swamp cooler, by pulling the air over the ice. also, put on a wet t-shirt and sit in front of it, and you’ll cool further by evaporation. 

speaking of evaporation, watch out if it’s humid. you don’t cool down from sweating as much when the air’s already saturated. drink more water, have more salt, and change your shirt a lot. 

heatstroke is serious shit, and kids and the elderly are prone to it. but whatever your age, if you feel nauseous, headachy, or short of breath, the heat’s getting to you. pour your water bottle over your head and go sit in the shade. keep an eye on friends and family as well. 

Orange juice! Other fruit juices too, but I tend to have best results with oj or cider. Pour some into an empty ice-cube tray, let them freeze, and the result is slightly-flaky frozen goodness. This is also an easy way to make homemade popsicles–put a sheet of aluminum foil over top of the tray and stick toothpick/popsicle sticks in so the juice freezes around them.

Grapes were mentioned. Grapes are TRUE.

NOT SODAS. Do not freeze sodas! They explode.

Strawberries! These can be hard to find cheap, especially outside of strawberry season, and I don’t know about their availability outside of my part of the US, but if you can get them they’re great frozen in your water. Freeze-dry strawberries by laying them out on a tray or sth in the freezer, and then when they’re frozen just put them in a bag to conserve space.

Other general tips:

Fruit in water is amazing when you’re someone like me who doesn’t like water’s lack of taste. Strawberries and mint leaves are fairly traditional, but basically anything you like will work. there are lots of combos online.

If you have a blender or a food processor, smoothies are a good way to eat something when you’re too hot to function. Fruit+ice+milk+yogurt is pretty traditional.

Have sunscreen. Make sure you don’t have any skin reactions to the sunscreen. If your sunscreen has fragrance, make sure you can deal with the fragrance when it’s constantly on your face in heat.

Speaking off: sunscreen is not just for arms/shoulders. Put sunscreen on your face, especially nose/cheekbones/forehead. Put sunscreen on the tops of your ears! If your hair has a tight part, try to put sunscreen there if you don’t wear a hat (scalp burns are PAINFUL). Put sunscreen on your legs, especially the backs of your calves. Put sunscreen on any visible parts of your feet.

When you start getting that feeling like you’ve adapted to the heat, like it’s not bad, like you could just stay where you are for hours and hours, even get a blanket, and maybe you feel like you’re zoning out a little, it’s time to reconsider, move around, have something cool to drink.

And it can be hard to remember to eat when it’s so hot, for some reason. Cold food in small portions is generally easiest to manage. But remember to eat food with a lot of salt, a lot of potassium, a lot of vitamins. I can’t believe bananas aren’t on this post. My god, get your potassium, you’ll feel SO much better. If you’re eating something salty and it tastes unusually, amazingly good, it’s because you’re running low on salt, so keep eating it.

and seriously yeah keep an eye on people like kids and the elderly and anyone who’s under your care. ask them how they’re feeling if they’re able to tell you, and if not, try to see if they’re looking unusually unfocused, breathing too hard, haven’t had anything to drink in a while, etc.

If you bind, be even more careful about how long you bind and pay even more attention to your binder’s effects on your body.

sometimes there’s nothing else for it but to just fill a bathtub with cool water and get in. Seriously, it can be so helpful. Also, showers. Showers are good.

Hard, dark surfaces (asphalt, paving, etc) absorb heat and radiate it back - if the air up where your adult head is, is hot, then down at knee level where small children and pets walk may be 20-30 degrees F (10+ deg C) HOTTER. Black road surface can be hot enough to actually burn paws.

Heat exhaustion in pets looks like it does in people - dizziness, disorientation, unfocused eyes. Dogs may pant so hard their mouth is foamy. Especially be careful of long haired dogs and any breed with a short nose or flat face. If you can clip the coat, the dog will probably be grateful, but will also be susceptible to sunburn, so use your judgment. Sometimes it’s better to leave the hair, or clip only the belly.

Cats are pretty heat tolerant, but definitely make sure that outdoor cats have reliable shade and water. Indoor cats appreciate a fan to lay near.

