#lurie children's hospital

[blackjackkent]

Extra Life Charity 24-Hour Marathon Stream - Nov 2-3 2024!

Hiya! I’m Roz, aka BlackjackKent, and I am a Twitch variety gaming streamer. For my TENTH YEAR RUNNING, I am fundraising with Extra Life to raise money for Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, IL.

As part of my fundraising efforts, I’ll be participating in the Game Day events by livestreaming at http://www.twitch.tv/blackjack_kent for 24 hours straight from 12pm, Sat Nov 2 through 11am, Sun Nov 3 (Central Time) (a full 24 hours due to daylight savings time), playing all sorts of games!

As in past years, every $25 you donate allows you to pick a game for one hour of this marathon session, so bring your wackiest and wildest suggestions. In addition to viewer requests, I’ll also be playing Choice Chamber, Jackbox, Guild Wars 2, Dark Souls, and various other favorites.

Since this is my tenth anniversary of participating in Extra Life, I will be adding some brand new incentives for donations this year, which I will post further about as the stream draws near.

You can donate to this year’s campaign here:

Thanks for reading! Extra Life is always a super fun time for a good cause, and I'd love your help to make my tenth anniversary something special.

Please donate if you can, share this post around, or come by on stream day to help keep me hyped up! Hope to see you there! 💜

[ginalinettiofficial]

i went to see the trans siberian orchestra the other night and let me tell you. they were neither trans nor siberian

[thechicagojournal]

Lurie Children’s Hospital Dispute Over Unionization

Lurie Children’s Hospital is one of the best hospitals in Chicago, but there has been a dispute between nurses and management.

Nurses from Lurie are at odds with management after receiving what they describe as anti-union messages.

The News

Leaders of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago recently told nurses forming a union was unnecessary.

Leaders sent a letter signed by the hospital’s head nurse and assistant head nurse. According to the letter, nurses do not need a union to speak on their behalf.

In addition, the administration is concerned about the impact of a union on the work culture.

Management sent the letter earlier this month. The last few years have been some of the busiest at Lurie Children’s Hospital as the pandemic has taken a toll and tested the healthcare system.

Among the challenges the hospital face were:

Staffing shortage

Higher-than-normal patient-to-nurse ratios

Burnout

Reception

A Lurie nurse spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times and requested anonymity. They worked at the hospital for nearly two decades, over 16 years.

“You feel as if you’re a bad nurse because you are limited in the time you can spend with each of your patients,” said the nurse.

“Lurie nurses strive to give the best care we can give, and that really hits us at our heart when we feel like we can’t give that.”........Read More

Source: The Chicago Journal

[mindblowingscience]

Imagine your child has broken a bone. You head to the emergency department, but the doctors won't prescribe painkillers. This scenario is one that children of color in the U.S. are more likely to face than their white peers, according to new findings published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. Researchers reviewed dozens of recent studies looking at the quality of care children receive across a wide spectrum of pediatric specialties. The inequities are widespread, says Nia Heard-Garris, a researcher at Northwestern University and a pediatrician at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, who oversaw the review.

Continue Reading.

[yourdailyqueer]

Superknova (Ellie Kim)

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: N/A 

Ethnicity: Korean

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician, music producer, audio engineer, activist, doctor

Note: Became the first physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital to publicly speak out against cosmetic, medically unnecessary surgeries performed on intersex infants without their consent. Result is that Lurie Children’s hospital formally changed their policy regarding intersex infant surgery and became the first hospital in the United States to do so.

[corvoda]

Throughout the week of November 4th, I'll be streaming a TON of strange games to raise money for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago! They saved my life when I was 5 years old, and every year I try to repay the favor!

Join me on My Twitch as we play a wide variety of strange things! Including such games as:

Mort the Chicken

Mario Drinks A Glass of Milk, the Trilogy

Pocket Dogs

Ninja Baseball Batman

Mario64, but Mario has a Shotgun

Rayman Brain Games

And many more!

Donation incentives! I'll take game suggestions! Gondal will return!

Hope to see you all there!

[strandnreyes]

30. The reluctant hug from someone who isn’t exactly a fan of physical affection. 

thanks for tagging me in your wip wednesday posts @whatsintheboxmh @heartstringsduet @thisbuildinghasfeelings @orchidscript @three-drink-amy @alrightbuckaroo @carlos-in-glasses @fallout-mars @theghostofashton @sanjuwrites @carlos-tk ! I have a published work on this Wednesday

As soon as TK’s clear to go, he beelines for the on-call room.

