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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author

@empathyactivist.bsky.social

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Improving communication and positive outcomes through empathy. Author of award-winning Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time

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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 11h

Looking like 217% in my house now that subsidies are gone. #thanksgop

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 11h

Are you tired of all the winning? Me too!

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 11h

I know. The winning is really getting tiresome. When will it all stop?

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yea, it is painful. The good news is that the bone heals in time.

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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 1d

I slipped, fell and broke my kneecap in April. Doing better but need a wheelchair in airports. Last night at SFO I noticed that no one is paying attention, many faces staring at phones or just staring into space. We nearly hit people that cut us off or were oblivious

Here’s to a strong recovery

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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 2d

That’s less than $100/week, with inflation that doesn’t go very far. What a tool. #thanksGOP

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 2d

What candy are you giving out? Is it more for you or for them?

Happy Halloween
#halloween #trickortreat #candy #empathy
Reading Between the Lines

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 2d

37% in my Covered California household

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely, it’s selective what people are tuning into and how deep, plus the source of information is key to what they are understanding ie illegals are getting access to healthcare therefore ACA subsidies should be cut

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 3d

As a qual researcher running a longitudinal study on changing US adult behaviors I can tell you that they aren’t as knowledgeable as the media and politicians think, especially with the constant barrage of noise coming from DC, it’s hard for people to find the signal. @chrislhayes.bsky.social

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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 3d

Desperate is never a good look

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! Yes I’m on the road to recovery - I’m told it’s 12 months or so before I’m recovered, at month 7 now.

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yes we got the letter that they are reviewing prescriptions and have the right to retroactively deny. How is that legal???
And I had a slip and fall injury this year - broken kneecap - the rates without insurance would have meant bankruptcy

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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations!!!

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 5d

37% increase for a middle aged gay couple in California. $2600 a month! That’s $31,200 a year just for the insurance! And the out of pocket maximum for the HH is up to $19k! And that doesn’t include all the things insurance won’t cover! #thanksgop

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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 7d

I don’t understand how they are programming this - better to knowingly lie by making something up rather than just admit a problem. I run into this all the time with ChatGPT

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 7d

Happy Caturday with Domino

Gray rainy day so it’s a lap nap kind morning. #caturday

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 8d

Reporting from SF: ours are up about 37% to $2600/month for a mid-50s gay couple, on a bronze plan
#thanksgop

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 8d

Featuring “who’s your daddy” Skarsgard

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 10d

Cuz he said it wouldn’t touch the East Wing. And he’s right, because the East Wing won’t be there anymore.

As the saying goes “they were had”.

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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 10d

It took the demolition of the East Wing to raise questions about ethics????

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations!!! May the upcoming decades be your happiest yet! ❤️

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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 11d

How does Trump equivocate them? As “some very fine people”?

Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 12d

Perhaps we can use it to store the excess soybeans? 😉

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Rob, Empathy Activist, Author @empathyactivist.bsky.social · 13d

I saw a headline in the NYT online (app) saying it wasn’t about the numbers? I’m not sure how you downplay covering a protest of this magnitude. It was 2% of the population