#on the total opposite end i think john can definitely swim

[nintendont2502]

do u reckon dave can at least float?

honestly i dont think he can - he tries! he definitely does! but its like when you try to get a little kid to float on their back and they just *cant* keep their legs up, so they just end up getting dragged underwater unless you're actively holding them up and then he gets all embarrassed and pretends hes doing it on purpose because who needs this lame ass baby skill anyway fuck all of you

[djatoon]

https://off-guardian.org/2020/03/24/12-experts-questioning-the-coronavirus-panic/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=15d9313a5eacc612df02a33c372baecb1b4db5e4-1585128602-0-ASNHSVgd3MZwFHtZ5J6wECDlhFz5kFYoKLP_J-zi1Y20sY-Jry6fFqPAwSQcUIfzTHbLFaat9zcfr8VPPDGdzrrKm75IwnK_4jh6ij98Ig9yZADEz3stLdeuk262FdC-thUZMj3vl4DS5f8lpaJIfb0Ye-b0bNk_aisGjP1hrpnLlPU5dkn_o3-Q7jXZn1xlu24CCQ_JXqbnP-2gE1-JwRCTJWeJ2q8-l4FHxTYcID-tgcLriN-Ym_zMeKqENeX2snF5awUIII3bvVvxUk2R1YH-tA08d5di2e7_g-g68I_tAZyG5foB2uptV-lp0S48Kmor31y6ZGpkYV4HCsMYoYnPPeiUbqGhPxCxT0TP8R-r

We’ll only know if these people are cranks when the crisis is over.

“Below is our list of twelve medical experts whose opinions on the Coronavirus outbreak contradict the official narratives of the MSM, and the memes so prevalent on social media.

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Dr Sucharit Bhakdi is a specialist in microbiology. He was a professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and head of the Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene and one of the most cited research scientists in German history.

What he says:

We are afraid that 1 million infections with the new virus will lead to 30 deaths per day over the next 100 days. But we do not realise that 20, 30, 40 or 100 patients positive for normal coronaviruses are already dying every day.

[The government’s anti-COVID19 measures] are grotesque, absurd and very dangerous […] The life expectancy of millions is being shortened. The horrifying impact on the world economy threatens the existence of countless people. The consequences on medical care are profound. Already services to patients in need are reduced, operations cancelled, practices empty, hospital personnel dwindling. All this will impact profoundly on our whole society.

All these measures are leading to self-destruction and collective suicide based on nothing but a spook.

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Dr Wolfgang Wodarg is a German physician specialising in Pulmonology, politician and former chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In 2009 he called for an inquiry into alleged conflicts of interest surrounding the EU response to the Swine Flu pandemic.

What he says:

Politicians are being courted by scientists…scientists who want to be important to get money for their institutions. Scientists who just swim along in the mainstream and want their part of it […] And what is missing right now is a rational way of looking at things.

We should be asking questions like “How did you find out this virus was dangerous?”, “How was it before?”, “Didn’t we have the same thing last year?”, “Is it even something new?”

That’s missing.

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Dr Joel Kettner s professor of Community Health Sciences and Surgery at Manitoba University, former Chief Public Health Officer for Manitoba province and Medical Director of the International Centre for Infectious Diseases.

What he says:

I have never seen anything like this, anything anywhere near like this. I’m not talking about the pandemic, because I’ve seen 30 of them, one every year. It is called influenza. And other respiratory illness viruses, we don’t always know what they are. But I’ve never seen this reaction, and I’m trying to understand why.

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I worry about the message to the public, about the fear of coming into contact with people, being in the same space as people, shaking their hands, having meetings with people. I worry about many, many consequences related to that.

[…]

In Hubei, in the province of Hubei, where there has been the most cases and deaths by far, the actual number of cases reported is 1 per 1000 people and the actual rate of deaths reported is 1 per 20,000. So maybe that would help to put things into perspective.

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Dr John Ioannidis Professor of Medicine, of Health Research and Policy and of Biomedical Data Science, at Stanford University School of Medicine and a Professor of Statistics at Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences. He is director of the Stanford Prevention Research Center, and co-director of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS).

He is also the editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Clinical Investigation. He was chairman at the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine as well as adjunct professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.

As a physician, scientist and author he has made contributions to evidence-based medicine, epidemiology, data science and clinical research. In addition, he pioneered the field of meta-research. He has shown that much of the published research does not meet good scientific standards of evidence.

What he says:

Patients who have been tested for SARS-CoV-2 are disproportionately those with severe symptoms and bad outcomes. As most health systems have limited testing capacity, selection bias may even worsen in the near future.

The one situation where an entire, closed population was tested was the Diamond Princess cruise ship and its quarantine passengers. The case fatality rate there was 1.0%, but this was a largely elderly population, in which the death rate from Covid-19 is much higher.

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Could the Covid-19 case fatality rate be that low? No, some say, pointing to the high rate in elderly people. However, even some so-called mild or common-cold-type coronaviruses that have been known for decades can have case fatality rates as high as 8% when they infect elderly people in nursing homes.

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If we had not known about a new virus out there, and had not checked individuals with PCR tests, the number of total deaths due to “influenza-like illness” would not seem unusual this year. At most, we might have casually noted that flu this season seems to be a bit worse than average.

– “A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data”, Stat News, 17th March 2020

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Dr Yoram Lass is an Israeli physician, politician and former Director General of the Health Ministry. He also worked as Associate Dean of the Tel Aviv University Medical School and during the 1980s presented the science-based television show Tatzpit.

