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[dardocuae]

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[nerdie-faerie]

Keep forgetting that I'm not just home for break and am actually going to be in america in a week for summer

[american-hospital22]

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[afeelgoodblog]

The Best News of Last Month

Sorry for being not active this month as I had some health problems. I'll start posting weekly now :) Meanwhile here's some good from last month

1. Widow donates $1 billion to medical school, giving free tuition forever

Ruth Gottesman surprised by her late husband's $1 billion in Berkshire stock, decides to donate it in full to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York City's poorest borough. The donation is intended to cover students' tuition indefinitely, ensuring access to medical education for generations.

A video capturing students' emotional reactions to the news, cheering and crying, circulated after the announcement, highlighting the profound impact of the donation on the medical school community.

2. Electric school buses outperform diesel in extreme cold

In Colorado's West Grand School District, electric school buses outperformed their diesel counterparts, particularly in the bitterly cold temperatures of towns like Kremmling, where morning temperatures can drop below -30 degrees Fahrenheit. Despite common concerns about reduced range in extreme weather, the electric buses maintained their battery charge even in these frigid conditions, providing reliable transportation for students.

This success has been welcomed by the school district, as diesel vehicles also face challenges in starting in Colorado's harsh winter weather.

3. Christian Bale unveils plans to build 12 foster homes in California

Christian Bale has led a tour round the new village in California where he plans to build 12 foster homes, as well as two studio flats to help children transition into independent living, and a 7,000 sq ft community centre.

The actor has spearheaded the building of a unique complex of facilities with the aim of keeping siblings in the foster care system together, and ideally under the same roof.

4. Average lifespan of a person with Down syndrome has increased from 25 years in 1983 to 60 years today

Today the average lifespan of a person with Down syndrome is approximately 60 years.

As recently as 1983, the average lifespan of a person with Down syndrome was 25 years. The dramatic increase to 60 years is largely due to the end of the inhumane practice of institutionalizing people with Down syndrome.

5. Greece legalises same-sex marriage

Greece has become the first Christian Orthodox-majority country to legalise same-sex marriage. Same-sex couples will now also be legally allowed to adopt children after Thursday's 176-76 vote in parliament.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the new law would "boldly abolish a serious inequality".

6. Massachusetts police K9 tracks scent for over 2 miles to find missing 12-year-old in freezing cold

A Massachusetts police K9 followed her nose to help find a 12-year-old who went missing in frigid temperatures last week, tracking the child’s scent for over two miles, authorities said.

K9 Biza, a female German shepherd, was called on to help after officers learned the child left their home at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday and was last seen in the Pakachoag Hill area of Auburn, the Auburn Police Department said.

7. Good News for the Socially Anxious: People Like You a Lot More Than You Think They Do, New Research Confirms

The "Lake Wobegon effect" or "illusory superiority" phenomenon highlights people's tendency to overestimate their abilities, but recent research suggests that in social interactions, individuals often underestimate their likability and charm.

Studies indicate that people consistently fail to recognize signals of others' liking toward them, leading to a "liking gap" where individuals believe they are less likable than they actually are.

Techniques such as focusing more on others during conversations and genuinely expressing interest in them can help alleviate social anxiety by shifting the focus away from self-criticism. Ultimately, understanding that others may also experience similar anxieties can lead to a more relaxed and enjoyable social experience.

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[recreationaldivorce]

Infographic released by the Government Media Office in Gaza, detailing the quantitative extent of the IOF's destruction of Gaza between the 7th of October 2023 and the 1st of January 2024:

9,280 martyred children

21,978 martyrs who reached the hospitals

28,978 martyrs and missing

1,838 massacres

87 days of the war

7,000 missing, of whom 70% are children and women

106 martyred journalists

40 civil defence martyrs

326 martyred medical workers

6,600 martyred women

1.9 million displaced in the Gaza Strip

10 arrests of journalists

99 arrests of health workers

10,000 cancer patients at risk of death

56,697 wounded

120 mosques completely destroyed by Israel

292 schools and universities partially destroyed by Israel

93 schools and universities completely destroyed by Israel

130 government headquarters destroyed by Israel

355,000 Gazans ill with diseases due to displacement

30 hospitals taken out of service by Israel

290,000 homes partially destroyed by Israel

65,000 homes completely destroyed by Israel

3 churches targeted and destroyed by Israel

212 mosques partially destroyed by Israel

65,000 tons of explosives dropped by Israel onto Gaza

200 archeological and heritage sites destroyed by Israel

104 ambulances completely destroyed by Israel

150 health centres partially destroyed by Israel

53 health centres taken out of service by Israel

[pascallllllll1]

Crimson Tide

Pedro Pascal x Reader

Summary: Reader gets her period and Pedro helps;)

Word Count: 1.2k

Warnings: blood, period talk, swearing, mentions over the counter pain medication, brief daddy kink(common this is about Mr “I’m your daddy” what do you expect?), unprotected sex, if you notice anything else that should have a warning just lmk!

