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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. please do not become the first.

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I think "discomfort =/= harm" is something everyone needs to internalize. Being uncomfortable because of something does not mean it's harmed you or is inherently bad. Sometimes discomfort is caused by shitty internalized feelings and beliefs that you need to acknowledge and work through. Sometimes you just have to remove yourself from a situation. Sometimes discomfort just a feeling that you need to live with as part of living in a society and a world.

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There is a new Chrome extension that detects if a video you’re streaming has a strobe in it, will freeze the video and stick this warning up there until you approve it.

WHERE THE HELL HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE????

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“Nobody’s going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.”

Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. I’ll sit on it for days. I’ll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. I’ll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. I’ll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. I’ll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. I’ll see the states I’ve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. I’ll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then I’ll do it all over again to come the fuck home.

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“if you take medication for that, you’ll be taking medication all your life!!” yeah, and?? bud, i already put on my glasses every morning. it’s like. a condition of mine, not a side hobby i’m pursuing irresponsibly. 

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i feel like the term “dogwhistle” is becoming increasingly misused and it’s going to become dangerous at some point

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I wish it was easier to talk about mobile phone addiction without sounding like a boomer

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The following are gender affirming care

Reconstructive surgery after mastectomies for breast cancer

reconstructive genital surgery for people maimed in accidents

those fake testicles that people get if they get their testes removed for cancer, injury, etc

Viagra

breast implants

that surgery that makes you taller by breaking your legs

hair transplants

the low-T craze (Many cis men are thinking that they have low levels of testosterone and are requesting T from doctors, and do lifestyle changes to try to increase the amount of testosterone being produced)

cis people get gender affirming care all the time. its just that trans people are seen as deviant and unnatural. they get care, we get Special Trans Care (that must be denied bc we are crazy for being trans)

Edit:

I very deliberately did NOT include things directed primarily towards people with intersex conditions/ intersex people. I very deliberately excluded things like hrt for children, genital construction for children, etc. I am talking about voluntary gender affirming care for perisex cisgender people.

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spring is coming. Spring IS COMING. You will stand on soft grass again, and feel the sun kiss your cheeks and shoulders. you will eat of the same berries as the animals returned from their hibernation. you will hear the air alive with your collective breathing.

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What's wrong with you?

Depends on the day

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do you have any resources on a better mindset towards drug users? i would love to learn more about that.

sure!

overall I'd say i think it's important to realize that people who use drugs are already a part of your community, that when you look at your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, you already know and care about people who use drugs, even if you don't know that they're using. and that there are a lot of myths surrounding drug use--even things that you might think are "common sense" ideas around drug use are worth interrogating to see where that knowledge came from and how true it really is. I'd also say that I think it can be really helpful to try to come in with a sense of curiosity, take time to notice and sit with feelings of discomfort that might come up for you when learning about drugs, and just have an open mind even if some things seem different or uncomfortable to you.

harm reduction 101:

Harm Reduction Principles from the Harm Reduction Coalition

Next Distro's Resources--They have a ton of resources sorted by topic. I'd recommend browsing through their info about specific drugs, I think that reading neutral and accurate information about drugs can help demystify drug use a lot. I'd also check out their Drug Related Stigma page.

harm reduction activism:

Reclaiming Harm Reduction by Emi Koyama

The Big Lie in the War Against Drugs from Truthout

Saving Our Own Lives by Shira Hassan (dm me if you want the PDF)

Harm Reduction is not a Metaphor from HIV Doula Work

Takeover Documentary by Emma Francis-Snyder

this is just a short list so if people have other resources they want to recommend, feel free!

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"as an antonym" • words from 2019, illustrations from 2024

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Answer: they dont wear a fucking mask during a fucking airborne pandemic.

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really not sure when it happened or why but personally I'm pissed that the queer community at large seems to have given up ground on the "people with penises/vulvas/testes/ovaries" language to sex & gender essentialists in exchange for the much less precise, much more demeaning "AGAB" language.

is it because you're scared of the word vulva? of acknowledging out loud that some people have penises? of recognising that many many people, including but certainly not limited to trans people, have mixed sex characteristics that cannot be accurately summarised by "afab/amab" as shorthand for "female/male"?

"in [GENITAL RELATED] situation AFABs will need to do X and AMABs will need to do Y" there are "afabs" with penises and "amabs" with vulvas. Saying this shit makes you look so unserious & honestly transphobic (given the ongoing erasure of post-op trans people within broader community). Intersex people and GRS have both existed for long enough (fucking forever and, decades, respectively) that we should well past making this basic fucking mistake.

quit referring to people by a vague & often violent event that happened at their birth as though it defines ANYTHING about how they & their body currently operate, and start using precise language so you at least look like you know what you're fucking talking about.