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Skip Google for Research
As Google has worked to overtake the internet, its search algorithm has not just gotten worse. It has been designed to prioritize advertisers and popular pages often times excluding pages and content that better matches your search terms
As a writer in need of information for my stories, I find this unacceptable. As a proponent of availability of information so the populace can actually educate itself, it is unforgivable.
Below is a concise list of useful research sites compiled by Edward Clark over on Facebook. I was familiar with some, but not all of these.
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Google is so powerful that it “hides” other search systems from us. We just don’t know the existence of most of them. Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information. Keep a list of sites you never heard of.
www.refseek.com - Academic Resource Search. More than a billion sources: encyclopedia, monographies, magazines.
www.worldcat.org - a search for the contents of 20 thousand worldwide libraries. Find out where lies the nearest rare book you need.
https://link.springer.com - access to more than 10 million scientific documents: books, articles, research protocols.
www.bioline.org.br is a library of scientific bioscience journals published in developing countries.
http://repec.org - volunteers from 102 countries have collected almost 4 million publications on economics and related science.
www.science.gov is an American state search engine on 2200+ scientific sites. More than 200 million articles are indexed.
www.pdfdrive.com is the largest website for free download of books in PDF format. Claiming over 225 million names.
www.base-search.net is one of the most powerful researches on academic studies texts. More than 100 million scientific documents, 70% of them are free
‼️EMERGENCY FUNDS: I Need Help With Medical Bills And Equipment ‼️
Howdy Y'all, please share my story with me at least a little, I am a Type 1 Diabetic. I was diagnosed in February 2019 after being very sick and I weighed 88 lbs. For the last two and a half years I have had to inject insulin 4+ times for day every day, to stay within my blood glucose level.
In December 2020 I was hospitalized and had to have emergency surgery where I had to stay at home for the entire period of my illness without working, and I also had DKA aka Diabetic ketoacidosis is a serious complication of diabetes that occurs when your body produces high levels of blood acids called ketones.
In the picture, the devices you see are the ones that are needed to control my diabetes.
Diabetic ketoacidosis develops when your body cannot produce enough insulin. Insulin normally plays an important role in helping sugar (glucose), the main source of energy for your muscles and other tissues, enter your cells. Without enough insulin, your body begins to break down fat as an alternative fuel. This process produces a buildup of toxic acids in the bloodstream called ketones, eventually leading to diabetic ketoacidosis if left untreated.
Three months later in March 2021 I finally got to see an endocrinologist, who specializes in Type 1 Diabetes. Who told me that an insulin pump would be a good device for me?
I was recently approved for an insulin pump that will help me better control my diabetes. Although I am happy that I am approved the hardest part is coming up with the funds to pay for the pump and equipment.
📎GOAL:$95/$340
📎PAYPAL
A donation of any amount will be greatly appreciated even if you can't donate but if you share the story against friends It will help. Thanks to anyone and everyone who is willing to help.
Series: Pocket Monster PiPiPi ★ Adventure Artist: Tsukirino Yumi Publication: Ciao Magazine (12/1997) Details: Ciao Christmas Enjoy Book - PiPiPi ★ Adventure Christmas Party Sugoroku Source: Scanned from my personal collection
How am i to carry on with anything now that my wounds have been opened （ ｉ _ ｉ ）
You come home and hold me tight As if it never happened at all
(you can download a free high-resolution PDF of this comic here)
; - ; this is @prettymediocrewizard 's fault now the brainworm is back and i SUFFer AGAIN
My name is Hala, from Deir al-Balah, Gaza. I live with my four children, Abdul, Jaber, Mohammed, and Lian, and my mother-in-law, in a never-ending nightmare. Our home was bombed, and everything we had turned to ashes. Now, we live in a burnt house, with no safety or hope.
My husband, Adham, is stuck in Egypt, and I face this torment alone. My children suffer from hunger and illness, and we have nothing to protect them. Life here is unbearably difficult; every day is a struggle for survival.
I urgently need your help to raise $35,000 so we can escape, as each person requires $5,000. This money isn’t just numbers; it’s our hope for a new life away from pain and suffering. We are human beings who deserve to live, so please don’t let us drown in this nightmare.
Help us, as we are in desperate need of your support.
Vetted @bilal-salah0
On Monday, 26-year-old Daniel Penny was acquitted after killing Jordan Neely, a desperate Black homeless man on the subway, on the grounds that he was trying to protect others. On the same day, police detained 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who is suspected of killing the CEO of a company that has denied thousands of life-saving healthcare claims.
Penny walks free after killing a man victim to the system. What will be the verdict for Mangione, who is suspected of killing a man symbolic of it?
