the widespread, wholesale use of AI in words and images makes me feel like a chump sometimes for doing the boring thing of interviewing multiple people, listening to what they said, reading past reporting, thinking about how it all fits together, then aiming to produce something new and insightful

This article by Entertainment Writer @derekburgan.bsky.social showcases my best photos of 2024.
(However, I'm just the Hawkeye of the theme park photography Avengers.)
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for the past ~15 years we've been sneaking this rat onto the top of my mom's christmas tree. she hates it more than anything, but I will never stop. it's not christmas without the Christmas Rat

Analysis by Emily Yahr: Performing cuts from her smash “Cowboy Carter” album, Beyoncé doubled down on her country aesthetic, joined by Post Malone, daughter Blue Ivy and others.

Here are some other takeaways from the set.

Last night I was lucky to ride in the front of the train past Tokyo Tower, which was dressed up like a giant Christmas tree. Happy Xmas to those who celebrate. 🎄
#photography #tokyo #japan #travel #travelphotography #japantravel #christmas #xmas

On the third day of Christmas, my city gave to me...
Three honking horns,
Two loud leaf blowers,
And a car idling endlessly. 🎵

Good morning bluesky | 🐨
#koala

Fujiyoshida, Japan | 🇯🇵

This is going to save hospitals a lot of money !

www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-re...

One thing about US insurance is how normalized it is to pay for so much on top of monthly premiums. Co-pays, deductibles, co-insurance; all that adds up fast. It gave me a panic attack this summer before I had surgery for pre-cancerous cells. My bill for it with insurance was about $1600.

UnitedHealthcare has been accused of using algorithms to deny treatments and refusing coverage of nursing care to stroke patients. UnitedHealthcare and its parent company now face a class-action lawsuit over its use of the algorithm.

You may not understand why, but the healthcare insurance and PBM contracts YOU have signed for Tesla, SpaceX , @X, along with CEOs of other big companies , have more impact on healthcare costs and quality of care in this country, than anything you can do with DOGE

Remember new users are coming on daily, unsure of engagement. The more posts you like and reply to, the strong the platform becomes !

I love this.

A capybara boop.

[via Houston Zoo]

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Quick #designsky updates: made a new starter pack of designers to go along with the custom feed, and tweaked the feed to include extra designy keywords (so more posts will show up there.)

Holler if you'd like to be added to any of this!

go.bsky.app/3cUcyW1

I need this right???

Hi all! Giving @bsky.app a shot. What’s the butterfly equivalent of “tweet”?
#migration #bluesky #noob