#rest in peace heroes

[amaranthdahlia]

farewell, one for all

[odinsblog]

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died. He was 86.

Buxtun died May 18 of Alzheimer’s disease in Rocklin, California, according to his attorney, Minna Fernan.

Buxtun is revered as a hero to public health scholars and ethicists for his role in bringing to light the most notorious medical research scandal in U.S. history. Documents that Buxtun provided to The Associated Press, and its subsequent investigation and reporting, led to a public outcry that ended the study in 1972.

Forty years earlier, in 1932, federal scientists began studying 400 Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama, who were infected with syphilis. When antibiotics became available in the 1940s that could treat the disease, federal health officials ordered that the drugs be withheld. The study became an observation of how the disease ravaged the body over time.

In the mid-1960s, Buxtun was a federal public health employee working in San Francisco when he overheard a co-worker talking about the study. The research wasn’t exactly a secret — about a dozen medical journal articles about it had been published in the previous 20 years. But hardly anyone had raised any concerns about how the experiment was being conducted.

“This study was completely accepted by the American medical community,” said Ted Pestorius of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaking at a 2022 program marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the study.

Buxtun had a different reaction. After learning more about the study, he raised ethical concerns in a 1966 letter to officials at the CDC. In 1967, he was summoned to a meeting in Atlanta, where he was chewed out by agency officials for what they deemed to be impertinence. Repeatedly, agency leaders rejected his complaints and his call for the men in Tuskegee to be treated.

He left the U.S. Public Health Service and attended law school, but the study ate at him. In 1972, he provided documents about the research to Edith Lederer, an AP reporter he had met in San Francisco. Lederer passed the documents to AP investigative reporter Jean Heller, telling her colleague, “I think there might be something here.”

Heller’s story was published on July 25, 1972, leading to Congressional hearings, a class-action lawsuit that resulted in a $10 million settlement and the study’s termination about four months later. In 1997, President Bill Clinton formally apologized for the study, calling it “shameful.”

The leader of a group dedicated to the memory of the study participants said Monday they are grateful to Buxtun for exposing the experiment.

“We are thankful for his honesty and his courage,” said Lille Tyson Head, whose father was in the study.

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[escaping-peril12]

MHA SPOILERS ✣!!

This is 100 times better knowing Shinsou is actually in their class now. 😭😭❤️

[vertigoartgore]

Jim Starlin's The Death of Captain Marvel Trade Paperback Cover (1994).

[xoxogroovygirl]

🕊️ Goodbye to one of my first childhood heroes🕊️

[newkatzkafe2023]

Wukong Verse incorrect quotes #24 RIP🪦🙏⚰️

Ok well umm How do I say this.... You just got kidnapped by some Rogue celestials and uhhh They're going to regret doing that Very soon😬

Percy the Kidnapper: (Takes a deep breath) Harry...what is that??🙁

(Y/N): Hey Hi Hello😁👋

Harry Also a kidnapper: It's a celestial monkey Just Like you asked, this shorter Female one was easy pickings😄

Percy: ( Petrified) Harry, I need you to think very carefully, were their Taller ones with her???😟

Harry: Welllllllll yeah but they were just Some Males🙃

Percy: (Eye twitching) Just...Some...Males!!!😧

Percy: (Explaining) Think Harry Think way back to abduction 1 0 F*cking 1 The mortal realm just doesn't have Males they haaavvvveee?????🧐

Harry: ( Remembering) Umm Boyfriends/Husbands????🤔

Harry: ( Realizing and now terrified) Ohhhhh..... Ohhhhhhhhhh NOOOO😨😨😰😰

Percy: (Deadpan) Yes oh no. You just stole some male celestials wife. Congratulations🎊 😑

Harry: (scared) w-what do we do?

Percy: ( Accepting his faith) We pray harry😒🚬

Harry: Pray??? B-But I thought their was no....

5 Monkey Kings: (Feral and Angry) WHERE'S OUR PEACHES?!?!?!?!?!?

(Y/N) HUBBIES!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Harry: OH BUDDHA!!!!!😱😱😱😱

And those guys were never seen again on the bright side. You got to get home early😊

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[cuisinepilled-dungeonmaxxer]

Ive been reading the dunmeshi manga (again) and the skyfish scene just makes me so sad for some reason like the skyfish really was giving its all and sacrificed itself to kill the griffin even though marcille was controlling it like there's just something so noble and fearless about that elongated propeller looking thing

[kermitthesog]

friendly reminder that people die.

bianca di angelo, zoe nightshade, charles beckendorf, michael yew, silena beauregard, luke castellan, jason grace, many camp half-blood campers, and more.

unlike other books, people die and stay dead. no matter their role.

