2026-05-27T22:09:26Z https://njump.me Kim Scheinberg https://njump.me/npub1mn2m9zymeal4k2w2ycdnhx9dkkt0n05kg8x2zrmxe50t6hqzft4qu7gsmg https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/288/123/363/086/782/original/1c338e3b35cb5b01.jpg https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/288/123/363/086/782/original/1c338e3b35cb5b01.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqszfkcp35w9q8hhqxxvapu8f75qgcktwe096ejmfqpq00m4t6nktrszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w50xp484 Gold is trading above $4800 and I can tell you that almost no one who actually owns physical gold is happy about this<br/><br/>My old boss at the hedge fund who owned a LOT of gold used to say, approximately, &#34;Gold at $2500 is good for our investors. Gold at $5000 is bad for everyone&#34; 2026-01-21T02:40:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0w4qss30qmqd679cddayegqklzrgu3c9httrwhce2uyem5wma7ugzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w57p0uha RIP Bob Weir<br/><br/>&#34;It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir. He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues.&#34;<br/><br/>🎶 It&#39;s just that I have gotten used to having you around<br/>My landscape would be empty if you were gone 🎶<br/><br/><a href="https://bobweir.net/bobby/">https://bobweir.net/bobby/</a> 2026-01-11T00:00:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0uaaxe4ccmjlgng80drlc9g49an3ugy0rerg6vvv7ds3va8jp3qszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w53xfce8 [story from a friend]<br/><br/>There is a BA flight scheduled to travel from San Diego to London to Lisbon today<br/><br/>Passengers were initially told the plane is too heavy and they are removing some bags and some passengers<br/><br/>BA then announced that ALL bags and some passengers are being removed<br/><br/>Anyone got an idea as to wtf is actually going on? I have never heard of an int&#39;l flight flying bagless because of weight<br/><br/>#aviation 2026-01-10T02:51:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2rzq4umgvj37r0qkpnnhttnp7348x6nuxy5urthldy3t4fkkv4kqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5fcqgmr These people imagine they&#39;re winning at life, when all they&#39;re doing is playing the world&#39;s stupidest game<br/><br/>&#34;How tax trackers influence wealthy Americans’ holiday plans&#34;<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/787/665/053/682/561/original/6fd7cfe2d5ae276e.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/787/666/023/050/856/original/643ef8ffa92046f0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-26T20:07:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8ae0tyue7pnf5e2vv4kqma5rr6sku3kry3wke3ykuq7axl3c8gtszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5ew4u6k Surprised The New Yorker didn&#39;t post this one themselves today<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/783/513/988/649/560/original/348804675500a4e2.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-26T02:32:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9pcmwhjhffkurvtum9fqft2nc7zz7d8c3ne7vk4j2pxmulmnt7mqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w55gmf9n You&#39;re a mean one, Mr Grinch...<br/><br/><a href="https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N6914W">https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N6914W</a> 2025-12-22T00:42:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs92huv652t6hspayv8gtpqn0ahspenz9j2ld4t0ky66kg5jnx6qvszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5u6srwx It appears there&#39;s a witness to Trump raping a 13-year-old (presumably Katie Johnson)<br/><br/>I have edited the AltText to make it fit into the character limitations and cleaned up the poor OCR<br/><br/>&#34;Both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein were advised that she was 13<br/><br/>I personally witnessed four sexual encounters that the Plaintiff was forced to have with Mr. Trump during this period, including the fourth of these encounters where Mr. Trump forcibly raped her despite her pleas to stop&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.463432/gov.uscourts.nysd.463432.1.5_1.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.463432/gov.uscourts.nysd.463432.1.5_1.pdf</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/747/646/700/602/181/original/141b9b66e1b1f3d6.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-19T18:39:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfxfl6f5vujws0khdp0j3xm9fw7w4chpqdpghhuh0umlr0rgtnhqczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w583k9pk This from Wil Wheaton is lovely (and it opens with what is probably my favorite paragraph in all of literature)<br/><br/>Later in the piece he says this<br/><br/><a href="https://wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this-is-such-a-painful-loss-my-heart-is-broken/">https://wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this-is-such-a-painful-loss-my-heart-is-broken/</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/726/206/481/718/708/original/c455b2ba31906b7a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-15T23:37:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswxlkmy0efr6zzfha4uz3h9u98kky95pmfnsm34k2v74sl6js72qqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w57ecakm I&#39;ve been wearing these shoes for a little over a year now. Pretty much every time I meet someone new, I get asked if they&#39;re one pair or two. I ask them to guess<br/><br/>If you&#39;d asked me a year ago how I thought the answers would split, I&#39;d have said 90/10 in the correct direction. But having let several hundred people guess, it splits about 50/50 <br/><br/>I put the answer in the alt text<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/710/449/527/112/562/original/e39b09cfdfb49b5a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-13T05:01:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyesyl4geyl06xe0nsry3kuf2lpss2kett9xak9l2pz7v4v9n9zlgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w55ec9yp RE: <a href="https://mas.to/@kims/114353746905475782">https://mas.to/@kims/114353746905475782</a><br/><br/>Fuck everyone who said his case was a distraction. Kilmar Abrego Garcia walks free today, in no small part because Chris Van Hollen knows that human lives aren&#39;t a fucking distraction<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1s387zswwqm8ll0sc7as4ss3khgu235g2n0hd25a323luy225uamq734434" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1s38…4434</a></span><br/> </div> Per WaPo:<br/><br/>"Asked about the Abrego García case yesterday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ... called it a “distraction” and shifted focus back to the lawsuit he was announcing against the administration’s trade policies."<br/><br/>Newsom's the second Dem to call Abrego Garcia a "distraction" (the other did it anonymously). These are deeply broken and misguided people<br/><br/>Fuck Newsom and every other R in sheep's clothing (Adams, Cuomo,) whose only real interests are maintaining the spotlight and "winning"<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/353/711/850/699/440/original/dcce0020ec6ec80b.jpg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2025-12-12T02:30:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr4ufcgcu2aa60ffpmhlf5wjghk2ag7jewk8cpc2x7uvk6k44l2vszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5cygk4a I can&#39;t wait to hear from all the news outlets that so bravely state,<br/><br/>&#34;Legal experts claim the president cannot pardon people on state charges&#34;<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/703/744/723/254/721/original/d0888c7fdc501be7.