I guess I'm saying this obvious thing because I have been in the position of being really sick and not being able to afford care, and then getting halfass care and living under crushing medical debt as a result. This is optional suffering and I fucking loathe it but please hang on.
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Thread with the good news, the bad news, and the several unknowns about the Medicaid cuts in the reconciliation bill. We're following this process closely—and more importantly, pulling together the work of people who watch it professionally—so that you don't have to.
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I took a webcam photo with current hair so I could use it on Slack and people wouldn't jump when I joined a huddle but I missed my default cat-with-patriotic-I-Vomited-sticker one and reverted. Trying to get used to a non-pink non-fisheye pic but I think the cat may be the universal remedy.
I have tried so hard to make myself write small things and literally the moment I commit to doing some my brain is like HERE IS THE BIG THING YOU HAVE BEEN WRESTLING WITH FOR LO THESE TWO LONG YEARS
American class denial x TV produces the weirdest vibes, all these fans of THE dominant pop cultural force in fiction (SF&F) running defense bc it’s ⬇️class coded + aspiring ⬆️class people who never quite thought about why we literally branded shows “prestige TV,” it makes my brain jump down a well.
Okay who’s written the not-fan-coded essay about how Andor S1’s prison break draws a direct line between the carceral state and the full flowering of genocide and fascism in S2? One that doesn’t rattle off a litany of SW names and details to establish fan cred.
