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Medical, needle stick 

One week after the stick and I still look like this. My veins are very bad after immunotherapy and it's hard for them to get a site. They tend to wiggle the needle about, which is very uncomfortable and also does this.

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Today in 1933, 90 years ago: The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established by Hermann Göring.

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Today in 1915, 108 years ago: World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.

#OnThisDay

A climate group protested a zero emissions race, thus conforming the absolute chaotic and nonsensical direction climate activism has taken.

...Made while segregation still existed, which is curious.

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This (save for some wonky editing in the first couple of minutes) is a very good PSA on the lure of ideology that seeks to divide and conquer. It's very well made for the time.
youtu.be/8K6-cEAJZlE

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@sullybiker i cant imagine being so fragile that I have more money than anyone in modern history and I still get mad when people call me lame online

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The radioactive sugar water used for my 6mth PET surveillance scans is billed to my insurer at $1800. The scan itself is billed at $19000. Thank God I have insurance.

my brother in law is in Knoydart and I am extremely jealous.

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I think it’s important to repeat: you don't "have something to hide" when you put blinds on your windows or close the door when you're on the can or wear clothes.

Privacy isn't about having something to hide. It's not about keeping secrets. It's about you being the person who chooses what you reveal about yourself, and when, and to who, and the other word we have for that is "dignity". Your inherent dignity, as a human being.

Your privacy is the agency you have over your dignity.

@mjgardner Do you think it's worth picking up Perl now? I'm tempted to revisit it after a brief flirtation a decade ago, also 5 or 6/Raku?

Oh no not Buzzfeed News *cut to Bill Hicks uncontrollable laughter*

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Today in 1918, 105 years ago: Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.

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old pro golf, pirate course. tudor house, ocean city, maryland, 1985

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