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Stop the Army Corps from Draining Thousands of Acres of Wetlands

Yet again, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has resurrected a destructive project in Mississippi's South Delta that would damage at least 90,000 acres of wetlands that support more than 450 species of birds and wildlife. Their “preferred alternative” for the Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project is slated to include a massive pump that will drain and damage hemispherically important wetlands.

Urge the Army Corps to abandon this project once and for all. The deadline to comment is August 27.

Note: Your letter will be sent directly to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of a public comment period and will become part of the public record.

Photo: Marjie Goldberg/Audubon Photography Awards

Take action here!

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If you have Spotify reblog this and tag what your number one song on your “on repeat” playlist is.

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"Growing Around Grief"

Lois Tonkin, 1996

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My Schedule for Worldcon (remote)

https://guide.glasgow2024.org

Saturday

Indigenous Futurisms in Conversation

12:30 PM EST

Darcie Little Badger

E.G. Condé

Eva L. Elasigue (moderator)

Moniquill Blackgoose

If the future is indigenous, what forms might it take? How do indigenous writers draw from their diverse traditions, languages, myths, music, and art to challenge colonial storytelling? What concerns are shared across indigenous futurisms, and how do they diverge? This panel brings different imaginations of indigenous futures into conversation, emphasizing diversity while opening the possibility for building bridges between communities.

Everything We Love (a Little or a Lot) About Fanfiction

5:00 PM

Asher Rose Fox (moderator)

Emma French

Laura Anne Gilman

Lyda Morehouse

Moniquill Blackgoose

What do we love about fanfic? The ships! Alternate realities! Adult topics! Fix-it fic! X-reader! More adventures! Why does an original procedural have gay pirates as a main trope? And why did action-adventure sci-fi spawn the coffee shop AU? Do we just always want something else? Or ever more of a very good thing? Join this panel as we get our squee on.

Sunday

The Myth of the Wilderness

11:00AM

Dana L. Little

Laura Anne Gilman

Moniquill Blackgoose

Rogba Payne (moderator)

Writers often find inspiration outside the familiar, but access to other cultures by those from cultures of power brings with it issues of privilege, exploitation, and challenges from subaltern authors. This panel will discuss appropriation, how it works, and how to avoid it.

Appropriation Versus Inspiration

6:30PM

Dana L. Little

Laura Anne Gilman

Moniquill Blackgoose

Rogba Payne (moderator)

Writers often find inspiration outside the familiar, but access to other cultures by those from cultures of power brings with it issues of privilege, exploitation, and challenges from subaltern authors. This panel will discuss appropriation, how it works, and how to avoid it.

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A new $10.5 million water treatment station opened on the nation earlier this month — providing drinkable and potable water to 112 homes on Star Blanket and neighbouring reserves.  Chief Starr described how for years community members would often see water with different colour depending on where they were located on the reserve.   He said lifting the drinking water advisory has been "a long time coming" but that many people people will need time to adjust to being able to freely use the water from their tap.  "They feel a little bit unsure in their minds that they can utilize the water but over time that will come. They'll feel more comfortable as time goes along," Starr said.  Hajdu said seeing the infrastructure in-person and being shown the completed water facility was important for reconciliation.  She admits more needs to be done for First Nations communities across the country. 

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

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Theres moreeee, this is so so good.. it makes me emotional realizing that these kids are on the path to being fluent cherokee speakers and will be able to keep the language going.

This family is a part of the little cherokee seeds program, creating new first language Cherokee speakers by paying mothers to just bring their babies and craft and cook and speak cherokee with cherokee elders all day. There are only 1500 first language Cherokee speakers, most of them over 65. They also take donations if you want to help keep them going and doing the extremely important work they do!!

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They're in dire need for NOMAD esims in Gaza! Please refer to the website on how to buy esims

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@northern-passage's Raffle for Palestine is live, and I'm one of the artists! The fundraiser post here goes in more detail regarding the details of the raffle. Go to the post and donate now!

