💭💭💭

whatup I’m Katie I’m 24 and I never learned how to fuckin function

[rootkit]

the way he spilled...

[dappercyborg]

The Simpson literally made a joke about this in 1997 this is a settled issue, stop giving power back to straight people

[your-favorite-closeted-bi]

There Can Only Be One.

[rednines]

[kittenchomp]

yharnam

[marypsue]

#this shit was GREAT then they tore it down and replaced it with a plastic playground #because everyone was getting splinters from this one #the splinters were PART of the experience #they didnt get it #also it was maybe rickety and falling apart and a safety hazard #which was ALSO part of the experience!! (via @phantomrose96​)

So what I found out, later, as an adult, when I brought up my disgust that this play structure had been torn down for No Apparent Good Reason, is that the splinter thing was just an excuse they gave to us because we were ten years old and they had to say Something. The actual reason this structure got ripped down and replaced?

Because the treatment used on the wood to preserve it was found to be carcinogenic. Apparently because of arsenic, according to this article. 

So, yeah. Safety hazard. 

[itgetsbetter]

🏳️‍⚧️ What happens if your state won't allow you to access gender-affirming care, like HRT?

Some states are stepping up where others are stepping back. Connecticut is the first state to pass a "safe state" law that will protect people who are seeking gender-affirming care or abortion care if it becomes illegal in their home state. Connecticut's law also means criminalizing states can't use out-of-state warrants to arrest parents or guardians for helping their child get care there, and would restrict other states from subpoenaing the medical records of families who sought gender-affirming care outside of their home states.

Some other states are on track to pass laws like this, too. While not everyone has the resources to be able to pack up and move, states passing "sanctuary" laws like this want to make it clear that we are welcome. 🏳️‍⚧️

[savedgame]

[kaelio]

Billionaire Mark Cuban Opens Online Pharmacy To Provide Affordable Generic Drugs

The company was launched out of stealth last year.

The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Company (MCCPDC) is a registered pharmaceutical wholesaler and purchases drugs directly from manufacturers, bypassing middlemen to lower the price of more than 100 medications, it said in a statement.

For example, the leukemia drug imatinib is priced at $47 a month on MCCPDC compared to the $9,657 retail price.

MCCPDC CEO Alex Oshmyansky reached out to Cuban with an idea for a low-cost generic drug company in a cold email. It was launched in January last year. They were motivated in part by “Pharma Bro” Martin Shrkeli’s outrage-producing price hike of the lifesaving drug Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 per tablet while Shrkeli was CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals. Cuban told Forbes last year the pricing for generic drugs was “ridiculous.” He said he decided to put his name on the company to “show capitalism can be compassionate and to send the message I am all in.” It’s not clear how much he had invested in the company.

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Reblog to save someone an entire paycheck, or more, on the pharmaceuticals they need.

[alwaysatomicconniseur]

Gods, I want this to be true so badly.

[kaelio]

It is true. Mark Cuban is doing this in part because he wants to run for President in 2024 if Biden doesn’t run again (Mark ran in 2020). He’s a Democrat and “I personally made medication affordable” will give him an immense edge. He’s far from perfect but this is a good thing he’s doing. Also he seems to genuinely believe this stuff, but either way, site’s up and operational and you can start any time.

[mishafletcher]

just so people understand what a big deal this is, i ran some fast price comparisons. goodrx is an app that offers discounts on medications for which you have to pay out of pocket, whether because your insurance doesn’t cover them or because you don’t have insurance. if you don’t have insurance, goodrx is often about as good as it gets, so i’m using their prices for my comparison.

please note that prices are location dependent on goodrx—it shows you the options at pharmacies near your location. i’m in pittsburgh, pa; if you’re in a different part of the country and you try this, you may get slightly (or wildly) different numbers. 

fluoxetine is generic prozac. thirty 20mg capsules costs $12.80 at my cheapest local pharmacy. costplus has it for $3.90.

atorvastatin is generic lipitor. thirty 40mg tablets is $10.95 at my cheapest local pharmacy. costplus has it for $4.20.

