Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Amid soaring starvation in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, one young mother of two said she had considered taking her own life to save her children, “because I heard the U.N. takes care of the kids when the parents are gone.”
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
www.nytimes.com/shared/comme... “We have reached peak insanity: $100B in annual compensation is equivalent to approximately 3M full-time minimum-wage workers (at $16/hr) for one year.
No accomplishment by any individual justifies receiving the same compensation as 3M people working full-time.”
If only there were a shower head that would simulate this IRL.
📣 Firefox 144 is out!
What's new for developers:
🧩 View Transition API for SPAs
⚙️ New Map/WeakMap methods (getOrInsert)
🧱 Element.moveBefore()
📱 ScreenOrientation.lock()
🕐 Built-in time picker for <input type="datetime-local"> (🧪exp.)
Read more 👇
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✍️ New post: The Lifeblood of the Web
Because conferences are just 🔥🎉💙
#blogtober #web #conferences #community
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A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Balance
#ICYMI: Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.
As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Netflix’s Devo documentary is 🔥.
www.netflix.com/title/82052197
/cc @zeldman.bsky.social
The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people.
(Published May)
AWS CEO Matt Garman calls replacing junior talent with AI “one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard.”
He asks: “How’s that going to work…10 years in the future and you have no one that has built up or learned anything?”
www.entrepreneur.com/business-new...
#AI
In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.
(Published April)
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
(Published 2021)
I’m sure Steve would approve (not).
YouTube added a bunch of Hitchcock films free w/ ads — including 5 of the 7 Netflix just removed(*):
ROPE (1948)
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)*
VERTIGO (1958)*
PSYCHO (1960)*
THE BIRDS (1963)*
TORN CURTAIN (1966)
TOPAZ (1969)
FAMILY PLOT (1976)* #FilmSky
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Several GOP senators from swing states or states with a Dem senator have nonetheless voted consistently for controversial Trump nominees. www.pbump.net/o/the-swing-...
My favorite thing about Stephen Colbert is that he’s an actual Christian in the true meaning of the word (aspiring to be Christ-like) as opposed to the typical meaning of the word which is a bigot who uses Bible quotes to justify their bigotry.
The story about Colbert being cancelled because…. Trump doesn’t like him, should be a warning shot to everyone. The oligarchy has the power… they will use their money to silence you.
Time to rise up.
Since the dark money group that made the payments to Noem’s private company does not disclose the names of its donors, the original source of the funds remains unknown.
By @justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social, @amierjeski.bsky.social
It’s so frustrating that there is this illusion that we are all 49%/49% right now. Us versus them, good versus bad, and it’s all because of the BS that is the electoral system. It’s very likely 70% versus 30% and we’re just not seeing representative government.There’s just no common sense right now
By the numbers, Clarence Thomas has been treated to:
• At least 38 destination vacations;
• 26 private jet flights;
• 12 VIP passes to pro & college sporting events;
• 2 stays at luxury resorts;
• 1 standing invite to an uber-exclusive golf club
(Published 2023)