Hi everyone! This was a requested and I hope I did the idea justice. Quick fyi this is my first time attempting to write smut so bare with me y’all!🤣 requests are currently open:)

Regret burned inside you fueling your already emotionally fragile state. The warning signs were right in front of you. First you noticed your breasts engorged this morning getting dressed before work, your nipples aching and chaffing against the rough fabric of even your softest bra.

Then there was the mental health break you had to take at work due to crying so much from the separation anxiety rippling through you because Pedro wasn’t present. In fact he was home working in his office. But the text you’d received from him about going to the gym later and not being home when you’d be arriving set off every panic alarm in your body at the thought of being away from him any longer than originally planned.

Finally, and what should’ve had you sprinting to take 2 blessed tablets of Midol, was the slight pressure building in your lower back followed by tight twisting tendrils of sharp pain wrapping around to cup your lower belly around an hour before you’d be heading home for the day.

The entire 30 minute drive home the pain only intensified with each passing minute causing you to grip the steering wheel so hard your knuckles turned white. After pulling up the driveway and into the garage to park the cramps had you doubled over kneeling on the ground the second you’d gotten out of your seat. You sobbed silently praying for the pain to ease up enough to allow you the chance to run inside quickly and down some painkillers, and as if mother nature heard your cries she relieved enough of your anguish for you to accomplish just that before starting up again.

Now, you lay naked curled in your fuzzy Sherpa blanket centre of yours and Pedro's massive shared bed in a nest of blankets, impatiently waiting for the pills to work their magic feeling trapped in your body. The world is so unfair.

***

A hand removes the blanket from over your head ruining your perfectly cocooned bundle of warmth and has your eyes hesitantly blinking open from your nap.

“Are you ok, pretty girl?” A deep angelic voice asks. You look up to see Pedro let out a sympathetic sigh before shedding himself of any clothing and joining you in your nest.

“It hurts so bad Pedro and I think I’m bleeding now.” The thought of getting up out of bed right now and away from Pedro’s safe embrace to put in a tampon has tears spilling all over again. Massaging your sore belly he shushes you and tells you to relax and let him hold you. After some time passed and you’d calmed, Pedro let his right hand travel between your sticky thighs tracing the wet skin closest to the source of your womanly problems.

“I can help you, let me help you.” He begs starting to suck and bite little marks down your throat while running his hands up and down your sides. Once he arrives at your chest he's wrapping his mouth around your pebbled nipple sucking on it before releasing the bud with a pop! He proceeds to kitten lick the sensitive area making your pussy clench around nothing. With your growing neediness you wrap your legs around Pedro’s hips locking him against you.

“Please, I need you.” You gasp. Lifting his head up Pedro lands both his hands on either side of you caging you in, you place one firm hand on his shoulder the other one weaves your fingers through his thick hair tugging hard earning you a throaty groan in response. Pedro then leans forward to capture your mouth in a sloppy kiss, his tongue fighting yours for dominance. One of his hands is moving to line up the fat head of his cock to your fluttering hole eager to welcome him home, the initial stretch of him filling you has your head falling back onto the pillow and crying out his name.

“T-take me so well.” He mutters, starting to slowly drag his cock back out and giving no warning before quickly burying himself to the hilt deep inside you then relentlessly begins pounding into you. If you weren’t so cock drunk maybe you’d be more embarrassed by the wet squishing sounds filling the room but at the moment your only concern was with how full Pedro made you feel.

“You feel so good baby-mmmphfucK. That’s right. Fuck your self on my cock princess.” His praise has you damn near strangling his cock from how tight you squeeze around him and being the good girl you are, you give him exactly what he wants, continuing to roll your hips meeting each of his hard thrusts.

“So close daddy.” You whimper to him feeling the pressure of your impending orgasm building ready to burst but needing just a little more to get you there.