He has rounds to do and needs to check back in with his attending at some point, but right now he needs five minutes. Five minutes to breathe without the eyes of physicians he’s trying to impress on him. Or students who are looking up to him. Or the eyes of concerned parents that probably heard the sobs from down the hall. Or the haunted look of the parents TK just delivered the news to right before they collapsed back into their chairs, never to be the same again.

TK knows that patients die. It’s not his first one by a long shot, but it’s his first one as a resident at Lurie Children’s Hospital and he’s having a hard time grasping that the brave little girl who’d always gave him a picture she drew when he came by for rounds is gone.

read on ao3

[djosource]

a limited time shirt is available for the next 48 hours. all proceeds will be donated to the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Nemours Children's Health in Delaware

[lifeinkinder]

Surgery is Thursday and I don't know y'all. I feel all kinds of things.

Mostly scared and overwhelmed.

He's in the best hands. His surgeon recently moved from Cincinnati Children's which is ranked as the top pediatric hospital in the country and is in the top 10 for pediatric heart hospitals. So he's good good and Lurie is amazing.

But there's still that (marginal) risk of death. In addition to all the other risks (stroke, brain bleeds, vocal cord paralysis, damage to the electrical impulses in his heart requiring a pace marker, needing ECMO which has so many risks on its own, among many many other risks).

Plus I'm leaving Squish for who knows how long. Hopefully no more than a week. But she's 6 months old, it's going to feel like an eternity to her.

And I know, neither of them will remember any of this. It will all be mine. My memories, my trauma from this, but damn is it hard.

[blackjackkent]

Extra Life 24-HOUR Marathon Fundraising Stream TOMORROW, NOV 19-20!

Hiya! I’m Roz, aka BlackjackKent, and I am a Twitch variety gaming streamer. For my eighth year running, I am fundraising with Extra Life to raise money for Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, IL.

As part of my fundraising efforts, I’ll be participating in the Game Day events by livestreaming at http://www.twitch.tv/blackjack_kent for 24 hours straight from 12pm, Sat Nov 19 through 12pm, Sun Nov 20 (Central Time), playing all sorts of games! As in past years, every $25 you donate allows you to pick a game for one hour of this marathon session, so bring your wackiest and wildest suggestions. In addition to viewer requests, I’ll also be playing Choice Chamber, Jackbox, Guild Wars 2, Dark Souls, and various other favorites.

You can donate to this year’s campaign here:

Thanks for reading! I would love your support for this excellent cause! Please donate if you can, share this post around, or come by on stream day to help keep me hyped up! Hope to see you there! 💜

[duodaiki]

CHARITY STREAM! Watch me play games and do dumb things for a good cause. We'll be raising money for the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago! Twitch> twitch . tv / duodaiki

[mariacallous]

Talk about the promise and the peril of artificial intelligence is everywhere these days. But for many low-income families, communities of color, military veterans, people with disabilities, and immigrant communities, AI is a back-burner issue. Their day-to-day worries revolve around taking care of their health, navigating the economy, seeking educational opportunities, and upholding democracy. But their worries are also being amplified through advanced, persistent, and targeted cyberattacks.

Cyber operations are relentless, growing in scale, and exacerbate existing inequalities in health care, economic opportunities, education access, and democratic participation. And when these pillars of society become unstable, the consequences ripple through national and global communities. Collectively, cyberattacks have severe and long-term impacts on communities already on the margins of society. These attacks are not just a technological concern—they represent a growing civil rights crisis, disproportionately dismantling the safety and security for vulnerable groups and reinforcing systemic barriers of racism and classism. The United States currently lacks an assertive response to deter the continued weaponization of cyber operations and to secure digital access, equity, participation, and safety for marginalized communities.

Health Care

Cyberattacks on hospitals and health care organizations more than doubled in 2023, impacting over 39 million people in the first half of 2023. A late-November cyberattack at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, led to a system-wide shutdown, causing ambulances to reroute and life-saving surgeries to be canceled. These attacks impact patients' reliance and trust in health care systems, which may make them more hesitant to seek care, further endangering the health and safety of already vulnerable populations.

