#Safety first

[zappedbyzabka]

I want to gobble him up

Ralph Macchio as Maz in: Beer league (2006)

[othmeralia]

The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments: how to set up a home laboratory-- over 200 simple experiments!

What could possibly go wrong!? Make sure you grab your safety goggles, gloves, and test tubes before conducting any experiments.

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"If you’re an aspiring actor, and as my advice was good enough for a young Mcavoy I pray you’ll listen now. "When we were filming Pitch Black a producer came to give me a choice. They had a problem and needed to do a reshoot with me and a stuntie. The shoot thus far had been rough. The crew was exhausted. 6 day weeks are unsustainable. Mistakes happen when crews are tired and often on the 6th day. The crew couldn’t say “no” to another Saturday but I could. I asked when they needed a decision & went to speak with some crew. I made sure that they themselves were choosing —rest vs an overtime paycheck— I would not presume to know their needs and priorities. They chose safety and rest. “Safety First,” is after all, an oft heard refrain on any decent set with its priorities in check. I returned to the producer and told him I was too tired and didn’t want to work the Saturday. He looked at me for a few seconds. I was a good actor and a bad liar. He went to say something, nodded instead and rescheduled. We do a lot of things on sets that would otherwise be illegal. It can be thrilling. It’s a privilege. It should never cost a life. I was in my early 20’s when I was asked to make that decision ostensibly for me though realistically on behalf of many. Thankfully I live without regret. For 30 years I’ve been working with firearms consistently and never once referred to a firearm as a prop; it’s a deadly weapon. If you’re on a set that doesn’t provide weapons training & an armorer, I’d leave. If you see an actor put their finger on a trigger before action is called I’d step away, bring it to their attention and tell the AD & armorer a review is necessary. If an armorer is using live ammo on a set, leave, yet treat every “prop” as if it’s fully loaded & never point it at anyone. If anyone but the armorer tries to hand you a firearm, it’s a major red flag. There should be no middle man. Just you and your armorer make the exchange. Actors get infantilized on sets then criticized for childish behavior. I don’t care what number you are on the call sheet. Lead. From the back of the pack if you have to. No job nor career is worth a life. I have pulled stunts early in my career when I could tell they were dodgy. Your stunt double is there to make you look cool but they often do not feel empowered to speak up. Check in with them and use your voice. It’s not about heroism it’s about humanity and navigating frustrating and fateful hierarchies. Whenever I have weapons training and they ask if I’ve had experience with firearms, after 30 years I still say, “Yes, but assume I know nothing and teach me everything.” (I am repeatedly told by armorers and stunt departments that women are easier to train bc they do not think they know everything.) Beginners Mind will keep you humble and others safe. Film culture is unique. Our days are more 5-9 than 9-5. We work on a 24 hr clock and in TV and indie filmmaking, time is the enemy. We hurry up & wait right before we rush to complete the call sheet & before we lose light. We are carnie folk; the kids who didn’t fit in; rebels, outliers, misfits, neurodiverse arty farties. We are a circus that packs up & leaves once the film or series is “in the can” never to reassemble with the same people in the same way again. We experience little deaths in our hearts every time we wrap. Processing that grief & post shoot anticlimax is part of the gig after bonding closely with fellow wild ones hired to recreate some aspect of humanity,only to disperse and move on. We should never be grieving an actual crew member’s preventable death when playing make believe. Play requires the safety of a responsible container. The producers are in charge of that. They need to set up that container, nourish and maintain it with crystal clear communication.  They need to listen and actually care and follow through. They need to identify toxic behavior and address it head on. For too long people who consider themselves to be “non creatives,” have indulged toxic and unsafe behaviors because they think it goes with the territory of being arty and are terrified that if confronted, the artist will walk off and filming will stop. So in this tipping point moment and on this two-way street; actors, please, prioritize being good people before being a great artist. Put the crew first. Speak up. Cultivate an environment of verbal consent. I offer consent to male artists now and they are confused at first by the offer. Persist. You can always find something that a male actor does not like having done to his body. And once you establish that baseline, all the off-air scripts change; vulnerability is better understood.  Safety first. Because from safety, comes great play and beautiful art; delicious co-creation. If you create great art in spite of toxicity it’s a tenuous, unrepeatable, unsustainable and lonely phenomenon. So listen. Observe. Ask questions. Check in with the crew and make *them* cups of tea. Ask them how you make their jobs hard even though movie stars aren’t supposed to. I am devastated about Halyna.  Walking onto a set on Friday morning right after reading the news, I had to work yet again with firearms and a wobbly yet fiercely professional stunt department. We had a top armorer quite literally in the trenches with us. As I stepped onto the muddy set I turned to the armorer and said, “I’m so grateful you’re here.” I turned to the courageous and dutiful stunties, asked if they were ok and said, “If you see or feel something today that worries you, anything, and you speak up and are not heard, find me and I shall speak. *Loudly*” Relative safety and art should be mutually inclusive.  It’s where the secret sauce resides. It’s where true cinema magic is cultivated. The set is my home. If it’s yours too, treat it as you would, the safe haven it deserves to be— especially for those of us who never found a home anywhere else."— Claudia Black (@TheClaudiaBlack), Twitter

