Matt Sinclair 🍉

Our indie groups, Lamb of God Studios, is trying to fund the pilot episode of our first major project,[Cassandra Complex]

The kickstarter has less than 5 days left we're at 40%

No such thing as too little support, likes, comments, shares, and pledges help us a ton
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White House, White Hospice, close enough

Abstract BACKGROUND Amid the declining clinical severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and diminishing public uptake of annual coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, contemporary evidence on vaccine effectiveness against clinically relevant outcomes is needed. METHODS We conducted an observational study that used the electronic health records of the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the effectiveness of the 2024-2025 Covid-19 vaccine among veterans who received the Covid-19 and influenza vaccines on the same day (164,132 participants) and in an active-comparator group of veterans who received the influenza vaccine only (131,839 participants), between September 3 and December 31, 2024. Participants were followed for 180 days or until the occurrence of an outcome, whichever came first. We used inverse-probability-weighted models to estimate vaccine effectiveness (calculated as 1 minus the risk ratio) against Covid-19-associated emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths at 6 months.

RESULTS At 6 months of follow-up, the estimated vaccine effectiveness was 29.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 19.1 to 39.2) against Covid-19-associated emergency department visits (risk difference per 10,000 persons, 18.3; 95% CI, 10.8 to 27.6), 39.2% (95% Cl, 21.6 to 54.5) against Covid-19-associated hospitalizations (risk difference per 10,000 persons, 7.5; 95% Cl, 3.4 to 13.0), and 64.0% (95% CI, 23.0 to 85.8) against Covid-19-associated deaths (risk difference per 10,000 persons, 2.2; 95% Cl, 0.5 to 6.9). Vaccine effectiveness against a composite of these outcomes was 28.3% (95% CI, 18.2 to 38.2), with a risk difference per 10,000 persons of 18.2 (95% Cl, 10.7 to 27.5). The Covid-19 vaccine was associated with decreased risks of these outcomes across prespecified subgroups defined according to age (<65 years, 65 to 75 years, and >75 years), the presence or absence of major coexisting conditions, and immunocompetence status. CONCLUSIONS In this national cohort of U.S. veterans, the receipt of the 2024-2025 Covid-19 vaccine was associated with decreased risks of severe clinical outcomes. (Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs.)

According to the study’s authors, COVID vaccination was effective in all ALL groups and in persons with OR without major chronic conditions.

The study has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
• www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

Been revisiting this console's library this week and I am not exaggerating when I say this thing raised me

Fried dough squares with some, but not much, powdered sugar

Okay so back by where I'm from, in New Orleans, "beignets" are a term for a particular kind of pillowy fried dough. But in Montreal a "beignet" is just a doughnut. So just now I found a place in Montreal selling New Orleans style beignets and I am now SO curious if they can pull it off

Yo anyone figured out the sauce/marinade #applebees uses on those #wontontacos ? Asking for a meal prep idea

I have been holding onto this news for over 3 years . . . my little brother, Julian, voices one of the main family member's voices in HBO Max's upcoming reboot of Charlotte's Web!

Flawless Victory

NATALITY

Minneapolis Community Rallies Behind Isabel Lopez to Demand Feds Drop Charges - UNICORN RIOT Minneapolis, MN — At The Square Gallery nestled inside George Floyd Square on September 14, 2025, a gathering of community members, anti-ICE activists, and leaders rallied behind Isabel Lopez against ...

NEW: At The Square Gallery, nestled inside George Floyd Square on September 14, 2025, a gathering of community members, anti-ICE activists, and leaders rallied behind Isabel Lopez against her legal case.

Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2025/minneap...

Sharing. Because we need to know. Also because “John Brown Gun Club”.

It feels both that nothing is shocking, but it’s still important to go through the motions of acting like it is because otherwise where are we left.

Been replaying Banjo Tooie and recalling just how hard this game is in the later levels. On the other hand, those fps maps in multiplayer are some of the tightest competitive gameplay I've done in a while. Nintendo should have had Rare in the pocket with shooters in the Internet era

Come watch my (very afraid of scary things) partner play Silent HIll F! :3c

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

Rodney Taylor was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him.

He’s been detained for more than 8 months.

They won’t allow him to get his new legs & put him in solitary confinement.

He needs the disability community’s help!

His petition just hit 3,000… keep it going!

🚨BREAKING: A new report reveals that Greg Abbott has funneled almost a BILLION dollars in taxpayer money directly to his campaign donors.

This is a very serious breach of the public’s trust, and @KenPaxtonTX should open a formal investigation.

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Still looking for $50 after my dehydration scare and hospital visit; also $45 for ambulance ride. Anything helps.

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“Earlier this month, the Supreme Court said federal agents could continue stopping people based on factors including race, language and type of work.”

There’s your Kavanaugh Stop in action. A weeping eight-year-old child clutching her doll.

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But we know their playbook now. And we can fight it.

I want to get into Congress, partly to establish laws that limit crooked campaign spending like AIPAC’s. But to do that, we’ve gotta win.

Help us beat AIPAC here: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b...

It’s official: AIPAC is trying to buy my election to keep me out of Congress.

Apparently, I’m a “dangerous detractor”... by believing Palestinians (like myself and my family) deserve basic human rights.

But we’re not going to let AIPAC win.

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Hamas reviews Trump’s plan to end Gaza war as Israeli strikes kill 39 Palestinians in Gaza said the proposal raises questions around implementation as Israeli attacks continued on Monday.

Palestinians in Gaza said the proposal raises questions around implementation as Israeli attacks continued on Monday.

this is more or less what I expected

starting to think that an increasingly senile trump is being shown a different reality by his aides by making ai videos of shit and telling him it’s real news

How to make clean energy progress under Trump in the states—blue and red alike Cheaper energy bills are a nonpartisan issue—no matter where you live.

This is exactly what I'm talking about here. (2/2)
www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/19/1...

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

If your embarrassed to say the words simply sharing the work of artists you admire as that's rare for many and can go a long way to helping someone feel more confident with there creative efforts when it finds a audience who respect it. But do consider saying something, them posts stay with people.

Early last semester, Droubi said, students began approaching Cheyfitz with complaints that a graduate student in the “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance” class appeared to be recording them, possibly to “gather their names and comments” and intimidate them. “We believe that a student came to the course for the sole reason of surveilling and potentially harming students in the class,” Droubi said. “That ended up proving itself to be true because multiple students came forward and shared their concerns with Professor Cheyfitz.” Cheyfitz said one Palestinian student quit the class after telling him she felt upset and frightened. Current Issue Cover of October 2025 Issue October 2025 Issue According to Cheyfitz, the graduate student often steered conversations away from the assigned readings—which at that point mostly focused on definitions of genocide and international law on Indigenous rights—to defend Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza and argue with others in the class. “He clearly had not done the readings,” Cheyfitz said. “It was disruptive.” Cheyfitz said he met with the graduate student in late January and spoke to him about concerns from his classmates. During the conversation, he asked the graduate student to drop the course, and by the next class, he did, Cheyfitz said. The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, previously served in Israel’s elite military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

We hope this isn’t true. Trading away leverage in exchange for a pinky promise isn’t a real strategy. Republicans have been fighting to repeal the Affordable Care Act from day one and it doesn’t take a policy expert to know they can’t be trusted.

We agree with @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social: