Spock’sBrayne
Politics junkie, amateur musician, trying to spread a little light in the world.
I save spiders! Because they’re cool.
Here for information and inspiration, not followers. 😉
- I’m out! Among people! I’m peopling! Seeing @stevehofstetter.bsky.social at Mic Drop comedy. 💙💙
- While America slept, House Republicans quietly unveiled their Medicaid plan. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says it strips health insurance from 13.7 million Americans.
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View full threadOh! I was replying to Spock'sBrayne re: people not knowing they're on Medicaid
- Thank you for your comment; perhaps I was making an unfair assumption. I used to help a sibling renew her “Husky Care” in CT. no mention of “Medicaid” on the site. Btw, here’s a list of the state brand names for Medicaid across the country. www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/state-medica...
- oh my god they spelled responsibility wrong
- Thank you for the handy list of people who need to be primaried.
- Or is it primaridaried?
- The guy whose wife was deported by ICE has no regrets … so I’m guessing not. It’s a cult.
- Not only that, but Medicaid goes by a different name in virtually every state. I’ll bet most people don’t even know they’re technically on Medicaid.
- This is absolutely unacceptable. I’m going to Newark airport and the regional air traffic control center tomorrow to get answers and press for real and immediate solutions.
- thank you. I have a flight from Newark to South Carolina booked for next month but wondering if I should drive instead. It’s no longer a given that flying is safer. 😬
- "What are you laughing at?" Red-Figure rhyton in the form of a braying donkey's head, ca. 480-470 BC. A decidedly sympotic vessel given the Bacchic associations of the donkey. #InternationalDonkeyDay Image: Art Institute of Chicago (1905.345). Link - artic.edu/artworks/408...
- “Why the long face?”
- This is an important piece by experts on authoritarianism about what's going on, what's not being done and what can be done. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
- Was this a gift link? I posted as such but it doesn't say so.
- Yes, it came through fine. Thank you
