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‼️The lives of 12 people depend on your hands‼️

We want to thank you for your support and donations for us to make the roof of the tent. We bought a new cover and installed it on the roof of the tent.🤝😊🫂

May God protect you all. My family is happy and prays for your well-being. But now we want your help for the floor of the tent.⛺️😭

Before the genocide, we all lived in a 6-story building, but now we all live in one tent. This is the tent in which 12 people live. There is no space, no privacy, and no comfort.

This is the floor of our tent, it is made of sand and we put cartoon on it to protect us from insects and cold, and it caused allergies for children and me because of eczema, we need to cover the floor with carpets.🙏😭😞

We also need to buy a new tent to expand into and divide ourselves into 6 people in one tent and 6 others in another tent.⛺️😭😞

🛑Please, don't hesitate to donate to us as much as you can😭🙏⬇️

@heritageposts @ibtisams @alhussaini-7 @palestine @gazanarchive @gaza

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(unmasked voice) if trump wins i’m going to start building community locally and going to protests and firebombing walmarts. …why am i not wearing a mask? well the government said i dont have to and people might judge me :(

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anyways it’s a great day to donate to abortion funds! :)

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If you're trans and you don't have a passport, get one. right now. not in a month, not in a week, get started on it today.

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Before January 2025:

If you are a USAmerican in a relationship that might be affected by legislation that dissolves same-sex marriages, who may no longer be recognized as next-of-kin, especially if you have children, get your rights in writing!

Your marriage certificate may not be enough to prove you have rights to make medical decisions for non-biological children or for a same-sex spouse or partner.

Go to a lawyer, get it spelled out as clearly as possible that you have a voice in emergency medical and legal situations.

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I hope none of you disappear in the coming days. Seriously don't do anything that can't be undone.

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if you're feeling powerless right now—and god knows I am—here's a reminder you can donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds, the Trans Law Center, Gaza Soup Kitchen, the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, and hundreds of other charities that will work to mitigate the damage that has been and will continue to be inflicted

life continues. we still have the capacity to do good, important work. that matters

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Check your ballots and tell your people to check theirs. There is a process to fix errors (usually signatures not matching; common with younger voters who tend to sign their ballots nicer than their driver’s license or whatever form they signed to register)

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A friendly reminder to USians: if you are planning to vote on Election Day, your mantra is "Nothing I see today convinces me not to go vote."

Exit polls suggest DT cannot be caught? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Exit polls suggest KH has it in the bag? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Pundits are saying the country is swinging overwhelmingly red? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Pundits are saying the country is swinging overwhelmingly blue? YOU STILL GO VOTE.

Polls can be misleading (intentionally or not). The methodology can be biased (or simply poor). Early results may not reflect what the full count will show. There may be a red mirage. NOTHING YOU SEE CONVINCES YOU NOT TO VOTE.

The biggest Democratic win in swing states means nothing if democrats don't turn out everywhere to keep the reliably blue states blue.

VOTE. Wear appropriate weather gear if you think you may have to stand in a line outside (coat, hat, gloves, umbrella, sunhat, whatever, you know where you live). Bring water and a snack and something to do (book, game on your phone, podcast and headphones, whatever, you know what you like). GO VOTE.

NOTHING YOU SEE ON ELECTION DAY CONVINCES YOU NOT TO VOTE.

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VOTE!!!!

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October is ADHD Awareness Month!

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October is Dysautonomia Awareness Month!

Dysautonomia refers to a group of medical conditions caused by autonomic nervous system dysfunction

Conditions under the dysautonomia umbrella include: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Neurocardiogenic Syncope (NCS), Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), and others

More than 70 million people worldwide are affected by various forms of dysautonomia

Dysautonomia International and Cleveland Clinic have more in-depth articles on dysautonomia for more information

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Opinion Here’s how to get free Paxlovid as many times as you need it

When the public health emergency around covid-19 ended, vaccines and treatments became commercial products, meaning companies could charge for them as they do other pharmaceuticals. Paxlovid, the highly effective antiviral pill that can prevent covid from becoming severe, now has a list price of nearly $1,400 for a five-day treatment course.

Thanks to an innovative agreement between the Biden administration and the drug’s manufacturer, Pfizer, Americans can still access the medication free or at very low cost through a program called Paxcess. The problem is that too few people — including pharmacists — are aware of it.

I learned of Paxcess only after readers wrote that pharmacies were charging them hundreds of dollars — or even the full list price — to fill their Paxlovid prescription. This shouldn’t be happening. A representative from Pfizer, which runs the program, explained to me that patients on Medicare and Medicaid or who are uninsured should get free Paxlovid. They need to sign up by going to paxlovid.iassist.com or by calling 877-219-7225. “We wanted to make enrollment as easy and as quick as possible,” the representative said.

Indeed, the process is straightforward. I clicked through the web form myself, and there are only three sets of information required. Patients first enter their name, date of birth and address. They then input their prescriber’s name and address and select their insurance type.

All this should take less than five minutes and can be done at home or at the pharmacy. A physician or pharmacist can fill it out on behalf of the patient, too. Importantly, this form does not ask for medical history, proof of a positive coronavirus test, income verification, citizenship status or other potentially sensitive and time-consuming information.

But there is one key requirement people need to be aware of: Patients must have a prescription for Paxlovid to start the enrollment process. It is not possible to pre-enroll. (Though, in a sense, people on Medicare or Medicaid are already pre-enrolled.)

