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plane drawing from a few days ago :)
#ff7#vincent valentine#my art#YIPEE#third day of my trip i got sick as a dog#i left the 28th and by the 31st i was fucked up LOL#i tested neg for covid flu and a rapid strep test but thry also took a throat culture and theyll be back w me in like 2 days#sigh#my throats less swollen now but god Damn#why...WHY#199 fucking dollar urgent care visit.#i had 14$ left in my account yesterday but i should be getting a refund for something by tmrw and thatll bump me back to 100 🥲#ive been masking the entire trip btw i always mask when i go out#BUT SOME HOW. SOME WAY :) :)
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Teeth jars!
#my art#3d art#jars#ceramics#teeth#artists on tumblr#i made these like... a few years ago... i just never uploaded them xD#their from a set of 5 but one was unfinished when it got fired (it was the covid semester so everything just got dryed out while we were#on lock down#and one was teckneckly finished but i wanted to redue the lid cuz it fell and got smooshed...#either way yall are not seeing those two#these 3 were finished as intended so you may see them without me dieing inside#one of my friends has the smile jar writen to them in my will becuse i love them.#once again if these images look funky its cuz i glazed them to protect from ai theft.#i spent a majority of yesterday trying to get these images glazed while nurceing my laptop with an icepack cuz my cpus can only go up to 212#degrees farenhight before the laptop crashes and it was constantly creeping up to 199 degrees#thankfully it never reached 200 and didnt crash or lose my progress.#my teacher said we should take insperation from my dreams and one of the most reocureing dreams that i chould make into a set of jars was#just pucking out my teeth. most reocureing is being chased.#dreams#horror#idk if you can count this as horror or not#i guess its subjective#i worked hard on that one large sculpted tooth everyone look at it
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Can someone send me the meme of something or someone going downhill while on fire and caption it:@bimyself06 life right abt now.
It can be as an ask or a message
#imagine getting covid 11 day before your heart procedure#and having less than 20 days too turn in over 199 school assignments or i fail the year
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[199] After my last post with Scar dressed as Butters, I couldn't get this idea out of my head. Here's convex as Post Covid Butters & Kenny
#convex#goodtimeswithscar fanart#cubfan135 fanart#hermitblr#daily hermitcraft doodles#daily scar doodles#digital art#clip studio paint#cubfan135#goodtimeswithscar#hermitcraft#hermitcraft fanart
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Under federal law, plans are required to cover COVID-19 vaccines at no cost to you through providers within your insurer's network.If there are no vaccinators in your network who can offer the shots, insurers are required to cover the service out-of-network without cost sharing.
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I spent over an hour on the phone with my insurance company trying to get Walmart's system to accept my insurance for the COVID booster. It ended up being a waste of time since contrary to what the pharmacy tech said when I first asked, they didn't even have Pfizer there. I suggest calling where you want to get the shot, and talking to your insurance company ahead of time.
My insurance said I have to get the shot in a doctor's office which makes no sense since they then have to pay more. That's moot though since doctor's offices don't have the updated booster.
The insurance company said to send the bill in to them after I pay the $199 for the shot, and I'll be reimbursed. I'm afraid they'll just claim it was out of network, regardless of what the law says.
ETA: I'm currently on hold with my insurance trying to hash this out.
ETA: They said the conversations are recorded, so I wrote down her name, the date and time of when she said they would reimburse me. I should have recorded it too, but I never think of that at the time.
The federal government's Bridge Access Program will also cover the cost of shots for the 25 million to 30 million uninsured adults in the U.S., according to KFF Health News. The program will pay for pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS to provide the shots for free, while Pfizer and Moderna will also donate a certain number of doses, according to the CDC.
Visit Vaccines.gov to identify pharmacies with available doses, as well as those participating in the Bridge Access Program.
