#cancer center featured story 2

[ramesh2202]

MGM Cancer Institute: Best Cancer Hospital in Chennai, India

MGM Cancer Institute stands as a beacon of hope and healing for cancer patients in Chennai, India. As one of the best cancer hospitals in the region, the institute is renowned for its specialized doctors and comprehensive services in the field of oncology. With a commitment to excellence, a multidisciplinary approach, and state-of-the-art facilities, MGM Cancer Institute offers a range of advanced treatments for various types of cancer. Let's delve into the key aspects that make MGM Cancer Institute a leader in cancer care.

Specialized Doctors in Oncology:

MGM Cancer Institute houses a team of highly specialized doctors in various oncology disciplines. These dedicated experts bring their expertise to the forefront of cancer treatment.

Comprehensive Cancer Services:

The institute offers a wide spectrum of cancer services, including: Surgical Oncology Targeted Therapy Immunotherapy Chemotherapy Radiation Therapy This comprehensive approach ensures that patients receive the most effective and personalized treatment.

Expertise in Various Cancer Types:

MGM Cancer Institute excels in treating a diverse range of cancers, including but not limited to: Pancreatic Cancer Head & Neck Cancer Endocrine Cancer Cervical Cancer Prostate Cancer Lung Cancer Stomach Cancer Skin Cancer Thyroid Cancer Breast Cancer Colorectal Cancer Bladder Cancer Blood Cancer

Cutting-Edge Technology:

State-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facilities enable precise diagnosis and treatment planning. Advanced imaging technologies aid in early cancer detection.

Multidisciplinary Approach:

MGM Cancer Institute follows a multidisciplinary approach to cancer care. A collaborative team of oncologists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, and support staff ensures holistic care for patients.

Patient-Centric Care:

Patient comfort and well-being are paramount at MGM Cancer Institute. Supportive care services, including counseling and nutritional guidance, enhance the overall quality of life during treatment.

Commitment to Research:

The institute actively engages in cancer research and clinical trials. This commitment to innovation ensures that patients have access to the latest advancements in cancer treatment.

Comprehensive Cancer Center:

MGM Cancer Institute functions as a comprehensive cancer center, offering a wide range of services under one roof. This approach streamlines the treatment process for the convenience of patients and their families.

Recognized Excellence:

MGM Cancer Institute is recognized as one of the best cancer hospitals in Chennai, India. Its dedication to excellence in cancer care has earned it a reputation of trust and reliability.

A Trusted Name in Cancer Care:

For those facing a cancer diagnosis, MGM Cancer Institute is a trusted destination for top-quality cancer treatment and care.

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In conclusion, MGM Cancer Institute in Chennai, India, is a testament to the power of specialized expertise, advanced technology, and patient-centered care in the fight against cancer. As a leading cancer hospital in the region, MGM Cancer Institute continues to make significant strides in cancer research and treatment, offering hope and support to individuals and families affected by cancer. Contact For Appointment +91 44 4251 5151

[theodorically]

The Black Parade is the third studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance. Released in Europe on October 23, 2006, and the United States on October 24, 2006,[1] through Reprise Records, it was produced by the band with Rob Cavallo, known for having produced multiple albums for the Goo Goo Dolls and Green Day. It is a rock opera and concept album centered on a dying man with cancer known as "The Patient". The album tells the story of his apparent death, experiences in the afterlife, and subsequent reflections on his life. It is the band's only studio album to feature Bob Bryar on drums before his departure in 2010.

The Black Parade received generally favorable reviews from critics, and the band achieved its first number one single in the United Kingdom with "Welcome to the Black Parade". The album debuted at number two on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart and is also certified as triple-platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), as well as with gold certifications in both Argentina by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers (CAPIF) and Chile by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Chile. The Black Parade was given the Platinum Europe Award by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for one million sales in Europe. The limited edition boxed set also earned My Chemical Romance a nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Four singles were released from the album: "Welcome to the Black Parade", "Famous Last Words", "I Don't Love You", and "Teenagers".

My Chemical Romance began The Black Parade World Tour on February 22, 2007, in the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire. The tour featured 138 performances worldwide, as well as several festival and condensed shows. The tour was the longest and most internationally comprehensive headlining tour the band played, featuring three legs in North America, two legs in Europe, and one in Asia, Australia, and Latin America.

The song "Dead!" appears in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II, and the three songs "Teenagers," "Famous Last Words" and "This Is How I Disappear" were once available as downloadable content. The Black Parade has sold three million copies in the United States as of 2016, and four million worldwide. The record was reissued as The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts on September 23, 2016, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the album's release. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 361 in their updated "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.[2]

Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (often shortened to Three Cheers or Revenge)[1] is the second studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, released on June 8, 2004 by Reprise Records.[2][3] With this album, the band produced a cleaner sound than that of their 2002 debut I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.[4] It was the band's first release to feature rhythm guitarist Frank Iero on all tracks, as well as the final release to feature drummer Matt Pelissier, who would later be replaced by Bob Bryar.[5]

The album was a success for both the band and the label.[6] The record produced four singles—"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", "Helena", "The Ghost of You", and in the United Kingdom, "Thank You for the Venom".[4] It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) less than a year after its release,[3] and has sold over three million copies in the United States.[6]

Musically, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge has been described as emo,[7][8] alternative rock,[8] pop punk,[9] post-hardcore,[10] punk rock,[11] and pop rock.[12] While I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love was considered "a particularly strident entry in that shifty genre of bands tortuously slamming together elements of emo, hardcore, and even metal",[13] Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge "both showcased their songwriting skills and gave them much-deserved attention".[4] Moving away from the "screamo parts"[14] and "the more complicated structures"[15] of their first record in favor of a sound that "skirts the line between pop punk and edgy, theatrical, emo"[4] while being "strongly influenced by hardcore punk",[15] Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge has been variously compared to The Misfits,[16] AFI,[13] and Thursday.[13]

Lead singer Gerard Way has referred to the first single "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" as a "self help pop song"[17] while also being called "a surging piece of emo-pop with a hook as ridiculously catchy as it was ridiculous"[18] and a "moving anthem for the young and depressed"[19] by AllMusic and Rolling Stone respectively. This single went on to be nominated for the Kerrang! award for best single[20] and reached number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[21]

The album opener "Helena" has been referred to as an "album highlight and smash hit". Gerard has claimed that the song "shaped what the album is about" and "revealed their dark side" in comparison to the first single.[17] Its lyrics mourn the loss of Gerard and Mikey's grandmother,[17] Elena Lee Rush, and was their first entry into the top 40.[21]

[amive2567]

Hi there I wanted to participate in your match ups if it was possible ^^

Fandom : Haikyuu

I'm 22 y/o, she/her pronouns, heterosexual. My favourite colors are orange and black, I'm an ISFJ, cancer, for my appearance is short (4'9 ft - 1.52 cm) with shoulder length brown hair and chubby. I love animals (I own 2 cats) and I enjoy talking about mental health.

My ideal type is someone who's in touch with their emotions, someone who shows his soft or special treatment only with me (it could be just little things not something big) , someone who's honest and sensitive, if he has an artistic side or is bi or multilingual is super attractive too. For physical features I find long or messy hair attractive.

Pet peeves: when someone asks me to do something I already planned to do, not letting a song finish if you already let it sound for a while

Some traits I hate is when people rely on someone who's more responsible to get stuff done, people who think higher of themselves than they really are, lies, people who think they are the center of the universe. Uff and people who are not polite (please and thank you are big to me I'm sorry)

And I would like the match up to be romantic please

Thank you for your time ^^

Why?:

he is intouch with his emotions

he can be mischievous, but also has a soft spot

he fondly listens to your rambles

Sugawara will motivate you to reach your goals

Your little story:

Waking up on a weekend morning was special, for most people at least, especially at the beginning of spring. The golden spring sunrays would shine through the windows, and the birds would chirp a wonderful song to wake everyone, but this dream would not come true to you. You woke up with a cat butt in your face and the sound of the busy city of Sendai. Even though you loved your cat dearly, you wished she would act cute like the cats in movies. To the demanding meows, you responded with a soft growl. "I will feed you, but you have to wait a moment." With closed eyes, you grabbed your cat and placed it on Koushi's cold bedside. A groan escaped your lips as you started stretching your muscles.

Now you were still not wide awake, but the smell of fresh coffee and pancakes made you hurry into the kitchen. Before you ran to your food, you grabbed the black and orange Karasuno Sweater from your boyfriend. Your little cat followed you now happily to the kitchen. Soft music was playing in the background and accentuated the noises of the spatula clinking against the pan. To your dismay, your cat passed you by and joined her friend to eat. Sugawara had already filled up their little bowls. She jolted you out of your deep slumber for no apparent cause.

You leaned against the doorframe only to watch your boyfriend with a smile. How his muscles flex against his white Shirt whenever he flips One of the pancakes. He bit his tongue while focusing on the little piece of pancake batter. His messy bed hair was adorable. All you could think of was ruffling his hair even more. If you could, you would capture this moment and frame it, but Your loud stomach growl destroyed it. Koushi turned around with a bright smile. "Good morning darling, did my cooking wake you up?" He flipped the last pancake from the skillet onto the platter alongside the other pancakes and returned the pan to the turned-off stove.

