#administrative access

[hatsunemiku-official]

( hi just a quick heads up - im not really adding people to the vocaloid-official masterpost anymore. its gotten really overwhelming to keep up with so. if you’ve asked me to add you and I haven’t done it it’s not personal it’s just kind of become A Lot so im gonna stop doing it I think. the current masterlist will stay up though!

also sorry for no funny posts in a while. ive been really busy with school and also not really in a good headspace to be cooking up Funney Jokes. im still alive and cool just busy with other stuff )

#( not a big fan of making mod posts but just thought I should clear some stuff up :] ) #( im an artist outside of being an internet funnymiku so ive been busy with both art school and just some other projects ) #( trying to learn how to make rom hacks. trying to reboot an ask blog. the usual. ) #( anyways! thanks for reading and enjoying miku :] ) #( I don’t think I have a mod post tag since I don’t like doing them but I should probably make one in case anyone wants to like. #block it or smthn ) #administrative access #<- how’s that

[reasonsforhope]

"The Biden Administration last week [early December, 2023] announced it would be seizing patents for drugs and drug manufacturing procedures developed using government money.

A draft of the new law, seen by Reuters, said that the government will consider various factors including whether a medical situation is leading to increased prices of the drug at any given time, or whether only a small section of Americans can afford it.

The new executive order is the first exercise in what is called “march-in-rights” which allows relevant government agencies to redistribute patents if they were generated under government funding. The NIH has long maintained march-in-rights, but previous directors have been unwilling to use them, fearing consequences.

“We’ll make it clear that when drug companies won’t sell taxpayer funded drugs at reasonable prices, we will be prepared to allow other companies to provide those drugs for less,” White House adviser Lael Brainard said on a press call.

But just how much taxpayer money is going toward funding drugs? A research paper from the Insitute for New Economic Thought showed that “NIH funding contributed to research associated with every new drug approved from 2010-2019, totaling $230 billion.”

The authors of the paper continue, writing “NIH funding also produced 22 thousand patents, which provided marketing exclusivity for 27 (8.6%) of the drugs approved [between] 2010-2019.”

How we do drug discovery and production in America has a number of fundamental flaws that have created problems in the health service industry.

It costs billions of dollars and sometimes as many as 5 to 10 years to bring a drug to market in the US, which means that only companies with massive financial muscle can do so with any regularity, and that smaller, more innovative companies can’t compete with these pharma giants.

This also means that if a company can’t recoup that loss, a single failed drug can result in massive disruptions to business. To protect themselves, pharmaceutical companies establish piles of patents on drugs and drug manufacturing procedures. Especially if the drug in question treats a rare or obscure disease, these patents essentially ensure the company has monoselective pricing regimes.

However, if a company can convince the NIH that a particular drug should be considered a public health priority, they can be almost entirely funded by the government, as the research paper showed.

Some market participants, in this case the famous billionaire investor Mark Cuban, have attempted to remedy the issue of drug costs in America by manufacturing generic versions of patented drugs sold for common diseases."

-via Good News Network, December 11, 2023

#united states #us politics #biden administration #executive order #prescription drugs #medical news #healthcare #healthcare access #biden #big pharma #drug prices #public health #nih #national institutes of health #good news #hope

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Joe Biden will sign legislation protecting access to abortion care into law if Democrats win control of Congress in midterm elections this fall.

In remarks to a Democratic National Committee event on 18 October, the President announced plans to sign a bill to codify Roe v. Wade protections on the 50th anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision – what he intends to be his first act of 2023.

In June, the nation’s high court struck down precedents established by Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey that affirmed the constitutional right to abortion care.

Following the latest ruling, more than a dozen states have outlawed most abortions or severely restricted access to care, leading to the closures of dozens of clinics. Patients and providers across the US have warned of devastating consequences to losing access to legal abortion, while Democratic officials have made abortion rights central to their midterm campaigns as Republicans mull national abortion restrictions.

