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The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid

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Has anyone ever read works by Nikolai Gogol? I checked out a two volume set of short stories.

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𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 disabilities 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘 peacefully protest 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 zip-tied.

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Disabled people are being arrested in DC today as they're protesting Medicaid cuts. Source of this photo, ADAPT www.facebook.com/theRealNatio...

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BREAKING: Seniors in wheelchairs who staged a sit-in in the Senate building against the budget bill that would cut healthcare have been zip-tied and arrested.

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Well this entire thread...🤣🥰

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Am I misremembering, or did Cuomo want to create a database of people with mental illnesses?

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I'm giving serious consideration to getting a second Master's that would complement my first one, and/or improve opportunities for research within the subset of my chosen field.

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I just helped celebrate my dad's birthday, and my very young nephews came over, AND I had to negotiate minor arguments between parents. I'm exhausted

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okay and here is my ‘sounds like a shitpost but it’s genuine’ UK heatwave tip: if there is a Saxon or Norman church near you, and it’s open, go sit in it. not gothic, they have too many windows, get you some thick stone walls with some high up tiny windows. they stay cold. and you can just sit there

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As I read about the proposed giveaway of public lands, I keep thinking that Teddy Roosevelt would be rolling in his grave. But then I read that he displaced Native Americans while creating the national parks. Is this correct? Sadly, I suspect that it is, but I wasn't sure.

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I just saw the Phoenician Scheme. Very odd, but enjoyable.

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They could; I don't see why not. Does anyone else have any thoughts? Im genuinely interested in opinions.

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Bibliotherapy: I'm trying to think of familiar stories that I read as a child. I'm going to read "Watership Down", "The Dark is Rising" series, and I'm going to try to find "Amy's Eyes" by Richard Kennedy. Does anyone have any favorite childhood books that they remember?

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Does anyone know the condition of the Minnesota lawmakers? I've been watching and there is no information, not even "unknown condition".

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"The state is the ship which saves us And we may make friends only if it remains afloat.” ἥδ᾿ ἐστὶν ἡ σῴζουσα καὶ ταύτης ἔπι πλέοντες ὀρθῆς τοὺς φίλους ποιούμεθα. sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/06/14/t...

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Sometimes there are good news in the biodiversity crisis. One of them is the wild populations of Attenborough's echidna, one species of marsupial hedgehog which was described in 1998 after an specimen captured in 1961, and whose status as extinct or extant was uncertain #npjBiodiversity 🧪🌐👇

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I know there's a lot going on right now and one thing that's going on is the Trump admin is trying to roll back rules for making new buildings accessible. There are six days left to make comments about it.

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Just remembered that I needed to pay my phone bill by midnight and so I paid it; now I'm just going to lie down and think about the problem I almost had.

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I got very little sleep last night, and I'm completely keyed up tonight, so we'll see how I feel in the morning.

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This is what social media was made for....

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Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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Well that was awkward…

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Yesterday morning, y dad woke up pain in his left arm. It was alternatively ok and then it hurt again. My mom asked me to Google it. I refused and called 911. They came and did an EKG (I think; I couldn't get into the smallish room).They said his heart was ok but his BP was super high. 1/2

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You know what fuckin’ rocks? Accessibility. You know what’s not cool? Shaming products that are meant to make things more accessible for people! Check out my post over Tab Buddies and some thoughts on accessibility on the blog ✨ whatever.scalzi.com/2025/05/29/r...

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I'm finally watching "Tar" with Cate Blanchett.

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Classicists: is the proper spelling for the ancient Greek musical instrument "cythera" or "cythara"? I've just seen it spelled both ways in an article; it even had "kythera". Can someone help me out? I can't remember from my Ancient Greek courses or independent studies, and it's bothering me.

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I drove home from work, and there was lightning the entire way. I wasn't nervous, because I'd been though that before. But my mom was extremely anxious, and I think it transferred to me, because I'm still up and slightly nervous.

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Rob Sand on MSNBC!

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I'm in a mood, so let's go

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From the article: "Only five of the 15 titles on the list are real." www.npr.org/2025/05/20/n...

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And in an unexpected twist, it turns out the most punk rock things of all are supporting public broadcasting and patronizing your local library and not cheating on your homework with AI

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