fortunesque:

Thousands of cartons of Vanilla Almond Breeze are under recall for containing undeclared milk. I don’t care what you think about vegans, nondairy milk, whatever…

This could kill people if word doesn’t get out fast enough.

Here’s a link to the recall.

It covers a lot of states: 

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin

Please share this. Dairy allergies can be fatal and many people with them choose to drink almond milk.

switching-reins:

Petsmart is selling wild caught reptiles.

I work at a Banfield inside a California Petsmart location. Last night one of their pet care employees was discussing which snakes need to see our vets. Multiple snakes from a three species were refusing it eat. One of the long term techs there (I’m a new transfer from an out of state stand alone) said they should try buying live and feeding it. After the petsmart employee left I asked a few questions regarding the seemingly large number of unhealthy Petsmart pets we had to treat at our clinic.

That’s when my coworker said many snakes were wild caught. Sceptical at first, I asked how she knew. I know some snakes just won’t touch frozen meals. Turns out, the ladies had a blood sample sent in for analysis and it came back that the snake had a disease not seen in captive bred reptiles. One top of that, most snakes were very aggressive.

Lunging out at people, yet not touching frozen food. Turning around and eating live. Diseases only found in wild caught reptiles. Signs of stress long after being in an established tank. Constantly sick. To me this is extremely strong evidence that the animal supplier my location uses is selling us wild caught snakes.

Why is this bad? Well beyond snakes being sick, you also have to worry about people and the wild population. I don’t want to contribute depleting natural populations due to the pet trade. Then you have people who adopt these pets only to have them die. A lot of people get their first snake from Petsmart and won’t know the signs of an unhealthy one. Many would not seek vet care, or if they did, it would be too late. Obviously aggressive snakes are more likely to bite. This can cause the snake to no only scare a person and draw a little blood, it can hurt or even kill the snake.

Petsmart was alerted about our findings and they don’t care. Banfield isn’t owned my Petsmart so there isn’t much we can do. I just found this to be something the general public should know. The company doesn’t care, but you might. If your looking to buy any animal, look at breeders or rescue first. Snake breeders are easy to find online. They ship. Their prices for common morphs are often lower than petsmart. You will get a better quality snake bred in captivity to be docile and healthy.

ghouldilocks:

If you’d like to help out a former Amazon warehouse employee who lost their job (aka was fired) two months ago because they had a mental health breakdown due to a manic episode/could no longer handle the incredibly physically unhealthy and abusive working conditions that came with the job that had driven them to start having thoughts of suicide so serious they needed to go away for treatment for almost a week, and has also been denied unemployment by Amazon, then please help them out: PayPal.me/LMBee

If you need proof that I worked for Amazon, here’s a picture of me with my badge:

PS: Get fucked Bezos

hollyand-writes:

methexys:

birdymary:

asherlockstudy:

smolboichuu:

Every single year the same things happens in Greece, every damn summer our country is burned, people lose their houses and families, then no one cares and the cycle repeats.

Its not just a weather issue, there is always a greater evil hidden behind all of this and nothing changes.

Last year my house almost burned, we were lucky on the last minute but I can still remember the fear of the people around me, running around and trying to help, the panicked animals and the sickening anxiety that I might lose my house and my cat.

Funny how when people think about Greece all they talk about is our economic crisis and shitty politicians (and even dare to act like they know everything about those matters), yet for some strange reason, when it comes to the refugee crisis, the tensions with Turkey or the fire catastrophes, silence ensues.

I’m positive that if it were a stronger country or a “popular” one getting burned, everyone would magically transform into Mother Teresa and pray, cry and reblog everything they can.

But no, this is Greece, the “joke of Europe”, or, as all fandoms here know it, “that one ancient country with the really cool mythology and gods”. No future or innocent people to worry about, right?

This is so true. I did a test yesterday: I reblogged posts about the Fire in both my blogs (one of them being a Greece travel blog, fancy that), overall potential of 6000 followers. The number of reblogs I got was disheartening. And the vast majority was from Greek followers.

Had I reblogged something pale in comparison about USA, or at least UK or at the very least France, people would be all over it. 

Had I reblogged an idiotic headcanon about Apollo or Athena or an 100% accurate analysis of

Achilles and Patroclus’s relationship, people would reblog like crazy “oh wow how cool that is” .

