#RINGWORM MENTION!!!!!!!!

[sop-soap]

hey psst if you like any tma rarepairs come over here and tell me why, i wanna hear about your ships 🫴

[r1ng-w0rm]

Some old WBB! Oc idea that I really wanted to show u guys (+extra info on it)

Okay soo, I had this idea a while ago when I was making WBB! Tobias- it was just a skim through concept designs and I managed to find this beauty in thy picture folders. I couldn't just delete them cause I really liked their hair. :'[

(p.s Gary the tapeworm is not my oc, it's @ewwwabug 's lil homie)

Also I forgot to put Tobias' scars, but to be fair- it looks better scarless.

🪱Bonus Stuff about them! (I don't want to take up space)🪱

[GOB] and [GAT]

🪱This was supposed to be an idea of if the lbb/wbb simulation thing absolutely screwed up and morphed Tobias and Gary(what a silly fellow) into some corrupted goopy two being thing. How did it happen? I don't know. Probably post!rbb But mid relapse of Tobias' bad acid trip. Funny hardy har har. I'm not creative enough for this-

🪱These two are not brothers, they are purely clones/an error multiplied in coding. Plus, if you try to kill them, they multiply.. So don't do it. Or do. Idc

🪱They are not good! They are parasites, therefore bad- evil- and weirdly clammy.

🪱Their hair has nerves and cartilage in it- it can move on its own like tentacles and it squirms if pulled too hard.

🪱Can and will turn you into a rug.

🪱Also, they can be found hiding out in many biker group spots. Either in two headed worm form or in the flesh. Though, as always, they like staying beside the rivals because yknow... That's kinda Tobias' main terf, but that's not to say the thingies stay with Tobias! Eyeball lickers delux 2000.

🪱If the two had some form of ending:

➬Good Ending: They give you a sliver of their weirdly fleshy hair and make you eat it. Congrats! You're the host to a new lovely baby tapeworm who's probably going to be birthed as a screwed up mix of either Varai and Gary, Varai and Tobias, orrrrrrr... Dun dun dun!!! Gary and Tobias again?!?? Now you've got an Antichrist worm baby on your hands!!!! Yippeeeeee!!!!!

➮Neutral Ending: You're kinda stuck watching sitcoms with them until either Varai gets back or until they're hungry for that sweet za (pizza).

➫Bad Ending:... The worst of it all... The absolute horrors... Something so profound and disgusting........... They spit on your shoes and call you stupid names before walking off like they're better than you. They don't want you to become the new host to a tapeworm because you obviously aren't cool enough for that. I hope you're happy. They'll make sure you're band from every good spot in town.. Except the gas station, they'll just give you the permanent bad luck of picking out expired food.

𖤐[ABOUT GOB]𖤐

🪱Lowkey might be a 'THE BLOODY CULTIST' oc. He's purely obsessed with the occult due to him 'hearing a calling' somewhere within his divided dreams where he's a seperate being with long pretty pink hair.

🪱Gobs voice is a mix of two masculine and one corrupted 'demonic sounding' one.

🪱He's allergic to fish whilst Gat isn't, so the two have little fights about that.

🪱Gob can eat rust and live off of spinal fluid

✶[ABOUT GAT]✶

🪱The one who is like the holy divinity of the two. He's not religious, but he has an insane amount of luck on his side... Legend has it that when he cries, a radiation storm happens... Hope you have your rad resistant umbrellas!!!

🪱Gat loves sticking his triple jointed fingers in people's eyes and noses :).

🪱His voice is a mix of static, a feminine voice, and something of an echoed whisper.

🪱Enjoys the sweet supple taste of stomach acid and bugs (specifically centipedes and wasps!!)

