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Solidarity with Kroger workers

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A new COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers from the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, is being offered patent-free to vaccine manufacturers across the world. Human trials have shown the vaccine to be safe and effective, with India already authorizing its use as production ramps up to over 100 million doses per month. The vaccine has been named Corbevax and it is based on a traditional protein-based technology that has been safely used for decades. Like other COVID-19 vaccines, Corbevax focuses on the coronavirus spike protein, but instead of using mRNA to direct our cells to produce those spike proteins internally it delivers lab-grown spike proteins to the body. The researchers took the gene that codes for the spike protein and engineered yeast to produce it. These proteins are collected, purified, and combined with an adjuvant to enhance immune responses. This exact method has been used to produce the hepatitis B vaccine for years. “Protein-based vaccines have been widely used to prevent many other diseases, have proven safety records, and use economies of scale to achieve low-cost scalability across the world,” says Maria Elena Bottazzi, one of the lead researchers on the project.

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The IATSE strike is on, and in light of that, here are some things you can do besides cancelling your subscriptions to major streaming services (or if you can’t do that because it’s part of your phone plan or you don’t personally pay for the account, etc):

Sign the IATSE Petition!

Donate to organizations like The Actors Fund and MPFT

Email or Call the subscription services you use most (Netflix, Hulu, Disney +, Amazon, etc) and voice your support for the strike. Tell them you’ll cancel your subscriptions (and plan to encourage others to do so as well) if they don’t meet the demands.

Don’t use said subscriptions; or even open any of the apps or webpages; at the very least on Monday, Oct 18th, and preferably the days following.

Keep spreading the word and showing vocal support both in person and online, be ready to educate people about what’s going on. Share film industry workers’ personal stories online. Make sure people know about the specific demands of the strike.

(posted 1:33 pm Oct 13th, 2021)

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Process of Fragment of a Star ⭐️ 

Music composed by Ryan Camus http://www.ryancamus.com/

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Bell v Tavistock overturned!

Gillick competence is no longer threatened!

This means that kids can be judged competent to make decisions about their own medical care (gender transition, abortion, contraception) even if their parents disagree.

A wonderful day for autonomy and children's rights.

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god it is so fucked up and so infuriating that embalming is a requirement in so many places to hold a viewing

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the fact that im still so anxious and so paranoid about my ex is really pissing me off

im tired of waking up to a panic attack thinking that im waking up next to him or because i had a dream about him

im tired of feeling like i cant go anywhere bc im afraid he will be there

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i feel so alone

like i genuinely feel like none of my friends care at this point and im going through a really hard breakup and i feel so paranoid that ive been decieved and lied to for so long because so many things just dont seem to add up

im ruminating so much and im trying to use my dbt skills and try not to keep thinking about these things but nothing is helping and nothing gives me any relief

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"they/them pussy" this "they/them pussy" that. you couldn't handle they/them dick but nobody wants to talk about that

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If you are American, PLEASE SUPPORT THE SSI RESTORATION ACT OF 2021

This new bill has been introduced in both the house and the Senate.

Among other things, it will:

Raise the monthly disability income by just over 30 percent - bringing it to poverty level.

Remove penalties for recieving financial help from friends and family.

Increase the amount of assets a disabled person may have from $2,000 to $10,000 (this hasn't been updated since 1989)

Update outside income restrictions to allow disabled people to receive up to $399 a month without reducing their benefits.

REWARD, not penalize, people who want to receive additional income while on social security income.

REMOVE THE MARRIAGE BAN YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT THIS WILL REMOVE THE MARRIAGE BAN

For those unaware current regulations do a lot to oppress disabled people. In fact marriage equality doesn't even extend to disbled people who risk having their benefits reduced or outright taken away if they marry someone. This means that in common law states disabled people can't even live with their significant other or they risk losing their financial independence.

Current regulations mean that if you're disbled you can't have so much as one penny over $2,000 to your name. So buying a car and gaining more independence or freedom is largely out of the question for disabled people.

Current regulations penalize social security recipients who receive income from outside sources, even if those sources are reimbursement. Did you get paid to babysit for a few hours? That's income, and you get your benefits reduced. Did you loan a friend $10 and they pay you back? The government considers that $10 income, and you get your benefits reduced.

These aren't mere anecdotes - these are all examples of actual things that have happened to disbled people I know, and if you have any disabled friends in your life I'm sure they can tell you the same stories.

If you value marriage equality, if you value financial independence, if you value the rights of disbled people, please PLEASE support this bill! Contact your reps, vote, and make noise! This is a great thing!

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idk why but none of my posts have actually been posting to my real blog

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The Orange Idiot says we’re in a war. Time for some wartime propaganda to return! Made by Rob Sheridan.

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yo ppl in Plano, McKinney, Frisco, & Allen

instacart workers are striking TOMORROW (3/30/20). help them out by not ordering from instacart!!

if you do need groceries, contact mutualaidntx@gmail.com. please dont message me, i dont have a car. please direct any questions to https://twitter.com/dsantxcc, i was asked to help spread this around!

please reblog to get this around, please refrain from rbing after 3/30 & check the twitter account for updates!

dont cross the picket line!

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If you’re sad cause you can’t go out to the Goth club do the Addams’ Family Finger Snap. *overdramatic sobbing and snapping intensifies* 😢

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Drab Majesty | The Foyer (x)

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Drab Majesty

drabmajesty.bandcamp.com

The Echo // Silverlake, Ca. - 11.22.15

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hey i finally found a surgeon for me to get chest surgery if u could share this i would greatly appreciate it