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I am the gar
I long and thin
I have a jaw
things fit within
Yet sometimes shapes
are wrong for head
so do my best
& lik the bread
I long and thin
I have a jaw
things fit within
Yet sometimes shapes
are wrong for head
so do my best
& lik the bread
Oh my god, it's him! The gar that licked the bread!
September 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I am the gar
I long and thin
I have a jaw
things fit within
Yet sometimes shapes
are wrong for head
so do my best
& lik the bread
I long and thin
I have a jaw
things fit within
Yet sometimes shapes
are wrong for head
so do my best
& lik the bread
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Rest in peace Jonathan Joss
June 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Rest in peace Jonathan Joss
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The route to fixing this systemically isn’t nodding and telling men what they want to hear, but helping them adapt to a world where women are not helpmates and secondary characters
May 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The route to fixing this systemically isn’t nodding and telling men what they want to hear, but helping them adapt to a world where women are not helpmates and secondary characters
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Been saying this for awhile, but will repeat it for emphasis: If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
May 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Been saying this for awhile, but will repeat it for emphasis: If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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If Harvard wants Trump to stop attacking them, they should give him a plane.
May 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If Harvard wants Trump to stop attacking them, they should give him a plane.
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Texas’ maternal mortality review committee is forbidden by law from reviewing women’s deaths that are considered abortion-related. This could include some miscarriage care, officials told ProPublica.
Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.
The same political leaders who enacted abortion bans oversee the state committees that review maternal deaths. These committees haven’t tracked the laws’ impacts, and most haven’t finished examining…
propub.li
January 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Texas’ maternal mortality review committee is forbidden by law from reviewing women’s deaths that are considered abortion-related. This could include some miscarriage care, officials told ProPublica.
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NYT: A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya "“I was looking after my cow and I heard a loud bang. I looked around; I could not see any smoke in the clouds. I went by the roadside to check if there was any car accident, but there wasn’t.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/w...
A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya
No one was hurt by the object, believed to be part of a launch rocket. Experts say the frequency of such incidents is increasing as the amount of debris in orbit around the Earth increases dramaticall...
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NYT: A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya "“I was looking after my cow and I heard a loud bang. I looked around; I could not see any smoke in the clouds. I went by the roadside to check if there was any car accident, but there wasn’t.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/w...
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Have whatever kind of day you want. I’m not demanding merry if you feel differently
December 25, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Have whatever kind of day you want. I’m not demanding merry if you feel differently
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one reason the US is so mad at insurance companies is not because rationing exists, but because care is often rationed the same way firms ration customer service, by byzantine discouragements that only the most dedicated persist through. even the most dedicated can and often do die from delay.
December 25, 2024 at 6:01 AM
one reason the US is so mad at insurance companies is not because rationing exists, but because care is often rationed the same way firms ration customer service, by byzantine discouragements that only the most dedicated persist through. even the most dedicated can and often do die from delay.
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This is a great piece, by Michelle. Lots of folks don't quite understand how much the prosperity gospel distorts the Christian faith by seeking wealth and power -- along with creating a constellation of Christian celebrities who were like Trump before Trump even came on the scene.
Not only did Latinos shift to Trump, but Latino Christians did moreso. Part of it has to do with a theology that's boomed across Latin America that says God rewards the faithful with health and wealth. Trump for some is clearly blessed
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
For some Latinos, ‘prosperity gospel’ led them to Trump
The set of beliefs has overtaken traditional theologies centered on the poor. Some experts say that helps explain a shift among Latino Christians to Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2024 at 4:20 PM
This is a great piece, by Michelle. Lots of folks don't quite understand how much the prosperity gospel distorts the Christian faith by seeking wealth and power -- along with creating a constellation of Christian celebrities who were like Trump before Trump even came on the scene.
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The position of every Dem should be that NASA will spend $0 on crewed spaceflight. Flights, training, R&D, all of it. It's a waste, we have a deficit, we should spend on cops, blah blah blah whatever.
Republicans have no choice but to throw money at it now, and will trade to ensure that happens.
Republicans have no choice but to throw money at it now, and will trade to ensure that happens.
Things you won’t see trending in X:
Trump's pick to lead #NASA is Jared Isaacman, friend of Elon #Musk, whose online payment company has extensive financial ties to SpaceX.
If confirmed, Isaacman would oversee billions of dollars in government contracts awarded 2 SpaceX.
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...
Trump's pick to lead #NASA is Jared Isaacman, friend of Elon #Musk, whose online payment company has extensive financial ties to SpaceX.
