Heard some important information on Twitter today, and thought I’d post it here for anyone who may not have heard it. This is actually a thing, devised by human rights organisation called Karma Nirvana.
I actually just heard about this on the radio; the Michael Berry Show on WRNO 99.5. The hospital was trying to harvest his organs, and declared him dead. His father barricaded the door, and held an entire swat team at bay, until his son squeezed his hand, awake from a forced coma.
It gets better…
The swat team brought their own doctors who, after finally securing the room, started to check the kid. Turns out, the kid was fine, after waking up from the coma.
It gets better…
After the swat team doctors checked out the kid, there was a nurse who came in to “check” on the kid. The swat doctors asked to see her orders. Turns out she didn’t have any. What she did have was a 50cc syringe in her pocket, full of a powerful sedative. 5cc’s were enough to put someone in a deep coma. There were 50cc’s in the syringe, more than enough to euthanize the kid.
It gets better…
Swat doctors took her into custody. She refused to talk. They got a warrant and started checking into the deaths happening at the hospital. Turns out, there were a great many “quick decisions” made by hospital staff, for patients to be put into medically induced comas, from which they never woke up. All of which were finalized with organ transplants. Organ transplants which the families of the deceased did not know about.
TL:DR The hospital was euthanizing patients after illegally putting them into medical comas, then harvesting their organs.
3. Also: you can google the hospital from the OP news story. You’d think that a crazy organ-stealing conspiracy would be the first thing that comes up when you google that hospital. Nothing like that comes up. Also, if you listen to the radio show the second poster keeps citing: nothing about it comes up either. (Quelle surprise.)
4. Fear-mongering about organ transplants, and just hospitals in general, is a classic ultra-right-wing scare tactic. Which would make sense, considering that Tumblr user doubletap-centermass is…
a virulent anti-Semite and homophobe. It feels extra weird to see LGBT and Jewish tumblrs sharing this right and left.
5. There have been scandals about hospitals being pressured to declare unconscious patients brain-dead so that they could harvest organs… such as this scandal from 2012, in New York state, which involved precisely four cases and also is totally unrelated to the article shared by OP, from Texas in 2015. And again, just because I can’t get over this: the part about deliberately putting patients into comas to steal their organs is literally the plot of 1978 film Coma.
6. If you’ve reblogged this and you’re like “Shit!!” and wish you hadn’t: I guess maybe considering deleting the reblog from your tumblr? Or even reblog this instead. I mean, getting the correct information out would be a good way to fix this bizarro thing. Hell, even if you haven’t reblogged the weirdo post but you’re seeing this on your dashboard instead: consider sharing it just to get the correct info out there.
Please feel free to add to this post if you find concrete actual evidence of anything I missed. I am human and fallible.
P.S. I will also add, just for the principle of the thing: somebody saying “I heard it on the radio” is about as reliable a source as “I overheard some man on a bus telling it to his neighbor”. (Especially since so much radio, these days, is about as reliable a source of accurate information as any random conspiracy theorist’s podcast.)
I’m sharing this because it strikes me as something very important to do, just to spread the awareness of the fact that you must be critical of everything, even things that appear as if they prove something you already believe or agree with. This is how you are manipulated into feeling, or thinking, or voting a certain way.
PLEASE EXERCISE CRITICAL THINKING. BE THOUGHTFUL. BE INTROSPECTIVE. DON’T MINDLESSLY ACCEPT THINGS YOU ARE TOLD. SEEK OUT THE ANSWERS AND PROOF FOR YOURSELF. FORM YOUR OWN THOUGHTS.
it’s so common for “being straight & cis is normal” people to get hung up on what’s most evolutionarily “efficient” like they come at you with “if Men and Women didn’t have sex and continue the species we wouldn’t have made it this far so it doesn’t make sense to be anything but Straight and Cis,” and I really want to ask them when humans have Ever Ever Ever picked the most efficient route. Why did we ever leave the equator then in the first place, to willfully live on tundras and freezing islands where not much grows?
Why did people move to mountains where future generations needed to be born with bigger lungs to breathe right?
Why have humans historically, for tens of thousands of years, cared for the sick and the disabled and the injured even thought that wouldn’t be an “efficient” use of resources? Why did we ever develop a sense of compassion at all?
Why did any human ever leave home to cross an ocean, or a desert, or a jungle, hoping to find a way to live whether they ended up?
We have never followed the rule of “efficiency.” In fact, read any reputable paper on human evolution and success, and you’ll see it argue that our refusal to follow the “efficient” road is what actually made the human species so successful–that our unrivaled adaptability and unprecedented resilience in an ever-changing world is what put us on top for so long.
So if you can’t keep up with “all these new genders and sexualities,” it seems like you’re the inefficient one, the weak link, and you’re going to get picked out and left behind.
Humans consistently make choices that are weird even by our own standards and that’s about the only thing that is consistent about us.
the worst authors in the world are pretentious men who write about how human nature is inherently selfish and evil and survival of the fittest every man for himself and think theyre making some profound statement as if a) no one has ever said this before and b) there isnt like literal definite evidence of altruistic care in early humans and like pretty obvious logical conclusions that as a social species we arent like that naturally
also wanna point out that that’s not even what survival of the fittest means. Fittness in biology = individuals ability to survive and reproduce. So a fit animal would be one that has many offspring. It has nothing to do with how strong an animal is.
it also makes zero sense because animals that are fit aren’t always going to survive for a longer period of time. Many animals actually have a decrease in lifespan with an increase in number of offspring.
And animals are not more likely to survive based on how strong they are. Rather how well they adapt to the given environment at the time.