“If Republicans get their way with a national ban, it won’t matter where you live in America,” Mr. Biden said on Tuesday. “The only sure way to stop these extremist laws that have put in jeopardy women’s health and rights is for Congress to pass a law.”

Democrats would need to pick up several seats in the currently evenly split US Senate for abortion protections to prevail.

Mr. Biden also said he will veto any anti-abortion legislation passed by a Republican-controlled Congress.

The Democratic-led House of Representatives passed the Women’s Health Protection Act earlier this year, though Senate Republicans have repeatedly obstructed its introduction in that chamber. That bill would codify the right to abortion care as affirmed by Roe v. Wade.

House Democrats were only joined by three Republicans to pass the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, which would protect the right of abortion patients who live in states that have outlawed or severely restricted care to travel to other states without risking prosecution or legal action in their home states.

The bill also would protect providers and others who help patients travelling out of state for their care.

Legislation would also shield interstate shipments of US Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs used for medication abortion, the most common form of abortion care, accounting for more than half of all abortions in the US.

In a briefing with reporters on Monday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called Republican-led abortion restrictions “disturbing” and “very dangerous.”

“It’s backwards, again, it’s dangerous and it’s severe, in stark contrast to the President and the commitment that he has to leave these decisions between a woman and her doctor,” she said.

This fall, voters in several states will determine whether their state constitutions include explicit protections for abortion care, while elections for control of state legislatures, governors’ offices and secretaries of state will also determine the fates of abortion access across the US.

In his remarks on Tuesday, President Biden pointed to Kansas voters shooting down a recent anti-abortion ballot measure in that state, signalling the electoral consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision in midterm elections.

“One of the most extraordinary parts of [the Dobbs decision] was when the majority wrote, ‘women are not without electoral or political power.’ Let me tell you something – the Court and extreme Republicans who have spent decades trying to overturn Roe are about to find out,” he said.

#us politics #news #the independent #2022 #president joe biden #biden administration #Democrats #codify roe #roe v. wade #abortions #reproductive rights #reproductive health #abortion is a right #planned parenthood v. casey #Women’s Health Protection Act #Ensuring Access to Abortion Act #food and drug administration #Karine Jean-Pierre #us supreme court #scotus #2022 elections #2022 midterms

[arcadianico]

rotating this scene in my head

I just think it’s so fascinating the difference between elq’s dynamic with cucurucho here and the dynamic between qq and cucurucho the last time we saw them together.

like functionally both qs are doing a similar thing (asking questions and talking on when cucurucho doesn’t answer them) but the power dynamic is clearly different. cucurucho’s silence with qq felt like amusement, here it feels like shyness almost? and elq’s reaction when he sees that the others are coming to the station feels somewhere between a boss and your parent saying “i told you so”. idk it feels clear to me that elq is the one with the power between the two of them

#im so fascinated by him #yes ive watched the vod four times what of it #i just think their whole thing is fascinating #i find the fact that elq seems to have the social power but not the administrative power also interesting #because he has to ask cucurucho to do things for him #like give him a key or allow them to go through a different door #but even still he feels like the one with power between the two of them #i also wonder how much of the asking for a key stuff was meant to be a performance in front of the audience #to convince us he’s still qq but amicable with the feds now #and how much is true to what he does and doesn’t have access to #idk i am having thoughts #elquackity #cucurucho #osito bimbo #qsmp

[coquelicoq]

it makes sense that ART password-protected its backup copy of itself using the name it calls murderbot, but it is batshit bananapants that murderbot actually tried said name as a password. and yes there were like five totally rational reasons for murderbot to make that guess, but in another sense murderbot sat there and went hmm i wonder if ART compressed itself into this extremely vulnerable code bundle which it then protected with my name. just my name, just the name it calls me. i wonder if ART made it so that the "local feed address hardcoded into the interfaces laced through my brain" (verbatim page 130, babey!) is the key that would allow me and only me to either resurrect or utterly destroy it. i wonder if ART chose to hide itself in such a way that it could only be found by the invocation of the name by which it calls me. and then instead of going haha no that's batshit bananapants, murderbot tried it. and it was right! the trust, the intimacy, the compatibility...but most of all, the ability to imagine oneself as important to someone! bat! shit! banana! pants!!!