What he says:

Italy is known for its enormous morbidity in respiratory problems, more than three times any other European country. In the US about 40,000 people die in a regular flu season and so far 40-50 people have died of the coronavirus, most of them in a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington.

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In every country, more people die from regular flu compared with those who die from the coronavirus.

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…there is a very good example that we all forget: the swine flu in 2009. That was a virus that reached the world from Mexico and until today there is no vaccination against it. But what? At that time there was no Facebook or there maybe was but it was still in its infancy. The coronavirus, in contrast, is a virus with public relations.

Whoever thinks that governments end viruses is wrong.

– Interview in Globes, March 22nd 2020

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Dr Pietro Vernazza is a Swiss physician specialising Infectious Diseases at the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen and Professor of Health Policy.

What he says:

We have reliable figures from Italy and a work by epidemiologists, which has been published in the renowned science journal ‹Science›, which examined the spread in China. This makes it clear that around 85 percent of all infections have occurred without anyone noticing the infection. 90 percent of the deceased patients are verifiably over 70 years old, 50 percent over 80 years.

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In Italy, one in ten people diagnosed die, according to the findings of the Science publication, that is statistically one of every 1,000 people infected. Each individual case is tragic, but often – similar to the flu season – it affects people who are at the end of their lives.

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If we close the schools, we will prevent the children from quickly becoming immune.

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We should better integrate the scientific facts into the political decisions.

– Interview in St. Galler Tagblatt, 22nd March 2020

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Frank Ulrich Montgomery is German radiologist, former President of the German Medical Association and Deputy Chairman of the World Medical Association.

What he says:

I’m not a fan of lockdown. Anyone who imposes something like this must also say when and how to pick it up again. Since we have to assume that the virus will be with us for a long time, I wonder when we will return to normal? You can’t keep schools and daycare centers closed until the end of the year. Because it will take at least that long until we have a vaccine. Italy has imposed a lockdown and has the opposite effect. They quickly reached their capacity limits, but did not slow down the virus spread within the lockdown.

– Interview in General Anzeiger, 18th March 2020

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Prof. Hendrik Streeck is a German HIV researcher, epidemiologist and clinical trialist. He is professor of virology, and the director of the Institute of Virology and HIV Research, at Bonn University.

What he says:

The new pathogen is not that dangerous, it is even less dangerous than Sars-1. The special thing is that Sars-CoV-2 replicates in the upper throat area and is therefore much more infectious because the virus jumps from throat to throat, so to speak. But that is also an advantage: Because Sars-1 replicates in the deep lungs, it is not so infectious, but it definitely gets on the lungs, which makes it more dangerous.

[…]

You also have to take into account that the Sars-CoV-2 deaths in Germany were exclusively old people. In Heinsberg, for example, a 78-year-old man with previous illnesses died of heart failure, and that without Sars-2 lung involvement. Since he was infected, he naturally appears in the Covid 19 statistics. But the question is whether he would not have died anyway, even without Sars-2.

– Interview in Frankfurter Allgemeine, 16th March 2020

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Dr Yanis Roussel et. al. – A team of researchers from the Institut Hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille and the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, conducting a peer-reviewed study on Coronavirus mortality for the government of France under the ‘Investments for the Future’ programme.

What they say:

The problem of SARS-CoV-2 is probably overestimated, as 2.6 million people die of respiratory infections each year compared with less than 4000 deaths for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of writing.

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This study compared the mortality rate of SARS-CoV-2 in OECD countries (1.3%) with the mortality rate of common coronaviruses identified in AP-HM patients (0.8%) from 1 January 2013 to 2 March 2020. Chi-squared test was performed, and the P-value was 0.11 (not significant).

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…it should be noted that systematic studies of other coronaviruses (but not yet for SARS-CoV-2) have found that the percentage of asymptomatic carriers is equal to or even higher than the percentage of symptomatic patients. The same data for SARS-CoV-2 may soon be available, which will further reduce the relative risk associated with this specific pathology.

– “SARS-CoV-2: fear versus data”, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 19th March 2020

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Dr. David Katz is an American physician and founding director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center

What he says:

I am deeply concerned that the social, economic and public health consequences of this near-total meltdown of normal life — schools and businesses closed, gatherings banned — will be long-lasting and calamitous, possibly graver than the direct toll of the virus itself. The stock market will bounce back in time, but many businesses never will. The unemployment, impoverishment and despair likely to result will be public health scourges of the first order.

– “Is Our Fight Against Coronavirus Worse Than the Disease?”, New York Times 20th March 2020

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Michael T. Osterholm is regents professor and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

What he says:

Consider the effect of shutting down offices, schools, transportation systems, restaurants, hotels, stores, theaters, concert halls, sporting events and other venues indefinitely and leaving all of their workers unemployed and on the public dole. The likely result would be not just a depression but a complete economic breakdown, with countless permanently lost jobs, long before a vaccine is ready or natural immunity takes hold.

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[T]he best alternative will probably entail letting those at low risk for serious disease continue to work, keep business and manufacturing operating, and “run” society, while at the same time advising higher-risk individuals to protect themselves through physical distancing and ramping up our health-care capacity as aggressively as possible. With this battle plan, we could gradually build up immunity without destroying the financial structure on which our lives are based.

– “Facing covid-19 reality: A national lockdown is no cure”, Washington Post 21st March 2020

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Dr Peter Goetzsche is Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis at the University of Copenhagen and founder of the Cochrane Medical Collaboration. He has written several books on corruption in the field of medicine and the power of big pharmaceutical companies.