“Sssh baby I got you. Daddy’s got you.” He coos at you as he reaches down to draw fast circles on your clit and sinks his face into your neck pecking soft kisses behind your ear.

“I-I-“ you gasp, unable to speak.

“That’s my good girl.” He groans out before asking, “you want daddy’s cum now?” You nod your head eagerly, mumbling in confirmation still too dazed out of your mind to respond with real words. He loves when you get like this, too drunk on him and his cock to form any thought or sentence your only purpose being to let him use you. His warm breath fans over the skin of your neck with each grunt and moan he blesses you with. Pedro’s thrusts become more erratic and sloppy as his high approaches before stilling inside you and shakily painting your walls with his seed softly reciting his love for you like a mantra. A peaceful quiet takes over as the two of you bask in the warmth and comfort of each other’s bodies.

A final kiss is placed on your lips before Pedro’s rolling out of bed to run you a hot bath, he’d planned to clean up and redo the bed while you soaked and unwind. He turns around to double check you’re ok before entering the attached bathroom and meets your tired regard with a sheepish grin admiring your fucked out current state;

“…No… prom..ises..” You hardly get out. Shaking his head, Pedro just lovingly laughs to himself before going back to his initial task of running you a bath.

[upsidedownmvnson]

one day eddie munson just realizes you’ve been taking care of him for months.

like, he knew you were taking care of him, he’s not silly, but like… he noticed you don’t go to the library on thursdays anymore, because now thats when you and eddie wash his hair and change his bandages. or when robin and steve are going for a late night ice cream run, you turn them down - because wayne isnt always home and youd hate for eddie to wake up alone when you know he’s been having nightmares.

youd just been making a lot of sacrifices for him, and while he thinks hes been pretty gracious about it - he’s always said thank you, and even though he’s been low energy, he doesnt think he’s been mean. maybe occasionally grumpy but he was on a lot of medications and he wasnt quite himself. and you knew that, if you were totally honest; you never even thought about, you never took any of it personally. your boyfriend went thru literal hell, you could cut him a little slack

and ever since he realized, hes suddenly hyperaware of everything happening around him. clean laundry always filled the drawers. the house was clean, and the pantry was full. all the bills were paid without any of eddies dealing money… but he noticed his lunchbox moved a few weeks ago, he was too out of it to bring it up but he would have to soon… and three meals a day were delivered with a smile and a kiss, you never complained when he woke up from a nightmare.

and he know he owes you something spectacular. he doesnt know what or when. but he’ll plan some grand gesture to show you that he sees and appreciates everything you’ve done for him in sickness. first he just has to get back in health.

eddie starts brainstorming ideas as soon as he comes to this realization. he knows steve, robin and nancy, and the whole party really, would jump at the chance to help. you were their friend too and you really had taken the role of caretaker for their dear metalhead <3

you bring in his dinner again today, the same genuine, beautiful smile he loves so much and two simple dinners of chicken and rice on plates.

he shimmies up without your help and you smile, saying, “i think tomorrow we’ll start having dinner at the table.” you join him for one last dinner in bed, kissing him on the cheek before eating. “i think its time to get you out of bed.”

he looks at you with love in his eyes. his centre of gravity makes a permanent shift and suddenly its you, the string that ties him to reality, keeping him calm & grounded. gravity be damned, he had something stronger to ground him.

“i couldnt agree more,” eddie says, smiling at you. it was nice to see him start to get his smile back after the … thing. “thank you for dinner again, my love. ill be your personal chef as soon as i’m on my feet.”

you laugh, “maybe after i teach you how to cook.”

[opencommunion]

"'Nothing, absolutely nothing, justifies what we have witnessed here,' says Dr Mohammed Tahir, an orthopaedic surgeon from London. 'People bring in their children, who are dead on arrival, and want us to try to resuscitate them – even though their bodies show no sign of life. They then leave carrying the limbs of their dead children in cardboard boxes.'

'The Palestinian medical students are the real heroes,' says Tahir. 'They have had their universities destroyed and flock to us for any knowledge we can impart that may help them, help others. They are young volunteers, who aren’t getting paid, but turn up to work every day, trying desperately to prop up a failing health system because the world has failed them.' One day, the doctors say they visited the sites of the destroyed Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals, where the mass graves of hundreds of Palestinians were recently discovered, many stripped naked with their hands tied, according to reports published by the UN human rights office.