In short literally no one in biology ever uses “survival of the fittest” because in context it makes literally zero sense. It’s not a term we ever say, so anyone using it, has zero idea about what they’re talking about.
Within its habitat, a slime mold is more “fit” than a hawk. Try to make hawks live in a slime mold’s habitat and role, and you would have some dead hawks.
The phrase means “survival of the best suited”, not “survival of the most physically fit/strongest/fastest/etc”.
There’s no household companion more common in Tarrun than the lovable, eyeless Toku! Publicly released by Kymaera Industries nearly thirty years ago, these chubby, brightly colored creatures were designed to be perfect pals. With no hair, feet, bones, or external sensory organs, they’d be best described as “oddly perfect”. Tokus are hypoallergenic and have zero need for grooming, can’t scratch furniture, barely track mud, and are exempt from most common medical conditions like cataracts and arthritis. With no teeth or claws they’re also certifiably safer than other pets, making them an ideal companion for children, elders, and the disabled. Tokus are available at any licensed pet store or breeder, and can even be custom designed from scratch at Kymaera’s interactive Joy Lab division!
Unorthodox Origins
Going forward with their creation, Kymaera’s number one concern was that the outward appearance of the Toku might not be well received by the public. Objectively they are, arguably, not the textbook definition of cute. This is because, in Kymaera’s pursuit to create a natural looking creature with all the desired traits, popular options like mammals and birds had to be ignored. They would have to leave the comfort of the fluffy, big-eyed norm to make their vision a reality. The result was an undeniably weird combination, but one that worked like a charm. Taking genes from a wide variety of small and slimy creatures, Kymaera chose to form the bulk of their creature’s identity through a combination of cephalopod and salamander DNA. This no doubt lead to the colloquial nickname “cuttlepuppy” (cuttlefish+mudpuppy), which while admittedly quite cute, is a touch misleading… most of the Toku’s amphibian DNA actually comes from blind cave salamanders, not mudpuppies!
A Cephalopoid for All Seasons
Because of their half cephalopod heritage, Tokus enjoy many of the same benefits as cuttlefish and octopi. They are remarkably intelligent, able to solve complex problems and memorize verbal commands, and can be trained just as easily as any mammal. Their demeanor is naturally amicable, and if anything negative can be said of it at all, it’s that they can sometimes be a little too curious for their own good. Tokus love to play, communicate, and explore, and if deprived of interaction can become quite mischievous in their eternal quest to figure out the world around them.
The other advantage of being part cuttlefish is color. Tokus come in a wide variety of hues ranging from drab to eye-popping neon, and with chromatophores on every inch of their body they can even alter those colors or animate their markings! Besides being one of the main drawing traits, this propensity for display is also an important part of how they interact with one another. Tokus, despite lacking eyes, are not at all blind: their skin cells are highly sensitive to light, able not only to distinguish between light and dark, but to interpret a wide range of color. Combined with their ability to show off varying shades and shapes, this makes the entirety of their body equal parts eyeball and billboard!
The Walking Garbage Disposal
One of the most commonly asked questions about the Toku besides “how does it see without eyes?” is “how does it eat without teeth or jaws?”. The answer usually comes as a surprise to people, but it’s actually pretty straightforward! The simple truth is that the part that looks like a mouth isn’t a mouth at all, and that the Toku, just like any of its naturally occurring cousins in the sea, chews up food with a powerful, shearing beak. Since such an apparatus would obviously be dangerous in the event of a bite, Kymaera designed the Toku’s chewer to rest inside the body, nestled in the back of a long esophagus and leading directly into its stomach. This prevents even the most cantankerous of Tokus from biting someone, and puts it’s true mouth at such a distance that even sticking your finger down one’s throat is safe (not that we recommend it)! With that fear out of the way, Kymaera was free to leave the Toku with all the food processing power of its more formidable ancestors. They can chew through virtually anything their owners give them, and their robust amphibian-style stomachs take care of the rest! This makes Tokus famously hardy, adaptable, and easy to feed.
What Do They Need?
As outlined above, the Toku is a fantastic beginner pet suited for just about anyone! It is a living thing, though… so surely it has needs, right? Right! Here’s a handy list of all the species-specific things you should have on board before taking home a cuttlepuppy!*
-Access to at least one shallow bathing pool. Tokus are less dependent on water than most of their ancestors, but still need a good regular soaking to stay at their best. If deprived of a dip for any span of time longer than a day, the poor little guys can suffer dry, splitting skin, and eventually death by dehydration. Owners should also be mindful of the size of their Toku, since too much water can be a problem too- they do breath air, after all, so please don’t let them drown! A good rule of thumb is that their baths should never be deeper than half their overall height.
-A way to have fun! Tokus aren’t picky about how you choose to entertain them, but please, by the gods, do entertain them! To avoid depression or any unwanted behaviors, make sure you keep your inquisitive little friend occupied with some form of enrichment. Tokus will play with virtually anyone or anything, so as long as they’re given some safe outlet for their curiosity they should be happy and alert for all of their days!
-A way to work out! Like any other pet, Tokus can become overweight if given too much food and not enough exercise. To prevent them from getting too plump to move around the house, Kymaera recommends a good old fashioned collar and leash! If getting outside isn’t easy to do where you live, they’ll take equally well to treadmills and giant hamster wheels. Regular play or another Toku to run around with are solid ways to kill two birds with one stone, though!
*Government mandated requirements such as vaccines, microchip implants, and leash laws vary by region. Owners should familiarize themselves with local legislation before purchasing a Toku or any other domesticated species.
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