What he says:

Our main problem is that no one will ever get in trouble for measures that are too draconian. They will only get in trouble if they do too little. So, our politicians and those working with public health do much more than they should do.

No such draconian measures were applied during the 2009 influenza pandemic, and they obviously cannot be applied every winter, which is all year round, as it is always winter somewhere. We cannot close down the whole world permanently.

Should it turn out that the epidemic wanes before long, there will be a queue of people wanting to take credit for this. And we can be damned sure draconian measures will be applied again next time. But remember the joke about tigers. “Why do you blow the horn?” “To keep the tigers away.” “But there are no tigers here.” “There you see!”

– “Corona: an epidemic of mass panic”, blog post on Deadly Medicines 21st March 2020

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[socialistfashionblog-blog]

I like this a lot. - I like the idea of clothes designed by people who love what they’re designing, not Vetements style pointlessness or post-modern fawning over the ugliest fucking clothes you can find. -  I love the blatant 90s-ness of it, the collaged look that reminds me of Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Meat Cake and when you’d buy a CD and there’d be a picture in the lyrics sheet or on the back cover that looked totally different to, or even clashed with the picture on the front. I like the prints of cute little girls looking mischievous instead of hot Blurred Lines babes that you get printed on t-shirts in this day and age. It reminds me of Monica and Rachel’s apartment on Friends and how it made stuffy florals and rugs and kitschy lamps look so cool. - I think “niche” is a good thing. Over the last few years we’ve seen an increasingly uninhibited high street and general public. Trends like pastel and neon hair colours, undercuts, wacky Christmas jumpers, laser-printed fabrics, platforms and flatforms are probably newer than most of us realise. For want of a better word, I feel sometimes that fashion used to be a lot more low key. It might sound corny to say it but Lady Gaga may have been responsible. Like Marilyn Manson before her, she dressed to shock, but Gaga was accepted into the mainstream far more readily than Manson, and whether she was absorbed into it or it absorbed her, now it’s hard to think of any female musician - or female celebrity at all - who hasn’t had some flirtation with some totally bonkers notion of “high fashion”. Look at Nicole Kidman on the cover of LOVE magazine in an outfit that you could only ever appreciate ironically. She’s fifty and deserves better than an ugly swimming costume, furry jacket and visible nips. The rest of the shoot involves backwards baseball caps and red leather chaps. In a pre-Gaga and pre-social media world it’s hard to imagine a star wearing something so unconventional and fashion-for-the-sake-of-fashion. It’s putting a lot of trust in a fashion editor’s point of view. - Compare "fashion” as interpreted on that LOVE cover to this 1995 Gucci ad:

- Designer Tom Ford said of the clothes from this collection “I could have sent anything down that runway. I had a moment where nobody was looking at anything I did.” Compare the product of this supposed unfettered freedom to the regular output of certain current labels. I’m not trying to argue that plain is better or that complicated is better. I’m neither a minimalist or a maximalist and every time I try to define my own personal style it gets away from me again and goes another way. But it gets so exhausting when it feels like every shop in the world is conspiring to force fashion in the same direction, to force you to buy certain things purely so that they can force us to hate them again in a few more years! There’s a shocking drought of sartorial inspiration across the internet considering the size of the damn thing. - For the most part, it seems like putting logic to bed and selling a dream is a key skill held by those who succeed in high end fashion. Why the heck does someone like myself - the last two items of clothing I bought were American Apparel via ebay - buy Vogue? Obviously not as a literal catalogue of stuff I am planning to get. In the Polyester interview it’s interesting to see how Meadham views his designs as products (the t-shirts are around £50 and the dresses over £1000) as opposed to pure art in the way that, I guess Karl Lagerfeld can afford to do. It’s at least honest. I remember seeing Meadham’s previous label, Meadham Kirchoff, courting cult status via the likes of Girls Get Busy and Rookie. - In the book Ways of Seeing, John Berger describes glamour as an aesthetic of envy. To be glamorous is to look down on others. Glamour is about projecting an image, a possession specifically so that it can be seen by others who don’t have those possession. In this sense, Meadham Kirchoff was the opposite of glamorous, instead an attempt to create a sort of fandom even among teenagers who definitely couldn’t afford their wares. In fashion we can see a trend cycle that has accelerated rapidly over the last fifteen or so years, at every level from Zara to high end brands. Something I’ve been struggling with is what clothing companies should do, what they can do under capitalism. To commend one company can feel compromising: American Apparel, for example, with their ethical production practices and grotesque predator of a CEO. I don’t know anything about how Blue Roses clothes are made, although the interview references production in London. I find it hard to step forward and say, hey, this is something I like, even though it’s so easy to look at a garment itself and know that I love it. I know it sets me out of step with a fashion industry obsessed with logos, must have items and instagram It Girls and Boys. - The fashion industry (like all capitalists) increasingly demands that its creations (brand identities and stars moreso than actual products) are treated like art, are worshipped while at the same time stuffing their art with increasing cynicism - sarcastic jokes, dumb visual puns and logos everywhere like postage stamps. It’s kind of cool to see someone doing the opposite, being sincere about what they want to make, sincere about the limitations and restrictions they’re under in making it. Not being able to do things exactly the way you’d like is a common thread through most creative endeavours worth attending to! Manufacturing and money both exist but love is just as real. - I write so much grumpy stuff on this blog, it’s nice to get to write about something that I find cool for a change. And anything cool is going to be slower, smaller. Let’s train our eyes to find those things that we love instead of whatever moves the fastest.