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-12T00:25:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9mr4we6r59a6q8furp34nnf747zeyjee8x0d7fentasw9keargfszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5mmmxx2 The opposite of schadenfreude is <br/>mudita, a Buddhist term for sympathetic or vicarious joy. It&#39;s the joy you feel when someone else succeeds<br/><br/>I could use a little mudita today. What do you have for me, fediverse? Hit me with your successes, the more mundane the better (but I&#39;m all for hearing about your big wins, too) 2025-12-05T01:13:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswz8wd7kqv8fy3mtnyfdys4s36fjqrhrp6jp4fvypjmt039yg78qczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w508w785 Wait.. what?!<br/><br/>Tom Stoppard&#39;s _Arcadia_ is responsible for reducing breast cancer deaths!?<br/><br/>A letter to the editor of The Times after Tom Stoppard died<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/654/660/018/178/988/original/b0641f9d41c10d9f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-12-03T08:22:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfnxjueg3p52shu4ccmcgq32m7e2p5qse2kp6gven5vy8k9kf5trqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5f86gzj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfdds50uw3k6nxh4nsjdq3ef7znr8546p2uuw0mescxk2asl8vhvg8elwv6'>nevent1q…lwv6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Any mention of Monsanto requires me to quote <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>&#34;You&#39;ll recall that Bayer merged with Monsanto in 2018, paying $66b in an all-cash deal and erasing the Monsanto name (apparently, they judged Bayer&#39;s association with Auschwitz to be preferable to Monsanto&#39;s association with Roundup).&#34; 2025-12-01T19:16:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx53qqu7d80msgxp2lz85xrmvfdqwsnuhdengafdfuyw46k7ratqqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5yanxss Union Square Barnes &amp; Noble, NYC, 2015<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/631/755/995/011/887/original/b969320e1c53258a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-29T07:31:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvauxr5zap3cnyhzttser3xq9lkqgqtcgd5553wcf5qa9jus6r52gzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w58m5t20 Ah yes. Never mind that your sister thinks your gay child needs conversion therapy, try to focus on her festive manicure instead!<br/><br/>And sure, dad might be urging you to consider a career with ICE, but no one can separate the drumstick from the thigh quite like he can<br/><br/>NYT... the best to ever do it<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/opinion/thanksgiving-family-fighting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4U8.Gyhy.6QHNU3D4xK0l&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/opinion/thanksgiving-family-fighting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4U8.Gyhy.6QHNU3D4xK0l&amp;smid=url-share</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/622/515/964/761/114/original/0cd5e9f740595390.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-27T16:11:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyxxtpkszqk4lnrmehzqucph6zl7862fjp089y85w3fx3efhqxmuszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5h7sgp0 When spouse was in 2nd grade (1961), there were four other kids in his class named John. Teacher decided that each of the Johns would be addressed by their initials<br/><br/>Spouse became JK and never looked back. There are people who have known him 20+ years who don&#39;t know what the &#39;J&#39; stands for<br/><br/>Anyway, once upon a time he needed to carry business cards, and a friend came up with this design (contact info is on the back). I found this in a jacket pocket today and could not love it more<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/557/680/857/811/687/original/cfcc316176754c6a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-16T05:25:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsys9fld4at9c9vzhcut0nl9nvpmc64kelcp4tczzxxxnhqztffwqszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5a2nh20 It would sure be nice if the absolute worst people in the world weren&#39;t in charge of running it 2025-11-15T00:40:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrqcw9hp7wzlxtrk9z6gcxkj9jdhecs79pmhmsz58u38szgcku6zgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5tm7qv9 From my friend Angus Johnston over on bluesky:<br/><br/>&#34;Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. <br/><br/>So much work remains to be done.&#34;<br/><br/>Amen 2025-11-13T21:20:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstm3qxsqthvn6zp3acwhrvyhwuvc8whf5wf6yffdpcm3uptychyqgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5ngxxvz &#34;According to the polling firm, 40% of women ages 15-44 said they would move abroad permanently if given the opportunity. Gallup noted that in 2014, only one-quarter as many women of that age bracket expressed a desire to leave the US.&#34;<br/><br/>You would have sounded hysterical if, in 2014, you suggested that the govt might enact laws to keep women of child-bearing age from leaving the country<br/><br/>But here in the year of our prince of darkness 2025? Seems more than plausible<br/><br/><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/record-40-young-women-want-flee-us-poll">https://www.foxnews.com/politics/record-40-young-women-want-flee-us-poll</a> 2025-11-13T18:49:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf9jkclj783x5qn7hn0h8y0pcy862ghwlwyz500lxs9t9gqjgnr8szyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5vqq9gk I can&#39;t imagine anything more soothing (and thrilling!) than following the #aurora tag on Mastodon tonight 2025-11-12T02:33:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgc9v8c2tkmgmhfqqgs8v5mv6lvvm5qnw7tjj2v6ezrx5hrvwkeyczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5lglz34 This feels like mom letting your abusive dad move back in after kicking him out six weeks ago<br/><br/>#uspol 2025-11-10T04:20:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy3457dz8dd62tuugkn00hzn034hf4hyusj924nqh8jg6nymk70vczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5nn9u9f Twenty employees at Conde Nast confronted HR over the company’s decision to shut down Teen Vogue <br/><br/>The company FIRED four of them then filed a federal labor complaint against the NewsGuild of New York<br/><br/>Goddamnit I&#39;m going to have to cancel my Wired subscription<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thewrap.com/conde-nast-union-federal-complaint-teen-vogue/">https://www.thewrap.com/conde-nast-union-federal-complaint-teen-vogue/</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/504/840/387/119/383/original/eeb13520202e2d4b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-06T21:22:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0ttpzqp4km9pqgg8e2f553l9qz39qqypd4a92mrctxqflxx5dk2qzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5mw9yu0 Hey <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> did you see this?<br/><br/>&#34;New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani is kicking off with a big move: bringing former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to co-chair his transition team.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a strong suggestion that he’s willing to take on powerful corporate interests as mayor.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/202726/zohran-mamdani-lina-khan-transition-team?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=Bluesky">https://newrepublic.com/post/202726/zohran-mamdani-lina-khan-transition-team?