Chained and balcony dogs are something I see here that is upsetting but was just as bad in Tenerife when I lived there. This animal abuse has been normalized and yet at the same time there are other dog owners who treat their pets really well.

@Carl Munson I am here now! I got here late but I brought some Dragons with me see my recent posts!

@Carl Munson I have Dragon Trees in the text and on the cover of my book titled Herbs of the Sun, Moon and Planets too.

Shwmae! Just seen this!

I juice oranges daily when they are in season. Fresh from the tree, a wonderful source of vitamin C! Sadly I see a lot going to waste having fallen off trees and left to rot. At the same time people buy them at the supermarkets! https://www.instagram.com/p/DeR_JwJsMV_/

I love bread but would like to point out that there's a big campaign going on right now in the UK to get Folic Acid out of wheat flour and an incredible amount of flour-based foods, as well as some that aren't like Kellogg's cereals, canned soups, and Marmite even. The UK government has made it mandatory from December for Folic Acid to be added to white flour but it is being added to wholemeal too. People are up in arms about this because it is a health risk to people with cancer and stents, as well as some other conditions. It is said that increases the risk of colon and prostate cancer. Dr Clare Craig is leading the campaign against it and created a petition that well over 100,000 people have signed. Politicians Rupert Lowe and Andrew Bridgen have joined her in speaking out. It is being said that the synthetic Folic Acid is vitamin B9 and the same as Folate the natural vitamin B9 available from green vegetables. It is not! It is being said that pregnant women need it to protect against neural tube defects that can cause spina bifida and other harmful conditions in babies. That is the reasoning behind this. But one question that jumps out is why are men, and old women who cannot get pregnant, and children too, being forced to eat foods with Folic Acid in them? It is so crazy that people are saying how are we supposed to get through an average day without eating something with this synthetic and potentially toxic drug in the food. In the UK it will be in breads, rolls, pastries, pasties, pies, cakes, tarts, sponges, biscuits, pizza dough, pasta, breakfast cereals...and the list goes on. The good news is that Folic Acid is not being added to all bread and flour-based products here in Portugal, as far as I can tell, but that doesn't mean it is not in Kellogg's Cornflakes, for example. I made a reel about it: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeMt2kpM4J7/

@Carl Munson there's loads of posts about this again on X where it is trending. Some people are rightly asking why are men, children, and old people being more or less forced to consume this stuff, when the original reason given for its addition is to help pregnant women give birth to healthy babies. There are posts like this about all the foods it is going to be in:https://x.com/CaptDrimmie/status/2112485471100039344?s=20