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for the honesty hour, what got u into tma?
okay okay SO. sort of a long story, buckle up. this tale actually technically starts a couple years before i even listened to the podcast; it's not really a necessary part of the story but i think it gives some neat extra context.
so back in 2018, i was getting into horror for the first time, particularly psychological horror (i still can't really deal with slashers or gore or anything, so psychological horror is my spooks of choice lol). and in the art class i was taking, one of my desk neighbors would give me recommendations. they had recommended Doki Doki Literature Club to me, and i'd loved it! so when they recommended me a podcast called The Magnus Archives, i went home and checked it out...by poking around on the wiki for a little bit to suss out the kinds of spooks it entailed. poking it with a long stick to see if it would bite me, as it were. i read through the wiki synopsis for a random episode (which was MAG 034 - Anatomy Class), decided it was too scary for me, didn't listen to it, and subsequently completely forgot about the entire thing.
jump forward to 2021, i once again had a vague awareness of Magnus due to following some artists for fandoms like Hermitcraft and YTTD who also made art for TMA. at this point it was kinda just in my periphery? i hadn't really given listening a second thought yet.
...and then in December i got covid for the first time, totally smacking down all plans of going out to do stuff or visiting friends.
so like, i had absolutely nothing to do for the holidays. i mean, i'd started playing Deltarune chapter 2, so i had that going for me, but that was it. i was bored outta my mind. and then one evening, i was scrolling aimlessly through tumblr at like 12 in the morning when a piece of jmart fanart caught my eye. i wound up searching the TMA tag, and after watching @/faerie--kei's fantastic Home PMV, i was Deeply Intrigued and Very Curious. the next morning i decided to start listening, and the subsequent two weeks absolutely rewired my brain.
and yknow how i mentioned that back in 2018 i had been told about this podcast, but didn't pick it up til three years later? the entire first thirty-three episodes felt strangely familiar, and then i listened to MAG 034 and went "OH HEY WAIT I READ ABOUT THIS ONCE DIDN'T I." and then it became my favorite episode!! so it came full-circle; the episode that initially scared me off became one of the ones i love the most.
i actually think i finished MAG 200 on the evening of Christmas Day? so that was a nice little gift to end my holiday, lol. i remember sitting on my bed after 199 like "wow. this is it. and i know how it ends." (due to aforementioned PMV.) "but maybe it won't actually end that way??? One Can Only Hope :)" and then i listened to 200 and yeah. ouch. i have been insane about this podcast ever since.
so uh the short answer is "the throes of boredom caused by sickness." i'm actually re-listening to it currently, much more slowly, since it's been a couple years. it's just as good as the first time, maybe even moreso because now i don't just have a vague idea of where everything goes, i know exactly when and how things go downhill. fun times :D
#tysm for the ask!!!#i actually haven't been able to find that jmart fanart since and it's been driving me up the wall for two years#it was a Christmas-themed piece; it had a simple background that i think was plain green with darker green gridlines across it?#Martin was holding Jon up in the air and they were kissing while wrapped up in Christmas lights#they were in the right side of the frame#and i think it was a more realistic art style#if anyone knows where to find it plsplsPLS link it to me i wanna see it again#anyway i rewatched the Home PMV and i am Feeling Things again lmao#friday chats#ask game#the magnus archives
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Hey guys, i dont know why but like... i guess over the span of which i had covid i lost... iunno, quite a couple of pounds?
Like with my typical attire i think i weighed like... 199 pounds or so? But i think thats only with that attire, regardless, i suppose i lost quite a bit of weight over the weeks with covid without eating a whole lot...
... but then im sorta worried that i could even be potentially losing weight to other means? Huff...
It could be post-/covid related or anxiety related and im honestly really unsure. I apparently weighed 200 pounds when i went to the ER, i guess they also rounded up my weight? Im unsure, but i was only wearing my shirt, pants, and shoes when that happened. I dont think not eating a whole lot over the span of 3 days would cause one who is wearing what would be relatively light clothes to lose that much weight.
Then again, i dont know, it is most likely covid/anxiety related, it could be because I haven't eaten a whole lot.
I truly do not know! I do not know....
