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also "ough life-saving essential medical equipment uses so much plastic" in this country you can purchase an artificial ballsack for your pickup truck

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well i dont have a phd or anything but im friends with every cloud

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life hack: imagine your ocd intrusive thoughts are anon hate so you can reply "the reading comprehension on this site"

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People like to pretend I will "get better" so they do not have to think about the deadly lie they are living. Abandoning disabled and high-risk people to preventable death is eugenics.

To clarify, this is NOT just an American issue -- think of the "pan" in pandemic.

The MSKCC Library

The People's CDC (weekly weather reports on COVID in the U.S.)

Image IDs available in Alt Text and written out below:

Image ID begins. A black and white cartoon comic titled Pandemic Year 4. This is panel 1. A boy with short hair — Joey, the author of the comic — is holding a Christmas wreath and handing it to his boyfriend, a boy with long hair and a beard, who is standing in a window while decorating. The text reads: This year, my boyfriend and I got fresh pine wreaths from the farmer’s market — our fist big Christmas decorations together!

Panel 2. A hand holds pine needles. Cartoon stink clouds radiate off of the pine needles. The text reads: I break pine needles between my fingers and it smells hideous. Pain shoots through my head.

Panel 3. Joey stands in front of a table on which there are various foods. He looks disgusted and is covering his nose and mouth with his hands. The text reads: This is how I have lived since my February 2020 COVID infection. COVID caused brain and nerve damage, making everything smell and taste like rot. The condition is called parosmia, and it has no cure. Eating is a nightmare.

Panel 4. Joey’s boyfriend, a taller boy with long hair and a beard, puts his hand on Joey’s shoulder. They are shown from behind and are both wearing backpacks and winter coats. The text reads: Last week, my boyfriend walked me home from work midday after I had a near-fainting episode. I wear a heart monitor full-time. Doctors say I’m “too young”.

Panel 5. Joey is shown from behind, sitting sadly and gazing out a window. The text reads: I’ve literally been isolated from the rest of the world for four years. One COVID infection destroyed my life, and I can’t risk another. How can I get you to understand? After becoming disabled by COVID at 19 years old, I have been completely shut off from the outside world.

Panel 6. Joey stands in between two maskless and anonymous figures. Joey looks uncomfortable and is crossing his arms and gazing at them. He is wearing a respirator mask and goggles. The figure on the right is holding a bag labeled “food Joey can’t eat”. The text reads: “Friends” and family who have seen the depth of my suffering for four years have stopped masking and can’t be bothered to care. Family Christmas meant that I had to reiterate daily that I would not and physically could not eat at restaurants.

Panel 7. A drawing of an open laptop, next to which lays an N95 mask. On the laptop, a headline from the Washington Post is displayed. The headline reads: Covid kills nearly 10,000 in a month as holidays fuel spread, WHO says. The comic text reads: This winter has been the 2nd highest peak of the pandemic, with at least 10,000 Americans dying of COVID in December. Playing pretend at “normalcy” is profoundly violent and deadly. Under the comic frame, a citation reads: The Washington Post, January 11, 2024. This is an undercount, as there is no more COVID tracking in the U.S.

Panel 8. A drawing of Joey gesturing at an educational chalk board with a pointer. He is wearing a respirator mask, goggles, and a sweater vest. The text reads: COVID is a virus that causes long-term damage to your organs and nervous system. It’s also a Biosafety Level 3 pathogen, like tuberculosis, meaning that is can be lethal upon inhalation and requires special and serious PPE in Laboratories. The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has a digital library of research on COVID impacts. https://libguides.mskcc.org/CovidImpacts/Home

Panel 9. An anonymous figure behind an oration desk is trying to cover a pile of bones behind them. On the pile of bones is a flag that says: Just keep buying and working! The text reads: You are being led to enact violence on your community members by a government who is sacrificing you on the altar of capital. You should be terrified.

Panel 10. A drawing of Joey’s head from the side. he is wearing a respirator mask. The text reads: There is no neutrality in a mass-death and mass-disabling pandemic. Wear a mask or forever be complicit. The comic is dated February 3, 2024. Image ID ends.

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hey I'm sorry I stopped in the middle of that sentence my brain decided to flush its cache and I totally forgot what this conversation was

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question: do ppl ACTUALLY say things they don’t mean when they’re angry? or is that just an excuse after letting something true slip? i wouldn’t ever say something i don’t mean in anger, so the concept confuses me.

but something was said to me that is bothering me, though apparently was said in an argument and wasn’t meant. but i don’t rlly believe it wasn’t like, deep down true thoughts/feelings??? anyone have any insight? anyone say things they don’t mean in anger?

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Sylvanian Families/Calico Critters are very nostalgic for me because my grandmother bought a bunch of them at a garage sale that she kept at her apartment so I had something to play with when I visited her. That’s why as an adult I low-key collect the canines and thought it would be cute to take some “different types of families” photos.

I know there’s a bunch of types missing but the tumblr app only allows for 10 photos and I have no way of illustrating children living with their grandparents with the dolls I have. The family of brown and white dogs are meant to be t4t because they’re the only family I have where there’s a consistent difference between male and female dolls (dads and sons always have more dark brown on their ears) The husky dolls also have differences but they’re not sex specific.

#calico critters #sylvanian families #cute #queer #t4t #trans #gay #mori kei #cottagecore

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THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING TO GET YOUR MEDS BEFORE THE PHARMACIES CLOSE

they are going to be CLOSED OVER THE HOLIDAYS and so will the DOCTORS WHO SIGN YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS.

if you don’t have enough meds to last the next THREE WEEKS, put in for your repeats and refills tomorrow! that’s Wednesday! do it! don’t go to hospital at New Year because you ran out of stuff!

#disability #psa #medication #medical

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To celebrate the brand’s 30th anniversary, the lolita brand BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT will hold a fashion show with ALICE and the PIRATES at the Laforet Museum in Harajuku!  

When talking about the history of BABY, you can’t miss the movie “Shimotsuma Monogatari” based on Nobara Takemoto. In the 2004 movie “Shimotsuma Monogatari”, BABY’s clothes were used as costumes for almost the entire movie. A part of it was played in this show, and many people felt nostalgic. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the nostalgic bonnet worn by the model in this photo has been revived in modern times with the Lolita boom.

Model/MIA LOUISE

#btssb #baby the stars shine bright #egl #egl fashion #lolita fashion #alt fashion #cute clothes #kawaii #jfashion

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Fighting ancient curses (I’m having a migraine)

#having visions #migraines #disability #i call it sometimes #which is ironic because the aura gets so bad sometimes that i cant see

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Felt very cute in Jelly Candy Toys 💙💗

#sweet lolita #egl mask #face mask #blue x pink #egl coord #egl fashion #lolita fashion #alt fashion #jfashion #kawaii #cute #cute clothes #candy

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Earlier in the year. Hand knitted the cardigan with Lion Brand Wool Ease (worsted weight). I think it was spring and it was still a little chilly out.

OP + bow: Angelic Pretty

Cardigan + tote: handmade by me

Socks: Daiso with some DIY frill ankles by me

Shoes: Sosic Shop (TaoBao)

#lolita fashion #classic lolita #gingham #cardigan #alt fasion #egl #egl fashion #kawaii #jfashion #angelic pretty #sosic shop #taobao #eglcommunity #egl coord