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The US could have avoided almost 250,000 Covid-19 deaths if every state had adopted stricter mask and vaccine requirements seen in the Northeast during the height of the pandemic, according to a new study.

Researchers say that the country, which saw more than 1.1 million Covid deaths, could have been spared an estimated 118,000 to 248,000 more lives.

covid is still killing people btw. in 2024

wear a mask

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(UPDATED!!!) here are some people that have reached out to me recently with their fundraisers. LINKS IN NAMES. status as of 09/19/24. i've checked that all fundraisers listed here are vetted.

Abedalrahman Alhabil (€83,683/€120,000) -- Abedalrahman, his parents, and his five siblings were displaced when an Israeli attack destroyed their home. Abedalrahman's father is in urgent need of evacuation and surgery, as he suffers from chronic heart disease and high blood pressure. (@abdullahgaza) 69% of goal reached. INCREDIBLY SLOW PROGRESS.

Asmaa Ayyad (€20,911/€45,000) -- Asmaa and her family of eight were displaced when their homes were destroyed by Israel. They need funds to evacuate to Egypt before they suffer any more loss. (@asmaayyad) 46% of goal reached.

Hashem Al-Shawish -- (€10,097/€45,000) Hashem's wife, Samer, recently gave birth to their baby, Omar, in a tent. Omar has already needed emergency medical attention as a result of poor living conditions. He, along with Hashem's mother, wife, four brothers, and two sisters need funds to evacuate. (blog terminated. can't find new one.) 22% of goal reached. INCREDIBLY SLOW PROGRESS.

Doaa Jad Al Haq -- (kr212,156/kr300,000) -- Doaa and her 5-year-old autistic son, Omar, evacuated to Sweden, but Omar was extremely traumatized by the horrors in Gaza. He needs treatment so he can recover. In addition, evacuation funds are needed for the members of Doaa's family that are still trapped in Gaza, including 11 children and her father, who has been incapacitated by a stroke. (@doaaomar1234) 71% of goal reached.

Aya Alanqar -- (€12,831/€15,000) Aya and her husband Jihad need funds to evacuate themselves and their three young children (Abdelrahman, 7 years old, Jori, 5 years old, and Adam, 2 years old). Their home was destroyed by Israel and they have been forced to move over thirteen times. (blog deleted. can't find new one.) 86% of goal reached.

Muhammad Shehab -- (€10,514/€25,000) Muhammad desperately needs funds to evacuate himself and his sons, Zaen and Yahya, from Gaza. They have already been displaced nine times and are at risk every day. (@zeanyahya1) 41% of goal reached. INCREDIBLY SLOW PROGRESS.

The Shehab family -- (€55,957/€85,000) This family's original goal of 50,000 has been reached, but has now been raised to 85,000 as the family has added more people to their fundraiser (as they can't make their own), including a 3-month old baby. Please continue to support this family!! (@danashehab) 66% of goal reached.

Mahmoud Al-Sharif -- ($10,503/$60,000) Mahmoud's wife, Soha, just gave birth to her and Mahmoud's fourth child on 8/12/24. Please please help this family of six, including the newborn, get to safety. (@mahmoud-sharif) 17% of goal reached. INCREDIBLY SLOW PROGRESS.

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funniest thing abt the lunchly ksi mrbeast logan paul teamup (which tbh sounds like an evil conglomerate) is that they advertise lunchly as having less calories than the lunchable. less calories. for kids lunches. for parents sending their growing excitable kids to school where they have to go hours between meals. they advertise this as a benefit. like overall its bad and scummy but that bit in particular is so stupid i laughed out loud when i saw it

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im the paleontologist who shoots all the ankylosaurus fossils to determine how bulletproof they were

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roborosewater-masters on the dash. Was genuinely losing my shit at r/MTGNeuralNet on the train home earlier. Which was kinda awkward considering I was sitting with 3 strangers.

Peak card design

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Israel is kidnapping Palestinian children.

Forcible transfer of children is a war crime and the fifth pillar of genocide under the Genocide Convention. Knowing what they do to children on a regular basis, I am horrified.

One of the most recent kidnapping cases in Gaza of an 8-year-old little girl named Doha, by the IDF: full post

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the way so many people interact w trans women and discussions of transmisogyny by immediately talking about terfs is wild bc half the time it isnt even terfs enforcing the aspects of transmisogyny being mentioned

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This is very high on my list of favorite Onion articles.

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ai generated "art" 🤢

yes, roborosewater is generative art! it encourages onlookers both familiar and unfamiliar with magic the gathering's rules to think about how they approach and interpret rules text, how a game's design sets expectations and why some things break those expectations -- what a game piece says about the game it's a part of and how we form meaning through play. the generativity is crucial to it, because the AI understanding (roughly) the syntax of rules text but not the meaning is what allows it to generate rules text like "fight target player" or "each player votes for death goblin" -- absurdities which are sidesplittingly funny but also make apparent interesting nuance in the expectations we have of the games we play.

like, why is "each player votes for death goblin" so funny? because we expect a voting mechanic in a card game to give you choices, right, to open up different possibilities in play space -- the comically blunt assertion that you will vote for death goblin renders the voting inert, nonfunctional, in a way that illuminates the functions you expect game mechanics to have! it's rather like katerina kamprani's the uncomfortable in that way, except while kamprani's objects call forth the spectre of an impish, even malevolent designer, the clear unintentionality that roborosewater's cards display instead make them feel uncanny and dreamlike.

i'm also green with envy about not having created this masterpiece, but i'm not sure why you accidentally put some quotation marks in your ask--might want to get your keyboard checked out!