If you have an overheated dog or cat: Immediately move the animal to shade, and cool them by putting cool (NOT COLD OR ICY) water on JUST THEIR PAWS. Do not douse the animal in water - thermal shock is just as bad as overheating. Keep soaking the paws in cool water until the animal recovers. Offer cool (NOT COLD OR ICY) water to drink. If you offer very cold water to an overheated dog, they will drink it, but it may make them vomit, only worsening dehydration. If the animal doesn’t want water pretty much immediately, they’re dangerously overheated - soak their paws and call the vet.

Seconding the shower suggestion above, too. Absolute lifesaver and it can just be a quick rinse.

Long sleeves and long pants, counterintuitive as this is about to sound, are your friends. Go for thinner fabric, and as someone up there said, you’re going to want to go for a natural fabric (cotton, linen, silk, very fine wool - yes, really) rather than a synthetic (polyester, rayon). But keeping the sun from directly hitting your skin goes a long way towards keeping you cool.

Someone else mentioned binders and paying attention to those. This also applies to regular old bras. Basically you want to be careful about tight-fitting garments in general in hot weather. Frankly, if I’m going to be somewhere with no A/C and it’s going to consistently be above 80F/27C, I don’t wear a bra at all.

Take the recommendations for how much water to drink everyone is giving you, and then add half again as much water. Trust me. You are going to sweat in places you weren’t aware had sweat glands, and if you’re not sufficiently hydrated, there will be extremely unpleasant consequences.

plastic water bottles can be frozen to be used as ice packs since the plastic is flimsy and flexible. use them to cool down. I recommend keeping half in the freezer so when they melt you can swap them out 

HYDRATE. seriously your body needs water to help you cool down.

Cover the windows with bedsheets. this will cool the room down by providing shade

keep the lights off. the darker the room is the cooler the room is

if you have pets, give them ice. put it in their water, let them eat it like a treat. it also hydrates them if they aren’t particularly thirsty

Dogs can have watermelon. this is another treat to hydrate them

two other dog treats are peanut butter frozen in tiny balls, and broth frozen in ice cube trays (the latter is better given to them outside so it doesn’t melt on the floor)

if you need to go somewhere in a car, put down towels on the seats, and turn on the AC and let it cool down before you get in. 

if you can, try to spend time in a mall or store with air conditioning. 

if you are using a makeshift AC, close off one area/room to stay in. its easier to cool down the room if its smaller. 

MAKE SURE TO OPEN THE WINDOWS AT NIGHT: this lets the air that was heated throughout the day out. and lets cooler air in.

on a similar note: DO NOT OPEN THE WINDOWS DURING THE DAY. your efforts are better spent making sure you cool the room as much as possible, heat moves from warm places to cooler places so opening a window will thwart all your efforts to cool down the place. 

LEARN THE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXAUSTION

if you are living in a multistory home, try to stay on the ground floor. heat rises

don’t make food that requires an oven/microwave/etc. this will heat up the room. 

wear light colored clothes. Black and dark clothes hold heat. 

cool showers are your friend. they help lower internal body temperature.

CHECK IN ON FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE HIGH RISK. Extreme temperatures kill, checking in on each other- especially if they live alone can save lives

Limit outdoor activity especially midday when the sun is hottest

The best way to utilize fans if to put them in front of any AC vents or outputs, to spread the cool air faster

cut down on exercise during heat.

KEEP MEDICATIONS AND SENSITIVE EQUPMENT IN A COOL, DARK AREA. some medications and equipment shouldn’t be exposed to high temperatures. put them in a dark cupboard or drawer, and consider putting some ice packs with them (if you use ice packs I recommend also storing some basilica packs in the area to reduce moisture from condensation) 

this is very important: DO NOT USE A FAN IN DRY HEAT. This increases the risk of heat stroke. blowing dry air that is warmer than your body temperature will raise it, not cool it down. 

after going through the PNW heatwave in an area where no one has AC, I don’t want ANYONE caught unprepared.