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=Bluesky</a> 2025-11-05T21:16:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0e2pj8r26jk25zek4u42f49skr54u6h4klpwl4s9cv4l8ncdqhcgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5dqac62 This is really REALLY fucking bad news<br/><br/>Who&#39;s left besides [@WIRED](<a href="https://flipboard.com/@WIRED">https://flipboard.com/@WIRED</a> ) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qmg7r9rlrufykzudrhrza5fkcaq64w6xdzqh4uqtpxf80mxhx4gqvqs6k5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ProPublica</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qmg…s6k5</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vq8nrza9wd4hsjss56m5ax634wnxqn6p4dxcy42hds7v08cxredqaym4d2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>DAME Magazine</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vq8…m4d2</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xf8m9rch7tvjjv3wlj9x6q95rnhlavh3e8fjxga6lx5prnqgc77q2k0uw6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Texas Observer</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xf8…0uw6</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/488/056/695/881/582/original/7051a4b1f71372f8.png"> <br/> 2025-11-03T22:13:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdu4wnf0mmqv5kuhw3qt4kkp6ptd0zczddvy2s9gv4n8zdkzy269szyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5gxzmgz When you know you have the youth vote<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/483/623/260/490/121/original/65ad0ae1483054ba.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-03T03:27:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs24xejl8nsy3rr0e3ewd39y2lu06mec6y6kj2gfxygp5z8y48pylqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5h4h2z3 Today on Fox News. We&#39;re not even pretending it&#39;s not murder anymore<br/><br/>Reporter: Mr President, if you are declaring war on these cartels, and congress is likely to approve of that process, why not just ask for a declaration of war?<br/><br/>Trump: Well, I don&#39;t think we&#39;re gonna necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we&#39;re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. Okay? We&#39;re gonna kill them. You know, they&#39;re gonna be, like, dead. Okay? Yeah. 2025-10-23T23:43:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsppg7k7dr2s3maulyeyup0cv23zkpw6kf6c580nkvsgax9xfj7ljgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5xx7rwv Yesterday I saw my physical therapist and told her my frozen shoulder exercises are impeded by my recent vertigo<br/><br/>PT: Oh, I can do an Epley maneuver to help with the vertigo<br/><br/>Me: &lt;in my head&gt; Wait, when did you become a chiropractor?<br/><br/>Me: I&#39;m seeing my GP tomorrow and will have her check my ears<br/><br/>PT: Okay, ask her about an Epley to fix your ear crystals<br/><br/>Me: &lt;in my head&gt; What charlatan woo bullshit have I walked into here?<br/><br/>GP today: Have your PT do an Epley to resettle your ear crystals <br/><br/>Oh 2025-10-22T18:44:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq2jrrzjjjhgsqdg72pd25cvv3eqrxjakr2m4hngeaev6rnk3zr3qzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w507zgjd Can someone please point me to the best resource guide for protesting tomorrow? Preferably one that takes into account both op sec and practicality<br/><br/>[Like, if one does not drive to the protest, how does one get a Lyft home without a phone?] 2025-10-17T21:29:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx0duhgmdjccurpdx852zggfy2dem2qun6z70ny4aqmnylaypqwaczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5u2ek3t Clever cartoon but I also really love the color schemes here<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/375/347/953/435/278/original/cb9c5320d79cbe03.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-15T00:37:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszmqlm3v78kas4c6ga6u2vafswuz35sg90pn7mpmdga3fatlndzuqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5gy7h36 The only thing that could make me like the Portland Antifa inflatable frog more would be an inflatable scorpion standing next to it holding a sign:<br/><br/>RIDE ACROSS RIVER NEEDED<br/><br/><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/09/portland-frog-inflatable-toad-trump-crackdown/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/09/portland-frog-inflatable-toad-trump-crackdown/</a> 2025-10-10T02:39:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw80yms6va5t2h338047ykhuqmmwhpnx486d6exrcv0cvtj668qnqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5c76jsw This is a very cool tool that provides real comfort about no-shit decentralization<br/><br/><a href="https://moderation-explorer.online/">https://moderation-explorer.online/</a><br/><br/>Who Moderates My Posts and Timeline?<br/><br/>This tool helps you see how moderation choices made by different communities on the Fediverse affect what shows up in your own personal timeline<br/><br/>Moderation on the Fediverse is decentralized. Each community makes its own rules and has its own moderators<br/><br/>[And I can mute or block individual accounts or whole servers so they don’t show up in my feed]<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/337/202/639/139/430/original/05b6b3f9b5cd841f.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/337/208/709/072/429/original/17c8a0b945eac33f.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/337/215/260/949/259/original/b9f2f31f2418a668.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-08T06:56:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszmhanyzuyr4087l2p86ryywlpu5kzzz2yahqzxclega4au7zzz6czyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w55y4cea Lifelong atheist but even I&#39;m praying for Dolly 2025-10-08T02:03:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq7ltkcd0rmxyj0y6v9prpv43wwrula9rrakgjkf44ux38nyr53kczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5tzew2h That last line:<br/><br/>&#34;Much of American media operates as a spoils system ... The most prestigious property in news isn’t run by someone who earned it; it’s run by the great-great grandson of the guy who bought it. Bari is the latest recipient of the kingmakers’ largesse. She said the right things and shook the right hands, and she’s been granted her own little protectorate in return. Don’t worry about her corrupting CBS; she wouldn’t be there if it wasn’t already corrupted.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://stringinamaze.net/p/bari-weiss-takes-her-grift-mainstream">https://stringinamaze.net/p/bari-weiss-takes-her-grift-mainstream</a> 2025-10-05T18:57:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy4qrzy4thuljp0qxat6zs9f8zxeelw5rfevlh89vud3j2xrj98gczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5gey5p4 Happy two year anniversary to this gem<br/><br/>As apt as ever<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/318/985/245/986/486/original/b67d05227d8333bc.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-05T01:35:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqlrur6a9pdq9zht8a5vaqefyy0akpmzwnnd376e5lvzkz6qdr6wgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5kqhlax Same, Chuck<br/>Same<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/300/683/472/438/416/original/41508eb517975567.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-01T20:01:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0ng4ekc6zsv7hfx4ka627egk2pl24lf4kc4v89hsapx674kl8s2gzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5nmdjut Just when you think there could not POSSIBLY be anything more embarrassing than Trump at the UN today, Chuck says &#34;Hold my keg&#34;<br/><br/>I&#39;m not one to kink shame, but this humiliation fetish is too much to bear<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/256/180/037/522/307/original/eb9f3adf3abc4b71.