Back before I was an ML I knew a few PMC liberal types who listened to Rachel Maddow. Yes, those individuals were the worst humans one could imagine. But what used to shock me was how non-Amerikans would listen for an hour (?) each day about Russian electoral interference.
Ya I fucking hated it. The UK version wasn't enjoyable, and the US version is another level of shit.
Wow if only you did this a year ago
Just so we're all clear, this isn't written by the Gaurdian, but by rich people orgs
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I'm not even defending the Taliban. But these orgs are ruining stuff at home, I'm sure they'd love to make us worry about the evil over there and not here.
I did not fucking know anything about the racist history of the dunk tank. Thank you.
Like holy shit, I told everyone who asked that Trump would probably win, and I spent 0 minutes looking into the issue. Imagine this is your main job, you're a grown ass adult, and you're still doing idealism so hard.
The worst poster in the news megathread is 10x smarter than lib influencers.
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (the “Company”, “Arcturus”, Nasdaq: ARCT), a commercial messenger RNA medicines company focused on the development of infectious disease vaccines and opportunities within liver and respiratory rare diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a “Study Can Proceed” notification for the Company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application, ARCT-2304, a self-amplifying mRNA (sa-mRNA) vaccine candidate for active immunization to prevent pandemic influenza disease caused by H5N1 virus. The clinical study is funded by Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and designed to enroll approximately 200 healthy adults in the United States.
The Phase 1 clinical trial is designed to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of ARCT-2304 as a potential vaccine to protect against the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza.
"Arcturus is actively engaged with the U.S. government to prepare for the next pandemic, and clearance to proceed into the clinic with our STARR® self-amplifying mRNA technology is a key step in this important process,” said Joseph Payne, President & CEO of Arcturus Therapeutics. “The Phase 1 clinical trial is designed to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of ARCT-2304 as a potential vaccine to protect against the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza.”
About ARCT-2304
ARCT-2304 is a sa-mRNA vaccine candidate formulated within a lipid nanoparticle (LNP). The sa-mRNA vaccine candidate is designed to make many copies of mRNA within the host cell after intramuscular injection to achieve enhanced expression of haemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) antigens, thereby enabling lower doses than conventional mRNA vaccines. Utilizing a mRNA-based platform for pandemic influenza vaccine development offers further options for meeting domestic vaccine manufacturing surge capacity goals. The technology may make vaccines available much sooner than egg- and cell-based technologies. The lyophilized vaccine formulation is stable in refrigerators, thereby simplifying cold-chain storage and reducing distribution risks.
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I feel like Not Just Bikes would be a commie if he wasn't such a settler lib. He has all the critiques.
Some talking heads on the news are saying it's "like the flu". I'm not saying they're wrong, but we went through this already on 2020. I'm just suspicious until we know more.
A small part of me wants this to happen to make people mask again. But really that ain't gonna happen, and this is just gonna make things even worse.
Somehow I doubt that we'll do nation blaming, like "China virus", as we did with COVID. This will just be "well nothing could have prevented it".
Also this vegan wants to remind you all that BOTH pandemics came from commercial animal consumption.
Who will leave a like for those who sacrificed everything to protect our freedoms from totalitarian regimes
I try reading about the Secret Treaties in Wikipedia, but it's not super conclusive.
Wait crossbows were armour piercing?
I'm a longbow person because I value quantity over quality.
The only time I maybe got covid, I had no symptoms and never tested positive. Otherwise I'm covid free.
But being middle ages after a longggg work week does it too.
No, for some reason. But I know people who do.
Honestly it isn't. But I have mates that swear they need to change blades every few days. Who am I to tell them that they're lived experience is wrong?
Ya I literally had the same reaction when somebody told me.
It feels like veganism comes in stages. Like one day I learn that zoos are bad. Then leather. Then honey. Oh and then a friend tells me that my soap isn't vegan 😤
The lubricants often come from leftovers from pig and cattle carcasses. Major brands will use that because it's nearly free. I think it's related to gelatin but I'm too lazy to look it up.
I'm weird and will use razors when dull. They still work. But no shame if you don't like dull razors.
I have actually. Maybe I'm doing it wrong or I got a bad brand, but I couldn't get a close shave.
I swapped to Harry's a few years back as they're one of the few vegan brands. But this shit is frustrating. Those little rubber side pieces are load bearing and made thin enough that they're gonna break after a while.
I literally can't remember the leftist word for a product that's designed to break after some time.
No shame directed at the bearded comrades, but damn shaving helps get a tight seal with N95s.
I was at this school event where my laptop was plugged in near a lot of foot traffic. Admittedly I was too lazy to get a new battery and it's partly my fault. So my plug got kicked a bunch of times. My laptop restarted and updated, then restarted a bunch more fucking times because people kept kicking the cable. Now Windows is broken, and even using a repair USB won't fix it.
Like seriously, why does Windows, and sometimes Android, decide now's the time to do an update after a hard restart?!?!?
Feck.
Sorry this is more a rant than anything else.
I spent my teens to thirties feeling so damn lonely, depressed, and horny. Now that I'm in forties, I just feel exhausted all the time. Ya it's work related. Usually I get to school around 6am, and I might finish around 6pm. My job is meaningful, but I feels like I'm sprinting everywhere. When there's no one around, I often loudly groan in frustration, it's really awkward when kids or other teachers see it.
I'd like to read more, see friends more, and do more activism, but often I need to just calm myself down so I can actually get some meaningful rest. Usually I need to consume pointless media in order to feel rested and often need to watch something to sleep. I'm tempted to start smoking weed in order to get myself to that point of relaxation sooner. I probably should exercise more: I stopped when everyone stopped masking in the gym. I have the ability to exercise at home, I just need to motivation.
Every time I get a holiday, the same thing happens: it takes a few days to recover from work, but after 4 or so days I start to feel normal. I can start to do the things I wish I was doing more. I enjoy books again and have more meaningful time with my partner.
I did a good faith search for the 90 000 number for Cuba, and I can only see US government sources and Cuba dissident groups. Cuba's own reports put this at half the number, which puts them well below Amerika.
From here.
Oh shit, I better open a window as the rain has stopped. Also I better grab that book from the bedroom.
NO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE MORE THAN ONE TRIP
Oh my partner is standing up. Please baby can you grab that thing that's 4 metres away as getting up from the sofa must be avoided at all costs.
The concern is the rate at which SM-3 missiles and other ordnances, including the SM-2 and SM-6, are now being fired. The U.S. is now depleting its stockpiles faster than the missiles can be replaced, and that has raised alarms.