As for more details regarding my art, because, uh I haven't posted before lol: it's all going to be done traditional, in dip pen, ink washes, fineliners and pencils, in black and white. I am offering a half-body of a single character. The character can either from a piece of interactive fiction or something else - though I would personally prefer that that something else is a smaller, lesser known piece of media (game, story, etc,) an OC (D&D characters also fall under this!) or otherwise something that would not get art otherwise! I tend to be comfortable with historical clothing (research is my jam! Send me on as many rabbit holes as possible!). I am open to references you would like to send, as well as imitating specific items of clothing, jewelry, poses and so on. Backgrounds will be kept simple - nothing that interacts with the character - and elegant! Higher resolution versions of my works above and details under the cut!

Elizabethan rascal! Their clothing is inspired by a variety of Elizabethan portraits of nobles. I used fine liners and ink washes!

A tiefling character! This is a "line-art" style. I used a reference from @adorkastock (that I cannot find again for the life of me) for the pose! I used dip pen and ink wash for the background.

Victorian butch lady! This is a sketch with ink wash and I used a brush to ink.

Minoan lady! I really like Minoan art and its depiction of people and their clothes, and I really wanted to do a sketch inspired by that in my own style. Here, I used fineliners and ink washes.

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Names of scam accounts

A post compiling assorted names from scammers running medical,vet bills,and insulin scams, and more. All names listed here have been recorded from confirmed scam accounts, often hidden in multicolored text. These names are likely stolen off real people who are now being impersonated. Please make sure you haven’t sent money to these names from accounts that are relatively new. These may also appear in other scams.

This update is a WIP so it will regularly update.

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Lucymkira | Steve mwit | AGNES KEBWARO | Mwanasiti Heri | Stella Sipeto | sophia magubo | Martin Gomba | Sarah Migiro | Luciana |

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Names used in scams pretending to be in Palestine:

Rawan Abu'M (this name is impersonating a real person from a legitimate GoFundMe.) | maryline Otieno | Nicholas Ochieng | Jeff Owino | Grahy Marwa | Taheera Abdallah | Gloria Naomi | Amisi Twaleh | Salima Abdallah | Aisha Mahmood | Remmy Cheptau | Newton ombogo | Godwin Okoth | AHMED SHIMBIR | Wafula Valentine | Rahwan AbdiMahady (same reason as the above; Impersonating a name from a legitimate GoFundMe.) | Nada'r Ab hussein | DIANA MUTENYO | Hakim Malfadho | Leila Rajab | Elizabeth Omasete | George Ochieng | Cecil Wangila | Leila Rajab | Emmily Kimesis | hezron onyango | christine wambura | princereinhard baraka | Iyvon Wabuyele | Wafula Valentine | Raobh Tingo | Sophia Magubo | Sharon Opiyo | Nada,r Ab'r Hus'sein | Jared Orwa | Zalka Yusuf | Khriytine wambura | Ann Stephen | Niva Wangila | Dorine nanjala | Taheera Mohammed | Dorine nanjala | Jastus Kimanzi | Paul Sila | Sussy Wamela | Mwanasiti Heri | Emily Mwelu | Hakim Abdi | Rasher Onchweri

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the US deli meat recall has expanded 35 times over, going from 200,000 pounds to 7 MILLION pounds of meat and poultry recalled due to listeria contamination.

if you checked your fridge before, check it again with the new list, there are over 70 products being recalled!

this recall of boar's head products now includes old country branded products. some were also exported to the cayman islands, dominican republic, mexico, and panama.

please note, people have died from this outbreak, dozens of people have been hospitalized, and since listeria can take months to kick someone's ass after exposure and then a while to be investigated and recorded by the government, these numbers are expected to rise. you do not need to have eaten meat or poultry to be exposed to listeria from this outbreak, you could have just eaten food that has come in contact with it like in a kitchen, deli, restaurant, or anywhere else these meats were used to prepare food. listeria is a nasty fucker that loves to contaminate whatever it touches. there is more information on listeriosis and high-risk groups further down this post.

announced july 30th, 2024, current as of july 31st, 2024. this is not a complete copy/paste of the announcement or all relevant information, please check the links for more complete information and updates from the government.