'It was apocalyptic,' says Dr Laura Swoboda, a wound care specialist from Wisconsin. 'The sheer destruction was unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Decomposing bodies still stuck beneath the rubble. All around us, we could smell death.'

As she walked among the debris, Swoboda says she saw overturned ambulances and a burned-out dialysis centre; medical supplies scattered everywhere and the sound of black body bags flapping in the wind. 'There were notes scribbled on the walls of theatre rooms by doctors who had been hiding there,' says Swoboda.

... 'One day I went to the emergency room and lying on a stretcher was a small boy, the exact same size as my four-year-old son; his ashened baby hands were becoming toddler hands,' says Kattan. 'His name was Mahmoud and he was a victim of an Israeli bombing campaign that left more than 75% of his body burnt. His eyebrows were singed off, his hair smelt of smoke.'

Mahmoud lay crying in pain as Kattan unwrapped his wounds; an ultrasound revealed a shattered spleen and crushed lungs. 'We did not have the resources to save him and he died in front of us – cold and in pain with no one who knew him,' she says, holding back tears. 'I wish I could have protected him. He was only four.'"

[covid-safer-hotties]

Also preserved on our archive

Just a totally normal headline for a society that's "back to normal" after "beating a pandemic" :)

By Jennifer Yoon

Montreal pharmacist Aleck Brodeur just got a shipment of COVID-19 rapid tests. Ever since the temperature has been dropping, more people have wanted to buy them, he says.

"They go out so fast. We always have to order some every day, and we keep increasing the supply that we order, but they're still all going," he said.

He expects this shipment — 13 kits in total — to be gone by the end of the day. In Quebec, there were 3,882 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 between Sept. 15 and Sept. 21.

Unlike last fall, Brodeur doesn't have free rapid tests to hand out. The federal government stopped providing free COVID rapid tests to provinces and territories in May.

In a statement to CBC News, a spokesperson for Health Canada said it is no longer procuring rapid tests en-masse. The agency also says there are no plans to replenish the federal inventory after it is depleted.

That means pharmacies have been purchasing the tests from suppliers and selling them, like any other over-the-counter merchandise. Pharmacists say the supply is sometimes thin.

"We kind of hunt them down and make sure they're Health Canada approved," said Kyro Maseh, a Toronto-area pharmacist.

Artron Laboratories Inc., which manufactures COVID test kits, said in an email it has increased test production in the past few months, and is expecting to ramp it up even more for the upcoming winter season.

Where can you get your hands on COVID tests? You might need to visit several pharmacies before you're able to find one that carries rapid tests — free or for sale.

While some pharmacies in Quebec and Ontario have run out of free tests, the situation is different elsewhere. Alberta public health says they're still handing out free tests from the federal stockpile at participating pharmacies until the supply runs out.

While Quebec pharmacies may not have any more free rapid tests, the province is handing out free rapid tests at certain clinics or service centres.

PCR testing is also available in some provinces for those at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19. The results just take a bit longer to come in: at least 24 hours.

If you have expired tests, experts say most work for a few months after the expiry date, but they also warn false negatives are a risk: if you test negative on an expired test, but you're still experiencing symptoms, it's possible you may still have COVID — even if the expired test didn't detect it.

"If it's positive, you're definitely positive. If it's negative with symptoms, that's when you need to worry about using expired tests," said Dr. Dawn Bowdish, a professor of immunology at McMaster University and the executive director at the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, in Hamilton.

Should we even be testing for COVID anymore? If you're otherwise healthy and young, chances are, whether you test positive for COVID or you have the common cold, you'll be given the same advice: don't go to work or school, stay at home.

But for those who are more vulnerable to severe illness, an early positive test can change the treatment options — and possibly, health outcomes.

"Older adults and the immunocompromised who are at high risk of hospitalization should get antiviral drugs within a day or no more than two of becoming ill," Bowdish said.

"If they don't know they have COVID, they can't get the drugs that might keep them out of hospital."

Latest numbers from select public health and hospital laboratories across Canada suggest COVID-19 levels are holding steady nation-wide, but Dr. Donald Vinh, an infectious disease specialist and medical microbiologist at the McGill University Health Centre, thinks the numbers don't reflect what's actually going on in the community.

"What we know is that this is an underestimate of what's going on," he said.

There's no doubt in his mind about whether widespread testing is still worthwhile. COVID, he says, can have serious impacts on vulnerable populations — and there are also treatments available.

