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They’re cutting Medicaid
REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
this is true. i watched thunderball a little while ago and was struck by how terrible it was *from the jump*
one of my favorite running storylines in culture is that people treat JAMES BOND as a franchise full of classic, beloved movies that has only recently lost its way, when the reality is that literally almost every single movie in the history of the franchise sucks.
I’m going on record: Life first happened when an RNA fucked a metabolism.
*TESLA SINKS 8.4% TO FALL BELOW $1 TRILLION IN MARKET VALUE
I’m strongly in favor of mushroom thumping
Mushroom friends, what do we think
My signature “tap tap cronch” mushroom ASMR compilation with >70 million views across platforms #asmr #mushrooms #mycology
In my video about this I made the case that knowing there’s a 3% chance an asteroid will hit us is amazing news because at any other point in history we would have no idea at all.
But it also sucks: modern life is too full of things to worry about that, previously, we just wouldn’t know existed.
After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.
I can’t stop staring at this tweet. It’s like the Mona Lisa.
Welcome to the Blueskies,,,, Rhiannon Giddens,,, and get her tix for the newly located DC show 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
The Anthem tickets: www.ticketmaster.com/event/150062...
I personally supervised the transfer of this edition.
NEW Criterion 4K UHD or @realgdt.bsky.social CRONOS available here: www.criterion.com/films/27534-...
Amazing scenes. There’s a reason Trump/Elon love the executive orders and the king routine, and part of it is: they don’t have the votes to do it constitutionally.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE PULLING THE VOTE ON THE BUDGET RESOLUTION.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE VOTES!
Happy Anniversary to one of my favorite characters, John Economos, created by John Ostrander and (?). And in a strange coincidence today also happens to be the birthday of the actor who plays him, my pal Steve Agee.
Here he is in Season Two of Peacemaker, out in August!
The US is intending to remove the "X" for gender on passports. I have non-binary friends and don't see why they have to pick an option that makes no sense, or how "X" harms other people. So I commented on the Federal Register.
martinfowler.com/articles/202...
Flu infections are the highest they’ve been in nearly 30 years, and flu deaths this winter have surpassed COVID deaths.
In today’s episode, we dig into some viral trends.
Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/3Qxzk9y
I wondered when judges would start bringing up the major-questions doctrine in relation to drastic DOGE cuts!
In her opinion, among other bases, she finds that OMB's order likely violates the "major questions" doctrine. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
correct.
I hate that we have to resort to celebrity politicians but I guess I just have to accept our dystopia.
Getting together with the boys to replay our PostHog session
Sure, we all know Sierra hits like King's Quest, but how about... WizType, the typing game based on 'funny pages' cartoon The Wizard Of Id?! (It really exists, and debuted back in 1984 - ad via the VGHF Library.)
I called around to try to figure out why platforms are resisting a push to make them verify kids' ages — which feels like the most privacy-preserving way to address a lot of child safety issues. Here's what I learned: www.platformer.news/app-store-ag...
We're doing a story on the afterlife of trash. What garbage questions do you have? Call or text us at 646-767-6532.
THE JONES ACT episode.
At long last, Odd Lots is doing a Jones Act episode, and we're going to do it LIVE in DC.
Get your tickets here before they're gone.
events.bloomberglive.com/oddlotsliveDC
No clue how they found this but it is true! This would have been around 1996 right out of High School. and I were teaching ourselves HTML and I was using Truespace 2 to make the letters.
Does anybody want to talk about the website the Penny Arcade guys made before they did Penny Arcade