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Not all that 'thused to be on another VC-based social media app, but here we are. #hamr #hamradio #FreePalestine
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#ATL → #YYZ → #PIT ( #PGH )
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The state of US healthcare.
To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
I have a few mix-tapes from a friend who passed a few years ago. I have waited to get a refurbished tape deck so I could play and digitize them. No deck yet, so I am building them as playlists. Here's the first one I've done.

#mixtape #music #nostalgia

music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
In Somber Spasms
A playlist created from the track listing of a mixtape from Alabasterjuju from the 1990s. I miss you, Alabaster. Side B starts with Furniture's "Brilliant Mind". This is the first of several cassett...
music.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I hate online auctions. There was a really cool movie poster for a decent price and it sat like that for several days. Then in the last minute, the price sky rocketed. I'm not a collector or anything, but to me it was a cool movie poster. Not that I even have extra money to spend.
December 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
There's a lot of things I remembered happening during this story (in the movies), and I so many of them happen in "The Return of the King". I had totally forgotten that.
December 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Watching Christmas Vacation and

Me: lol
12yo: "Oh my god!" 🤦🏼‍♂️ *sigh*
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A typical Christmas-time tradition I am hoping to start with at least one of the kids—watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
gollum from the lord of the rings says sneaky little hobbitses .
Alt: An angry Gollum from the Lord of the Rings says "sneaky little hobbitses".
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Nebula live stream TODAY: www.youtube.com/live/MpVYz3h...

I will be on around 4pm EST.

Nebula stream this Saturday, 12/20/25, from 12 pm ET - 12 am ET, to fundraise for World Central Kitchen
Holiday Stream
YouTube video by Nebula
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Which so many trans people said was exactly what was going to happen
You know a thing that is very bad about this? This is the anti-trans playbook being played against women. Start with 'has the x movement failed the people it's supposed to help', then infantilize them, then make the case they can't be responsible for their own choices, then take their rights away
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I don't really follow NASCAR as much as I used to, but if I were a driver, at any point in my career (active/retired), I wouldn't be flying on any private planes.
December 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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🎶 It’s timeeee 🎶
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You know what would be really good right about now? A gigantic chocolate malt milkshake.

I can't have one, but I really want one.
December 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I wish he would feel the pain and suffering he is inflicting upon the people of this nation and beyond—every last bit of it—before it happens. It won't, but I wish it would.
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Ugh. Why did I not write down how I shareed an icecast server, last year? I think I used tailscale funnel to share it, but I cannot remember.
December 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Become ungovernable
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"This is why we shouldn't always follow the process. The last request you synced (to another system) without question was generated by ChatGPT."

If ChatGPT can write a better request than you... I'm not sure the process is the problem, here.
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Woohoo! I got my very on photo of Indy in the mail today!

Oh, and @skepchick.org wrote some stuff on the back. 😉

Seriously, though. I miss sending and receiving snail mail. Who wants to be pen pals?
December 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Today in cheaper than therapy
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Thank you @bigtakeover.com for this review of LAST CHRISTMAS ! bigtakeover.com/recordings/b...
Bad Mary - Last Christmas (Dead Pill)
bigtakeover.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reaching out to someone to see if I can get a copy of a mutual friend's band's album from like 25 years ago. I only met this person very briefly in '94. I have lost the CD our friend sent me. And, unfortunately, our friend passed away. I always meant to ask him if he had any copies laying around.
December 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
None of the streaming services get this right. If there are multiple bands/artists with the same name, they tend to get lumped into a single artist. This is just dumb.

I received a notification about a new single from a band I have listened to, Death.
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Every single time they tell blatant lies, this is what needs to happen immediately.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM