So I found this app called Scan Halal where you scan the bar code of your food and it tells you if its halal or not. It’s a free app too. Pass this on so others can see and worry a little less about their food/snack choices
Yessss, it is very handy especially in non-muslim countries
If you reblog this for no other reason, do it because it’ll piss off Pauline Hanson. And pissing off Pauline Hanson is reason enough to do anything.
Pissing off Pauline Hanson is my favourite pass time
If you reblog this for no other reason, reblog it to make a Muslim feel safer, more accepted, and/or more informed about food.
Other people and their needs are not your game pieces to use to offend others or make yourself feel better.
So I was notified via email that in order to vote in the 2018 primaries, I had to register my party affiliation, in my home state….by OCY 13TH
Holy shit guys. Please find out ur state’s voting rules and OH MY GOD PLEASE DO IT BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT. WE HAVE TO BEAT THE CONSERVATIVES IF WE WANT TO HAVE ANY MEANS OF OPPOSING TRUMP.
Voting abroad should still be similar to ur state’s rules, please….google is ur friend.
Holy shit please take ten min to google what to do and register.
To vote in the 2017 Virginia elections, you have to register and have your info up-to-date by October 16, 2017.
You want to make a difference? You vote in off years. Non-presidential elections. And you vote on all of the elections. It will take you a few minutes on your state board of elections website to figure out the issues, candidates, and where to get the info.
VOTE. Please.
And this year in Virginia, it’s a big election. Our governor cannot run again for reelection, and we’re up against a scary ‘I was Trump before Trump was Trump’ republican and a more insidious, Pence-style republican. You want people to stand up to Trump and create laws that support the local population? This is it. This is when it matters.
By me in Orlando all the water is already gone. When Costco got a shipment today it was gone before they even finished unloading. So what do you do if you can’t find water bottles? This is what we did when we couldn’t find anything for Matthew
*Get gallon Ziplock bags and fill those up about ¾ of the way. Get the ones that zip closed really tight. Then stack them up in a box. Weird squishy water bottles. Also good for making ice blocks for freezer that can be melted later if needed. For that only fill ½ way or the bag will explode.
*Fill every cup you have with water. Cover tops with saran wrap to keep little bits of dust and whatnot from getting in the water since it’ll be sitting before you use it. Don’t have many cups? Buy a thing of disposable ones from the store.
*Go to the dollar store and get buckets, Fill and cover those. We bought 3 1-gallon buckets and those are for the animals but they’d be fine for people too.
*For someone like me there are old gatorade bottles hiding around my house. Gather up water bottles, fill them.
*Rinse and reuse other containers. Your milk won’t last if the power goes out. Finish it up, rinse the container and fill it.
*Tupperware. Fill and close it. Can also be frozen to make ice blocks. The more ice in the freezer, the longer things will stay cold if you lose power.
No one is stocking up on ziplocs, cups, saran wrap, or buckets that I noticed. Plenty of all those still left on the shelves while the water section was empty.
Dealing with
executive dysfunction and ADHD becomes so much easier when you stop trying to
do things the way you feel like you should
be able to do them (like everyone else) and start finding ways that
actually work for you, no matter how “silly” or “unnecessary”
they seem.
For
years my floor was constantly covered in laundry. Clean laundry got
mixed in with dirty and I had to wash things twice, just making more
work for myself. Now I just have 3 laundry bins: dirty (wash it
later), clean (put it away later), and mystery (figure it out later).
Sure, theoretically I could sort my clothes into dirty or clean as
soon as I take them off and put them away straight
out of the dryer, but
realistically that’s never going to be a sustainable strategy for me.
How
many garbage bins do you need in a bedroom? One? WRONG! The correct
answer is one within arms reach at all times. Which for me is three.
Because am I really going to
get up to blow my nose when I’m hyperfocusing? NO. In
allergy season I even have
an empty kleenex box for “used
tissues I can use again.”
Kinda gross? Yeah. But less gross than a
snowy winter landscape of dusty germs on my
desk.
I
used to be late all the time
because I couldn’t find my house key. But it costs $2.50 and 3
minutes to copy a key, so now there’s one in my backpack, my purse,
my gym bag, my wallet, my desk, and hanging on my door. Problem
solved.
I’m
like a ninja for getting pout the door past reminder notes without noticing. If I really don’t want to forget something, I make a
physical barrier in front of my door. A
sticky note is a lot easier to walk past than a two foot high
cardboard box with my wallet on top of it.
Executive dysfunction is always going to cause challenges, but often half the struggle is trying to cope by pretending not to have executive dysfunction, instead of finding actual solutions.