As many have remarked, Brian Thompson’s tenure as CEO of insurance giant UnitedHealthcare was grisly. Thompson (alongside other higher-ups) allegedly conducted insider trading, selling millions of dollars of stock upon learning that the Department of Justice re-opened an antitrust investigation into UnitedHealth. While the company was on an upward profit swing, it has been awash in allegations and revelations of limiting mental health care coverage via algorithm, denying healthcare services needed after hospitalization at drastic rates via artificial intelligence, and denying insurance claims at a starkly high rate.
A gun killed Thompson. Paperwork has killed thousands.
Each case, obviously, is its own. But in each, contradictions of who is human, questions of who merits sympathy, and inquiries of what sort of society we tolerate, ring loud and clear.
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the edit itself
this edit is getting taken down from tiktok every time someone reuploads it, its straight up censorship at this point
Im not even american but im having a great time with this
DONT LET THIS DIE
credit to miraculousgastropod for the original
I am going to shake down naoki urasawa sensei until he concedes to rewriting the manga for grimmer
Monster (モンスター) // Naoki Urasawa
Readers, make sure you have all your favourite Ao3 fics downloaded.
Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.
I don’t want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it 😅
Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.
So me
this flopped on twt so here just tired of ppl thinking seinen is just bloodier battle shounen with more nsfw content its legit just a demographic, i love the first half of berserk and vinland saga tho
edit: pretend i put dungeon meshi, jing king of bandits twilight tales,emanon and children of the sea/all of daisuke igarashi's work in this
MY HEART HURTS. SO BAD.
HCs Grimmer bonding with Nina and Dieter
Grimmer always takes Dieter to soccer practice days
Dieter and Nina always make breakfast for him when he’s sick and viceversa
Grimmer learned Nina’s favorite movie, tv show, singer, favorite music because he wants to be closer to her. And Nina thinks is adorable cause he has a notebook where he writes it.
When Dieter is struggling with his math homework, Grimmer helps him (or he tries to, since he’s not as good in maths)
When it’s raining, snowing, or it’s a cold weather, Grimmer makes hot cocoa (yea the ref) for both Dieter and Nina.
Of course, Grimmer takes Dieter fishing.
When it’s Dieter or Nina’s birthday, Grimmer already had months thinking of the perfect gift, because he wants to make them happy. And he in fact gives them the best presents.
Grimmer likes to paint Nina’s nails and sometimes he chooses the color and whilst, she talks to him about her college, a new gossip about her friends or something of the kind
One day, Grimmer broke accidentally an absurdly expensive vase Tenma bought in russia during his trips with the MSF, so, he offered money to one of them to take the blame, so Tenma won’t be mad at him. (Yeah Malcom in the middle reference)
And that’s all for now, I might do more lol.
something interesting is happening
Know your enemy.
Just saying that the guy likely had no idea what hit him, walking to his meeting one minute and in hell rhe next…
I’ve seen some spectacular snark coming from the case of the dead CEO, but the one in response to the request for the public’s help in finding the culprit “Sorry, snitchs get stitches and that might not be covered by my insurance.” Is among the best.
ME WHEN SECRET SANTA
"Hey, what do you want for Ch-"
I don't know, as soon as you started the question, I somehow momentarily was struck with such a lack of desire for any material goods that there's now a school of thought in Buddhism who reveres my ADHD riddled brain as a potential speedrun to enlightment.
The International Criminal Court warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu is a major development towards real consequences for Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people, but it's still too early to say what will result from it. While the United States tries to obstruct international law, we can't lose sight of the most important thing in this conflict: The ongoing need to help the people who are still trapped in Gaza.
The situation on the ground right now is dire. The "alleged" war crimes are very much real, and very much affecting real people who have been deprived of shelter and basic necessities throughout the horrors of this genocide.
Ahed Alanqar is one of those people, having to provide for his three daughters in the midst of war crimes. To be clear, that is absolutely heroic. Surviving in these conditions by itself is hard enough, managing to scrape by enough to take care of three kids, ages 1, 6 and 9? That's already difficult without the war crimes!
Everything in Gaza is expensive and hard to find. Everything. There is no source of income, and Ahed and his family are reliant on donations to survive. This is something we can help with. This kind of direct support is how we can materially help, make an actual difference, and resist the war crimes while governments drag their feet.
Donate here. This fundraiser is vetted as number 229 on the Gazavetters list.
I never considered this… this use of my abilities….
More magma except its unserious selfship this time
yeah so I just finished Pluto
Just a pocketful of Tenmas.
another crazy white boy
"I know people in Palestine are being tortured, bombed and slaughtered, I just don't want to see it" is an unforgivable statement, and yet too many people, Americans in particular, are comfortable with saying it. Especially given that, apart from Israel, this is America's genocide. 70%.
If you aren't protesting this, if you aren't even showing a sliver of care, then no. You don't get to pretend you're a good person.
shout out to everyone in south korea who went to bed early last night
Whoah………… ive been enlightened
