Funjabi
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Dispatches from the undercommons.
Wife of Andy. Daughter of a typo. Mother of chaos.
#Boulder adjacent #CO
Wife of Andy. Daughter of a typo. Mother of chaos.
#Boulder adjacent #CO
I get why people are scared of Mamdani. His parents came from one of those radical countries where women get elected president.
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I get why people are scared of Mamdani. His parents came from one of those radical countries where women get elected president.
Is this vertical integration?
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Is this vertical integration?
+1845 in Ireland.
It’s never been not okay for these people to starve workers. Whether we call it colonial extraction or administrative neglect, it was lawful then and now
It’s never been not okay for these people to starve workers. Whether we call it colonial extraction or administrative neglect, it was lawful then and now
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
+1845 in Ireland.
It’s never been not okay for these people to starve workers. Whether we call it colonial extraction or administrative neglect, it was lawful then and now
It’s never been not okay for these people to starve workers. Whether we call it colonial extraction or administrative neglect, it was lawful then and now
Insurance companies are PayPal but between drs and providers. What I think they missed is that the providers aren’t David in this story — they’re also often giant corporations. Both are Goliaths. They are suing bc they believe they’ll get more money in a free market.
Insurance companies aren’t just players in the fight with doctors over money; they’re also the referees.
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
(Published April)
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
(Published April)
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Insurance companies are PayPal but between drs and providers. What I think they missed is that the providers aren’t David in this story — they’re also often giant corporations. Both are Goliaths. They are suing bc they believe they’ll get more money in a free market.
If this happened in the US, the groper would be in political office by now
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Sexual Assault of Mexico’s President Exposes Challenges of Her Equality Push
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
If this happened in the US, the groper would be in political office by now
1. Federal responsibility disappears
2. States step in
3. “Local control” becomes the default
4. Bam. Voters find themselves defending govt decentralization
2. States step in
3. “Local control” becomes the default
4. Bam. Voters find themselves defending govt decentralization
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
1. Federal responsibility disappears
2. States step in
3. “Local control” becomes the default
4. Bam. Voters find themselves defending govt decentralization
2. States step in
3. “Local control” becomes the default
4. Bam. Voters find themselves defending govt decentralization
We fear the void, so we decorate it.
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
We fear the void, so we decorate it.
We punish ourselves for not being better, when in truth, the better self we long for would simply reach out for support and stop the punishment.
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
We punish ourselves for not being better, when in truth, the better self we long for would simply reach out for support and stop the punishment.
Will work for serotonin
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Will work for serotonin
This is the life of BIPoC civil servants. Leadership sees we won’t toe the line, scrutinizes & pushes us to do literally impossible tasks, then maintains plausible deniability for termination. Everyone left behind— eg the people quoted here— is complicit. Fuck’m all
And a look back at our feature:
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as DOGE tore through their offices.
“For five months we were instructed to bring in our own toilet paper. I literally kept two rolls at my desk. I wish I were joking."
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as DOGE tore through their offices.
“For five months we were instructed to bring in our own toilet paper. I literally kept two rolls at my desk. I wish I were joking."
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the life of BIPoC civil servants. Leadership sees we won’t toe the line, scrutinizes & pushes us to do literally impossible tasks, then maintains plausible deniability for termination. Everyone left behind— eg the people quoted here— is complicit. Fuck’m all
“NO ONE HAS ever been against museums and libraries before. It seems like a really nonpolitical issue…”
CC: #BoulderCO
CC: #BoulderCO
And a look back at our feature:
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as DOGE tore through their offices.
“For five months we were instructed to bring in our own toilet paper. I literally kept two rolls at my desk. I wish I were joking."
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as DOGE tore through their offices.
“For five months we were instructed to bring in our own toilet paper. I literally kept two rolls at my desk. I wish I were joking."
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“NO ONE HAS ever been against museums and libraries before. It seems like a really nonpolitical issue…”
CC: #BoulderCO
CC: #BoulderCO
To be quite clear— this infant suffered. That is the nature of whooping cough, and the vaccine was developed in order to protect small children from experiencing severe, prolonged distress and possible death. The vaccine is not for life. Please ask about a booster every 10 years.
"Pregnant women should receive a single dose of Tdap during each pregnancy in the 27th–36th week of pregnancy to help protect their newborns from #pertussis during their first few months of life."
Mississippi has announced a pediatric death due to pertussis.
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Mississippi has announced a pediatric death due to pertussis.
msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/ind...
Pediatric Pertussis Death Reported - Mississippi State Department of Health
msdh.ms.gov
October 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
To be quite clear— this infant suffered. That is the nature of whooping cough, and the vaccine was developed in order to protect small children from experiencing severe, prolonged distress and possible death. The vaccine is not for life. Please ask about a booster every 10 years.
Hasan’s brain just cannot process that depoliticized elections exist.
September 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hasan’s brain just cannot process that depoliticized elections exist.
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We got enough coders… we need the yearners!!!!
September 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We got enough coders… we need the yearners!!!!
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As he explores his identity from multiple perspectives, what roads can Sangram Majumdar travel down and what territory can he explore? These questions are central to his ambitious paintings.
