If treatment for gender dysphoria is not considered an essential health benefit, transgender people — including those in job-based private health insurance — could face higher out-of-pocket costs for care that would otherwise be covered. ⁂
Thursday, May 29
If you take everything that the Trump’s administration has done this year — the Department Of Government Efficiency, Project 2025’s takeover of the Office of Management And Budget, the aggressive deportations, the meme coin, his unhinged tariff plan — they’re all meant to bake exclusivity into our government, our economy, and our very country. ⁂
The filmmakers were told that a 90-second sequence—which shows (Art Spiegelman) discussing an anti-Trump cartoon he created for the 2017 Women’s March newspaper—would be cut from the documentary. ⁂
Under Trump, the CDC’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was cut. ⁂
Proof that Patrick Stewart exists in the Star Trek universe ⁂
J.K. Rowling uses personal wealth to fund personal anti-trans fund ⁂
Monday, May 26
Sam W: So, Trump intends to visit Canada for the G7 meeting. (continued)
jadabird: “Do you want to vent or do you want advice?” Just learning now, after 40 years on earth, that this might be the most important question to ask whenever a friend or loved one is upset. ⁂
“I have a lot to learn. I will change. I will grow. I will not stay the same.” ⁂
“If you promise to stay alive just a little bit longer, I promise that we are going to make this world a place worth living in, by any means necessary. I ain’t giving up. I swear.” ⁂
LocalSoundWave: “Oh no, they hate the X-Men because they’re different. :(” That’s YOU, you dumbass motherfucker. LMAO. Imagine being a bigot and into nerdy shit. Bro, you’re the villain in every story, lmaoooooo. ⁂
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Kit_Yates_Maths: I’m sorry, but you can’t “always* be experiencing a higher volume of calls than average. That’s not how averages work. ⁂
brendelbored.bsky-social: Someone replied to me bringing up fast food by asking if| knew cooking exists and it’s a joke and totally fine but | want everyone to know that if you’re in a place in life where it’s cheaper to get food that way or if you’ve just worked two shifts, the idea of “cooking” holds no inherent nobility (continued)
“Field trips are wasted on kids. Imagine getting a whole day off of work and getting to learn how an old watermill from the 1800s works. That’s the dream.” ⁂
pugmane: Jedi accountant: “I see here Qui-gon purchased one … boy on Tatooine. Wait, that can’t be right.” ⁂