Also as to the hospital/ER visit, i am unsure if i even shared it, but i did leave the ER and they did tell me everything with my heart and blood levels is fine and its possible that it is stress related.
Anyways... here is this funny edit of Moss from Pikmin 4
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True confession:
I had never heard of Tom Sturridge before The Sandman.
now I've gone down the rabbit hole of his career. Wow!
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When I have to go to a medical facility in BC- they force me to take OFF my well fitted, well sealed N95 mask. and replace it with a cheap 'surgical mask'. That's the health policy in BC.
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this ^report is from 2020. However- much news has since been reported about the staggering increase of wealth 'at the top' since COVID began.
"...Canadian capitalism is exposed in the study as an oligarchic social order.
According to the PBO, the share of wealth held by the top one percent of Canadians is 25.6 percent. This is almost double the estimate of 13.7 percent given by Statistics Canada."
@allthecanadianpolitics good resource article here.
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1. Wear a mask but not just any mask in public spaces. 2. Focus on reducing or stopping transmission in your community. 3. Keep your children out of schools this January unless strict precautions are in place. 4. If you are sick, quarantine yourself for a full 10 days. Do not follow the new CDC isolation rule. 5. Advocate for and use rapid tests. 6. Don’t lower your guard just because many public health officials have characterized symptoms of Omicron as ‘mild.’ 7. Prepare for systems to break down and the vulnerable to bear the brunt.
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My #1 post of 2022
🦀 time for crab 🦀
today i summoned 10 crabs and then caught all of them! what a harvest
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mid november weight loss thoughts!
No progress on the scale yet this month, but plenty of progress reinforcing the positive habits that will keep me happy and healthy for a long time.
I spent the first week of november at my bfs house with no access to a scale and not much control over what I ate. All i could do was load up on veggies and portion control. In the past i’d usually gain a little weight at his place (munchies, good food, bigger portions, and keeping up w the boys) but this time around I maintained.
Went home for like a day, then went BACK to his house for the veterans day weekend to celebrate our 4 year anni. On saturday, we ate a DELICIOUS meal at an all-you-can-eat brazilian steakhouse. Had desserts. Honestly went pretty hard with the food but didn’t overcorrect the next day. And I’ve settled right back to where I ended october, so perfect maintenance for the past 2 weeks. Fine with me!
So some wins there were…
1) I’m pretty good at intuitively eating at maintenance (at my current weight)!
2) I made a lot of small healthy decisions that I get to continue making forevermore.
3) I didn’t let the disordered thoughts mess up the positive headspace I’ve been able to keep through this all. No overcorrecting, just getting back to where I was.
So on that note, I’m just picking the weight loss up right where I left off. I’m at 199 lbs so far. :-) was originally aiming for 195 in november, but that’s feeling too quick now. So.
as of yesterday, there are 50 days until Jan 1! So i’m spending the next 50 days focused on weighing in at 195 (or lower)! That’ll be a 10+ lb weight loss overall, which I will be so happy to celebrate on NYE.
The small goals stack up.
I think it’s helpful to have a super attainable short term weight loss goal. I don’t want to set a final goal weight, but I can commit to losing a few lbs at a time. That’s how I got below 200, and that’s how I’ll get to 195. I’m taking things one increment at a time and planning to take a break when I’d have to take drastic measures to continue. No clue when that’ll be, but I’m still going strong.
I’m going to prioritize spending weekdays at home where I have more control over my food while still enjoying social dining out.
Also prioritizing waking up early so I can end work before the sun sets and go for my daily walk. My walks are the highlight of my day. I love seeing familiar faces out around my neighborhood. It doesn’t take any discipline at all to go out for an hour every day. I think this is going to be a big pillar of lifelong health. When exercise is just a part of my routine, it’s so easy to prioritize. I actively love it. Plus ive been speed walking bc its fucking CHILLY! Yay cardio!
