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· Nov 17
this is an intrusive thought i had, please do not mistake it for a deeply held belief
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The basic problem of health insurance: if you want sick people to be able to get insurance, then the insurance product ceases to be traditional insurance, bc the insurer cannot price risk. Once you accept that sick people should get insurance, you must accept some variety of a socialized system.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The basic problem of health insurance: if you want sick people to be able to get insurance, then the insurance product ceases to be traditional insurance, bc the insurer cannot price risk. Once you accept that sick people should get insurance, you must accept some variety of a socialized system.
wolves wanted to be able to rest on a back to back but the jazz are being so annoying about it
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
wolves wanted to be able to rest on a back to back but the jazz are being so annoying about it
trying to figure out if there are an abnormally large number of really awful nba teams this season or if the wolves just happened to get all of them scheduled a bunch in the first two months of the season
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
trying to figure out if there are an abnormally large number of really awful nba teams this season or if the wolves just happened to get all of them scheduled a bunch in the first two months of the season
the more i think about it the more i think this is going to be the defining question of the timberwolves season
are the timberwolves good?
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
the more i think about it the more i think this is going to be the defining question of the timberwolves season
i am officially announcing that i’m done caring about anything for the rest of the year. i will check back in in january to decide if im going to start caring about anything again.
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
i am officially announcing that i’m done caring about anything for the rest of the year. i will check back in in january to decide if im going to start caring about anything again.
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ok i’m not really big on taking deep intimate platonic relationships and assuming that means there has to be romantic chemistry by default but boy frodo and sam really should kiss
this summer i’m going to actually read lord of the rings all the way through finally. if i don’t finish it you have my permission to dox me and swat my house
July 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
ok i’m not really big on taking deep intimate platonic relationships and assuming that means there has to be romantic chemistry by default but boy frodo and sam really should kiss
damn emily koski absolutely would've won eh?
We now know that, as between Frey and DeWayne Davis, the breakdown would have been 49% to 40% to 11%, and between Frey and Jazz Hampton, the breakdown would have been 47% to 41% to 12%.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
damn emily koski absolutely would've won eh?
gonna try and get high enough tonight that i forget who chuck schumer is
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
gonna try and get high enough tonight that i forget who chuck schumer is
my heart goes out to all the good, hard working federal employees trying to scrape by. they do not deserve to be caught in this. but my big fear is the lesson republicans take from this fight is “when we inflict more suffering, we win” and i think the long term implications of that are grim
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
my heart goes out to all the good, hard working federal employees trying to scrape by. they do not deserve to be caught in this. but my big fear is the lesson republicans take from this fight is “when we inflict more suffering, we win” and i think the long term implications of that are grim
this is essentially sam and frodo in the last two books of lord of the rings
a cartoon character says " i kept crawling , and it kept working "
ALT: a cartoon character says " i kept crawling , and it kept working "
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November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
this is essentially sam and frodo in the last two books of lord of the rings
becoming worried i say "hell yeah" too much
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
becoming worried i say "hell yeah" too much
the demonic republicans aren't capable of making me feel anger like shit like this is, because at some level they are demons and open about it but good god man how do you go on tv and say this and ever have a good night's sleep again for the rest of your life
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
the demonic republicans aren't capable of making me feel anger like shit like this is, because at some level they are demons and open about it but good god man how do you go on tv and say this and ever have a good night's sleep again for the rest of your life
the thing is it just doesn't really bother me if people see me reading on the bus and think it's performative or whatever because i still get to enjoy my book they can think what they want
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
the thing is it just doesn't really bother me if people see me reading on the bus and think it's performative or whatever because i still get to enjoy my book they can think what they want
got 3/6 right on my first learned league. they felt kind of easy but i was worried it was gonna be 0/6 most weeks so that feels nice!
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
got 3/6 right on my first learned league. they felt kind of easy but i was worried it was gonna be 0/6 most weeks so that feels nice!
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It all sucks! But the people who are your enemies are in the WH, not the people who are just trying to fucking survive. There's nothing wrong with a civil servant being desperate to get back to work and get their backpay. Check your fucking fire.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It all sucks! But the people who are your enemies are in the WH, not the people who are just trying to fucking survive. There's nothing wrong with a civil servant being desperate to get back to work and get their backpay. Check your fucking fire.
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That said, I watched people get in @mikeblack114.bsky.social's and @snarkranger.bsky.social's mentions last night and call them enemies of america or w/e for saying "I'd like a paycheck please, we can't really take much more of this." and holy shit, check your aggro.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That said, I watched people get in @mikeblack114.bsky.social's and @snarkranger.bsky.social's mentions last night and call them enemies of america or w/e for saying "I'd like a paycheck please, we can't really take much more of this." and holy shit, check your aggro.
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those beautiful naked women have made a compelling argument i am going to steer this ship into the rocks
November 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
those beautiful naked women have made a compelling argument i am going to steer this ship into the rocks
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creating a fake bag of Gun-flavored Doritos that men can use to hide their books if they feel the urge to look at words
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
creating a fake bag of Gun-flavored Doritos that men can use to hide their books if they feel the urge to look at words
yeah this will definitely slow down the retirements when there's another shutdown coming in a couple months
Now we have Trump blasting air traffic controllers, telling them they hate this country for not showing up without pay.
"I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK... You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record."
"I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK... You will have a negative mark, at least in my mind, against your record."
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
yeah this will definitely slow down the retirements when there's another shutdown coming in a couple months
i think the filibuster is bad because i think americans should actually be subject to the governments that they vote for
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
i think the filibuster is bad because i think americans should actually be subject to the governments that they vote for
gonna hit myself in the head with a hammer so i can better understand how the median voter might be thinking about this
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
gonna hit myself in the head with a hammer so i can better understand how the median voter might be thinking about this
having trouble enjoying the wolves win tonight since it wasn’t even an nba cup game
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
having trouble enjoying the wolves win tonight since it wasn’t even an nba cup game
seems to me like there’s a good chance air travel stays pretty fucked for a while
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
seems to me like there’s a good chance air travel stays pretty fucked for a while
the wolves should play teams that suck really bad every night imo
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 AM
the wolves should play teams that suck really bad every night imo