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In a heartwarming display of solidarity, the Trans community in Venezuela raises funds to their Gazan comrade @dr-anas96 who is currently trapped in Gaza 🇻🇪🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Anas had been studying medicine in Venezuela when he briefly visited his home in Gaza in 2023. The war broke out, and you know the rest.

A staunch supporter of the LGBTQ+ community himself, he reached out to his friends in Venezuela to thank them for not misportraying Palestinians as a bigoted people, and shared the stories of some of the martyrs with them.

During an event celebrating Trans pride, they decided to speak about Anas, and set up a beautiful memorial for the martyrs Anas spoke about.

There are those who try to break the bonds between the oppressed. I suspect there will be many who will try to respond to this, arguing that these causes are incompatible.

There are others like Anas who recognize the unbreakable strength in unity, compassion and acceptance.

Anas is currently very ill. My heart aches with every update from him. Sometimes he tells me he feels these days are his last.

Please don't give up on Anas.

VETTER HERE AT GAZA-EVACUATION-FUNDS

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i lowkey miss this site im ngl

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This man. I cannot get enough of him.

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i just wanna do my thing

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Anyone with a milk allergy needs to be on high alert. In the midst of a flurry of ongoing food recalls, the FDA has updated its initial recall of a handful of Cal Yee Farms' chocolate products to the highest risk level. Originally, the FDA announced a recall of numerous Cal Yee Farm products because they may have contained undeclared milk, soy, wheat, sesame, FD&C #6, and/or almonds. The recall has now been elevated by the FDA to the most serious level of recall, Class 1, for only a few of the affected products: the company's dark chocolate almonds, dark chocolate apricots, and dark chocolate walnuts because the chocolates contained undeclared milk.

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cleaning along desire paths

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🇺🇸recall of various types of canned tuna due to fucking botulism <- CAN KILL YOU 🇺🇸

this involves some pretty big name tunas. if you eat canned tuna in the united states, you are going to want to check this list. botulism is one of the biggest deals in food poisoning. THESE CANS CAN FUCKING KILL YOU

EL SEGUNDO, CA, February 7, 2025 – Tri-Union Seafoods has made the decision to voluntarily recall select lots of canned tuna products sold under the Genova®, Van Camp’s®, H-E-B and Trader Joe’s brand names. This voluntary recall is out of an abundance of caution following the notification from our supplier that the “easy open” pull tab can lid on limited products encountered a manufacturing defect that may compromise the integrity of the product seal (especially over time), causing it to leak, or worse, be contaminated with clostridium botulinum, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled. Consumers feeling unwell should seek immediate medical attention. No illnesses associated with the recalled products have been reported and the recall is being conducted to ensure consumer safety. The impacted products were distributed to retail stores as follows: H-E-B label - Texas Trader Joe’s label – Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin Genova 7 oz. - Costco in Florida and Georgia Genova 5 oz. - Harris Teeter, Publix, H-E-B, Kroger, Safeway, Walmart, and independent retailers in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Texas Van Camp’s label – Walmart and independent retailers in Pennsylvania, Florida and New Jersey

some emphasis mine. this is not a comprehensive list of retailers. these cans were sold in more stores than what is listed, and there is no complete list of affected stores. long story short the pull tab has a defect that makes these cans the perfect environment to give you botulism. and botulism is REALLY REALLY FUCKING bad. it is one of the deadliest forms of food poisoning and commonly grows in dented or damaged cans. unfortunately, the recall announcement does not currently include images.

tumblr does not let me make tables, so I cannot easily format all the necessary information in a way that I am confident will be easy to read and understand. so here is the list of names, and check the FDA link for the specifics of what can codes and best by dates are affected.

Genova Solid White Tuna in Olive Oil 5.0 oz

Genova Yellowfin Tuna in Olive Oil 5.0 oz

Genova Yellowfin Tuna in 0live Oil 5.0 oz 4 Pack

Genova Yellowfin Tuna in Olive 0il 7.0 oz 6 Pack

Genova Yellowfin Tuna in in Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Sea Salt 5.0 oz

Van Camp's Solid Light Tuna in Oil 5.0 oz

Van Camp's Solid Light Tuna in 0il 5 oz 4 Pack

Trader Joe's Solid Light Yellowfin Tuna in Olive Oil

Trader Joe's Solid White Tuna in Olive Oil

Trader Joe's Solid White Tuna in Water

Trader Joe's Solid White Water Low Sodium

Trader Joe's Solid White Water No Salt Added

H-E-B Solid White Tuna in Water 5.0 oz 4 Pack

if you recognize these types of tuna or buy tuna from those stores, stop reading here and click the FDA link at the top for more information. not all cans in these lines are being recalled, but the affected cans have best by dates into 2028.

from the wikipedia entry about botulism:

The disease begins with weakness, blurred vision, feeling tired, and trouble speaking. This may then be followed by weakness of the arms, chest muscles, and legs. Vomiting, swelling of the abdomen, and diarrhea may also occur. The disease does not usually affect consciousness or cause a fever.

...and these vague symptoms, which may not even all appear in someone with botulism, eventually lead to muscle weakness and paralysis to the point someone is unable to call for help, and might eventually stop being able to breathe. while fully conscious.

from the foodsafetynews article on this recall:

In foodborne botulism, symptoms generally begin 18 to 36 hours after eating contaminated food. However, symptoms can begin as soon as 6 hours after or up to 10 days later.

according to the wikipedia article, 5%-10% of people who get botulism will die with timely medical intervention. without medical intervention, botulism kills 50% of the people it infects. this is emergency room ASAP level stuff.

please send the FDA link to anyone you know who eats canned tuna in the US. although no illnesses have been attributed to this defect yet, it may only be a matter of time as the seals on these cans degrade. please do not become the first.

