#it's a service I provide

[mizgnomer]

David Tennant standing on the edges of his feet

[ditzybat]

j’onn, who’s been watching one too many sitcoms with m’gann, seeing bruce and clark exhibit mannerisms similar to that of on screen couples: ah yes, they are married.

[turtledotjpeg]

i want one too

[rudhirared]

(Okay, I'm sharing that here too)

Happy Birthday, Seikca (@seikcadaikea)! ✨

[elftwink]

to preface this post i am anti-advertising i think we should explode the entire industry but it's sooo funny when you people make posts like "and they don't even work!!" like. sorry to be the bearer of bad news but yes they do. that's why we have to put up with so many despite everyone hating them and thinking its annoying. because they actually work really well and make a shit load of money

[muzzleroars]

the first and lowest sphere of paradise manifests the inconstant in faith, just as the moon is inconstant in its phases.

[halorvic]

The danger is clear and present: COVID isn’t merely a respiratory illness; it’s a multi-dimensional threat impacting brain function, attacking almost all of the body’s organs, producing elevated risks of all kinds, and weakening our ability to fight off other diseases. Reinfections are thought to produce cumulative risks, and Long COVID is on the rise. Unfortunately, Long COVID is now being considered a long-term chronic illness — something many people will never fully recover from. Dr. Phillip Alvelda, a former program manager in DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office that pioneered the synthetic biology industry and the development of mRNA vaccine technology, is the founder of Medio Labs, a COVID diagnostic testing company. He has stepped forward as a strong critic of government COVID management, accusing health agencies of inadequacy and even deception. Alvelda is pushing for accountability and immediate action to tackle Long COVID and fend off future pandemics with stronger public health strategies. Contrary to public belief, he warns, COVID is not like the flu. New variants evolve much faster, making annual shots inadequate. He believes that if things continue as they are, with new COVID variants emerging and reinfections happening rapidly, the majority of Americans may eventually grapple with some form of Long COVID. Let’s repeat that: At the current rate of infection, most Americans may get Long COVID.

[...]

LP: A recent JAMA study found that US adults with Long COVID are more prone to depression and anxiety – and they’re struggling to afford treatment. Given the virus’s impact on the brain, I guess the link to mental health issues isn’t surprising. PA: There are all kinds of weird things going on that could be related to COVID’s cognitive effects. I’ll give you an example. We’ve noticed since the start of the pandemic that accidents are increasing. A report published by TRIP, a transportation research nonprofit, found that traffic fatalities in California increased by 22% from 2019 to 2022. They also found the likelihood of being killed in a traffic crash increased by 28% over that period. Other data, like studies from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, came to similar conclusions, reporting that traffic fatalities hit a 16-year high across the country in 2021. The TRIP report also looked at traffic fatalities on a national level and found that traffic fatalities increased by 19%. LP: What role might COVID play? PA: Research points to the various ways COVID attacks the brain. Some people who have been infected have suffered motor control damage, and that could be a factor in car crashes. News is beginning to emerge about other ways COVID impacts driving. For example, in Ireland, a driver’s COVID-related brain fog was linked to a crash that killed an elderly couple. Damage from COVID could be affecting people who are flying our planes, too. We’ve had pilots that had to quit because they couldn’t control the airplanes anymore. We know that medical events among U.S. military pilots were shown to have risen over 1,700% from 2019 to 2022, which the Pentagon attributes to the virus.

[...]

LP: You’ve criticized the track record of the CDC and the WHO – particularly their stubborn denial that COVID is airborne. PA: They knew the dangers of airborne transmission but refused to admit it for too long. They were warned repeatedly by scientists who studied aerosols. They instituted protections for themselves and for their kids against airborne transmission, but they didn’t tell the rest of us to do that.

[...]

LP: How would you grade Biden on how he’s handled the pandemic? PA: I’d give him an F. In some ways, he fails worse than Trump because more people have actually died from COVID on his watch than on Trump’s, though blame has to be shared with Republican governors and legislators who picked ideological fights opposing things like responsible masking, testing, vaccination, and ventilation improvements for partisan reasons. Biden’s administration has continued to promote the false idea that the vaccine is all that is needed, perpetuating the notion that the pandemic is over and you don’t need to do anything about it. Biden stopped the funding for surveillance and he stopped the funding for renewing vaccine advancement research. Trump allowed 400,000 people to die unnecessarily. The Biden administration policies have allowed more than 800,000 to 900,000 and counting.

[...]

LP: The situation with bird flu is certainly getting more concerning with the CDC confirming that a third person in the U.S. has tested positive after being exposed to infected cows. PA: Unfortunately, we’re repeating many of the same mistakes because we now know that the bird flu has made the jump to several species. The most important one now, of course, is the dairy cows. The dairy farmers have been refusing to let the government come in and inspect and test the cows. A team from Ohio State tested milk from a supermarket and found that 50% of the milk they tested was positive for bird flu viral particles.

