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• Re: millions for MAGA miscreants and malefactors (fwd), robert

  May 23 09:28

  Is this political enshittification?

• Re: Gen Z gender and politics, robert

  May 23 09:32

  ...and, then, JD Vance is confused why more people aren't having babies. 🤷

• Re: CISA, robert

  May 23 09:39

  Or, using AI. Perhaps we will never know.

• Re: The 7: Why the job market is frozen; humidity forecast; reducing your risk of head and neck cancer; and more (fwd), robert

  May 23 09:50

  Just in time for medicaid reforms. 😞

• Re: outdoor yoga evenings, robert

  May 23 10:00

  Probably.

• Re: Harvard to limit A grades, robert

  May 23 10:05

  "No other grades including A-minuses will be capped." Ah. They're just moving the problem downwards. Doesn't seem like a useful move in any possible way.

• Re: Transfer Out Confirmation, Robert

  May 23 10:46

  Looks like we will only be able to make small medical payments (based on my contributions so far this month) using the new Fidelity HSA card between June 1 and June 24 until the transfer is complete. You won't be able to use the old HSA card after June 1 a...

• Re: how I'm voting, Robert

  May 23 11:13

  FWIW, here are the sites that I use. siliconvalleydsa.org progressivevotersguide.com workingfamilies.org cagreens.org Unlike you, I don't have an algorithm. Probably should, 'tho. I will vote this weekend. Held out just in case any of my preferred candidat...

• Re: caffeine, books, car door handles, Robert

  May 23 11:25

  Too bad. My ex-coworkers and I have been having a heated discussion (on Signal) about the value of testing students after sharing an Alfie Kohn podcast episode.

• Re: good grief, Robert

  May 23 11:40

  I included a mention of this in a past solstice message, but my lowback surgery in 2018 cost $72,000 but I had to "only" pay $8,000 for it (via my Flexible Spending Account, so minus the appropriate taxes). Although I was operated on in a hospital, it was...

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    • Re: good grief, Robert

      May 23 12:53

      Yeah, you are lucky. My medical insurance at some companies (Microsoft and Salesforce) were way better, but I happen to be at a company with not-so-stellar coverage.

• regression to the mean in politics, Robert

  May 23 12:33

  wikipedia.org(short_story) I was listening to a podcast about this short story. There are aspects that are very relevant to our time. I'm always saying the problem with AI is that it will always mediocre because it is essentially wikipedia.org . This short...