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COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain. Significant Drops in IQ Scores Are Noted. Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging

"During Covid" is now.

Phrasing that implies the disease is a thing of the past is dangerous.

I'm covid cautious because I like having a functioning brain, and while Covid's not killing as many people (still killing thousands though!), it's disabling quite a lot.

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3 AM art style test
repost bc I posted the low quality screenshot LOL

Ko-fi goal that reads: home repairs & moving expenses The description reads: My parents and I are trying to fix up our two-family house that is in desperate need of repair enough to sell, because the family members we moved in with are refusing to pay their share. My parents are on disability and I am a student unable to work without making us ineligible for our current health insurance plan, so I'm asking for your help. Truly, anything will be of aid. Thank you so much.

Screenshot that reads: The long version: My disabled parents and I currently live in a two-family house with my older brother and sister-in-law, who moved in on the condition that they would pay their share. They have since abruptly gone back on this promise, citing the condition of the house following a fire in 2022 that we don't have the money to renovate, due to the insurance money going to overdue bills. My parents are unable to pay for this house completely by themselves and I am a full-time student who is unable to work because of the impact it would have on our health insurance, which we desperately need due to my and my parents’ health. Because my brother and sister-in-law fully intend to stay here rent-free because they know they can take advantage of my parents' kindness, we have no choice but to sell this house and find a condo for just the three of us; my parents are in their 60s and can't maintain a house any longer. The problem is that the house is in very bad shape. The shower wall, garage door, and upstairs sink are all broken, the kitchen floor is ripped up, one of the water heaters is broken, the upstairs apartment has knob-and-tube electrical wiring which we were not made aware of on inspection, the roof is leaking, two rooms are completely unfinished, there's exposed wiring in the ceiling in some places, the list goes on. Simply put, without any help, we are fully unable to repair all of this, let alone in time for a sale. Some of it can be done, however, and that's why I'm asking for your help. I genuinely mean it when I say anything will help, and everything will go directly to making this house something close to presentable enough to sell. I want nothing more than for my parents to spend the last 25 years of their life living in comfort, and in a real living room, not spending all of their time in the kitchen because the living room had to be made into my room. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Hi. I am feeling really nauseous about having to do this, but my family and I need help. We're disabled, in poverty, and being made to pay for a two-family house by ourselves. We just can't do it anymore. We have to leave, and we can't afford to do it alone. Anything helps. ko-fi.com/lumensd/goal...

Hey, remember when we as a society rejected 3D TVs? Google Stadia? NFTs? And the corporations got the hint and stopped trying to sell them to us?

Can we do the same with ChatGPT and Midjourney and all this other genAI shit?

I fully and unwaveringly believe that the impulse to take a well-stylized design and make it "realistic" is one of the ugliest and most pointless you can indulge.

The year is 25, and we are talking about the price of tea in China

The year is 1025 and we are talking about the price of tea in China

The year is 2025 and we are...

She's the reason the electronic music genre exploded into the mainstream in the late 1960s. Daft Punk and other electronic artists wouldn't exist without her.

Kids Online Safety Act reintroduced in Senate. Advocates fear it'll block LGBTQ+ content online. - LGBTQ Nation Supporters say it has protections for free speech, but others worry platforms will block content to comply.

hi, folks!

KOSA’s back in congress. the project 2025 people want KOSA to pass & openly say they’ll use it to attack abortion & LGBTQ people. it's also got a lot of democratic support.

2 other censorship bills—IODA & SCREEN—are up, too. all must be stopped.

long thread! call scripts at the end.🧵

Oh so NOW they want our movie??? 😂

Do yourself a favor, buy it on Blu-Ray when it comes out in a week and OWN it. Support Ketchup Entertainment and their tireless work to help distribute our film, both in theaters and physically.

The 2025 Crash Course Coin At Crash Course, we believe that high-quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free!

Take a moment and consider whether you'd like to be one of those people...a very small group who does a huge amount of good. And the best time to help is during Crash Course Coin season, which is right now, but not for long!! The link is here:

complexly.info/CCcoin25-6

I mention that because Crash Course is funded by significantly fewer people than that. Thousands of people (not even tens of thousands) will come together this year to make it so that schools in the US have a free, no-pressure educational resource that can't be cancelled by rogue school boards.

Crash Course is a free educational video series that is used in over 90% of high schools in the US. Because it's free, teachers and students decide for themselves whether they want to use it...and they do.

Also...the world record for most high fives in a day is 15,338.

Besties I was homeschooled (educationally neglected) and this thing was like the only way I learned any kind of science bc I found it for free on my own so honestly if anything is worth funding you should fund them because it's so useful for people who don't have many educational resources

New Manga Publisher BluPetal to Release BL, Shōjo, Yuri, Josei Titles BluPetal comprised of former employees from Crunchyroll, Seven Seas, Viz, more

The new manga publisher BluPetal aims to release BL, shōjo, yuri, josei, TL, and gay comic works!

in case folks need reminding:

the term "Calarts style" was coined by John K, who has removed himself from the animation industry due to grooming allegations, to criticize cartoon aesthetics of the 2010s

so yeah....there's a reason why the term raises a number of red flags

#wipwednesday
Grumpy Akechi

I don’t think they meant to leave the internet open on this.

fat kitty

WHAT IS THE CHARGE? EATING A MEAL?! A SUCCULENT CHINESE MEAL?!

A gray bunny wears a delicate gold crown adorned with pearls, resting next to patterned cushions.

A bookshop photo of “They Came for the Schools” by Mike Hixenbaugh

This thing’s out in paperback

The current budget bill is an atrocity and out-of-touch leaders like Chuck Schumer laid the groundwork by voting for the CR.

Appeasement and complicity do not work. When you bend the knee, they’ll break your leg.

#booksky

"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.

asking with my polite face for some treats 🥺

Rip and Tear!
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MUST WATCH: They didn’t just burn Tulsa — they burned proof.

Black wealth. Black futures. Gone.
And now they’re banning books so you never learn it happened.

📚 ERASED tells the truth they’re scared of.

Read it before they erase that too: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss

Black and white photo of an adorable puffy white kitten standing proudly under a flowing bush like a sassy little fairy creature. One of its eyes appears significantly lighter than the other. This could be weird lighting, heterochromia, an injury or infection, who knows. Very pretty!

Fairy puff! Postcard from my collection, mailed 1912.