If confirmed, Isaacman would oversee billions of dollars in government contracts awarded 2 SpaceX.
www.npr.org/2024/12/04/n...
Trump chooses billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman to run NASA
Earlier this year, Isaacman became the first private citizen to conduct a spacewalk. But his longstanding ties with Elon Musk's company SpaceX raise possible conflicts of interest.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2024 at 12:30 AM
The position of every Dem should be that NASA will spend $0 on crewed spaceflight. Flights, training, R&D, all of it. It's a waste, we have a deficit, we should spend on cops, blah blah blah whatever.
Republicans have no choice but to throw money at it now, and will trade to ensure that happens.
Republicans have no choice but to throw money at it now, and will trade to ensure that happens.
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I’m not quite entirely persuaded by this essay but goddam it is very good and bracing. Really worth a read.
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
A Disease of Affluence
Trump's supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I’m not quite entirely persuaded by this essay but goddam it is very good and bracing. Really worth a read.
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
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Since 2010, I have been writing a unique gift guide. It's for people who need to buy a present for someone they loathe. Here's this year's!
naomikritzer.com/2024/12/09/g...
naomikritzer.com/2024/12/09/g...
Gifts for People You Hate, 2024
Once again, the holidays are upon us, and once again, people are telling me that in this trying time, the one thing I have to offer that they truly need is a hand-picked selection of the absolute w…
naomikritzer.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Since 2010, I have been writing a unique gift guide. It's for people who need to buy a present for someone they loathe. Here's this year's!
naomikritzer.com/2024/12/09/g...
naomikritzer.com/2024/12/09/g...
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How it started: How it’s going:
December 7, 2024 at 7:59 AM
How it started: How it’s going:
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This whole thread. One of the drums I consistently bang on is the idea that the majority of “civility” requirements is code for “the way we hurt you is polite and therefore allowed and you may not complain; the way you hurt us is rude and boorish and therefore you do not matter.”
It’s so interesting to see these urgent exhortations to reestablish decorum. I have not seen evidence of a “coarsening” of American society. If anything, the opposite: I’ve seen thousands of individuals asserting their humanity and protesting the indignity of the system UHC profits from.
December 6, 2024 at 5:31 PM
This whole thread. One of the drums I consistently bang on is the idea that the majority of “civility” requirements is code for “the way we hurt you is polite and therefore allowed and you may not complain; the way you hurt us is rude and boorish and therefore you do not matter.”
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"Eat the rich":
-gross
-kinda weird
-don't know where they’ve been
"Use the rich as fertilizer":
-good for the environment
-still menacing
-everyone loves wood chippers
-gross
-kinda weird
-don't know where they’ve been
"Use the rich as fertilizer":
-good for the environment
-still menacing
-everyone loves wood chippers
September 15, 2023 at 3:52 PM
"Eat the rich":
-gross
-kinda weird
-don't know where they’ve been
"Use the rich as fertilizer":
-good for the environment
-still menacing
-everyone loves wood chippers
-gross
-kinda weird
-don't know where they’ve been
"Use the rich as fertilizer":
-good for the environment
-still menacing
-everyone loves wood chippers
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We have been underestimating the impact of severe weather events because we only measure short-term effects. But a new study focused on cyclones finds: "We observe a robust increase in excess mortality that persists for 15 years after each geophysical event."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States - Nature
A large-scale evaluation of the long-term effects of tropical cyclones on human mortality in the contiguous United States estimates that the average tropical cyclone results in 7,000–11,000 ...
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:16 PM
We have been underestimating the impact of severe weather events because we only measure short-term effects. But a new study focused on cyclones finds: "We observe a robust increase in excess mortality that persists for 15 years after each geophysical event."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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2) copies of all materials they relied on to make their determination;
3) proof the doctor making the determination has maintained registration in your specific state and documentation of their meeting all their continuing education requirements;
3) proof the doctor making the determination has maintained registration in your specific state and documentation of their meeting all their continuing education requirements;
March 26, 2024 at 2:18 AM
2) copies of all materials they relied on to make their determination;
3) proof the doctor making the determination has maintained registration in your specific state and documentation of their meeting all their continuing education requirements;
3) proof the doctor making the determination has maintained registration in your specific state and documentation of their meeting all their continuing education requirements;
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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;
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
March 26, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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;
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;
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This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
December 5, 2024 at 12:52 PM
This story is uh, insane www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
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The dystopian films never show the part where you're just hoping the bad guy is too stupid to accomplish his goals
December 4, 2024 at 6:08 AM
The dystopian films never show the part where you're just hoping the bad guy is too stupid to accomplish his goals