Beth
@blueskybeth.bsky.social
A curious person on an internet voyage.
This morning the wolf barked bossily at me until I followed him outside and onto the dirt, where he happily settled down to chomp his chew with my full attention.
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This morning the wolf barked bossily at me until I followed him outside and onto the dirt, where he happily settled down to chomp his chew with my full attention.
I have had United Healthcare for one year and I can say with confidence it is the worst health plan I have ever experienced.
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I have had United Healthcare for one year and I can say with confidence it is the worst health plan I have ever experienced.
Working for a health insurance company means I am well equipped to call about scary denied claims and reprocess others’ mistakes and understand that insurers are not looking to make care easy for members. They are looking to make care profitable. I do not take it out on customer service.
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Working for a health insurance company means I am well equipped to call about scary denied claims and reprocess others’ mistakes and understand that insurers are not looking to make care easy for members. They are looking to make care profitable. I do not take it out on customer service.
www.thecut.com/article/draf...
Thankful @jacobgrier.bsky.social isn’t a sports fan (aside from his own teams).
Thankful @jacobgrier.bsky.social isn’t a sports fan (aside from his own teams).
When Your Husband Spends $300,000 on DraftKings
Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
www.thecut.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
www.thecut.com/article/draf...
Thankful @jacobgrier.bsky.social isn’t a sports fan (aside from his own teams).
Thankful @jacobgrier.bsky.social isn’t a sports fan (aside from his own teams).
Made a strange sound to get the wolf to consent to the photo.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Made a strange sound to get the wolf to consent to the photo.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Catching a glimpse of the aurora from Portland, Oregon over the Columbia River.
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Catching a glimpse of the aurora from Portland, Oregon over the Columbia River.
Another disappointing instance of the U.S. armed forces protecting their own instead of Forty-six plaintiffs in this case alone.
Personally, I would never see a male gynecologist. There are far too many stories like this one and it’s not worth the risk.
www.cbsnews.com/news/blaine-...
Personally, I would never see a male gynecologist. There are far too many stories like this one and it’s not worth the risk.
www.cbsnews.com/news/blaine-...
Army gynecologist accused in lawsuit of secretly taking videos of patients during exams
The lawsuit filed Monday against Army Maj. Blaine McGraw involves a woman at Fort Hood, but it also includes allegations from years earlier in Hawaii.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Another disappointing instance of the U.S. armed forces protecting their own instead of Forty-six plaintiffs in this case alone.
Personally, I would never see a male gynecologist. There are far too many stories like this one and it’s not worth the risk.
www.cbsnews.com/news/blaine-...
Personally, I would never see a male gynecologist. There are far too many stories like this one and it’s not worth the risk.
www.cbsnews.com/news/blaine-...
Found in Portland on one of those mystery electrical boxes by an elementary school.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Found in Portland on one of those mystery electrical boxes by an elementary school.
Valencia’s Fallas Festival, 2024. Their annual party goes about as hard as people imagine Portland to be these days (but isn’t, and wasn’t, because we are a culture of great exaggeration).
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Valencia’s Fallas Festival, 2024. Their annual party goes about as hard as people imagine Portland to be these days (but isn’t, and wasn’t, because we are a culture of great exaggeration).
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The best part of having POTS and needing extra salt to stabilize your blood pressure is when someone starts selling counterfeit electrolytes that have no salt in them at all!
If you have POTS, double check the site you’re buying from, especially on mobile.
If you have POTS, double check the site you’re buying from, especially on mobile.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The best part of having POTS and needing extra salt to stabilize your blood pressure is when someone starts selling counterfeit electrolytes that have no salt in them at all!
If you have POTS, double check the site you’re buying from, especially on mobile.
If you have POTS, double check the site you’re buying from, especially on mobile.
Nooooo
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site
The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nooooo
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A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.
November 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A Border Patrol agent was caught on video telling another to throw tear gas “for fun,” according to a court filing. They also mocked protesters and residents who were getting gassed.