Koushi stepped towards you and placed his hands on your hip. "No, this cute little cat ass made me wake up." You pointed at the guilty cat, who calmly munched on its food. Koushi chuckled. "I hope my pancakes will make up for this horrible wake-up call." You nodded happily. "Of course, they will. Your pancakes are amazing. They're always so flipping delicious." Now Koushi had to laugh. His eyes had little laugh lines. He cupped your cheeks and kissed your forehead. Still laughing, he whispered, "God, I love you."

The both of you just stood there for a while and smiled at each other like teenagers in love. "I thought about doing a little picnic today. So what would you think if we take the pancakes and other little snacks with us and pay a visit to our local park." You suggested, breaking the comfortable silence. "That's a great idea. I will pack up our stuff, and you can get dressed. Even though my sweater suits you very much, it's a little bit chilly for just a sweater and shorts." You nodded with excitement and ran off to get dressed. "I wish every weekend could be like this."

You walked through the park with the leafless trees. "How about this spot? It's the driest one out here, I guess." Koushi pulled out the blanket he carried and placed it on the ground. You pulled out the little snacks Koushi readied earlier. Strawberries, pancakes, little chocolate treats, and more. Koushi sat beside you on the blanket and began to pull out the warmer blanket so the both of you wouldn't freeze to death. You thanked him with a sincere smile, and he returned it. The both of you started to eat quietly. You talked about everything. The topic of mental health and the healthcare system made the entire date more fascinating because you both had the same viewpoint. You contributed facts to the other one and spoke all day about new movies and the current series you're watching together, not only mental health. Your discussions got sometimes interrupted by short and loving kisses. At the end of your "breakfast" the sun was already setting again and you walked back home to cuddle with your cats.

Your special surprise: 🎧Playlist: Pov Your relationship with Suga🎧

A/N:

Thank you so much for participating in my event. It was lovely to get to know you a bit. I hope you like the music I picked out for your short playlist. 💕

[ignocubo]

looking for some queer-centric horror to check out this halloween? check out these episodes from Two Sentence Horror Stories!

Scion (Season 1, Episode 4). Features an interracial gay couple. ‘When a young cancer patient is admitted into an experimental treatment facility, he undergoes a transformation far beyond his control.’

Bag Man (Season 2, Episode 1). Features one canonical queer couple and one implicit queer couple. To detail the parameters of both is a spoiler. ‘A group of high school seniors lands in detention and falls prey to a terrifying villain.’

Elliot (Season 2, Episode 2). Features multiple queer individuals. ‘Dealing constantly with bullies at school, Elliot meets a mysterious janitor who offers a solution for his suffering— but with dark consequences.’

Fix (Season 2, Episode 6). Features a gay couple. ‘Ahead of his parents' death anniversary, Jackson takes a trip to check in with his sister— but soon fears she may have been possessed by a demon.’

Teeth (Season 3, Episode 5). Features a lesbian couple. ‘A couple leaves the city for a romantic weekend in the woods, only to find themselves targets of a group of hostile locals.’

it should be noted that by queer-centric i don't mean the main plotline revolves around queerness, just that the queer relationships are an important part of these stories.

it should also be noted that there are many stories centered around different heritages with portrayals that i find respectful (and as far as i know, accurate)! episodes such as 'El Muerto' (Season 2, Episode 8) and 'Erased' (Season 3, Episode 4) are my favorites, but there are many others!

[xtruss]

Baring It All: Breasts Take Center Stage At This Major Exhibition

— By Jacqui Palumbo | Monday April 22, 2024

"Breasts" runs from April to November at the 60th Venice Biennale international art exhibition. Eva Herzog

(CNN) — What is one of the earliest and enduring subjects in art and media — as well as one of the most censored? Breasts. First carved large onto small “Venus” figurines some 25,000 years ago as totems of fertility, they’re now seen (or hidden) as a potent symbol of desire, motherhood, feminism, sexism, beauty ideals, defiance, controversy or illness, depending on context.

And these are all themes explored broadly in the exhibition “Breasts,” a robust survey on display at the 60th Venice Bienniale. Hosted at the Palazzo Franchetti, the show includes artworks by household names such as Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe and Salvador Dalí, as well as early-career artists including Anna Weyant, Chloe Wise and Lakin Ogunbanwo. Divided into five rooms against the building’s art deco designs, the artworks are meant to be in conversation with one another — and with exhibition-goers — according to the show’s curator Carolina Pasti.

“It’s very intimate, so it’s perfect for international artists to develop a dialogue with each other,” she said in a video call.

One of the first juxtapositions visitors encounter is between the exhibition’s earliest work, an early 16th-century Madonna and child by Bernardino del Signoraccio, and a self-portrait by Sherman which depicts the artist draped in prosthetic breasts and a pregnant belly. Both images of motherhood feature exaggerated anatomy — the baby Jesus in Del Signoraccio’s panel painting exposing his mother’s rigid bosom, while Sherman displays a hyperreal silicone torso in her riff on the Raphael painting “La Fornarina” — and sets the stage by showing how Renaissance artists have continued to influence our attitudes around breasts today.

Left: Bernardino del Signoraccio, "Madonna dell' Umiltà," ca. 1460-1540 Courtesy Flavio Gianassi/FG Fine Arts Ltd. Right: Cindy Sherman, "Untitled 205," 1989 Cindy Sherman

From there, the show winds through painting, sculpture and design, photography, commercial advertising and video art, exploring the ways that breasts have been seen and represented through both the male and female gazes.

“It goes back to cave paintings — we’ve always been fascinated with the human form, and particularly the female form, which has this incredible allure and mystery,” said the artist Teniqua Crawford, who is exhibiting a delicate rendering of the breast as landscape. “Artists keep going back to it.”

“It’s been a wonderful moment to contemplate my own relationship with the meaning of breasts,” she added of the show.

“Breasts” was staged, in part, to promote breast cancer awareness, and marks a partnership with the medical research non-profit Fondazione IEO-MONZINO, which will receive a portion of its catalog sales. It’s a theme apparent throughout the show, with a vivid pink staging and backdrops inspired by the color of the cause. That includes a passageway designed by Buchanan Studio, “Booby Trap” which is draped in pink fabric and features 35 anatomical lights from above.

And the opening night treats? All according to the theme, of course, with suggestively shaped chocolate bon bons and burrata.

Lakin Ogunbanwo "Untitled (2 girls)," 2013 Courtesy Whatiftheworld

Top: Teniqua Crawford, "Fragment Horizon," 2024 Todd White Bottom: Anna Weyant, "Chest," 2020 Courtesy private collection, Europe

Left: Allen Jones, "Cover Story," 2015 Courtesy the artist/Galleria d'Arte Maggiore Right: Allen Jones, "Cover Story," 2015 Courtesy the artist/Galleria d'Arte Maggiore

Top: Laura Panno, "Alfabeto del corpo (Ceramica Blu)," 1990 Courtesy the Artist Bottom: Christopher Bucklow "Tetrarch (Claudia-Schiffer)", 2010 Christopher Bucklow

Giorgio de Chirico "Nudo di donna," 1930 Courtesy private collection, Turin

Louise Bourgeois "The-Reticent Child," 2005 Courtesy private collection, Italy

Masami Teraoka, "Breast on Hollywood Hills Installation Project," 1970 Courtesy Catherine Clark Gallery

[weightlosesuccess]

Michael's Journey: Transforming His Life Through Sustainable Weight Loss

Transforming His Life Through Sustainable Weight Loss

In today's fast-paced world, weight loss often takes center stage in the pursuit of healthier lives. This is the remarkable Michael's Journey: Transforming His Life Through Sustainable Weight Loss.

The Turning Point: Michael's Decision to Change

Michael's story begins like many others. He was leading a busy life, juggling work, family, and social commitments, often neglecting his health. As the numbers on the scale steadily increased, Michael realized he needed to make a change.

The Decision to Transform

Michael's transformation journey started with a decision—a moment of clarity that inspired him to take charge of his health. He recognized that his sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy eating habits were affecting not only his weight but also his overall well-being.

Setting Realistic Goals: The First Step Towards Success

Michael understood the importance of setting achievable goals. The idea of losing a significant amount of weight can be overwhelming, so he broke it down into smaller, manageable milestones.

Realistic Weight Loss Expectations

To avoid setting himself up for disappointment, Michael focused on losing 1-2 pounds per week. This gradual approach to weight loss is not only healthier but also easier to maintain over time.

Sustainable Changes: The Foundation of Michael's Success

Sustainable weight loss is not about quick fixes or crash diets. It's about adopting lifestyle changes that can be maintained for the long term.

Diet: A Focus on Whole Foods

Michael began by reevaluating his diet. He embraced whole foods—fruits, vegetables, and whole grains—and minimized processed foods, sugary drinks, and unhealthy fats. His diet plan included: - Breakfast: Nutrient-rich oatmeal with a topping of fresh berries and nuts. - Lunch: A balanced salad featuring grilled chicken or fish for a protein boost. - Dinner: A wholesome meal with salmon and an assortment of roasted vegetables - Snacks: fruits, vegetables, nuts, and yogurt to keep his energy levels up.

