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[mysteryequationart]

Out of the darkness and ?

[lornaka]

Can't cage a child meant for the stars

[poisonedspider]

OPEN STARTER (Anyone can reply)

It had been no shocker that Angel had snorted the line of coke before he would grace the stage; he knew it would disappoint Charlie, but there were some habits that were not only hard to break, but incredibly needed in order to get through his job. It wasn't that he didn't love his job in some ways, there was certainly a reason he had gotten into the industry and gotten as big as he had, but there were nights where he just wanted to curl up with Fat Nuggets and pretend the rest of the world wasn't there.

Path to redemption or not, he still had money to make, and a contract to withhold. Val probably cherished him so much because he had so much range - porn wasn't his only gig, considering he also turned tricks on the street, acted in films, modeled, stripped, danced, sang...Okay, Angel was really talented and it was going to waste. Not fully, maybe, but he could easily find work probably anywhere else in Hell, not just limited to the Pride ring, and get better treatment.

But alas, used to being a piece of meat he was, and so he might as well flaunt it and dive full in. He liked the attention, that part wasn't an act. He got irritable when people didn't see merit in him, because it reminded him of how worthless he truly was under it all. He had the looks, that much he knew, and so he reveled in the stares. It was important to him, as stupid as that fucking was. He needed that validation.

Which was why any signs of 'negative' emotion were pushed down the minute the curtain opened, showing off the bright lights and the stage he knew how to work best. His pupils dilated from the high, he had no issue using his long legs to strut onto the stage wearing the costume from his dressing room that Valentino had decided the star would look best in tonight. Red always did look good on him, he knew it would rake in the cash, and the hollering just from him stepping out and over to the pole directly in the middle of the floor proved it was going to be a good night. At least financially.

Taking a deep breath, gloved fingers curled around the pole, before the music started. It wasn't hard to hoist himself up at all, being incredibly flexible and stronger than he looked. Plus he supposed that was part of the blessing of being cursed to be a spider demon while in Hell - he could dance and move every which way - upside down, sideways, no issues at all. Music pumping loudly through the speakers, pulsing through his veins and directly into his heart as he started the performance.

[curiosity-killed]

The problem is I can only fend off so many bad ideas at once and exacerbating a physical injury is actually much lower on my “unbearable” scale than fucking up my reading experience by reading a series out of order

[vampthropologist]

"Alright, Alright, It's a hell of a feeling though!"

My 69th song of the list this year. You heard that right. P!atD was one of my childhood bands. Requested by @galaxyempire-lilith

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Took big inspiration from the lyrics and those pinterest images of young adults/teens in shopping carts in empty parking lots.

[katyspersonal]

[moonries-corner]

my first attempt at making a reshade

[cardboardfeet]

the concept of Cheng Xiaoshi becoming some sacrificial deity . ft a relentless Qiao Ling and the fragments of what used to be Lu Guang

[the-far-bright-center]

"The king stood in a pool of blue light, unmoored." — Station Eleven

ft. my custom sixth-scale TCW Anakin figure

[pigeonneaux]

J'ai update mon appli discord. Quel erreur

[chinzhilla]

going to cap a scene and tearing up not because of the emotional weight but because of all the fuckign. rectangles

[dutyworn]

someone remind me what the use of owning games legally as opposed to pirating is, again...

[cheerscoops]

Thanks for the tag @quinnkeerys <3

Rules: no cheating! You're starring in a movie with the last person you saved in your camera roll. The last song you've listened to is the title. Who/what is it?

no pressure tags: @enidsnclr @munsonsbait @sunshine-munson @sunshinesteviee @mcplestreet

[didntaskforfrozenyoghurt]

love that css cursors also show up on my phone if i plug a mouse in <3

[thoughtportal]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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[cinnamnt]

anyone know how to fix sound effects lag on the sims 3 for mac. cant find anything helpful on forums and this only started happening after the origin app changed to the ea app and the sound lag is so bad idk what to do