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The Navajo Nation's COVID-19 Death Toll Is Higher Than That of 13 States Combined
Native Americans are being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus.
InStyle
How the Pandemic Is Affecting the Navajo Nation
A conversation about the challenges facing—and the resilience of—the largest reservation in the country, which has become a COVID-19 hotspot
Smithsonian Magazine
Cases rise to 1,637 on Navajo Nation, 59 total confirmed deaths
The Navajo Nation now has a total of 1,637 cases of COVID-19 with 59 confirmed deaths.
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llord

this is the official navajo covid relief fund, please donate, it’ll go towards desperately needed medical supplies, as well as daily necessities for the community like canned food, drinkable water, disinfectants, and baby formula

http://www.nndoh.org/donate.html

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hashtagloveloses

the USPS is now REMOVING MAIL SORTING MACHINES. the shit is hitting the fan. i need to reiterate that signing petitions or texting a number that sends an email isn’t going to cut it. dont send complaints to louis dejoy’s office or any bullshit like that. don’t waste your time. people who live in the US need to CALL their Senators and House reps. you need to post about this constantly. you need to make a big deal about this with friends and family. get them do it too.

if you want to save the USPS i am BEGGING you call your representatives directly to DEMAND they co-sponsor and vote for:

1. the Delivering for America Act (call HOUSE reps). This attempts to reverse the bullshit Trump is doing.

House Oversight chair introduces new bill to reverse organizational changes at USPS
A new bill aimed at reversing organizational and structural changes undertaken at the United States Postal Service by the new postmaster gen
CNN

2. USPS Fairness Act (call SENATORS). This is a MAJOR repeal of the bullshit the Bush admin and the Republicans did in 2006 that fucked over the USPS in the first place.

All Info - S.2965 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): USPS Fairness Act
All Info for S.2965 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): USPS Fairness Act
congress.gov

3. HEROES Act (call SENATORS). This is the coronavirus omnibus that includes IMMEDIATE USPS relief. Make it clear you want the USPS portion to be included.

Heroes Act Would Provide USPS Emergency Financial Relief and Hazard Pay
Yesterday, the 13 House Committee chairmen with jurisdction over coronavirus relief introduced major legislation to, in part, provide emerge
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My friend from Lebanon wrote up a really good thread on Twitter I thought I should share here, just to clear up some of the inaccuracies floating around:

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And here are some of the links they provided:

https://www.supportlrc.app/

Save Lives – Become a Regular Donor
Support the Lebanese Red Cross by enrolling to our Individual Giving Program. Register as a Regular Donor by Donating through the web or by
supportlrc.app

https://www.gofundme.com/f/prevent-suicides-due-to-poverty-and-unemployment

Foodblessed food boxes to help those in need organized by Joey Moawad
<p>There has never been a worse time to be poor in Lebanon. A political cr… Joey Moawad needs your support for Foodblessed food boxes to
gofundme.com

https://www.gofundme.com/f/medical-relief-to-lebanon

Medical Relief to Lebanon organized by Majd Faraj
Hello family and friends,  “Our elders and our children, they await the nation’s call. They are… Majd Faraj needs your support for Medical
gofundme.com

https://www.gofundme.com/f/hope-for-lebanon

Hope for Lebanon organized by Samar Seraqui De Buttafoco
<p> Beirut is crying blood. Beirut is breathing toxic air. The fundraising is urgent. It… Samar Seraqui De Buttafoco needs your support fo
gofundme.com

https://www.gofundme.com/f/lebanonneedsorg

Lebanon Needs organized by Christina Nakhle
<strong>What?</strong> We founded Lebanon Needs to provide those who need it the most with essential s… Christina Nakhle needs your support
gofundme.com

http://www.caritas.org.lb/get_involved/donate

Donate | Caritas Lebanon
Donate | Caritas Lebanon
Caritas Lebanon

https://beitelbaraka.net/donation/pay/

https://gogetfunding.com/beirut-emergency-relief/

Beirut Emergency Relief
The Explosion in Beirut today feels surreal. I am still unable to fully comprehend what has happened. My neighbourhood is destroyed, my best
GoGetFunding

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lebanon-relief

Help raise £5000000 to provide disaster relief after the explosion in Beirut
Weʼre raising money to provide disaster relief after the explosion in Beirut. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
JustGiving

https://www.givingloop.org/offrejoie

Offrejoie | Rebuilding our beloved Beirut! We need your support
Rebuilding our beloved Beirut! We need your support
givingloop.org

https://www.gofundme.com/f/beirut-explosion-emergency-disaster-relief

Beirut Explosion Emergency Disaster Relief organized by Marie-Joe Noon
Beirut, Lebanon's capital, was hit on August 4, 2020 with a massive explosio… Marie-Joe Noon needs your support for Beirut Explosion Emergen
gofundme.com
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cillianmurphy

there were massive explosions at the port of Beirut, Lebanon today. Here are a few links to twitter threads I have found with gofundme links etc. please help if you can.

video twitter thread of what happened (tw for explosions, this only shows what happened)

thread one with multiple gofundme

Lebanon Needs gofundme

Another thread of where you can donate

a carrd on how to help Lebanon

if i find more, this will keep being updated. please keep them in your prayers and help out if you are able to.