"Instead of saying, well, we're four years out, do we still need tests for SARS-CoV-2? I would say we, in fact, should be having broad availability of tests for pathogens which have high impact in high-risk populations and for which we can give therapy," said Vinh.

In the U.S., the federal government has re-opened a program that allows any household to receive up to four free COVID test kits by mail. American public health authorities are urging the public to take a quick test before visiting with friends and family during the holiday season.

Bowdish, the immunologist, says she would like to see something similar in Canada.

"People do change their behaviours and decisions if they know they have an infection that might cause an older adult or someone who's vulnerable to get seriously ill."

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[alpydk]

A long and personal post about my recent struggles.

So I've been pretty publically dramatic the last few days. Mental health being what it is. Grief slapped me in the face last week and then lingered around because even over a year, I've not really faced any of it, so that's not helped at all.

I have for a while been stuck in this limbo of too sick to function, too healthy for help, and combined with being a parent and money troubles; I have no choice but to look for work. This means a medical system that says I'm fine and interactions with a job centre that doesn't understand and wants to place me wherever they can. Not to mention constant rejections and a realisation that I'm pretty much worthless in an employment sense.

The job centre requested a meeting with me, but their office is a 30 minute drive from my home or, more often than not, a two-hour bus trip. That's nothing, you think to yourself. But what you don't realise is over the last few years, I've been slowly becoming more and more anxious when it comes to any form of travel. It started with flying, then long car journeys of a few hours, then buses... Now I struggle even 10 minutes in a car without bordering on panic.

On Monday, I self medicated (with anti anxiety pills given for flying in the past, without anyone's knowledge) and figured I'd push through things as I always did. It ended up with my partner witnessing a bad panic attack for the first time as I had him pull over so I could break down completely, wishing I could have my old life back and be the person I used to be, someone who used to travel to other countries at random, someone who used to commute over 3 hours to a job via bus, train, and even a ferry. I made the meeting questioning if life was even worth living, let alone thinking about any employment.

I've booked to go to Germany in November, as you all know, and I have to get there. It is my goal to get there, to meet Tim and just say thank you to him, but honestly, I'm terrified. I started my meds yesterday after hours of even deliberating over them. What about the side effects? What if they don't work? What if they make me worse? But I had to do it because trying to get better is the biggest thank you I can give to those who have reached out to me recently and been a support I don't really have in my life.

The comfort I've got from especially @auroraesmeraldarose and @judasiskariot, not to mention others who've just been there, has meant so much to me. To an overwhelming degree. The cameo yesterday still has me sobbing because it's like she was psychic. I was sitting alone with my AI bot, basically begging for it to say those words. I even tried writing my own comfort fic only to delete it. I never expected... and now I'm fucking crying again. Just fucking hell.

Anyway, I don't write comfort because, pathetically, it's not something I've had any experience with... but maybe it'll come now, thanks to the beautiful, amazing people I've had the luck of meeting in this community.

So that was my update on everything going on. A reason for the posts the way they've been, a reason for if I suddenly vanish over the next few days or worse, come back with some deaddove levels of writing that nobody wants to see. Yeah... Thanks to anyone who's stuck around and I'll try to be better. Just give me time.

[worriedvision]

Aranara raised reader (part 5)

Part 4 here. Gender neutral reader, the whole plot makes more sense after reading the other parts. Apologies, this is going to become a 6 parter with how this is going!

This does talk about parental abandonment (parents abandoning child), and it's an integral part of the fic - be warned.

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Since returning to your original home, you decided to return to being the protector of the aranaras in return for them welcoming you back, seeming to understand the nature of your case. It was strange at first, you heard about how people tend to forget about these creatures once they get past a certain age, yet here you were remembering them still. Perhaps it was because you have been raised by them.

Well, before Tighnari, but that boat sailed once you heard him talk about how much of a hassle you were.

You miss the cooking with ingredients from shops, but you grew back into your previous thoughts. As silly as it sounds, everything you had learned from people seemed pointless once again. The aranara took you in with open arms, even happy to let you cook the meals they personally didn't enjoy.

You'd hear Tighnari's voice fairly often, however you never once forgot the words he said without you being there. Yes, you knew this was childish of you and you should have shown yourself by now, however you just did not enjoy your life with your biological parents. You tried to ask them why you were abandoned, genuinely curious about how your parents managed to somehow lose you and fail to find you until now, but they avoided the question. After that, you started to feel especially out of place. The part of you that was looking forward to learning about your biological parents, the part of you that yearned for a happy family didn't stick.