Exercise: Incorporating Physical Activity

To complement his dietary changes, Michael incorporated exercise into his daily routine. His exercise regimen included: - 30 Minutes of Exercise: Most days of the week, he committed to 30 minutes of moderate-intensity workouts. Activities such as walking, running, swimming, and biking became his trusted allies in the journey towards better health.

Balancing Calories: Understanding the Basics

To effectively manage his weight, Michael learned about calorie intake and expenditure.

Calorie Deficit: A Key Principle

The foundation of Michael's weight loss journey was creating a calorie deficit, which means burning more calories than he consumed each day. He achieved this by adopting the dual approach of consuming fewer calories and increasing physical activity. Calorie Calculation Understanding his caloric needs was essential. Michael recognized that factors such as age, sex, weight, height, and activity level influence calorie requirements. He used online calculators to estimate his daily needs. Safe Weight Loss Pace An important aspect that Michael kept in mind was the pace of his weight loss. He understood that losing more than 1-2 pounds per week could be risky. His commitment was to prioritize a safe and steady journey.

Inspiration from Success Stories

Learning from the success of others who had achieved remarkable weight loss goals was another aspect that motivated Michael. Scientific studies revealed how sustained weight loss had a profound impact on reducing the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer. Type 2 Diabetes Remission Moreover, research demonstrated that individuals with type 2 diabetes who achieved significant weight loss had an improved chance of experiencing remission of their condition. These insights further fueled Michael's determination.

The Science Behind Weight Loss: A Glimpse into the Future

In today's ever-advancing world, the future of weight loss is promising, with researchers and technology playing a vital role. Personalized Calorie Recommendations Scientists are working on methods to personalize calorie recommendations based on an individual's unique genetics, metabolism, and lifestyle. This approach will provide tailored guidance for healthier weight management. Innovative Calorie Tracking Technologies In the digital age, new technologies are emerging to help individuals monitor their calorie intake and expenditure with precision. These tools will enable people to make informed decisions about their diets and exercise routines. Smart Food Choices Food companies are making strides in developing healthier options. These foods are not only lower in calories but also higher in essential nutrients. The future will see an array of choices that support healthier eating habits. Accessible Exercise Solutions Advanced exercise technologies and programs are making it easier for people to engage in regular physical activity. These innovations remove barriers to exercise and promote a more active lifestyle.

The Bigger Picture: Battling the Global Obesity Epidemic

Obesity is a global health concern. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over one-third of American adults are classified as obese. Obesity is a significant risk factor for chronic illnesses, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers. The Future of Weight Loss In conclusion, Michael's story reflects the potential for transformative change in the world of weight loss. It underscores the importance of a sustainable approach based on whole foods and consistent exercise. Michael's dedication and determination led to an incredible weight loss of 40kg in just 17 weeks. The future of weight loss is brighter than ever. With evolving research and technology, individuals can expect even more effective and safer methods to help them reach their health and weight-loss goals. The journey towards a healthier future starts with the decision to take the first step, just as Michael did.   Read the full article

[fizziepopangel]

Wrong Turn (2021, Horror)

While I wasn't aware that there was another Wrong Turn installment, I believe this is a was a kind of continuation of the Wrong Turn series. For anyone who isn't familiar with the Wrong Turn movies, the movies all six movies are based around a family of inbred cannibals. In this case, I don't believe there's much evidence of cannibals outside of a single scene set very, very late in the movie, so I'm not quite sure if this really has much to do with the original series... Either way, I watched it and now I wanna talk about it, so let's get into it.

I want to start off by saying that the movie had a solid plot in my opinion. I mean, was a bit cliched in the sense that the story centers around three couples hiking in the Appalachian Mountains and despite seemingly harmless idea of their hike, they are warned by locals in the town they're staying in while hiking that they need to stay on the marked trail because there are dangers within the forest.... And of course, being young and dumb, the group chalks these warnings up to ramblings from a town of hillbillies, and they do end up straying from the path. Anyone who has seen a horror movie and has even a quarter of a braincell could've told you that they wouldn't stay on the path, so it wasn't all that original in that sense of things, just like anyone who has seen the original Wrong Turn series could tell you that there would be a lot of traps set for the purpose of hunting, and that a lot of those traps would involve some very pointy spikes. While I appreciated the gore that came from both of these decisions, I saw them coming based on my knowledge of the common sense of most people in horror movies and my prior knowledge of the series I believe this to be a part of. The real thing that was interesting to me was the hunters.

Now, as I previously mentioned, the original Wrong Turn series featured a family of inbred cannibals. For anyone who doesn't know how inbreeding happens, the technical meaning of it is when breeding happens between 2 closely related people or animals.... It tends to be what people call it when incest occurs over generations. On top of being plain icky, inbreeding can cause a whole host of issues in a person's genetic make-up because it increases the chances of the next generation to inherit genetic disorders. After generations of this, the people who are products of this can have physical deformities and mental disorders that drastically effect their quality of life. In the original series, the cannibals in question had been the product of generations of inbreeding that resulted in a host of issues ranging from things that seemed to effect their physical appearances to things that effected their communication abilities, leaving them to communicate in mainly animalistic grunts....

The 2021 take doesn't seem to have any of that. The hunters in this movie are actually villagers from a town called The Foundation that formed in 1859 before the war and the village inhabitants have no outright signs of inbreeding. Though they speak a different language and honestly appear to have a very cult-ish look, members of the village seem to be well spoken and don't seem to have any deformities or disabilities; when spoken to, the leader of the village even goes as far as telling the group of hikers that they have no cancer due to their way of life within the mountains. And despite the cannibalistic nature of those in the original movies, the villagers within this take hunt for game within the forest and burn the bodies of the dead rather than eating them. The village even has its own justice system that comes complete with a sort of prison where people are put for trespassing or stealing from the village community, and though we only get a glimpse of it, it seems to be filled with the outsiders who wandered into the forest and never wandered back out. I'm not gonna say that I disliked this change, but I did feel kinda cheated out of the classic cannibal aspect of the series.

Ok, so plot changes aside, I want to talk about the level of gore. I am a strong believer that there's never such a thing as too much gore as long as it's well done and doesn't subtract from the plot of the story being told. Gore is actually the biggest reason I enjoyed the original Wrong Turn movies, and honestly tends to play a big role in most of the horror movies I enjoy, but I will admit that I wasn't as focused on the bloody part of the 2021 take on Wrong Turn as I was on the plot and the changes I mentioned before, but there were still a few gorier scenes that definitely deserve some props for the makeup, prosthetics, and use of fake blood. It was extremely well done and started early enough to keep me entertained since we got to see the aftermath of an incident withing the first 20 minutes of the movie!

In all honesty, the biggest issue I had with this instalment was actually that I wished it ended more like my favorite instalment of the series, Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings.... If you know you know. Aside from that little note on the beginning, I actually quite liked the movie as a whole and would absolutely recommend this to someone looking for something good to watch, especially since the movie is different enough that it can be watched as a complete stand alone for anyone who isn't interested in the inbred cannibal bit of the series. It's a shoe in for my official recommendation list when it comes to horror movies and eared itself a solid 8/10

[tilbageidanmark]

Movies I watched this Week #103

The Passion According to Andrei is the complete (3 hours and 26 minutes) version of Tarkovsky’s ‘Andrei Rublov’, about the life of Russia’s greatest icon painter. A biblical cinematic Tour de Force, which is No. 26 on the S&S Director List of greatest films of all time.

Russian film studio Mosfilm has uploaded the 4k extended version of Andrei Rublev to Youtube (together with many other Russian classics).

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Going through Kogo-nada’s ‘Oeuvre’:

🍿 After Yang is the acclaimed Near-Future sci-fi story about love and loss around a racially-mixed family whose robotic child malfunctions and can’t be repaired. It’s a very slow, low-lighted, low-key (too low key!) and very slight, where so much is left unsaid. High up on ‘Gentle Cinema’ lists, it is indeed melancholy and introspective, subtle and lyrical, but without a payout. The little girl who played the adapted Chinese daughter was fantastic.

🍿 Kogonada chose his pseudonym from a screenwriter who frequently worked with Yasujirō Ozu. He started his career as a video essayist, and made the leap into full feature making. Breaking Bad // POV was his first, breakthrough video essay. Hands of Bresson, a beautiful short for The Criterion Collection. Wes Anderson // Centered is perhaps the best short introduction to WA style. And Way of Ozu makes clear his spiritual connection to the Japanese master.

More of his earlier shorts are on his old Vimeo stream.

🍿 But my biggest discovery was his dreamy debut feature, Columbus which he also beautifully-wrote and edited. (Slideshow Above). This was an intimate, modern Ozu-inspired tale about spaces, deep and quiet and emotionally fraught. Strangely, I looked for it on movie-lists for architecture nerds, and didn’t find it on any. Pure & unforgettable, it’s a 10/10 for me.

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Marty, Paddy Chayefsky’s 1955 Oscar drama about an ugly, “stocky” butcher Ernest Borgnine looking for love. It’s hard to imagine his greatest role to be a romantic lead, but there he is, a 34-year-old Bronx bachelor who’s routinely rejected and is tired of looking for a girl. A sweet look at the type of people not usually depicted in movies. 7/10.

