Cool there’s been asbestos in Johnson & Johnson baby powder this whole time and they have been aware of it for decades and done nothing
@laeffy yeah you uh. Need to stop doing that immediately and maybe go to the doctor to make sure you don’t have mesothelioma
this is so fucking sick
FYI, this applies to talc & talc-based powders / body products in general— J&J knew about this for decades because talc & asbestos occur together naturally (the minerals literally grow together in nature, have similar compositions, and are / were mined together), and they’re difficult to cleanly filter out from each other.
It’s old knowledge that, unless you’re involved in mining, mineralogy, or occupational health & safety, has been deliberately buried from both the public’s and regulators’ knowledge.
CNBC’s article + their writeup on the Reuters report revealing J&J’s cover-ups go into more detail on their corporate liability and the impact of J&J’s products specifically…
…But I cannot overstate that people’s best option right now is to look for products in general that do not contain talc at all, regardless of the manufacturer, and to be vigilant in seeking appropriate healthcare (and/or legal action if required) if symptoms arise.
This goes for body use (diaper powder, chafing powder— this is where the cases of ovarian cancer are coming from), for any use where powder may be inhaled (hair, face), or will have prolonged exposure to mucus membranes (eye makeup, bath bombs, etc.).
J&J are not the only ones who have covered this data up, and companies that aren’t sued will absolutely continue to do so. Be safe & be vigilant.
As I said in a previous post, the handprint is how the first human storytellers tagged their art. Thousands of years before Banksy graced us with his creativity, humans used their handprint to sign their cave artwork.
I told the design team about my vision and one of our own Tumblr refugees, Camryn @ SAVIAN, came up with what we call “Fireball / Hand.” I think it is genius. I was a Creative Director for damn near two decades and this is one of the most beautiful logos I have seen.
The shape of the hand, carved from fire - it’s the spark of our creativity wrought in pixels.
The colors of the flame represents a vibrant community made up of individuals from all walks of life and with all types of talents.
MojoFire is not just about any one single topic or medium. Every writer, graphic artist, animator, musician, recording artist, and filmmaker are welcome. And if your medium isn’t listed here, you’re still welcome!
If your artistic outlet is crayons, color away and welcome aboard!
If you create doggo memes, we are glad to have you!
Want to show off your latest glitter-gilded masterpiece? Upload it!
Did you just complete your new special effects makeup creation? MojoFire is your new home.
If cocktails are your thing and you want to show off the latest in mixology, share it here.
Got a new song you recorded? We’d love to listen to it!
Whatever story you want to tell, our community is waiting.
And no, we are not terrified of your female-presenting nipples - like not a all.
The highest echelon of the being, the Great Unknown Luminaries whose Light is so great that the Bright Ones are but their Shadows. Their forms are only imagined here but are surely beyond the comprehension of terrestrial minds.
Zi is Mul Gud who Plows through the Eternal Emptiness.
A’gig is the Amnion of Chaos, Mother of Matter. Unending River of Suffering.
Zu is the Crystillization of Will, Being and Non-being Realized.
Okay peeps, this is it for the Pantheon of the Bright Ones and Dim Ones.
Actually, the fact that any alien race communicates with another is quite remarkable.
tHIS WAS THE ONE TIME STAR TREK GOT PSYCHOLOGY RIGHT, actually!!!
Humans are biologically programmed that during the acquisition of language if something is pointed at and a word is said, we assume that word is a NOUN. Every human in every culture and every language does this. But there’s nothing to say in an alien language their biology would be the same. That word could just as easily be an adjective or a verb or the objects location in space or a million other things.
Good job Star Trek. Just this once, you managed to not piss off every psych student to watch your shows.
Quine uses the example of the word “gavagai” uttered by a native speaker of the unknown language Arunta upon seeing a rabbit. A speaker of English could do what seems natural and translate this as “Lo, a rabbit.” But other translations would be compatible with all the evidence he has: “Lo, food”; “Let’s go hunting”; “There will be a storm tonight” (these natives may be superstitious); “Lo, a momentary rabbit-stage”; “Lo, an undetached rabbit-part.“
I appreciate that Rabbit Shoggoth is a viable option
The yellow vests movement (French: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, pronounced [ʒilɛ ʒon]), also referred to as the yellow jacket movement, is a protest movement that started online in May 2018 and led to demonstrations that began in France on 17 November 2018 and rapidly spread to Wallonia, Belgium. Motivated by rising fuel prices, the high cost of living and claims that a disproportionate burden of the government’s tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes, especially in rural and peri-urbanareas, protesters have called for reductions in fuel taxes, the reintroduction of the solidarity tax on wealth, the raising of the minimum wage, and the resignation of Emmanuel Macron as President of France.
The protests gathered a million workers at their peak, and the riots caused extensive public and private property damage. Six people died in accidents related to protests, most in traffick accidents. Many shops and tourist attractions in Paris are closed. Solidarity protests take place across Europe and Iraq.
In his 10 December speech to the French people in response to the movement, Macron pledged a €100 per month increase in the minimum wage in 2019, the exclusion of charges and taxes on overtime hours in 2019, and on any 2018 end-of-year bonuses paid to employees. Macron likewise announced that pensioners on low incomes would be excluded from an increase in the CSG in 2019. He stood by his replacement of the solidarity tax on wealth with increases in property taxes. The broadcast was watched by more than 23 million people, making it the most-viewed political speech in French history. After investigation, it became apparent that the minimum wage itself would not be raised by €100 a month but that those eligible would see an increase in the activity bonus paid by the CAF.
On 11 December, after having declared a state of economic and social emergency the day before, Macron invited representatives of the French banks to the Elysée to announce that the banks had agreed to freeze their prices in 2019 and to permanently limit incident-related fees to €25 a month for people in extreme financial difficulty, as determined by the Bank of France.
Several people got mutilated (limbs blown off for example) or severely injured and one (as of the 8th of december) died due to police violence (French police uses a lot of weapons, some only allowed in France, one of them is a grenade containing a mixture of TNT and teargas). Please do not gloss over that when reporting on protests.
