Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Dark Brandon FTW!

Medicare Advantage Plans Disadvantage Many Elderly and Disabled People

When retired veterinarian Richard Timmins went on a Medicare Advantage plan in 2016, he admits that he knew very little about Traditional Medicare (also called Original Medicare) or the more than 3,800 Medicare Advantage plans that are marketed to seniors and the disabled.

3800 different plans WTF

Health care for profit...
This is America..
All we need now is a #Facist dictator to top things off.

https://truthout.org/articles/medicare-advantage-plans-disadvantage-many-elderly-and-disabled-people/

The World Wide Web Consortium has left X (the website formerly known as Twitter) and has found their home on Mastodon, hosting their own instance.

@w3c #mastodonmigration #fediverse

Via Tamar Hallerman:

EXCLUSIVE: #Fulton prosecutors' witness list in the #Trump elections case includes several top #Georgia officials and former senior members of Trump's Justice Department, including Bill Barr, Jeffrey Rosen and Richard Donoghue.

Also on Fulton prosecutors' witness list: Congressman Scott Perry, Steve Bannon, Cassidy Hutchinson and two Georgia Republicans who backed out of serving as Trump electors #legal #TrumpIndictment https://www.ajc.com/politics/exclusive-fulton-prosecutors-list-top-trump-aides-ga-officials-as-witnesses/FC4RPKGUIVCVRDGS3VP37L6UXY/

Them: Hey, what’s up?

Me: Age, weight, blood pressure. What’s up with you?

Conference tips in the era of #COVID19:

Wear a mask while traveling to your conference--don't show up newly infectious.

Wear a mask in crowds to reduce the risk you may get infected or may infect others.

Dine at off times when dining rooms are empty.

Meet privately and outdoors rather than attending crowded social events.

When a presenter is masked, you mask! Be respectful!

This is Ziyad Al-Aly, MD presenting in a mask, and half the audience remained unmasked. That's rude and uncaring!

It’s true that Christish tradition is to send #greeting #cards for the #holiday of the sender and not the recipient, but that just doesn’t reflect our great nation’s Islamojudaic #values.

Pick up some Christish cards at my shop for whichever of their #holidays is up next.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/JewWhoHasItAll/shop?asc=u

Rep. Pressley introduces legislation to guarantee right to vote for people with felonies on record (Associated Press)

https://apnews.com/article/felon-disenfranchisement-legislation-voting-rights-prison-2431448db8be2cc41df7b78c11e30e83
http://www.memeorandum.com/231206/p67#a231206p67

"Iranian security forces used rape and other sexual violence to “torture, punish and inflict lasting physical and psychological damage” on peaceful protesters, including children, during last year’s Woman Life Freedom uprising.

The report, titled “‘They violently raped me:’ Sexual violence weaponized to crush Iran’s ‘Woman Life Freedom’ uprising,” documents the ordeals of 45 victims of sexual violence, including 26 men, 12 women and 7 children."

#WomanLifeFreedom

https://iranwire.com/en/news/123233-iranian-security-forces-weaponized-rape-to-crush-2022-uprising/

UNLV shooting live updates: Suspect is dead, multiple victims killed in Las Vegas, officials say

UNLV is asking people on campus to continue to shelter in place despite police reports that the suspect is deceased.
#AureFreePress #News

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/unlv-shooting-las-vegas-live-updates-rcna128402

Only one choice
#voteblue4democracy

Police in #Nepal have detained 10 people they say charged unemployed youths huge amounts of money for travel visas, then sent them for illegal recruitment into the #Russian army.

Nepal asked #Moscow this week not to recruit its citizens into the Russian army, and to send any Nepali soldier in its armed forces back to the #Himalayan nation after six of its citizens serving in #Russia's military were killed.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nepal-police-detain-10-over-allegations-they-sent-youths-russian-army-2023-12-06/

#Ukraine

A note to Washington Post readers: On December 7th, Post Guild workers ask you to respect their walkout by not crossing the picket line. For 24 hours, please stop engaging with any Post content. That includes print and online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LY2jViybLQPsgsm7hVo75V8aHNu5DUEZXB8vwc60YZo/mobilebasic

It is quite terrifying that the next US presidential election might be the last US presidential election.

“The premise of your argument, I think, is that discrimination itself is not a harm," Justice Kavanaugh bluntly told St. Louis's lawyer in today’s Title VII arguments at SCOTUS. Also: A dodge in an ADA case.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/justices-debate-whether-title-vii

An angel asked God what He was doing.

"Making Canadians," He said.

"Awww they're so nice," said the angel.

"Oh yeah? Watch this," said God as He dropped a hockey puck.