KIMEE MASSIE

07/28/2026

https://yuka.io/en/tops/deodorants/

Your deodorant is often one of the first products put to the test during long days and busy routines. Daily activities can quickly lead to odor and discomfort. A good deodorant does more than mask smells: it helps keep you feeling fresh while being gentle on your skin. But ingredient quality really....

07/22/2026

https://www.verywellhealth.com/healthiest-nut-butters-11877056

Not all nut butters are made equal, and while there are individual health factors to consider, almond butter is generally the healthiest option.

07/20/2026

Repost • The blueberries in America’s number one breakfast started their life as coal tar, and almost nobody pouring them into a kid’s bowl has any idea.

Thomas’s English Muffins recently came under fire after their blueberries were traced back to synthetic dyes like Blue 1, Blue 2, and Red 40, the same family of petrochemical colorings that show up in things like Listerine mouthwash. These dyes begin as coal tar that gets processed into aniline, a petroleum compound also used in rubber manufacturing, and then they get locked onto aluminum to create that bright, fake blueberry pop. Those colored bits get mixed with real blueberries that make up only about 2% of the product by weight, then crammed into bleached wheat dough and sealed in plastic.

The scariest part is the words “artificial flavor” on the label, because that single phrase is a legal loophole that can hide up to 100 undisclosed chemicals you never agreed to eat. Once you understand how this works, you start spotting it everywhere, which means you finally get to take your pantry back.

07/19/2026

Repost • For the first time in human history, we are dunking chicken and turkey in chlorine, slapping an organic label on it, and paying premium prices like it’s something special.

Here’s the part nobody tells you. Around 97% of chickens processed in the United States are bathed in chlorine before they ever reach your cart, and yes, that includes the certified organic birds you grab at Whole Foods or Erewhon. It happens because industrial farms process thousands of chickens in the same shared bath, so if a single bird carries salmonella, it can spread to the entire batch. The fix our regulators landed on was a chlorine rinse, which is exactly why the European Union banned this process and walked away from it entirely.

The frustrating part is that companies aren’t required to disclose any of this, so you genuinely have no way of knowing you’re buying what some people call pool chicken. The clean swap is simple once you know the words to look for, which are air-chilled and pasture-raised, because those birds are cooled in a cold chamber instead of a chemical tank, which means no cross contamination and no chemical residue.

Want a list of widely available, specific brands that are strictly air-chilled and pasture-raised like plus a breakdown of which major grocery stores carry them?

07/14/2026

and water combo for an hour. Drain (save the infused simple syrup for tea or lemonade), then dehydrate for 5 hours. Coat with sugar if you choose.

07/10/2026

Repost • .health Lab-grown salmon has been federally approved for human consumption, and it’s already being served across the country.

A San Francisco company called Wildtype became the first to get FDA clearance for “cell-cultivated” salmon, grown from fish cells in a lab, no ocean involved. “Seafood without the sea,” as they put it.

The “fish” is grown by taking a small amount of cells from a living fish. The cells are placed in a large steel tank called a bioreactor & fed nutrients.

Grown under certain conditions over a long period, a subset of cells will undergo a genetic mutation on their own, making them replicate endlessly.

Weeks later, the cells are harvested and they add other ingredients to make the hunk of cells taste, feel and look like “salmon fillets.”

It’s on menus in Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C., listed as “Wildtype salmon,” or “Cultivated Salmon”. It’s being served as sushi and cold-smoked plates, at prices around $32 a serving. It’s debuting as a luxury.

8 states have already banned it.
Florida, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Montana, Indiana, Nebraska, and South Dakota have outlawed the sale of lab-grown protein.

07/10/2026

Repost • For the biggest part of human history, tattoos were rarely just decoration.

Across continents and centuries, people marked their bodies to cross life’s thresholds, to seek protection, to honour their ancestors, and in some traditions, to accompany them and guide them the way beyond death.

Every culture understood tattooing in its own way. Their beliefs were different, their symbols were different, and their ceremonies were different. But again and again, one idea appears:

The body was a place where meaning could be made visible. Where intentions could be embodied. Where an inner commitment became something that could be lived.

I don’t believe in copying ancient traditions or borrowing ceremonies that don’t belong to us.

I do believe in building an honest relationship with the wisdom they carry. To listen before we borrow. To understand before we adapt.

I believe we can create sacred thresholds of our own. Practices that grow from our own lives, are shaped by genuine relationship, and give form to what matters most.

What happens when we recognize the deeper potential of tattooing?

What happens if we step into a more sacred relationship with them?

………

Image credits

1. Chancay tattooed hand (Peru, c. 1200–1450 CE). Photo: Michael Pittman et al., 2025.
2. Tattooed Egyptian mummy (Deir el-Medina). Photo courtesy of Anne Austin / University of Missouri–St. Louis.
3. Samoan tattooing ceremony. Historical photograph, public domain / Wikimedia Commons.
4. Chancay tattooed mummy. Photo: Michael Pittman et al., 2025.
5. Kayan Dayak tattooing. Historical photograph, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam (CC BY-SA 3.0).
6. Tattooed Pazyryk mummy. Photo: Siberian Collection / State Hermitage Museum

intentionaltattoo tattooritual tattoohistory ritualtattoo ancestralwisdom ritesofpassage animism handpoke shamooniachands