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First watch: Roland Emmerich’s subversive big-budget spectacular, The day after tomorrow. Maybe because I haven’t see many disaster blockbusters like this, i found it terrific from the very first majestic moments of the opening spot. A prescient scenario that looks today less science fiction, and more as our near-future global collapse. 8/10.

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My first two by Czech renegade Jan Němec:

🍿 The whole nearly-wordless, harrowing nightmare Diamonds of the Night follows two young concentration camp escapees, as they run from the train taking them ‘there’, through woods and marshes, trying to evade a persistent shooting party of old farmers, and all the while haunted by memories and hallucinations. With an opening shot that is considered ‘the longest tracking shot in the Czechoslovak cinema's history. Ambivalent horror - 8/10.

🍿 His most famous satire A Report on the Party and the Guests, as if Kafka were to start shooting comedies. A group of jolly party goers are trapped by another group of bureaucrats while frolicking in nature. Anti-authoritarian political allegory.

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Sometimes I love luxuriating myself in a sappy, obvious and uncomplicated romance story, especially if it stars Diane Lane. Paris can wait is Eleanor Coppola (Francis Ford’s wife) in her narrative directorial debut. 50-year-old Lane is such a babe, so following her on a road trip from Cannes up north with a flirtatious gentlemen, one of her husband's French business associates, is good for the eyes, and good for the heart. 7/10.

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2 with David Bowie and 2 with Derek DelGaudio:

🍿 I read that composer Ryuichi Sakamoto just released his "last" streamed home concert as he struggles with terminal cancer, So I hurried to re-visit Nagisa Ōshima’s classic Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence for the first time in 40 years.

Not only did Sakamoto composed the terrific score, but he also played the only interesting character in this stilted war film, Captain Yonoi, who falls in love with the Bowie character, a blond Adonis rebel without a real cause. Takeshi Kitano was in it too. It did not age well. 3/10.  🍿 “I am The Roulettista”... 3rd or 4th re-watch of Derek Delgaudio’s In & if itself, a 2021 interactive staged performance / personal discovery / art installation, centered around magic and identity. Enigmatic exploration of personal pain. With cameos by Marina Abramovic, Bill Gates, Tim Gunn, others. 8/10. 

🍿 The Prestige is Christopher Nolan’s ‘mystery’ movie a bout a rivalry between two magicians, which Derek Delgaudio “consulted” for. Bowie played Nikola Tesla sporting a big mustache and a bad accent.

I didn’t like the few Nolan’s films I saw (except maybe ‘Momento’), and I started watching this twice before. But the atrocious acting, dreadful script and bland story made it very hard to finish, and I had to bail out in midpoint. 1/10.

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Three short films by experimental pioneer Maya Deren:

To be honest, I never heard of this avant-garde artist, until seeing her name on the new Sight & Sound poll. Meshes of the Afternoon is the 16th best movie of all times? The 40th Best American film ever? A 1943 silent surrealist done by a young Hollywood outsider, who claimed that "I make my pictures for what Hollywood spends on lipstick”? I didn’t expect to like it that much, but then I wanted to see more:

At Land, another 15-minutes silent, experimental film, very “artsy” and modern, 100% noncommercial, and so Not-American.

A Study in Choreography for Camera, a very short glimpse of an abstract dance piece.

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Related: Agnès Varda 2015 short Les 3 boutons. A 14-year-old girl, her three goats, and abstract dreams. In colors.

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2 Without Adult supervision:

🍿 Boys alone & Girls alone: What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Is Left with No Supervision for Five Days? As part of a British reality TV series in the late 2000s, two sets of 11-to-12-year-old children, one group of 10 boys and another group of 10 girls, were left by themselves in a house for 5 days. They had food, bedding, games, paint, toys, bikes, furniture, etc. They had each taken a cooking course beforehand. None of the children had met before. So what happened?

🍿 That BBC series reminded me mostly of the ‘7 Up series’ and the story of Lord of the flies. Peter Brooks adaptation of the novel was a grim and smashing of the ‘Noble Savage’ myth. Kids become little fascists, if nobody stops them.

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Antonio Marziale's unsettling debut short Starfuckers, about a Hollywood director with a habit of inviting pretty male escorts to his house for paid sex and unfulfilled promises of stardom. An intimate power-play revenge thriller.

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First watch: Charlie Chaplin’s A Burlesque on Carmen, the 2-reeler version from 1915. Edna Purviance is the girl, and Chaplin is not the tramp, but a silly officer. It ends with an untypical murder-suicide!

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"Just one more thing"... I didn’t know that just before he did ‘Duel’ and among his early television work, 24-year-old Steven Spielberg directed the very first episode of Columbo: Murder by the Book. A 100% competent debut that included Peter Falk making an omelette to the victim’s wife.

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Sammy challenged me to watch the new Mia Goth slasher X (2022), and predicted that I won’t last more than 30 minutes. Since I usually refuse to watch horror movies, I was surprised how low-key “normal” the first half of it was, and was able to finish the whole lot. It leaned heavily into classic horror tropes, like ‘picking them one by one’ from ‘The Texas Chainsaw massacre’, The ‘Grande Dame Guignol’ from Psycho, The old ghost lady from ‘The Shining’, even the alligator attack from ‘Jaws’. 2/10.   

🍿   I should watch Chungking Express again! Also the few of Wong Kar-wai’s films that I haven’t seen yet (’Happy together’, ‘The grandmaster’, etc.)

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Throw-back to the art project:

Russian icon Adora.

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(My complete movie list is here)

[inceptionwatchparty]

Inceptiversary 2022 Watch Parties: Weekend 6 (Friday, August 5 - Saturday, August 6)

For the penultimate weekend of Inceptiversary watch parties, we’re hosting a double feature of Joseph Gordon-Levitt films. Don’t miss out on these two numerically-titled comedies!

1. 50/50 - Friday, August 5, 8PM EDT | Saturday, August 6, 12AM GMT

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

2. 10 Things I Hate About You - Saturday, August 6, 8PM EDT | Sunday, August 7, 12AM GMT

A pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does.

Watch parties occur in the #watch-party channel on the Inception Discord server and are open to all! (Message us if you need an invite.) To participate in a watch party, you can watch the screenshare stream on Discord, or sync up with us using your own copy of the movie.

Quick links

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[sinceileftyoublog]

Shamir Interview: A Post-Lil Nas X World

Photo by Marcus Maddox

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Shamir Bailey is a popstar--yes--but he’s also a pop master. Ever since his electropop debut Ratchet was released in 2015, he’s added a new dimension to his sound on every release. 2020′s self-titled record (one of our favorites of that year) even featured some country crooning, yet another feather in the cap. On his latest album Heterosexuality, out today and self-released, Shamir collaborated with producer Hollow Comet (Strange Ranger’s Isaac Eiger) to make an album inspired by dark, industrial music from Nine Inch Nails to The Haxan Cloak. It’s also the first record of Shamir’s to center around his queerness.

Though Shamir has been open about being nonbinary for pretty much his entire musical career and has talked about his queerness in past songs, Heterosexuality confronts it head-on. “I don’t wanna be a girl / I don’t wanna be a man,” he sings on “Cisgender”, essentially his ask to others to quit pigeonholing him and forcing labels on him. “I’m married to me,” he proclaims on funky bop “Marriage”, an anthem of self-love. Whether intentional or not, you could say Shamir does the same thing with his music by being so effortlessly varied in style and subject. Shoegaze guitars and stadium-sized snares back his blistering falsetto on one song; on the next, he raps. He closes the album with a bossa nova tune. And Shamir is also unafraid to tell stories from other perspectives. Standout “Caught Up”, a club track with acoustic guitar, propulsive beats, shiny synths, and ping-ponging arpeggios, is especially dark-sounding--“I couldn’t wait till I’d be killed,” Shamir sings--until you realize he’s writing a song from the perspective of someone whose friend is dying of cancer. It’s not that Shamir forces these dark thoughts onto himself; rather, his ability to empathize allows him to enter nadirs and come out changed--and with a song.

I spoke to Shamir over the phone last week from Washington, D.C. where he was on tour with Courtney Barnett. Read our conversation below, edited for length and clarity, where we talk about Heterosexuality, Lil Nas X, cold brew, and much more.

Since I Left You: Why did you choose "Gay Agenda”, “Cisgender”, and “Reproductive” as the introductions to the record? Was it to present a newfound aesthetic?

Shamir Bailey: Looking back I probably wouldn’t have done “Gay Agenda” as the first single. The only reason I did is because it’s the shortest song on the record. The other two after that are 5 minutes, but people have been enjoying these 5-minute singles! [laughs] Maybe even more than the 2-minute singles. I definitely feel like the titles “Gay Agenda”, “Cisgender”, and “Reproductive” link up.

SILY: You’ve said this was the first album of yours to explicitly confront queerness. What made now the time to do that?

SB: I’m older and wiser. I think I even had the foresight when I was younger to not tackle something like this until I was fully able to understand how to do it correctly.

SILY: What does “correctly” mean to you in the context of this record?