[katischuo]

all the questions you havent answered yet AND extra Q-fav thing bout' the oxford comma

2. what would you name your future kids? I’ve always had the name Angela Ridley in my back pocket as a girls name. However, I don’t know what I would do for a boy. Zachary Dylan was my go to, but I feel weird naming a child with the same names as people I know.

3. do you miss anyone? HELLA. Physically, I miss my boyfriend, as I haven’t seen him in about 2 years. But I really miss this guy named Gryphon that I met on Gaia Online (I was really into it in middle school and early high school). He was like an older brother to me when I was 15 or so but then one day, he sent me a message that he was being evicted from his apartment and I haven’t talked to him since. I really miss him. He was always so comforting.

4. what are you looking forward to? The potential of going out to Colorado this summer and the opportunity to catch up on reading all the books I have stacked in my to-read pile, as well as watching some movies and shows from my to-watch list.

5. is there anyone who can always make you smile? Always? I don’t know about that but both Iris and Andy are up there.

6. is it hard for you to get over someone? Gotdamn, you bet.

8. have you ever cried because you were so annoyed? NO THAT’S CRAZY TALK I TOTALLY DIDN’T CRY AND SCREAM INTO MY PILLOW BECAUSE THE DAMN RADIATOR WAS SO LOUD IN MY DORM ROOM crazy.

9. who did you last see in person? My sister.

10. are you good at hiding your feelings? God, no. As my dad always tells me, I wear my heart on my sleeve.

11. are you listening to music right now? Nah. I’m actually waiting for an episode of Breaking Bad to buffer.

12. what is something you want right now? I want Andy to come here so I can cuddle with him because I am starving for physical affection.

14. when was the last time someone of the opposite sex hugged you? Last week? I hugged Justin after not seeing him for months.

15. personality description Fuck. Um, I’m a nerdy science girl who just wants to know everything about everything. I’m stubborn to a fault and want to fix everyone’s problems, even though I can’t even fix my own.

16. have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you didn’t? This is only my life.

17. opinion on insecurities. I hate them. I have so many and I hate them.

18. do you miss how things were a year ago? Not in the slightest.

20. what is your favourite song at the moment? Idk something off of After Laughter. Probably Caught in the Middle? Or Pools.

21. age and birthday? I’m 20 years old and my birthday is February 13th.

23. fear(s) Mostly failure and rejection.

24. height I’m about 5′10″

26. idol(s) I’m going to have to reference you to my role models question because I really don’t see much of a difference.

27. things i hate Bigotry, suffering, and apathy.

29. favourite film(s) The Wind Rises and Moulin Rouge!

30. favourite tv show(s) The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones

31. 3 random facts 1) I try to carry a pencil with me when I read so I can mark sentences that strike a chord with me, so I can see where I was at mentally when I reread the book. 2) I have my library card number memorized. 3) I’m studying for a Linguistics minor purely out of the love for Linguistics.

32. are your friends mainly girls or guys? I think it’s pretty 50/50 now. 

33. something you want to learn EVERYTHING. But right now, this moment, I really want to learn how to enjoy chemistry.

35. favourite subject Biology, more specifically, Anatomy and Physiology.

36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill? 1) I want to persue medicine. 2) I want to at least be trilingual. 3) I want to get a fancy ass shower.

37. favourite actor/actress Me? A total slut for Natalie Dormer.

38. favourite comedian(s) John Mulaney? I don’t really keep up with comedians too much.

39. favourite sport(s) I love watching gymnastics! Participating-wise, swimming.

40. favourite memory Ohohohoo, this isn’t my favorite memory (I don’t want to get sappy here) but it definitely is one of my most precious memories. I was lounging on the couch, as one does, and my dad is standing at the open window in the living room. We’re talking about what a nice day it was and how beautiful the breeze was. He then proceeds to tell me how the air also smells beautiful and that it’s all thanks to Canada (as much of their weather comes down to us here in the ol’ Minnesota). Then he looks out the window and softly whispers “Thank you, Canada” and I fucking lost it.

41. relationship status Taken by an utter and complete nerd

42. favourite book(s) Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson and The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare.

43. favourite song ever I’m going to stop you right there. I’m too indecisive for this.

44. age you get mistaken for Usually around 16 or 17.

45. how you found out about your idol role model Okay, here’s the story of how I stumbled upon Miss Angelina (albinwonderland) because it’s pretty obvious how I found out about my grandmother. Anyway, when I was 14 or so, Pewdiepie was just starting up and I watched him almost daily. Around this time, there was a competition called King of the Web or something like that, in which he was a part of. So of course, I go to the competition website and vote for him! I noticed with this competition that there was only one girl in the running and she had bright, bubblegum pink hair. Interested, I check out her YouTube channel and end up falling in love.

46. what my last text message says To my mother: “Are you on your way home? I was wondering if I should cook up dinner for Thomas and me or if I should just sit tight for a bit”

47. turn ons Common sense, passion, authenticity, confidence verging on cockiness (not really any physical turn ons for me)

48. turn offs Being an asshat, arrogance

49. where i want to be right now COLORADO

50. favourite picture of your idol I’m honestly too lazy to look for it, but it’s a picture on Angelina’s instagram of her wearing a Barbie crop top.

51. starsign��Aquarius

52. something i’m talented at I’m pretty good at picking up new concepts. Like, I can do it pretty quickly, for the most part.