omeprazole is generic prilosec. thirty 20mg capsules is $13.90 at the cheapest local pharmacy; $4.20 at costplus.

aripiprazole is generic abilify. thirty 10mg tablets is $17.73 at the cheapest local pharmacy (and $260.60 at the most expensive—and that’s with a discount, still, yikes); $6.00 at costplus. 

lamotrigine xr is generic lamictal xr. thirty 25mg tablets is $36.59 at the cheapest local pharmacy; $8.40 at costplus. 

maybe that doesn’t seem like a huge discount, but the goodrx prices change *all the time*—last time i used it to buy fluoxetine, which was in the last couple of years, it was $31. also, many people are on multiple medications, or have multiple people in a household taking multiple medications, and $5 off every prescription adds up real fast. 

this is an objectively fantastic thing and a huge deal, and i hope they’re wildly successful.

[prismatic-bell]

HE HAS MY PRESCRIPTION ON HERE FOR $4.20.

THE CHEAPEST I CAN GET IT IN PERSON ANYWHERE IS $13 AND THE STANDARD PRICE FOR THE GENERIC IS $82.

TAMIFLU IS ON HERE FOR UNDER $4. IT’S AN ANTIVIRAL USED TO TREAT SEVERE CASES OF INFLUENZA AND REGULARLY COSTS OVER $100.

There is a medicine on here called Valcyte, it’s an HIV medication, he’s offering it for $100.20 which sounds outrageous (and I mean still kind of is but wait for it, wait for it) UNTIL YOU REALIZE ON GOODRX IT’S LISTED FOR $179 AS THE ABSOLUTE CHEAPEST PRICE I CAN FIND AND MY LOCAL WALGREENS SELLS IT FOR $1,009 FOR A MONTH’S SUPPLY.

This man is literally going to save lives. Jesus christ. I could cry.

[star-trekkin-across-theuniverse]

Heads up for my Americans.

[nostalgia-is-a-bitch-ah]

to the woman who just yelled “WHAT THE F***” in the middle of a grocery store because she saw me standing up from my wheelchair to grab a bottle of soy sauce in the top shelf:

just a reminder: people use wheelchairs for numbers of reason, some wheelchair users are not paralyzed, it’s called ambulatory wheelchair and it’s a very common thing. it’s not funny to shout or call out someone for this, nor to say “it’s a miracle!” and stuff like that. It’s none of your business. Wheelchair users do not own you an explanation.

[noping-out-deactivated20241117]

Most wheelchair users can stand or walk at least a little. Ableds shut TF up challenge.

[rob-pattinson]

ROBERT PATTINSON 2022 | Jack Bridgland ph. for GQ Magazine

[mrhealyourgirl]

Good people are reincarnated into kittens that are adopted by girls with big naturals

[koth-harvest-final]

yeah sure ill reblog that

[filthyprotozoan]

there is no “gay people music” we arent a monolith and we all have different taste. except for that rasputin song.

[egberts]

Y'ALL

Billionaire Mark Cuban has launched a war against Big Pharma. Recently, he started an online pharmacy where over 100 lifesaving medications are offered at low costs. He charges a standard 15% markup in an industry that typically sees no less than 100% markup. In just one example, a life saving leukemia drug with a typical retail price of $9,657 is offered by him for a total of $47. Insurance is not accepted due to the fact that it would force him to work with manufacturers requiring certain price points.

https://costplusdrugs.com/

[marisatomay]

huge congratulations to drugs for continuing to win the war on drugs

[sheis]

[dovesndecay]

no one is this world is as funny as me sitting here, stoned,

[funnytwittertweets]

[librarycards]

[id: “‘you’re so resilient!’ Thanks! My options were that or dead”]

[salty-inc]

Just something I really want to share on here because it’s important.

[salty-inc]

[adhdandcomics]

this is really important to remember, even if you said something stupid and don’t feel like repeating it- it can still feel isolating to folks with hearing and auditory processing problems!

[foldingfittedsheets]

I redid this older comic I made for my storytelling class based on this post. Have some cute wlw love in your day.

It’s hard, if I had more free time I could make it so pretty, this is what I could throw together for the assignment.

[crazy-brazilian]