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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army

The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.

Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...

Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...

Disgusting.

JD Vance booed at Kennedy Center Vice President JD Vance was booed while attending a National Symphony Orchestra concert at The Kennedy Center on March 13.

It has been a day; maybe you’d also like to listen to Vance being booed at the Kennedy Center?

Ok I know this is old-man irritability but I don’t care if Mahmoud Khalil has a pregnant wife, I don’t care if he and his wife are childfree, I don’t care if he’s in a fucking polycule with a hedgehog and a jar of mayonnaise, NOBODY should be detained for protected speech, including singletons.

these people would not last 5 fucking seconds with an Asian parent istg. Pathetic

‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World (Gift Article) The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

SCIENTISTS ARE GOING HARDER IN THE PAINT. Research abounds and the work continues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

WHAT

The end.. 😂

funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread

I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.

The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.

Nicole Cliffe @Nicole_Cliffe - Mar 4 What is the kindest thing a stranger has done or said to you? @TweetChizone - Mar 4| Oh God I can't even tell this story and not cry. I used to manage an LGBT bookstore, when bookstores were still a thing. One night. a caller says he thinks he might be gay and is considering self-harm. We were not a crisis center! But as long as we're talking, he's safe, right? @TweetChizone • Mar 4 So I talk to this guy and I answer questions, and I try to be encouraging and I'm maybe sounding a little frantic and I'm definitely ignoring the 4-5 customers in the store, and this angel of a woman puts her hand on my shoulder and asks for the phone. "My turn." she says. @TweetChizone - Mar 4 And SHE. this 50-something lesbian talks to this stranger on the phone. And a LINE FORMS BEHIND HER. Every customer in that store knows that call, knows that feeling, and every person takes a turn talking to that man. That story comforts me so much to this day. @Nicole_Cliffe Replying to @TweetChizone This is so kind I cannot

“To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.”

Allowable any Nikki Giovanni I killed a spider Not a murderous brown recluse Nor even a black widow And if the truth were told this Was only a small Sort of papery spider Who should have run When I picked up the book But she didn't And she scared me And I smashed her I don't think I'm allowed To kill something Because I am Frightened

I return to this poem often, and have posted it around my neighborhood when the times call for it.

Today is as good as any day to return to it.

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Screenshot of an Associated Press post about Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reversing its decision on time limits for anesthesia. The post includes an image of an Anthem sign in front of an office building.

This happened because of the immediate public outcry. We won’t grow numb to this!

To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;