hey, i'm dorian, and i'm from an abusive household.

i'm disabled both mentally and physically, so i can't live alone for long periods of time as i can't properly take care of myself. however, today my grandmother, who i live with, attacked me. her attack was, and has been, rooted in transphobia and ableism. normally it's just verbal. but today, she deliberately slammed a door in my face so hard that it hit my nose, which bled a lot, and lodged one of my teeth into my upper lip. after getting away to hide in my room, she came in and pointed a knife at me.

this is fueled by both transphobia and her dislike of me, and her own mental health episodes. when she deteriorates, she takes it out on me, and this is the outcome this time.

so, all i'm asking for is some money to allow me to get to a cheap hotel nearby for a week, while my grandfather oversees her getting back on her medication and calming down. the money i ask for is for the week at the hotel and the ability to have just one meal a day.

above is a link to my ko-fi. please consider helping me out. thank you.

When it was peaceful and no ghosts were around, the park was a nice place to spend sometime together, more so on a partially cloudy day where one could lay under the shade of the nearby trees.
This was one of the favored places Danny liked to spend time with Valerie, enjoying just a simple moment together as they were rare and typically interrupted, but for just this moment it was bliss, more so after the telling of a pun that got the two laughing.
Everything was good.

Surprise, thought I was done with @valentines-core-exchange stuff? You thought wrong, I come at you with another piece this time for @the-argumentative-viper with some classing Grey Ghost.

I wanted to just do a little slice of life with these two, a glimpse into a peaceful moment. One thing I wanted to include was a hint of early 2000s fashion and some body positivity while also playing with some effects.

I say this with as much respect as this narrative deserves but you cannot seriously fucking believe that Israel, a country on the other side of the world run by its own autonomous government, is scheduling its horrific assaults on the Palestinian people. . . . . . around the Super Bowl.

Seriously. Are you all fucking kidding me. Like legitimately how self-centered and americentric do you have to be to assume that 1) literally any other country in the world gives a single fuck about the Super Bowl 2) any other GOVERNMENT in the world gives a single fuck about the Super Bowl and 3) literally everything another country does is centered around America and our bullshit fake "holidays." Like I really thought we were done with this after the Black Friday conspiracies.

You can talk about the horrific things happening in other countries without acting like the whole world is operating on the US's schedule while also pushing just outright conspiracy theories. Unbelievable.

RECALL POST! huge listeria outbreak in the US & canada that has been ongoing for YEARS, with dozens of foods recalled!

posted february 10, 2024

fucking hell. what the fuck. CLICK THE LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING SPECIFIC PRODUCTS. there will be more updates. this recall is ongoing and more products are being recalled by the day.

"The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating illnesses in a multi-year, multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to queso fresco and cotija cheeses manufactured by Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc., of Modesto, California.

This outbreak includes cases dating back to 2014 and is currently ongoing."

DATING BACK TO -> 2014 <-

listeriosis, the infection caused by listeria, can become very serious, and can cause death, miscarriage, and lifelong disability. most infections are not severe. listeria typically makes you sick within 2 weeks of exposure, but it can take as long as 3 months after being exposed to get sick. listeria is the third leading cause of foodborne illness deaths in the united states, and there have been confirmed deaths from this outbreak.

rizo-lopez foods supplies dairy ingredients to dozens of different brands making dozens of different types of foods across the entire country.

recalled products include:

• salad kits and salad dressing
• taco kits
• bean dips and salsa
• corn bites
• cojita cheese, queso fresco cheese, ricotta cheese
• sour cream and yogurt
• sandwiches and wraps
• other freshly made foods
• ...and other products containing dairy ingredients sourced from rizo-lopez foods, from brand names such as

Bright Farms, Campesino, Casa Cardenas, Dole, Don Francisco, Don Pancho, Dos Ranchitos, El Huache, Food City, Fresh Express, H-E-B, La Ordena, Marketside, President’s Choice, Ready Pac Bistro, Rio Grande, Rizo Bros, Rojos, San Carlos, Santa Maria, Tio Francisco, Trader Joe’s, 365 Whole Foods Market.

and freshly made food from various stores. for a good chunk of these products, all prior expiration dates are being recalled. many of these foods have been potentially contaminated for years.

directions from the CDC:

• Do not eat any recalled products.
• Throw them away or return them to where you bought them.
• Clean the refrigerator, containers, and surfaces that may have touched the recalled products.
• Listeria can survive in the refrigerator and can easily spread to other foods and surfaces.
• Call a healthcare provider right away if you have these symptoms after eating recalled products:
• Pregnant people usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.
• People who are not pregnant usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. They may also get a headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or seizures.