Ive also been reallyyyy craving running again. I used to run a lot btwn 2016-2020 but stopped after becoming depressed during COVID. Then I gained weight and every time I’ve wanted to return to it, my body doesn’t adjust well and I have a bit of pain. That’s given me more motivation to keep up the weight loss. Physical fitness is so important and I need to be able to run. We are MEANT to run. I’ll try again when I’m closer to 195-190. :-) until then I get to strength train and build up to that goal.
Okay i think thats enough of a brain dump!! Thank u for reading!
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Navigating Digital Ministry with Ryan Dunn | Episode 199
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6ai9m-16c96b9 The importance of digital ministry was made clear during COVID when churches had to go all digital. But now that we are all back in the pews, is there still a need for digital ministry? If so, what does it look like beyond livestreaming Sunday worship? I talk with Ryan Dunn, a minister for online engagement with the United Methodist Church on…
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https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240828_MorningMonarchy.mp3 Download MP3 Sloth fever, pawpaw gifts and West Nile Fauci + this day in history w/fluoride IQs and our song of the day by Tennessee Jet on your #MorningMonarchy for August 28, 2024. Notes/Links: Starbucks new boss under fire for 1,000-mile commute https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3e0ljnllo Gas Prices May Cross $3 on Their Way Down; Analysts say oil will be in no hurry to go back up—barring hurricanes, heat, and international complications https://archive.is/8CWOy ⛳ Jackson Hole in one https://sherwood.news/snacks/newsletters/jackson-hole-in-one/ 💊 Healthcare price spikes https://sherwood.news/snacks/newsletters/healthcare-price-spikes/ Image: So you’ve been radicalized by your grocery bill https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/so_youve_been_radicalized_by_your_grocery_bill.jpg Mosquito Born Disease Puts Northeastern Towns Under Lockdown https://www.wideopenspaces.com/mosquito-born-disease-puts-northeastern-towns-under-lockdown/ Video: Insect-transmitted Oropouche virus spreading at “unprecedented scale,” study finds (Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAiGeXgPwKo Skeeter Davis – “I’m A Lover (Not A Fighter)” (Vinyl // Audio) https://www.discogs.com/release/1789470-Various-The-Best-Of-Country-West-Vol-3 // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeeter_Davis // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4F5luTOZ3Y Oropouche fever, the mysterious threat https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00516-4/fulltext #MounseyMinute: Paw Paw (Asimina triloba); Exploring the many gifts offered by Paw Paw trees the in the context of Food Forest Design. This is Installment #6 of the Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet series. https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/paw-paw-asimina-triloba #MounseyMinute: Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Apothecary https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/stacking-functions-in-the-garden-199 #MounseyMinute: Episode 8 – Pawpaws Slow to Start But Easy to Grow (Audio) https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240828_MounseyMinute.mp3 #MounseyMinute: Tommy Emmanuel – “Lewis & Clark” (Inst. // Audio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNVI_3lAaE8 Previous #MounseyMinute: Episode 7 – Radio-Protective Foods On The Radio https://mediamonarchy.com/20240724morningmonarchy/ Can You Microwave Plastic? Here’s What Toxicologists Have to Say https://www.foodandwine.com/can-you-microwave-plastic-8700835 Cannabis may be an anti-aging miracle drug for older brains, study suggests https://studyfinds.org/cannabis-anti-aging-drug-brain/ Americans’ Views of Marijuana Effects Worsen; However, U.S. adults view marijuana as less harmful to users than tobacco, nicotine and alcohol https://news.gallup.com/poll/648821/americans-views-marijuana-effects-worsen.aspx Zuckerberg Says He Regrets Demoting COVID-19 Content; ‘I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,’ Mark Zuckerberg wrote. https://archive.is/powgT HPV Vaccination May Trigger Rare and Often Misdiagnosed Autoimmune Brain Disease https://archive.is/Tlpcf Dr. Fauci Hospitalized With Rare Disease; Cue the conspiracy theories. https://futurism.com/neoscope/fauci-hospitalized-west-nile Video: The Fear mongering PR campaign frontman, Fauci, released from hospital after West Nile virus infection 👌 🙄 https://youtu.be/teZoyc2pTuE Harry Belafonte – “The Midnight Special” (Vinyl // Audio) https://www.discogs.com/release/11685977-Harry-Belafonte-The-Midnight-Special // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Special_(song) // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhISQvv1wEc August 2014 – Page 1 – Media Monarchy https://mediamonarchy.com/2014/8/ Flashback: #NewWorldNextWeek: Episode201 – IMF’ed, Losing Libya, Foley Follies (Aug. 28, 2014) https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw201/ #MorningMonarchy: August 28, 2017 – #MacronMakeUp costs $31K ...
