you're starving till you're not

Mo. 30s. Bisexual. Generally, a whole ass mess. Capable of picking up a new obsession at the drop of a hat.

[ouijamoon]

[rapicho]

ok every time I see this post I find it necessary to point out Jesus was a carpenter like he legit would’ve used the fuck outta a nail gun

[bebx]

And may your pets always stay healthy ♡

[cinnarash]

maybe I’ll never be able to say this directly, or as clearly as I want to. but you’re the one I rely on the most/the one who understands me better than anyone else, the one who’s always there for me. My words might lie, but my eyes never do. They always soften whenever I look at you, always drawn to you, as if they only know how to see you.

[sprinkledsalt]

Now I know Republicans and worthless tankies don't give a shit about all the people killed by USAID cuts, but those cuts have an impact on American public health, as well, and even the current parasitic outbreak.

I don't know why the link to this article isn't inserting, but here's the text:

When the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) last year, it set off a chain of events that is still being felt in the sluggish federal response to a record number of cyclosporiasis infections.   USAID helped fund key divisions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), such as the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria. Much of that division was focused on the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), a program to combat malaria abroad, as well as other programs to fight neglected tropical diseases.  PMI was run jointly by the CDC and USAID. The money supported lab and epidemiological work in the field and at the agency.  But when USAID was gutted, the CDC suddenly found itself with a $30 to $40 million hole in its budget that needed to be plugged.   “That’s more than half of the amount of money that they get, so that’s a significant cut in funds,” said Daniel Jernigan, former director of the CDC’s Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease division. “So last year, when I was still there, we had to make difficult decisions.”  The remaining parasitic and malaria funds had to be stretched to cover all the money that was lost from USAID. Cyclospora work was collateral damage.  “The cutting of USAID funds for malaria and neglected tropical diseases were on top of an insufficiently funded base, essentially disabling the group to where they could not perform optimally for the cyclospora surge,” Jernigan said.   The CDC would typically bring in additional staff with different areas of expertise to help with a large parasitic outbreak, but Jernigan said those people no longer work at the agency.   Because of the Trump administration’s hiring freeze, expert scientists weren’t allowed to renew their term employment and were removed from the CDC, Jernigan said.    Staff left because of DOGE’s “fork in the road,” and contractors were let go because there was no malaria and neglected tropical disease funds to pay them.  Should an expert leave or be cut, “you can’t take someone from down the hall” and just put them in the empty lab, said Michael Osterholm, who directs the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and has helped investigate previous cyclospora outbreaks.  “It’s not just do you have a person there, but what is that person’s expertise?” Osterholm said. 

Nationwide, the CDC said it has confirmed 4,173 cases of cyclosporiasis since May 1, though some states are seeing much higher case numbers than others. The worst year in the U.S. for infections was 2019, when about 4,700 illnesses were reported, according to federal data on confirmed and suspected cases.   The CDC is investigating more than 7,400 additional cases that are not yet laboratory confirmed. Many of the additional illnesses have been reported by Michigan and Ohio, and health officials and experts have said that the actual number of infections is likely higher.   Osterholm said the federal response has been much slower than it should be, because the CDC is taking too long to process samples and determine if there are multiple strains of the parasite. That can help determine which cases are linked.  The worst of the outbreak has been concentrated in the Midwest, but without additional information from the CDC, it can seem more widespread, Osterholm said.   “This is a complicated outbreak, and it’s likely more than one source causing it. It’s hard to discern if we’re seeing hundreds of cases, but in three outbreaks caused by three different sources, or just one,” Osterholm said.   For instance, there are case clusters in states on the West Coast, but no evidence that they are tied to the outbreak that’s sickened thousands of people in Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has linked the outbreak across those five states to iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms facilities in Mexico. The lettuce was supplied to Taco Bell locations in those states, as well as selected Walmart locations across the country.   The company has since issued a recall of a variety of packaged products containing iceberg lettuce across 27 states that were sourced from central Mexico.    The illnesses are caused by cyclospora, a parasite transmitted through contaminated food and water. Health authorities do not have a definitive answer to what products are making people sick.       Acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantis told reporters on Monday the agency is investigating several “subclusters” of cyclosporiasis cases across the country.  

[shilyas]

HEATED RIVALRY — S1E6 'THE COTTAGE'

[yiiiiiiiikes25]

shane’s so fucking brave, man. where the fuck would they be if shane weren’t so full of courage

[evanzbuck]

He’s always gonna feel responsible for his team. Especially Buck.

OLIVER STARK as EVAN BUCKLEY & PETER KRAUSE as BOBBY NASH in 9-1-1 | 6.11 “In Another Life”

[alleycatboy]

you're in her dm's

she made me into a sim so she could torture me

[alleycatboy]

aww she let me swim in the pool

[alleycatboy]

umm babygirl.. where did the ladder go?

[darkbluetennessee]

the fate of ophelia is such a clever song and a perfect way to open this album because taylor is blending that shakespearean language, that very eloquent style of writing we had on tortured poets, with more modern, playful language that unfolds across showgirl. but it's not only a thematic bridge, it's also a very literal bridge for leaving this self-serious, esoteric place and living a more earnest, joyful life.

[lily-s-world]

Kara who saw her parents wither away. Kara who carries the grief of an entire planet. Kara who doesn't share that grief with her cousin, because she thinks he could never understand. Kara who holds Krypto like her heart, because he is the only piece of her Krypton that is still alive. Kara who will tarnish her soul so Ruthye doesn't have to. Kara who has every reason to scream, cry and break things, but chooses to stay and make Earth her home because she also has many reasons to find again the happiness she lost. That is a Kara that I love.

[ladythatsmyskull]

[nitpickspot]

So, what you're saying is, under no circumstances should we be reposting the above image as much as humanly possible?

[futuristicson]

Don't get too cocky, kid.

[the-gay-goblin]

Only day you can reblog this

[roseverdict]

this has been scheduled since last month

[archaicfirehydrants]

today

[what-day-of-the-week]

All the days you can reblog this for the next 10 years:

November 26 2023

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June 26 2033

[sinmonger]

Under Armour said "this is for the bisexuals"

[smacksmash]

[desertmarble]

I think in retrospect one thing that will be historically notable about the 2020s is the use of online smear campaigns against powerful women. Like it’s extremely frightening. So many of them also were quite literally funded by men who were angry about “getting MeTooed” and wanted to ruin a woman’s life the same way.

[desertmarble]

The most frightening part is what happens when you discuss these women or overhear discussions about them in real life. The internet moves on, sometimes like with Amber Heard it even course corrects. But you bring up these women’s names to your coworkers or your aunt or whoever and they wrinkle their noses. Isn’t she a terrible person though? And you can’t really convince them otherwise, not fully. That’s the goal of these smear tactics, to create a big poison mushroom cloud that EVERYONE inhales and once the normies log off you’re marked forever, even after your name is cleared a week later.

Men figured out that calling a woman’s morals into question (whether warranted or not) and then buying a bunch of bots or goading mentally ill freaks to act hysterical about it does tarnish a woman’s reputation exactly the same way that serious sexual assault and violent crime cases tarnish a man’s.

[courage-of-our-hearts]

1x06: Will comes to Riley's aid

→ aka epic scenes 1/?