The scale and prevalence of these attacks weaken public trust—especially among communities of color who already have deep-rooted fears about our health care systems. The now-condemned Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee, where researchers denied treatment to Black men without their knowledge or consent in order to observe the disease’s long-term effects, only ended 52 years ago. However, the study created a legacy of suspicion and mistrust of the medical community that continues today, leading to a decrease in the life expectancy of Black men and lower participation in medical research among Black Americans. The compounding fact that Black women are three to four times more likely, and American Indian and Alaska Native women are two times more likely, to die from pregnancy-related causes than White women only adds to mistrust.

Erosion of trust also extends to low-income people. Over a million young patients at Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation in Chicago had their names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth exposed in an August 2023 breach. The hospital treats more children insured by Medicaid—an economic hardship indicator—than any other hospital in Illinois. Once breached, a child’s personal data could be used to commit identity fraud, which severely damages credit, jeopardizes education financial aid, and denies employment opportunities. While difficult for anyone, children from financially insecure households are least equipped to absorb or overcome these economic setbacks.

Economic Opportunity

Identity theft is not the only way cyberattacks exploit hard times. Cyberattacks also go after financially vulnerable individuals—and they are getting more sophisticated. In Maryland, hackers targeted Electronic Benefits Transfer cards—used to provide public assistance funds for food—to steal more than $2 million in 2022 and the first months of 2023. That’s an increase of more than 2,100 percent compared to the $90,000 of EBT funds stolen in 2021. Maryland’s income limit to qualify for the government’s food assistance program is $39,000 for a family of four in 2024, and only if they have less than $2,001 in their bank account. Unlike a credit card, which legally protects against fraudulent charges, EBT cards don’t have fraud protections. Efforts to help the victims are riddled with red tape: reimbursements are capped at two months of stolen benefits, and only within a specific time period.

Cybercriminals also target vulnerable populations, especially within older age groups. Since the last reporting in 2019, 40 percent of Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans (APIDAs) aged 50 and older have reported experiencing financial fraud, with one-third of those victims losing an average of $15,000. From 2018 through 2023, Chinese Embassy Scam robocalls delivered automated messages and combined caller ID spoofing, a method where scammers disguise their phone display information, targeting Chinese immigrant communities. This resulted in more than 350 victims across 27 US states and financial losses averaging $164,000 per victim for a total of $40 million. And for five years, this scam just kept going. As these scams evolve, groups now face increasingly sophisticated AI-assisted calls, where scammers use technology to convincingly mimic loved ones' voices, further exploiting vulnerabilities, particularly among older adults—many of whom live on fixed incomes or live with economic insecurity.

While social movements have fought to promote economic equity, cybercriminals undermine these efforts by exacerbating financial vulnerabilities. From the 1960s La Causa movement advocating for migrant worker rights to the Poor People’s Campaign mobilizing across racial lines, activists have worked to dismantle systemic barriers, end poverty, and push for fair wages. Current attacks on financial systems, however, often target the very groups these movements aim to empower—perpetuating the disparities that advocates have fought against. Digital scams and fraud incidents disproportionately impact those least equipped to recover—including natural disaster victims, people with disabilities, older adults, young adults, military veterans, immigrant communities, and lower-income families. By stealing essential resources, cybercriminals compound hardships for those already struggling to make ends meet or those experiencing some of the worst hardships of their lives—pushing groups deeper into the margins.

Education Access

Education is another area where cybercrime has soared. One of the worst hacks of 2023 exploited a flaw in a file transfer software called MOVEit that multiple government entities, nonprofits, and other organizations use to manage data across systems. This includes the National Student Clearinghouse, which serves 3,600 colleges, representing 97 percent of college students in the US, to provide verification information to academic institutions, student loan providers, and employers.

Attacks on educational systems are devastating at all levels. A top target for ransomware attacks last year was K-12 schools. While the complete data is not available yet, by August 2023 ransomware attacks (where hackers lock an organization’s data and demand payment for its release) hit at least 48 US school districts—three more than in all of 2022. Schools already have limited resources, and cybersecurity can be expensive, so many have few defenses against sophisticated cyberattacks.

The data compromised in attacks against educational institutions includes identifying information and deeply sensitive student records, such as incidents of sexual abuse, mental health records, and reports of abusive parents. This information can affect future opportunities, college admissions, employment, and the mental health of students. The impacts are especially magnified for students from marginalized backgrounds, who already face discrimination in academic and employment opportunities. In 1954, the US Supreme Court struck down segregated public schools as unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education to address disparities based on race, but today’s threats to equitable and accessible education are being jeopardized through digital attacks.

