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Max_123 · Mar 8, 2022

David87 said:

I got injured enough as a child to go the hospital so much that I knew my blood type just from that hah.

Yeah but I don't think they freely give that info out don't they have to order a specific test for your blood type? I guess it's probably different everywhere but I had blood drawn ~2 years ago for lipids and nothing listed my blood type

Also very cool that you have to have a doctor order the test for you and pay a co-pay just for them to take 1 minute to enter an order and then pay another co-pay at the blood draw place

incognitojones · Mar 8, 2022

iCarly Rae Jepsen said:

this is clearly a first amendment violation, does it get blocked immediately?

Helloelloallo · Mar 8, 2022

im so sick of casual political arguments on my newsfeed. THANKS BRANDON! with a pick of the gas pump, then the liberals say it's not his fault, and then it divulges into nonsense and name calling and it would be the exact same thing the other way around. I have no doubt all my liberal friends would blame Trump for everything (as they were), and the conservatives would be defending him. It's just utter, unproductive nonsense. But it has helped out some coworkers as horrible people with whom I don't need to make any effort to form a social connection. The typical 'here's a fox news clip... tell where I'm wrong?!?! you can't!' and NoBoDY WanTS TO WoRK ANyMOrE!

bradsonemanband · Mar 8, 2022

There was a girl sitting in first class on my first flight this morning who was wearing a mask that said “FREEDOM DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS.”

Ok Karen.

David87 · Mar 8, 2022

Helloelloallo said:

im so sick of casual political arguments on my newsfeed. THANKS BRANDON! with a pick of the gas pump, then the liberals say it's not his fault, and then it divulges into nonsense and name calling and it would be the exact same thing the other way around. I have no doubt all my liberal friends would blame Trump for everything (as they were), and the conservatives would be defending him. It's just utter, unproductive nonsense. But it has helped out some coworkers as horrible people with whom I don't need to make any effort to form a social connection. The typical 'here's a fox news clip... tell where I'm wrong?!?! you can't!' and NoBoDY WanTS TO WoRK ANyMOrE!

I made a lot of sarcastic comments about Trump and gas prices when they were hitting highs in 2018 or whenever it was, trying to troll my right wing friends lol. But I always told people even then Trump really aint doing much to impact gas prices. The Saudis shutting the spigots down after deciding not to pressure IRan anymore was the main culprit.

Ferrari333SP · Mar 8, 2022

Oh boy - 62,000 people, now jobless with no pay

Elder Lightning · Mar 8, 2022

dylan said:

same. how do you nerds know that??

If you donate blood they will tell you.

Also, if you are attempting to get pregnant or get your partner pregnant, especially if it's not the first pregnancy, you should both know your blood type: Rh Incompatibility During Pregnancy (for Parents) - Nemours KidsHealth

JulieLynn · Mar 8, 2022

Elder Lightning said:

If you donate blood they will tell you.

Also, if you are attempting to get pregnant or get your partner pregnant, especially if it's not the first pregnancy, you should both know your blood type: Rh Incompatibility During Pregnancy (for Parents) - Nemours KidsHealth

Or if you spend like 8 days in a hospital undergoing lots of tests and blood cultures...you basically end up knowing all the fun things about your blood.

emt0853 · Mar 8, 2022

Get a transplant..can tell you so much about your blood and literally every organ haha

iCarly Rae Jepsen · Mar 8, 2022

Now:Navigate! · Mar 8, 2022

For anyone with the bandwidth to get into operational details, this was quite a read.

Elder Lightning · Mar 8, 2022

emt0853 said:

Get a transplant..can tell you so much about your blood and literally every organ haha

One organ transplant please!

Ferrari333SP · Mar 8, 2022

Now:Navigate! said:

For anyone with the bandwidth to get into operational details, this was quite a read.

Able to generate a PDF copy of the article? Behind a paywall

Now:Navigate! · Mar 8, 2022

Ferrari333SP said:

Able to generate a PDF copy of the article? Behind a paywall

I usually append 12ft.io/ to the front of the URL for paywalls.
Currently on my work computer but I'll get a PDF later if 12ft doesn't work for you!

EDIT -- It wasn't really a hassle to copy/paste actually.

RZESZOW, Poland—In the space of two weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has set off one of the largest and fastest arms transfers in history.

By road and rail, the Czech Republic sent 10,000 rocket-propelled grenades to Ukraine’s defenders last week alone. In Poland, the provincial airport of Rzeszow located about 60 miles from the Ukrainian border has been so crowded with military cargo jets that on Saturday some flights were briefly diverted until airfield space became available.

On the country’s highways, police vehicles are escorting military transport trucks to the border, with other convoys slipping into Ukraine via snow-covered back roads through the mountains.

The race to deliver arms to Ukraine is emerging as a supply operation with few historical parallels. Western allies, having ruled outputting troops on the ground in Ukraine, have been attempting to equip the country’s thinly spread and outmatched military, some of its soldiers fighting without boots.

With Russian warships holding the Black Sea coast, and Ukraine’s airspace contested, the U.S. is rushing to truck weapons overland before Russia chokes off the roads as well. Pentagon officials said most of what will total $350 million in arms and assistance the Biden administration pledged late last month has been delivered. Congress is considering authorizing billions more. The Defense Department has described its efforts as unprecedented.

Governments once reluctant to transfer arms and antagonize Russia are joining the fray. Sweden, though historically nonaligned, has pledged 5,000 antitank weapons. Berlin—which only three weeks ago was blocking Estonia from transferring German-made howitzers to Ukraine—is now sending more than 2,000 antitank and antiaircraft weapons. Italy, long a passive player in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has also promised weapons, and Spain has offered grenade launchers.