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I just read the line “President Donald Trump also indicated that federal squads would likely target cities run by the party that opposes him” in a real-life news article and I’m just thinking about how people really thought Democrats were overreacting in 2016 and that we should “give him a chance”

marvelsmostwanted

“Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the same” really? ?? What a galaxy brain take. Because right now the standard is “will address the pandemic and not send unidentified federal agents to kidnap citizens in the street” so, yeah, they’re not the same

antioch-actius

Dictators don't let themselves be elected out of power.

marvelsmostwanted

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/19/trump-joe-biden-coronavirus-polls

Trump refuses to commit to accepting election result as Biden enjoys poll lead
President refuses to say whether he will accept election result and repeats claim that virus is ‘going to disappear, and I’ll be right’
the Guardian

In an interview with Fox News Sunday recorded at the White House on Friday, Trump said “I’m not losing, because those are fake polls” and refused to say if he would accept the result if Biden won in November.

“I have to see,” Trump said. “I have to see. No, I’m not going to just say yes. I’m not going to say no, and I didn’t last time either.”

This is why you should vote, though.

Here’s the nightmare scenario: Biden could win by a very small margin - too close to call, like the 2000 election - and the conservative Supreme Court could get to decide that Trump is the winner, even if he loses the popular vote by a substantial margin (again).

Knowing that this is a possibility doesn’t mean we should give up. It’s actually an argument for getting out and voting, and encouraging every person you know to vote, especially if you live in or know anyone who lives in a swing state. If Biden wins by a landslide, it will be significantly harder for Trump to argue the results. Yes, he’ll stomp his feet and say it was rigged and spout conspiracies. But he will have lost, and it’s important that the rest of the world can clearly see that.

You know how the United States sometimes does that thing where we stand behind the democratically elected candidate in contested elections in other countries? Yeah. We’re that country now! So in the case that Biden wins decisively and Trump tries to contest the results, I fully expect other democratic leaders like Trudeau, Merkel, Macron, etc. to say loudly and clearly, “Congratulations, President Biden! We look forward to working with you!” This hits the global news, making it even harder for Trump to argue his case since it exposes him for what he is: A big giant baby throwing a temper tantrum. I also expect (lol) most (some) Republicans to do the responsible thing and back Biden in this scenario (shoutout Mitt Romney in advance). Is it going to be messy? Probably! But our best chance of getting him out of office is to vote him out now - waiting another four years will be disastrous, and who knows what elections will look like after another four years of voter suppression, gerrymandering, and Trump welcoming foreign interference? Let’s not find out.

Would I be surprised if Donald Trump went on Fox News and continued to insist that everyone there call him President Trump for the rest of his life? No. And the situation above isn’t the only nightmare scenario: It is highly likely that the 2020 election will drag on for days as mail-in ballots are being counted. But I don’t give a fuck what he does after he’s out of the White House - as long as he’s no longer in a position power. I will physically go there myself and stand outside screaming until he leaves if I have to, and I hope you will join me.

TL;DR Donald Trump will leave the White House one way or another. If the idea of 4 more years of Trump scares you, then let’s do everything we can to make sure he sees a decisive loss in 2020. We can’t afford to wait for 2024, when who knows how he will have abused his power and even fewer of us will have the chance to vote him out.

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fitanne

Some eaiser variations of push ups to help you build the strength to do a traditional one!

moniquill

I don’t generally reblog ‘fitness’ stuff but gaddamn could I use some more arm strength.

thegoddamazon

Push-ups are my worst nightmare. I can only do 44 before I pass out on the floor.

stigs-journey

“I can only do 44” hahaha omg I can’t even do one.

lascocks

yes good

I was always frustrated how my P.E. teachers wanted all of us to go “all-or-none” and basically hurt ourselves without letting us build up from square-one like in the first gif.  Then they’d fuckin yell at us for not doing it right >:|

Knee-pushups is not square-one.

arkilliandragon

When I got my first personal trainer, she had me doing push ups almost standing upright in the weight lifting bars so that I could do 15 reps and 3 sets of them. It’s more about the technique of the push up, and if you’re pushing too much weight, you can’t exersize the correct muscles within their tolerances. This post is pretty important tto know cause of that.

jhameia

I was introduced to the knee push-up last year and it was such a fucking game changer. I had NO idea it was possible to work those same muscles just with a slight variation in position. 

personal-scientist

I wanna just verify that these are excellent for building strength, both as someone who took weights class in high school with a good teacher, and as someone who’s had a lifetime of physical therapy (not for my arms specifically, but I’ve spent a lot of time in sports medicine centers). And again, if the vertical one in the first gif is difficult, you don’t even have to lean into it like that. Start standing, and only lean as much as it takes you to lower towards the wall.

And remember, many exercises can be modified in this way! I did an image search for “modified pull up” and got exactly what I was looking for right away, which is this:

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Doing pull ups on a lower bar, or from the straps with handles that gyms sometimes have (called the TRX - they can also be used to support yourself during squats and some balance exercises) is a lot easier than jumping straight into vertical pullups, and lets you build up that muscle with exercises that are still comfortable and safe for you, so you can do more sets of more reps.

As a general rule, always start with lower-strain exercises and practice good form before you work your way up. You don’t want to have to unlearn bad habits that could lead to injury later as the difficulty increases.

jecook

@imfemalewarrior I’m assuming you’ve seen this post but in case you haven’t—it seems like your kind of thing

imfemalewarrior

Here are push up and pull up progressions! 

-FemaleWarrior, She/They 

peppervl

Because I have serious issues with core strength and cannot do a sit up or a crunch without using muscles I shouldn’t and hurting myself, I looked up core exercises for beginners (because modified sit ups just have me ways to make it harder), and here’s what I found.

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All from here, which also includes sit ups with the idea that you start up and don’t go all the way down.

rosslynpaladin

This stuff on the bottom is some of the stuff I do for physical therapy, can vouch for it

Source: fitanne
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