#America shit

[launch-cronch]

"the plan prioritizes enhanced biosecurity measures and medication to control the spread of the virus."

super-charged bird flu totally resistant to all antivirals (like tamiflu) here we go!

[normal-thoughts-official]

So apparently some Swiss company found out that Brazilian blood has more immunoglobulin (which is used in some medications made by pharma companies) than European blood, and now international pharma companies are lobbying to change Brazilian law to allow them to use our blood as a resource

There is no current evidence that those things are related, but it just so happens that at the same time there is also another law being discussed that would get rid of "bureaucracy" when it comes to ethics analyses of trials on humans. It would also remove the right, which all brazilians currently have, to access to the medication resulting from the trials they participated in

Both sources are in Portuguese because both news have been recently broke by a Brazilian investigative news agency, but if you don't speak it, you can always use automatic translation

I know there's a lot of fucked up shit happening in the world right now, but please pay attention to medical rights in Brasil right now. Especially if you're European, because virtually every company related to this is from your continent and plans to benefit you above all

ETA: using blood as a resource for these medications is not new; however, current law in brasil only allows that use to come from donated blood (because it comes from the plasma and apparently not all of it is used in blood transfusion; I'm not a doctor so I'm not clear on the details but that's the gist of it) and to be processed and used by Hemobrás, the State-owned company that handles this type of medical technology. The new law would allow for private companies to buy our blood from blood banks for their use. It is worth noting that at least one company has already explicitly stated that they won't be making the resulting medication available in the Brazilian market, so, essentially, they will be taking blood Brazilians donated to help other Brazilians and using it to treat immunocompromised Europeans, to the detriment of immunocompromised Brazilians that need the medicine. In the process, they will be making it harder for our State-owned company to use that same blood, forcing us to import from them and therefore making the medication more expensive. They also want to make it possible for Brazilians to sell their own blood - a deeply ethically questionable practice that is discouraged by the WHO and that has led to HIV outbreaks in Brasil in the past

[maigetheplatypus57]

Do you think Evbo learned how to do those jumps and thought "oh this is so sick what's the best way I can show off my parkour skills"

[borealing]

psych invented dees nuts roughly 12 years before it became a meme literally who did it like psych

[callmeizukunotdeku]

I was a kid with a Hunger Games hyperfixation and, from time to time, I'll get reminded of the books. With Trump's inauguration and the TikTok ban and unban, I can't stop thinking about a political tactic called panem et circenses, or bread and circuses.

In Mockingjay, Collins writes "'It’s a saying from thousands of years ago, written in a language called Latin about a place called Rome,' he explains. 'Panem et Circenses translates into "Bread and Circuses." The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.'"

In Collins' world, the Hunger Games was the entertainment. In ours, it's social media. Twitter, Meta, TikTok, are all controlled by political powers. Musk, Zuckerberg. TikTok is owned by Yiming and Rubo, but with the ban and unban, the content it shows in America is filtered to fit Trump's political agenda.

It's entertainment at the cost of information.

[bangchansrose]

if my boyfriend started leading a group called the new avengers that worked with the government (and included the government appointed captain america) after i fought alongside the former captain america for the belief that the avengers should not work with the government due to fear of limitation and corruption AND was chosen by the former captain america to be the next captain america, i too would be fucking pissed

[phantominzie]

EVERYONE.

DONT FORGET TO LOOK UP #cutewinterboots ON TIKTOK! THERE'LL BE SOME BIG BITS OF ICE ON THE ROADS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO BE SURE TO INVEST IN SOME CUTE WINTER BOOTS.

That is all, y'all have a good one and stay safe during all this ICE!

edit: fascists, racists, nazi's, homophobe/transphobes, and trump dick riders can politely fuck off on this post. I'm tired of dealing with y'all, stop trying to be edgy in the comments of this post, I will just block you so piss off.

[gianteyedcrow]

Do yall think Bucky was mad as hell that the twink he left safely at home magically appeared on the eastern front not a twink anymore

[pabro-picasso]

thank u daddy yao 🙏

ok back to hiding for another few weeks

[giodoodless]

Sam Wilson surfed on a missile y'all, a GODDAMN MISSILE.

[nyancrimew]

Wdym you don't wanna visit the US? We have carhenge! People like carhenge! I am 90% sure it caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. Like, I think they saw carhenge and went, "OwO capitalism means carhenge??? FUCK YEAH!!" idk I failed history but I mean, CARHENGE!! FUCK YEAH CARHENGE!! Hey, I'm betting you if you saw carhenge, the US government would go "yeah, you're cool now, nevermind all the pissing off the rich old folk pulling our strings, you have amazing taste and you're cool and awesome and sick and amazing be president" and you can just send all bad people to carhenge and bring about world peace and win the Nobel peace prize and stuff and crime would end too because carhenge is awesome

first off i did not read your whole ask, sorry, but i just had to check because i assumed you made up carhenge for this post but i googled it anyways knowing just how american america can be. and oh my god it's real.

[mrfandomwars]

Steve Rogers is a firm believer of museums giving back the artefacts that they stole, not only because he genuinely believes people deserve to have their things back, but also because the Smithsonian refuses to give him back his shit, and if he doesn't get his family recipe book, his mother's jacket and his father's hat, god willing he will-

[waywardsou2]

Bucky being Bucky but he has an unhealthy dependency on Sam

And I mean Sam has to text him every hour otherwise Bucky will make and means necessary to find him and check in him

Bucky is sleeping and if Sam ever gets up in the night Bucky grabs onto him as an automatic response. He didn't even awake half the time, he's just attunded like that

When Bucky saw that Torres goet injured he almost skipped his press conference to see if Sam was ok

Bucky who holds on just a little too long after hugs.

Bucky who looks over his shoulder so that Sam gives him the all clear in the most mundane of situations (Sam always gives him a thumbs up)

Bucky who worships the ground Sam walks on just because he made him an omelette for breakfast

Bucky who is so damn possessive of Sam that he's gotten into fights with people who look at Sam funny or say any sort of degrading comment

Bucky who became a congressman to change laws for his boyfriend

Bucky who will cling to Sam's waist like a lifeline in bed

Obsessed, possessive and dependant Bucky

[aci25]

The Chinese made another American re-industrialization meme 😂

[azuremallone]

[pabro-picasso]

from @ operator_preston on tiktok im sorry