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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 53m

How bad is the state of the nation? Bluesky is basically not talking about the Jewel Theft at the Louvre. That bad, y'all.

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 55m

I hope every time Donald is in the White House, Harry Truman's ghost puts DJT's hand in cold water and springs a leak in his Depends.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3h

This is why Republicans shutdown the government. Because they refuse to extend the ACA subsidies that expire at the end of the year. With open enrollment starting at Nov 1, marketplace insurers can no longer wait to publish rates. With alt text.

What's changing in 2026
Your new premium
• Starting in January, your new monthly payment without financial help is estimated to be $2310.89.
Important: This estimated monthly payment is based on current information we have for
2025. It might not account for some or all changes that could impact your monthly payment, like cost changes in your area for next year, or changes to your household income or family size. To find out the actual amount of your monthly payment, update your Marketplace application. Get details in "What you need to do" below.
• Marketplace may contact you about this and other reenrollment options if you don't choose a different plan on your own during open enrollment.
Other changes
• Your 2026 Health Plan will be: BlueSelect Bronze 24L01-01 16842FL0120001.
Your plan may have benefit and/or contract changes.
• Please see the enclosed schedule and endorsement for your plan information.
• You can review more details about your plan at floridablue.com and in your 2026
Summary of Benefits and Coverage at
http://www.bcbsfl.com/DocumentLibrary/SBC/2026/24L01-01.pdf.
What you need to do
1. Update your Marketplace application by December 15.
Review and if necessary, update your Marketplace application to make sure the information is still current and correct, and to see if you qualify for more or less financial

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2h

"What I’m trying to say is that if you want a safe and functional road, guardrails are only part of the solution. The rest of it is stuff like maintenance, adherence to the law, and upholding a very basic sense of human decency."

I’m a Guardrail, and I Don’t Know What the Fuck You People Want from Me

Okay, so look. I’m your basic galvanized steel thrie-beam guardrail. My job is to keep vehicles from flying off the escarpment and squishing all th...

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 1h

And we also have to pay taxes for our government employees to get health insurance, and the cost of higher education and other goods and services are inflated by the cost to those employers of providing health insurance.

Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 1h

Lot of people who hold down 2 part time jobs, are self employed or contract workers on ACA. Oldest & sickest are on Medicare and/or Medicaid.

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 1h

No, it pays *nothing* until you're out 6 grand. Then it pays 50%.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 7h

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 4h

As a gimp who struggles without a cart, I'm always happy to give someone in the ALDI parking lot a quarter for their cart... And happily let people have my cart w/o the quarter bc then I don't have to walk it back!

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 4h

I used to say "no problem" all the time as a service person, but realized it devalued the work we did. So I switched to "You're welcome!" because they were in fact welcome to the service, even if it was something tough.

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 4h

Only works in places where you have space to sort things out when you bag. It may be pre-sorted, but the heavier stuff has to be on the bottom the cart, so it comes out last, and then you have to get it *back* in the cart first.

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 4h

Every so often I have to beg the cart person to take my electric cart back into the store for me. I comfort myself with the notion that at least I gave them a chance to sit down.

Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 4h

I dated someone *who had worked in food service* in Florida. We had to have The Talk about how a normal tip in a normal state was at least 15%. (Once I realized it was ignorance & not rudeness we worked that part out.)

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 5h

Ugh.

Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 5h

for eating out of hand, I'm a Winesap devotee myself, but they've been coming out with some pretty good long keepers that stay firm and tasting good longer lately. The two week Winesap season is too short 😭

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 5h

The amount of trouble Truman got into over having to rebuild the entire building from the inside because the entire foundation, the framing and the floors were literally dissolving under it! And there goes little Donny with his Mafia Steam shovel...

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 6h

I've cooked for volunteer historical catering and I'm really kinda over the Granny Smith. Too sturdy and too tart for most of the recipes I'm doing. But, if it's a choice between a case of Granny Smith & a case of Macintoshes, absolutely Granny Smith .

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Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social · 20h

Ok, not curry, but definitely Indian spices.

Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 2d

I can beat the medievalists! In 61 CE, revolting British natives attacked the Roman colony of Camulodunum (Colchester). In 2015, in a domestic space, archs found the remains of a whole box of coriander as well as fenugreek, poppy seeds, cumin, & other Indian spices. Homesick Roman women made curry.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

I'm pretty sure there were Indian spices in England before potatoes.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21h

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing

David Bowie in Japan. He's waling up some steps while wearing a long black coat and smoking a cigarette.

David Bowie in Japan. He's standing in front of a train while wearing a long light-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's riding a subway car while wearing a long dark-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's walking away from a train while wearing a long black coat, gray checked scarf, charcoal trousers, and black shoes.

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Public Yelling Enthusiast; Lustration Encourager @delicious-carbs.bsky.social · 23h

I dunno about running inventory; it didn’t work out so well when they tried letting it run a vending machine (www.inc.com/ben-sherry/a...)

An AI Ran a Vending Machine for a Month and Proved It Couldn't Handle Passive Income

Anthropic tried testing Claude’s ability to run a passive-income business. Then came the weird existential crisis.

www.inc.com

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Angelle of Death @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 1d

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

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