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2024 – Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc., a Jarratt, Va., establishment, is expanding its July 26, 2024, recall of deli meat products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The establishment is recalling approximately 7 million additional pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. Whole genome sequencing results show that a liverwurst sample collected by the Maryland Department of Health tested positive for the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes.

This expansion includes 71 products produced between May 10, 2024, and July 29, 2024, under the Boar’s Head and Old Country brand names. These items include meat intended for slicing at retail delis as well as some packaged meat and poultry products sold at retail locations. These products have “sell by” dates ranging from 29-JUL-2024 through 17-OCT-24. View full product list. View labels.

The products subject to recall were distributed to retail locations nationwide and some were exported to the Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Panama. The products shipped to retailers bear establishment number “EST. 12612” or “P-12612” inside the USDA mark of inspection on the product labels.

most people exposed to listeria will not experience a serious infection. but listeriosis, the illness caused by listeria, can become pretty bad and can take weeks to show symptoms after exposure. listeriosis can cause lifelong disability or death. for people who are pregnant, listeriosis can cause stillbirths, miscarriages, premature births, and life-threatening infections in newborns.

say you ate a bad deli meat sandwich a week ago, or any food that may have come into contact with these deli meats, and you theoretically got exposed to listeria with an immune system not strong enough to fight it off. it could be weeks or even months before listeriosis starts affecting you. consider writing down what you ate, and where, and when, just in case you need to tell this to a medical provider in the future. if you do develop listeriosis, it may become difficult to remember these details later.

if your hypothetical sandwich (or whatever you ate involving the recalled products) had been thoroughly cooked, it may have killed off the listeria. listeria is killed with heat, which is why deli meats are suseptible to listeria contamination.

this is a type of contamination so serious and easily spread that entire delis are going to be shut down to be thoroughly cleaned. if you had these products in your kitchen, even if you cooked them before eating, the united states food safety and inspection service recommends deep cleaning your fridge to stay safe. consider what else may have come into contact with the contaminated food.

as a reminder, having previously been infected by covid-19 is one of the many things that can cause a weakened immune system, and many people with weakened immune systems do not know they have weakened immune systems until they get infected with something serious. you can temporarily have a weakened immune system just from a lot of stress or not getting enough sleep, so make sure you get plenty of rest if you are concerned. good quality rest makes the immune system stronger.

Consumption of food contaminated with L. monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects people who are pregnant, aged 65 or older, or with weakened immune systems. Less commonly, persons outside these risk groups are affected.

Listeriosis can cause fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. An invasive infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal tract. In people who are pregnant, the infection can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, premature delivery or life-threatening infection of the newborn. In addition, serious and sometimes fatal infections can occur in older adults and persons with weakened immune systems. Listeriosis is treated with antibiotics. Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food. (rune note: emphasis mine)

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ refrigerators and in retail deli cases. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them and retailers are urged not to sell these products with the referenced sell by dates. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. Consumers who have purchased these products are also urged to clean refrigerators thoroughly to prevent the risk of cross-contamination.

FSIS recommends retail delis clean and sanitize all food and non-food surfaces and discard any open meats and cheeses in the deli. Retailers may refer to FSIS’ guideline, Best Practices Guidance for Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens, for information on steps to prevent certain ready-to-eat foods that are prepared or sliced in retail delis and consumed in the home, such as deli meats and deli salads, from becoming contaminated with L. monocytogenes.

the wikipedia page for listeriosis notes: “Listeriosis may cause mild, self-limiting gastroenteritis and fever in anyone.” and “People who were previously healthy but were exposed to a very large dose of Listeria can develop a noninvasive illness in which the bacteria do not spread into their bloodstream or other body sites. Symptoms can include diarrhea and fever.”

and here is the united states center for disease control page on this outbreak.

as of the time this post is going up, the CDC page has not yet been updated with the latest recall information, and reflects the previous, smaller recall.

list of all affected product names under the cut. check the product information list for more information on each product and where they were exported, and here is what the labels look like.

this list is long.

do not risk this. do not mess with listeria. do not eat these recalled foods!