Democratic Participation

Another foundational pillar of our civil rights is also under attack: democracy itself. Since 2016, foreign state actors and state-linked criminals have increasingly used sophisticated cyber operations to suppress minority democratic participation worldwide. The early warnings for the 2024 global elections are clear: Influence and disinformation threats will likely escalate—now enabled by AI-powered cyber operations. Unlike humans, AI systems have few limitations—they can spread disinformation and divisive content to a vast, multilingual, global audience across countless mediums, simultaneously and without rest. Worse, they can do so in an individualized, highly targeted manner.

The undermining of democracy is also more insidious, less about pushing communities toward a specific candidate than sowing distrust in the system itself—which leads fewer people to vote and otherwise suppresses civic participation. The concentration of these attacks on racial and ethnic minority groups means communities of color, who historically have not been in positions of power, will remain marginalized and disenfranchised. Consider a 2022 cyberattack on Mississippi’s election information website on that year’s Election Day—a significant event in a state without modern early voting options. The 2022 elections included crucial midterm elections that decided congressional representation, and Mississippi has the second-highest Black population (39.2 percent) in the US, behind only the District of Columbia—a jurisdiction without voting rights in Congress. The disruption also extended to state judicial elections, where most judges are elected in a single day, due to a lack of judicial primaries. In Mississippi, 11 percent of adults and 16 percent of Black voters could not cast a ballot because of past felony convictions. With the compounded challenges in Mississippi—no early voting, no judicial primaries, and the high rate of disenfranchisement—coupled with the opportunity of a pivotal Black voting bloc, access to voting information is imperative for those who can vote.

Weaponizing cyber operations for any form of voter suppression leaves marginalized groups further aggrieved and isolated. Worse, it takes away our only ability to address systemic inequities in wealth, health, and education: democratic participation.

These compounding problems require a new perspective on cyberattacks that looks beyond lost dollars, breached files, or doomsday debates over generative AI tools like ChatGPT or artificial general intelligence. Marginalized communities are suffering now and civil rights advocates cannot take on these burdens alone. To quote civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer, “The only thing we can do is work together.” Cybersecurity analysts, developers, journalists, researchers, and policymakers ​​must incorporate civil rights into our work by building inclusive defenses, understanding demographic trends in cyber attacks, deterring misuse of AI, and utilizing diverse teams.

Cyber operations are being used to attack the foundation of civil rights, democracy, and dignity around the world, and that is a problem that affects everyone.

[shiroxix]

(terrible image for attenion)

Hello everyone! At 1 PM CST today (April 30th), I will be doing a charity stream to raise money for my local children's hospital, Ann and Robert Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago!

All donations are appreciated even if you can't attend the stream, but for those that donate $5 or more, I will do a sketch of a character of your choice!!

Stream Link: twitch.tv/shiroxix

Donation Link:

[prerodinu]

Sent Profile of the Mues Pt. 2

Marcel Novák: Patchouli, Myrrh and Sandalwood. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar.

Marcus Soika: Unusual: Roasted Coffee Beans and sugar. Vanilla and Orange Blossom and Cinnamon. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar.

Mäsiar Novák: Orange Blossom, Cinnamon and Clove. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss, Cedar and Sandalwood. 

Matúš Strnád: Citrus: Lemon, Grapefruit and Bergemont. Cinnamon and Vanilla. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar.

Maximilián Zdenako: Unusal: Swamp Water, Thick Haze and Ozone. Spice / Warmth, Cinnamon and Vanilla. Fruity, Pear and Apple. Woodsy, Oakmoss, Damp Earth and Cedar. 

Michal Petrov: Unusual: Blood and Cigarette Smoke. Spice, Pepper and Cinnamon. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar.

Miroslava Repková: Unusual: Sparkling Lemonaide and Sunshine.Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss, Cedar Sandalwood and Myrrh. 

Nimuth Craeq'ak Olvut: Unusual: hospitals, cryo pods, galaxies and starlight. Lemon, Orange blossoms, Oakmoss Cedar, Musk and cinnamon.

Nyla Pivovarčová: Spice, Pepper, Musk, Cinnamon. Fruity, Peachy and Apple. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar.

