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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.

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"Actually women should be putting the seat back up when they're done peeing as a courtesy so that I don't have to touch it and put the seat up before I pee"

And then I thought, there should be an AU where Bail and Breha call up Obi-wan and go hey, we know you’re off being an ex-space-nun/monk but we have a whole bunch of children that we need your help raising. You should disguise yourself and come be our nanny.

And Obi-wan is like “???? I left you with one child what do you mean you have a whole bunch now??!?” And they’re like “we’re not telling you because the mystery is the only way we can get you to visit.”

So Obi-wan shows up and Bail and Breha have a whole mess of ex-padawans and initiates that they’ve found and rescued (definitely Caleb and Cal) and are now raising alongside Leia.

And Obi-Wan Kenobi cannot turn his back on that. More hope for the future than he even dreamed could exist. So he stays and teaches them how to hide themselves and eventually is convinced by Bail and Breha that it’s okay to teach them to hope too. That the have to believe that one day it will be safe to be a Jedi again and then they will need the teachings beyond just how to hide their force signatures.

Then Bail and Breha both seduce Obi-wan together.

But eventually someone tips off the empire (one of the padawans has shit taste in partners) and Obi-wan and all the padawans have to flee to Spitzerland (Space Switzerland).

Pick your own adventure whether any combo of Bail/Breha/Leia goes with them for as sweet an ending as you like (although I don’t think Leia could truly stay out of the fight for long, no more than Owen can keep Luke from longing for the stars)

Doctors are to black women what police officers are to black men. That may seem controversial but I believe it to be true and I speak from personal experience.

If you've seen this TikTok you know that a 2016 study showed that 50% of medical students and residents thought that black people couldn't feel pain the same as white people.

And we learned from this video that because of a 1999 study, to this day, there's a black correction factor for the creatinin levels in black people's kidneys, meaning we're less likely to recieve a kidney transplant if needed.

So if you go to a doctor, feel you aren't getting proper treatment or they refuse the treatment you've requested, say to them the following:

If you weren’t already going to spread this advice because black women are at risk, then spread it because it’s applicable to everyone else as well, including you reading this.

it's a good thing to do

I want to do the thing

people will be mad if I don't do the thing