ari-no-exorcist:

starlightomatic:

africanaquarian:

africanaquarian:

apparently food inspections stopped bc of the shutdown so things bout to be real fucked up for some of us

“The Food and Drug Administration has stopped routine food safety inspections of seafood, fruits, vegetables and many other foods at high risk of contamination because of the federal government’s shutdown…”

Most companies are probably going to continue their regular food safety procedures, but a few things you can do to reduce some personal risk:

Buy hard, solid veggies and fruits (apples, melons) or ones with rinds (bananas are probably fine). Scrub the peel/rind thoroughly with soap and water before consumption.

The more solid and dense the meat, the less likely it is for contamination to spread very far. Buy your meat in solid cuts, NOT GROUND. Especially not ground chicken rn, salmonella bad.

Cook things thoroughly. Follow guidelines for the internal temperatures meat is supposed to reach and stick to those guidelines. Use a meat thermometer. Make your steaks well done for a while.

I’d stay away from shellfish as a whole if I were you. The diseases you can get from it are some of the nastier ones. No sushi for a while, too. If you have fish, make sure it was frozen following anti-parasitic guidelines and cook thoroughly.

AVOID LEAFY GREENS. This is where we’ve been seeing the most outbreaks lately, so be very careful.

The pregnant, elderly, immunocompromised, and the very young are the ones most at risk in an outbreak. If you are in one of these groups, be extremely cautious and avoid soft cheeses and prepackaged deli meats. Check on friends and family in these groups. Report symptoms of foodborne illness to a doctor so they can report to the state health depts that are still running.

Even with these in mind, remember that most outbreaks of foodborne illness are due to things like improper cooking and storage. Stay safe out there, folks 💙

sashimisurimi:

regularlesbian:

avvocarlo:

avvocarlo:

god I just remembered orson welle’s armour in chimes at midnight

this rules

orson darksouls

@onion-souls

nebulaires:

psyducktective:

nebulaires:

tbh spider-man is such a chill superhero you could ask him to escort you home bc you don’t feel safe and he’d be like ‘ok sure no sweat’ I’m sure he’d even help you with your groceries meanwhile the other avengers be like ‘the world isn’t in danger so you don’t need my help’

Thor would help with your groceries fight me

you are abso-fucking-lutely right

ivapiva:

some of you never experienced the “this isn’t available in your country” situation and it shows

i-dragonqueen:

Me, at my character whom I created, whose dialogues I write, whose actions I decide, whose development and personality are completely under my control: Why are you such a bitch

in these hard times dont forgety that jack morrison’s ass is canonically flat as a board

nyanphobic:

girlfriendluvr:

#when he said he couldnt give vincent the life he deserved this is what he was talking about

okpals:

tinymilkbastard:

handsome man: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

young boy:

AUHH

gifhy:

saxifraga-x-urbium:

Questions for media literacy

1. What the fuck am I reading? Is it a news story or an editorial/opinion column? If it has a byline/author photo it’s likely editorial. That means it’s not required to be factual.

2. Where the fuck am I reading it? What’s the trust & veracity rating of this source? Sources like the Daily Mail have a very poor veracity rating and are frequently compelled to print retractions and corrections, whereas news agencies like Reuters will supply the bare facts.

3. When the fuck was it written? Online everything kind of blurs together. Make sure you’re not reading old news that has been superseded by new information.

4. Who the fuck wrote it? Very important with editorials. Try to maintain some idea of which writers are full of shit, which are shitstirrers, and who is connected to who, which can be a trial. Guest writers from businesses or political parties will surely indicate this at the beginning or end of a column.

5. Why the fuck was this written? Choices that are made in publishing reports: is it fresh? Is it sensational? Does it serve our agenda or that of our advertisers?

6. How the fuck was it written? Word choice, structure, and framing of events can give you a good idea of what a publication wants you to infer. Headlines which contradict body text, ‘widespread outrage’ that only quotes one person, namedropping lobby groups or think tanks with ambiguous names, or reporting on reactions to an event rather than an event itself are Not News indicators. Reports that are effectively “a company has made a press release” or “survey results” are not meaningful news. (More depth if requested)

7. What is my immediate reaction? If it’s “must show everyone this bullshit/good take” it’s entirely possible that you’ve been emotionally manipulated by the content. Instead of sharing, rephrase for the factual information. If what you find doesn’t amount to anything more than some figures, find the source of those, and post them instead.

Finally: don’t trust surveys run by newspapers or tv stations, they use the most unbelievably rigged and fucked up leading questions to produce something to confirm their own biases. It’s a closed loop and not worth wasting energy on.

Regarding that very important last fact:  I used to work for a research firm (the same assholes that would call you at dinner time to take a political survey) and a very common tactic was to ask the same basic question, multiple ways in the same survey, and the people who paid for the survey would just cherry pick the version of the question with the most answers toward the point they were paying to make.

Also, they asked very leading questions.  “Do you like candidate X, or agree that their opponent is literally Hitler?”

Surveys are a total fucking scam.  They are  useless.  Never believe a survey.

jaclcfrost:

what you said was very sweet and means a lot to me but i am incapable of properly responding in any way besides “thank you so much aaaah” because i do not know how to accurately express the exact level of my gratitude to where you completely understand how much what you said meant to me without me getting even more emotional and looking like a fucking nerd: an autobiography