Here is a list of heat related illnesses, their symptoms and what to do if you or someone you know is experiencing them (from the CDC):

Text version:

HEAT STROKE

WHAT TO LOOK FOR:

High body temperature (103°F [39.44°C] or higher)

Hot, red, dry, or damp skin

Fast, strong pulse

headache

dizziness

nausea

confusion

Losing consciousness (passing out)

WHAT TO DO

Call your region’s emergency telephone number (911/122/etc.) right away. Heat stroke is a medical emergency

move the person to a cooler place

help lower the person’s body temperature with cool cloths or a cool bath

Do not give the person anything to drink

HEAT EXAUSTION

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

heavy sweating

cold, pale, and clammy skin

fast, weak pulse

Nausea or vomiting

muscle cramps

tiredness or weakness

dizziness

headache

fainting (passing out)

WHAT TO DO

Move to a cool place

loosen your clothes

put cool, wet cloths on your body or take a cool bath

Sip water

Get medical help right away if:

you are throwing up

your symptoms get worse

your symptoms last more tham 1 hour

HEAT CRAMPS

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Heavy sweating during intense exercise

muscle pain or spasms

WHAT TO DO

Stop physical activity and move to a cool place

drink water or a sports drink

wait for cramps to go away before you do any more physical activity

Get medical help right away if:

Cramps last longer than 1 hour

you’re on a low sodium diet

you have heart problems

SUNBURN

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Painful, red, and warm skin

blisters on the skin

WHAT TO DO

Stay out of the sun until your sunburn heals

put cool cloths on sunburned areas or take a cool bath

put moisturizing lotion on sunburned areas

do not break blisters

HEAT RASH

WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Red clusters of small blisters that look like pimples on the skin (usually on the neck, chest, groin, or in elbow creases)

WHAT TO DO

Stay in a cool, dry place

keep the rash dry

frozen or cold/wet bandanas are another good option if you don’t want to soak all of your towels. just remember to change them out once they’re dry and warm on top of your head. keep a rotation going, but don’t forget about them if you’ve popped a few in the freezer. they don’t last as long as heavier towels do, but they’re lightweight options and easy to keep in a portable cooler if you have one.

Izzy Wheels was founded by Irish sisters Ailbhe (pronounced Alva) and Izzy Keane. The pair grew up in Galway, a beautiful seaside city in the west of Ireland famous for its colourful winding streets.

The idea was inspired by Izzy, who was born with Spina Bifida and is paralyzed from her waist down. Izzy has always seen her wheelchair as a symbol of freedom but never felt it expressed her personality. Ailbhe created a range of colourful wheel covers for her sister’s chair as her final year project in The National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in 2016.

Izzy and Ailbhe have been best friends all their lives. They have always loved fashion and playing dress-up together. Even as little girls their favourite thing to do was decorating Izzy’s chair for special occasions.

Having decorated wheels has always given Izzy a huge confidence boost. The vibrant wheels open up a positive conversation about her wheelchair and act as a conversation starter.

In 2017 began collaborating with other amazing artists, designers, and brands from around the world to expand their collections and raise money for disability charities. Izzy Wheels have now collaborated with 90 famous designers from across the globe. The sisters quickly became well-known for their exuberant and playful fashion.

Every pair of Izzy Wheels is specially made to order for each person. All of the wheel covers are unique and made with love in Ireland. Every order is carefully hand-wrapped in beautiful luxury rainbow packaging that has been thoughtfully designed.

Izzy Wheels became the first disability fashion brand to collaborate with some of the world’s most famous brands.

In 2019 they teamed up with Barbie to create a range of designs for a new and inclusive wheelchair Fashionista Doll.

In 2020 they created two limited edition wheel cover collections with Japanese pop icon Hello Kitty.

Izzy Wheels has been featured in some of the world’s top global publications including Vogue, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Forbes, Oprah Magazine, It’s Nice That, TechCrunch and many more. The brand has won 15 national awards and both sisters were named on Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018.

Tiktok of @myasiabradshaw, a young Black girl visibly distaught with earphones in waving a book around with the caption and text to speech voice saying "Love when your mom chooses her boyfriend over you and now you're literally homeless"

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Do you have a cashapp/ venmo? I will spread this as much as I can if I can get that info.

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Lol yes I do. It's somewhere in the comments section but in case you can't find it Venmo: Myasia-Bradshaw-1 | Cashapp: Myasia2000 ❤️❤️ thank btw.