#current events 2024

[aniseandspearmint]

Trump wants to use fucking NUKES, and has spent the last year actively undermining the cease fire talks Biden and Harris were attempting to broker.

So SO many more people are gonna die bc a bunch of assholes couldn't see past their own imagined purity to vote for the lesser evil.

Dear person in my notes who is saying I shouldn't be mad at people who didn't vote harris bc the ppl who voted independent wouldn't tip the scales:

I AM NOT MAD ABOUT INDEPENDENTS TBQH. Independents got a shockingly low percentage of the vote this year tbh, they are not the issue here.

The issue here is EVERYONE WHO COULD'VE VOTED BUT DIDN'T. Because here's the thing, Trump got about 2 million FEWER votes than last time. But he still won, because of how few democratic/leftist voters SHOWED THE FUCK UP.

What I'm mad about is the fact that Biden won HANDILY in 2020, but this year despite winning TWO MILLION LESS VOTES, Trump won solidly within the day. Which means that FEWER FUCKING VOTERS TURNED OUT.

i give negative shits about the independent votes at this point. I blame every abstaining voter who COULD have voted in this election. You are ALL on the line for the bullshit trump pulls in the next 4+ years.

[aniseandspearmint]

Saw a post talking about avoiding commercial meat the next four years and smh

Its not just the meat, its gonna be EVERYTHING.

All food is going to be less safe. Meat to flour to lettuce.

If you can access alternative sources of meat, good. If you can garden, good.

But if you're like me, and in a city with no ability to keep chickens or rabbits, or garden well (no space or money for meat animals, and my soil isn't safe yet for food growing. I'm working on it but its the work of years) thats going to be impossible.

The best you can do is watch the recall lists religiously, and cook ALL your meats as well as possible.

Mostly the kind of dangers won't be things you can taste or see, but also stay vigilant for crap like glass and plastic in things.

Be vigilant with packaging, make sure nothing is punctured or swollen to avoid botulism. If a foods plastic packaging is loose at all, DO NOT buy it.

Don't immediately throw away packaging/labels after you eat something, or take a picture of the lot numbers and dates, just in case you get sick after eating it.

If you can, stock up on things you can freeze now, in the next few months before orange sauron takes over. He probably won't immediately screw with the safety regs, he'll have bigger things to hit first, so try and stockpile what you can before he does.

And lets all hope that he won't try and stay past his term like he's told everyone and god he intends to.

Stay safe, stay alive.

[boggedybloggedy]

Every river in Florida right now be like:

[aniseandspearmint]

mediocre never takes time off

[aniseandspearmint]

https://norcalpublicmedia.org/2024100296403/news-feed/is-the-food-in-the-fridge-still-good-california-wants-to-end-the-guessing-game

Can't get the link to come out right but GOOD ARTICLE.

California is implementing a new law to take effect by 2026 where disingenuous 'best by' and 'sell by' dates must be replaced by actually accurate information.

As things stand now, there's no actual regulation on the dates you see on food, so they're not always accurate, leading to a great deal of food waste (estimated at around 20% of food waste).

[aniseandspearmint]

LINK to a really good article on this (the map above is pulled from the article)

[aniseandspearmint]

Reminder, because a skeevy scammy text just made its way to my phone without automatically getting dumped in the spam folder;

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS DO NOT SEND ELECTRONIC MESSAGES

The USPS, for instance, is NOT going to send you a text. The IRS is not going to send you a text.

My scam message was a short paragraph supposedly from the USPS about how there was incomplete address information on a package and how I needed to CLICK THE LINK and go fill out information so my package could be delivered.

Since I HAVE a package I'm waiting for, this caused me to pause for a sec before my brain caught up and i clicked block and report.

Out of curiosity (and yeah boredom tbh) I called the USPS customer service line real quick and talked to someone on their fraud reporting line. She confirmed that USPS will never EVER send a text like that, and they've been getting a TON of reports about similar messages.

[aniseandspearmint]

Also if you live in America there is currently a WAVE of measles working it's way through Florida and various other parts of the county.

Measles is airborne and VERY contagious, and also the measles vaccine wears off after 12 years or so (rough estimate, I'm on mobile and can't double check).

Measles seriously effs up your immune system, it's in your best interests to NOT catch it.

Please wear a mask, for yourself and others.

Source

CDC Wastewater Viral Activity Monitoring

BreatheTeq

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

Please, spread this for those who might need it right now

U.S. suicide hotline: call or text 988 (available 24 hours)

U.S. trans lifeline: (877) 565-8860 (when you call, you’ll speak to a trans/nonbinary peer operator. full anonymity and confidentiality)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) – provides 24/7 confidential support and referrals for individuals and families facing mental health and substance use disorders, including panic attacks and anxiety.

LGBT National Help Center: (888) 843-4564

Trevor Project: Call (866) 488-7386, text START to 678-678, or chat online.

Take care of yourself and each other. Please stay safe ♡

[strawlessandbraless]

What an unsurprising & completely expected turn of events that literally everyone saw coming 😮

Source 🔗

Free 🔗

[aniseandspearmint]

(article dated: March 14th 2024)

Walmart honey roasted cashews are being recalled for an unknown milk and coconut contamination.

Recall is active in 30 US states.

Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and West Virginia.

(Though if 30 states have been affected, the odds are the rest might be too.)

The cashews are packaged in an 8.25-ounce plastic can with a blue wrap-around label with the UPC 078742133348.

[aniseandspearmint]

Is it just me or is trump looking more and more like ed from the first MIB movie

Heavy into the transgender world. Heavy into lots of different worlds.

[mutopians]

before we get an official announcement on who is replacing biden as the nominee, im just going to put this out there: do not mess this up. i don't care how little you like politics. i don't care if this new nominee isn't your first choice.

our alternative is trump. third party splits the votes, and abstaining is just going to fuck the entire united states over. your vote (AND support) matters, and i better see anyone who doesn't want trump to be elected and the United States to become a fascist, authoritarian regime throwing their full support behind this new nominee.

we have three months to go. we're in crunch time. if you don't want to lose your rights, support this new nominee with everything you've got.

edit: just in case this somehow wasn't obvious, this is NOT the post to be a pessimist on. don't say we're fucked. say TRUMP is fucked. we can't go back and change the nomination timeline, but we can absolutely support our new nominee and ensure they get elected.

[politijohn]

Source

Phenomenal choice

As a former teacher, MN Governor Walz has:

Signed legislation protecting abortion rights

Signed an executive order protecting gender-affirming care

Banned conversion therapy

Restored voting rights to Minnesotans who are on parole, probation or community release due to a felony

Signed voting rights legislation

Signed legislation legalizing recreational cannabis

Signed legislation guaranteeing free school lunches to students

Expanded workers rights and is supported by unions

[aniseandspearmint]

HE HASN'T WON YET

Y'ALL NEED TO COOL IT WITH THE CATASTROPHIC PANIC

PEOPLE THOUGHT HE'D WON IN 2020 TOO

HE DIDN'T THEN AND HE HASN'T NOW

[aniseandspearmint]

I just looked this up real quick and it looks like all the news is from 2019. I can't find anything on it post that. Looks like it may have not turned out or the idea got mothballed.

Has anyone heard anything about it?