#the fact that ART did this isn't that surprising but the fact that murderbot was like hey. it would make sense if this were the password #and then DIDN'T push that aside as ridiculous because of what it would imply (that ART trusts mb‚ pays attention to mb‚ etc.) #that's what's impressive to me! it's kind of a big deal i think!!!! #and the fact that it's specifically the name that ART calls mb. mb didn't try guessing any of its aliases that ART knows about #or even 'murderbot' #it specifically guessed the one name that *ART* uses for it. the name it goes out of its way to say 'wasn't something humans could say #or even access' #like there are some unspoken things about their friendsh- excuse me‚ mutually administrative assistance that both of them are aware of #and it is clear here that mb knows this. and is willing to take the leap that ART does too #murderbot #the murderbot diaries #names #f #mb identifiers #mb trust #moot admins #my posts #my mb posts #mb ne #in another sense. this is the most obvious guess for a password and mb would have to be an idiot not to try it. but LISTEN #mb has DAMAGE. this isn't like when i would guess my name as my parents' password to things and it would be right. there is HISTORY #okay but also wouldn't it be funny if this were the one example of 2fa where the thing you know and the thing you have #are the same fucking thing lololol

[magicspun]

#accessibility #accessibility rights #disability rights #disabilities #disabled #disability #wheelchairs #wheelchair user #flying #airline news #airlines #flights #transportation #us news #biden #biden administration #joe biden #thank biden #us politics

[felizusnavidad]

POPPY I JUST LISTENED TO FIRST BURN

HOLY SHIT?????

THEIR VOICES??? THE LYRICS???

"IVE SEEN HOW YOU LOOK AT MY SISTER"???? GODDAMN

THE FUCKING RAGE????

POPPY POPPY I CANT

LITERALLY YES TO ALL OF THAT!

i am just listening to it right now (i forgot how much i love it lol), the sister part is probably my favourite & i kinda wish it wasn't cut from the original version. my jaw literally dropped when i heard it for the first time omg. it's... intense.

#it's truly amazing that we have access to all those demos #some of them are literally insane #also the workshop version of hamilton is worth checking if you have like a lot of time hahaha #there are a lot of differences #for example the song “one last ride” instead of “one last time” which is probably my fav from the workshop next to the adams administration #hamilton #i saved every letter you wrote me*

[not-poignant]

Is there any plans in a distant future to let Temsen fall in love with someone (in any universe) ?

Hi anon!

He's already in love (though not really romantically, I've always seen him as aromantic) with a lot of people in The Nascent Diplomat, and it would be detrimental to his health to fall in love with anyone in the Underline series.

He's literally found the level of happiness and fulfillment that most people are looking for in romantic relationships, all on his own. And I very much see him as being aromantic there too).

Happy for other folks to imagine him as romantic / falling in love with someone though!

#asks and answers #aromantic representation #ohlo ohlo temsen #underline the rainbow #the nascent diplomat #temsen is like literally the happiest he'll pretty much ever be #when he's living alone #and choosing how he accesses intimacy #administrator gwyn wants this in the queue

[kingsbride-a]

Wanted to play Skyrim but steam won't let me download it from my sisters library so I'm going to play dark souls for the first time instead and Yes I will die horribly many many times I am not good at videogames 🫶🏾

#💬 | sing clear voiced muse #i could also play elden ring but im saving that for when i have a. a controller and b. administrative access on this compy

[aluminum-angels]

HELLO ROBOT FUCKERS

FEAST YOUR EYES APON THIS CHROMEBOOK I JUST VIOLATED

Now I have to figure out where the motherboard, battery, and battery connected to the motherboard is

#old chromebook the school gave me #i need to get the administrator access off #chromebook #i love computers #computers #circuit boards

[hatsunemiku-official]

(just realized one of the people that submitted miku art was a terf so the post has been removed. radfems are not and will never be tolerated on this blog. sorry about that!)