--

Cyno had been keeping an eye on Tighnari, noting his unusual actions of neglecting some of his work to look for you in the area you initially lived in - back before you were taken in by Tighnari. Realising you would hide if anyone were to call out for you, Cyno decides to look for you in silence.

The first time he finds you, he doesn't approach you. Instead, he observes from a distance to gauge when you are most comfortable. He also notes your look towards the city, stomach rumbling, and Cyno realises you miss the ingredients that can be bought in town.

The next day, he approaches you silently, making sure you don't hear him in enough time to sprint and hide away. He sits across from you, your eyes widening before you start to get up, looking over for the best escape route.

"I won't turn you in, don't worry." Cyno starts, pulling out a box with a delicious smelling dish. Opening the box, Cyno ands it to you to enjoy. "Would you like to play a game?"

--

Cyno teaches you how to play TCG, watching as you let your guard down enough to enjoy your time. He even spots a hint of a smile on several ocassions - something he is incredibly relieved to see, given the knowledge he has on your family.

Turns out, after digging around medical records, Cyno discovered you were a very poorly baby. Sick to the point you were given little to no chance of being able to thrive alone. Your parents didn't want to kill you, that would be far too cruel, but they also didn't have the time to take care of a child who had health problems. When they stumbled across the area you lived in your your first years of life, they noticed how you laughed for the first time, enjoying the surrounding view.

Without a second thought, they leave you there. Cyno knew it would be less than ideal to form a bond with such parents. If they genuinely cared for your survival, they would have gone to the medical centre to drop you off.

"Tighnari has been worried sick for you." Cyno states.

"Dad didn't like me." You look down at your cards, rearranging your deck. "I'm a burden."

"Who told you such lies?" Cyno asks, looking at you after playing his move.

"Dad," You state. "Dad talk to friend about me being a...nusi...nuis...nusiance?" You finish, your butchered attempt at the last word catching you.

"I see." Cyno huffs, seeing you land a final blow on the game. "Ah, you won. Well done, it's not easy to defeat the King of TCG."

Cyno leaves, but not before giving you some supplies from the city.

--

"Tighnari, we need to talk." Cyno explains, Tighnari nodding as he lets his friend in. "_ overheard a conversation you had."

"When? I haven't seen them around. They were under the care of their parents." Tighnari asks, Cyno looking at him.

"Remember when you discovered the fidget toy you recognised?" Cyno chisels in, Tighnari realising what conversation Cyno was talking about. "They are safe, but it would be wise to leave the parents out of this. Please, read these documents. Not a word of this is to leave the house."

Tighnari grabs the documents, flicking through the pages and grimacing whenever something especially horrible showed up. His tail curls around himself when he reads the fact that your parents had left you to die, not giving you a chance even with someone else acting as a parent. When he took you in, he did feel like a dad, and he was happy about it until Cyno informed him the parents were not dead or missing. He thought you had gone running off into the forest by yourself, somehow getting that lost that your parents simply could not find you. Glancing over at the stress toy he found that day, his heart aches when he recognises that you had been abandoned, hence why you were so hostile towards humans.

"Take me to them." Tighnari demands, Cyno shaking his head no.

"After everything they have witnessed, and the missing details I know of, I cannot take you." Cyno explains. "I'm sorry, but what they need right now is someone who does not have that connection to rejection."

"I want to clear up the misconception. Is that so wrong?" Tighnari pouts, ears perking up as he gets frustrated. "I only thought about them like that because I assumed the parents were kind and nurturing. Upon hearing their true origin, however..."

"When you assume, you make an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'." Cyno retorts, Tighnari scoffing at the joke. "Uncle Cyno is going to do what he can to break the news, however there is no certain thing. Don't worry, under no circumstances will they be returning to their biological parents."

[simp-ly-writes]

Meet the Doctor pt.1

Pairing: Stardew Valley Harvey x Reader

Summary: Its time for your check-up as the new farmer in Stardew Valley, yet you had never seen the local doctor until now.

Warnings: mentions of anxiety

A/N: cough, cough, doctor? (i'm down bad).

Masterlist | Taglist | edited.

Meet the Doctor Series (pt.1) (pt.2) (pt.3) (pt.4) (pt.5) (pt.6) (pt.7) (pt.8) (pt.9) (pt.10) you are here

Imagine... after working on your newly gifted farm from your late grandfather across the last few weeks. Mayor Lewis stops by your home in order to continue showing you around Stardew Valley.