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uh oh! one of your organs has mysteriously vanished! Spin this wheel to find out which one!

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anyway. consider donating to Southern Fried Queer Pride. it's an atlanta-based organization dedicated to cultivating space and community events for southern queers, especially Black and brown southern queers. since us southern queers are often pressured by the larger community to abandon our southern identity for the comfort of yankees AND we live in the most queer-hostile region of this country.

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Are you friends with any cisgender heterosexual men in real life/not online?

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one of my opinions (that seems niche and trivial to cis people, and maybe even a lot of trans people, but I genuinely take pretty seriously) is that we need to stop comparing penises to vaginas as "complementary" structures.

there's this thing where most kids are taught "boys have penises and girls have vaginas" (if they're taught terms for their body parts at all), and even the sort of progressive "trans inclusive" version is like "some people have penises and some people have vaginas."

and I just find it such a rhetorical slight of hand to imply a greater difference between bodies than is actually there.

the penis is not an analogous structure to the vagina. the penis is an analogous structure to the clitoris. if we compared the two, we can much more easily understand this is the same structure that may form in a diversity of ways (e.g. the length, whether the urethra is routed through it, whether or not it is set in a downward position by the surrounding tissue or whether it is only connected at the base, etc.).

similarly, a vagina is not analogous to the penis. the vagina seems much more analogous to the areas of the inguinal canals and perineum, the space in the body that external genitalia can be "tucked" inside of. if we compare the two, we can more easily understand these structures (e.g. not articulating the vagina as an "open hole" but as an area that can accommodate something within it, without being permanently changed).

the way that we constantly pair vaginas with penises in order to make sexed bodies seem more differentiated than they actually are is ideological. it's like saying "men have hands and women have breasts." like sure, that's true in many cases... but women also have hands and men also have breast tissue. why are these traits becoming emblematic of legal/economic categories? what does the exclusion of women's hands and men's breast tissue do to our understanding of the body in general?

(side tangent--and sure, you can say "but penises fit into vaginas" "but hands can fit around breasts" absolutely! those realities don't change by acknowledging they are different parts of the body. penises also fit into anuses and hands also fit around butt cheeks. you can use body parts in many ways. it doesn't mean they need to be used that way, can only be used that way, or is more "natural" to use them in that way than in any other way.)

there are many people who don't even realize they have a clitoris, and I feel like it's pretty much exclusively trans women and their lovers who are aware enough of their bodies to engage in muffing and such. we are denied information on using our own bodies by what parts are erased as "irrelevant" to procreation.

in my opinion, this constant pairing of vaginas with penises as "complementary opposites" creates the impression of a more dramatic difference between "sexes" than exists, and privileges a procreative heterosexual understanding of sexuality over all others.

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We Palestinians don't just want to live! We want to live in our homeland!! Our homeland! 🗝️

Donate here to our families to restore our lives .

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they removed posting from tumblr. now there's only scrolling down through the vast blank expanse. great

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it blows my mind how you can be a usamerican on this website and spend the past year+ reblogging posts about palestine, (rightfully) condemning the genocide, the occupation, denouncing zionism, and acknowledging that theres no excuse for joining the IOF, only to then turn around and suddenly act shocked and offended when the victims of US imperialism extend the same hatred and vitriol towards your military. all the horrific crimes the IOF is committing against the palestinian people, the US military has committed over and over across the globe, whether it is in cuba or korea, laos or afghanistan, iraq or vietnam, but god forbid you point this out because then all of a sudden the worlds most thin skinned people will crawl out of the woodworks to explain why US soldiers are actually just poor little meow meows. how are you any different from a zionist. be serious. and stop expecting the victims of your countrys imperialism, that you benefit from, to coddle you

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hey so when ur talking about omegaverse but espesh a/b/o yous need to leave the slashes in a/b/o if u have to use that term. bcos without the slashes, ur just putting a slur against my ppl (racists shorten the Aboriginal in Aboriginal Australians) all over my dash where i have to constantly see it and that fucking sucks, my guys

and i know most of yous didnt know this and thats fine! no need to apologise im not trying to make u feel bad, im just trying to navigate fandom and this website without being constantly exposed to a really awful racist slur

if u have to use that specific term, at least keep the slashes between the letters. it still sucks to see tho ngl. even better! stick to omegaverse or instead use aob (alpha-omega-beta) (imo its also nicer to pronounce; ay-oh-bee. ayo-bee)

anyway, pls spread awareness and (nicely) let ppl know when theyre using a racist slur for a fandom term

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hello y'all, i know right now in the west where most of the tumblr userbase is it's christmas time: the season of giving, where people acrossthe world are buying many presents for their beloveds and decorations as well like christmas trees and lights in preparation for festivities. yet meanwhile, in the birthplace of christ himself, the man that this holiday celebrates, the palestinian people are suffering calamity and tragedy beyond anything any of us can comprehend. around the day people come to celebrate a mother's birth of a very special child, thousands of actual mothers and their children are experiencing the horrors of war.

one such mother and child is suad ahmed and her child khaled. khaled was born during the midst of this war, and as a result cannot grow in the safety and health a child deserves. he's currently very ill with a respiratory illness and his body, not even fully developed yet, fights so hard to live. i cannot imagine fighting for survival before even being a year old..

the best, most meaningful gift you can give to anyone this christmas, is support for the mother and child under war. this campaign is literally their lifeline, as all proceeds go to necessities like tents, clothing, food and water and baby formula. so please give what you can and share.

$41,002/$42,000

let's help her get to her short term goal!