[likeabxrdinflight]

tired of early 20-somethings acting like harry potter was never good or had no value in its day like shut the fuck up half of you weren't even there when it peaked

[blueiscoool]

Ukrainian Hero

Kane Te Kai, the volunteer soldier from New Zealand who went viral a few weeks ago when a video was released of him saving a Ukrainian friend held captive by the Russians, was buried in Auckland today.

Kane was killed in battle against the Russian Army on March 20th.

Rest in peace Kane. Ukraine will never forget you’re sacrifice!

[coochiequeens]

Finally a peice that talks about how 5 of the 6 in the people killed in the sydney stabbings were women. And yes he was mentally ill but he felt entitled to a girlfriend.

By Victoria Smith 16 April, 2024

Did Joel Cauchi, the man who killed six people in a Sydney shopping centre, do so because he was mentally ill? Or did he do it because he hated women?

Five out of six of Cauchi’s victims were women, which does seem targeted. Nonetheless, according to his family, Cauchi, 40, “battled with mental health issues since he was a teenager”. For this reason, some have found talk of misogyny unseemly, if not exploitative. To categorise Cauchi’s act as male violence against women, if not terrorism underpinned by misogynist ideology, can be appear dismissive of genuine sickness. Sometimes, bad things just happen because people are unwell. 

For women who live with men who have severe mental health diagnoses, there is little comfort in discussions such as these. On the one hand, there is an enormous amount of pressure to downplay the idea that mentally ill men are more likely to be violent than other men (they are, but to say so is viewed as contributing to stigma). On the other hand, is it fair for a man with severe mental illness to be judged by the same moral standards as other men? Shouldn’t we be recognising that they cannot control their perceptions and fears?

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The Sydney attacker was desperate for a girlfriend, his family has revealed as police confirmed that he had targeted women.

Joel Cauchi killed five women and one man during a knife attack on the Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on Saturday.

Karen Webb, the New South Wales police commissioner, said: “The videos speak for themselves. It’s obvious the offender had focused on women and avoided the men.”

The majority of the 12 people Cauchi seriously wounded were female, including a baby girl.

Andrew Cauchi, his father, said on Monday he knew why his mentally unwell son had targeted women. The 76-year-old told reporters outside his home in Queensland: “Because he wanted a girlfriend and he’s got no social skills and he was frustrated out of his brain.”

Describing his son as “very sick”, he described trying to deal with the feelings of “loving a monster”.

A “heroic” policewoman who stopped a lone knifeman mid-rampage during a killing spree in a Sydney shopping centre has been named.

In one of several heroic attempts to disarm the attacker on Saturday, Amy Scott, a NSW Police Inspector, walked up calmly behind the attacker and ordered him to drop his weapon.

When he refused to do so and lunged at her with a knife, she shot him.

Six people were killed after the culprit – later identified by police as Queensland man Joel Cauchi – went on a stabbing spree in Westfield Bondi Junction, including a mother whose baby is reportedly now in a critical condition.

“She is certainly a hero. There is no doubt that she saved lives through her action,” Anthony Albanese, the Australian prime minister, said on Saturday.

[murasaki-cha]

When you can't stop thinking about it for hours so you go in the groupchat and ask your bff who's also a pjo fan "Who's the oldest Big Three kid?" so now you both lay awake at night thinking about it

It's probably me pulling crap like this why my bffs almost never read anything I recommend

[mayunagioia]

How do I feel after reading today's leaks:

[lilislegacy]

everybody loves percy

someone just asked me about my earlier post: why would percy be crowd surfing? people only put in the effort to hold up a celebrity or a rockstar

why you ask?

the long answer:

because everybody loves percy. no i don’t mean that literally. of course his enemies hate him. but like… come on! it’s percy! everybody loves percy! he’s hilarious! he’s a goofball. he could win the olympics in the sarcasm section. he has the biggest heart in the whole world. he’s such a blast to be around. he’s fun and nice and constantly dropping comments that make people laugh so hard that they cry and pee their pants a little. he’s just that guy. he’s awesome. he’s the actual best.

