CATALYST OF CHAOS

(via bsky)

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.

And it's not like they were wrong about her being solid! Olympic, her identical sister ship, survived being torpedoed and then running over the U-Boat that fired that torpedo. Those ships were solid.

And I feel like so many people try to find one person or thing to blame, but the reality is that there was a colossal mixture of bad luck, inexperience, and mistakes made:

The lack of an adequate number of lifeboats

The crew and passengers not having all gone through a drill

The crew (whether accurately or mistakenly) believing they couldn't load the lifeboats all the way

Captain Smith not taking a heavier hand in evacuation

Miscommunication about how serious the accident was to the point where even some of the crew didn't realize they were sinking for quite some time

Stanley Lord refusing to respond to the Titanic's flares

It being night instead of day

Lightoller (probably in a panic) interpreting "women and children first" to mean "women and children only"

The third class passengers not knowing the way to the first class area because they weren't allowed there

And on, and on, and on.

Wait says the yellow light, twinkling in between. 

Macbeth:

the good news: I know my process enough to recognize this as the slump that I hit in everything I write when it's like three-quarters-ish done

the bad news: the only way out is through

the good news: I do know the way out!