After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

JD’s own words.

Yet again, machine learning — even gussied up via the transformer architecture — encodes and reinforces societal biases. This study reveals that LLM-based peer review relies heavily on author institution in its decisions. arxiv.org/abs/2509.15122

Just 2 gun rights advocates sitting behind a wall of bulletproof glass while enjoying a memorial for a gun rights advocate who got murdered by a gun.

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Gavin Newsom https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-gavin-newsom/

He finally got his revenge against the man who asked him if he was up past his jail time. Now it's up to us to ask why he's terrified to release #TheEPSTEIN_PedoFiles. #StandWithTheSurvivors

Police Spending Linked to Shorter Lives for Black Americans www.rutgers.edu/news/police-...

SeaTac signage sucks.

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

What an absolute load of manure. The closing is because Kroger doesn't make as large of a profit from my neighborhood's store as it does from other stores in the area. And I'm not spending half an our driving each way to get to the one in UP. They can get bent.

A significant thing here: El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on migration, tells @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social he is questioning whether Catholics can, in good conscience, join ICE. religionnews.com/2025/09/12/c...

It's not a mystery, multiple competitors have tried to put out better search results and they might rank differently but you're not going to find more information on them than you do on google because it's a nature of the web problem not an algorithm problem

This converted London intersection in the Borough of Lambeth has it all: a modal filter, bike priority, outdoor dining, new brick pavers, camera-enforcement, bioswales & seating. It's one-stop shopping for so much good #Urbanism and making people-first spaces. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ho...

So MSNBC reportedly fired Matthew Dowd tonight just hours after Jesse Watters called for his "immediate" termination over his Charlie Kirk shooting comments. Meanwhile, Watters said he's going to "avenge" Kirk's death because "they are at war with us" -- and he'll face no repercussions from Fox.

“People understand oligarchy,” Indivisible Tacoma Co-chair Ellen Floyd said. “Most people driving through here understand that workers aren’t being treated well.” Read more! weekly-volcano.com/three-tacoma...

Another reason to defend voting by mail.

AI doesn't know what news is and can't write it.

It's not the mere fact that this is happening that bothers me so much; it's that there's all this money floating around that could be organized and deployed to solve real problems instead. Half a trillion US dollars being spent in a collective program would eliminate any problem you could think of.

In the category of Never Forget. #NASA #astronauts #Apollo

This story is WILD. Trump sent Seal Team 6 into North Korea to plant a listening device. The entire thing went sideways within minutes of landing when they noticed a fishing boat near the beach. They killed everyone on board, sunk the bodies to cover their tracks, and fled. Congress was never told.

My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post: bsky.app/profile/nsou...

"fancy" does some heavy lifting here of course but if you can see that the synthesis pitched to you is actually a search result in disguise you'll do better than someone reading it as the imaginary opinion of an imaginary person

strange. fabric doesn't normally fall like that across an arm.

The thing about AI and social media is it's just the latest iteration of people solving for "how can I get the clout of an expert without having to learn a craft, profession, or discipline" and producing the dumbest possible shit.

EVERY FUCKING MEDIA OUTLET SHOULD BE BLASTING THIS AT FULL VOLUME

What could it be about Fed governor Lisa Cook that made Trump decide to fire her?

No ground guides being used in a congested area with poor visibility? FM 21-60

Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show. But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

Area Man Goes And Gets Himself Hit By A Goddamn Bus http://theonion.com/area-man-goes-and-gets-himself-hit-by-a-goddamn-bus-1819565155/

And instantly asserted that they had reached maximum housing density.

Secretary Duffy believes the U.S. DOT should NOT be funding bicycle infrastructure. He said “I do think you see more congestion when you add bike lanes and take away vehicle lanes. That’s a problem.” Disagree? Submit Your Comment by by August 20 #bikesky www.votervoice.net/mobile/BikeL...

Get your Looney Tunes here! cordcuttersnews.com/tubi-adds-cl...

Transit getting scraps even in states where the Democrats control both chambers and the governorships is a shanda. Hard to think of a government function that directly touches more lives and is more of a marker on the question of 'can government deliver' and ... yet.

Which gif pops up when you type your name?

If I didn’t know any better I’d think this was a #MontyPython skit.

You'd think watching Jurassic Park would teach some lessons about this...

@sound-transit.bsky.social 👀

Headline consumer price index came in slightly cooler than expected in July, due mostly to declining energy prices. But "core" inflation picked up, with the CPI ex. food and energy up 0.322% in July from June. That's the biggest increase since January.

I've said it before, but I legit want to replicate this, combined with @hrrctamu.bsky.social 's disaster camp and my sustainable communities summer class, at Cal Poly. What do you think, @aigreve.bsky.social @citybeautiful.nebula.tv, you in ? 😄🙏

It’s which, not what. JFC

SFF friends: this is a good 75% of my energy/climate work right now. Dealing with the power demands of incipient data centers on the electric grid, and how those demands are resulting in more expensive and dirtier electricity for everyone.

The problem when your state (Washington 👀) relies on sales taxes. It’s also where transit agencies get most of their revenue. How do you maintain consistent service with inconsistent revenue?

The real #Superman was an #anti-fascist. www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

If you’re a Tom Lehrer person, and his passing will never slow down his fans, this is a delightful read regarding his encyclopedic knowledge of, and strong opinions regarding, musicals.

Hey! I wrote about the upcoming primary election in #Tacoma!

That’s nearly three times the 3/2 house I own now and the one prior to it. I’m having a difficult time conceptualizing a condo of that size. What beyond typical spaces were in it?

Sex and gender ARE NOT BINARY. Seriously. english.elpais.com/science-tech...