everybody loves percy

he’s the umtimate hero. especially at camp half blood. everyone who went to camp with him adores him, and everyone who came to camp after he left hears his name everywhere they go. he’s a legend there. he’s a renowned warrior and sword fighter. he went on multiple successful quests. there were TWO great prophecies about him. he was offered and turned down godhood. he led the greeks into battle numerous times and came out victorious every time. he’s their leader. their soul. he’s the heart of the greeks. alongside annabeth chase, the man fell into tartarus and walked out through the doors of death. the son of poseidon is a greek hero.

all the romans at camp jupiter have such a high respect for him. i mean he was only actually there for like a total of 2-3 days, casually interacted with 2 major gods, successfully led a high-stake quest, saved the whole camp, and was raised on a shield and made praetor - the highest of honors. even after he gave up his position, he is still good friends with reyna, their long standing praetor, and bffs with frank, their new praetor. in fact, percy is franks hero. frank looks up to percy. so even if a roman didn’t witness percy save the camp and become praetor, you think they wouldn’t think incredibly highly of him after seeing how much of a deep respect both their current praetors hold for the former preator? plus everyone knows the stories. the son of neptune is a roman hero

loyalty for percy runs deep at both camps.

then there are the people who have no idea who he is. strangers. teenagers. college kids. but even then, everybody loves percy. he walks into a room, is immediately accepting and kind towards everyone, and starts saying the funniest damn things anyone’s ever heard. he’s a ton of fun. always playful and joking around. plus, he’s just a cool guy. even if you don’t know how awesome he is in the world of the gods, he’s a tall handsome dude with the absolute best smile. not to mention he has a lot of cool skills. he skates, he rides horses, he can ride a motorcycle (albeit illegally), im gonna take a guess and say he’s become quite a talented surfer since moving to california, etc. girls all have huge crushes on him and guys all think he’s the most chill dude ever. he’s the guy who walks into a party, makes friends with the dj, the bartender, and everyone he talks to. hes just that guy.

the short answer:

it doesn’t matter if you’re a greek, a roman, or a typical mortal. percy jackson is always the coolest guy in the room. whether you’ve known him for years and fought alongside him in battle, or if you met him 10 minutes ago when he gave you a big smile and said something that made you throw your head back laughing,

everybody loves percy.

so yeah, if percy jackson jumps (or is pushed) onto a crowd to crowd surf, every single person is happily holding up him

the previous post, if anyone if confused ⬇️

[earnono]

Is it OK if I suck you up?😈

[grigori77]

Donald Sutherland, R.I.P.

It's another dark day as I discover that another of the wonderful actors whose work I've loved for ABSOLUTELY YEARS has been taken from us. To me, he was always one of the great kind old men of Hollywood, even when he so consitently excelled at playing such wonderful villains, too ... as well as fathering another one of my very favourite actors, his son Kieffer.

Of course, to me, like a great many others who grew up in the 80s and 90s, he was MOST OF ALL the original Hawkeye, in the original movie of M.A.S.H. ... that being said, even today, my very FAVOURITE role he ever played is STILL that of the dlightfully bizarre "hippie" tank commander Oddball in Clint Eastwood's singularly AWESOME WWII action comedy Kelly's Heroes ...

He's been a regular fixture in a great many of my favourite movies over the years, either leading the cast in a variety of interesting and instantly memorable roles in the likes of the best the Invasion of the Body Snatchers movies, Don't Look Now, Klute and The First Great Train Robbery, or providing stellar support in the likes of The Dirty Dozen, The Eagle Has Landed, JFK, Backdraft, Six Degrees of Seperation, Outbreak, A Time To Kill, Space Cowboys (a criminally underrated Clint Eastwood flick, in my opinion), Cold Mountain, Pride & Prejudice and Ad Astra ...

And then, of course, there was, OF COURSE, the role he's probably going to be most well-remembered for in the years ahead, simply due to its sheer popularity - the very best of his pure villainous turns, the monstrous but SPECTACULARLY charismatic President Coriolanus Snow the cinematic adaptation of Suzanne Collins' wildly successful The Hunger Games. The man gave us all endearing CHILLS throughout playing a man who couldn't possibly have been further from who he was in real life, an effortless indication of the vastness of his talent.

So raise a glass and drink with me to the memory of one of cinema's true master elder statesmen, truly one of the greatest actors of his entire generation, and a truly singular talent whose immense star power will be fondly remembered for many years to come ... not to mention one truly wise, compassionate and remarkable human being.

DONALD SUTHERLAND (17 July 1935 - 20 July 2024) ... Rest in peace.