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“The big lie about capitalism is that everyone can be rich. That’s impossible. Capitalism works only if the vast majority of the population are kept poor enough to never quit working, are kept poor enough to accept distasteful jobs society cannot function without. If everyone were a millionaire, who would empty the trash or repair the sewers? It follows that the poorer the general population is made, the greater the worth of the money held by the wealthy, in terms of the lives which may be bought and sold with it.”
it’s okay to not be okay - some days all you can do is try and that’s okay, it’s okay if the only thing you did today was breathe, or get out of bed; you’ve got this, you’re stronger than you think, so please try your best to take care of yourself, i believe in you
PSA: Halloween is pretty much here and it only takes on second to send a sick child in the hospital a Spook-o-gram. The best part about this is that $1 gets donated to CHLA’s Helping Hand fund each time you send one out. So let’s help some kids have a spectacular Halloween by sending them spook-o-grams and helping cause!!
Btw, this is TOTALL FREE. So no one has to feel bad for not being able to provide help financially. All you gotta do is choose a gram, add your name, email, and customize a letter if you want. Then you’ll get a confirmation that $1 has been donated! Come on guys, let’s make Halloween 2k17 the best for these kids.
Just sent three!! These are super cute and very easy to do, please help out!!
The red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) is a large black cockatoo native to Australia. Adult males have a characteristic pair of bright red panels on the tail that gives the species its name. Five subspecies are recognised, differing most significantly in beak size. (xxxxxx)
The number of incidents related to wire-bristle barbecue brushes reported to Health Canada more than doubled over the summer, while the regulator weighs what to do about the problem.
I know this isn’t specific to Canada and isn’t really politics, but this happened to someone I know recently and I think it’s important that people know about it.
Seriously guys, I really recommend that if you use these: stop.
This almost happened to me as well - I (along with my family) heard about people accidentally swallowing the bristles if they get stuck to the grill and then get caught in food, and our immediate reaction was “that sucks, but come on, how do you not notice them?”
And then not even a full 24 hours after we first heard about it, I got one in my burger. And the thing is, it’s really difficult to notice them. I literally thought it was a hair at first. And then as I was trying to get it out of my mouth, I thought ‘no, that’s not a hair, must be a burnt crunchy bit or something’ and then it got partially stuck between my teeth and I was finally able to grab it. All in all, it probably took me a good two to three minutes from first noticing it to finally getting it out of my mouth - and I lost it a couple of times too. If I’d been eating faster, or been less determined about getting it out of my mouth (I’m really picky about textures), I would’ve swallowed it.
All in all, considering how many people use them, it’s actually a pretty rare occurrence, but it can cause so much fucking damage it’s just not worth the risk.
There are wooden and I believe stone or pumice bbq scrapers/cleaners that are much safer, if you have a wire cleaner, please replace it
Research has shown that pleasure affects nutrient absorption. In a 1970s study of Swedish and Thai women, it was found that when the Thai women were eating their own (preferred) cuisine, they absorbed about 50% more iron from the meal than they did from eating the unfamiliar Swedish food. And the same was true in the reverse for the Swedish women. When both groups were split internally and one group given a paste made from the exact same meal and the other was given the meal itself, those eating the paste absorbed 70% less iron than those eating the food in its normal state.