SB: I don’t think addressing it was the problem, just making an album like this. I’ve talked about my queerness in past records and songs before. I think now what’s different is that I’m not trying to preach anything or teach anything. With the times, people understand a little bit better. When I was first premiered as an artist in 2014, the concept of a nonbinary popstar was very new, and I spent the entire time talking about that. We live now in what I like to call a “post-Lil Nas X world” so being myself as an artist isn’t that crazy anymore. I can talk about my queerness in a way without having to carry the entire community on my back.

SILY: Are you a Lil Nas X fan?

SB: I mean, who isn’t? If you’re not, I don’t trust you!

SILY: A few of these tracks have momentary background speaking or vocal samples. Where did those come from?

SB: That’s Hollow Comet. He likes that. His production isn’t based around clips, but he really likes them in a way that I can’t describe because I’m not him. But when we made the record, he had me make him a YouTube playlist of my favorite funny YouTube clips. He used them. There was one we wanted to have on the record that was distinctive so you could tell where it was from, but we couldn’t get permission. [laughs]

SILY: What’s the inspiration behind the lyrics of “Caught Up”?

SB: It’s an older song. I wrote it in 2016. I was watching this movie [Miss You Already] with Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore, and the Toni Collette character gets cancer, and they’re best friends. It’s so sad. I immediately wrote that song, so then I started thinking about if my best friend since eighth grade were to die. It made me incredibly sad, so the song is about what I would do or how I would feel if I were to lose my best friend.

SILY: What’s the significance of the line “cold brew and ginger beer to get rid of these nightmares” on “Cold Brew”?

SB: I am a cold brew addict. I basically made it my personality the past couple years. That song is specifically about how over the pandemic, on top of COVID and everything, I had just quit smoking cigarettes and weed, so my brain chemical makeup was readjusting. [laughs] For a good couple months, I was having crazy nightmares. I drank cold brew to stay up so I didn’t have to go to sleep and have these nightmares. “Cold brew and ginger beer,” I just liked how that sounded, but they’re two things that have caffeine.

SILY: Do you make your own cold brew?

SB: I do not, but I want to eventually for sure.

SILY: The final track on the record, “Nuclear”, is another aesthetic about-face: a bossa nova tune. What’s the inspiration behind that song?

SB: That song is basically me doing my own version of “This Masquerade” by Carpenters. I love Karen. 

SILY: Are you playing these songs live right now?

SB: We learned a good amount of them, mostly for a session we’re gonna do, but on this tour, we’re doing “Reproductive” and “Cisgender”.

SILY: How was adapting the songs to the live stage this time around?

SB: Not that hard. Now that I know my live set up and have had the same live set up [for a while], I do write with it in mind. We’re only a three-piece rock band, one guitarist, one bassist, one drummer, so it’s a bit more stripped-down live, so I make sure the elements of my songs are still there so the lack of production doesn’t stand out.

SILY: Are you playing “Father”? On its own, that song is pretty stripped down.

SB: No, maybe eventually. We have an opening set, so I just want to do 2 new ones and plenty of self-titled, which I didn’t really get to tour!

SILY: How have the shows been so far?

SB: This was my first tour since the pandemic, so I was extremely nervous hitting the road, but it’s been going so smoothly I’m actually weary. It’s wonderful. [Editor’s note: Unfortunately, a day after this interview was conducted, the rest of the tour was postponed due to a positive COVID case in Courtney Barnett’s touring group.] Everywhere we go, people have been pretty good about wearing masks. It’s basically a quarantine tour, so once we get off stage, we just go to the green room. We don’t sell our own merch or go into the audience.

SILY: Are you the type of artist who’s always writing? Anything you’re working on?

SB: I have a whole other record already written and about a half a record’s worth of songs.

SILY: Anything you’ve been listening to, watching, or reading lately that’s influenced you?

SB: Heterosexuality was the first record where the influence is really clear, since I was working with Hollow Comet. Generally, I take inspiration from everything. Songs come to me. Heterosexuality is my first roughly conceptual album, so it’s funny going back to the older way I used to write. I haven’t been influenced by anything specifically. One of the songs is a really mournful tune about climate change, and another one is a really cinematic love story that’s not even mine, I just had the idea for it after watching It’s A Sin.

SILY: “Abomination” is the first time you’ve rapped in a while. Did you go into the record thinking you wanted to rap on a song again?

SB: Absolutely not. I have so much trauma about rapping, so it was actually really hard for me to do. I remember telling Isaac that I felt like I needed to rap on the song because I couldn’t sing on it, but I didn’t know if I could bring myself to rap on it. I’m glad I pushed myself to do it.

SILY: Do you have any upcoming tour plans?

SB: I’m not that eager to get back on the road. I’m only doing this one because I love Courtney Barnett. 

[reportwire]

Raising Awareness About Colorectal Cancer

Newswise — With the arrival of March, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, faculty and staff in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Section of Digestive Diseases are redoubling their efforts to spread the word about the importance of screening, especially in younger individuals and those with a family history of the disease. Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the…

[faorism]

Title: between your thighs i find our story (the more like lezverage amiright? remix) [2/6] Relationships: Eliot/Parker-focus within Eliot/Parker/Hardison. Notes: E. WIP with 5100 words for chapter. Multi-part story centering on a lesbian date between nonbinary!Parker/dyke!Eliot featuring old age (they are ambiguously in late 60s/early 70s), disability (including persistent post-concussion syndrome, seizures, physical limitations, cancer in remission, and depression), emotional h/c, reflection on being a caregiver and/or care receiver, physical therapy, and an overwhelming amount of gentle established relationship.

Summary: "I'm definitely lesbian in love with you," Parker tells Eliot offhandedly, their eyes barely glancing up from a schematic of in-vivo muscle force–velocity behavior. → start at the beginning here

Chapter Summary: Parker tries to figure out how to get the lesbian date going, and they are filled with bubbles after getting a sweet response from Eliot to an email. → read here on ao3

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Watching: The Devil All the Time

What I found interesting about this movie is that the movie wasn’t centered around a plot but around its themes. See, there was no “story” in the movie, it’s a collection of stories that all featured similar themes and ideas. If I had to break it down, this movie was a deconstruction of “traditional” American values, specifically Christianity, masculinity, and the small-town life.

Usually in mainstream movies, those 3 themes are portrayed in a positive light. Jesus imagery is typically used to emphasize the goodness of the main hero, the masculinity of male protagonists is used to emphasize their strength, and small towns are usually portrayed as the hub of wholesome life. However, in TDATT, these 3 themes are portrayed in a negative light. For example:

1) Arvin’s father, consumed by his religion and driven to despair over his wife’s cancer, shoots his dog as a “sacrifice” to God.

2) Robert Pattinson’s pastor character uses his position to seduce the girls in the town. He exploits their Christian guilt and naivety for his own desires.

3) Arvin, our main hero, ruthlessly beats up his classmates who were harassing his stepsister. And these aren’t your typical Hollywood school bully beatdowns, he beats them with a level of sadism that feels borderline evil. Then, when he learns about what the pastor did to his stepsister, his first thought is to go straight to murder. 

4) The gruff town sheriff is typically portrayed as the fierce, noble defender of the town (think Jim Hopper from Stranger Things). But here, he’s portrayed as a corrupt, inept asshole who only cares about being in a position of power. 

5) Pastor Roy kills his wife because he thought he was given the power to resurrect her from God. 

6) The small-town isn’t this hub of wholesome life and enjoyment. Here, the small-town feels dead and soulless. Nearly every shot of the towns are empty and unappealing to look at, which I believe was intentional. Plus, every time the movie focuses on the “beauty” of the area, it leads into something horrible happening (Pastor Roy being murdered, Lenora being raped). Also, it’s saying a lot when our main hero Arvin finds peace by ESCAPING the small town as he catches a ride to the big cities. 

And so on. So yeah, this isn’t the happiest of movies as this movie is focused on the misery of its characters. But I did like its exploration of these themes. True, the execution could’ve been better at some points (Sebastian Stan’s character felt underdeveloped and the treatment of the female characters is pretty poor) but overall, I thought it was a decent thriller.