Say what you want about Warren. She’s one of the few who calls out Trump directly for his Louis XIV aspirations.
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Say what you want about Warren. She’s one of the few who calls out Trump directly for his Louis XIV aspirations.
Life could be worse. I could be a farmer.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Life could be worse. I could be a farmer.
Best of luck to everyone discovering their 2026 health insurance premiums this week.
a woman is covering her mouth with her hand while holding a bow and arrow in front of a green background .
ALT: a woman is covering her mouth with her hand while holding a bow and arrow in front of a green background .
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Best of luck to everyone discovering their 2026 health insurance premiums this week.
Reposted by Beth
Reposted by Beth
somebody on reddit offered up a healthcare premium “hack” that may work for some people: part time enrollment in a college that has a health plan offered to part-time students. and continuing education is a tax deduction.
not cheap, and not everywhere, but potentially could work for some.
not cheap, and not everywhere, but potentially could work for some.
From the HealthInsurance community on Reddit: Affordable premium hack
Explore this post and more from the HealthInsurance community
www.reddit.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
somebody on reddit offered up a healthcare premium “hack” that may work for some people: part time enrollment in a college that has a health plan offered to part-time students. and continuing education is a tax deduction.
not cheap, and not everywhere, but potentially could work for some.
not cheap, and not everywhere, but potentially could work for some.
Sure wish I knew what my dog was thinking sometimes. His needs and wants are so mysterious.
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sure wish I knew what my dog was thinking sometimes. His needs and wants are so mysterious.
This is my daily experience when going online. What is everyone else doing?
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is my daily experience when going online. What is everyone else doing?
🎥 Airbnb protects hosts who have illegally filmed you and your family in their rental home. They won’t refund you unless a journalist steps in.
Particularly miffed this takes place in Lake Winnipesaukee, a place I’ve visited for 25 years.
🔗 🎁 Gift link to NYTimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...
Particularly miffed this takes place in Lake Winnipesaukee, a place I’ve visited for 25 years.
🔗 🎁 Gift link to NYTimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...
Help! We Found a Hidden Camera in the Bathroom of Our Airbnb.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🎥 Airbnb protects hosts who have illegally filmed you and your family in their rental home. They won’t refund you unless a journalist steps in.
Particularly miffed this takes place in Lake Winnipesaukee, a place I’ve visited for 25 years.
🔗 🎁 Gift link to NYTimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...
Particularly miffed this takes place in Lake Winnipesaukee, a place I’ve visited for 25 years.
🔗 🎁 Gift link to NYTimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...
Co-signed; AAA of Oregon will tow your bicycle.
This is true, and I know from experience that they will do this even if they're picking you up at midnight from the terminus of the Naked Bike Ride. (Fortunately we packed clothes, or that might have been an awkward ride home.)
AAA really will come pick up your bike, they aren’t lying.
The driver, when we arrived at Belmont Wheelworks, asked if he could take a picture, saying “It’s my first bike!”
The driver, when we arrived at Belmont Wheelworks, asked if he could take a picture, saying “It’s my first bike!”
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Co-signed; AAA of Oregon will tow your bicycle.
“Mafia for colors” should be their new slogan.
it’s the weirdest little niche monopoly industry. like the mafia but for colors? and it underlies EVERYTHING? in the entire WORLD?
BANANAS. 🍌
BANANAS. 🍌
October 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“Mafia for colors” should be their new slogan.
Incredibly accurate take on PhD programs.
"You encounter a strange, cult-like group that lives in almost total isolation from the outside world. They jealously guard their arcane knowledge and practice some exceedingly cruel rituals."
Critically Acclaimed Horror Film of the 2010s or Your PhD Program?
1. You encounter a strange, cult-like group that lives in almost total isolation from the outside world. They jealously guard their arcane knowledg...
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Incredibly accurate take on PhD programs.