#(I’ll be checking blogs that submit art more thouroughly in the future) #(seriously though please read the rules in the pinned post. very clearly states no fucking terfs lol) #(ok sorry for the housekeeping! back to sillytimes) #administrative access

[reasonsforhope]

"This week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a new rule requiring airlines to make bathrooms more accessible for disabled people. All new single-aisle aircraft will be fitted with fully-accessible lavatories.

Most flights inside the United States are single-aisle and as technology has improved, they are used more frequently for long flights, including coast-to-coast trips that can last as long as six hours. Double-aisle plans are already subject to the regulation but are primarily used for international flights.

Out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced the new regulations, saying, “Traveling can be stressful enough without worrying about being able to access a restroom; yet today, millions of wheelchair users are forced to choose between dehydrating themselves before boarding a plane or avoiding air travel altogether.” ...

The secretary has made it a priority to improve service on airlines during his tenure. In 2022, six airlines were forced to pay millions of dollars in refunds to hundreds of thousands of customers and were also fined millions for causing the issues. The department’s firm stance on the side of customers has continued through this year after multiple companies have had meltdowns, stranding thousands of travelers.

All planes delivered to airlines starting in 2026 must include several upgrades. Planes already in service will not need to be retrofitted unless the plane is renovated.

“These aircraft must have at least one lavatory of sufficient size to permit a passenger with a disability (with the help of an assistant, if necessary) to approach, enter, and maneuver within the aircraft lavatory, to use all lavatory facilities, and leave by means of the aircraft’s onboard wheelchair if necessary,” the DOT said in a statement.

Accessible faucets and controls, grab bars, accessible call buttons and door locks, minimum obstruction to the passage of an onboard wheelchair, and an available visual barrier for privacy are also required upgrades."

-via LGBTQ Nation, July 28, 2023

Wayyyyyyy fucking overdue but I'll take it!! Also, very nice curb cut effect: We all get to be less miserable on airplanes, and older people don't have to worry as much about airplane bathroom fall risks.

#airplane #plane #aviation #airport #airline #airline industry #department of transportation #pete buttigieg #biden administration #democrats #voting matters #disability #disabled #accessibility #ableism #accommodations #wheelchair accessible #good news #hope #they should make them retrofit all the planes too tho #ugh at least the have to retrofit if there's a renovation ig

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

A national physician group this week called for the complete termination of a Medicare privatization scheme that the Biden White House inherited from the Trump administration and later rebranded—while keeping intact its most dangerous components.

Now known as the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) Model, the experiment inserts a for-profit entity between traditional Medicare beneficiaries and healthcare providers. The federal government pays the ACO REACH middlemen to cover patients' care while allowing them to pocket a significant chunk of the fee as profit.

The rebranded pilot program, which was launched without congressional approval and is set to run through at least 2026, officially began this month, and progressive healthcare advocates fear the experiment could be allowed to engulf traditional Medicare.

In a Tuesday letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) argued that ACO REACH "presents a threat to the integrity of traditional Medicare, and an opportunity for corporations to take money from taxpayers while denying care to beneficiaries."

The group, which advocates for a single-payer healthcare system, voiced alarm over the Biden administration's decision to let companies with records of fraud and other abuses take part in the ACO REACH pilot, which automatically assigns traditional Medicare patients to private entities without their consent.

CMS said in a press release Tuesday that "the ACO REACH Model has 132 ACOs with 131,772 healthcare providers and organizations providing care to an estimated 2.1 million beneficiaries" for 2023.

"As we have stated, PNHP believes that the REACH program threatens the integrity of traditional Medicare and should be permanently ended," Dr. Philip Verhoef, the physician group's president, wrote in the new letter. "Whether or not one agrees with this statement, we should all be able to agree that companies found to have violated the rules have no place managing the care of our Medicare beneficiaries."