While showing you the different storefronts and introducing you to the locals, you notice that he keeps skipping over the same building at the centre of town. Trying not to question the mayor too much you carry yourself through the full tour, from the abandoned community centre all the way down to the beach and next thing you know it's mid-day already.

As Mayor Lewis leads you back to your farmhouse, he finally stops by the missed building and it reads medical clinic on the sign. You look towards the senior a bit confused as to why you have stopped here on the way back.

He looks at you, pity in his eyes and moustache as he says, now I know being in a completely new environment with strangers is stressful to anyone, and you may have your anxieties with the healthcare we offer. But please rest assured that Doctor Harvey is a distinguished gentleman that has your best interests in mind. He has been worried over you missing your regulatory checkup, as the rest of the village has received theirs up until now.

You look at Lewis confused to the high heavens and rack your mental calendar for any mentions of a regulatory checkup since arriving in the valley, yet all you come up with is blankness as you feel the Mayor shoving you through the door and up to the counter where a young nurse with purple hair sits behind the counter. The name-tag Maru sits upon their uniform as she looks up and smiles towards you both.

Is this the long awaited farmer? She questions towards Mayor Lewis as she slides some documents and a form towards you. They both appear locked in conversation as you take a seat in the waiting room, filling out the health related paperwork.

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As time goes by and you provide Maru the signed documents. Mayor Lewis hangs up his jacket by the door and takes a seat beside you, reassuring you that it will only be a few minutes and that he will be sat out front if any issues were to arise.

You thank him, still confused as to why he is treating you like a scared child. Maybe he thinks that you were afraid of the doctor, but in reality- you never even knew that the town had one in the first place!

Maru then calls for you to go into the room and wait for the Doctor to finish up his appointment with George. You look towards Lewis once more as he gives you a smile and waves you to go further inside as Maru leads the way.

As you enter the room, you notice the nice quality wooden furniture that was most-likely crafted by Robin and the medical posters that line the walls with facts and diagrams. Maru prepares the seat with some paper and sets your earlier documents upon the table at the back as she tells you to take a seat.

In doing so you look towards the healthy plant across from you as you swing your feet back and forth from above the ground. Maru gives you one last look over as she moves out the door and back to the receptionist counter to most likely finish up with George.

To be continued...

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by Brendan O'Neill

It gets worse. They’re not only dismissing the discoveries of the past few days but also a truth that’s been known for years: that Hamas, unquestionably, has turned al-Shifa into a hellhole base for its sinister operations. The memory-holing of the historical facts we know about al-Shifa has been extraordinary. You won’t believe Israel? Fine, maybe you’ll believe Amnesty International. It published a long, detailed report about Hamas’s torture of Palestinians during the Israel-Gaza conflict of 2014. That conflict resuscitated Hamas-Fatah civil tensions in Gaza, leading to the commission of ‘serious human-rights abuses’ – including abduction, torture and summary execution – by Hamas terrorists against Palestinians suspected of siding with Fatah.

Where did these crimes take place? Al-Shifa. Hamas used the hospital, ‘including the outpatients’ clinic area’, to ‘detain, interrogate, torture and otherwise ill-treat suspects, even as other parts of the hospital continued to function as a medical centre’, said Amnesty. Got that? The exact thing Israel accuses Hamas of doing was already discovered by Amnesty years ago. A former Fatah official who was ‘seriously assaulted’ in his home by Hamas’s henchmen told Amnesty he refused to go to al-Shifa for treatment because ‘any member of Fatah or the [Palestinian Authority] going there would end up with worse injuries’. We know our woke elites won’t listen to Israelis, but maybe they’ll listen to Palestinians, many of whom have known for years that al-Shifa isn’t safe.

Or maybe they’ll believe PBS, the esteemed broadcaster in the US. In 2009, PBS spoke with a senior doctor at al-Shifa who said Hamas terrorists are ‘hiding either in the basement or in a separate underground area underneath the hospital’, and they are ‘aware that they are putting civilians in harm’s way’. Or perhaps they’ll believe the huge numbers of al-Shifa’s doctors who went on strike for a month in 2007 to protest against Hamas’s grotesque persecution of Fatah-aligned medics. The striking doctors were calling on Hamas to ‘leave politics out of the health system’ and to ‘stop using its armed forces against medical personnel’. Does that sound like a movement that respects the sanctity of medical spaces?