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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects. That’s not saving $1 trillion, that’s taking $1 trillion out of hard working, generous billionaires' pockets. In what socialist hell-scape is that morally right?

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I haven’t played Cards Against Humanity in years, but I’m always willing to donate to a good cause. To that extent, giving a middle finger to the richest man on Earth is a very good cause.

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Middle fingers can be donated here.

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@marcoarment I appreciate the post and discussing the struggles with ADHD. While I didn’t have issues when I was younger, I definitely put myself in the undiagnosed camp as an adult. I’ve been using and liking Finalist, but will give this a try. I prefer dedicated apps.

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What the Flock? robalex.micro.blog

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Watched: Mountainhead 🍿

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Wasn’t sure what to expect going into this and it was fine. It was amusing seeing the downward spiral to conspiracy, to coup, to murder. I like to imagine that’s how Peter Thiel and his buddies truly are.

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Via Kottke

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“Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years… For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average, translating to 10.2 billion years of full health gained”

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Seems like the GOP is the death panel

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Today is an especially Monday feeling Monday. To add to the Monday-ness, looks like I’m getting a jury duty summons today.

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Top economist warns that the AI math doesn’t make sense

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“AI boom’s profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers,” Slok said.

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Did someone say bubble?

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How the Canon AE-1 Turned Photography Into a Mass-Market Hobby. I’ve been getting more into the photography hobby lately and an AE-1 is on my list of cameras to own one day.

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Watched: Independence Day 🍿

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Set aside the “America saves the world” trope, the fact that they somehow code for an alien computer, they can breath in space, etc. I fucking love this movie! Also the soundtrack rips.

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Watched: MaXXXine 🍿

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The final movie in the Pearl/Maxine series. Mia Goth did such a good job in these movies.

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Watched: X 🍿

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Next up in the Pearl/Maxine trilogy. First in theatrical order but second chronologically. It’s a great modern grindhouse movie. One of my favorites.

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Watched: Pearl 🍿

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Saw that Pearl, X, and Maxxxine are all on Hulu so of course we’re doing a marathon tonight. Watching them in chronological order is new for me. Such a good horror film.

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Been playing with the light leak filter on the Fujifilm X Half. I know there’s strong opinions on this little camera, but I’m thoroughly enjoying it.

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Made the mistake of reading comments on Dr. Fauci’s contempt ruling.

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User A: If the President can plead the 5th 400+ times without question, so can Dr. Fauci.
\nUser B: Fauci is not the President. He’s a normal federal worker like me. He doesn’t get the ability to plead the 5th.

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I’m sorry. WHAT?

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@caseyliss well deserved! It’s an app I use daily. So much so it lives on the Home Screen!

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I guess this is comfortable 🐕

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Finally getting around to listening to the new Boards of Canada album, Inferno. It’s good, but I still think my favorite is The Campfire Headphase – largely due to nostalgia. I was a freshman in college, the possibilities seemed endless, I didn’t have to pay for health insurance. Life was good. 🎵

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Finished watching Cape Fear Season 1 📺 last night. As someone who hasn’t seen the original film – it’s on the list – I thought the show was a really good thriller. It was an intense final and Javiar Bardem was fantastic throughout the show. ★★★★

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Pre Urban Open crabs!

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Proving yet again that billionaires are the biggest risk to democracy. robalex.micro.blog

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Reddit with an egregious dickover. No way to remove or dismiss it. I just wanted to read an interesting map. Reddit feels otherwise and now I will be less willing to click Reddit link. Seriously, fuck this shit.

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Watched: The Long Walk 🍿

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Been a busy week of movie watching. Watched The Long Walk a couple days ago and enjoyed it. I’m a fan of Stephen King’s stories, but haven’t read the book yet – adding it to the list – so I was a little confused as the world. Great allegory for war.

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Watched: The Nightmare 🍿

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Wasn’t sure what to expect when going into this. I heard a lot of good things about The Nightmare, but wasn’t expecting a documentary. There was some interesting parts, but it was meh overall.

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Watched: Presence 🍿

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Did a rewatch of this earlier in the week — partly because I didn’t realize I already watched it. It’s an interesting take on a horror movie and I like it.

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Went on an impromptu brewery crawl of Southwest Baltimore yesterday and came across the Seaboard Steel and Iron Corporation building. Created in 1921 and closed 1988.

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Baltimore has so many of these types of signs painted on building and I find that cool.

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Diamondback Brewery - Locust Point Lager

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Corn lager. Middle of the road abv at 5%. Slightly sweet and wheaty. 🍺

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@ralexralex.bsky.social *company’s

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Gosh I’m dumb.

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@manton the changes to the HomePods and Apple TV don’t sit well with me. I know there’s internal storage on the Apple TV that’s being impacted by the craziness, but it’s still 6 year old hardware. $200 is steep.

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@padresj.bsky.social Don’t let the rest of the GOP off the hook. It was enacted by Elon with the applause of hundreds of sycophants who have shielded themselves from any impacts of their decisions.

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@manton I was very confused when I saw it and still am! I’m Apple Music first so thankfully I rarely see it.

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@manton he’s going to be 2-2 for global pandemics. “I’m da best….on health”

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@tg reading this was extremely validating. Leaving Instagram, Twitter (years ago), and weening off Reddit (slowly). Diving back into RSS and setting up a micro.blog has brought back to what made me love the internet. The tinkering and exploring. Long live the boring web.

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