I don’t recall when I learned it formally (and I had already been practicing it to some extent before that), but the concept of “drop zones” in household management has been very helpful to me.
The concept is simple. If there are have tasks that have too many steps for you to reliably follow thru and then remember what you ever doing before it, or if such tasks result in too much running back and forth between tasks… consider setting up an intermediate repository where you can drop off items to wait for another step of work.
Some drop zones are near universal. Nobody washes clothes or dishes one by one when they go dirty. We instead set up a laundry basket and a sizable kitchen sink, to pile up a bunch of laundry or dishes to later do in one go. An ironing basket or a specific location for bills to pay are also things I see very regularly in people’s homes. Trashcans or recycling bins are also basically drop zones. So these are by no means exclusive to people with executive dysfunction.
And you can just scale this up as much as you’d like. If, as per OP, walking over to “the” trashcan is too distracting, you can just set up more of them. Need to sort through the mail for important letters but can’t do it right away? Set up a bin. Need to put away groceries but can’t do it right away? Set up a designated countertop (or designated floor area, whatever). Need to sew back on loose buttons on some shirts? Put the shirts in a common shelf together, and the buttons in a box together (and if you’d prefer, the buttons on the shelf with the shirts; though I for example rather keep the buttons separately in a general sewing supplies box).
The more you get used to this, the more you can “get started on” things right away with some minimal effort. If you have a drop zone for papers that ought to be filed, you don’t need to actually file them whenever something comes along in the mail, you can just leave them queued for filing.
Drop zones also do not need to make sense to anyone but the people in your household actually doing the work. So, in particular… if you live alone, you can do whatever you want. Papers to be filed do not have to have a neatly labeled bin on a specific shelf; it can be just an anonymous pile on the floor in a specific corner. Or maybe you don’t even need to have them in a centralized location at all: maybe you can just draw a big old checkmark ✓ over them, so that you know not to worry about them later on when browsing. Or, if actually binning laundry seems daunting, you could designate the floor on one side of the bed for dirty clothes vs. another side for clothes still in use. Or, if you tend to have empty bottles piling up, perhaps what works for you is reserving a large cardboard box for them, or setting them up in rows beside the walls, instead of some “neat” bin somewhere in a cupboard…
TIPS FOR HURRICANE IRMA. STAY SAFE MY FLORIDA FRIENDS! Gas prices are already up to $3 and water is hard to find until new deliveries come in. I have to drive much farther out for supplies.
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1. Start running your ice makers now and bagging the ice in freezer bags. Fill as much space in between your freezer items as you can.
**2. Call your doctor NOW and refill your prescriptions for at least a month or two.
3. Freeze regular tap water for pets, cleaning or drinking in tupperware-type containers. Remember to leave a small bit of space between the top of the water & the lids so the ice expands but doesn’t crack the container.
4. Fill up all vehicles with fuel, check tires and oil.
5. Have cash on hand. Go to the ATM, and withdraw at least enough to get you through tolls and gas out of town. Call your bank if you plan on leaving the state so they don’t freeze your card for out-of-area “suspicious” transactions. [Transcriber note: some banks also have an online option to do this.]
6. Take photos of all items in your home. You will need this for insurance claims. Be sure to take screenshots of all important documents, like insurance numbers, mortgage information, etc and send it to your email. Take originals with you in sealed bags or plastic bins.
7. Buy plenty of pet & livestock food and supplies and have vet records handy in case you need to shelter them at a storm-safe facility.
8. Share your evacuation plans with family members so they know where you’re headed.
9. Consider putting heirlooms and photos in plastic bins in a high place, second floor, or safe room if you don’t plan on taking them with you.
10. SECURE ALL FIREARMS & AMMUNITION PROPERLY.
11. Put old rags and beach towels on your windowsills (inside the home). Even with the best windows and shutters, water seeping from the wind pressure happens. A few damp towels is better than soaked drywall or floors!
12. Shutter your windows and doors and bring everything outside into your garage or house by Thursday. Do not wait until the day before. Better to get done early and relax than wait until its too late, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE MANDATORY PERSONNEL (hospital employee or first responder).
13. If you don’t already have your hurricane supplies ready, you might want to get them now. Shelves are already empty in some places. Supplies typically are at LEAST a week worth of water, non perishable foods, batteries, flashlights, FM radio (you will NOT have cell phone service if towers go down).
14. Day before the storm, fill your bathtubs with water. You’ll want some accessible water for towel-like baths if you do not have running water for a number of days.
15. Start eating your perishables now and toss anything before the last garbage pick up this week. You do not want mold or rotting food in your home or fridge for a week or more.
**16. If you’re pregnant, be sure to call your OB/GYN and get clearance if you need to be held at the hospital depending on what week you’re in. Be sure to take all of your prenatal records with you in case you go into early labor.
