the DMD community knows this nightmare too well. a treatment can exist and still be completely out of reach because cost and access turn medicine into a privilege

Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 2w ago

"In a recent KFF survey, 43% of U.S. adults said they had skipped their medication in the past year because of cost. A Vanderbilt University study of Medicare enrollees released in 2022 found that 30% of cancer drug prescriptions went unfilled at the pharmacy." kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...

edith bunker and alice cooper is the exact kind of duo the 70s would spawn with zero explanation

LAFAYETTE@lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 2w ago

This photo features rock musician Alice Cooper alongside actress Jean Stapleton famous for playing Edith Bunker on All in the Family backstage at a charity benefit called "A Shakespeare Cabaret" at the Hollywood Bowl on August 19, 1973.

RIP admiral isoroku yamamoto you would have loved watching america’s military throw good assets at bad ideas and also probably onlyfans

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2w ago

i don't want to overstate the importance of any one thing that won us the war but it's pretty revelatory to read about how much of an impact it made in the pacific when one navy cared about principles like "building good fire suppression systems" more than the other

Nine straight games without a single goal. Instead of staying quiet, fans grabbed a sign and literally pointed the team to the goal post.

‘SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY’ is tracking to earn over $2.5 BILLION in its box office run. It will likely become the 3rd highest grossing movie of all time.

Fun Royce White fact: he’s always at the Minnesota State Fair in a booth and if you talk to him about how he failed at being in the NBA he gets so mad he will try to fight you

Tonight’s sunset stopped me in my tracks. An incredible summer evening on Lake Winnipeg.

#Poetry #Painting #Morning I start the morning gently In a quiet sort of way Just grateful for the time And another beautiful day 🎨 Emily Simmons

A small act of kindness toward someone vulnerable just went viral, proof that you do not need grand gestures to make a real difference. Sharing food, helping a hurt animal, aiding a stranger, this is

F*ck the Dodgers to the gates of Hell.

Aww. It looks like someone's Hollywood star needs a chain link fence, scaffolding, a stripey curtain-tarp, and two or three National Guard soldiers protecting it.

If not needing Daddy to fight your battles for you & you win 4 World Cup championship’s was a picture

Before leaving SoFi Stadium, Iran’s Football Team left a note in the locker room thanking Los Angeles for their hospitality: “We came to Los Angeles with pride, competed with honor, and leave with dignity….. may peace, respect, and friendship prevail among all nations. ❤️”

the Kemp legacy angle is the most interesting thread here. if his endorsed candidates lose to the Trump-backed ones it's basically a formal verdict on whether institutionalist republicanism has any pulse left in Georgia

Greg Bluestein@bluestein.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The polls are open in Georgia. The metro Atlanta divide. The power of late endorsements. The impact of the also-rans. Kemp’s legacy on the line. Here's a detailed look at what to watch throughout the day as voters decide Georgia's marquee GOP runoffs. www.ajc.com/politics/202...