I did this on my phone while recovering from medical treatment, so please let me know if the formatting came out wrong.

LIST OF BOAR'S HEAD PRODUCTS CONTAMINATED AND RECALLED:

Virginia Ham

Whole Fiber Cappy Ham

Half Hot Butt Cappy Ham

Gourmet Pepper Ham Half

Sweet Slice Ham

Whole Sweet Slice Ham

Half Natural Casing Cappy Ham Half

Tavern Ham

Extra Hot Cappy Ham

Rosemary Sundried Tomato Ham

Sweet Slice Ham Baby Half

Head Cheese Olive Loaf

Pickle & Pepper Loaf

Liverwurst Paté 8oz Bologna

Thin Half Bologna

Thick Half Beef Salami Natural Casing

Pork & Beef Frankfurters

Giant Steakhouse Slab Bacon

Natural Casing Beef Franks 8/1 Canadian Style Bacon

All Natural Traditional Ham

All Natural Applewood Smoked Ham

Garlic Bologna

Lower Sodium Bologna

Beef Bologna Spiced Ham Square Half

Hot Smoked Sausage 1LB

Skinless Pork & Beef Franks 8/1 1LB

Beef Knockwurst 1LB

Skinless Beef Frankfurters 4/1 8"

Cocktail Frankfurters 12oz

Virginia Ham Half Skinless Pork & Beef Frankfurters 4/1 2.5 LB

SmokeMaster Beechwood Smoked Black Forest Ham

Whole SmokeMaster Beechwood Smoked Black Forest Ham Half

Sweet Slice Ham Service Case

Peppenero Garlic Ham

Roasted Pork BourbonRidge Ham

FS Porchetta-Roasted Seasoned Pork

TAVERN HAM - WHOLE

MAPPLE [sic?] RST PORK LOIN BABY HKRY SMK RST UNCURED HAM

FoodService Hickory Smoked Uncured Ham

Brown Sugar & Spice Delight Off the Bone Ham

Skinless Beef Franfurters 6/1

Skinless Beef Franks 12oz

Kielbasa 16oz

Natural Casing Beef Franks 8/1 14oz

Natural Casing Pork & Beef Frankfurters 8/1 14oz

ANDOUILLE CHICKEN SAUSAGE BRATWURST 1LB

LIST OF OLD COUNTRY PRODUCTS CONTAMINATED AND RECALLED:

OC CAPPY HAM FIBER 1/2

OC HOT BUTT CAPPY- FIBER

OC GOURMET PEPPER HAM

OC BLACK FOREST HAM 1/2

OC SWT SLICE SMK HAM 1/2

OC CAPPY BRAND HAM NC 1/2

OC TAVERN HAM OC ROSEMARY/TOMATO HAM

OC SWT SLICE HAM BABY1/2

OC ALL NATURAL UNC HAM

OC CANADIAN STYLE BACN JR

OC ALL NAT UNC SMKD HAM

OC HABANERO HAM OC SEASONED CKD FRESH HAM

OC BEECHWOOD SMOKD HAM WH

OC BOURBONRIDGE SMKD HAM

OC BROWN SUGAR & SPICE DELIGHT OFF THE BONE HAM

if you are a high-risk group and have eaten these foods or anything that may have come into contact with them, breathe. get a lot of rest and pay attention to your body over the coming weeks and months, and figure out where you can go to get medical care in case you start showing signs of infection.

stay safe, warn people you know, and take care!

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If space travel doesn’t involve sea shanties then I think we’ll have missed an opportunity.

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One of our local queer spaces got hate crimed.

Dude hurled slurs and physically attacked a patron, busted in their door. Person that got attacked is fine, 4 stitches.

Gimme a minute and lemme see a few things.

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The spirit of Diogenes is alive and well

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