slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross
@molly0xfff our thirst for O- knows no bounds.
@molly0xfff I thought this was some of your poetry or something and was like... yeah that's pretty good and also same.

@molly0xfff

Do you really expect Stephen Miller to drink what, water?

@molly0xfff war, war for blood never changes
@molly0xfff the old, pre-zim jhonen vasquez comic JHTM immediately comes to mind...
@molly0xfff I don’t remember that future islands lyric

@molly0xfff

Amazed that no one has mentioned Peter Thiel yet!

"If there’s one thing that really excites Thiel, it’s the prospect of having younger people’s blood transfused into his own veins."

https://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/peter-thiel-young-blood.html

Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood

The contrarian venture capitalist believes transfusions may hold the key to his dream of living forever.

Inc
@molly0xfff that must have been intentional and someone is giggling
@molly0xfff The red cross is also notorious for participating in excluding queer penis owners from donating blood. 🩸 If you can give to a different org please do. ✨

@cakemonster @molly0xfff I thought they'd finally stopped doing that a while back, but when I went looking for when, it turns out at least in the USA it was more recent than I thought...but the ban had been an FDA rule, and the Red Cross was one of the organizations that had been pushing to change it:

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/11/1175622785/fda-blood-donations-gay-bisexual-men

Not sure about other countries' branches, though.

@cakemonster @molly0xfff They dropped that rule in Germany (recently.... finally).
@molly0xfff Sounds like a line from the Vampire Dairies...
@molly0xfff love the pumpkin spice call for blood.
AC/DC - If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (Official HD Video)

YouTube

@molly0xfff
They famously were bought by Russians and abandoned a lot of Ukrainian’s to die. Also I hear they are homophobic.

I want to like them but I can’t right now because they only think they are a force for good.

@taatm American Red Cross Blood Services was not bought by Russians. you are also out of date on gay donor eligibility, and who made those restrictions originally (the US FDA)

@HueSatLight
Apologies and thanks for putting me straight. I’m also sure it’s full to the brim with ideological people, but they have no power in the organisation and as an organisation it has all the warmth of a wet blanket.

It can’t go where the people in charge say it can’t go. Fair enough, but if it has no teeth then all it can do is ethics wash or be bait when lied to. If not bought by the Russians then allowed to be used by them.

I’m not against the Red Cross but if we want to spend money saving lives, we’re better off spending money on arming Ukrainians to keep a village under the rule of law. In America money is best spent on lobbying for taxes.

The Red Cross is ok. I grew up with ideology of it but I am fundamentally left disappointed.

But well done if they are no longer homophobic. 👍🏻

Everything was so we shouldn’t single them out.

https://kyivindependent.com/how-ukraine-lost-faith-in-red-cross-and-un/

How Ukraine lost faith in the Red Cross and UN

Seeing the face of Ukrainian soldier Maksym Kolesnykov light up with joy over an apple upon his release from Russian captivity last February was enough to bring anyone to tears. During nearly a year in captivity, Kolesnykov lost over 30 kilograms and could not walk freely due to a severe injury in his left leg. Yet the only international organization he should have been able to rely on was never there for him. "Not once did I see a representative of the Red Cross," Kolesnykov, now 47, told the

The Kyiv Independent
@taatm I don't think you understand. Essentially, the only thing American Red Cross Blood Services has to do with what you're talking about is a similar name. Molly was making a post about an amusingly worded mailing, and you replied about a different organization.
@HueSatLight
I do understand. They are legally different but from a branding perspective are effectively a franchise.
@taatm you are not saving face
@HueSatLight @taatm they should get a better naming scheme before somebody shoot up the wrong clinic
@gonzo_askold the red cross/red crescent movement is 160 years old. are you threatening to attack blood banks because you don't like the name they have?
@HueSatLight yeah, we at this point in our political discussions
@molly0xfff the decorative leaves really give it a “live laugh love”/embroidery sampler phrase vibe 😆

@molly0xfff
IN THIS HOUSE

we always tell the truth
we say i love you every night
nobody takes papa’s chair
the need for blood is constant

@molly0xfff new painted wooden sign for my sister’s living room
@molly0xfff I would just be glad it's not a "need for braaaaaiiiiiinnnnnnssss" and call it a win.
@molly0xfff Can't match the billboard that was up in my town for quite a few months:
Help someone else
give blood.
@molly0xfff
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
@molly0xfff reminds me of a blood donation ad campaign poster I saw many many years ago with text saying "give blood... straight from the heart", which seems ill-advised.
@molly0xfff reminds me of this voicemail from my old landlord that Google attempted to transcribe (it was about bleeding the radiators, an adulting thing of which I was unaware at the time)
@molly0xfff my first thought: this message is a propos for “Hoa Hoa Hoa” season. 🧛🏻🍎🐺

@molly0xfff

They've clearly aligned their messaging with the times!

@molly0xfff Must be from the Hellmouth office of the Red Cross.
@molly0xfff - "That's some nice blood you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it..."
@molly0xfff yes, they must feed. Drink my children! DRINK!

@molly0xfff

"The need for blood is unchanging. Your need, that is. You have very nice blood. Would be a shame if something... happened to it."

@molly0xfff Red Cross is a front for a vampire organization confirmed!
@molly0xfff Blood for the blood god! 🤘🏻🎸

@molly0xfff They frequently send me invitations that look like this in my notifications:

Subject: Will we meet tomorrow?

YOUR BLOOD IS NEEDED!

@molly0xfff they got Dracula doing their copywriting these days I hear
@molly0xfff @elverkonge They should have said the need is insatiable. They'd get more hits.
@molly0xfff when I read this I thought it was a fascism thing. Mercy.