53. 5 things that make me happy 1) Naps 2) Vidy games 3) Books 4) Nice pens! 5) Puppies that get so exicted that the hop instead of walking.

55. tumblr friends Shit, you gonna make me @ some. Here are some of my favs: Andy @andu-senpai , Joe @jt-snow , Iris @howmanyletterscaniputinmyurl , Anya @vulpesnox , KP @royalslimefather , and Kalie @onthefrits

57. favourite animal(s) Giraffes, cows, and flamingos

58. description of my best friend Please refer to the description of my crush/boyfriend.

59. why i joined tumblr One of my friends recommended it to me.

60. ask me anything you want Favorite thing about the Oxford comma. It makes sentences less like to be misinterpretted and it’s cool enough to have a song about it (Oxford Comma by Vampire Weekend). In all honesty, I love the Oxford comma so much and those who don’t use it are WRONG.

[oltnews]

You can sometimes get what you want - even a catchy appearance by the separate but united Rolling Stones - when you are Global Citizen and there is apparently no global superstar too big to refuse "One World: Together at Home" . "Saturday's prime-time show also included tricks from a Beatle, Paul McCartney, as well as artists currently inspired by mania like Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello. Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans has already completed major all-star charity projects, including annual concerts in Central Park, but nothing like bringing together eight hours of programming (the two-hour television show at the prime time was preceded by a live web) in a matter of… let's say how many days. Variety spoke to him Sunday afternoon about a friend's expectation in the form of the Stones' last-minute contribution, as well as the difficulty of setting the right tone in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, how it worked for CBS, ABC and NBC to hold hands, and his feelings about the recent politicization of the World Health Organization. Anyone who has interviewed him knows he's more likely to pass for health care fans than the pop stars he rubs his elbows with in the ordinary course of his work, but even a dedicated philanthropist to keep an eye on the philanthropic award as Evans couldn't contain his enthusiasm for the Stones. VARIETY: Did you lock the program enough in advance to be sure that the navigation would go smoothly? EVANS: To be truly honest, it was extremely difficult to set up such a program in two and a half weeks. We literally started producing it two and a half weeks ago. And so the editing, all the sound mixing, the graphics, everything was in the thread. But we did not leave ourselves a choice. It was sink or swim. And I was so delighted with the result. I couldn't even watch a lot of it last night, because we worked all night around it. But just the pieces that I saw, I was so moved by the powerful stories of community health workers and how their lives were affected by the pandemic and how they served the community so diligently ... and by the songs and the artistic talent and the messages of hope from the world leaders who were also part of it. It was consistent, which delighted me when you are trying to gather more than seven hours of programming in two and a half weeks from a standing start. The Rolling Stones were announced for the last time on Friday. Would they be considered the artist you retained the most to see if he would stand out? These are definitely the Rolling Stones for which I was holding my breath, because as you saw, their performance was about five minutes and 12 seconds or so, so it's a pretty decent piece of the show. And we only got final confirmation on Wednesday in advance. Every day was like a week for us last week. [Laughs.] It was definitely the one I was the most ... I wouldn't say anxious, but just the most aware. And when David Joseph of UMG and Joyce (Smyth), who is their longtime manager, called and said they were completely confirmed and fully involved, our entire team was so thrilled. There is really only one group in the world called the Rolling Stones, which has increased the power of what was achieved on an already magnificent night. Did you wait until they actually had the piece on hand to announce it, or did their piece arrive even after that? We waited until we had the part in hand before announcing it. Because we didn't want to get ahead of ourselves. Have you talked to people in the Stones camp about how they got there? Well, they told me a funny story about it, but I probably shouldn't be giving it away, because I don't know if I have the right. I wish I could tell you, but this is their news to tell. But logistically, I don't even know how they did it over time, with extraordinarily mixed voices, and yet they did it in four entirely different regions of the country with very, very, very limited technology. Were you worried about having an inconsistency in tone with so many artists involved, each making their own choices? We wanted to give them hints on the tone, but you know, artists have this incredible ability to get the pulse of the feeling of society, and so we didn't want to overshadow what people were doing. We just wanted to give a first orientation. We have encouraged certain artists in terms of directionality. But I think they all had a perfect moment, whether it was the performance of Eddie Vedder in his bedroom, which was entirely spectacular and so moving, or whether it was the performance of Lizzo, that I thought of cutting the breath, or when Sam Smith and John Legend performed together… I also think of the performance of Christine and the Queens who was in the stream, too, during the six hours (before the broadcast during prime time)… We have received as much positive feedback on the stream, globally, as we did on the show. The addition of six hours of live streaming before the two hours of television bit a lot. It seems that different demographic data have been used. I think we had a younger demographic in the world listening to the broadcast, also because it was a little earlier in the day. We heard stories from families around the world who logged in for the full eight hours, or some who logged in for the digital six hours, and then the kids went to bed…. The reason we wanted to do the full six (extra) hours was because we thought it was really important that people from all over the world could be part of it. If we did it from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the eastern United States, then it was obviously already too late for people in Europe and across Africa, and also potentially extremely early for Asian time. And so I think the power of this interesting mix between digital and linear worked, because even though they felt like slightly different shows, they felt like brother and sister to each other. They came from the same sensitivity and the same outcome set to try to make sure we told stories about the powerful work of community health workers, while educating and informing the public about what can be done to stop COVID-19 . and what can be done to fight and stop the coronavirus. We also wanted to make sure the feed was available to everyone around the world for the next 72 hours. And that's why the BBC highlights this evening were so important. That’s why it’s also aired in Germany tonight and all over Europe. Going back to the general tone: a