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-23T23:23:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr5g4zyv5p2f2m27yslg4hvdak468pk8wnry2569xnxa0dgnvnwqgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5qwvsld Watching Trump at the UN, I can&#39;t find the language for how I feel. It&#39;s not second-hand embarrassment because that implies that I can imagine myself in that position<br/><br/>I can&#39;t<br/><br/>It&#39;s more like humiliation-by-proxy, except that doesn&#39;t feel right either. Maybe it&#39;s guilt by association because I continue to live in this country instead of fleeing<br/><br/>Whatever it is, I&#39;m filled with disgust that this is who one third of my neighbors chose to represent us 2025-09-23T20:09:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0ef8fsnww5a99mqwjvf9tcz8xu7p7m4we7hu6qdpgtsdhf572kcqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5fpxcyw This essay from the only Arabic-speaking fact-checker at The New Yorker in the days and months after Oct 7 is an astonishing, haunting, infuriating read<br/><br/>It deserves a trigger warning for all the things you&#39;d expect in a piece about fact-checking the details of a genocide<br/><br/><a href="https://bidoun.org/articles/house-arab">https://bidoun.org/articles/house-arab</a> 2025-09-21T20:38:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvv89mtkpu5205d2dpzw96qe8u23nl9ezm4jm75psk9gv3pa2mwlgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5lskz9h I was wrong<br/>I don&#39;t know<br/><br/>To be able to say these words and mean them is the most underrated superpower 2025-09-20T21:12:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstfm63ry9a2q7jfqd2s2hlqeuwgu0rxuanzcg6xdpm6j952px6p4szyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5gx366g If you&#39;ve made the decision to boycott Disney (a good decision!) but then return to Disney if/when they unfire Kimmel, I regret to inform you that you have unwittingly found yourself in an abusive relationship<br/><br/>Their decision was not a &#34;mistake&#34;, it was a test. They want to see if they can get away with it, or will need to walk it back<br/><br/>No backtrack or apology will be sincere. It will strictly be a financial decision<br/><br/>They have shown you who they are. They are collaborators. Believe them 2025-09-18T16:06:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswrhqacp5l6dwydkkymkhpekp0pkgexyr8ekr9q2js9unk05x6x9gzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5nqk5gx In the name of love<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/214/874/346/351/592/original/6c0756fe510ee900.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-16T16:21:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgmda5xkqydanryceuzf0jjd0wjjmewlsdhltq5k67pyq3xchulnqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5wqc2fv BALL TWO<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/193/229/740/550/456/original/0c9b3c656795d4df.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-12T20:36:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2rydl02t3nrpu9pmzmkqrcd32x85ms84vrw8d2c7635xdqqre5xczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5r4x8p7 Watching Bluesky moderation deal with the Charlie Kirk thing was a good reminder to send money to my Mastodon instance 2025-09-12T07:33:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswx0hkyt9fkjxgzy6cek6larcce07ql2225q2mxmpzwaa9h66g34czyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5gh4gjq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv86rq3z327autzkq6xuc9sk07l0l5ugrz6xa2ephw4cff8rdp3zsz5kek2'>nevent1q…kek2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He gave it to Miriam Adelson and Rush Limbaugh and Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes. I&#39;d say it&#39;s pre-degraded<br/><br/>He tried (twice) to give it to Dolly Parton and she declined both times<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/186/771/039/918/110/original/4618ddd3ae8e3bd0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-11T17:11:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqxl4re4ylxyjuca568snq9ttt58hnnahkxnk63cvpu7qav2sd72gzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w54jsql8 In my ideal world, Charlie Kirk would still be alive<br/><br/>In my ideal world, I would have never heard of Charlie Kirk because his views would have never found a receptive audience<br/><br/>I don&#39;t want people with his views murdered. I want them ridiculed and shunned 2025-09-11T00:55:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfk48w8ndv3wahcjk3pzg0m9ctsycmsye8c0a3swgv2tyl3prmzkszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w56c07h4 Charlie Kirk has been declared dead<br/><br/>&#34;Andrew Kolvet, Kirk’s spokesman, says Kirk is dead.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah">https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah</a> 2025-09-10T20:46:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp9pexp2wwd50nrftx3zcjf2e355phm2slwqn8ht7hum7dwsk7upszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5c7fa7g This is from a quiz from a job hunting site that a friend is using. I&#39;m no math whiz, but I&#39;m pretty sure the answer is <br/><br/>(e) none of the above<br/><br/>If this is what job hunting is like -- where you have to work out the intent of the questioner, rather than the correct answer -- well, maybe actually this is preparation for the real world<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/181/638/727/848/790/original/dfe63dd642c7f98a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-10T19:28:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqc3pnwvkwzkt8hp72dv2up4drz5n78sktknd68cdz6e3gmx2g6egzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5xfny63 They all knew, and many participated<br/><br/>And they all felt comfortable bragging about it in writing<br/><br/>A shit ton of politicians and wealthy powerful people, including our president, are pedophile rapists and… nothing will be done about it<br/><br/>It is a really hard day to be a woman in this world. I mean, it&#39;s never exactly been easy. But today&#39;s kick in the teeth is too much to bear 2025-09-09T10:27:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp9wupy4jkhetqwjvy0226p0memcxgh296rf5m9edkh355cfeqf7czyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5my9yhz You must be fucking kidding me<br/><br/>&#34;Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were arrested by federal law enforcement Wednesday, in a confrontation described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video.<br/>Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews. The crews were among the 400 people including firefighters deployed to fight the wildfire, the largest active blaze in Washington state.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/federal-agents-arrest-firefighters-working-on-wa-wildfire/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMcuUtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHp_0wgeOKeCOlBTGw2JwBtSdddZ_g8CIagFdYNSfDZ_UfDIGNcmUbj8jY4Kz_aem_axE3NH2IWAbfy1YCDPG1BA">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/federal-agents-arrest-firefighters-working-on-wa-wildfire/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMcuUtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHp_0wgeOKeCOlBTGw2JwBtSdddZ_g8CIagFdYNSfDZ_UfDIGNcmUbj8jY4Kz_aem_axE3NH2IWAbfy1YCDPG1BA</a> 2025-08-28T04:24:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx0qygtgqexl8h9ajc3ed3e03cm6krntmxkhm492n43a9hackv5lqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w539q0wm Gov. Pritzker to the fascist goons:<br/><br/>&#34;If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.