[...]

PA: There’s a serious risk now in allowing the virus to freely evolve within the cow population. Each cow acts as a breeding ground for countless genetic mutations, potentially leading to strains capable of jumping to other species. If any of those countless genetic experiments within each cow prove successful in developing a strain transmissible to humans, we could face another pandemic – only this one could have a 58% death rate. Did you see the movie “Contagion?” It was remarkably accurate in its apocalyptic nature. And that virus only had a 20% death rate. If the bird flu makes the jump to human-to-human transition with even half of its current lethality, that would be disastrous.

[uncanny-tranny]

The bourgeois or "exploiting class" doesn't inherently include the person who gets their nails done biweekly, or the disabled person who has a carer, or the guy who got a $70 video game for full-price, or the person who relies on medication (yes even the ones you don't think they "need"), or anything else like this. None of these people will, on average, have the ability to exploit workers by means of ownership or whatever.

While you are busy fighting with fellow workers, you are still being exploited by your boss, by capitalism, by (potentially) not having healthcare, by being overworked and underpaid, and so are they.

[penelopetheconartist]

you.....uh. you uh don’t say???

like... like this?? 

[thelastharbinger]

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Tenoch Huerta on why the idea that “hard work always reaps its rewards” isn’t true. Talent and hard work alone doesn’t guarantee entry into certain spaces (you’ll always be sidelined even when you’re included), but it will determine your longevity once you force your way in.

[shadowofmoths]

oh here’s your geoff comment roundup. i tried to write a few down in my notes app but quickly got distracted by. well obviously. anyways:

-geoff has a little crystal skull that he’s had since their reunion that he brings with them for good luck or smth. and last night he left it at the venue. and immediately when their set started their mic stands were falling over and their equipment was sparking and their sound guy was sick and geoff thought maybe it was bc of The Skull. “so do your own research,” he says “on crystal skulls. because you never know.”

-he had to talk to fill the time while steve fixed his equipment and he goes “my goal tonight is to get someone in thursday cancelled. i just don’t know how yet. this is why they never let me talk for this long, because they know my goal. and it’s a righteous one.” (<- idr if that last sentence is word for word whay he said but it was smth wild like that)

-while he sang falling bomb a couple of ppl were talking like. loud enough to be distracting. bc obvs that song is just mostly geoff. and after he starts talking about how he followed nine inch nails around when he was 15 etc we know this one rigjt. but he says towards the end of the shows trent would often play a slower or quieter song like hurt. and since geoff was at barricade and 15 he was like hey i wonder if he can hear me. and started yelling like “FUUUUCK!’ as trent is trying to sing. “and i learned that it’s super distracting! the manager had to come out and say hey, when it’s quiet like that and you scream, you’re as loud as the singer is. so hey, in the future, when it’s quiet on stage……..shut the fuck up.”

-he also said that he like. tore a piece of his soul out and put it into application for the release from the dream so that’s like fine and i’m okay about it

[trickarrows-bishop]

“the mean girls movie wasn’t that goo-”

i don’t care 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️💥💥💥💥💥💥💥🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ let me have my movie musical in peace 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👹👹👹👹👹💥💥💥💥💥🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺 its a camp masterpiece i love it w my soul🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

🔥🔥🔥REGINA GEORGE IS A LESBIAN💥💥💥💥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🕺🕺🕺🕺

[lizzybeanbutt]

now that you mention it, yeah kabru is kind of an ibex

trying to pin it down but I don't feel confident on my grasp of kabru's characterization (depsite him being my favourite guy. you know how it is) but like. Kabru is a nicer ibex. Ibex is kabru but he's no longer asking. Ibex is a kabru but he's not afraid to let outright enemies stay on the board if he knows he'll win the overall battle. I think Kabru would make a better candidate of rightousness. I need a two way au and we're gonna send the dunmeshi cast to divine cycle space and we're throwing the kingdom crew in a last ditch dungeon crawl

@arcnoise tagging just in case

[lilithtransrights]

If there is a "fucked straight" kink there must also be a "fucked gay" kink right?

[tainbocuailnge]

every service crucial to the functioning of society, namely government, healthcare, banking, etc, needs to at all times consider that people who are very stupid need to be able to navigate and use these services with minimal struggle, and people who don't have easy access to the internet or a smartphone also need to be able to navigate and use these services with minimal struggle. unfortunately many of the people who design these systems and services are in possession of a higher education a smartphone with consistent high speed internet connection and a critical lack of awareness about how universal these experiences are

[katabay]

wahoo! my uncle had heart surgery (thankfully dodged the open heart surgery bullet) and so far things are looking alright, so I’ll be taking the weekend to just. do stuff. and then get caught up on emails and whatever else starting monday!