[lostryu]

when dad helps the vet pour goop in your eye and shines a bright light and you’re confused and dazed because you were literally just pulled from a comfy dark bag and you have no fucking idea what’s going on but now things are happening and you’re. not happy about it so you’re huffing very mad but dad and the vet are laughing at you but you’re serious this time and suddenly they’re talking about how you’re adopted and you. didn’t fucking know that.

when you knock a glass of water off the coffee table and it was dads really nice scotch glass and it broke in two and dad is very upset about it and instead of yelling at you he kindly scoops you up and you think you’re getting a treat but instead he shoves the goddamn banana hat on you and tells you you’re a Very Bad Boy and that you’re stuck in this stupid hat for your crimes but you cannot help tipping over water glasses because you are a cat:

[mellypluslina]

About Me

I’m Oanh, currently a 21 y/o college student studying Information Science and Journalism (aka major nerd shit). I’ve been on Tumblr since I was 13 and I’ve always obsessively followed the vetblr/catblr community. So once I got my own cats, I figured I ought to try my hand at this sorta thing.

You can learn more about me through my carrd here.

My main is @cat-storekeeper , but just a heads up that I only really reblog nonsense!

Info about my kitties (past and present) are below:

Melinoë

Melly is the first cat I’ve ever adopted as an adult. I adopted her on 08/14/24 from a cat cafe that also doubled as a cat rescue. She was born in a stray cat colony with a leg deformity in her left hind leg. While she can’t jump as far as other cats, it doesn’t bother her very much.

Adoption Date: 08/14/24

DOB: 07/20/23

Age: 1 y/o

Breed: DSH (Tuxedo aka black with low grade white spotting)

Tags: #Melly bo belly

Thumbelina

I initially intended to just foster a second cat to see if Melly would appreciate a friend at first, but I ended up adopting Thumbelina permanently despite the first viewing going horrible as her foster mom failed to secure her leading to Thumbelina getting stuck behind a washing machine.

I gave this shy, timid kitten a shot, and ended up with a bundle of fluff full of love and affection to give. She gave me a scare a while back, but she was diagnosed with hookworms which is fortunately treatable. Now she’s on the mend and full of energy as ever! She’s the 2nd cat I ever adopted as an adult.

She was rescued alongside her mom and siblings after Hurricane Helene.

Adoption Date: 12/28/24

DOB: 08/13/24

Age: 4 mos

Breed: DSH (Chocolate mackerel tabby with medium grade spotting)

Tags: #thumb

Other Cats

I might mention some of my friend’s cats or my childhood cats here and there. Their tags are below:

Buddy: My friend Nell’s cat. He’s a 5 y/o void with a penchant for punching. #Buddy

Nessie: My GF’s cat. She’s a 10 y/o domestic longhair tuxedo with lots of sass and mischief. #Loch Nessie

Yuki: The first family cat! She was adopted from my elementary school teacher at the time when I was 6-7 years old. We sadly had to surrender her after we moved. #Yuki

Kuro: My second family cat, he was adopted from the local animal pound where he had untreated ringworm. He was later adopted out to live with my mother’s coworkers. #Kuro

Jujube: My third and last family cat, he was adopted off of Craigslist when a woman had a litter of kittens under her porch. He came infested with fleas. He was later adopted to a family friend. #Jujube

[bitletsanddrabbles]

Stolen Child: A Much Needed Screaming Fit

Okay, so, as I said earlier - I'm fine. The story's fine. I'm not angry at anyone about anything or shouting at or accusing anyone of anything or any of that sort of thing that I might come across as somehow because I'm shouting and only sort of semi-coherently. I'm just shouting because I need to shout.

Basically, I've been feeling increasingly just…tired and tense? The temperature spike this weekend did not help at all, since I am not a heat person and it narfs my sleep. And my brain finally phrased last month as "I didn't have a single day off in August because every time I wasn't at work I was some stripe of not-feeling-well", at which point the rest of my mind and body went "YES EXACTLY!" and doubled down on the exhaustion and anxiety. I also have another routine medical appointment next Tuesday and something going on with my hand that looks kinda like ringworm, but doesn't act like ringworm (and how would I have picked up ringworm there?), which I will need to make another appointment for. Which means I really need to have a good, old fashioned, overstimulated three-year-old level melt down about something I care about, but that is not ultimately important to the universe and then go…I dunno. Maybe eat some ice cream and take a nap. Definitely with the napping.