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TODAY'S FUNDRAISERS

Abdullah @abdala1 | vetted | gfm | $3,806 AUD raised of $75,000 goal

Mohammed @savepalestineinfamily19 | vetted | gfm | €7,732 raised of €50,000 goal

Iman @emanfamily3 | unverified but reverse image search is clean and donations are protected | gfm | $330 USD raised of $5,000 goal

Omar @saveomarfamily | unverified but most likely legitimate | gfm | $1,161 USD raised of $35,000 goal

Osama @technicallycoldnerd | unverified but reverse image search is clean and donations are protected | gfm | €112 raised of €37,000 goal

Somaia and Hassan @somaiahassansworld | vetted | gfm | €1,052 raised of €50,000 goal

Shahd @shah599 | vetted | gfm | €5,612 raised of €20,000 goal [i am in contact with her sister nesma as well. i can personally vouch for their legitimacy in addition to their status as vetted]

Mahmoud @ahed-family2 | vetted | gfm | $3,647 USD raised of $40,000 goal

Ahmed abu al-Rish @ahmadresh2 | vetted | gfm | $14,350 USD raised of $31,000 goal

Fidaa @fidaa-family2 | vetted | gfm | $32,686 USD raised of $75,000 goal

Aya @ayalanqar | vetted | gfm | €12,831 raised of €15,000 goal

Noor @nooralanqar | vetted | gfm | €22,330 raised of €40,000 goal

Mohmoud @mohmoud-j | vetted | gfm | $15,430 USD raised of $60,000 goal

Motaz @motaz352 | vetted | gfm | kr59,840 SEK raised of kr250,000 goal ($1 = kr100)

Ahmed @ahmedabuloay | vetted | gfm | $16,570 USD raised of $50,000 goal [gfm also contains updates]

Bashar @bashar200o | vetted | gfm | €357 raised of €50,000 goal

Abdallah @gaza-love100 | unverified but reverse image search is clean and donations are protected | gfm | €205 raised of €49,200 goal

Sameer @sameer-gaza1 | vetted | gfm | $5,781 USD raised of $50,000 goal

Fatima @gaza-fatima | vetted | gfm | €9,043 raised of €20,000 goal

Jamal Shamia @ahmadshamia | vetted | gfm | kr59,938 SEK raised of kr250,000 target

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Stop using the word degenerate to mean horny challenge

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they should legalize polyamory. everywhere. and im not kidding at all. if someone wants to marry multiple people they should be allowed to. for any reason.

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Can't make this shit up but Israel really just detonated walkie talkies across Lebanon today killing 9 so far and injuring 300. This comes only a day after Israel had detonated pager devices simultaneously across multiple areas in Lebanon, injuring almost 3,000 and killing 8.

This is some cartoon villain shit and the only reason Israel was able to execute an almost replica of the same attack 24 hours prior is exactly because not a single international body had condemned Israel for its terrorist attack, let alone held it accountable.

In the same timeframe, Israel had also bombed countless areas in Gaza including a school filled with displaced Palestinians, killing 8 mostly women and children, while also committing two massacres against families, killing 20 and injuring over 50.

Israel is a terrorist state.

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is this what it was like in 9/11. trying to reason with people whose entire concept of human decency flies out the window when presented with the possibility of causing the smallest amount of harm to a "terrorist", no collateral damage is too large, no civilian too innocent, no connection too murky for people to deserve to die or be permanently crippled. people citing world war two urban warfare statistics to try to make a bad situation seem less worse and not balking at how fascist they sound

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incredibly terrifying that iof defense minister released a statement just a few minutes ago saying that the iof is going to switch strategies and turn their "resources and forces" up north. a second wave of pager explosions happened just a few hours ago, with at least 3 dead.

within Palestine, North Gaza has always been the area affected most by iof's siege that blocked access to food, clean water, and medical supplies (such as fuel, electricity, and operating equipment). there has been an airstrike at least once every 3 days for the past 11 months. iof in recent months have taken to targeting densely populated refugee camps and family homes that are still standing, specifically targeting civilians.

I dread to think what will happen to North Gaza now that iof made clear they will be redirecting most of their forces into the region. The road to relocate to central parts of Gaza or even the southern parts are extremely dangerous and transportation has become extremely expensive.

now more than ever North Gazan families need your support. I ask you all to donate what you can spare for Hazem's family (vetted), who's only received €200 in the past 12 hours. Please help, there are 5 young children in this family who still haven't received the polio vaccine and at high risk of infection.