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Blumenau registra 419 óbitos por Coronavírus Blumenau registrou mais três óbitos, somando agora 419 mortes por Coronavírus no município. Dois deles foram informados na manhã deste domingo, dia 4, quando o município recebeu a informação de novas vítimas, duas mulheres de 70 e 59 anos. A primeira internada desde o dia 1º de abril e a segunda internada em UTI desde o dia 26 de março. Ambas apresentavam casos de comorbidades. O terceiro óbito registrado foi de um homem de 71 anos, que estava internado desde o dia 5 de março, sendo transferido para a UTI no dia 7. O homem também apresentava caso de comorbidade. Blumenau registra ainda neste domingo, dia 4 de abril, um total de 48.526 casos confirmados de Coronavírus (Covid-19), 60 a mais do que registrado no último sábado, dia 3 de abril, quando o município contabilizava 48.466 casos da doença. Dos novos casos diagnosticados, nenhum foi por meio do teste RT-PCR, um foi por teste rápido e 59 de antígeno. O teste de antígeno para Covid-19 é rápido e capaz de detectar a proteína do nucleocapsídeo viral do SARS-CoV-2. Ao todo, a Prefeitura de Blumenau já fez 161.777 testes para Covid-19. Somente neste domingo, dia 4 de abril, foram processados 199 exames. Entre os casos positivos, 772 pacientes estão em tratamento. Destes, 629 encontram-se com estado de saúde estável, em isolamento domiciliar e sendo monitorados pela Secretaria de Promoção da Saúde. Dos casos em análise e confirmados de Blumenau e de outros municípios, 180 pacientes encontram-se hospitalizados, sendo 81 em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) e 99 em enfermaria. Destes na UTI, 69 pacientes são de Blumenau (sendo 68 confirmados e um em análise) e 12 pacientes de outras cidades (sendo todos confirmados) e a taxa de ocupação dos leitos de UTI na cidade é de 100%. Além disso, 15 leitos de guerra estão ativados. Já em enfermaria são 81 pacientes de Blumenau (sendo 75 confirmados e seis em análise) e 18 de outros municípios (sendo 17 confirmados e um em análise), com taxa de ocupação de 52,9%. Além disso, os hospitais da cidade prestaram 260 atendimentos, com 64 deles decorrentes de síndromes gripais. O município contabiliza também 47.335 casos de pessoas que já passaram pelo período de isolamento e não apresentaram novos sintomas, considerados como recuperados. A Prefeitura de Blumenau destaca a importância de manter o isolamento social, nos casos em que as pessoas podem ficar em casa. O poder público também reforça as medidas de segurança, que incluem o uso de máscara sempre que sair de casa e a higienização frequente das mãos, com água e sabão ou álcool em gel. Linhas para profissionais da saúde Neste domingo, dia 4, como de praxe em todos os domingos e feriados, a Seterb está disponibilizando ônibus especiais para o deslocamento exclusivo de profissionais da área da saúde. Confira os horários abaixo: Domingo (4 de abril) Linha 01 - Região do Garcia, linha 02 - Região da Velha, linha 03 - Região da Fortaleza e linha 04 - Região do Aterro: Saída dos bairros: 5h40 e 17h40 Saída dos hospitais: 7h20 e 19h20 Cinturões noturnos Desde o dia 22 de fevereiro, a Prefeitura de Blumenau, por meio da Secretaria Municipal de Trânsito e Transporte (Seterb), retomou as fiscalizações de trânsito com os cinturões noturnos. As ações são desenvolvidas todos os dias pela Guarda Municipal de Trânsito (GMT), em vias de ligação entre os bairros de Blumenau. Neste domingo a GMT está atuando nos cinturões das 15h às 23h. Atendimento virtual pelo Alô Saúde Neste feriado de Páscoa, entre os dias 2 e 4 de abril, o Alô Saúde não teve atendimento pelo telefone 156 (opção 2) e canal de WhatsApp, no telefone (48) 4042-0330. O atendimento será retomado amanhã, segunda-feira, dia 5. Ambulatório da Vila Germânica fez 137 testes de Covid-19 Durante o feriado de Páscoa, entre os dias 2 e 4 de abril, às pessoas com sintomas gripais e suspeita de Covid-19 podem buscar atendimento no Ambulatório do Parque Vila Germânica, das 7h às 19h. Já os usuários
