Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

$1,065 for my MRI.

The hospital charges the insurance $3,000 so by US standard that's a good deal.
I guess.

Meanwhile in France it's between 300 and 500 euros ($352-$588).

#healthcare #usa #universalhealthcare #insurance #capitalism #socialism #europe

Preliminary numbers we are hearing has ~5 of the new Tennessee seats down near single digits in terms of Republican partisanship numbers. Meaning a huge blue wave could flip a number of seats. 👀 If you’re thinking of getting involved, now’s the time.

🚨 BREAKING: welcome to Russia style politics in United States FBI raids the office of Louise Lucas — a sitting state legislative leader in Virginia. A federal raid targeting a state lawmaker. Let that sink in. What triggered this? Why now? Voters deserve answers. www.13newsnow.com/article/news...

FBI raids Portsmouth office of...

Hantavirus Cruise Ship Remains at Sea as Leaders Clash Over Its Docking
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/world/hantavirus-cruise-ship.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.5nk2.FPyZqSSjetil&smid=bs-share

correct

Reminds me of "John Barron", "John Miller" and "David Dennison"…
So Pathetic

https://open.substack.com/pub/deanblundell/p/breaking-elon-musk-got-caught-posting

Sen. Chuck Grassley quietly buried $1 billion for Trump's massively over-budget White House ballroom inside an ICE and Border Patrol funding bill. Senate Democrats spotted it and are now eager to force Republicans to vote on it publicly.

Dems Plot Revenge After Trump’...

@oldredsubby My impression is that average people are ignorant, possibly willful, just don’t want to know, or don’t care, locked into their status-quo economies. It’s just too hard for them to respond to what is perceived as a subtle effect with an accumulation of dire consequences. Better to just let the grandkids deal with it, even though we’re feeling it today. 🤔

As far as I know, the American Revolution was about not paying taxes, and about keeping slaves. Has anything changed?

I am immediately suspicious of educational "tools" that claim to help by getting in between my students and me

My students and their learning aren't nuisances nor are they widgets. I do not need a dashboard. The friction is the work

Grading is a problem not because it lacks sufficient "time-saving" automation but because it lacks sufficient humanity

I’m just saying it’s REALLY telling how *intensely* racist the US is when there are states *in the middle of an active primary* that are shutting it down so they can redistrict to prevent Black people from representation because SCOTUS said it’s OK to do a racism.

This is like racism speedruns.

Pigfuckers.

Donald Trump decided to make some campaign ads for Democrats during a speech at The Villages in Florida this Friday.

https://crooksandliars.com/2026/05/trump-calls-affordability-one-good-line?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=115105

Why don’t you get another job, then, Gramps?
#TrumpIsUnfit

https://crooksandliars.com/2026/05/trump-whines-medicare-and-medicaid-too?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=115107

“Democrats need to tone down the rhetoric.”

Link: https://xcancel.com/mehdirhasan/status/2048953197838934104

‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees’: Nvidia exec says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers
https://fortune.com/2026/04/28/nvidia-executive-cost-of-ai-is-greater-than-cost-of-employees/

#ai #llm #aibubble #labor #labour #swe #claude #chatgpt #anthropic #openai #noai #stopai #fuckai

“On April 28, 2026, the only person in Washington willing to speak plainly about the danger of unchecked executive power, the abandonment of allies, and the corrosion of democratic norms was the King of England. History will note what he said. It will note what we do.”
—Dean Blundell, King Charles Takedown Of Trump Was A MASTERCLASS: How Charles III Quietly Filleted Donald Trump in His Own House
#kingcharles #trump

If roundup is so good for us, will I get in trouble if I doordash to the white house and offer free roundup milkshakes to everyone inside? Choice of vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate. Only one size: EXTRA LARGE!

Starting today, USB-C is the mandatory charging standard for all laptops sold in the EU.

We are putting an end to cable clutter and unnecessary costs for citizens.

One cable, any brand, less electronic waste.

We are delivering a simpler, more sustainable digital future for Europe.

More: https://link.europa.eu/QDMFTh