Minerva Zimmerman
@grumpymartian.bsky.social
Pretend human and own worst enemy. What am I doing here? Where is this? Do I really need to share my opinion on anything? Why should anyone care? Ignore the creature behind the curtain!!! Do not perceive!
Pinned
Nope.
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After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.
His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
(Published Feb. 2023)
His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
(Published Feb. 2023)
UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...
www.propublica.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.
His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
(Published Feb. 2023)
His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
(Published Feb. 2023)
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"What's 'surveillance pricing,' Spike?"
- Fire up your VPN
- Set your location to, I dunno, Missouri
- Look for a specific hotel room for a specific day on booking dot com, Note the price
- Now set your location to NYC or SF
- Look up that same hotel room
- Is it $80 a night more expensive?
- YEAH.
- Fire up your VPN
- Set your location to, I dunno, Missouri
- Look for a specific hotel room for a specific day on booking dot com, Note the price
- Now set your location to NYC or SF
- Look up that same hotel room
- Is it $80 a night more expensive?
- YEAH.
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"What's 'surveillance pricing,' Spike?"
- Fire up your VPN
- Set your location to, I dunno, Missouri
- Look for a specific hotel room for a specific day on booking dot com, Note the price
- Now set your location to NYC or SF
- Look up that same hotel room
- Is it $80 a night more expensive?
- YEAH.
- Fire up your VPN
- Set your location to, I dunno, Missouri
- Look for a specific hotel room for a specific day on booking dot com, Note the price
- Now set your location to NYC or SF
- Look up that same hotel room
- Is it $80 a night more expensive?
- YEAH.
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I remember when the JAGs were getting fired sitting on a podcast saying “Just so we’re all on the same page, the administration has fired the people whose jobs were to decide which orders were likely war crimes. So that bodes well.”
🧵1/ The Former JAGs Working Group—established in February 2025 in response to the SECDEF’s firing of the Army and Air Force Judge Advocates General and his systematic dismantling of the military’s legal guardrails—
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
www.justsecurity.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I remember when the JAGs were getting fired sitting on a podcast saying “Just so we’re all on the same page, the administration has fired the people whose jobs were to decide which orders were likely war crimes. So that bodes well.”
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Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
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The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The best description of the Telegraph you'll read this week.
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this might be the funniest email etsy has ever sent. I was not prepared.
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
this might be the funniest email etsy has ever sent. I was not prepared.
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Is there a game for the Switch (1, not 2) that trains a completely-new-to-console-gaming player on the controls the way Astros Playroom does for the PS5?
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Is there a game for the Switch (1, not 2) that trains a completely-new-to-console-gaming player on the controls the way Astros Playroom does for the PS5?
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The Daily Salem Dispatch returns and she is out cold and I’m stuck here for a while.
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The Daily Salem Dispatch returns and she is out cold and I’m stuck here for a while.
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Hi friends! What are your fave regularly-updated sources of baby animals? We need to keep dad plied with cuteness, at least a week in-hospital's worth. What you got? (hivemind this far & wide, pls)
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Hi friends! What are your fave regularly-updated sources of baby animals? We need to keep dad plied with cuteness, at least a week in-hospital's worth. What you got? (hivemind this far & wide, pls)
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Happy unsubscribe day
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy unsubscribe day
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𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔱 𝔓𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔡𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔞
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔱 𝔓𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔡𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔞
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I'm also a sucker for labradorite and this piece reminds me so much of home that it would be mine immmmediately. God, I love a chunky chain.
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
Lauren's Still Water Does Run Deep | Peculiarity Shop
Don't mind me, I'm over here earworming myself. In the meantime, here's a labradorite and Czech glass rosary necklace for you. Lots of good flash in the labradorite nuggets! Components: labradorite, C...
www.peculiarityshop.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I'm also a sucker for labradorite and this piece reminds me so much of home that it would be mine immmmediately. God, I love a chunky chain.
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
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Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
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Before and after I told him that no one was going to roast a turkey today.
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Before and after I told him that no one was going to roast a turkey today.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild
Sea Otter
River Otter
Elk
Black Bear
Cougar
(All but the sea otter have probably been in my back yard though I haven’t personally seen the last two there, they both have been seen in my neighborhood by others)
Sea Otter
River Otter
Elk
Black Bear
Cougar
(All but the sea otter have probably been in my back yard though I haven’t personally seen the last two there, they both have been seen in my neighborhood by others)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Moose
Black bears
Beluga whales
Lynx
Muskox
(Look, obviously I was going to lean into the Alaskan card here, guys...)
Moose
Black bears
Beluga whales
Lynx
Muskox
(Look, obviously I was going to lean into the Alaskan card here, guys...)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild
Eurasian otter
West European hedgehog
Atlantic grey seal
Red squirrel
American alligator
Eurasian otter
West European hedgehog
Atlantic grey seal
Red squirrel
American alligator
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild
Sea Otter
River Otter
Elk
Black Bear
Cougar
(All but the sea otter have probably been in my back yard though I haven’t personally seen the last two there, they both have been seen in my neighborhood by others)
Sea Otter
River Otter
Elk
Black Bear
Cougar
(All but the sea otter have probably been in my back yard though I haven’t personally seen the last two there, they both have been seen in my neighborhood by others)
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A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
MetLife Owes Disability Pay to Software Engineer With Long Covid
A Google LLC software engineer suffering from long Covid won his lawsuit seeking long-term disability benefits from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
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Hello this means the ebook for AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, which won the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award, is FOUR DOLLARBS
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Hello this means the ebook for AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT, which won the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award, is FOUR DOLLARBS
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
UGHFINE
www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/and-w...
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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OK, who narced?
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
OK, who narced?
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Free digital version of The Art of KPop Demon Hunters!! theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Free digital version of The Art of KPop Demon Hunters!! theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
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remember: columbo isn't a cop. he's a fae with a strong sense of justice, who shows up to crimes and glamours people into thinking he's a cop.
that's why he doesn't carry a gun: the cold iron
that's why he doesn't carry a gun: the cold iron
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
remember: columbo isn't a cop. he's a fae with a strong sense of justice, who shows up to crimes and glamours people into thinking he's a cop.
that's why he doesn't carry a gun: the cold iron
that's why he doesn't carry a gun: the cold iron
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ps I made a new crown necklace with pearls, tanzanite crystal, and glass 😘
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
ps I made a new crown necklace with pearls, tanzanite crystal, and glass 😘
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...