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“Terf is a slur used to silence us” dang bitch I wish it worked shut the fuck up
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microwave popcorn is such a beautiful technology. captures the full range of sensory and emotional experiences. there's even a part where it gets loud and scary. the 1812 overture of cheap snacks
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dont cry ok? there is the sun and there isthe ocean and there are butch gay women
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Referred to as “the Dusseldorf patient” to protect his privacy, researchers said he is the fifth confirmed case of an HIV cure. Although the details of his successful treatment were first announced at a conference in 2019, researchers could not confirm he had been officially cured at that time.
Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.
digitized-clockwork
Unbelievably fucking cool
Between that and new preventative shot, we might be able to eradicate HIV in the near future.
Do not forget this. No matter what happens do not forget we’re this close to finally ending this awful virus
Source: abcnews.go.com
Leaf your leaves on the ground (no, seriously.) They provide so much for bugs, places to lay eggs places to hibernate. This comic does a great job at showing WHY we don't see our little friends as often, because our systems and social expectations are anti-earth and anti-life. Don't eradicate your friends (maybe just that one) let the leaves lay
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If anyone has taken their eyes off what's happening to federal workers in the US right now, here's some highlights that we're hearing from our comrades across the government who have not yet been fired:
- In one building (hosting multiple agencies), the locks on the bathroom were changed so employees no longer have any access to a bathroom during the workday. People are peeing in trash cans.
- Elsewhere, multiple agencies have reported that hand soap is no longer being supplied in the bathrooms.
- Toilet paper supplies have not been adjusted to meet the needs of a vastly increased number of in-office employees.
- Employee-owned coffee and coffee makers have been stolen or thrown away without notice (it was already illegal for taxpayer dollars to be spent on supplying federal employees with amenities like coffee, so many offices have coffee supplied by pooled employee funds).
- Meanwhile, many offices don't even have potable drinking water (recurrent legionella outbreaks), so employees have to bring their own water from home.
- Despite an explosion in the number of workers in offices, cleaning budgets have been slashed and many offices are not being cleaned regularly enough to remain sanitary. Pests like roaches and rats are a problem.
- The firings continue, legal and illegal. Entire programs are being cut. Managers have no idea when they might lose staff. Employees are getting fired at 6pm on a weekend or finding out when they're unable to log into their computer or when they receive a shipping label in the mail to return their equipment.
- Through all of this, the DOGE employees in federal workplaces are enjoying incredible and expensive luxury: AI-powered sleep pods, entire dormitories so they can live in federal buildings, nurseries for their children on site, free food and beverages, laundry services, and who knows what else. They have special security to restrict access to their areas of the buildings, including armed guards.
And I'm not just saying this to lament how bad it is for federal workers. I'm saying this because, as workers are reporting this to one another, the response is, inevitably: "This is illegal." "Yes, but who would I report it to? OPM? They're a DOGE puppet. OSHA? They've cut OSHA. The Inspectors General? Cut. The NLRB? Cut. My union? No longer recognized."
There is no one left to enforce these laws, so taking away access to basic sanitation is now effectively legal. They are doing this to federal workers, who historically have been some of the best-protected workers in the country. They are doing this specifically because it demonstrates to the public sector that it is now legal to do these things to their own workers.
Side note that this is also EXACTLY what Elon did when he took over Twitter, because he thinks that paying for janitorial/environmental staff and building upkeep is a waste of money.
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the copification of peter parker in recent years is insidious and also gay
disclaimer: i love spider-man ps4 it is an awesome freaking game + has some of the better peter parker characterization we’ve gotten in recent years. BUT. the INSISTENCE that peter WORKS with cops and RESPECTS cops and is simply an AID to the police is so goddamn annoying and blatantly wrong. peter’s relationship with the cops is at BEST tolerant and generally mutually negative. he usually shows up way before they do + does their jobs for them in a way distinctly un-coplike. i can think of 3 incidents off the top of my head where peter actively interferes with arrests because he doesn’t think the cops are being fair. not to mention being a vigilante is a crime in of itself—and that’s not including the trespassing, breaking + entering, assault + battery, etc that he gets up to on a daily basis. sure, he’ll work with cops if it’s the most efficient way to help people in a given scenario, but he’s not their friend. just pisses me off seeing how marvel keeps trying to push some spider-man / cop parallel that doesn’t exist. fuck spider-cop
i’m almost done. it always bothers me in the very beginning—the big fisk takedown—when peter waits until he has PERMISSION from the police captain to go kick ass inside the building. don’t make me laugh. the peter i know would’ve whipped right past all the cop cars going Neener Neener Nyah Nyah and taken care of fisk in 15 minutes while the cops still scratched their heads and stood around cause they couldn’t find a pet dog to shoot
“what’s your dream job” im so glad you asked. picture this. i am the lone employee of a strange and mysterious tchotchke/bookshop in the middle of nowhere, full of fun and interesting things that i am allowed to take for the low low price of free of charge. i get one, exceedingly interesting, customer per hour. i work no more than twenty hours a week and am salaried 3 million dollars