&#34;<br/><br/>That&#39;s my vote. And anyone who says anything less has no chance of getting my vote 2025-08-25T23:34:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg4ut440xapxux000a8suvnm20y52xcg2jghf2lr4xtgp3dapz2eqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5hfszka I need someone to explain to me like I&#39;m five how Israel is allowed to keep doing this. When 90% of the world agrees it&#39;s genocide, why has not one country had the courage to intervene? 2025-07-24T18:41:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp2ldf2ljrmzj55hv8cwdzx46gsmnv98z7uxvylfs4n2kkh6hucsgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5mgp38k Actual review of a book on overcoming co-dependency:<br/><br/>&#34;This book has completely changed my life. I didn&#39;t realize that my &#34;normal&#34; life is actually not normal at all and needed to be addressed. I&#39;ve already purchased 5 other copies for family and friends. I would stand on a street corner and hand these out for free if I could afford it.&#34;<br/><br/>Uh... 2025-07-14T19:59:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0j2nd3rcuuf6n92art3xjvvp837jzg9skq45ws8w7wz6pzll3gzczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5heydqw Just clarifying: butter is not ghee 2025-07-10T18:41:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9ssklrz4mkj0wm9mr3z694wh8c3jxsk0r0tfvu78j2967k9at0kczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5fhewhj Mamdani was my guy and I really wanted him to win. Like Mamdani, both my kids went to Bronx Science and were shaped in part by that experience. And I&#39;m so f&#39;n thrilled to be done with Adams<br/><br/>But what I needed *much* more — and didn&#39;t really appreciate until it happened — was I needed Cuomo to be rejected<br/><br/>Today, on the three-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe V Wade, I needed to know that women are considered people 2025-06-25T03:49:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq9t7amfcy3e7tpzq23xnwr7p75up2ecwg3yrsn5qrycl6q2weqsgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5hzz74g Hey Establishment Dems?<br/>You know who you are...<br/><br/>43-36<br/><br/>Read that again<br/><br/>Forty-three to thirty-six<br/><br/>GET WITH THE FUCKING PROGRAM OR GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY<br/><br/>[ETA: this is about the NYC mayor election where Andrew Cuomo was a favorite but lost to Zohran Mamdani, the candidate that the Dem machine desperately tried to tank] 2025-06-25T02:37:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyl7jg0x950cdguqlu6d4652l8dn9esa92xjengu784uvwxx37zmszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5st34j2 Objectively, it&#39;s far more troubling that they&#39;re banning Toni Morrison and David Levithan and Art Spiegelman and any books that even hint at representing the right&#39;s Horsemen of the Apocalypse <br/><br/>But there&#39;s something so completely batshit about banning _Calvin and Hobbes_, a comic strip so family friendly that it ran uncensored in the most conservative newspapers in the country for more than a decade<br/><br/><a href="https://pen.org/magic-tree-house-author-calvin-and-hobbes-among-hundreds-of-tennessee-book-bans/">https://pen.org/magic-tree-house-author-calvin-and-hobbes-among-hundreds-of-tennessee-book-bans/</a> 2025-06-23T17:48:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqqf2w82hgrs5ye0nqn7s6xyg5rhqxt2aj8z5ea8dy43j2mr5fe7szyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w59m5x50 A thing I don&#39;t say enough...<br/><br/>Over on Bluesky, the Discovery feed right now is pretty much<br/>Iran<br/>Impeach<br/>Iran<br/>Impeach<br/>Remember Bush?<br/>What about congress?<br/>Impeach<br/><br/>And, like, I get it. This is a pretty serious dire thing. But my feed here is:<br/><br/>Iran<br/>Hashtaggames<br/>Jaws<br/>Impeach<br/>Caturday<br/>Iran<br/>LookAtMyCoolArt<br/>AuroraPic<br/>Impeach<br/>FunnyTextFromMyFriend<br/>WroughtIronFenceAsPeeledBanana<br/>What about congress?<br/>CoolPhoto<br/><br/>And as far as my mental health goes? The latter is so much better than the former, AINEC. TY 2025-06-22T01:18:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspc5ex0fcy0gnlwmv93en8dsea8934642rdv05nfrrgzm898rdc7szyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5hjxsza The right of assembly <br/>Not just for IKEA<br/><br/>denver #nokings<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/683/907/196/994/179/original/e7b4f091fdd52c77.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-14T21:47:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2tpq7d6dwzuksk2y8mp20e5u5ecwha6j6traws8f0209tncnreeczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5sj9zwf Sign idea:<br/><br/>No Kings except this guy, and even then for only ~7 minutes<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/677/588/361/037/947/original/3e8ea877a8a8cdf5.webp"> <br/> 2025-06-13T19:01:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrcqwkm66mflr98w7qs6sn89nzzpmjy2anp7tcv5pnx4djg7fw0fszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5hp2234 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfkr8pk5shqs8unzq6vg66v4wggrcav0vq9ef8yrshm5gl83r482c9ylklu'>nevent1q…lklu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The texts were offensive<br/><br/>That 40% of the senate Dems went and voted for Trump&#39;s Grypto bill after was infuriating<br/><br/>Primary every single fucking one of them 2025-06-13T16:18:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvv6zlcxp2k2ud0nfxzjc9cjwwrshw48yw2m909mmpe6yz39yly3qzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5gpcx3c The Wizard of Oz heads to The Sphere here in Las Vegas<br/><br/>As ad campaigns go, this is pretty great<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/666/940/984/523/891/original/d48a1f0e2a303a18.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-11T21:52:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsggc74swmrt5uf05dxkct7hrns3xfr2hp6k3r88klmyzqmd7q2lqgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5p9ls7d Every time I see estimated costs for Trump&#39;s birthday parade, and $15m of the budget is allocated for road repairs afterward, I wonder about the gullibility of both the people putting together these estimates and those reporting on it<br/><br/>So, a quick poll<br/><br/>The damaged roads in DC will be repaired: 2025-06-06T22:07:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr6cy2hlu60rsx6vf72aykyp7j9m2gntpktaez5sr3kmkcgqe5upszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5r003lc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gnmtemuthnd0xulr4es2zunyj5gce6e0tzhspgsl0qv5scz9c2csarh7w'>nevent1q…rh7w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The fallout was inevitable but I didn&#39;t see this coming<br/><br/>I thought Giuliani (who surely has as much dirt on Trump as Musk does) would turn on Trump after Trump let him go bankrupt and stiffed him hundreds of thousands in legal fees. But Rudy kept quiet<br/><br/>And so I considered it likely that Musk and Trump would tacitly agree to a similar detente. Gotta be a case of Mutually Assured Destruction, no?<br/><br/>In any case, I&#39;m pleasantly surprised 2025-06-05T19:47:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0ts0g99rslu4vlql7z3hd0gdq4d2j88ukwlfcyj7ct3e87eshpgszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w52q6rgr texted from a friend, authorship unknown<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/621/199/234/470/243/original/40d34297dc313b5d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-03T20:03:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspkcc7ckk6307m8epvzsvml7rlfr55vxp0jakplv7urt84uv4rp6qzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5jhewut What in the cinnamon toast fuck?!