few weeks ago, when Fox did a musical special, some criticized the fact that some performances were too frivolous at the moment. And we have seen opposite answers about your show. Looking at the comments from readers, there were a few people who said it was depressing for them when they fixed it just to hear something that would cheer them up. In the end, it seems like most of the people who have watched it have loved it, but in a moment like this, you will get at least a little review, whatever approach you take. You had to consciously seek a delicate balance. Well, I firmly believe that you cannot tell people how to feel. And so all I think we can do in our job is to provide a platform for people to creatively express the various emotions that everyone is going through. Some people are devastated [and want music that takes that into account]. And as you say, some people want comfort, and that's fine too. And so when Jimmy Fallon created his beautiful song with the Roots [a spoof version of Men Without Hats’ “Safety Dance” featuring choreography from medical workers], I think it certainly comforted a lot of people. While I think that the song by Taylor Swift ("Soon you will be better"), which referred to the battle (against cancer) that her mother was going through at the time, was undoubtedly going to be extremely difficult, because it was so deeply personal. Indirectly, we knew that this period was going to be a period when there would be a spike in death in the United States and peak layoffs. So you're going to have people who are facing the total devastation of this, and others who want to be comforted. I think we have given people a bit of both. As you said, you weren't even able to watch the entire show continuously while it aired. But were there highlights for you? I found two songs that were extremely moving for me. I loved the Burna Boy song because it reminded me of why Nigeria's response to COVID-19 will be so important for the next wave. I thought his voice was essential. And I also loved the Rolling Stones because for me what COVID-19 taught me is that you can have all the best plans in the world, but unless we have strong health systems, all of these plans collapse overnight. And so I think what they sang, "you can't always get what you want" - that's it, for me. Let's talk about the World Health Organization. What a time to brag about their work and raise money for them. (Lady Gaga and Global Citizen helped raise more than $ 125 million from corporate and philanthropic sponsors, never asking viewers for money.) It was only last week that WHO became a Front page political football in the United States, with the president continuing the attack and threatening to withdraw funding. You were never going to do a politically targeted or divisive show. So how did you feel watching WHO become a controversial and polarizing thing, when normally it would have been something that almost everyone could agree on? I think Lady Gaga said it very well when she and I, with Dr. Tedros, gave the last press conference the day before the event. She said that the whole point was for it to be a love letter to the world and a love letter to community health workers. And it was great because we had a team meeting earlier today with all of our Global Citizen staff on this, and we just asked everyone to come around and share the comments that 'they had. And so many staff members had received overnight calls from nurses and doctors and midwives and lab practitioners from all over America and around the world saying they felt this love; they felt this attention on them. And if it's something, that's what WHO is supposed to do. It is designed to strengthen health systems so that health professionals can do their jobs more efficiently. And so I'm just glad that this result was felt. I had this beautiful and beautiful tweet from a health care worker in Seattle who said how moved she was by the show, and for me, she is the real hero. So I answered her immediately and I just told her that I'm so thankful that she did exactly what we wanted her to do. As for the politicization of WHO, when you are the key player in a major global crisis, it is not uncommon for world leaders of all sizes to try to point the finger, because politics is in some cases a question of survival. And so I think it's not so surprising that it became political football. But I think what we have to remember is that there is no second World Health Organization. There is only one. It is encouraged by the United Nations to be the multilateral institution to help respond. And it has the full support of the General Assembly of the United Nations. And in 2019, its year of fundraising was record, so there is clearly a lot of support as an institution. So I think with this support, they must continue their efforts to provide personal protective equipment, invest in vaccines and immunizations, and the best research in their class so that we can fight COVID-19 immediately. Finally, what importance was given to the same weight for the three major broadcasting networks - CBS, NBC and ABC? They were each represented with their news anchors as well as co-organizers Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. Did they think the balance worked, so they didn't have to worry about being competitive that night? Oh, absolutely. I spoke last night - and I'm going to talk to them in three minutes, actually - to Doug Vaughan, Jack Sussman and Scott Iger from the three networks; we're going to skip a call together and do a debriefing. We formed a real link between the group. It's incredible. There is a real feeling that we are all fighting a common enemy. You have certainly felt this thanks to the unity of the three hosts, but the networks equally - in all their daytime programming, their evening programs, their morning programs - have constantly come forward to support the campaign. I don't know if you saw the rankings, but I think that among them, they exceeded (15 million) viewers last night, and it's just linear, the first count, not counting the cable, not the digital. So it's a testament to their hard work. It's very difficult to get figures from cable and streaming, but would you guess how many people could have connected in total? The challenge we have is that it was in 120 strange countries in a linear fashion, and then you had all the digital players. For example, if you take Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu only in China, that number would be crazy only in this country, because there are a billion people there. And then it was in Indonesia, and on all the major stations in India, which has a billion people. So if I gave you a number now, it would be just hyperbole. … In addition, Facebook alone had over 20 million unique content, as did YouTube, 20 million unique content. These are just two platforms. ... 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Bradley Simmonds on why LISS is the hot new fitness trend

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Bradley Simmonds on why LISS is the hot new fitness trend

If you love health and fitness then you most likely follow Bradley Simmonds on Instagram.

The former professional footballer for clubs such as Chelsea FC and Queens Park Rangers went on to become a PT for the likes of top footballers including John Terry and Theo Walcott.