Since Stolen Child is kinda the Big Craft Community Craft Thing right now and ranting about it could, conceivably, generate some useful dialogue which always results in Happy Brain Chemicals (useful right now!), we're going with that one. So if you feel like reading through the flailing mental health fail rant and giving advice, observations, feedback, or just patting me on the head and saying "Don't forget to breathe, dear. Air is important", go right on ahead. If you don't, eh. Not your job. Feel free to keep scrolling.

And now! Here we go! Ready, set - MELT DOWN!

This right here? Is a great comment. It's a lovely comment. I love informative comments like this! There's only one problem with it:

I SERIOUSLY NEEDED THIS INFO BACK WHEN I WAS PLANNING THE ORIGINAL STORY!

See, back in 2017, when I was first plotting this whole thing, my plan was to have him wind up…not heir. I seriously think he'd be happier doing like Tom and Henry and living at Downton, but running a clock shop somewhere and letting Mary run the estate and George be the heir. Thing is, I didn't know that was possible just like that. I hadn't made any of my UK fan-friends at the time (heck, I don't think I had this account yet?). As I have mentioned a million times, I fail at research, although I have been slowly getting a bit better with help. So at the time I thought that an Earl's son became the heir, no questions asked, and no options unless they abdicated which was fully what I intended on having Thomas do after a bit of trying and getting a headache and having him and Mary both unintentionally-but-avoidably stomp all over each other's toes. Then I started rewatching (didn't make it through season one because I have officially hit the 'can't really watch things on my own' stage) and was immediately reminded that Matthew didn't have a choice but to be heir. Oh! Oops! Guess Thomas can't abdicate! Which is how we wound up with the current draft.

And this comment.

Now, I have no reason to disbelieve the statement that they don't need to recognize Thomas, but I can't think of why my UK friends wouldn't have pointed it out at some point, except that I did always call it the Thomas-as-Heir fic which could have lead to the concept that heir was my desired end game. Or perhaps it was one of those things that just didn't get questioned because subconsciously they thought it was my desired end game. Or maybe something else perfectly logical! I mean, there are reasons it could have happened, but my brain is not braining good right now, so. Point being, I didn't know and I'm still not sure and this firmly falls outside of my 'things I can comfortably research'. If it were modern, sure! But history?

Seriously, my researching lessons in school extended to 'go to the library and read a book' and stopped. There was nothing about how to gauge how trustworthy the book was, or if there was, I didn't learn it because I moved through three school districts (five if you count college and uni) and wasn't in the right district at the right time. Given how obvious it is that there are a lot of history books out there that straight up lie (and I don't just mean the school texts. I've tried to teach myself history in recent years and wound up straight up calling bull shit on several books), this leads to massive trust issues. I asked at my local library if they had a research librarian on staff and bless his heart, the fellow I was talking to didn't even know what that was. There's another library nearby that is bigger, but I keep forgetting that it's part of our library system now and honestly I don't even know how to drive there and don't like driving in that area anyway and I'm not even sure the busses will take me there in a reasonable manner given public transport in this area. I know I've heard of a couple other tricks over the years that I've carefully noted down in places I've forgotten about so that I could reference them later.

…yeah.

And if it is true (which I have every reason to believe it is), what then? I've already set up the entire story to have Thomas be recognized as heir! I mean, I could put it on hold and rewrite the ending. There are a couple of scenes that would be easy, but others would be straight up impossible. I'd also have to lose at least three scenes that I've been looking forward to sharing and that people would love, and I don't know what I'd replace them with, and I'd have to rewrite the dinner scene (*straight up cries at the thought*), and I am a slow writer, so I have no idea when it would be done! I kinda hate the idea of telling everyone "We're going to be a chapter a week!" and then three chapters later going "Haha, just kidding! Indefinite hiatus while I fix the entire plot!" Especially since right now reader comments are definitely my primary 'happy chemical' source and I need that! On the other hand, I really, really love the idea of this being a one shot and not having to figure out what happens next! But it might not get done for another ten years if I try that!

