I work in tech support mainly aimed at the elderly and hard of hearing and automated lines are hell for them, nearly impossible to use. I've had customers cry when I them they're going to have to call their provider because they just can't go through the automated messages. This would be INCREDIBLE and necessary.
Having just recently been brought nearly to tears trying to get to a human representative for Xfinity..... THIS IS ONE OF THE SEXIEST THINGS I'VE EVER HEARD GHWKFGHWJKLWHWJKL
i love the concept of divorce lawyers. the only things in the world that have the power to undo your marriage are death itself or a special little boy with a law degree.
MOONSHOT? THEY'RE NOT RENEWING THE CANCER MOONSHOT INVESTMENTS??? Trump let it lag thru his entire administration (hello, where do you think he "found" all the money for his disastrous economy shifts), but since 2020 the Moonshot initiative has been hooked back up to its research funding lifeline.
Screenshotted article here:
The Moonshot program was the largest, organized effort by the U.S. government to find cancer cures. Congress voted it down.
To give some additional insight into how insane this is, no matter WHAT party is behind it:
Since 1937, the federal government has led a bipartisan and RIGOROUS effort to eradicate cancer. President Roosevelt takes action to establish the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and this is STILL center of US cancer research. This is the large bucket all the research funding is put in to distribute amongst research + trials.
The NCI has this to say about their establishment in 1937 (emphasis by me):
August 5, 1937—The National Cancer Institute (NCI) was established through the National Cancer Act of 1937, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its passage represented the culmination of nearly three decades of efforts to formalize the U.S. government’s place in cancer research. The act represents the first time that Congress provided funding to address a non-communicable disease. The act created NCI as an independent research institute within the Public Health Service. NCI became the federal government’s principal agency for conducting research and training on the cause, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
NCI was tasked with assisting and promoting cancer research at other public and private institutions, particularly by providing funding opportunities to support promising cancer research. The act established the National Advisory Cancer Council, now known as the National Cancer Advisory Board, which recommended approval of first award for fellowships in cancer research shortly thereafter.
For nearly 90 years, there has been dedicated and earnest federal funding towards cancer research. During this span of time, the leukemia that killed my great grandmother in 8 months at 38 years old can now be treated and SURVIVED. Cancer is not a death sentence PURELY because doctors have spent nearly a century not resting until answers are found. This is not political, this is humanitarian. Our breakthroughs in America are shared internationally and our international peers share back with us. This funding should be beyond reproach as it goes to one of our greatest successes in the international medical community.
The NCI site has this excellent graphic laying out major points in their history:
Click this link to see the actual amount of significant historical markers of the NCI: Important Events in NCI History
seriously, click it and see how long it takes to scroll to the end of the history section. You will notice most presidents have tried to make a positive impact somewhere in the NCI, regardless of party. Cancer is not an option for political pissing matches.
Okay, so what is the Cancer Moonshot?
Moonshot is an initiative originally added to the NCI in 2016 that was a BURST of funding, research, and patient trials. This is a thriving research environment as lush as the amazonian rainforest. As VP, Biden led the way clearing a space for the Moonshot - - deeply motivated by the loss of his son to brain cancer. It is clear he has been determined to secure the Moonshot's place in the NCI permanently in the interest of public health.
Here's the NCI's event marker for Moonshot:
January 12, 2016—During his 2016 State of the Union Address, President Obama called on Vice President Biden to lead a new, national “Moonshot” initiative to eliminate cancer as we know it. The goal is to double the rate of progress against cancer, achieving in five years what otherwise would have taken ten. The White House announced a $1 billion initiative to jumpstart this work.
Not only was there a surge in research, but there was a massive acceleration in our understanding of early detection in many cancers. Meaning we started catching it smaller, less invasive, and easier to eradicate (becoming CANCER FREE!!!!!! 🎉). If you wondered why you were hearing so many updates to when to get screened, this is largely the explanation. We started saving more lives!
It is a very robust and multi-faceted piece of our public health system that I am not qualified to speak on in every capacity, so I will leave you with a link to its info page. If you ever feel hopeless about cancer, I recommend looking here to find out how we've most recently began kicking its ass. There are some exciting international trials beginning that involve immunotherapy + vaccine-based care 🎉🎉🎉
The Cancer Moonshot is marshalling resources across the federal government to speed progress in cancer research and lead to improved cancer
I know this is a lot to read, but if you don't want to read my words, then PLEASE consider reading the NCI's words. There are very few organizations that have such impactful insights into life-saving efforts.
This is worth informing your vote. Turn away from anyone who minimizes how massively important it is to save lives in the present and future. Turn away from anyone who tells you to believe it is an unsolvable, therefore needlessly expensive, problem. And absolutely turn away from anyone who would devalue increased cancer survival rates to politically wound an opponent. That makes them an opponent to you, your family, and anyone impacted by cancer (did you know that's everyone? You have an important and powerful stance here too!)
enough reclaiming slurs, I think in 2023 we should reclaim nascar. they banned the confederate flag on all properties & their stance on lgbtq+ isn’t just performative bc in 2013 they fined a driver 10k for using a homophobic slur, condemned indiana in a statement for an anti lgbt law, and partnered w carolina’s lgbt+ chamber of conference in 2022. nascar was founded by anti-cop moonshiners/bootleggers who drove suped-up fords to out-run the police. #yaaascar
To this day, my favorite argument I ever had was with my Nascar-loving family about how a thin blue line flag on a Nascar is antithetical to the core tenets of Nascar.
There is no organization more rooted in ACAB than Nascar. Literally, the only reason it exists was that a bunch of moonshining families had to build cars that could outrun the cops while on supply runs during the Prohibition Era. The goal was to make the car look like a regular vehicle so they could pick up supplies or drop off illegal alcohol without arousing suspicion. But if the cops were on you all you had to do was put the pedal to the metal and that little truck could outrun them with no problems.
And of course, families would be in competition over who made the best alcohol, and whose car was fastest. So, they would have races on the weekends. When prohibition was lifted, the races continued. And that is why we have Nascar.
It really frustrates me how people look at American car culture and scoff at it. Formula One racing is more exciting and more dynamic to watch, but the history of it is not as interesting: a bunch of rich assholes who made specialized cars for racing. And to this day, it is still a rich man's sport. Whereas Nascar was about a bunch of so-called hicks in the backwoods who used some basic hand tools and trial and error to make a junker into a racecar.
200 Days of genocide. I don't know for how long it will last but all i know the world must stop them we are so tired of killing and displaced & hunger & fear of losing your beloved and unknown future. That's enough what they want more?
chilchuck going "sorry leave me outta this one. i cant fight" but then hitting literally every precise shot with an arrow or projectile he ever made in the story INCLUDING PIERCING A RED DRAGONS EYE BY THROWING A KNIFE WHILE LEAPING AWAY my bro is a rogue with dex 20 and wants no one to know biggest liar in history
I posted about Palestine on social media for years with zero interaction. No one wanted to talk about it and it has always seemed too far removed for americans to give a shit about.
So again I just want to remind people, it's never been like this before (in the us). This movement has always been here, but they can no longer bury it.
The fact that protests and boycotts have been sustained for going-on 6months, that's not nothing. This should be evidence to you that we can sustain the momentum, we must, and use this momentum for radical changes within ourselves, our habits, and our education.
We have the rest of the world to catch up with.
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