Rarlith Nax Xukvi Luri II: Unusual: Roalty, riches, crowns, galaxies and starlight. Pear, Apple, Musk, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar.

Oliva Vuk: Unusual: Hot Metal, Burning wood and Sparklers. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar. Spice, Pepper and Cinnamon. 

Pandora Vysoká: Musk, Cinnamon and Vanilla. Fruity, Apple and Peach. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar. 

Petra Khomiakov: Floral, Jasmine, Vanilla and rose. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar. Smoke.

Radovan Láska: Unusual: Blood and British tea. Fruity, Apple and Peach. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar. 

Sára Vukaxin: Spicy, Cinnamon / Pepper. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar. Floral: Orange blossom, Jasmine.

Skuli Vukaxin: Unusual: Old books and Leather Cleaner. Warm, Cinnamon and Clove. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar

Sophia Vuk: Unusual: Film Developer and The Night Sky in Summer. Warmth, Cinnamon and and Pepper. Citrus: Orange Blossom, Grapefruit and Jasmine. Woodsy. Smoke, Cedar and Oakmoss. 

Stella Vuk: Warmth, Cinnamon, Vanilla and Nutmeg. Floral, Orange Blossom, Jasmine, Rose. Fruity: Peach and Pear. Woodsy, Oakmoss and Cedar. 

Tristian Ojdanic: Unusual: Fresh Dirt / Soil and Sunshine. Spice, Cinnamon, Clove and Musk. Floral, Lavendar, Rose, Sage and Jasmine. Woodsy, Oakmoss, Sandalwood and Cedar. 

Vali Vukaxin: Unusual: Motor Oil and Grease, Summer Nights. Warm, Cinnamon and Clove. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar. 

Valentín Roman Vuxakin: Unsual: deep sleep, soft blankets. Clove, Vanilla. Nutmeg and Orange blossom. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar. 

Vavrinac Vukaxin: Unusual: Rot / Decay, Blood and Screams of Children. Spice, Cinnamon, Clove and Pepper. Vanilla. Woodsy, Leather, Oakmoss and Cedar. 

Valéria Trajkovski: Unusual: VW Bus and 70′s pool party. Warm / Floral, Patchouli, Bergemont, Cinnamon, Violet and rose. Woodsy, Cedar, Sandalwood and Oakmoss. 

Vratislav Vuk: Unusal: Blood, Death and Cigarette Smoke. Spice, Pepper and Cinnamon. Woodsy. Smoke, Cedar and Oakmoss. 

Xikzil Xolkoin Iephih: Unusual: sword play, steel, starlight, galaxies. Leather, spice, Musk, black cherries, woodsy, oakmoss and cedar.

Žigmund Skalický: Unusal: warm blankets and hot coco. Warm / Floral, Jasmine, Vanilla, Cinnamon Clove and Lavender. Fruity: Blackberries and Raspberries. Woodsy, Oakmoss, Cedar and Leather. 

Zdenko Láska: Unusual: Blood and British tea. Spice, Pepper, Cinnamon, Vanilla Musk and Rose. Woodsy, Smoke, Ash, and Cedar.

Žofia Rázusová: Unusual: Death, Blood and Screams of Agony. Spice, Pepper, Cinnamon and Clove. Fruity: Peach and Apple. Woodsy, Smoke, Ash, and Cedar.

[marchtv]

Extra Life 2022

Join me on November 5th and 6th for an all-weekend charity stream! 100% of all donations will go to Lurie Children's Hospital and donors get to bid on which game they want me to play. This year, I will be playing games in what I'm calling "Ultra Hardcore Mode"; if I die, I have to quit, uninstall the game, and permanently remove it from my steam library! Many games will be lost.  Hope to see you there! 

Visit extra-life.org/participant/484385 for more details, and be sure to check out the stream at twitch.tv/march_tv

[professorpski]

One of a Kind Show Chicago: December 1-4th, 2022

This show offers the work of so many artisans from jewelry makers to dressmakers to milliners that it is a great place to go if you are looking for gifts or something for yourself. You see here just a handful of the makers whose work will be on display. There are also makers of ceramics, furniture, and fine art, but of course, I am most interested in the fashion.

You can easily spend a large chunk of the day looking at everything on offer and there will be places to eat while you take a break. Tickets are $15 and benefit the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

For more information go here: https://oneofakindshowchicago.com/holiday/attend