I had photos of Santorini island and Ancient temples in my queue and they were posted, obviously getting more attention than the people and houses being on fire, right NOW.  Because bucket list goals, duh. 

Speculations about if it’s Alexander’s tomb found in Egypt these days got like 300000 notes. 

No one gives a shit about Greeks nowadays. No one gives a shit about small or weak countries. No one gives a shit about something that doesn’t affect them personally. I saw a Portuguese person reblogging the post because they said last year when Portugal was on fire, nobody cared and they didn’t want the same thing to happen to Greece. I feel terribly sorry and I salute that person. 

And one more thing: those of you who claim you love Greece, Greek mythology, you are Philhellenes, you can explain in detail how Leonidas’ sacrifice affected the invasion of the Persians in the European continent or you even eat Gyros and dance Syrtaki, here’s a secret, you don’t know shit about Greece. Literally nothing. 

Many of you might wonder “okay what is this sudden outburst, where did all this come from”. But I don’t care if it seems out of place. I know where it comes from and fellow Greeks know where it comes from. And that’s enough for me right now. 

And you might wonder: “Ok are we obliged to love Greece?”. Of course not. You don’t have to love Greece. So don’t claim you do either because you do not really know shit about her. (it’s a she.) 

In case anyone cares, there are more than 74 people dead, over 150 severely or critically injured and more than 600 houses burnt to the ground. 

I mean this as a honestly legit question from a non-greek European to you, the people affected by it:

What do you think are the best ways to help?

Other than simply caring (although what I get from your posts is that this too is a rare thing and I’m sorry to hear that). Because, caring about something is important and good, but for me what matters most are the actions caring leads to.

So, what actions can I take that would help you and the wildfire situation?

reblogging for the second reply. here’s what can you do:

If you live abroad

Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World)

Use your web banking for a wire transfer to their Greek accounts :

National Bank of Greece IBAN: GR27 0110 1410 0000 1412 9611 217

Alpha Bank IBAN: GR06 0140 1990 1990 0200 2002 401

Piraeus Bank IBAN: GR03 0172 0180 0050 1800 5706 640

Hellenic Red Cross

The Hellenic Red Cross has opened an account where people can donate.

Eurobank IBAN: GR64 0260 2400 0003 1020 1181 388

Municipality of Rafina-Pikermi

The municipality of Rafina-Pikermi, one the zones hit hardest by the fires, has announced the opening of an account in collaboration with Piraeus Bank, accepting donations for those wishing to contribute.

Piraeus Bank ΙΒΑΝ: GR20 0172 1860 0051 8609 2291 418

Donate basic items (London)

St Mary’s Hospital — Praed St, Paddington, London W2 1NY — Maternity Ultrasound Reception — Cambridge Wing

Queen Charlotte Hospital , Du Cane Rd, White City, London W12 0HS- Maternity Ultrasound Reception

Collection hours 09.00am- 4.00pm Monday to Friday

(https://medium.com/@theo.k/fires-in-greece-how-to-help-41ad32fc9232)

If you live in Greece, there are certain places appointed where you can donate food, medicine and clothes.

Can confirm that those are the drop-off points for London, UK – this tweet thread has more info on what items to donate, and where and when to leave them 

ilovemoiraodeorain:

strangeauthor:

fluoresensitive:

estoma6mp:

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you can help me !! a black lesbian who needs money for her independence!!!! i mean! since y’all are just rolling in dough!!

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https://cash.me/$ImaniWambui

this black lesbian has multiple medical comorbidities and is due to get an mri on her knee

www.gofundme.com/imtiredcom 

paypal / venmo / google wallet: colorthecover@gmail.com || cash.me: $Colorthecover

y’all say black and brown lesbians deserve better? help us then.

sunshineandy:

im not gonna reblog the post with my amazon wishlists bc fuck amazon, but my name is andrew!
i am a trans man and i live in the south, and i move into my dorm aug 13! however excited i am is drowned out by the anxiety i feel. i need to buy textbooks and dorm things and also buy a new binder and a packer possibly! my dad is helping with a few things, but he decided that if i can get everything for dorm and for textbooks covered, he can buy me an actual phone (i have a 20 dollar phone from walmart and an ipod, its not a good nor a mature setup). all of my money from my summer job is going toward this, but i really could use some help!

my venmo is @AndrewElijahDavis, and i can get other money sharing apps if you’re willing to donate,