If I do stick with him as heir, it seems like people would know that not recognizing him was an option, so I'd still need to do some rewriting to explain why he winds up heir! And why would he? The only thing I can come up with given my current setting is Cora pitching an ever loving (dignified, restrained) fit over the idea of not acknowledging him and he and Robert just going "OKAY OKAY WE YIELD!" which will still take some rewriting, but a lot less (I think I can keep the rewrites ahead of the posting schedule for the most part maybe?), and will still leave me figuring out where we go from here, but might work as a decent compromise?

Either way, I have to figure out what I'm doing before I post next week's chapter! And all my brain wants to do is melt into a puddle of goo for a month! The idea of trying to research or plot or anything like that just makes me want to sit in the shower and cry! I WANT A MONTH'S VACATION FROM LIFE, DAMN IT ALL!

Edit: I now have an appointment to have my hand looked at this Wednesday.

[ao3feed-jonmartin]

Peter I want a divorce but I have a good reason this time I swear

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/icRZOkh by FaeFae_Fei Peter Lukas comes home from a year at sea to an empty house. Not unusual, considering his husband is, well, Elias. But this time, Elias doesn't come home, even after a week. For Peter this all is completely fine and normal, until he one day checks his mailbox... Words: 619, Chapters: 1/19, Language: English Series: Part 1 of AHHH I CAN'T MAKE A GOOD TITLE WITHOUT SPOILING IT ALL anyways Lonelyeyes basically Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Multi Characters: Peter Lukas, Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus, Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood, Oliver Banks, Michael "Mike" Crew, Michael | The Distortion (The Magnus Archives), Michael Shelley, Nikola Orsinov, Jane Prentiss Relationships: Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus/Peter Lukas, Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist, Terminal Velocity mentioned, Doorkeay mentioned, Ringworm mentioned, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist Additional Tags: Danish Elias Bouchard, I just can't get the image of Mads Mikkelsen as Elias Bouchard out of my head, please help, it hurts, I thought about it during midterms in mathematics, Mads Mikkelsen you beautiful man, You hurt me by exsisting, Norwegian Peter Lukas, Serial Divorcees Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus/Peter Lukas, POV Peter Lukas, Divorced Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus/Peter Lukas, Married Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus/Peter Lukas, its complicated, Serbian Nikola Orsinov, It pisses me off that she is russian, NIKOLA IS NOT A RUSSIAN NAME, ITS SERBIAN, my god, But she can be half-half, Not half russian tho fuck you, Serbian-Tatar, I NEED MORE TATAR REPRESENTATION PLEASe, Spesifically Volga Tatar, Btw Nikola is actually a male name in Serbian, In german it is female, But this is The Magnus Archives, So she can be serbian Nikola the babygirl mannequinn ringmaster stranger entity, Author is only on series 3, So the Terminal Velocity will be fully based on Tumblr, sorry - Freeform, Why the fuck am I apologising this is my AU, FUCK YALL, I do what I wanna do, Fuck this I need to stop writing tags, Cause there will be more added as the story expands read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/icRZOkh

[i-give-worms]

(+🪱+🪱)

Shout out to da homies that have ringworrrmmm

[enb-y]

↬ ROTTMNT BOYS FINDING OUT THAT READER OWNS A KITTEN

rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles.

request: ❝ hello, can i request headcanons where the rise turtles react to the reader having a pet kitten? platonic or romantic, i don't mind, and gender neutral pronouns please ^^ ❞ — anonymous.

warnings: mentions of ticks, deworming, ringworm, fleas, mild swearing, unedited. could be read as platonic or romantic.

characters: raphael, leonardo, donatello, michelangelo.

writers note: cats, my all time favorite menace. I actually have one— well, that felon is my sisters, but I take care of her like she’s my damn cat. (sigh, I miss my cat 😔)

readers pronouns are not mentioned nor included.