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Charles Leclerc | team radio | Azerbaijan GP 2021

After Max Verstappen’s tire blowout:

Xavi: “We are still racing.”

Charles: “That’s a joke! That’s a joke! ****! Safety car straight away. What are they waiting?”

[knight-in-sour-armor]

[purringbookworm97]

Which crystals aren’t safe in water?

Lately, I’ve been seeing many posts and discussions about how to cleanse your crystals, charge your crystals, yadda yadda, and I noticed people really like to dump them in water BUT don’t really specify which crystals are safe or unsafe with it in their posts, which is fine until someone ruins their crystal collection or worse, their health.

Thus, here I am with a quick list I made after some snooping around on the internet, enjoy!

The major water-unsafe crystals I found are:

Amazonite

Apatite

Apophyllite

Azurite

Celestite

Fluorite, which is worse in salt water

Gypsum

Halite

Hematite

Labradorite when immersed for too long

Lepidolite

Malachite

Opal, though Australian Boulder Opal is generally safe

Pyrite

Selenite

Tangerine Quartz

Turquoise

Ulexite

this list isn’t exhaustive of course, feel free to add more

In addition please note that: some elements, like mercury, copper and aluminum can be found in crystals and are toxic in high amounts. Quartz is only generally considered safe, and it doesn’t matter what kind of water you use - if it’s been blessed, if it’s moon water - water is water and will chemically affect your crystals so please take this into account!

Source: https://amarisland.myshopify.com/blogs/news/water-safe-crystals-which-ones-are-and-which-are-not

Here is another veeeeery long list I found, but I’m not sure about it, you tell me if you’re knowledgable on the subject!

[holdmyhopeinyourhands]

Lewis should 100% take off his jewellery for safety reasons but only after the fia/liberty media admit they don't give a damn about safety in general as they forced him and his fellow drivers to race in Jeddah after a bomb went off just a couple of miles away from them.

[bread-loaf-heart]

Emmet must be fkkn terrifying to fight when he's really excited and in the groove

submas art trade with @magicsewerman c:

[zappedbyzabka]

"Boy, Maz has a big cock!"

Actual quote from the movie.

Ralph Macchio as Maz in: Beer League (2006)

[osha--unofficial--archive]

So true #funny #relatable #osha #meme

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lighting the 21 ft & 5000 lb menorah

zach hyman | alberta legislature grounds | 11/28/2021

[whysojiminimnida]

Hello YSJ !

Happy pride month to you !!

I just wanna thank you for your latest post. It honestly means a lot to me. I recently finally accepted and came to terms with my sexuality and came out to myself as bi (yaaay) after trying so hard to push away that part of me. I don’t know if i’ll ever come out to anyone in my entourage, coming from a country from south eastern europe and growing up and being part of a muslim family (i still love my religion no matter what since it does mean a lot to me and i believe God is accepting of everyone no matter what people might tell me) , this isn’t accepted unfortunately and I don’t think I’m ready to lose my family. As much as they love me, I know this part of me won’t ever be accepted and it makes me sad. But being able to come out publicly in such as safe space as your blog to me, even tho it’s anonymously feels amazing. Thank you for being an amazing person. I hope someday, I’ll be able to proudly shout it out to the world but for now, I’m content with finally being proud of who I am.

Sending you lots of love and support <3

Awww anon thank you!!

You are understood and appreciated here.

[doomspaniels]

So you might have spotted that the Young Man was mostly leashed on our expedition, while Gwyn was offlead. Tristan has drilled and drilled recalls... but his nose is louder than his ears. If he can't *see* you when you call him? He keeps on sniffing. (And those ears mean his field of view is narrow; you have to be right in front of him.)

So Tristan goes on a lead if it's not fully fenced or there is anything dangerous. He still gets to sniff everything he wants to, he just won't follow the scent trails past where it's safe.

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