Grade: Solid B

[doctormage]

ok as promised here's my whole thedosian astrology spiral in one big post

underneath a read more bc i love you all

starting w my tags from the first post bc context:

#bc i saw a post that put the zodiac seasons (for thedas) roughly from the 20th of one month to the 20th of the next #like it is irl #but the zodiac seasons coincide w the actual seasons #the start of aries season is the vernal equinox #the start of cancer season is the summer solstice #the start of libra season is the autumnal equinox #the start of capricorn season is the winter solstice #and (to my knowledge??) the seasons in thedas start with their annum holidays or whatever #wintersend = beginning of spring #summerday = beginning of summer #all souls day = beginning of fall #satinalia = beginning of winter #(someone PLEASE correct me if im wrong on that) #well i know summerday and satinalia are right but #ANYWAY #using that logic the zodiac seasons would also start on those days #thedas-aries season would run from the 1st to the 30th of guardian #thedas-taurus would be 1-30 drakonis #thedas-gemini would be 1-30 cloudreach #so that thedas-cancer aka the start of summer aka summerday aka THE FIRST OF BLOOMINGTIDE #kSLFdfslkdFDKs #anyway. now i have to be Right about this#my previous hyperfixation and my current one.....coming together....to make me into a Massive Bitch<3

when would the zodiac signs' seasons take place in the thedosian calendar?

so bc the zodiac signs are based on constellations and all the lore etc that accompanies them i'm not even gonna touch that (YET.....yet...) but since spring, summer, autumn, and winter start on the first days of guardian, bloomingtide, august, and firstfall, respectively, so would those particular seasons of the zodiac

thedas-equivalent-of-aries season would just be 1-30 guardian, bc irl the beginning of aries season coincides with the beginning of spring and continues until the sun moves into taurus; all the cardinal signs (aries, cancer, libra, capricorn) begin on the first of the season like that, so we can assume that – IF there are 12 zodiac signs in thedas – the sun is in each sign for approximately a month. so that in 3 months the next cardinal sign can coincide w the beginning of that season

imo it makes sense that (if we're assuming thedas also has 12 signs and that their sun spends roughly equal time in all of them) four of them would coincide w the beginning of the seasons. so like yeah thedas is fake and for all we know they have 10 zodiac signs and they all start on wildly different days, but then everything is just shooting in the dark and where's the fun in that. obviously the changing of the seasons is important to them bc their holidays center around them, therefore i don't think it's wildly out of the blue to think that whatever star sign system they have going on would similarly coincide w the changing seasons

again i'm not currently bothering with picking constellations/symbols/stories/traits/etc for each sign so i'll just say first, second, third etc. point being the seasons of the zodiac would actually be like they are below, rather than how they are irl (aka the 20th-ish of each month to the 20th-ish of the next; it's like that irl bc our calendar is stupid and the beginning of the seasons randomly happens 2/3 of the way thru the month):

first sign = begins spring, 1-30 guardian

second sign ≈ 1-30 drakonis

third sign ≈ 1-30 cloudreach

fourth sign = begins summer, 1-30 bloomingtide

fifth sign ≈ 1-30 justinian

sixth sign ≈ 1-30 solace

seventh sign = begins autumn, 1-30 august

eighth sign ≈ 1-30 kingsway

ninth sign ≈ 1-30 harvestmere

tenth sign = begins winter, 1-30 firstfall

eleventh sign ≈ 1-30 haring

twelfth sign ≈ 1-30 wintermarch

okay so we have cardinal signs, what about fixed and mutable signs?

the cardinal signs are CALLED the cardinal signs bc they begin the seasons; they're the ~get up and goers~ of the zodiac, motivated, leaders, trail blazers, energetic, etc. they litchrally bring in the changes of the season so that makes sense right

so IF we are to continue w that logic — and here's where i'm getting (even more) conjecture-y, but i feel p confident that since 4 of the 5 major holidays in thedas are based on the changing seasons aka thats important — then the traits of the thedas-equivalent of those signs would also have similarities to the irl cardinal signs (namely the traits listed above)

but there are also FIXED signs and MUTABLE signs: so called bc fixed signs are firmly planted in the middle of each season (taurus in spring, leo in summer, scorpio in autumn, aquarius in winter) and bc mutable signs precede the major change from one season to the next (gemini from spring to summer, virgo from summer to autumn, sagittarius from autumn to winter, pisces from winter-to-spring)

and again bc these are based on the seasons, it also makes sense to me that, generally speaking, the signs in the middle and at the end of the seasons would also be distinct in some way. and probably have similarities to irl fixed and mutable signs, tho i'm not as obstinate about that as i am abt the cardinal signs. but anyway MOVING ON

[the one section with the fan-made sky map ended up being relatively useless even tho the sky map was in fact very cool]

general disclaimer that at this point i’m literally just. straight up guessing lmao

also since we only have so many constellations we see in-game, and since they each come with a codex giving us at least a little background info (aka CRUMBS), any suggestions of which constellations are part of the zodiac are based on those specifically. obviously in real life theres a bazillion constellations that aren’t part of the zodiac, but we do not have the luxury of knowing every constellation in thedas so i am going with what we got

the thedosian constellation map (the canon one) is different than the fan-made sky map, but because i highly doubt anyone at bioware could’ve predicted someone would be As Insane As I Am Being Right Now about it, i don’t think they probably put a lot of thought into making it lmao. the fan made sky map DID have thought put into it tho, and it actually features the constellations we see in-game, so i’m going w that one ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

AND. i’m gonna look at the names of the months (both the fancy ancient tevinter names and the ~low/common~ names) in comparison w the constellations we have at our disposal bc why the fuck wouldn’t they be related in some way. this has no basis in any deeper logic than “maybe the fact that the ‘common’ name for this month is drakonis has somethinng to do with the constellation draconis idfk” but like. it’s literally the same name but with one letter (that makes the same sound) changed. i don’t think i’m asking too much here lmao

signs that start the seasons

wintersend is canonically associated with the old god urthemiel; the codex entry for the constellation bellitanus states it (is believed that it) was originally associated with urthemiel. using the same reasoning as with satinalis/satinalia, i’m gonna assume that bellitanus-as-a-zodiac-season would start with wintersend and last through the whole of guardian

summerday was once called andoralis, dedicated to the old god andoral; the codex entry for the constellation servani states it is thought to be representative of andoral, but where the wiki says andoral is the god of unity, the codex says andoral was the god of slaves. (doesn’t clarify if andoral is like, a figure to which the enslaved would turn to in their plight, as like a savior? or whether andoral is...just associated with slaves in some way.) i have no idea what the fuck to do w that except assume bioware is back on their bullshit! i’m gonna come back to this later

all soul’s day was once funalis, dedicated to dumat, old god of silence; the codex entry for the constellation silentir (which literally means ‘silence’ lmao) is usually said to represent dumat. so by this logic we might say the zodiac season for silentir begins with all soul’s day and ends with the last day of august

the constellation satinalis is canonically associated with satinalia, so it makes sense to me that if satinalis is part of the zodiac, its season would start with satinalia / last through the month in which the holiday takes place. aka firstfall

with these in mind, we have (tentatively) 3 of our 4 cardinal signs aka the signs that begin the seasons: bellitanus for spring, silentir for autumn, and satinalis for winter

looking at the fan-made sky map, these aren’t super evenly spaced apart (but then again neither are irl constellations perfectly proportioned so whatever!) HOWEVER. they do still, at least vaguely 😭, follow a clockwise pattern in the correct order of guardian/spring → summerday/bloomingtide → all soul’s day/august → satinalia/firstfall. it’s about the small victories ok *inquisitor ameridan voice* take moments of happiness where you find them or whatever

what about the other 8 signs???

great question!!! haha!!!

✨I Am Once Again About To Start Guessing Wildly✨

because even tho the “cardinal signs” go clockwise and in order, there’s still an uneven amount of constellations BETWEEN them. there should be 2 between each but, for example, silentir and satinalis only have tenebrium between them. and there are fucking....TEN constellations between satinalis and bellitanus so we’re going to have to get even more creative somehow<3 lmao these are all taken from the codex entries for the constellations (the names are links!)

TOTH: tevinter old god of fire, thats p much it. the codex does say sometimes toth is depicted as a “flaming orb” which maybe i truly have succumbed to the brain worms but i hear ‘orb’ and ‘god’ and ‘flame’ (aka light/energy/etc or perhaps idk a fucking explosion) and yall already know where my dumb ass is going w that 🥴

since the rules are made up and the points dont matter, i have decided Fuck Bioware, toth is going with summerday now. i dont give a rats ass about andoral since apparently they dont care to tell us what he was actually god of, so welcome toth you are now in charge of the beginning of summer bc i said so

TENEBRIUM: associated with lusacan, tevinter old god of darkess/night. also obvious associations with falon’din, elven god of death, whose sacred animal is an owl

pea brain analysis: its dark in winter lol; slightly larger, maybe lima-bean-sized brain analysis: the beginning of a new year (aka first day aka first of wintermarch) could hypothetically be associated w the past ‘dying.’ and also the holiday was originally an annual check to make sure everyone was alive, so i don’t see why gods of death can’t be associated w making sure all your loved ones weren’t taken by said god of death lol

ELUVIA: commonly called “sacrifice,” it’s (apparently) based on an orlesian tale in which a woman is saved from a “””lustful mage””” (i love bioware i love this frachise) by being placed in the sky and becoming a constellation. before this inspiring tale that is definitely not anti mage propaganda, eluvia may have represented razikale, tevinter old god of mystery. the imagery of this constellation is a seated woman with a cloud right above her - literally like her head is in the clouds (also bc it sounds like ‘eluvian’ i’m like 👀)

i’m inclined to pair this one up with cloudreach both bc the ancient tevinter name is “eluviesta” and bc the woman in the story is literally. in the clouds. simple enough

PERAQUIALUS: it’s a boat! but apparently a “primitive vessel” sailed by ancient peoples like the neromenians. according to the codex the translation is usually ‘across the sea’ rather than ‘boat’ but that doesnt rly help me lol

sorry my beloved. before me stand 10 beautiful constellations but i only have 9 pictures in my hands. you are not thedas’s next top zodiac sign

DRACONIS: obviously its a dragon lol

i think the drakonis (the month) / draconis (this constellation) correlation is. pretty evident lmao and since we have all but thrown credible hypothesizing out the window, why NOT?? why not make drakonis the season of draconis!!! 🤡

FERVENIAL: an oak; some believe it could be representative of andruil, elven goddess of the hunt, as the vir tanadhal (“way of the three trees”) is her whole thing

sigh idk *spins wheel* leaves start changing color in mid-late autumn so *spins wheel again* fervenial can go with harvestmere which is thedas-october it’s fine

JUDEX: a big ol sword, sometimes called the “sword of mercy,” referring to pre-andrastian concepts of justice in ancient tevinter

speaking of pulling ideas right out of my ass, if this constellation is associated w justice it makes sense to me that its season would be in the month of justinian. bc again why the fuck not!