An Indian-American Artist’s Self in Pieces
In his new paintings, Sangram Majumdar seems to be driven by the desire to hold together the different aspects of his dual identity.
hyperallergic.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As he explores his identity from multiple perspectives, what roads can Sangram Majumdar travel down and what territory can he explore? These questions are central to his ambitious paintings.
So Klein cedes outright that truth is not necessary for political wins.
Meanwhile, every historical touchstone that Coates lands on — Jim Crow Dems, the New Deal Coalition, Clinton’s basket — is literally a demonstration of what happens when elections are won by dishonesty. It’s how we got here!
Meanwhile, every historical touchstone that Coates lands on — Jim Crow Dems, the New Deal Coalition, Clinton’s basket — is literally a demonstration of what happens when elections are won by dishonesty. It’s how we got here!
September 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So Klein cedes outright that truth is not necessary for political wins.
Meanwhile, every historical touchstone that Coates lands on — Jim Crow Dems, the New Deal Coalition, Clinton’s basket — is literally a demonstration of what happens when elections are won by dishonesty. It’s how we got here!
Meanwhile, every historical touchstone that Coates lands on — Jim Crow Dems, the New Deal Coalition, Clinton’s basket — is literally a demonstration of what happens when elections are won by dishonesty. It’s how we got here!
Myopia is not a strategy, and frankly, the best of this conversation is, “Was staying silent not an option?”
It absolutely was. In that sense too, Klein loses the plot regarding what it means to be strategic. It was self interest and not strategy to take the position he did.
It absolutely was. In that sense too, Klein loses the plot regarding what it means to be strategic. It was self interest and not strategy to take the position he did.
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Myopia is not a strategy, and frankly, the best of this conversation is, “Was staying silent not an option?”
It absolutely was. In that sense too, Klein loses the plot regarding what it means to be strategic. It was self interest and not strategy to take the position he did.
It absolutely was. In that sense too, Klein loses the plot regarding what it means to be strategic. It was self interest and not strategy to take the position he did.
Does this man not know what side of the paper bag he’s on?
BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
bit.ly
September 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Does this man not know what side of the paper bag he’s on?
At my age, it’s not especially common or even expected to meet a real mentor, but there are so many people in my life who are genuinely invested in my growth for no personal gain. I keep telling myself to remember this feeling 30 years from now.
September 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
At my age, it’s not especially common or even expected to meet a real mentor, but there are so many people in my life who are genuinely invested in my growth for no personal gain. I keep telling myself to remember this feeling 30 years from now.
Surely anti-vaxxers are thrilled at changes to USDA food inspection cuts. Now the whole family can develop natural immunity to salmonella!
September 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Surely anti-vaxxers are thrilled at changes to USDA food inspection cuts. Now the whole family can develop natural immunity to salmonella!
The ACA is the first big policy experiment ::ever:: in trying to bring value based care instead of competition into the DNA of US Healthcare which was originally fragmented due to segregation. It’s slowly working & is on the right trajectory. That‘s why they hate it.
September 26, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The ACA is the first big policy experiment ::ever:: in trying to bring value based care instead of competition into the DNA of US Healthcare which was originally fragmented due to segregation. It’s slowly working & is on the right trajectory. That‘s why they hate it.
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The decision by India's federal government to bar pilgrims from traveling to Pakistan to visit the shrine on Guru Nanak's birth anniversary has sparked condemnation from Sikh organizations.
religionnews.com/2025/09/18/s...
religionnews.com/2025/09/18/s...
Sikh leaders urge India to lift ban on pilgrims traveling to Pakistan shrine
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The decision by India's federal government to bar pilgrims from traveling to Pakistan to visit the shrine on Guru Nanak's birth anniversary has sparked condemnation from Sikh…
religionnews.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The decision by India's federal government to bar pilgrims from traveling to Pakistan to visit the shrine on Guru Nanak's birth anniversary has sparked condemnation from Sikh organizations.
religionnews.com/2025/09/18/s...
religionnews.com/2025/09/18/s...
This is exactly what it’s like being with a dry drunk. He once said, “We’re not married,” so I showed him the paper he signed. Then he said “You tricked me into.” It’s something new everyday with King Babies. Facts wont fix adults who were neglectfully parented. Arguing with them will exhaust you
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is exactly what it’s like being with a dry drunk. He once said, “We’re not married,” so I showed him the paper he signed. Then he said “You tricked me into.” It’s something new everyday with King Babies. Facts wont fix adults who were neglectfully parented. Arguing with them will exhaust you
Jimmy Kimmel cohosted a show that crudely dehumanized women and later popularized bro humor to help Ben Stein keep his money, thereby literally helping raise a generation of proud incel boys. This is a reach across the aisle moment if ever there was one
September 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Jimmy Kimmel cohosted a show that crudely dehumanized women and later popularized bro humor to help Ben Stein keep his money, thereby literally helping raise a generation of proud incel boys. This is a reach across the aisle moment if ever there was one
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Things are so bad white people noticed.
September 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Things are so bad white people noticed.