Once the questionnaire is complete, the website generates a voucher within seconds. People can print it or email it themselves, and then they can exchange it for a free course of Paxlovid at most pharmacies.

Pfizer’s representative tells me that more than 57,000 pharmacies are contracted to participate in this program, including major chain drugstores such as CVS and Walgreens and large retail chains such as Walmart, Kroger and Costco. For those unable to go in person, a mail-order option is available, too.

The program works a little differently for patients with commercial insurance. Some insurance plans already cover Paxlovid without a co-pay. Anyone who is told there will be a charge should sign up for Paxcess, which would further bring down their co-pay and might even cover the entire cost.

Several readers have attested that Paxcess’s process was fast and seamless. I was also glad to learn that there is basically no limit to the number of times someone could use it. A person who contracts the coronavirus three times in a year could access Paxlovid free or at low cost each time.

Unfortunately, readers informed me of one major glitch: Though the Paxcess voucher is honored when presented, some pharmacies are not offering the program proactively. As a result, many patients are still being charged high co-pays even if they could have gotten the medication at no cost.

This is incredibly frustrating. However, after interviewing multiple people involved in the process, including representatives of major pharmacy chains and Biden administration officials, I believe everyone is sincere in trying to make things right. As we saw in the early days of the coronavirus vaccine rollout, it’s hard to get a new program off the ground. Policies that look good on paper run into multiple barriers during implementation.

Those involved are actively identifying and addressing these problems. For instance, a Walgreens representative explained to me that in addition to educating pharmacists and pharmacy techs about the program, the company learned it also had to make system changes to account for a different workflow. Normally, when pharmacists process a prescription, they inform patients of the co-pay and dispense the medication. But with Paxlovid, the system needs to stop them if there is a co-pay, so they can prompt patients to sign up for Paxcess.

Here is where patients and consumers must take a proactive role. That might not feel fair; after all, if someone is ill, people expect that the system will work to help them. But that’s not our reality. While pharmacies work to fix their system glitches, patients need to be their own best advocates. That means signing up for Paxcess as soon as they receive a Paxlovid prescription and helping spread the word so that others can get the antiviral at little or no cost, too.

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Some people don’t want to hear this but sometimes accessibility is not sustainable or eco-friendly. Disabled people sometimes need straws, or pre-made meals in plastic containers, or single-use items. Just because you can work with your foods in their least processed and packaged form doesn’t mean everyone else can.

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hey my besties who live in red states: id like you to go out and vote anyway.

yeah, the electoral college means your vote doesn't count unless you win your state. it's a terrible undemocratic bullshit system. it's not going to change before this election,* so there isn't much point in complaining about it right now.

if you hold the belief that there's no point in voting because your voice will just be downed out by a chorus of bigotry- chances are other people in your state feel the same way. and because those people are not voting, it's impossible to know how many of you there are. the reason it's important to vote EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE is to make this number public.

when the minority in a state still goes out to vote:

- other members of the minority party know they aren't alone in their state. this encourages MORE people to vote in the next election

- the majority candidates are forced to divert some of their campaign resources away from swing states to secure a state they were already going to win

- the minority candidates are encouraged to spend some time campaigning in your state instead of abandoning it as a lost cause

- assuming you also vote in local elections, the minority is more likely to win representatives in the house

- who knows there might be so many of you that you fucking flip it by mistake

there has been a 700% increase in new daily voter registrations in the few days since Biden dropped out of the race.

thousands of people are deciding, right now, that voting is worth it. some of them live in your state. there is going to be a spike in blue votes across the country. this election is going to have the youngest voter turnout in history. this is the best possible time to join them. join us.

what have you got to lose? one afternoon?

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everyone wants solidarity but nobody wants to put on a mask. everyone wants third spaces but nobody wants to put on a mask. everyone wants mutual aid but nobody wants to put on a mask.

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Since I’ve never seen any kind of positivity post for this:

Shout out to people who get IV infusions weekly, biweekly, monthly, multiple times a year.

Shout out to people whose hands/arms/elbows/feet/legs are covered in scars and scar tissue. Shout out to people whose scar tissue hurts or locks up joints. Shout out to people who are covered in bruises after getting an IV.

Shout out to people whose veins roll or disappear, people who need multiple sticks or digging to get a vein. Shout out to people whose veins blow when getting IVs or during infusions. Shout out to people who feel like their veins have no more to give.

Shout out to people who cry or need someone to hold onto when getting an IV. Shout out to people who have anxiety or panic attacks when getting or thinking about IVs/infusions.

Shout out to people who will continue to need IV infusions into the foreseeable future. Shout out to people who will continue to need IV infusions for the rest of their lives. Shout out to the people who leave their IV in for several days, and thus need to cover it and continue with school, jobs, chores, etc, and sleep with it in.

Shout out to the kids and teens who need IV infusions.

Shout out to people who feel self-conscious about their IV scars. Shout out to people who worry about someone noticing them and treating them differently (though no one should be shamed for their scars, no matter how they got them).

Shout out to people who are traumatized from IVs/infusions. Shout out to people who have terrible memories associated with IVs/infusions.

Shout out to people who go to the hospital for infusions. Shout out to people who get infusions at home. Shout out to people who lose hours of their days while getting infusions.

You are no less worthy of love and positivity because you need IV infusions.

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Anyone can reblog (and please do!), but only people who need (or have needed) regular/intermittent IV infusions should add on.