Among the concerning examples PNHP cited was Clover Health, which has operated so-called Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs)—the name of private middlemen under the Trump-era version of the Medicare pilot—in more than a dozen states, including Arizona, Florida, Georgia, and New York.

PNHP noted that in 2016, CMS fined Clover—a large Medicare Advantage provider—for "using 'marketing and advertising materials that contained inaccurate statements' about coverage for out-of-network providers, after a high volume of complaints from patients who were denied coverage by its MA plan. Clover had failed to correct the materials after repeated requests by CMS."

Humana, another large insurer with its teeth in the Medicare privatization pilot, "improperly collected almost $200 million from Medicare by overstating the sickness of patients," PNHP observed, citing a recent federal audit.

"It appears that in its selection process [for ACO REACH], CMS did not prevent the inclusion of companies with histories of such behavior," Verhoef wrote. "Given these findings, we are concerned that CMS is inappropriately allowing these DCEs to continue unimpeded into ACO REACH in 2023."

While the Medicare pilot garnered little attention from lawmakers when the Trump administration first launched it during its final months in power, progressive members of Congress have recently ramped up scrutiny of the program.

Last month, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) led a group of lawmakers in warning that ACO REACH "provides an opportunity for healthcare insurers with a history of defrauding and abusing Medicare and ripping off taxpayers to further encroach on the Medicare system."

"We have long been concerned about ensuring this model does not give corporate profiteers yet another opportunity to take a chunk out of traditional Medicare," the lawmakers wrote, echoing PNHP's concerns. "The continued participation of corporate actors with a history of fraud and abuse threatens the integrity of the program."

#us politics #news #2023 #common dreams #medicare #trump administration #biden administration #Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity Access and Community Health model #department of health and human services #Xavier Becerra #Chiquita Brooks-LaSure #Physicians for a National Health Program #Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services #Dr. Philip Verhoef #Direct Contracting Entities #Medicare Advantage #sen. elizabeth warren #Rep. Pramila Jayapal #medicare for all #us healthcare #us health insurance

[little-peril-stories]

Character Backstory Playlist Tag

I was tagged in this post by @mysticstarlightduck. Thanks for the tag!

Rules: Pick 5 songs you feel represent/inspired your OCs' backstories, or just otherwise fit their past's vibe/aesthetic. Choose as many or as few OCs as you want.

I'm leaving this an OPEN TAG - please play if you want, and let me know if you do! 💕

So I did once make a playlist for The Prince of Thieves (find it here), but it is a typical WIP playlist - not backstory-focused. (I *did* steal a few songs from there, though.) So this was a fun challenge!

Will and Jamie Wardrew

Tough to be a Dreamer by Felix Hagan & The Family

I built my castle on broken dreams, and as time goes by, I must admit it seems that I was sold a lie.

In the Meantime by Randall Kent

You’ve got a friend when times get mean; yeah, in the meantime, I’m on your team.

Same Suit, Different Tie by The Maine

All done up in my hand-me-down clothes, shaking off the dust and assuming a pose. Well, these threads are so old, but they'll never know. No one will ever know.

Is It Really You? by Loathe and Sleep Token

Face away, deal with the pain your own way.

Some Days by Brent Morgan

Some days I'm overwhelmed. Some days I'm lost inside this hell.

Bree Cooper / Breanna Hatchett

Sleepless Nights by Faber Drive

Put yourself in her position; all she needs is recognition. Love's not enough when you say it. Don't you know you gotta mean it?

Because of You by Kelly Clarkson

I will not make the same mistakes that you did; I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery… I was so young; you should have known better than to lean on me.

Running Away by Midnight Hour

I'll never let you find me; I'm leaving you behind with the past. No, I won't look back.

All I've Ever Known from Hadestown

I was alone so long, I didn't even know that I was lonely. Out in the cold so long, I didn't even know that I was cold.

(Un)Lost by The Maine

And you are not allowed to be anybody else. Control what you can and confront what you can't, and always remember how lucky you are to have yourself.