EQUINOR: the stallion / a horse, sometimes depicted as a seated griffon. some speculate the original imagery was a halla, linking the constellation to the elven god ghilan’nain aka “mother of the halla”

i am really grasping at straws here HAHA but the word haring (as a gerund/present participle of the verb ‘hare’) can mean to run or go with great speed. horses go fast, ghilan’nain is invoked when elves want to travel quickly, blah blah blah. whatever

SOLIUM: the sun; one interpretation is that it indicates an ancient fascination with ALL objects in the sky (aka both the sun and moon[s]), another interpretation associates it with the elven god elgar’nan, aka “eldest of the sun”

alright i know the name ‘solas’ means pride in elvhen and the word ‘solace’ means like comfort/consolation, neither of which have jack shit to do with the sun, so i shouldn’t assume solis is associated with solium exclusively bc they start with ‘sol’ and sol means sun in...a lot of irl languages lol HOWEVER. i have an even worse reasoning we can fall back on which is that it’s in summer and it’s...fucking sunny??? LMAO im so sorry

FENRIR: the white wolf 👁👄👁 scholars apparently dont know wtf to do w this one; obviously there is a case to be made about its association with fen’harel

i have talked myself in circles on this one but whenever i try to type it out it makes Zero Fucking Sense lmao so. i may come back and edit this but for now just know it’s going with kingsway and i want yall to know i do have some stupid nebulous reasoning for that in my silly little brain but communicating it is simply not in the cards for me today god bless 🙏

alright so what bullshit have you proposed at the end of all this EXTREMELY shaky guesswork, queen?

HERE YOU GO I GUESS

Bellitanus: begins spring, 1-30 Guardian

Draconis: 1-30 Drakonis

Eluvia: 1-30 Cloudreach

Toth: begins summer, 1-30 Bloomingtide

Judex: 1-30 Justinian

Solium: 1-30 Solace

Silentir: begins autumn, 1-30 August

Fenrir: 1-30 Kingsway

Fervenial: 1-30 Harvestmere

Satinalis: begins winter, 1-30 Firstfall

Equinor: 1-30 Haring

Tenebrium: 1-30 Wintermarch

next time i have a death wish i will come back and speculate what kind of traits would be associated w these signs (based on the ~lore~ surrounding the constellations, their tentative places as cardinal/fixed/mutable, etc) but i just wasted precious hours of my life on this and i cant look at it anymore!!!

also want to reiterate that, regarding the post i saw earlier that i disagreed with, my refutation of that argument ended like 2 reblogs many sections ago lol. the only thing i feel confident defending is that the different seasons of the zodiac would – based on the actual changing 4 seasons – start on the first of each month and end on the last day of each month, as opposed to the way it is in real life western astrology

all this other bullshit is just for fun (??? i guess????) and based ALMOST entirely on my own assumptions. informed by actual shit from the games ofc but mainly me just

EDIT: would like to add that i don't have world of thedas or any other supplementary shit; all i have at my disposal is the 3 games, their DLCs, and the wiki lol. so if there's anything here that WOT (or smth else) contradicts please lmk! and also sorry for any typos lmao

hope yall enjoyed witnessing this fully unhinged moment w me bye<3

[mrnerdteacher]

4 Spoiler-Free Reasons Why “New Mutants” is So Good, It’s Actually Kinda Upsetting

In Josh Boone’s “The New Mutants”, Illyana Rasuputin is a character with the unique mutant power to access limbo: a magical realm between existence and nothingness.

And on Friday night, at the Mission Tiki Drive-In in Montclair, California, I too accessed limbo by watching this movie, which after going unreleased for over a year started to feel trapped in “development hell.” But I am both relieved and frustrated to tell you, this movie is good. It’s really, really good actually. And that’s kinda terrible. Let me explain...

1) The Pandemic Dilemma

Much has been said about this first reasoning, but a franchise movie being released in a time when it could literally be deadly to gather in large numbers is irresponsible at best. For over a decade, our nerd brains have been wired to loyally check out the newest installment of these ongoing stories and to avoid spoilers like the plague, even though there is now a literal plague to avoid. Sure, the X-Men franchise is much more disjointed than, say, the MCU, but if “The New Mutants” leads to just one reluctant fan contracting the virus, that’s one too many. Not to mention the fact that COVID has undoubtedly robbed this movie of the box office it deserved.

2) The Diversity Controversy

As a teacher “returning” to work, my plate has been plenty full as of late, and as such I went into TNM blind, knowing next to nothing about the film, the titular comics, or the “white washing” controversy surrounding Henry Zaga’s portrayal of the fiery mutant Sunspot. Apparently the origin story in the comics centered around ‘Berto’ being the target of a hate crime, and removing that aspect of the character and casting someone ‘more white’ is the exact opposite of what our country needs right now (especially for a movie released on the tragic night trailblazing actor Chadwick Boseman passed away from colon cancer). But I also can’t help but be discouraged by the fact that this blunder will undoubtedly overshadow the representation happening throughout the rest of the film. The main protagonist is Native American, and her heritage and prejudices she’s endured factor heavily into the plot. The film also takes huge strides towards LGBTQ representation in super hero movies, and even though the Sunspot character should have been presented as half-black like in the comics, I still can’t name a single other Brazilian superhero. Period. That’s gotta count for something...

3) The Upcoming Disney-fication of the X-Men Universe

I couldn’t put my finger on it, but for some reason I do not share the general public’s excitement for the inevitable day when mutants are rolled into the MCU. This movie finally made me realize why: I really LIKE the X-Men film franchise the way it is. For all its blunders, it takes chances that the MCU never has. It gives us movies like Deadpool and Logan… and The New Mutants. Without spoiling too much, this ‘spooky not scary’ horror movie gets real dark with its themes, most of them centering around the idea that adults with authority often do truly terrible things with that responsibility. At the end of the day, that gives this film more emotional gravitas and social importance than the VAST majority of super hero cinema, and I just don’t trust Disney to have that kinda guts with their bottom line. I prefer movies with something to say over movies that are mostly interested in selling plastic toys, but I digress...

4) It’s a Coming of Age Tale, but We’re All Robbed of the Pay-off

Director Josh Boone has recently gone public with his plans for a New Mutant trilogy: whereas this movie most closely resembles a haunted house story, the sequel would have been an alien invasion flick, and the closer a supernatural, apocalyptic battle against demons. But check your hype at the door, because the reason Boone is being so transparent is because he’s been told these movies will never happen. And they deserve to. 

New Mutants isn’t a perfect movie by any means, but it’s a tightly crafted, creative, compelling narrative featuring complex, likable characters. It’s an “X-Men” movie that finally realized the premise of vulnerable teenagers coming into horrifyingly powerful abilities is interesting all on it’s own. Sonic the Hedgehog is no longer 2020’s best theatrical release; this is definitely a movie worth seeing (safely). FINAL GRADE: A

[blog-cosmosuniverse1]

Dr. Peter McCullough: The State of COVID Treatment

Story at-a-glance Cardiologist, internist and epidemiologist Dr. Peter McCullough discusses why a key aspect of care — early treatment — has been missing from the pandemic With no hope of early treatment, McCullough believes that most people became conditioned to wait for an injection COVID-19 injections are waning in effectiveness and linked to an unacceptable number of serious injuries and deaths McCullough is among a growing number of experts who believe COVID-19 injections are making the pandemic worse; indiscriminate vaccination is driving mutations, as the virus is mutating wildly to evade the injections At 53:40 in the video, you can view McCullough’s early treatment regimen, which initially includes a nutraceutical bundle, progressing to monoclonal antibody therapy, anti-infectives like HCQ or ivermectin, antibiotics, steroids and blood thinners

