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° Laura

° 19 y.o

° B-day on April 23th 🍰

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° Angry Neurotic Catholic

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° Kind of insane, but I'm nice, I promise

° Eclectic daydreamer

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Some of my interests(because yapping abt my interests is the best thing ever!!)

Type O Negative/Carnivore/Hole/Rob Zombie/HIM/Korn/Arctic Monkeys/Lana Del Ray/Marina and The Diamonds/Ethel Cain/Mazzy Star/Fiona Apple/Aurelio Voltaire/Cocteau Twins/Babes In Toyland/Johnny Cash/Evelyn Evelyn/The Dresden Dolls/Twin Peaks OST

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Drawing/writing/journaling/video & photo editing/photography/videogames/playing guitar/reading/watching movies/fashion/collecting things/sculpting/learning languages/singing/make up

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Girl, Interrupted/Twin Peaks:Fire Walk with me/Gia/Mermaids(1990)/Black Swan/The Virgin Suicides/Only Lovers Left Alive/Beetlejuice/Metalocalypse/Uptown Girls/Bram Stoker's Dracula/The Devil's Rejects/Thirteen/Blue Velvet

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Dni:base + Courtney Love & Peter Steele haters

I'll try not to disappear one day suddenly, but damn...

Check out this week's edition of three positive news stories you might have missed! (All links included below!)

🩺⚡💧Major progress in access to basic needs like water, healthcare, and electricity

Since 2015, the world has seen some extraordinary improvements across the board:

Nearly one billion people gained access to safe drinking water and 1.2 billion to improved sanitation, which includes sanitation facilities that aren’t shared with other households and that safely dispose of waste

New HIV infections declined by 30% and AIDS-related deaths by 35%

92% of the world’s population now has basic access to electricity

Internet access has rapidly increased from 40% to 74%

For the first time in history, more than half of the world’s population now has access to social protection, which comprises of policies and programs that aim to reduce poverty and inequality

(+ some more major gains under the article's "Progress" section of its "Additional key facts and figures"!)

☀️♻️ The Philippines leads the world in solar energy as it becomes the world's largest purchaser of solar panels

In response to rising fuel prices due to the war on Iran, people in the Philippines flocked to install rooftop solar to stave off rising power bills. This shift has resulted in $407 million in panel imports from March to May, a 145% increase from a year earlier!

🌲🌳❤️‍🩹 Reviving Northeast US forests made a remarkable recovery after centuries of deforestation

When European colonists arrived in North America, entire New England forests were cleared and leveled for agriculture, cities, and resources — by 1850, the region was roughly 80% deforested, in some places 90% and 100%. But, something remarkable has happened — long after its old growth forests had been deforested, the northeast witnessed the revival of lush “second-growth” forests as nature reclaimed abandoned farmland.

Hope you enjoyed this week's dose of good news! 🩵

As the world confronts unprecedented challenges, the future of childhood hangs in the balance. UNICEF’s 2024 flagship report, The State of the World’s Children: The Future of Childhood in a Changing World, paints a stark picture of what lies ahead for children. Released on World Children’s Day, the report warns that if urgent action is not taken, the rights and well-being of future generations…

AN OPEN LETTER to THE U.S. CONGRESS

Fund the Affordable Connectivity Program NOW!

130 so far! Help us get to 250 signers!

I’m a concerned constituent writing to urge you to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program or ACP. Digital connectivity is a basic necessity in our modern world and the internet must be treated as a public utility. We use the internet to apply for jobs, perform our jobs, receive telehealth medical treatment, and pay bills, and students use it to complete homework assignments. But for millions of people in rural and urban areas, and Tribal communities, the internet is a luxury they cannot afford. Failure by Congress to fund this program will force millions of households already on tight budgets to choose between being able to stay online or potentially losing access to this essential service. If Congress doesn’t act fast, funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program will run out and more than 22 million Americans -- 1 in 6 households -- will lose this vital service. The implications of this will be devastating. In 2019, 18% of Native people living on Tribal land had no internet access; 33% relied on cell phone service for the internet; and 39% had spotty or no connection to the internet at home on their smart phone. The ACP has enrolled 320,000 households on Tribal lands -- important progress. The largest percentage gains in broadband access are in rural areas. Nearly half of military families are enrolled in ACP, as are one in four African American and Latino households. Losing access and training on using computers and the internet will have devastating impacts on all these communities as technology becomes increasingly integral to work, education, health, and our everyday lives. Without moves to address tech inequality, low-income communities and communities of color are heading towards an “unemployment abyss.” The Affordable Connectivity Program has broad bipartisan support because it is working. As your constituent, I am urging you to push for renewed funding for the ACP before it runs out in the coming weeks.

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Discover the key trends shaping the future of the Filipino digital lifestyle. Are you ready for the future? #DigitalTrends #FilipinaWanderer #FutureReady #DigitalPhilippines #DigitalFuture

As we reach the final part of our series, it’s time to gaze into the crystal ball and explore the key trends that are likely to shape the future of the Filipino digital lifestyle. Here are five digital trends that are set to define the future of the Philippines: Increased Digitization of Services: The pandemic has accelerated the digitization of services, and this trend shows no signs of…

More than 40 million people in the United States have a disability, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But even as majorities of these Americans report having certain technologies, the digital divide between those who have a disability and those who do not remains for some devices.

Some 62% of adults with a disability say they own a desktop or laptop computer, compared with 81% of those without a disability, according to a survey of U.S. adults conducted Jan. 25-Feb. 8, 2021. And when it comes to smartphone ownership, there is a gap of 16 percentage points between those with a disability and those without one (72% vs. 88%).