que precisarem de atendimento clínico não relacionado à pandemia podem se dirigir ao Ambulatório Geral Heinz Schrader (AG do Centro), localizado na Rua República Argentina, 2.077, no bairro Ponta Aguda, das 7h às 19h. Somente neste domingo, dia 4 de abril, o Ambulatório da Vila Germânica fez 180 atendimentos e 137 coletas para exames RT-PCR e Antígeno. postada em 04/04/2021 17:31 - 65 visualizações FotosFonte: Prefeitura de Blumenau SC
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Gracias de antemano por sus comentarios Se han esparcido 805 mil litros de solución sanitizante en Juárez Programa Nocturno de Sanitización ha recorrido 199 colonias Ciudad Juárez, Chih. - El Programa de Sanitización Urbana, que el Gobierno Independiente realiza a través de la Dirección General de Servicios Públicos, continúa con los recorridos nocturnos, como parte de las acciones preventivas para combatir el Covid-19, por lo que ya se han... Sigue leyendo: https://www.adiario.mx/estado/juarez/se-han-esparcido-805-mil-litros-de-solucion-sanitizante-en-juarez/?feed_id=163604&_unique_id=668e9d476ecf4
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Italia fanalino di coda in Europa per i pagamenti digitali
Ancora indietro rispetto agli altri paesi europei per l'adozione di metodi di pagamento digitali, l'Italia si posiziona ultima nell'area euro con soli 199 pagamenti pro-capite annui senza contante. Questo dato, emerge da un recente studio di Unimpresa, che evidenzia un divario significativo rispetto alle nazioni più virtuose: Lussemburgo (8.738 operazioni pro-capite), Lituania (1.041) e Paesi Bassi (670) guidano la classifica, mentre l'Italia si colloca al fondo, confermandosi come il paese meno incline all'utilizzo di carte, bonifici, moneta digitale e altri strumenti elettronici rispetto al denaro contante. Perché in Italia ci sono pochi pagamenti digitali? Nonostante la pandemia da Covid-19 abbia accelerato la diffusione dei pagamenti digitali in tutto il mondo, l'Italia sembra aver fatto passi indietro rispetto ad altri paesi. Le ragioni di questo ritardo sono molteplici: - Diffidenza verso i metodi di pagamento digitali: Un'ampia fetta della popolazione italiana, soprattutto le fasce d'età più anziane, nutre ancora diffidenza verso i pagamenti digitali, temendo truffe o furti di dati personali. - Capillarità diffusa degli sportelli bancomat: La presenza capillare di sportelli bancomat sul territorio nazionale facilita l'accesso al contante e ne incentiva l'utilizzo, anche per piccoli importi. - Mancanza di incentivi: Ad oggi, non sono state implementate politiche di sostegno adeguate a promuovere l'adozione di metodi di pagamento digitali da parte di consumatori e imprese. - Costi elevati per le transazioni elettroniche: Le commissioni applicate per le transazioni con carte di credito e altri strumenti elettronici possono risultare un deterrente per alcuni consumatori e esercenti. Tuttavia, l'Italia non è immobile. Negli ultimi anni si è registrata una crescita significativa nell'utilizzo di carte di debito, soprattutto per gli acquisti online e presso i grandi esercizi commerciali. Inoltre, la diffusione di smartphone e tecnologie contactless ha favorito l'adozione di soluzioni di pagamento mobile, come Satispay e Bancomat Pay. Cosa fare? Diverse iniziative erano in corso per accelerare il processo di digitalizzazione dei pagamenti in Italia: - Piano Cashless: Il Piano Cashless, che era stato promosso dal precedente Governo italiano, mira a ridurre l'utilizzo del contante incentivando l'adozione di strumenti di pagamento digitali attraverso