Since then, through the power of social media, Bradley has engineered a wellness platform like no other – providing fitness enthusiasts around the world with new workout routines and daily motivational posts (and a healthy dose of eye candy on our Insta feed…).

As well as being the go-to fitness guru for the world’s best athletes, a social media sensation and a best-selling author (Bradley has just released his first book, Get It Done: My Plan, Your Goal: 60 Recipes and Workout Sessions for a Fit, Lean Body), Bradley is now GLAMOUR’s resident fitness columnist.

Every fortnight, Bradley will be sharing his best fitness and health tips with us. Over to you, Bradley…

CARBS 🥔🥖🍜 Do They Make us FAT? Are they to blame for weight gain?? TIME to end this MYTH… 👊🏼⬇️ Carbs do not make us ‘FAT’!! In fact they can be very useful for the total opposite, helping us lose weight (body fat%) There are 3 types of CARBS 1. SUGAR 🍫🍪🍭🍌🍇🍍 2. STARCH 🍞🥖🍝🍚 3. FIBRE 🥦🍠🍆🥔 2 and 3 are the most important types. STARCH (Rice, breads, potatoes, pasta) being our main source of energy and FIBRE (vegetables, whole meal starch and Beans/Grains) helping our digestive system 💩 crucial if we want our bodies to function smoothly. Both add up to little calories when consumed in moderate portion yet will make you feel full for longer🙌🏼. This will help maintain a calorie deficit (calorie deficit – consuming less calories than your body burns = the only way to lose weight!!!) Added refined Sugar in my opinion is our worst enemy 👹 We all love it including me 🙋🏼‍♂️yet it provides 0 nutritional value and makes our favourite foods and drinks hugely Calorific 😱 Chocolate Croissant = 300 calories🥐🍫 Compared to – Two boiled eggs, half an avocado, one slice of whole meal toast = 340 calories 🍳🥑 what’s a better breakfast? An example of how little sugary foods fuel us up yet contain ridiculous high amounts of calories. SO it’s not Carbs that make you/us ‘FAT’ it’s the choices you/we make and the amount of calories you/we consume that will make us gain weight! Our bodies NEED a very balanced diet which include ↙️ 1. Proteins 2. Carbs (starch, fibre and vegetables) 3. Good Fats To function correctly, fuel our every move and to help us avoid sickness. SO DON’T cut any food groups from your diet 👊🏼 simply choice the healthiest options, cut down on high calorific sugary foods and keep a very close eye on your calorie intake. Now next time you eat a Potato or a healthy portion of pasta. Enjoy it 👍🏻 Feel free to share your opinion or ask any further questions for me to answer below 👍🏻

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Now you know who I am, I’m going to kick start my column by discussing some of the hottest fitness trends, starting with LISS!

So firstly, what is LISS?

LISS is an acronym for “Low – Intensity Steady – State” and therefore, LISS focuses on low-intensity cardio for longer periods of time.

LISS is becoming more and more popular and over the last couple of years, I’ve been enjoying it too.

LISS training can include things like cycling, hiking, swimming or walking, anything that you can complete at a steady pace and for a good period of time (without stopping). I aim for at least 45-60 minutes worth of LISS training at a time in order to reap the benefits.

I advise my clients to include LISS in their weekly training regimes to compliment any HIIT or weight training they do. I think together, you get the most effective results for the body and mind.

I tried the at-home workout that David Beckham, Kate Hudson and Michelle Obama love, and I’m fully converted

Is LISS more effective than HIIT?

Despite the two being very different, they are not to be compared. Both work in very different ways and both are effective for fat loss. If anything, including both methods into your fitness regime will help you see maximum results for fat loss and improved cardiovascular fitness.

I think HIIT is great for those who struggle to fit exercise into their busy schedules during the week. You can include effective 30 minute HIIT sessions at home. With LISS you don’t have that luxury, it does require more time and planning. However…

Benefits of LISS

Despite being seemingly more time consuming, LISS has so many advantages I think we could all benefit from.

Improved Mental Health: Long walks, hiking, swimming or cycling, on your own or with a close friend could not only be a great way to get some all-important exercise into your life but it’s also a great way to de-stress, communicate and reflect on how you are feeling. There are some beautiful parks and walking routes in the UK with amazing scenery, so instead of boozy brunches or shopping, why not try something different, plus long walks in beautiful places cost nothing at all!

Simple and free acts of self-care to try if you’re feeling anxious

LISS is FREE and requires 0 skills: If you want to lose weight, exercise more, get fitter but don’t have the money for gym memberships then LISS might just be the type of training for you. It doesn’t have to cost a thing. All you need is a good playlist, podcast or companion to keep you entertained. You don’t need someone to perfect your technique and you don’t need any equipment, just good supportive trainers. No excuses.

LISS helps to burn fat: Training at a lower intensity means more oxygen is available to your body and fat needs this oxygen in order to be broken down. So the more oxygen you give your body the more fat you may be able to burn. BRILLIANT!

If you chose to only do LISS as a form of exercise, however, you may eventually start to burn muscle as well as fat, hence why including it with other forms of training such as HIIT and strength training is vital. Muscle is important for our body’s mobility, strength, balance and metabolism so we don’t want to demolish it. LISS training is a great starting point and addition to your training schedule, but definitely don’t completely rely on it as your sole form of exercise.

LISS can help with recovery: If your training has been quite intense all week then finishing the week of with a long walk or cycle can be just what you need. We don’t want to drive our bodies into exhaustion or fatigue; we want to avoid injury as much as possible too, so including LISS at the end of a tough week is advisable. I love using my weekends to include this sort of training.