*◌ೃ࿔ ┆RAPHAEL.

✶ raphael, the one who adores animals of all creatures. although, some of them don’t even like him half the time. most likely do to fear, or simply he’s not their kind of guy. raph is quite the scary and intimidating guy, yet he’s a major softy inside that scary shell. so, the first thing he does is try to smother the kitten, okay not too literally. however, in a more mature manner, he does try to help you with the kitten, especially if you just got it.

✶ raph will help you bathe the kitten if you find it off the streets. he highly recommends you to take it to the vet to see if it has any major issues, and he’ll definitely help you find the siblings and mother, that’s only if it’s not abandoned.

✶ he's really gentle with the kitten, especially knowing his size and strength. the kitten is smaller than his damn hands. he loves animals, he thinks he’s some kind of animal whisperer, snow white headass. let’s not forget to de-flea it, he will not help you pluck you out the ticks. he’s afraid of doing something wrong and the bug's head getting stuck inside the poor animal's skin.

✶ he’s fine with helping you remove the flea’s from its fur and putting medicine on it, but he will never pluck goddamn ticks from it. he does not fuck with them. and knowing that they also suck on anything that has blood? he’s good, he’ll have nightmares though.

*◌ೃ࿔ ┆LEONARDO.

✶ leonardo thinks kittens are cute. but he’ll only like them if they feel the same way about him. he’ll most likely back off if he sees or hears a cat hissing. he does not fuck with grumpy ass felines, sure they’re cute, but he does not care. leo likes kittens and he would like to have one, yet he can’t, because all the kittens and cats that he and brother brought home all tried to have their dad as their meal. which, of course, got them gradually kicked out of the sewers.

✶ leonardo definitely tries to help you with your animal, especially if it’s a stray. he’s had his fair shares of beef with stray animals and he’s won every single battle. (no he didn’t, he ran away.) he highly recommends you to get the animal checked for any worms and other issues that it may have. not only that, he’s cautions and he doesn’t want you nor himself catching ringworm.

✶ he probably steals cat food for you, since he can’t be seen by humans and all that junk. but if you’ve bought the kitten from someone, he’s definitely smothering the kitten. he’ll think of it as his child, the single child that he’s always wanted. leo likes animals, to a certain extent, and he’s aware of the responsibility of taking care of an animal, especially a kitten.

✶ leo is more than willing to help you out with it, just ring him up and he’s there in a flash, literally. leonardo thinks that cats are cute and fluffy. he likes their purring and how they swipe toys around with their paws.

*◌ೃ࿔ ┆DONATELLO.

✶ honestly, I see donatello as a cat person. he likes their independence and quietness. although he’s aware of how loud they can get and would literally knock just about anything off your desk. but other than that, he likes cats. when he heard that you had just gotten a kitten. he wants to immediately know if that kitten is healthy and to see a vet if it’s a stray. it isn’t surprising that he’s awfully gentle with said kitten.

✶ he’s there with you when you’re picking it up and he wants to hold it the moment you get it, because he said so. this guy absolutely loves cats, he thinks they’re cutest shits on the planet.

✶ he tells you which brand of food is good for the kitten and what litter you should use and what type of litter box you should also get for it.. which some of them are quite expensive. not too worry, he’ll find a way to get you those nice things for your little kitten who will grow up to be spoiled.

✶ he gets toys for the kitten and would love it if the kitten laid on his lap as he pets it. the only thing he doesn’t like is shedding, he doesn’t like things sticking to his clothes that he decides to wear during that day.

*◌ೃ࿔ ┆MICHELANGELO.

✶ he’s also someone who loves animals. he watches enough videos about animals and non-domesticated cats, which he does not like watching all the time, for good reasons too. he literally would help you take care of it, because he wants to and he likes to spend time with the little kitten. he doesn’t care where you gotten it from he just thinks it’s cute to watch over, especially since it’s small and playful.

✶ he’s definitely been scratched and bitten by it. he forgave it because it’s just a baby and they almost always acted out during those ages. if it’s a baby where it still needs a bottle and it’s been abandoned or the mother isn’t around anymore, he’ll take care of it for you if you can’t do it on those days when you’re busy.

✶ he doesn’t really care too much about the shedding that cats do, he keeps those sticky rollers around to take off the fur before he returns home from spending time with you and the kitten.

✶ this guy squealed when he saw the kitten laying on its bed. his first instinct was to hold it. mikey loves animals, so whatever you bring home, he’s the first one, other than his brother raph to hold it and pet it, because he said so. he also adopted it along with you and helps you with feeding and treatments, that’s only if the little one has any, and bought it treats and whatnot.

end - I finally did it. I’ve finally finished this. this has been sitting in the drafts for, not too long, I think. but I’m just glad to have this done, but I’m sorry you had to wait a while for me to finish this. it’s 5:23am so ima try to go to sleep, gm everyone.

[enteragoodnamehere]

17, 18, 23, 35 for tma for the violence ask game? c:

hiiiii ollie ty for the ask too!! ^w^

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art…

first thought that comes to mind is just more wlw / not mlm stuff. but specifically uhhh. character studies of nikola especially concerning her relationships with gregor & the circus. gross yucky jane prentiss art. more art of jude perry and mikaele salesa in general. ringworm (<- biased). and more aromantic jon stuff actually bc most of the time people who don’t like jmart are like “well i think jonelias or jontim or [insert other mlm ship with jon here] is better!!” And it’s like. either he is disappointing a woman or he ain’t kissing anyone please and thank you (/silly)

18. it’s absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on….

I answered this already about nikola and characterization in a different ask but also 👆. I think more people sleep on the idea that the unknowing was doomed in regards to nikola & the circus. At most I see people mention how tim died for nothing and yeah that’s sad and a gut punch to realize but also like. nikola spent her whole life in preparation for that. she was literally Created for the unknowing, it was her Purpose. it’s such a #doomedbythenarrative thing and im so sad literally no one talks abt it.

23. ship you’ve unwillingly come around to

uhhh none really? I don’t really consider myself to be a shipper outside of like. ringworm + judenikola + occasionally annabelle/nikola too but im pretty sure those stem from my fucked up evil fixation on nikola lol. I guess lonelyeyes?? your art has shown me a better future where they’re actually compelling and not just old man yaoi lol

25. Common fandom complaint you’re tired of hearing

Also answered this one but another one im tired of is people who hate helen and say michael was better/should have lived longer. Like he’s cool yeah but it ultimately makes sense that he died and got replaced by helen. idk im not really a michael or helen head so ultimately it doesn’t bother me but every time i see someone bitch and moan about this im like. okay do you actually think that or is it that michael is a blonde white man or twink that you like to yaoi with

[harrypotterprops]

Fergus Fungal Budge. Apparently Dean Thomas had issues with the ringworm of the foot.

Please mention me when using my designs 🙏🏻 (@oftheriverside // soyeneri on instagram)

I cannot find all the exact fonts. So, if anyone knows the two I'm missing, would be fantastic if can share the information with me.

[r1ng-w0rm]

I almost forgot to post this!! :O!!

It was a bit hard to make this Character thing for my beautiful boy, Tobias- BUTTTTTT it's finished!

Also MAJOR CW!!!- some of the gifs are like those glitter/blinky(??) Ones and those could potentially hurt your eyes so pls be careful ❤

[feathersandfarmers]

Ginger and Rocky wedding night headcanons? 💍💕

Oh sure, I always wondered if Rocky and Ginger ever did anything to officiate them being a couple!