**17. If you or a loved one is dependent on power for life-treating medicine or medical machines, call your hospital and see if you can be added to the medical necessity wait-list so you can weather the storm in one of their facilities that has a back up generator. Typically only the patient and ONE legal guardian is allowed – FYI! My dad was registered with University of Miami Hospital and bed capacity fills up quickly!
**18. Similar to $17, call FPL and make sure that you are listed on their priority medical list if you rely on power for medical treatment. You would have had to preregister with them for this but double checking if you are on that list can determine if you should evacuate or not.
19. If you live in an area that floods, see if there is a parking garage nearby where you can leave your car. It is better to pay $30+ in parking per day than filing a total loss flood claim.
20. Check with your local city regarding sandbag distribution dates and times. You should get at least 4-5 per standard door.
21. Check your home first-aid kit. Make sure nothing is expired and that everyone in your family and/or staying with you during the storm knows where to find the kit.
22. Odds are, as you travel the next few days, you will see caravans of power trucks and power crews making their way to different parts of Florida. Be mindful of them and let them get to where they need to go. Everyone needs to arrive alive.
23. Visit Miami-Dade County Emergency Operations website and look up your zip code and see if it is designated a mandatory evacuation zone. http://www.miamidade.gov/hurricane/
According to Mashable, some resource sites (posted Sep. 5 2017):
The National Hurricane Center should be the first place you go for accurate, timely info on wind speeds, forecasts, warnings, and everything else storm related. The website is a go-to site, but so is the main Twitter feed, along with the Atlantic Ops Twitter feed from the National Weather Service, which is also keeping up with the hurricane.
Florida, Puerto Rico, and other Caribbean islands are expecting to take the brunt of the storm. Local leaders are posting updates and resources about preparing for the natural disaster. Florida Gov. Rick Scott held a briefing on Irma Tuesday evening after declaring a state of emergency. His Twitter pagehas more emergency updates. Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rossello, is also posting storm info and resources.
In south Florida, the Keys and Monroe County are preparing for landfall and many state agencies are keeping watch on the storm, and you can follow along.
The federal emergency agency, FEMA, is also full of storm updates and links out to social media accounts to follow about disaster preparedness and relief.
A Google Chrome extension that you can press when you think something may be triggering to another person out there. It’s a crowd-sourced thing, so the more people use it, the more it will be able to warn us 30 seconds in advance so we can decide if we want to keep watching. Brilliant.
This isn’t captioning related, but it definitely falls under the banner of ‘Access for All’
I just downloaded it and this is what the list of trigger categories looks like:
it looks like it will be very useful for anyone who is concerned about being triggered. i dont have netflix so i cant see how it actually works with netflix but if anyone has tried it hmu pls!
For future reference
SUPPORT THIS OMFG
Reblogging because I know I have some PTSD survivors amongst my mutuals. Can’t personally vouch for this, but it sounds like it’s worth checking out!
omfg so helpful
scenes with animal cruelty will literally give me nightmares for fucking weeks, thank you so much for this
I always hate it when people are all “so do you go to school, or are
you working, or” and I either have to
make up some lie, or
eventually get
around to “I am not working because of depression/anxiety,” and
subsequently have to deal with whatever bullshit-riddled and completely
unsolicited opinions on mental illness this stranger feels obligated to
share with me.
So my therapist was like, “You don’t have to do either.
You can just say you haven’t worked in a while because you’re recovering
from an illness.”
I tried it when the home inspector was here today, and it fucking worked.
He was like, “oh, I’m sorry, are you doing better now,” and I’m like
yeah, and don’t worry, it’s not contagious, awkward laugh, and we moved
on.
MY THERAPIST. IS A GENIUS. Because it is an
illness, so it’s not a lie to say that, and it’s also none of his
business to know specifically what it is, and I clearly don’t want to
give more details, so we should move on from this topic. MYTHERAPIST IS A GODDAMN GENIUS.
Dude I needed this. I never know what to say when people ask if I work because I’m severely disabled and don’t work.
This is quite an interesting YouTube channel concept, and it shows that … Asian chicks kick ass! JESSICA CHOU is a young Asian American woman who has a YouTube channel which basically teaches other girls and women about how to fix their car.
“I think we don’t see as many female mechanics because the industry is still so heavily dominated by men. When we think of a mechanic, we think of men. When we see ads or posters of mechanics, we see men. When we see shows about cars, we see men. It will take a long time to change all of this, but in the 10 short months that I’ve been on this journey, I’ve met so many incredible people who are out to change the game.”
I'm a defeatist but I don't have to be 