<br/><br/>From a friend on Facebook:<br/><br/>Civics is now considered a sensitive subject<br/><br/>Civics<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/603/871/857/898/180/original/54dd4472c36717bb.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-31T18:33:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxdmjfe940fjwj3ph6a4v2qararqrxe7kudjsa0x7knuj3ld9p0cszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w52c5hy8 So glad AI is taking over everything<br/><br/>[In case you see this tomorrow, this was posted on Saturday, May 31.]<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/603/500/707/996/985/original/9a00bbade05507a5.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-31T16:58:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg5wjvprgypd49kgjtdgqkxufdv4znyxjzmdey5gvqhvtym9w8fnczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5e8xnpv I pay for news both across mainstream media and on sites like ghost. I subscribe to two dozen magazines and nearly twice as many newsletters. With few exceptions (&lt;cough&gt; WaPo) I am happy to pay for content<br/><br/>That said, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x5zpuqm67k08lfp4zuekpzdhg97y7dcwnnyfnskx8l3g5yrfzk9q56u3k4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Gift Articles</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x5z…u3k4</span>)</a></span> is one of my favorite Mastodon accounts, and I&#39;m surprised by how few followers it has<br/><br/>I follow it not for the free content, but rather because it serves as a curated newsfeed for what other people find worth sharing<br/><br/>Maybe you&#39;d like it, too<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/563/735/331/647/540/original/e2802aae25bc8f66.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-24T16:27:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrfh8atzxsml62n55fva6c8dga8km0p4ptl0dhvqa3zxc892hv44szyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5w0cakd I want to do a:<br/><br/>What does this sign mean, wrong answers only <br/><br/>thread, but I have no idea what the sign actually does mean. I&#39;d welcome both humorous answers and the correct one<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/558/981/607/692/377/original/3d502793df005f8e.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-23T20:21:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstp45mqsq87l0eeeagf257m6h00rt7re7fh6ecme2l29n6uch5uhgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5us6tuy Bravo, Episcopals. Bravo<br/><br/>“In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,” Rowe wrote. “Accordingly, we have determined that, by the end of the federal fiscal year, we will conclude our refugee resettlement grant agreements with the U.S. federal government.”<br/><br/><a href="https://religionnews.com/2025/05/12/episcopal-church-ends-refugee-resettlement-citing-moral-opposition-to-resettling-white-afrikaners/">https://religionnews.com/2025/05/12/episcopal-church-ends-refugee-resettlement-citing-moral-opposition-to-resettling-white-afrikaners/</a> 2025-05-12T17:25:31Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9nnspfn4l4eujyez5758h377vkqd7c5kzrz7hddmgdy3pvtfhhdszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5rhwqgu Every time AI shows up unbidden in yet another product, I&#39;m reminded of Paul Provenza&#39;s observation: <br/><br/>If religion is so popular, why do hotel rooms charge for porn but provide the bible for free? 2025-05-07T22:42:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswg9juq5x6pktu6vunvvx50svu6xy65x4tfk2g23vz5vyfnvqgwrgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5gzhx5c Vance speaking about the World Cup: <br/><br/>&#34;We&#39;ll have visitors from close to 100 countries. We want them to come, we want them to celebrate, we want them to watch the games. But when the time is up, they&#39;ll have to go home, otherwise they&#39;ll have to talk to Secretary Noem&#34;<br/><br/>Yeah, that&#39;ll definitely entice tourists 2025-05-07T00:35:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszuqwdgmkyc5pay2rsrep3leg7nhjuxfu2x7cc2cpdpfsn97aqc3qzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5dvzfua Minister of Measles claims to be anti-pharma, but I offer two headlines:<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/447/307/279/241/587/original/ae54c4809f96df42.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/447/318/780/554/300/original/ded6b8ebd8b2e149.png"> <br/> 2025-05-04T02:59:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgh792rprsam5n466rl5wqekldmccekqht8k5h3qqrpcevxz9uvtqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5m2ge6u I&#39;ve lost my capacity for schadenfreude because otherwise this post from elsewhere would delight me:<br/><br/>&#34;Our 300-person manufacturing company is in trouble. Our CEO has always been able to rely on his political connections, but they no longer matter because we don&#39;t have millions to buy Trump coin&#34;<br/><br/>I know autism is often treated as a deficit, but my difficulty with subtext is a superpower. It&#39;s amazing what people will straight out brag (or whine) about without realizing that they&#39;re confessing 2025-05-03T16:56:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsggnlpg88qdnllhcv0wc2cggmt5w9g6y9fhmk42wc4gl7z992wwaszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5qn7vkc Per WaPo:<br/><br/>&#34;Asked about the Abrego García case yesterday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ... called it a “distraction” and shifted focus back to the lawsuit he was announcing against the administration’s trade policies.&#34;<br/><br/>Newsom&#39;s the second Dem to call Abrego Garcia a &#34;distraction&#34; (the other did it anonymously). These are deeply broken and misguided people<br/><br/>Fuck Newsom and every other R in sheep&#39;s clothing (Adams, Cuomo,) whose only real interests are maintaining the spotlight and &#34;winning&#34;<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/353/711/850/699/440/original/dcce0020ec6ec80b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-04-17T14:21:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrdyx37zrqvp7djcg79vchn4sf5n8t58ssw5mav5qcen6ue0gs99gzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w55u57h0 Sam Ezersky has quite obviously never had a gorilla for sale<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/725/972/372/849/180/original/5dd1faf81fae4da0.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-27T17:31:19Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9ez4e8ldr8aas0vevw0qs8gsnwldev3z6ckwzw3yaptw8wvqxd5czyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5p0m84d Missed this two days ago:<br/><br/>&#34;Twenty big cats, including a half-Bengal tiger and four cougars, died between late November and mid-December at a sanctuary in Washington State after becoming infected with bird flu, according to the facility’s director.<br/><br/>“We’ve never had anything like it; they usually die basically of old age,” said Mark Mathews, the founder and director of the Wild Felid Advocacy Center in Shelton, Wash. “Not something like this, it’s a pretty wicked virus.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/us/big-cat-bird-flu-deaths-washington.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kU4.Fr_y.rglCv9UjsmSQ&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/us/big-cat-bird-flu-deaths-washington.