Halfmouse’s Serious Sideblog

As an example, a lot of groups claim to be “pro-women”, when in reality they are actually anti-trans. Their goal is not to uplift women, it’s to harass and criminalize trans people.

You should not be that close to a herring bait ball while orcas are carousel feeding!!!!

You should not be directly in front of them so they have to swim around or under you!!!!

These swimmers have so clearly been dumped directly in front of swim paths so they can get their viral video. Especially given how quickly those orcas are swimming past them.

If you were considering the idea of harassing wild animals for a video…don’t do that. It’s bad for them and you.

If you were considering buying a ticket to a program that hinges on disrupting wild animals in some manner…don’t do that. It’s bad for them and you.

Boiling point of water: 212°F

Crock pot temperature: 140°F-180°F

Crock pot depth (commercial, 100 gal): 3 feet, could not submerge most humans.

Meat begins to cook: 105°F

Water burns skin within 3-6 seconds: 140°F

Steak/chops/roasts are safe to eat: 145°F

Collagen melts into gelatin, meat "falls off the bone": 160-180°F

Average tourist: 30% collagen

Stomach acid: pH 1.5-3.5 (lower is more acidic)

YELLOWSTONE FACTS!

Max recorded temp of a Yellowstone pool: 280°F in Norris Basin

Depth of spring that dissolved a man: 10 feet, Norris Basin, could and did submerge an adult human

Lowest pH (most acidic) pH of a Yellowstone pool: pH 2-3 in Norris Basin

Yellowstone pools: crock pots full of stomach acid

I think if people ARE outside -- say, tourists near a spring -- they should be warned that the spring will cook them, then dissolve what is left. Because you CANNOT tell by looking.

One thing I see far too often that especially pisses me off, is how many people, seemingly without fear, interact with wildlife so freely. Wild animals won’t and don’t see you as a friend, they won’t understand that you’re trying to feed them. Charity doesn’t exist in nature, if you’re holding food and a wild animal is nearby it sees you as competition to get that food. Handing that food over, will not translate over as charity. It will fight (and potentially kill) you for that food. 

Even if an interaction with a wild animal doesn’t result in you getting injured or killed, doesn’t mean it went well, since so often human food isn’t fit for (and can even kill) wild animals. 

I know you want to help, I know you want to be nice, but giving wild animals doesn’t help. Best case scenario is the animal gets sick from the food you gave it and gets lucky and doesn’t come across another person who wants to feed it. The worst case scenario isn’t that the food kills the animal, the worse case scenario is that the animal begins to associate people with food. This increases human and wild animal interactions, this also then increases chances of aggressive or deadly interactions, as well as the potential for cross species illness transfer and a potential pandemic. And sadly often when an animal has killed a person, wild or not, they have to be put down, for the safety of the surrounding community. 

The problem with interacting with, or trying to “befriend” a wild animal, is too many people think ‘herbivore = nice and peaceful’ which couldn’t be farther than the truth. Herbivore animals, are prey animals. Prey animals are CONSTANTLY on high alert for other animals that may want to make a meal out of them. You as a person are an omnivore (I don’t give a fuck what your diet is, that’s not the same as the classification of a proper diet for your species), omnivores are predator (or predator & prey) animals. 

Herbivores don’t have the luxury of just seeing you and leaving, they have to fight back or run away. If they feel they can’t run away they will fight for their life, even though you know you aren’t a danger to them, doesn’t mean they do or can know that too. A predator animal is only going to attack for a few reasons it’s hungry and sees you as food, you’re standing in the way of the food it wants, or you are getting too close to its young. So for the most part, if you stay out of the way, give them plenty of space, and make yourself seem like too much of a risk to try to eat, they’ll leave you alone. 

even if someone WAS just lazy and simply didn't want to do anything but lie on the couch and watch tv, they should still have these things. it's irrelevant whether some people aren't actually lazy because everyone, including hypothetical lazy people, should have their basic needs met.

if we have the resources to do it, there is no defense of letting people die because they don't want to work, and much less because they can't.

Washington Post is paywalling the article but it looks like Taylor Farms — a consumer bagged salad brand that also supplies produce to grocers and fast food chains like Taco Bell, Walmart, McDonald's, Chipotle, Burger King, KFC, and Meijer —may be at least one of the sources of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Taylor Farms has had incidents in the past. These issues were dealt with faster the first time around.

A lot of the problem comes from Trump’s deregulation of food safety.

this is not life-threatening, but also who wants weeks of diarrhea and a fucking parasite in them lol. if you suspect you've already had this and it's passed, i would see a doctor. you might need an antiparasitic anyway. if you're actively sick, see a doctor and they might be able to prescribe medication to help you get over it faster.

try to avoid eating raw vegetables, scrub fruit with a produce brush and rinse thoroughly with water. again, don't bother with premade greens or bagged salads. if you buy lettuce, remove the outer 2-3 layers of leaves.

Only high temperatures will kill cyclospora. It resides in what is like a shell, which is highly resistant to water and most cleaning chemicals. The substance it uses to cling to food is so strong we don't even fully know what its limits are. It may be best to avoid fruits and veggies you can't cook. Scrubbing only works if done hard enough and on foods with no hiding places (Like cucumbers and grapes). Peeling the skin off is your best bet at avoiding it however, scrubbing is not guaranteed.

This can be found on [tumblr]'s official "how to avoid scams" page. :)

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This image is 100% free to use, no credit needed. Anyone is welcome to send it (and the official tumblr link above) to the scam accounts who are using peoples accounts to try and perform the "I accidentally reported you" scam.

And hey if you want, show me your results via submission!

Sadly these scammers do know there are people who are not aware of this scam, which is unfortunately why people tend to fall for it. :(

So as always,

Stay safe, stay silly, and help others learn and be aware of scams.

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Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.

Police constantly use lethal force over a misdemeanor. Racism is their judge and jury.