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High Castle by Chris Cold

self care is covering yourself in leaves and then running off to join the goblins and tree people

finally someone said it

The Battalion of Death (Battalion Malatesta) was an Italian anarchist unit during the Spanish Civil War. The battalion was formed by a few hundred Italian anarchist exiles in France.  It was organized and funded by Diego Abad de Santillan and commanded by the Italian Camillo Berneri. 

Late March 1937, the battalion made ​​its debut parading through the Paseo de Gracia and the Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona wearing their smart uniforms and brandishing the slogan “without God nor master”. It made quite an impression on the audience.

They wore black turtleneck jerseys, olive-green uniforms with ammunition belts and a black beret with a skull and a dagger badge. The battalion consisted of both men and women. 

The last photo is of Malatesta (the shortie with the beard) with the Arditi del Popolo, who were a group of anti-fascists that formed militias in 1921 to fight Mussolini’s blackshirts. In fact, many of the arditi joined the international brigades during the Spanish Revolution. The uniforms of the Battalion Malatesta were based off the uniforms (not pictured) of the Arditi. 

From the Mario Ice Capades.

Know your audience

Art G.Shvecova (Design graphics - Purple space_260118)

richest country in the world starter pack

i dont remember if ive posted this one but this is like my favorite panel

You can’t be serious… that shit is soooooo unsafe for the patient and taxing on nurse 😩

As a nursing major this hurts me. It’s already hard enough taking care of someone who cannot take care of themselves but NOW we don’t have the materials needed to administer care. This pisses me off 😒

Man what the fuck

He’s telling the truth, I currently work at a hospital and there is a nationwide shortage of IV fluid bags. So bad that they’re referring to alternative methods like medications that can be administered orally or like the post above. Smh

Not to mention the shortage of antibiotics

WTF??

Some 40% of drugs and supplies used in the US were manufactured in PR. Drug shortages were predicted after the hurricane and now they are starting to happen.  Since PR doesn’t seem to be considered to be part of the US by this administration, help to fix it has been short and late in coming, which means that drug shortages will only get worse.

Are we great yet?

in the children’s hospital i was rotating at we weren’t changing central line tubing (lines that go.. directly to your heart, as in, not something you want infected) for six days instead of 3 due to shortages

what the fuck

this is sort of horrifying

More than half of my clients have had to have their entire medication regimens reworked. Medication regimens that they had been stable and supported on for months or years. Medication regimens that had helped them steadily improve and progress in their lives had to be thrown out the window and completely started over by trial and error again because their medications are no longer available.

People are dying in Puerto Rico and people are going to die on the continental US as well.

Merck’s main manufacturing facility is in PR, if you want a name.

The FDA actually put out a press release on this today. Apparently it’s not just the IV bags, but the fluids as well that are in short supply. There’s a (worryingly long) list of drugs and related paraphenelia experiencing shortages [here].

Press release was 1/5/2018

From my work email this morning, 1/7/18

(For the record I work in the ICU in a large hospital in a very large city)

Confirmed true on Snopes, in case anybody else had the immediate impulse to go google and double check. The Snopes article specifically fact-checks and confirms this based on the above tweet.

Eight Ways to Divide Switzerland.

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I quite like the term ‘work-life balance’, because it acknowledges that work is the opposite of life

How the fuck are you going to be a part of a commune?

Because in his perfect utopia he wouldn’t be the one doing the work. Work is for the “common people”

haha I was about to make a reply explaining anti-work politics but there’s no need because this person nailed it - common people slaving away to provide me with a life of pleasure - that’s it, that’s the communist utopia Charlie Marx promised and I for one cannot wait

Really glad we live in capitalism where the common people don’t have to slave away to provide a select few with a luxurious lifestyle

The Unique and its Doggo

the queen: ii diddnt’ askk to be bbo,,rn intp roylatyyyy plasee forhhhive me

It must suck to be born into great wealth and power rather than getting the chance to voluntarily decide which employer to sell yourself to