Update: the insurance person figured out that it was the family deductible that was still $1,000 which is why insurance didn’t take more off. But she was lovely and found me a way to get a co-pay card for Paxlovid through the manufacturer - I used it and it made the medication FREE. From $1,000 […]

At the tender age of fifty years old I'm finally using anonymous online survey open-ended comment boxes correctly.

It's a little early to share this for #WorldAIDSDay, but there is now a shot to prevent HIV. It's not a vaccine, but it is a bimonthly shot to prevent transmission. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c803egy217xo

When it broke, AWS deployed the High Incident Team. The AWSHIT.

An Iranian woman I work with has to go to USCIS in San Diego this afternoon for a biometric appointment so you know beseech a deity for her that it's quick and uneventful for her

Did grunge kill the saxophone or was it Kenny G?

OK, now if the Louvre heist had involved exploiting a flaw in a burglar alarm that depends on AWS, I could get behind that. But they were a day early.

It's long past time to get State DOTs out of cities, but here's another reason why it's urgent that State DOTs turn their highways over the local control. New state law ends plans for State Street rebuild - BoiseDev https://boisedev.com/news/2025/10/08/state-rebuild-changes/

Great news: Julia Reed is reintroducing the presumed liability bill this session (it was HB 1518 last session). The new bill will be slightly narrower in scope. If passed, drivers will be presumed at fault if they collide with a pedestrian or cyclist in a bike lane, crosswalk, or intersection.

Apropos of our mid-40s fit, healthy weight friend who is a head-of-household father of 5 having a heart attack this week... if you haven't had an annual physical this year you should do that. You can self-order the bloodwork and get a telehealth appointment with transparent, affordable pricing […]

Told the teen he could bike to school or twist his Granny's arm to drive him and he laughed and chose bike instantly. Granny was outraged, "It's 35°!" It's a mile, he'll arrive rosey cheeked and happy, then bike home in warm sunshine.

Pro-tip: If you agree to take over as treasurer of an organization, make sure the outgoing treasurer files the Federal tax return. Or maybe not, because they've been 990-N post-carding it and at some point they exceeded the $50,000 income threshold so now I have to file the 990-EZ based on the […]

oh man the emergency naked bike ride DID NUMBERS look at them go

3 antibiotic doses in on this sinus infection and I'm trying to muster the energy to get off the day bed.

Well, I was impressed with Midi Health right up until they cancelled my prescription refill the day of the refill and mailed it to me from California. When it was one of those delightful health insurance things where you can only get 1 refill per month and the refill is for a 28 day supply so I […]

Today I'm dusting off my 2015 skillet to review a manual. It all pays the same...

We got a visit from an intrepid cat who entered via the broken screen door, ambled through our basement, up the stairs, and into the middle of our living room undetected. Kitty stood 3 ft from the snoozing dog and miowed loudly. I turned around, dog launched, and kitty scarpered for a bedroom […]

This week I: - Cancelled my QuickBooks subscription - Downloaded my data - Permanently deleted my data off their servers.

I started rewatching Dawson's Creek, which I watched in my senior year of college and my gap year in Australia. I used to be Team Joey + Dawson, but on rewatch, it's quite shocking to me how awful of a boyfriend Dawson was to Jen. He totally gaslit her while blaming her for her ex's behavior […]

Today in Missing The Point, researchers from UT-Knoxville spent $113k on Identifying Research Priorities to Improve Safety for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Accessing Bus Stops. But, they have emphasized being able to isolate which pedestrians and cyclists are accessing transit instead of (a) […]

What's the charge code for "I stared nihilisticly at the screen because Copilot is waiting for my next move?"

My friend is doing a workshop and she bought plastic coins off Amazon instead of getting pennies from the bank. 😭

Well PowerPoint is now utterly unusable because literally every time I switch slides I get a fucking Copilot dialog sucking my life forces from me

🧵 8/8 TL; DR: The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is 42yo and the Oct 3 Interim Final Rule is designed to destroy the program through suspending record keeping and forcing minority small business owners to document their own trauma and disadvantage in order to continue getting […]

There are children shrieking gleefully in a neighbor's back yard and it's very uncharacteristic and rather delightful, especially since it's nearly bed time for them.

🧵 1/? A thread about the Federal Disadvantaged Business Entity (DBE) program that is separate from other Federal minority business programs because it is authorized by the Surface Transportation Act du jour. Each State certifies DBEs using a Uniform Certification process and you must certify in […]

Geological timescales FTW

🧵 1/? A few months ago, the Transportation Research Board (#TRB) blew up its committee structure. TRB was a volunteer-driven organization with well over 100 committees that oversaw the development, curation, and execution of research problem statements, as well as reviewed papers for […]

Don't forget to choose your chonk. #fatbearweek https://explore.org/fat-bear-week

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Please enjoy the photo of Maple the retired K-9 in a beekeeping suit. #dogs She is using her sniffing superpowers to detect bacteria in beehives, and looking mighty stylish in the process. https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/07/buzz-worthy-spartan-research-saves-bees-pollination

Not sure who's gonna win between my grown self and the strong compulsion to go tell my mom it's raining. #desertlife

I chose chaos this morning and sat backwards on my cheap saddle chair and it's so much more comfortable. https://ergonomictrends.com/saddle-chairs-benefits/

My mom just asked my kid if he wants to do something "just now," and I had to explain to her that he has no idea what that means. https://www.goodthingsguy.com/fun/now-now-just-now/

/o\ https://thedailytism.com/every-parents-worst-nightmare-could-your-child-be-neurotypical/

I also want to observe, as I continue to think about this: during the first Trump administration, this was one of the big things I did personally to deal with the badness around me I made an American institution better I was a Scoutmaster from 2018-21, and for both years that I was in the top […]

Destroying Elon Musk's testicles with a spinning kick is a healthy and wholesome traditional activity in many parts of the world. You should try it! https://mastodon.social/@tofugolem/113834216471922068 #twitter