Elliot Gilman
@elliotgilman.bsky.social
Yikes! “These aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet — they represent real Florida families who could lose access to essential medical care,” “In Miami-Dade County, nearly three in five seniors rely on Medicaid.”
I don't expect Doge or most of Congress to empathize. 🤬
I don't expect Doge or most of Congress to empathize. 🤬
Medicaid cuts could devastate elderly in Florida nursing homes
What would happen if Florida no longer had the money to pay for senior care?
www.tampabay.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Yikes! “These aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet — they represent real Florida families who could lose access to essential medical care,” “In Miami-Dade County, nearly three in five seniors rely on Medicaid.”
I don't expect Doge or most of Congress to empathize. 🤬
I don't expect Doge or most of Congress to empathize. 🤬
Reposted by Elliot Gilman
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
It's absolutely the last thing the industry needs this year. 😟
NetEase raises fears it is unloading its overseas game properties, hurting U.S. gaming
Chinese game companies may be forced to sell off their overseas holdings in U.S. game companies. That could cause an earthquake in gaming.
venturebeat.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It's absolutely the last thing the industry needs this year. 😟
This is my surprised face 😐
DOGE’s .gov site lampooned as coders quickly realize it can be edited by anyone
DOGE site is apparently not running on government servers.
arstechnica.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is my surprised face 😐
They are coming after Women's right to vote. If your name doesn't match that of your birth certificate, you could lose your right to vote. Contact your reps and give them another earful.
SAVE Act Could Result in 34% of Female Voters Being Turned Away at Polls for Lack of Proper ID — Carolina Political Review
While touted as an election security measure, the SAVE Act, has significant potential to disenfranchise American voters, especially married women. For a group of citizens who gained the right to vote ...
www.carolinapoliticalreview.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
They are coming after Women's right to vote. If your name doesn't match that of your birth certificate, you could lose your right to vote. Contact your reps and give them another earful.
And now they want to ban DeepSeek, but there's nothing they can do to stop us from downloading these models. Not without first building a giant firewall around the U.S.
www.congress.gov
February 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
And now they want to ban DeepSeek, but there's nothing they can do to stop us from downloading these models. Not without first building a giant firewall around the U.S.
PSA- If you have games on EA's Origin and want to keep them, install EA's new app and log in using your Origin credentials.
EA Origin is shutting down. Here's how to keep all your games safe
If you ever used EA Origin to play games, you need to do this to avoid losing your games and data.
www.pcworld.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
PSA- If you have games on EA's Origin and want to keep them, install EA's new app and log in using your Origin credentials.
Great site to try out (or replay) some ol' skool games.
Play CLASSIC games online
Play the best DOS or classic console games here, in a web browser!
playclassic.games
January 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Great site to try out (or replay) some ol' skool games.
DHS terminated its advisory panel members, including several cyber security committees like CISA and the Cyber Safety Review Board. They were investigating the Salt Typhoon, a cyber attack on the U.S. Treasury. That investigation is now dead.😬
January 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
DHS terminated its advisory panel members, including several cyber security committees like CISA and the Cyber Safety Review Board. They were investigating the Salt Typhoon, a cyber attack on the U.S. Treasury. That investigation is now dead.😬
PSA to sky watchers: Jan 21 six planets will be in the sky in the northern hemisphere (Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, Saturn). It will happen again on Feb 28, with 7 planets (Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, Saturn). Rare alignment not seen in 100 years.
January 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
PSA to sky watchers: Jan 21 six planets will be in the sky in the northern hemisphere (Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, Saturn). It will happen again on Feb 28, with 7 planets (Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, Saturn). Rare alignment not seen in 100 years.
It looks like Rep. Biggs trying to get Handmaid Centers. "Whereas health care for women should also address the needs of men, families, and communities as they relate to women’s health care"
www.congress.gov
January 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It looks like Rep. Biggs trying to get Handmaid Centers. "Whereas health care for women should also address the needs of men, families, and communities as they relate to women’s health care"
This is a serious misuse of AI.
Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies
Meta has promptly deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots' sloppy imagery and tendency to go off the rails.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This is a serious misuse of AI.
The ol' pump and dump scheme has never been easier thanks to crypto. The site Pump dot Fun makes it so much easier though. 😵💫
A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash
In less than 10 minutes, a US teen made a small fortune selling off a memecoin he’d made on a lark. Traders, feeling swindled, sought revenge.
www.wired.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 AM
The ol' pump and dump scheme has never been easier thanks to crypto. The site Pump dot Fun makes it so much easier though. 😵💫
That's a funny way to promote one's book.
A Bitcoin millionaire hid $2 million in treasure across the US. Here’s how to find them | CNN
Inspired by his love for fantasy, Jon Collins-Black created “There’s Treasure Inside,” a book with hints leading to hidden treasure chests containing more than $2 million worth of prizes across the co...
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:00 PM
That's a funny way to promote one's book.
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Stone v. Graham (1980): Posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms was found to violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, which bars government endorsement of religion.
The clowns keep trying to impose their region on others, especially the young.
The clowns keep trying to impose their region on others, especially the young.
Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments
Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill says the state will ask a federal appeals court to quickly stay a lower court's order declaring unconstitutional a law requiring that the Ten Commandments ...
apnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Stone v. Graham (1980): Posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms was found to violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, which bars government endorsement of religion.
The clowns keep trying to impose their region on others, especially the young.
The clowns keep trying to impose their region on others, especially the young.
There's a meme for everything, so why not also the demon core?
The meme-ification of the "Demon Core"
The strange transformation of a criticality accident into dark Internet humor
doomsdaymachines.net
November 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM
There's a meme for everything, so why not also the demon core?
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Their code of ethics is filled with "shoulds" and "mays", meaning this is nothing more than a vehicle to deflect scrutiny.
The Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics for the first time
The new Supreme Court code of conduct agreed to by all nine justices does not appear to impose any significant new requirements on them.
apnews.com
November 13, 2023 at 8:09 PM
Their code of ethics is filled with "shoulds" and "mays", meaning this is nothing more than a vehicle to deflect scrutiny.
This thing looks cool but the business model might not support it.
Las Vegas Sphere reports $98.4 million loss; CFO quits
The Sphere in Las Vegas reported an operating loss of $98.4 million for the fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30, Sphere Entertainment Co. said this morning on an earnings call. Additionally, the company lo...
lasvegassun.com
November 9, 2023 at 3:58 PM
This thing looks cool but the business model might not support it.
The enormity of the fraud committed by Trump and family is astonishing.
November 6, 2023 at 8:59 PM
The enormity of the fraud committed by Trump and family is astonishing.
I don't even know how this person didn't rage quit while trying to accomplish this. lol
This Impossible-Sounding Fallout 4 Speedrun Took Over 2,000 Hours
After 415 attempts, streamer Vrexia has finally put an end to his no-damage, 100-percent challenge
kotaku.com
November 6, 2023 at 4:54 PM
I don't even know how this person didn't rage quit while trying to accomplish this. lol
Adults continue to let me down. Teaching their kids to be greedy is really going to benefit the world.
Greedy mom roasted for emptying an entire bowl of Halloween candy
A Texas mom and her family were caught on camera severely roasted on social media after raiding a massive candy bowl kept outside of musician Cody Tate's house yesterday
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 2, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Adults continue to let me down. Teaching their kids to be greedy is really going to benefit the world.
"Stocks on Wall Street sank at the open on Friday after the US jobs report blew by expectations, as investors considered the possibility that it could sway the Federal Reserve's thinking on whether to hold or hike interest rates."
This is one messed-up timeline I'm on.
This is one messed-up timeline I'm on.
October 6, 2023 at 1:44 PM
"Stocks on Wall Street sank at the open on Friday after the US jobs report blew by expectations, as investors considered the possibility that it could sway the Federal Reserve's thinking on whether to hold or hike interest rates."
This is one messed-up timeline I'm on.
This is one messed-up timeline I'm on.