James Dobbins
@jamesdobbins.bsky.social
writer & journalist: jamesdobbins.com
Words: NYT, Texas Monthly, Texas Observer, and more. Currently based in Silicon Valley.
Words: NYT, Texas Monthly, Texas Observer, and more. Currently based in Silicon Valley.
it's very, very hard to be authentic in life
December 18, 2024 at 1:02 AM
it's very, very hard to be authentic in life
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Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Reposted by James Dobbins
A reminder that my partner and I run an indie bookstore in the Greater San Antonio Area and you can even shop online: www.ghoulish.rip
Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
December 4, 2024 at 6:47 PM
A reminder that my partner and I run an indie bookstore in the Greater San Antonio Area and you can even shop online: www.ghoulish.rip
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In chapter 3 of my book Tech Agnostic I tell thestory of my conversation with a successful VC whom I actually really like, where I explained my thesis to him. 'I'm not sure tech is completely like religion,' he responded. "Religions have *hierarchies*." Yeah nothing hierarchical about tech, my bro
“Amazon tricked customers in two predominantly Black zip codes in Washington, D.C. into paying for its faster Prime delivery service while actually outsourcing deliveries to slower providers, according to a new lawsuit filed by the district’s attorney general.”
Amazon Deceived Black D.C. Neighborhoods With Slower Deliveries, City Alleges
Washington, D.C.'s attorney general has sued the retail giant for charging residents of two zip codes the same Prime price for significantly slower delivery speeds.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:48 PM
In chapter 3 of my book Tech Agnostic I tell thestory of my conversation with a successful VC whom I actually really like, where I explained my thesis to him. 'I'm not sure tech is completely like religion,' he responded. "Religions have *hierarchies*." Yeah nothing hierarchical about tech, my bro
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Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving
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November 28, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving
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for the love of sanity follow the brilliant @gabrielarana.bsky.social
Finally migrated over from the social media site that shall not be named. 👋👋👋
November 28, 2024 at 4:59 PM
for the love of sanity follow the brilliant @gabrielarana.bsky.social
exhausted with linear time
November 27, 2024 at 3:29 AM
exhausted with linear time
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Robert Steven Connett.
November 24, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Robert Steven Connett.
We have convinced ourselves trying to make things better is bad.
November 24, 2024 at 5:08 PM
We have convinced ourselves trying to make things better is bad.
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Today, there’s big money to be made in the business of using unpaid, often church-sourced, volunteers to provide minimal services, with strings attached, to families in need.
Taxpayers Fund Post-'Roe' Business Boom for Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Texas
Today, there’s big money to be made in the business of using unpaid, often church-sourced, volunteers to provide minimal services.
www.texasobserver.org
November 20, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Today, there’s big money to be made in the business of using unpaid, often church-sourced, volunteers to provide minimal services, with strings attached, to families in need.
Thinking about moving back to Texas…
November 19, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Thinking about moving back to Texas…
Recently, for Lookout, I wrote a three-part series about the fentanyl epidemic in Santa Cruz County, California.
lookout.co/fentanyl-in-...
lookout.co/fentanyl-in-...
Fentanyl in Santa Cruz, Part 1: With fentanyl deaths doubling, Coral Street is a ‘hot spot’
The toll of fentanyl deaths is increasing, as Santa Cruz County now counts a 25-fold increase in five years.
lookout.co
November 19, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Recently, for Lookout, I wrote a three-part series about the fentanyl epidemic in Santa Cruz County, California.
lookout.co/fentanyl-in-...
lookout.co/fentanyl-in-...