misure come il cashback e il bonus per i pagamenti elettronici. - Nuove tecnologie: L'introduzione di nuove tecnologie, come il 5G e il POS mobile, può facilitare l'utilizzo di pagamenti digitali anche in contesti non tradizionali, come mercati rionali e piccole attività commerciali. - Educazione finanziaria: Promuovere l'educazione finanziaria, soprattutto tra le fasce d'età più anziane, è fondamentale per aumentare la consapevolezza sui benefici e sulla sicurezza dei pagamenti digitali. L'adozione di pagamenti digitali offre numerosi vantaggi: - Maggiore sicurezza: I pagamenti digitali sono generalmente più sicuri del contante, che può essere smarrito o rubato. - Tracciabilità delle transazioni: Le transazioni digitali sono facilmente tracciabili, il che può facilitare la gestione dei conti e la lotta all'evasione fiscale. - Maggiore comodità: I pagamenti digitali sono più veloci e comodi rispetto al contante, soprattutto per piccoli importi. - Vantaggi per le imprese: I pagamenti digitali possono ridurre i costi di gestione del contante e migliorare l'efficienza dei processi aziendali. Superare il divario digitale in materia di pagamenti è una sfida importante per l'Italia, che può apportare benefici significativi sia ai consumatori che alle imprese. L'impegno congiunto di istituzioni, aziende e cittadini è fondamentale per accelerare il processo di digitalizzazione e traghettare il paese verso un futuro più efficiente, sicuro e sostenibile. Foto di Moondance da Pixabay Read the full article
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So it seems this reading is looking at memory in collective terms; that is, how one major social and/or political change can result in an alteration of memory for everyone within a nation-state.
When I was initially looking into this topic, I was more so invested in the idea of how our individual experiences can (re)shape our past memories. Almost as if to question if they were real in the first place. In the sense of this reading, memory almost becomes collaborative.
Memory itself also becomes a medium to spark social change, including changes in "human minds, hearts, and habits" (Assmann 199). This is especially important not just when it comes to confronting violent global conflicts of the past, as well as their social and political implications, but to confronting more interrelated conflicts (ie. between two close individuals). There's also this distinction between forgetting and remembering as a means of confronting the past, with the former being known to promote progress, while the latter supposedly impedes it. I think both are inherently flawed, though; forgetting may mean that you disregard the long-standing social and political impacts that certain events have had. Depending on the individual, remembering may lead to a sense of optimism that prevents acknowledgement or exposure to the harsh realities of life. I then believe that both kinds involve disillusionment, with those who forget thinking they are independent from the past, while those who remember thinking they are connected to it.
It seems forgetting is also important because it allows for the ending of "mutual hatred;" that is, an overall discontentment between nation states, even given a significant amount of time after the end of a conflict. This could tie well into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well.
The "pact of silence" or "moment of silence" is almost symbolic of both remembering and forgetting (Assmann 201). On the one hand, it promotes mindfulness, and on the other, it promotes a de-cluttering of the mind.
My choice of cotton is also symbolic of a "bandaging" of the wounds of the past. Cool!
Ah, the reading goes into the duality of forgetting that I am getting at; forgetting as leaving behind vs suppressing (Assmann 201).
