Megolas

Ok, this is breaking me. How can we ever vote for a party complicit in this?

Ellis on the use of tear gas Saturday: "That was the instance, as well, where children were present and they were dressed up in their Halloween costumes. … Those kids were tear gassed on their way to celebrate Halloween in their local school parking lot."

The stupid thing is we all pay so much more in insurance premiums than we'd pay in taxes if they just covered our medical care directly. We all pay thousands of dollars to cover insurance CEO salaries and middlemen who will deny our claims anyway.

Paying way more just to have insurance than we'd pay in taxes for total medical care in any other country

They'll find out their new aca costs before the election which could really change some minds

Pre-paying the estimated copay for my cancer surgery, as is tradition in this country

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

I still think it’s backwards that every mass shooter owning an AR-15 is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.

8 Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to enable 14-year-olds in DC to be tried as adults:

Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman

Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist

clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...

This article focuses on cancer and uses @docsirianni.bsky.social and UMass to tell the story.

But it’s not just UMass and it’s not just cancer. This is happening for Alzheimer’s research, depression, drug addiction, and chronic pain research too— all kinds of biomedical research.

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

From @economist.com

I've had people share news articles with me from fake newspapers like the Phoenix Star or whatever, with an author who has literally zero internet presence and is clearly fake. But they don't understand that it's a fake paper because they don't know which sources are real. It's scary!

Mt disability was suspended bc my address was wrong in one place? I'm on hold but got a letter that they're just stopping everything, that's their first step. It's elon's government so I'm not surprised but fuck me, I have cancer argh

Now seems like a very bad time to get diagnosed with thyroid cancer (pending genetic testing confirmation) ugh

PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SECRETARY GINA DEBLASSIE AUGUST 29, 2025 Ensuring Availability of COVID-19 Vaccine for the 2025-2026 Season

THIS ORDER supersedes any previous order, proclamation, or directives to the extent they are in conflict. This Public Order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect until such time as it automatically expires one year from the date of issuance, or until such time as the New Mexico Department of Health Cabinet Secretary rescinds it.

New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Gaza Craft Fair Donation Form Thank you for offering to submit items for the upcoming Craft Fundraiser on September 7th 2025. Due date: Tuesday September 2nd 2025 We are accepting donations by mail through Tuesday September 2nd 20...

A small group of us is planning a craft fair fundraiser for Gaza on September 7. Some of you have already generously reached out to offer a craft to us to sell at the fundraiser. We now have a form with details for anyone who wants to contribute a craft: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - thank you.

Now long covid and chronic wet dry cough from it has surpassed Asthma. It’s a major failing of Public Health. We need to clean the air in our schools and not just in classrooms but dining halls and staff rooms. SARSCoV2 spreads like smoke through the air when we talk or breathe.

Interesting: "They got paid minimum wage — $1.40 an hour back then — plus 5 cents for every crate filled with about 30 to 36 fruits"
$1.40 in 1965 would be $14.42 per hour with inflation according to BLS' CPI calculator.
Minimum wage is still $7.25

I'm having such a hard time right now seeing other people's vacations or hikes and I can't even walk straight. I should be used to it by now. But I feel such intense grief sometimes that I can't do things with my son or my husband, I can't be the mom or wife I want to be and that they deserve.

So pooling money together (oin the form of taxes) to pay for police is not socialism, but pooling money together to pay for a flood warning system IS socialism? Good logicking

A job doesn't guarantee health insurance. Many minimum wage workers rely on medicaid. Of course, Republicans already know this

MEDICAID PLANS BY STATE AK DenaliCare, Denali KidCare AL Alabama Medicaid AR ARHOME and ARKids First AZ AZ Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) CA Medi-Cal CO Health First Colorado CT HUSKY Health DE Diamond State Health Plan (DSHP) FL Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Program GA Georgia Medicaid, PeachCare For Kids HI Med-QUEST IA lowa Health Link ID Idaho Medicaid IL HealthChoice Illinois IN Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) KS KanCare KY Kentucky Medicaid, KCHIP LA Healthy Louisiana MA MassHealth MD HealthChoice, Medical Assistance ME MaineCare MI Michigan Medical Assistance MN Medical Assistance (MA), MinnesotaCare MO MO HealthNet MS MS Medicaid, MississippiCAN MT Montana Medicaid NC NC Medicaid ND North Dakota Medicaid NE Nebraska Medical Assistance Program (NMAP) NH New Hampshire Medicaid NJ NJ FamilyCare NM Turquoise Care NV NV Medicaid Medical Assistance Program NY New York Medicaid Choice OH Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) OK SoonerCare OR Oregon Health Plan (OHP) PA Pennsylvania Medical Assistance RI Rhody Health Partners, Rite Care SC Healthy Connections Medicaid SD South Dakota Medicaid TN TennCare TX STAR Medicaid Managed Care Program UT Utah Medicaid VA Cardinal Care VT Green Mountain Care WA Apple Health WI BadgerCare Plus WV West Virginia Medicaid WY Wyoming Medicaid WDC DC Healthy Families Program @RogueCitizenOne

Medicaid goes by different names in every state, but no matter what it’s called, millions rely on it.
With this vote to cut nearly $1T from Medicaid, your coverage could be next.

Check this list to see what Medicaid is called in your state:
#VoteNo

graphic showing breakdown of medicaid reciepients in 2022: 37% were children 9% were 65 or over 54% were working age. out of those: 48% worked that year 7% worked the next year 27% were disabled 12% would soon leave medicaid 6% were not working long term, which is only 3% of the total receiving benefits

Every time a republican goes on live TV to lie about this budget bill, reporters should push back with some basic facts like these from @pkrugman.bsky.social:

"the vast majority of Medicaid recipients either are working or can’t work — they’re disabled or need to stay home to care for others"

All workers deserve a fair and living wage, but if that’s not possible, they should at least be getting the federal minimum wage. Please read and share this! The disabled community deserves better 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Each state should do this

Colorado, 19 other states sue to stop transfer of Medicaid data to immigration agencies The attorneys general said the mass transfer of the data violates the law and asked the court to block any new transfer or use of this data for immigration enforcement purposes

Colorado, 19 other states sue to stop transfer of Medicaid data to immigration agencies

As someone who did molecular simulations in undergrad and grad school, I’m telling you now that a computer cannot fucking know about drug interactions.

Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts

A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️