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kU4.Fr_y.rglCv9UjsmSQ&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2024-12-26T16:56:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqafr077u4fmln4lnzd5lnxtqd899fvp9nkpq00e3mqtw2yl5wy9qzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5zasaee In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw3g89y096wjh9yn2esu4p5908dyswv5u7kz6cgt29ycuc7uz4drg9cm99r'>nevent1q…m99r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, there&#39;s a reason I didn&#39;t post a link.<br/><br/>Its only utility is for providing insight into pure, uncut sociopathy. And while that might have still had some value in 2018, we&#39;re pretty maxed out on examples here in 2024. 2024-12-24T19:25:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswcfahr79qe2mhfp8xh5ggdzgt9xgm9ghjer8r7cgrvs7w0dwdktgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5q09d5d Happy six-year anniversary to Kevin Spacey&#39;s _Let Me Be Frank_ video.<br/><br/>Three minutes of him saying, in essence, &#34;You know I&#39;m a monster but that&#39;s why you love me and you wouldn&#39;t want me any other way. You&#39;re as much to blame as I am.&#34;<br/><br/>It remains one of the creepiest, chilling things I&#39;ve ever watched. 2024-12-24T19:17:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdp37t897g2yzqclgg4pdf67teurang0pq3gpvl7r8hm2rqn9ke7czyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5ha3jr6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswhnkek4m4qledkwl827eudy8d6s5gtu2whgdf0nc7d9qftw0fr5qad7c6s'>nevent1q…7c6s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think about this all the time:<br/><br/>&#34;I thought it was ironic that I came into the internship as a borderline prison abolitionist and ended it by receiving a job offer in a warden’s conference room. But by the end of that summer, I had grown to like many of the people running Rikers, bonding with the jail’s most senior uniformed officer over our mutual love of Led Zeppelin. It was an early lesson that interpersonal kindness is not the same as actual goodness.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mckinsey-whistleblower-confessions/">https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mckinsey-whistleblower-confessions/</a> 2024-12-22T21:27:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0fyjtfhhx528cdnmas0k0dw8mvjdetwfgycl7fmvprhhupxux80qzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5784m7p Trump yesterday at TPUSA:<br/><br/>&#34;We&#39;re going to advertise how bad drugs for you... they ruin your look. They ruin your face, they ruin your skin.. Nobody&#39;s done that before and we&#39;re going to do it.&#34;<br/><br/>Lol...<br/><br/>The guy has been obsessed with TV his entire life but somehow missed this PSA that ran so frequently that every satirical publication and TV show spoofed it<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/697/940/473/045/552/original/6d217811f14deaa7.png"> <br/> 2024-12-22T18:42:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq6r93yzhkt6jc0sjdv4pjdcvgpguyesf58jn2j6ydx28cf8qpgqgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5j9g3pw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstj2q9zh7svcsy9ped9j8urc03fayze9w49w0znt2zua3m0g9569q9x6m5x'>nevent1q…6m5x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wait til you start thinking about mushrooms...<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/693/485/797/137/943/original/600fb86c0b6dc5f5.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-21T23:50:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrfq9la9gl6enrdn8slamvdm6yg9azg5fa54xyrwhca2t6qxfp30czyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5a2y7j0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgk4arke50vnhmda3mrwlqnmcfkqw4l3qy52fh64tpcle59u3mlvgt9v3vp'>nevent1q…v3vp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is what I needed to read today. Thank you, Kieran. 2024-12-21T15:26:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrvu9jvvxqwufvpdfx0l5wpw3nz9cgpvxurm703xskmuuc78euudczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5z4v046 Me: It hurts when I pee<br/>Dr: Let&#39;s run labs<br/>[a day later]<br/>Dr: You have Klebsiella pneumoniae<br/>Me Of course I do. How do I treat it?<br/>Dr: Ten days of antibiotics<br/><br/>[2 days later symptoms mostly resolve; 5 days after that they come back with a vengeance]<br/><br/>Me: It got better but now it&#39;s much worse.<br/>Dr: You probably have a yeast infection--<br/>In unison: -caused by the antibiotics<br/><br/>The drugs used to treat the first problem create a new problem with the same symptoms, only worse. JFC 2024-12-19T19:45:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0f0wcrnepdpgehwaj7yvtmf5j5rqkeq4ya6p5fy2j6jfdsxlt0vszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5kfwxr8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9m2j32hlgc7yjnf2dyt5qk4khxpjaywtk0pu30kwjqvch45mz2jcqhqa9j'>nevent1q…qa9j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cory, I think you&#39;re old enough now for us to have The Talk. This is life changing stuff and it starts here:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ororowear.com/products/men-heated-vest-black?variant=41733288624310">https://www.ororowear.com/products/men-heated-vest-black?variant=41733288624310</a><br/><br/>This plus heated socks turned my half-days of skiing into full days. The socks are pricey, but I have a unworn pair in a size too large for me that I&#39;d be happy to send you. 2024-12-17T16:59:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs07tualr7f6pj6n3jyaqmc2tgy0a8jx3yfn86h4a0uam5xl9jxxgszyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w54l5zdx Texted to me by a friend. <br/><br/>I think I&#39;m more offended by the absence of lorem ipsum than I am by the casual antisemitism.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/666/119/543/924/064/original/f8b247e0fe3458ef.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-17T03:50:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstpem5dldd8t0qjjvceu03egazef9562x82qz4ddjumqgfe72md4szyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5wvx307 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrke38wskljp6nwfrdzpux4ccnu8ejkrymx0g7g80ade906sl2qrqr58lxu'>nevent1q…8lxu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unfortunately an all too common story. I&#39;m so sorry that happened to you. 2024-12-15T17:45:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx9kdd4yfr25utlclqqz8fyqhew7p2cl0dpnk0whl9nqvtvehvtlgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5xevuv2 Are you one of the thousands of women who&#39;ve presented reams of evidence to cops about a stalker including texts, emails, phone messages, and proof of him showing up at your home and place of work? Were you, like most of us, told that there&#39;s &#34;nothing they can do&#34; until he escalates?<br/><br/>Next time, mention that he has threatened to harm you at your place of work, and that those threats include harming your CEO as well. Turns out, threats to CEOs are super extra actionable<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/briana-boston-100k-bond-blue-cross-blue-shield-alleged-threat-2000612">https://www.newsweek.com/briana-boston-100k-bond-blue-cross-blue-shield-alleged-threat-2000612</a> 2024-12-15T15:17:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyl4tzd5ssmu3jaxn6a7ecme4zskeg7cx0g3ye2vtcyhzfj4g8emgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w58cnze0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspymuluz3kx8gzlfch2u62ruk5qhcmapkhq7adktc5720mzykn5eqgvh7mn'>nevent1q…h7mn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Guy who just lost $1.2m is proposing an 80/20 split in his favor when it sure seems like the other person has all the leverage.