"Listeria is especially harmful to people who are pregnant, aged 65 or older, or have weakened immune systems. This is because Listeria is more likely to spread beyond their gut to other parts of their body, resulting in a severe condition known as invasive listeriosis."

you can check the ongoing list of recalled products as well as more information about the outbreak in the US through the FDA link or the CDC link.

for canada: the canadian recalls link to the US FDA + CDC investigation for more detailed information, but you can keep track of rizo-lopez recalls in canada here.

check your fridge, check your freezer, check your emails and voicemails for recall notifications, check in on others, clean contaminated surfaces thoroughly, and stay safe. do NOT fuck with listeria!

So for anyone who doesn’t keep up with nz politics, which i’m assuming is most of you, our new radical right government have decided one of their main aims of their term will be to re-interpret the Treaty of Waitangi.

The Treaty is an agreement between Maori and the Crown, now the NZ government. It is the founding document of new zealand and is recognised as a constitutional document today; it is the only treaty of its kind/time still honoured, and it is the steps we’ve taken through the Treaty to provide restitution and build an ongoing relationship with Maori and their iwi (tribes) that has allowed the relationship between Maori and the government to thrive where other indigenous groups have struggled to achieve recognition of their rights.

This is going to be entirely undone. Not only is this issue inflammatory and a threat to race relations in Aotearoa, leaked documents show the proposed “reinterpretation” wants to negate pretty much the entirety of the legal rights provided to Maori under the treaty. For example, the treaty article that guarantees land rights for Maori will be reinterpreted to guarantee land rights for “all New Zealanders”. Which means this article would be essentially meaningless for Maori.

By removing Maori from the context they are trying to put Maori on an “equal footing” with all New Zealanders; they are riding the idea that Maori have special rights and privileges above that of the average New Zealander. Obviously this is bullshit but it’s effective rhetoric and there’s a grain of truth to in that the extent of Maori rights hadn’t been clearly defined due to the ongoing nature of the process. So this has got a lot of people with a poor grasp of the issues very upset and baying for change.

There is a hui (meeting) being held today for all the iwi to begin discussions of how Maori will respond to this. New Zealand politics isn’t very interesting usually, but our progress on indigenous rights, until now, has been absolutely ahead of the field. If you care about indigenous rights globally, you should care about this, because in the same way Australia’s referendum loss has spurred on this action, the loss of rights here will spur other right wing governments to be similarly bold to their own indigenous groups.

Indigenous rights in New Zealand are under attack. They are meeting today to discuss it, and New Zealand will be listening, but I want the world to be listening. Because our government needs the shame of being called out by more than just the people who they’ve already decided don’t vote for them.

Maori have a long and proud history of fighting for their rights, and they’ll do it again here. And I’ll be on the pickets beside them, but there’ll be plenty of my own pickets to attend, because this government is radical in every sense of the word.

So please, even if you’re very far away, stand behind them in this. Keep your eyes on us. Amplify their voices. Don’t let the racism drown them out.

Heads up to not use Duolingo or to cease using it

In December 2023 they laid off a huge percentage of their translation teams, replacing them with ai and having the remaining members review the ai translations to make sure the translations are “acceptable” (Note how they use the world acceptable and not accurate)

Link to the tweet that informed me of this:

https://x.com/rahll/status/1744234385891594380?s=46&t=a5vK0RLlkgqk-CTqc0Gvvw

If you’re a current user prepare for an uptick in translations errors as I’ve already seen people in the comments say they’ve noticed

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