Let’s remember that if you reside in: New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, or Washington- come January 1, 2026 Medicare patients will be piloting a prior authorization program that not only utilizes AI as a decision maker, but that also gives vendors financial incentive to deny services…

Big Tech these days in a nutshell

I have found a new guru.

EVERYONE STOP READING POSTS THAT MAKE YOU ANGRY AND UPSET AND WATCH THIS! Then watch it again. Then save it and watch it every time the news is too much. I love all these people so much.

Here's cropped, it was SUPER close. This is one of those if I had a better lens I could probably mount it right next to the feeder and get a bird buddy but cost $5000 shot. All taken at 400mm f5.6

Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/

Union Santa delivers. 🪶

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Steve, pleas stop singing Christmas carols. Please stop singing anything. Ever. Thanks.

Here's my Christmas Eve Hummingbird Bath. In an era where the horrors will be present at every table, may we find joy in the little things 💗 🪶

Steve and Brad, I'm not sure these shenanigans are even legal???

The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.

Y'all are doing it wrong.

What do these corporations all have in common? -Lockheed Martin -Palantir -Microsoft -Amazon -Comcast -Google -Apple -Meta -HP -Nvidia -T-Mobile They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.

Damn.

So in addition to everything else we don’t know and can’t seem to find out these days, we now don’t even know WHAT TIME IT IS. Well, I’m just guessing here, but maybe the end is nigh?

I trust major news organizations, members of Congress, and public interest groups are publicizing their secure tip lines so DOJ and FBI employees with knowledge of political interference in the Epstein files review process, can explain safely and confidentially what they saw.

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

occurs to me that we might be getting the "there's a problem of lonely males with no friends or romantic partners" and "there's a lucrative industry of toxic male influencers who tell young men to act like assholes" causation arrow backwards

This woman and I, somehow, are sisters.

This is an insight that needs to be repeated over and over til people listen. Trump has entered the phase where the only things that matter are his utterly unrestrained appetites. The appetites of a narcissist who is losing his mind. An old, fat, hideous Caligula.

This is Willi and Rigatoni. They were saying not-so-nice things behind your back, but then you turned around. Super awkward. 13/10 for both (IG: wildwildwilli)

#UglyChtistmasSweater #T-Rex

This is Radley. She asks to "destroy" when she needs to let out extra energy. "She gets plenty of walks and physical activity," her family told us, "but she uses her destroy button when she is craving a little extra chaos." 13/10 (IG: radley_barkley)

I love birds so much. Look at this face #birds 🌿

“Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, now it’s anytime dispatchable electricity,” said Rangelova. “This is a game-changer for countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources.”

An artist has created stickers to cover TFG’s face on your National Parks Pass. Just one more American trying to help the rest of us cope. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Never forget that when conservatives couldn't win in a democracy they didn't abandon conservatism; they abandoned democracy.

Not my America

Hey, @oceansinitiative.org this is really on-topic

You can't trust your important documents on someone else's computer. Have multiple backups, at least one of which is offline.

OK, this is a serious question: What is the legal process for stripping a person of their citizenship and exiling them? I know it must be either extremely difficult or extremely nebulous, or both, but I am genuinely curious. And I have a list…

Steve has stolen my phone. I keep getting sent these.

Minneapolis stands up to ICE Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force. www.ms.now/news/minneap...

how could your mood NOT be buoyed by this video of Snowball bobbing his head to "Everybody" by the Backstreet Boys! how could your heart not be lifted, your spirits not soar!

The shooter wasn’t from DC. The guardsman he killed also wasn’t from DC It took Trump to bring them together

I’ve investigated a lot of domestic violence cases and something was gnawing at me about the way Trump lashes out at a female reporters. Then it occurred to me that “Quiet, piggy!” is probably something Trump’s dad screamed at Trump’s mom. ABUSE IS GENERATIONAL.

She is a hero. Her family will always be proud of her and her legacy will live on. Unlike these gestapo ICE traitors. gothamist.com/news/us-post...

My favorite Wombat fact. Also: a reminder to watch this video for the 100th time.

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was: