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She/her | FM physician interested in helping patients get all the health care they need and none they don't | Surfing Hallyu | Boosts ≠ endorsements - I share what I'm reading, but it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with it | Opinions are mine, not of any organization I'm affiliated with

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"Nearly 40 states have chosen to participate in a more than $2 billion grocery program that gives low-income families an extra $120 per child to help feed them during the summer break.

But Texas, which has 3.8 million children eligible for the program, is not one of them."

texastribune.org/2025/01/09/te


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"The medical director of the Texas Medical Board has retired, less than two weeks after conservative lawmakers publicized his employment with a Planned Parenthood laboratory...According to his resumé, Bredt also worked at Planned Parenthood South Texas Laboratory since 2011, as well as Genics Laboratory in Las Vegas and San Antonio since 2022. Bredt, 62, is also a professor, consultant and laboratory inspector."

texastribune.org/2025/01/08/te


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Howard Chu @ Symas

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@bicmay so, on one hand they allow some accounts to post photos that trigger their AI moderators, but then they penalize others for resharing those allowed posts. It's all just a shit-show.


@hyc

It doesn't seem like Twitter/X improved after Musk weakened its content moderation policies.

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

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@maddad @bicmay parasites


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Howard Chu @ Symas

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@bicmay plenty of my FB posts got censored on the (invalid) grounds that they violated community standards. Seems that eliminating factchecking isn't going to do anything about that.

E.g., I re-shared a local newspaper's post about a local children's choir winning a competition. The post had a photo of a bunch of kids with their fists in the air, cheering. FB censored my post for inciting violence. Rejected my appeal too.


@bicmay so, on one hand they allow some accounts to post photos that trigger their AI moderators, but then they penalize others for resharing those allowed posts. It's all just a shit-show.

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*yeah, SUGA* 🥢

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2/2

HOPE ON THE STAGE TOUR
Feb 28 - Mar 2 - Seoul
Mar 13 - 14 - Brooklyn, NY
Mar 17 - 18 - Chicago, IL
Mar 22 - 23 - Mexico City
Mar 26 - 27 - San Antonio, TX
Mar 31 - Apr 1 - Oakland, CA
Apr 4 / 6 - Los Angeles, CA
Apr 12 - 13 - Manila
Apr 19 - 20 - Saitama
Apr 26 - 27 - Singapore
May 3 - 4 - Jakarta
May 10 - 11 - Bangkok
May 17 - 18 - Macau
May 24 - 25 - Taipei
May 31 - Jun 1 - Osaka


Tags: #btsschedule #bts #btsarmy #fediarmy

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Dirty Hippie

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@bicmay Hmmm. Maybe there IS trouble in American healthcare.


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@hyc

It doesn't seem like Twitter/X improved after Musk weakened its content moderation policies.


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Ressa rejected Zuckerberg’s claim that factcheckers had been “too politically biased” and had “destroyed more trust than they’ve created”.

“Journalists have a set of standards and ethics,” Ressa said. “What Facebook is going to do is get rid of that and then allow lies, anger, fear and hate to infect every single person on the platform.”

theguardian.com/world/2025/jan


@bicmay plenty of my FB posts got censored on the (invalid) grounds that they violated community standards. Seems that eliminating factchecking isn't going to do anything about that.

E.g., I re-shared a local newspaper's post about a local children's choir winning a competition. The post had a photo of a bunch of kids with their fists in the air, cheering. FB censored my post for inciting violence. Rejected my appeal too.

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azteclady

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Welp.


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More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK as health secretary.

“This appointment is a slap in the face to every health care professional who has spent their lives working to protect patients from preventable illness and death.”

nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rfk-j


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@maggiejk

States are where advocacy groups can copy+paste bills and see how far they can go.


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David Nice

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@bicmay How about 'care and not corner-cutting greed'?


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Free Leonard Peltier

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@Darkphoenix @bicmay

We could and should be a model to the world, and health care could be a real legacy benefit of being an American. Instead, we've got the biggest military in the world, and shitty infant mortality numbers. Does that make any sense at all?


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Free Leonard Peltier

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@Darkphoenix @bicmay

There are many cases of the current system working, other wise we'd all be dead. Heck I've got Mayo, I'm very lucky too!
That doesn't begin to suggest that our current approach is the best, or even adequate, when in fact, we have some of the worst metrics in the developed world. Heck life expectancy is even decreasing, and not just due to the Covid effect.


@Darkphoenix @bicmay

We could and should be a model to the world, and health care could be a real legacy benefit of being an American. Instead, we've got the biggest military in the world, and shitty infant mortality numbers. Does that make any sense at all?

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Free Leonard Peltier

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@bicmay
just a note to agree and sympathize, AND to remind all of us, that it ain't JUST UHC! It's all of the healthcare gatekeeper oligopoly, it's the state medicaid/medicare offices, it's the bottom feeders selling add-ons like HSA investments. There's an industry dedicated to making billions off of our Health Care! This is SO wrong, it's a sin.
*If there's a company, state, private ambulance co, etc. who are exceptions to this rule, I apologize -- but I don't think I'll owe any apologies!


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Nicholas R

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@bicmay Watching the images of these fires on TV I am quite concerned about the respiratory health of firefighters and citizens impacted. are very helpful for particular filtration, however it doesn't remove all poisonous and heated gases from a fire like this.


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Maddad ☑️

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@bicmay

They are the lowest form of human life...😡


@maddad @bicmay parasites

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"For two years, as states pushed anti-trans laws, Republicans in Congress filed dozens upon dozens of bills that would restrict transgender rights on a national scale — but most of those bills never advanced. Now, as a new GOP-controlled Congress signals that anti-trans legislation is a top priority and President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a wave of federal anti-trans laws and executive orders is on the horizon."

19thnews.org/2025/01/trump-con


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"I had to scrub out mid-surgery to call United, only to find that the person on the line didn't even have access to the patient's full medical information, despite the procedure already being pre-approved. It's beyond frustrating and, frankly, unacceptable. Patients and providers deserve better than this. We should be focused on care, not bureaucracy."

newsweek.com/doctor-says-unite


@bicmay
just a note to agree and sympathize, AND to remind all of us, that it ain't JUST UHC! It's all of the healthcare gatekeeper oligopoly, it's the state medicaid/medicare offices, it's the bottom feeders selling add-ons like HSA investments. There's an industry dedicated to making billions off of our Health Care! This is SO wrong, it's a sin.
*If there's a company, state, private ambulance co, etc. who are exceptions to this rule, I apologize -- but I don't think I'll owe any apologies!

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@bicmay How about 'care and not corner-cutting greed'?

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@bicmay Free Luigi.

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@bicmay Hmmm. Maybe there IS trouble in American healthcare.

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Tags: #healthcare #insurance #unitedhealthcare #priorauth #priorauthorization #surgery #cancer

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