Modernism vs. moralism, forgetting vs. remembering.
There's also the role of historical archives that the reading touches upon, which I think is interesting (Assmann 201). Without this reading, which in itself can serve as an archiving of history (albeit in part), I doubt I would be able to gain the insights that I have.
While the example of the Holocaust TV series certainly serves as one that produced empathy for the Jewish victims of WW2, certain media can also inspire discourse, hatred, apathy, etc (Assmann 202). In this sense, memory is truly a double-edged sword.
This idea of intergenerational conflict also relates to what I have said about conflict being interrelated or between two or more people. The differences in values, emotions, mindset, and memories are very different between generations, even if they have experienced the same traumatic events (ie. COVID-19). Even if everyone's memory is coloured the same, the shapes, textures, and messages that are formed are entirely different.
I think these differences are then influenced by the internal discourses and rebellion against memory, which then leads to a questioning of the values of others. This is apparent with the 68-generation example, whereby the young opposed their parents, who had "silent loyalties with the Nazi period" (Assmann 203).
However, with this comes the role of maturation and aging, both physically and mentally, which results in a return to the values of past generations. In this way, they are not just acknowledging the conflicts of the past, but the larger intergenerational system that is involved. It is a kind of broadening of perspective that occurs.
So the act of forgetting serves as a means of giving people an identity and place in the world because it makes them feel distinct?
So nation-building involves a manipulation of memory in such a way that it is seen not in terms of its accuracy, but in terms of a "narrative rendering." A nation-state cannot function if, at the very least, it has a story with a "beginning, middle and end" to refer to and influence collective identity (Assmann 206).
Remembering can also be used as a means of manipulating memory because of the way it can be selective of certain events, particularly those pertaining to the "heroic," as those kinds of stories are the most empowering in regards to individuals and the global image of the nation state (Assmann 206). "When facing negative events in the past, there are only three dignified roles for the national collective to assume: that of the victor who has overcome the evil, that of the resistor who has heroically fought the evil and that of the victim who has passively suffered the evil" (Assmann 206).
This approach to memory is monologic, single-minded even, in that it favours one perspective. On the other hand, dialogic memory favours all perspectives. It seems the memories of the Holocaust made for this kind of change, as in a monologic structure, the Allied powers would likely be viewed as the heroes that defeated the villains. In a dialogic structure, there are the perspectives of the Jewish victims, the experiences of the Germans in the depression following the war, etc. So the power of remembering is in being able to reveal all perspectives involved in a past conflict or traumatic event. In this sense, it is not necessarily disillusioned by optimism, but held responsible for representing everyone equally.
Remembering is especially important in regards to colonialism.
Truth and "reconciliation" is thus ironic because it refers to the phrase "forgive and forget." Since this is tied to colonialism, forgetting is not very effective in accurately portraying the perspectives of the colonized.
So a total solar eclipse could be representative of forgetting, while remembering could be associated with a partial solar eclipse?
When physical reparations no longer become possible as a result of too much time being past since a conflict, mental reparations can be paid in the form of memory, particularly the kind that seeks to acknowledge.
"The important change is, however, that now the victims speak for themselves and claim their memories in a globalized public arena" (Assmann 208). Globalization has been especially important in reinforcing the dialogic framework within recent years.
Tabula rasa, or a clean slate.
Monologic=the hero's story Dialogic=the hero's and villain's stories, as well as the stories of the worlds and people that surround them both.
"Two countries engage in a dialogic memory if they face a shared history of mutual violence by mutually acknowledging their own guilt and empathy with the suffering they have inflicted on others" (Assmann 208).
At times, acknowledging the past may also mean one nation-state having to become accustomed to, in the case of Zachrot, another language. I think this is interesting because while remembering involves a mutual understanding, it may also warrant one side taking the first step.
I think remembering is still flawed, yes, as the nature of what is being remembered, particularly its strength and hold over our minds, can determine whether it inspires connection or division.
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