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Cigna’s defense seems to be “we want to make it super clear that our criminal malfeasance is causing medical bankruptcies, not bad health outcomes.”
ProPublica@propublica.org · 7d agoInternal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors rejected patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published March 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
What a strange way to spell “white supremacist gang.”
SFDB@sfdb.bsky.social · last wk."[ICE] is not law enforcement. [It] is a militia with a badge." - David Myers, retired commander, San Diego Sheriff's Office
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US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...
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“I hope this isn’t the diarrhea from the news” has now escalated into “wait, which one?”
Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with them
Ghosted After a Job Interview? Report the Company
Ghosted after a job interview? Submit an anonymous report and see which companies candidates say stopped responding after interviews.
didtheyghostyou.com
Look, I know a lot of you bsky folks here are older than 50 (yes, the "years before you'd expect" in the subheadline is referring to *50* years of age), so this is worth a quick read (gift link) wapo.st/3TgmSjd
Column | Here’s what an expert on accidental falls does every day to prevent them
Your risk of falling rises years before you’d expect.
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I'm generally of the position that attempts to grow nontrivial amounts of food is folly, but given the current crisis, I'd like to draw attention to an approach you may not have considered: www.birdsandblooms.com/backyard-pro... rohrerseeds.com/products/par... www.amazon.com/dp/B07227PWV...
Grow a Vertical Herb Garden in a Shoe Organizer
Running out of garden room? This space saving gardening project will have you growing a vertical herb garden in no time! Just add herbs!
birdsandblooms.com
It’s not called the “MAHA lettuce colon cleanse challenge” for nothing
Tina Smith@smith.senate.gov · 2w agoHow can you Make American Healthy Again when people are afraid to eat their vegetables?
I kinda miss having a government that cared about anti-trust laws.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 2w agoAn electric ice-cream maker was listed at just $17.99 at Amazon and Best Buy. Then it became unavailable at Best Buy, and more than tripled in price to $59.99 at Amazon. Here’s how it happened… 🧵
Lessons in how to ruin a premium brand faster than Zazlav did to HBO: www.dmagazine.com/arts-enterta...
Alamo Drafthouse Falls Short with Mobile Ordering and Poor Service
Once a haven for hungry cinephiles, the Texas-based theater chain is now writing the playbook for how to tank.
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Huh. I’ve had a line with T-Mobile US since their acquisition of Voicestream (which I was on for years before that), but I guess it’s time to shop around. www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
T-Mobile Customers on Old Plans Are Being Pushed to New Ones Starting This Week
If you're on a grandfathered plan, it will soon be automatically forced onto a newer plan that could cost more.
cnet.com
I have eaten the diarrhea lettuce that was in the crisper and which you were probably saving for tacos forgive me it was delicious hang on gotta run
Headlines to send back to the past, part 17
The Verge@theverge.com · 3w agoIt’s not about the burritos. This year’s spread of Cyclospora – better known as the ‘explosive diarrhea parasite’ – is a symptom of federal budget cuts and a scary vision of how America deals with a health crisis in the future. Read more from @gabydvj.bsky.social: buff.ly/3ZYSuUK
The purpose of a system is what it does.
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 3w agoOfficers shooting a man, running away from law enforcement, who is not a target of law enforcement, and who poses no threat to law enforcement, is murder. Federal officers do not have the power to commit summary executions because they are aggrieved.
Calling the RFK Jr diarrhea strain “MAHA Blast” since it has now evidently infiltrated Taco Bell
You are strapped in. I pushed my elderly father down a hill in one of these & he vomited on my older brother who was strapped in on the other side unable to move. Hearing my brother squeal and swear as Dad was sick on him was one of the funniest days of my life. Warms the heart just to think
Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.
Scott Jennings just talked to Lindsey Graham for 20 minutes
Wondering if I should start a campaign to fund putting this on a billboard in Hollywood
ABR@abr.bsky.social · 4w agoAmid all the "if buying isn't ownership then piracy isn't theft" talk we have recently, I'm surprised I haven't seen this done yet
Amid all the "if buying isn't ownership then piracy isn't theft" talk we have recently, I'm surprised I haven't seen this done yet