-They had a small celebration, nothing too big or fancy. The hens, Fowler, and the rats gathered around and sat in rows (as if they were sitting in pews in a church) and watched as Ginger (who wore the rat's badminton birdie over her head as her wedding veil) walked down the aisle. (Would Fowler be the one to give her away? Probably!) Rocky, folded his bandana into a bowtie and watched in amazement as his beautiful bride walked over to him. Mac played her harmonica "Here Comes the Bride" as many of the hens (and the rats mostly) cried.

-I'd like to think Rocky went ahead and decorated their hut with pretty flowers, to surprise Ginger with when they got home that night. (Well, he never mentioned it, but he absolutely got Mac, Babs, and Bunty to help him make everything pretty since he doesn't have much of an eye for decorating) But thankfully, they let him take all the credit.

-We don't see either Ginger or Rocky with wedding rings on their fingers. So I'd imagine that proposing with a ring is a "human thing". I would imagine either case: Rocky simply proposed to Ginger one night when things were getting romantic, he took her wing into his and told her how much he loved her, how he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her as his hen. OR It's a chicken custom to propose finding the most juicy and tasty worm you can find, and tie the worm around your lover's finger. The lover will admire the beautiful "ring" (haha ringworm) before gobbling it up.

-(maybe this one shouldn't count because it's as cheesy as parmesan) but imagine Rocky and Ginger eating a delicious worm-ghetti meal for their wedding night, slurping it up like Lady and the Tramp with their beaks kissing at the end!

-Last but not least...Rocky and Ginger on their wedding night...well...I can leave that up to your imagination (plenty of stuff i cannot mention on here meh hehehe)

[newnitz]

That was just one example. There are sooooo many others. Look up Israel's Ringworm Affair or the HIV blood donation scandal. Hell if they'll do that to other Jews imagine what the poor Palestinians have to go through.

You still haven't given any evidence of large- scale, government sanctioned organ trafficking, and have to go back to a time where Israel's demographic makeup and political sphere were completely different. The demographic impacted by the Ringworm Affair is now part of the majority in Israel, not to mention among Jews, and your weaponization of mistreatment of Ethiopian Jews is vile, considering the longest held hostage is an Ethiopian Jew.

[helperhome]

Horseweed (I misnamed it horsetail on the stream, my apologies, there is also another plant with that name that I will post about as well!)

DISCLAIMER: ANY PLANT HAS THE ABILITY TO CAUSE ALLERGIC REACTIONS SUCH AS CONTACT DERMATITIS AND ALLERGIC RHINITIS. If you are allergic to a plant in the same family, it is advised that you use caution when handling and using the plant in question.

Firstly, what is it and what are the benefits of this fabulous plant? Well, this weed is commonly found across the Northern and Southern Americas and has spread elsewhere to places like Europe, Asia, and Australia. Thankfully along with its wide availability, it is also full of health benefits with a yummy taste included!

Some benefits include antibacterial, anti-fungal, and carminative properties (a fancy way of saying it helps relieve gas). Also, it treats diarrhea, hemorrhoids, and menstrual irregularities. An awesome bonus is that it is said to treat an array of skin problems including eczema, and ringworm, among others as well. This usage was found primarily in African cultures and (so far) I haven't been able to identify what properties aid the skin problems. [It also may be an effective way to treat herpes, boils, and bites but use with caution as I haven't found more detailed info on those claims.]

Recipes!!

Horseweed Tea:

The ratio of plant matter to water when making a tea is going to vary amongst what your overall preference would be as far as potency of benefits and flavor are concerned. A great idea is to fill a heat-safe container with the leaves and cover it with boiled water, steeping overnight. To get the most out of the plants, allow the hot mixture to cool at room temp before storing it in the fridge to steep overnight.

Horseweed Syrup:

For this, all you'll need is your previously mentioned tea mixture and sugar of your choice! Add a 1:1 ratio of sugar and tea to a pot and bring to a boil. From there, simmer it until it becomes your desired consistency.

