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Teressa found herself raging at what she labeled the insurance company’s “weaponized incompetence.”
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Teressa found herself raging at what she labeled the insurance company’s “weaponized incompetence.”
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
Fax numbers were wrong.
Key records were no longer available online.
The insurer wouldn’t even give her access to her husband’s medical records.
(Published Sept. 2025)
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AFP’s Josh Edelson photographs vehicles navigating roadways flooded with ocean water during a “King Tide” event in Mill Valley, California.
"King Tides" occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align to produce unusually high water levels, cause tidal flooding
"King Tides" occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align to produce unusually high water levels, cause tidal flooding
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
AFP’s Josh Edelson photographs vehicles navigating roadways flooded with ocean water during a “King Tide” event in Mill Valley, California.
"King Tides" occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align to produce unusually high water levels, cause tidal flooding
"King Tides" occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align to produce unusually high water levels, cause tidal flooding
In the wake of the shooting.
The Toronto Blue Jays held a moment of silence prior to the start of tonight’s baseball game vs the Minnesota Twins. Canada is a good friend. 🇨🇦
August 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
In the wake of the shooting.
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what in the cat conclave is going on here
July 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
what in the cat conclave is going on here
GOP’s proposed health spending cuts would cost GA rural hospitals $540M in lost revenue, per study.
Of the 4 Georgia hospitals researchers listed as most likely to then close services or shut down, 3 are in districts represented by R Congressmen who voted for the bill.
www.ajc.com/news/2025/06...
Of the 4 Georgia hospitals researchers listed as most likely to then close services or shut down, 3 are in districts represented by R Congressmen who voted for the bill.
www.ajc.com/news/2025/06...
'Big Beautiful Bill' could cost Georgia rural hospitals $540M, says report
Many groups have come out against cutting Medicaid funding, citing studies that show Ga. rural hospitals could lose $540 million over 10 years.
www.ajc.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
GOP’s proposed health spending cuts would cost GA rural hospitals $540M in lost revenue, per study.
Of the 4 Georgia hospitals researchers listed as most likely to then close services or shut down, 3 are in districts represented by R Congressmen who voted for the bill.
www.ajc.com/news/2025/06...
Of the 4 Georgia hospitals researchers listed as most likely to then close services or shut down, 3 are in districts represented by R Congressmen who voted for the bill.
www.ajc.com/news/2025/06...
This New York Times obit of Jillian Sackler centers her mission to distance Arthur Sackler from the opioid epidemic, without ever touching on how Arthur pioneered their tactic with lies marketing Valium etc. See Patrick Radden Keefe's 2017 piece in New Yorker.
www.nytimes.com/by/sam-roberts
www.nytimes.com/by/sam-roberts
(Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This New York Times obit of Jillian Sackler centers her mission to distance Arthur Sackler from the opioid epidemic, without ever touching on how Arthur pioneered their tactic with lies marketing Valium etc. See Patrick Radden Keefe's 2017 piece in New Yorker.
www.nytimes.com/by/sam-roberts
www.nytimes.com/by/sam-roberts
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Today's front page.
May 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today's front page.
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Amazing. Pope Leo (top left corner) at a 2005 White Sox World Series game at U.S. Cellular Field. chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
May 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Amazing. Pope Leo (top left corner) at a 2005 White Sox World Series game at U.S. Cellular Field. chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
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tired: SignalGate
@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.
Welp.
@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.
Welp.
Customs and Border Protection Confirms Its Use of Hacked Signal Clone TeleMessage
After a hacker reportedly stole data from TeleMessage Signal that included references to CBP, the agency has now confirmed that it used the app but has now “disabled” it as a “precautionary measure.”
www.wired.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
tired: SignalGate
@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.
Welp.
@wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage.
Welp.
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Breaking News: Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian agreed to pay $750 million to hundreds of women who had been sexually abused by a doctor.
$750 Million to Be Paid to Women Who Were Sexually Abused by Doctor
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Breaking News: Columbia University and NewYork-Presbyterian agreed to pay $750 million to hundreds of women who had been sexually abused by a doctor.
How long will Bluesky let this go…community notes, corrections, anyone?
(No of course Harvard did not post this marked up version, someone else did)
(No of course Harvard did not post this marked up version, someone else did)
Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media.
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
May 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
How long will Bluesky let this go…community notes, corrections, anyone?
(No of course Harvard did not post this marked up version, someone else did)
(No of course Harvard did not post this marked up version, someone else did)
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
To mark the first 100 days of the Trump administration, the AJC interviewed some Georgians who've been personally impacted. I interviewed Bree Danner, a CDC worker who planned to become a foster mom.
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
Georgia loses chance to become a foster mom after CDC job loss
A Georgia woman had to forfeit her dream of becoming a foster mom when she lost her job at the CDC.
www.ajc.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
To mark the first 100 days of the Trump administration, the AJC interviewed some Georgians who've been personally impacted. I interviewed Bree Danner, a CDC worker who planned to become a foster mom.
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
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The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
March 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
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A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.
March 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.
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Yosemite National Park
Mariposa County, CA, USA
Photographer:
Glenn Robinson
Mariposa County, CA, USA
Photographer:
Glenn Robinson
February 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yosemite National Park
Mariposa County, CA, USA
Photographer:
Glenn Robinson
Mariposa County, CA, USA
Photographer:
Glenn Robinson
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A study in Germany found altered brain connectivity in long COVID patients, linking changes between the caudate nucleus and precentral gyrus to cognitive impairment, especially in executive function.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Altered corticostriatal connectivity in long-COVID patients is associated with cognitive impairment | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Altered corticostriatal connectivity in long-COVID patients is associated with cognitive impairment - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
February 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A study in Germany found altered brain connectivity in long COVID patients, linking changes between the caudate nucleus and precentral gyrus to cognitive impairment, especially in executive function.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Naive and dangerous”
“A bloodbath” for science
- scientists on Trump administration’s NIH cut
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
“A bloodbath” for science
- scientists on Trump administration’s NIH cut
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
Trump NIH funding cuts will hit Georgia health research hard, experts say
The Trump administration announced major cuts to federal biomedical research funding beginning Monday that will hit Georgia institutions hard, experts say.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Naive and dangerous”
“A bloodbath” for science
- scientists on Trump administration’s NIH cut
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
“A bloodbath” for science
- scientists on Trump administration’s NIH cut
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
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Roger Goodell, on the NFL’s DEI policies moving forward: “We’re not in this because it’s a trend. It’s about attracting the best talents.”
“I think we’ll continue those efforts.”
“I think we’ll continue those efforts.”
February 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Roger Goodell, on the NFL’s DEI policies moving forward: “We’re not in this because it’s a trend. It’s about attracting the best talents.”
“I think we’ll continue those efforts.”
“I think we’ll continue those efforts.”
I talked to Jimmy Carter’s personal doctor about the man and the patient, before and after hospice, and his final, peaceful moments at home.
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
Jimmy Carter’s physician talks about former president’s time in hospice
Jimmy Carter's doctor discusses how former president, tired of hospital visits, chose home hospice.
www.ajc.com
January 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I talked to Jimmy Carter’s personal doctor about the man and the patient, before and after hospice, and his final, peaceful moments at home.
www.ajc.com/news/health-...
www.ajc.com/news/health-...