Colette Meunier

Boulangerie by Recent Rumours

She's gone, she's gone, she's gone; she's not coming back.

The Man by Taylor Swift

I'm so sick of running as fast as I can, wondering if I'd get there quicker if I was a man.

mars by YUNGBLOOD

She can't be herself when she's somebody else... Do you feel like you're irrelevant?

Perfect by Simple Plan

Hey, Dad... Did I grow up according to plan? Now it's just too late, and we can't go back. I'm sorry I can't be perfect.

Safe by All Time Low

Gotta take your time, find your space.

Geoff Marks

3 Hours of White Noise

Bonus Songs

Jamie & Will: I Steal Everything from Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

Want food, but got no money? I’m screwed, or so it would seem… That’s why I came up with this brilliant scheme! Just steal everything!

Bree & Colette: What the Hell by Avril Lavigne

All my life I've been good, but now I'm thinking, "What the hell?"

Will: I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie

In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule, I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black, and I held my tongue as she told me, "Son, fear is the heart of love," so I never went back.

Will: Where Dreams Go to Die by The Downtown Fiction

Teacher thinks you're rude, says, "I don't like your attitude." Well, maybe you're just condescending. But bring us up to follow rules and throw us all in cubic rooms - but we're not gonna sit by idle.

Breanna H: According to You by Orianthi

According to you, I'm stupid, I'm useless, I can't do anything right

Me begging my sisters for song recs because I had NO CLUE…

#tag game #character backstory playlist #also if you're wondering why the banner looks different #like different fonts and stuff #I'm learning to use Photoshop! and I wanted to practice #so I didn't have access to my usual Canva fonts etc #anyway nobody talk about how often Twisted shows up as inspiration for me #I just love it. OKAY? #and on an administrative note: the songs for Bree are obviously applicable to Bree (TPOT) and Breanna (TQOL) #and actually there's so much overlap between Bree and Colette's backstories lmao #so a few of them are applicable to both gals #anyway this was really difficult because I mostly like cheesy love songs or cheesy emo PINING FOR LOVE songs #neither of which have anything to do with my characters' backstories #le sigh #despite that it was fun!

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

i swear to god predoc scholarships will be the fucking end of me oh god i almost lost it completely for a bit, i think i need a defribilator

#basically #yesterday i got an email noticing me that something was missing in my application for the predoc scholarship by the CAM (madrid autonomous #community) #the thing is. the thesis director was the one who had to fill in the application so i cannot access it #i sent it to my thesis director #and today i see i have three emails from her. i get very nervous #i open them and it's all resent emails between her and the CAM office #she is telling them she cannot find what am i missing that they please contact them #and the CAM replying to her after i was on the brink of a heart attack: 'lol we fucked up we didn't have him in the correct excel. #he's actually fine' #YOU FUCKERS #I'M ABOUT TO LOSE IT ALL I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE #all so they tell me in a couple months that i didn't get selected. again. xd #doing a phd in spain is just. willingly wanting to be tortured by public administration and endure it because you want to have a future #before giving up and becoming a funcionario i guess #i'm at my breaking point

[dubiousdoctors]

WORLD'S WETTEST LITTLE DANDY GAINS ANOTHER POINT IN THE ENDLESS GAME OF THWARTING ACADEMIA

#luigi wins by. uh. crying crying crying so so so so much on an administrator. #administrator continues to say that the accessibility office could have helped with this situation #even whilst I have the Receipts that the accessibility office Refuses to help with this situation #ma'am I have fucked-up health and the anxiety levels of a jerboa and have been begging and groveling for such things for months #and you're going to tell me to my face that this isn't enough? #but! apparently sobbing and accidentally implying that my family is also no good (not the case) is of use here #it is that I am Scared of the Airport and of the Bus and of Scheduling and of my Grandma. it is not anything more than that #which is making my break as stressful as my term! #anyway ayyyyy the extension shall be Mine and now I have a week to research and write this paper instead of uh 2.5 hours