<br/><br/>The idea is reasonable, the actual proposal is much less so. 2024-12-15T09:18:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstu9t477plkkj5ajpwvjhmj6xvk66qkx36zan49dpcjzcyd7ranqqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5k3dlcy I look forward to the Netflix series<br/><br/>&#34;Looking to marry someone with $1m+ of short-term capital gains (LA California) for tax savings (I have $1m+ in losses) and split the savings<br/><br/>I (unfortunately) lost a bunch of money this year with some risky gambles and have ~$1.2m of context of capital losses. <br/>[...]<br/>I would like to marry someone with very large ($1m+) short-term capital gains and split the difference on the tax savings.<br/><br/>Slight preference for females but open to males too&#34;<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/655/886/278/896/627/original/3eeb0397d69c569f.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-15T08:35:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsds28t4j3nva3vzx9a0yhgjdennj0apr3uz23tzvy7m6tundsnfsqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w56hz53n The scriptwriters have really outdone themselves this time:<br/><br/>&#34;A backpack resembling the one worn by the suspect has been recovered near a playground in Central Park, according to media reports. MSNBC said on Saturday that police examining the bag and its contents found a jacket and Monopoly money, but no firearm.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nyc-mayor-says-suspect-identified-unitedhealth-executives-murder-ny-post-reports-2024-12-07/">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nyc-mayor-says-suspect-identified-unitedhealth-executives-murder-ny-post-reports-2024-12-07/</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/614/443/330/380/181/original/6483f84c1b0dc181.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-08T00:51:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgy0rauw6rk4te6rz0ypay9v4zhpwc2jsjy7zgvg2cgfnaf7mamwgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w50ltxg8 I haven&#39;t had a drink in more than a year, but when I did drink, I had a taste for a hard-to-get 18-year-old single malt. It used to cost $139 in 2017 and now can&#39;t be touched for less than $700, mostly because people buy it to resell.<br/><br/>This is a clever solution<br/><br/>&#34;A bill introduced at the Ohio Statehouse would require high-demand liquor bottles to be opened and resealed at the time they are sold, in an attempt to combat an illegal secondary market.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nbc4i.com/news/politics/ohio-bill-would-require-high-demand-liquor-bottles-to-be-opened-when-sold/">https://www.nbc4i.com/news/politics/ohio-bill-would-require-high-demand-liquor-bottles-to-be-opened-when-sold/</a> 2024-12-07T21:52:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8dhr787a08uhvvyeklzp7rux52ktx5eyve2amnfuf95cu8g6k8sczyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w56vdqql _Sneaky Pete_ created by Bryan Cranston back in 2015 has one of the best ensemble casts of the last decade.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/bryan-cranston-sneaky-pete-breaking-bad-amazon-turn-it-on-podcast-1201812336/">https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/bryan-cranston-sneaky-pete-breaking-bad-amazon-turn-it-on-podcast-1201812336/</a> 2024-12-07T19:45:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswq76c0ftrprsnsfhxdmr2n85ghektn8jgzam77dd3ksrmw47xw6gzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5zqxacy So if I corporation&#39;s obligations are only to the shareholders, and all decisions must be based on maximizing profitability with no regard to collateral damage, and a stock&#39;s price goes up when the CEO gets gunned down in the street...<br/><br/>Maybe we ought to revisit shareholder primacy? 2024-12-07T19:17:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswvmp4xmvxw2havyw88ep0gfsrgdu36n8vl45dwlt7w6pu945kqggzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w570e5wd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz8ag80rrt8jyzaa52uwpf7aedhps2p99ytflxlzn05k8qvykug0cpn2s44'>nevent1q…2s44</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of course there&#39;s a reddit group dedicated to this, lol. Of course there is.<br/><br/>Learn something new every day... 2024-12-07T02:16:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsruvd9x5ydrlru4fd5ae5t42hxm6ejn7qnq92jaz2h4gh04wtkzxqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5qf05df We need an annual &#34;Completely Lacking In Self-Awareness&#34; award.<br/><br/>&#34;One former Cigna executive recalled how the US health insurer used to frequently face threats when claims were denied. “We’d have times when you’d deny proton laser therapy for a kid with seizures and the parent would freak out,” said the former executive.<br/><br/>Another industry executive said: “What’s most disturbing is the ability of people to hide behind their keyboards and lose their humanity.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/79673e16-254f-4125-938b-b1d28683314f">https://www.ft.com/content/79673e16-254f-4125-938b-b1d28683314f</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/608/399/344/443/017/original/39b87f1eb6889bb2.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-06T23:12:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8gtecznkx5p2p873gt9nu90894smcvt6q2094g48pv98qd5vvz5czyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5tgxmk3 Lol. Most predictable headline imaginable<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/nyregion/eric-adams-republican.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/nyregion/eric-adams-republican.html</a><br/><br/><a href="https://mas.to/@kims/113201666482175269">https://mas.to/@kims/113201666482175269</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/607/792/022/920/993/original/f3b32db85cca9e1e.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/607/797/456/055/883/original/921f1f3bf25109db.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-06T20:37:45Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxaw4f52hy3mnuc5enpfh4etkgnmzscpppxrc2l9ck0cf792pqchgzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5x4jp25 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstn0nqyuf4mmgc2s5j0ez49m8s60vdunq7lka4kcyr3zzrj7cdeugszppxj'>nevent1q…ppxj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Which of the elves make your cookies?<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/601/741/386/111/104/original/0322975dc80a4184.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-05T18:59:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy386t2w26uet060ysv2c3eagern0zwuc384s7fn29hqpk5a6674szyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5jxmvgp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspny0vsuawaefr8hnv6egyzm7f2qx5pnnv30ucvqq97nycqad6hxqlffy7w'>nevent1q…fy7w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>UHC Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.<br/><br/>&#34;His medical bills were running nearly $2 million a year.<br/><br/>United had flagged McNaughton’s case as a “high dollar account,” and the company was reviewing whether it needed to keep paying for the expensive cocktail of drugs crafted by a Mayo Clinic specialist that had brought McNaughton’s disease under control after he’d been through years of misery.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis">https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis</a> 2024-12-04T21:31:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspny0vsuawaefr8hnv6egyzm7f2qx5pnnv30ucvqq97nycqad6hxqzyrwdtv5gn08h7kefegnpkwuc4k6ed7d7jequegg0vmx3a02uqf9w5uxv3kg Apropos of nothing<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/596/324/431/539/086/original/3a6d0e8c93e98e1a.webp"> <br/> 2024-12-04T20:00:17Z