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In 2009 I was denied insurance because my blood test showed I was taking tylenol. Because I had broken my foot at work and was on workman's comp. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

i think a big reason that I get frustrated with the "liberals have never made anybody's lives better" is that in the US it used to be legal for insurance companies to charge you more if you were sick or even just straight up deny you the ability to sign up for them if you already had a "pre-existing condition", and this was only stopped by the passage of the ACA during Obama's term. but a lot of people who talk about politics on here are too young to really be affected by that since they would have been on their parents insurance (which the ACA required insurers extend until you're 26). and this was all done via politicking and not blowing up insurance CEOs mansions or whatever.

I'm not saying that the ACA fixed insurance forever, god no. but "you can't deny someone insurance for being sick" is a massive change and people don't realize it!

Most adults want the law’s prohibition on insurers from denying coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions to stay. Two thirds (67%) of the public say that it is “very important” that this provision remain in place, including most Republicans (54%) However, only about 4 in 10 people (39%) are aware that that provision is part of the ACA.

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I never thought I’d feel such kinship with a muppet alien

#farscape #pilot

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fun drinking game: take a shot of water every couple hours to make sure you’re healthy and hydrated

#hydrate or diedrate

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Sudan still desperately needs aid--it needs a lot of things, but it is approaching a dangerous point with famine and mass death due to hunger imminent.

These are the kinds of headlines we're getting now:

Here's an ongoing fundraiser:

I linked it before, to help with Ramadan, but it's an ongoing initiative, the need has not stopped.

I picked this gofundme because it's been boosted by people I trust and you can see pictures online of the food they've provided, e.g.:

But I also picked this because you can see the amount of donations. It's 2pm ET on Saturday, April 20th right now? For the next week, whatever's donated, I'll match for a total up to $2,000 (we'll say 2,750 CAD, since the gofundme is in Canadian dollars).

You don't have to send me a receipt, I just ask that you donate and boost.

#important

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please watch Babylon 5 I’m begging you

#the name of the place is babylon 5 #sometimes i watch severed dreams late at night #just to feel something

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two bros, both alike in sexuality

in a hot tub, where we lay our scene

#laugh rule

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Archer: Break out the lube decon gel

#star trek

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What if Ambassador Kosh had Heelys under there?

[Image ID: A three panel comic in black and white, it’s only lines. The first panel shows ambassador Kosh from Babylon 5 in his usual suit. A speech bubble above him says “farewell Sheridan”. In the second panel he is lifting his robe to show two skinny legs and sneakers on his feet. The final panel shows him zooming away on his Heelys, still holding up his robe.]

#babylon 5 #kosh #canon compliant

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Rosewater season in Iran, Kashan 

گلاب گيري دركاشان

#always reblog #iran

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Wei Wuxian | The Untamed

#wei wuxian #the untamed

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#TROGDORRRRRRRRR!!!

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Oh.

To call WT's actions "antics" would be reducing the severity of what they're doing to creators. This is unacceptable behavior and it should be all the more reason for creators to start exploring other career paths outside of WT. For years they've been meticulously crafting an environment where people believe that WT is the only path to success, where WT controls the degree of success creators can achieve, from the manipulation of the promotional system to the lack of tagging and proper search functions on the app. Now that they've boiled the frog to this point, they're cashing out by flooding the platform with cheap imports, implementing AI tools, and of course, trying to use their contracts as a way to trap creators and keep them from owning their own IP's and maximizing on their own success.

I said it before and I'll say it again - Webtoons is planning to go public with their IPO this summer, so it would be a real shame if creators spoke up about the underhanded tactics used by WT to keep them from finding success in their own works. At the very least, it should serve as a reminder to all of us that companies like these can't amass billions without exploiting people along the way.

We can't even use "they're creating jobs for comic creators" as a reason to want to see WT succeed in spite of their flaws anymore because they're literally ruining people's careers, cutting them off before they've even started. That's not the platform being "flawed", that's the platform and the system it's built on being broken, full stop.

#oof #not cool #comics stuff #also fwiw covenant is really good go preorder the graphic novel

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#she serves all right #tng

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#enterprise

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I never want to hear conservatives go on about repressive censorship in China, North Korea, and Iran ever again

#important #book banning #(against it obvs)

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Hello,

I wanted to thank you for writing Darius the Great is not okay. I read it for one of my classes and loved it. It’s the first book I’ve read that has shown that depression it’s always because of a traumatic event. I see myself in Darius in so many ways, I felt understood for once. I can’t describe with words how grateful I am for that book. I have depression like Darius does and my grandfather is dying. I feel understood in a time I need it most. Thank you so much. I can’t wait to see what you write next :)

Hey friend! Thank you so much for READING Darius! I'm so honored and pleased that you saw yourself in him, and felt understood. That's why I wrote it! And thank you for letting me know, too. It makes me happy to know the book is finding the people who need it. <3

#ask adib #darius the great is not okay

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i do think there is a degree to which certain kinds of Instagram activists have convinced themselves that traumatising themselves in solidarity is a useful form of activism. "I'm having nightmares and crying so much I want to be sick because of all these videos of dying children but I can't look away while people are getting hurt" I mean don't you think you'd be able to help more if you weren't having nightmares and crying all the time?? don't you think this is a one-way trip to burnout? don't you think maybe increasing the amount of trauma going around is counterproductive? I dunno bro there's something to be said for bearing witness but there comes a point where you gotta look hard at yourself and go "am I helping, or am I just making myself suffer so I don't feel guilty for not suffering while somebody else is experiencing bad shit"

#important