If the syrup is added to carbonated water it will have a flavor similar to that of a combination of cream soda, Dr. Pepper, and root beer - BUT MEDICINAL!

Sources:

Horseweed Sources

Benefits: 

Medicinal Herb Info: Horseweed http://medicinalherbinfo.org/000Herbs2016/1herbs/horseweed/#:~:text=Horseweed%20is%20particularly%20suitable%20for,colon%20trouble%2C%20and%20summer%20complaint.

Illinois State Horticulture Center

https://horticulturecenter.illinoisstate.edu › gardens

Location:

UC IPM https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/WEEDS/horseweed.html#:~:text=Horseweed%2C%20also%20called%20mare's%20tail,natural%20vegetation%20has%20been%20disturbed.

Recipe: 

Taken from FB foraging group- I'm going to try to contact the OP for crediting purposes if she wants to be credited!(:

[wuxiaphoenix]

Colors of Another Sky: Mending a Nation

A few thoughts from Jason on the whole mess with nobi. It’s a legit survival concern, if you look at the Imjin War one of the factors making it so awful for Joseon was the fact that about 30% of the population were nobi and thus not allowed to fight. You cut your available manpower that much, you have problems....

Jason Finn

The first step in fixing a sick country is knowing who you can trust. Which is why I’m writing this all in English. I have to write stuff down to think it through, I want Mary to know what I was up to if things go wrong... and if Chae or Lee Cheong find this, they’re not going to rat me out. They might argue with me; I kind of hope they do, I need someone to help me find any holes before I step in them. But they won’t turn me in to some legislative minister just for saying slavery is wrong.

Eventually other people are going to learn English. I hope by that time I’ll have them all corrupted - er, thinking by then.

Problem is, thinking isn’t enough. According to Chae there are already plenty of sincere Confucians who believe slavery is inhumane and not in accordance with the five proper relationships between people. Thing is, those are usually the poor scholars who have a hard enough time affording their own books, not the rich yangban. Wealth here is rice, and that takes a lot of land and a lot of people to work it. So. They have nobi.

Which does give me at least two angles of attack. First, is there anything I can suggest that’d make growing rice easier? The more time farmers have for themselves the more likely they could buy out their own contracts. Plus, more food is just a good idea.

Second, and longer term - find some way to break the rice-as-taxes link. That’s going to be a lot trickier.

I’m not an economist. I’ll focus on feeding people. If people can afford to eat, they don’t have to sell themselves to avoid starving. If they have more than enough to eat, they can take in orphans so those kids don’t become nobi. It won’t solve the whole problem, but it’s somewhere to start.

Not to mention, constantly stressing about the next famine makes people dig in their heels about changing anything. You need breathing room before people can afford to think about major upset to how they live their lives. Hungry people don’t think.

...I mean, you can do it, but it’s like trying to climb a mountain with a lead backpack.

So. More food. We need more crops, and better crops; man I’d maim for fries with ketchup-

Potatoes are excellent food. So are tomatoes, but potatoes are the real game-changer. Dig it right, plant it right, keep the bugs picked off and watch out for potato blight, and they grow. And when it comes to harvest, just dig, bake, and eat. Way less work than rice. We need potatoes!

...We need at least ten or more different varieties, so we stand a chance of resisting blight. And cultivators who can kill molds like swatting flies. Talk to Chin-sun. It’s got to be similar to killing ringworm or athlete’s foot. I think.

Make it so people aren’t starving, then I can bring up morals and ethics. And how knowing your country is virtuous and honorable makes people fight harder. Between Nurhaci, the Ming, and everyone else in the neighborhood, we’re going to have to fight.

...Ooh yes. There’s a place to start changing hearts and minds. Bring up Sun Tzu, and how important supplies are....

[schmilsson]

i feel like theres probably someone on here who'll appreciate this we're struggling on deciding what to watch w my sister she told me first that she wants to watch the ringworm episode of house md her biology teacher mentioned and then said hugh laurie "looks like a doctor who. like a generic one"