The video above,1 featuring cardiologist, internist and epidemiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, is packed with sound logic, data and action steps that have the potential to turn the pandemic around — if only more people would listen.Recorded at the Andrews University Village Church in Berrien Springs, Michigan, August 20, 2021, this presentation deserves to be heard, and I urge you to listen to it in its entirety. It will make you question why a key aspect of care — early treatment — has been missing from the pandemic.McCullough, editor of two medical journals who has published 650 peer-reviewed papers, said this has been the first time in his career when he saw medical providers not offering early treatment for a disease.Early COVID Treatment Saves Lives The standard of care for COVID-19 has been to withhold treatment until a person is sick enough to be hospitalized. It typically takes two to three weeks for someone with COVID-19 to get sick enough to be hospitalized, and during that time early treatment can be lifesaving.The rationale was that there have been no large, randomized trials conducted to know which treatments are safe and effective, but as McCullough said, "We can't wait for large randomized trials … Something got in the minds of doctors and nurses and everyone to not treat COVID-19. I couldn't stand it." He and colleagues worked feverishly to figure out a treatment — why didn't national health organizations do so also?"Our government and other governments, and the entire world, has not lifted a finger to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death anywhere," McCullough said, pointing out the irony: "If there was a kid with asthma, would we let the kid wheeze and choke for two weeks before the kid has to go to the hospital? No, we give the child medications. We don't have randomized trials for every single thing that we do."2 McCullough and colleagues realized that there are three major phases to COVID-19. It starts with virus replication, which then triggers inflammation, or a cytokine storm. This, in turn, leads to blood clotting. If enough micro blood clots form in the lungs, a person can't get enough oxygen and dies. It's a complex process, and no single drug is going to work to treat it, which is why McCullough uses a combination of drugs, as is done to treat HIV, staph and other infections.Only about 6% of doctors' decisions in cardiology are based on randomized trials. "Medicine is an art and a science, it takes judgment. What was happening is, I think out of global fear, no judgement was happening," McCullough said,3 referring to doctors' refusal to treat COVID-19 patients early on in the disease process.Doctors Threatened for Treating COVID-19 Around the world, the unthinkable is happening: Doctors are being threatened with loss of their license or even prison for trying to help their patients. French doctor Didier Raoult suggested, early on, putting up a tent to try to treat covid-19 patients. He was put on house arrest. He has promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), which initially was available over the counter — until France made it prescription only.4In Australia, if a doctor attempts to treat a COVID-19 patient with HCQ, they could be put in prison. "Since when does a doctor get put in prison to try to help a patient with a simple generic drug?" McCullough said. In South Africa, he added, a doctor was put in prison for prescribing ivermectin.In August 2020, McCullough's landmark paper "Pathophysiological Basis and Rationale for Early Outpatient Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection" was published online in the American Journal of Medicine.5The follow-up paper is titled "Multifaceted Highly Targeted Sequential Multidrug Treatment of Early Ambulatory High-Risk SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19)" and was published in Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine in December 2020.6 It became the basis for the home treatment guide.While some physician organizations have stepped up and are treating COVID-19 patients, "The ivory tower today still is not treating

patients. The party line in my health system is, do not treat a COVID-19 patient as an outpatient. Wait for them to get sick enough to be admitted. Because my health system … follows the National Institutes of Health or the Centers for Disease Control, period." Conditioned to Wait for an Injection With no hope of early treatment, McCullough believes that most people became conditioned to wait for an injection. "We became conditioned, after about May or so, to wear a mask, wait in isolation and be saved by the vaccine. And wait for the vaccine. And all we could hear about is the vaccine."The injections were developed, but they're different than any prior vaccines and have been losing effectiveness while causing an unacceptable number of serious injuries and deaths. For comparison, in 1976, a fast-tracked injection program against swine flu was halted after an estimated 25 to 32 deaths.7According to McCullough in the video, if a new drug comes on the market and five deaths occur, the standard is to issue a black box warning stating the medication may cause death. With 50 deaths, the product is pulled from the market, he says. Now consider this: The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) database showed that — for all vaccines combined before 2020 — there were about 158 total deaths reported per year.By January 22, 2021, there were already 182 deaths reported for COVID-19 injections, with just 27.1 million people vaccinated. This was more than enough to reach the mortality signal of concern to stop the program, McCullough said."We've already crossed the line of concern January 22. And if there was a data safety monitoring board — I know, because I do this work — we would have had an emergency meeting and said, wait a minute, people are dying after the vaccine. We've got to figure out why."8It's standard to have an external critical event committee, an external data safety monitoring board and a human ethics committee for large clinical trials — such as the mass COVID-19 injection program, but these were not put into place."This is something we've never seen in human medicine — a new product introduced and just going full-steam ahead with no check on why people are dying after the vaccine," McCullough said. On two occasions, the CDC and FDA — in March and in June — reviewed the data and said none of the deaths are related to the vaccines. "I think this is malfeasance," he stated.Fast-forward to July 30, 2021, and VAERS data showed 12,366 Americans have died after a COVID0-19 injection.9 In an analysis of COVID-19 vaccine death reports from VAERS, researchers found that 86% of the time, nothing else could have caused the death, and it appears the vaccine was the cause.10The Spike Protein Is Dangerous Your body recognizes the spike protein in COVID-19 jabs as foreign, so it begins to manufacture antibodies to protect you against COVID-19, or so the theory goes. But there's a problem. The spike protein itself is dangerous and known to circulate in your body at least for weeks and more likely months11 — perhaps much longer — after the COVID jab.In your cells, the spike protein damages blood vessels and can lead to the development of blood clots.12 It can go into your brain, adrenal glands, ovaries, heart, skeletal muscles and nerves, causing inflammation, scarring and damage in organs over time. McCullough also believes that the spike protein is present in donated blood, and they've notified the Red Cross and the American Association of Blood Banking.Messenger RNA (mRNA) platforms have been under study for years, in most cases being designed to replace a defective gene, which could potentially be used for cancer or heart failure treatment, for example.In November 2020, however, Pfizer, in a joint venture with Germany-based BioNTech, announced that their mRNA-based injection was "more than 90% effective" in a Phase 3 trial.13 This does not mean that 90% of people who get injected will be protected from COVID-19, as it's based on relative risk reduction (RRR).The absolute

risk reduction (ARR) for the jab is less than 1%. "Although the RRR considers only participants who could benefit from the jab, the absolute risk reduction (ARR), which is the difference between attack rates with and without a jab, considers the whole population. ARRs tend to be ignored because they give a much less impressive effect size than RRRs," researchers wrote in The Lancet Microbe in April 2021.14McCullough believes the mass injection campaign is an incredible violation of human ethics, in part because no one should be pressured, coerced or threatened into using an investigational product.No attempts have been made to present or mitigate risks to the public, such as giving it only to people who really need it — not to low risk groups like children and young people and those who are naturally immune to COVID-19 due to prior infection. "I think this is the most disturbing thing," he said.The Injections Don't Stop COVID-19, Can Be Deadly The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) posted online July 30, 2021, details an outbreak of COVID-19 that occurred in Barnstable County, Massachusetts — 74% of the cases occurred in fully vaccinated people.15Indiscriminate vaccination is driving mutations, as the virus is mutating wildly to evade the injections. Their effectiveness, too, is rapidly waning. A study published in medRxiv, using data from the Mayo Clinic Health System, revealed that during periods of Alpha and Delta variant prevalence, Moderna's injection was 76% effective while Pfizer's effectiveness was only 42%.16A little-known fact is that Moderna's jab has three times the dose of Pfizer's, but, curiously, health officials aren't even discussing this or giving the public updates on which of the three injections work "best." The narrative is simple and straightforward — get an injection, any injection.Yet, as McCullough noted, the virus has mutated, and the vaccines aren't working the way health officials had hoped: "The vaccines don't stop COVID-19, at least not completely, and they're not a shield against mortality."17Similar to VAERS, the U.K. maintains a "Yellow Card" reporting site to report adverse effects to vaccines and medications.18Tess Lawrie, whose company The Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy has worked with the World Health Organization, analyzed U.K. Yellow Card data and concluded that there's more than enough evidence to pull the injections from the market because they're not safe for human use. The report stated:19"It is now apparent that these products in the blood stream are toxic to humans. An immediate halt to the vaccination programme is required whilst a full and independent safety analysis is undertaken to investigate the full extent of the harms, which the UK Yellow Card data suggest include thromboembolism, multisystem inflammatory disease, immune suppression, autoimmunity and anaphylaxis, as well as Antibody Dependent Enhancement (ADE)."Early Treatment Is Crucial McCullough is trying to get the word out about the importance of early treatment of COVID-19. Early ambulatory therapy with a sequenced-multidrug regimen is supported by available sources of evidence and has a positive benefit-to-risk profile to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death.At 53:40 in the video, you can view McCullough's early treatment regimen, which initially includes a nutraceutical bundle. While you're recovering at home, open your windows and get plenty of fresh air and ventilation in your home.If symptoms persist or worsen, he recommends calling your doctor and demanding monoclonal antibody therapy. The treatment progresses to include anti-infectives like HCQ or ivermectin, antibiotics, steroids and blood thinners.If your doctor refuses to treat COVID-19 in the early stages, find a new one and/or visit a telemedicine clinic that will help, as "the prehospital phase is the time of therapeutic opportunity."📷McCullough is among a growing number of experts who believe COVID-19 injections are making the pandemic worse. They "have an unfavorable

safety profile and are not clinically effective, thus they cannot be generally supported in clinical practice at this time."Logically, this is clear, but McCullough believes we're dealing with a mass psychosis that is preventing people from seeing the light. "The whole world is in a trance," he said, adding:20"Things are getting disturbingly out of control and it's in the context of the virus. It is clear … we are in a very special time in the history of mankind. Whatever is going on, it is the entire world … every human being in the world. It appears to have a program.The program … is happening to promote as much fear, isolation, suffering, hospitalization and death in order to get a needle in every arm, at all costs. That is what's going on, and no one in this room can disagree."