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@WildcardEnviro @Tayco8 @PeriodAisle @StaceFacex09 @risky_business9 @SaraMichener @AmyKinLA @elcwt @knuckledusters @brutstadt @AccountTter @period_aisle @Sierra_Magazine You need to change your underwear & laws What you might not have heard on the Thinx menstrual underwear class action lawsuit settlement, toxic PFAS, how it affects everyone bit.ly/change-your-un… Butt it’s not over. Stay tuned for how to tell when companies cover their butts!

🤮You’re doing it wrong: cold & flu edition! New mythbusting from studies, medical doctors, hospitals, Chinese medicine Less-toxic, green tips too bit.ly/mythbusting-co… But first, please see medical & classical or traditional Chinese medicine doctors before self-medicating.

Vegan plantsgiving potluck, alcohol-free (and fun ;), with a secret menu of surprising Thanksgiving myths (in first link below), at a SF yoga studio, of course! momence.com/Mukunda-Studio… instagram.com/p/DRc8ve9EkEI

Please share because I met people who didn't know they could register and vote today. You can do that in almost half of US states. How: rockthevote.org/how-to-vote/sa…. If you're not voting, I'd love to hear why. I'll even put on my hat that turns me into a nonjudgmental person!

Winner, winner, eat cake for dinner! Enter a $5 raffle for a vegan cake from instagram.com/DeliciouslyVeg…. Your $5 will feed people losing SNAP benefits. They can eat yummy vegan @MalibusBurgers and Puerto Rican food at CasaBoriquena.com. You might want to eat there too!

How to not turn your home into a 👻haunted house: Prevent counterfeit heat pump or air con refrigerant cylinders from causing🔥, inhalation injuries, or ⚰️death eia.org/blog/illegal-t… (@EIA_News). Also, how to not get☠️toxic heat pumps, air con, fridges bit.ly/TFA-WTF

Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, you deserve free money for a less toxic fridge, heat pump, or air conditioner with no trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a toxic PFAS. Some rebates end this year. You deserve safer policies too. Collect them all at bit.ly/TFA-WTF!

See if: -Dry cleaning chemicals like perc offgas from clothes & harm people at/near cleaners. Perc has no health perks! Other chemicals can cause harm, even if “green/organic/nontoxic.” -You can wash "dry clean only” clothes at home -Wet cleaners are safer bit.ly/wet-clean

See studies & a fabulous video on reasons to get therapy, such as any reason😉 or you: -Don’t think you need therapy -Want your situation to improve -Feel judgmental, jealous, that you have little impact, not yourself -Replay past hurts, reject advice bit.ly/AmITheVillain

Step into your “save the planet” era! Come meet youth aged 13 to 22 who’ll inspire you to protect our health and environment. FREE, Thursday, 10/9, 6P, Berkeley, CA BrowerYouthAwards.org

Building products w/certain ecolabels might be safer than ones w/only Healthy Product Declaration/Declare labels. You have to be an expert to decipher HPD/Declare. I don’t know certifiers who test for all toxics though. Safer brands, ecolabels, petition: bit.ly/GetFlooredSafe…

“Regenerative," "sustainable," or "carbon neutral” crops might have pesticides Dig into safer certifications for veggies/fruit/grains/other crops bit.ly/SaferCertifica… Ask me how NOT to plow your garden/grow it regeneratively. There’s no “tilling” what I’ll find when I dig :)

Your 🦇☎️ needs these digital security tips on how to: Clear your location history. Turn off new app requests to access your phone’s ad identifier. Check your phone’s storage so you have room for new videos and photos. More at BIT.LY/DIGITAL-SECURI…

📢Protect yourself/others at protests Before sharing photos/videos: -Obscure faces with the shape/rectangle tool. Other tools can be reversed by others. -Use a metadata removal tool -Prove they're real with ProofMode app More in comments⬇️& BIT.LY/DIGITAL-SECURI…

📱bit.ly/DIGITAL-SECURI…: Why Signal is safer than WhatsApp. If you use WhatsApp or Signal, make sure: - There aren't links to devices you don't recognize. - If you created groups, disable group links. - Regularly change your app pin. Don't say I didn't warn you :)

☎️Protect yourself & your contacts on your phone Buy a modern burner phone w/cash. Don’t turn it on at home. Only add the Signal app. Or keep your phone off or on airplane mode when you don’t need it. Turn off bluetooth/wifi/airdrop. More in comments⬇️& bit.ly/DIGITAL-SECURI…

📞Protect yourself & your contacts on your phone: Set notifications to be visible only if you unlock your phone. Turn off biometric face/fingerprint ID. Use a long, complex alphanumeric password. Backup your phone. More tips from @mnisakhan @ukzak: bit.ly/DIGITAL-SECURI…

If you go to protests: If someone asks you to open your phone, only do it w/your lawyer there. Write their phone on your arm. Don’t leave anything w/fingerprints/saliva (drinks) In custody, you only need to give your name/bday. Don't say much to anyone BIT.LY/DIGITAL-SECURI…

My two "scents" on safer scented skincare, air fresheners, candles, cleaners See if: -Essential oils & synthetic scents have toxic phthalates & are linked with allergies, eczema, asthma -Phthalate-free fragrance oil, nontoxic & other claims aren’t safe bit.ly/SaferScentedPr…

Where to get someone to repair, reuse, or responsibly recycle random stuff: With greener thrift stores, junk haulers & recyclers that don't dump stuff behind your back! See bit.ly/being-dumped-s… for that & how to ask sellers to give you products naked (naked products that is)!

I ❤️ social media! April Fool's! Seriously though, are you on BlueSky? Why or why not? Is anyone still here? Find me on bsky.app/profile/realms… and elsewhere in the interwebs :)

Bro in your head: Relax, it’s not going to be that bad! Your higher self: Well, actually, please go to this Know Your Rights Workshop because of what you do, who you are, or who you know. Today, March 20, virtually RSVP bit.ly/18MR_NVP1