The allied effort is buttressed by ordinary citizens in Europe and the U.S., who say they are buying hunting-grade gear online—to circumvent rules against shipping military equipment—and funneling it to friends headed into Ukraine. In Warsaw, a 67-year-old woman is in charge of smuggling night-vision goggles to the country’s defenders. Packed hotels near the Polish-Ukrainian border cater to men asking each other how they can ship body armor to major cities, before Russian troops seize the roads.

Still, Ukrainians say it isn’t enough. In videos posted to social media from his office in Kyiv, with the Ukrainian capital almost encircled by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the West to send more weapons and enforce a no-fly zone to stop Russia from carrying out more air attacks on civilians. He pleaded last weekend to members of Congress for combat jets and missiles.

Such appeals are coming not just from the top. Frontline fighters in Ukraine’s Territorial Defense units have used social media to put out a shopping list of their needs, including helmets, binoculars, range finders along with more basic needs such as instant noodles or Q-Tips.

“We need more,” said Andriy Malets, a 53-year-old entrepreneur who signed up to help defend the town of Kryvyi Rih but said he was forced to wait because his local unit has five volunteers for every available gun. Instead, he said, people in Kryvyi Rih now spend their time making Molotov cocktails.

The infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars in weaponry has little precedent in modern times, said Filip Bryjka, a security analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs. There hasn’t been a Western arms push of such speed and scale in Europe since President Harry S. Truman asked Congress to send $400 million in military and economic assistance into Greece and Turkey in the first months of the Cold War, said Mr. Bryjka, who wrote a recent analysis of Poland’s role in arms transfers to Ukraine.

The dollar value, U.S. and allied officials say, is almost certain to grow if the war continues. On Capitol Hill, legislators are considering a bill for when the $350 million designated for Ukraine runs out. That legislation provides $12 billion for Ukraine and its Eastern European allies, roughly half of which would be dedicated to supporting Ukraine militarily.

Ukrainian officials, in negotiations with Poland and the U.S., have pushed for NATO allies to provide Soviet-era jet fighters that Ukrainian pilots could fly, alongside more antitank missiles, Turkish drones, and heat-seeking missiles capable of shooting down combat helicopters or planes.

“We are happy but we are not satisfied,” said one senior Ukrainian official. “What we have is not enough because Russian troops are still in Ukraine.”

U.S. officials warn that the pace of resupply would likely slow if Russian forces grab control of the highways and cities of western Ukraine, where the weapons are received from convoys rolling in from Poland, Slovakia and Romania. But judging the pace of Russia’s advance and when the supply lines may be cut is hard to assess, defense officials have said.

A large amount of the gear going to Ukraine comes from NATO members in Central Europe that were once part of the former Soviet Union. The U.S. says that Washington and its NATO allies have sent 17,000 antitank weapons into Ukraine, mostly provided by the Czech military.

Some of the efforts have been financed by a crowdfunding campaign, which raised $20 million from individual donors in the Czech Republic. The country’s government put up another $30 million to buy arms that have virtually all been dispatched.

“Everything that Ukraine’s allies ask us to do, we do it ASAP,” said Czech Deputy Defense Minister Tomas Kopecny. “When it’s used in Ukraine it means it’s not used in our country.”

Although the transport planes and trucks are highly visible, the operation to supply Ukraine in many countries has been shrouded in secrecy. Some Central and Eastern European countries worry overt shipments could provoke Russia. “Most countries prefer not to share details because they are afraid of how Russia could react,” said Mr. Bryjka. “And they don’t want to make Russia’s intelligence work easier.”

The shipments are also operating through an area that Washington doesn’t expect to stay open much longer. Kyiv, which U.S. officials thought would fall early in the war, has held off Russian advances, allowing western militaries to ship in gear more easily than they expected.

Ukrainians living outside the country are using the same opening to drive in military gear bought with their own money to soldiers fighting in the war. While President Biden was delivering his State of the Union address last week, promising aid for Ukraine, Oksana Prysyazhnyuk, a Ukrainian energy executive in New York state, was watching, while texting friends on the front. “Maybe you can find someone who can provide helmets and bulletproof vests because the demand for them is absolutely huge,” a Ukrainian stationed near the front line texted her.

“They are going to war with bare hands,” Ms. Prysyazhnyuk said. “They don’t even have winter boots.”

One senior Ukrainian military official, who spoke Tuesday from his base outside Kyiv, disagreed. He said there were now no major equipment shortages among his troops. Asked what kind of support he would like to see from the West, he backed Mr. Zelensky’s call for a no-fly zone over Ukraine and added: “I’d like to see more Russians in graves.”

Ferrari333SP · Mar 8, 2022

Now:Navigate! said:

I usually append 12ft.io/ to the front of the URL for paywalls.
Currently on my work computer but I'll get a PDF later if 12ft doesn't work for you!

EDIT -- It wasn't really a hassle to copy/paste actually.

Dang, yeah it still won't show for that site, so if you can grab a PDF that'd be dope!

brothemighty · Mar 8, 2022

Depressed today. I'll just be posting reddit memes about how Dems are bad

Jason Tate · Mar 8, 2022

we're gonna let a bunch of preventable diseases come back aren't we

Henry · Mar 8, 2022

Jason Tate said:

we're gonna let a bunch of preventable diseases come back aren't we

Good thing I kept my great grandpa's iron lung in the basement

Ferrari333SP · Mar 8, 2022

popdisaster00 · Mar 8, 2022

Jason Tate said:

we're gonna let a bunch of preventable diseases come back aren't we

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