So there you have it, LISS! With so much hype around HIIT and weight training it is great to be able to share a style of training that is a lot less stressful on the body but still super effective.

Get planning your first LISS work out and enjoy!

This is what you actually have to do to get a six-pack

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fall retreat

wow y’all this weekend was absolutely amazing. It was so short and I wish it had been longer, but I am happy with how it went. I went ziplining, swam in a lake, went through a corn maze in the middle of the night (where people jumped out at us every 20 seconds), and played some Mario kingdom land games. I have a couple of bruises on my left calf that show I will go and fight til the death in human foosball, was hit in the face with one of those dodgeballs while playing moleball, was completely forgot about in ultimate Frisbee, and we played 9 square volleyball, which is a mash up of four square and volleyball. I am sore from all of the activities, and honestly a little grossed out from how disgusting the beds were and how little water pressure the shower had, but all of the little mishaps aside-It was a great weekend. I am so happy that I changed my mind and decided to go because I know that this weekend has so many stories and moments I would have hated to miss. 

before I left for the retreat, I had a payroll meeting which I thought was in the gym farther away from me when in reality, it was at the gym that is located right across the street from where I live, so I was a couple of minutes late to that but it worked out since I had already done all of the necessary paperwork and she just had to put me in the system. I had already packed for the trip since I knew that I would probably be running a little late and was on my way to go meet with a freshman who was going on the trip with us. We ended up being a little late with meeting with everyone else but it’s okay because we still had to wait longer for others, and in the end our car was the first to leave (and the last to arrive but it’s cool because we have a picture with a chicken statue.) most people in the group did not have service but God bless Verizon because I had LTE!!! I wasn’t on my phone much but I wanted to keep my snapchat streaks alive and randomly text my parents so they would know that I was alive. 

the first night we got there around 8? and we had a worship session and listened to the first talk of the weekend, and the theme was introduced and it was all about the Book of Ruth. I really enjoyed all of the talks and could really appreciate all of the work that was put into the sessions. After a few hours we got onto a school bus and went to a corn maze that was designed to be like the game of Pac-Man, so there were people in the maze, “Ghosts,” who would jump out and give us a task to do in order to move on. I swear that my group was always getting stopped and we did the most tasks, which include singing “this little light of mine” at the top of our lungs, reciting John 3:16 as a group, answering a riddle, forming a human pyramid, running with our hands up in the air and screaming, and crab walking (which none of us did). It was a lot and we were actually the last group to finish but we did keep getting stopped so it didn’t really matter (we also had a girl get a really good ear of corn so really we won). I ended up staying up until 5 am that night with 3 of my friends as we talked about everything from how we see our Christian Ministry working out this year to Henry Clay, which lead to a huge debate on whether he could have been a good president or not...Henry Clay died in 1852...but it was a great conversation none the less.

We had breakfast so we had to wake up at 8, and after breakfast we had a session, this one included sun salutations! (it was weird), then we listened to our speaker, who is also the one in charge of my ministry, go in deeper with the story of Ruth and how it applies to today. The context is very important in a lot of Biblical stories since we can’t often relate to exactly what is happening. We listened for a good bit of time before we ate lunch (which was some weird taco salad thing that definitely was not seasoned well). After lunch we played Mario Kingdom games which was actually a lot of fun! Mostly everyone in the ministry is really competitive so the games get super intense. Human foosball was a huge win for my team as we won 10-4 and the offense dominated (go me!! and two others) then we played mole ball which was like the opposite of foosball, there were holes in the platform where you stood and you couldn’t move, that hole was your spot, so you had to throw the balls to teammates in order to score, it was hard and that’s when I got hit in the face. We lost that game 10-9, so the last game was the tiebreaker, and that game ended up being ultimate Frisbee which the ministry is super into and a few of my friends are actually on the club team. We won that game 10-5 so my team was pretty happy. After that, everyone got together and played 9 square volleyball, and in each square there was 3 or 4 of us. My square had 3 of us and we were all girls but luckily we’re all on the taller side of the girls so we were pretty good. There was one team that was the king of the court for the longest time and everyone tried to get them out. then we rode on a school bus and were told that we had 3 1/2 hours of free time, and that we could do a plethora of different activities so I ziplined and went swimming in the lake and then ended up talking with a group of people for a while. I also took a shower and let me tell you, I think I could have stood in rain and would’ve been cleaner than I was after that shower. The water pressure was so low and the water was extremely cold and it was just a mess. but hey at least I was somewhat clean...then we ate dinner and had another session which then led to small group time where everyone shared their stories. My small group had 4 people including the leader, but one of the people was also a leader with a freshmen girl’s group so she was with them most of the time. I'd say that my group got pretty close by the end of the weekend as we spent a ton of time together and there was only 4 sophomores total, one being a boy. 

We had a campfire that night and we watched the stars, had smores, and tried to take pictures which kind of failed? but they're still cute so it’s cool. On sunday we were leaving at 11 so we had breakfast at 8:30, had a final session and then had to clean everything up. It was a really fun weekend and I definitely got pretty close to some of the people there and I am happy to say that I can now call those people friends!! 

coming back was hard because I had a lot of homework to do, so I read everything I had to read in the car and then wrote my papers when I got back to my dorm. I also went to Walmart and had to find a bronze frog sculpture for one of the papers. I had a logic quiz/exam thing on Monday and had to write two more papers. I also have work on Wednesday and have to work Thursday night so that’ll be lame but gotta get that money!!