Notices by Cavyherd (cavyherd@wandering.shop)

@RickiTarr

The Minneapolis Science Fiction Society (MinnStF) & its convention, has a long-standing policy: The right to freedom of speach does not include the right to shout David in a crowded party. I did once, & four people turned around.

Every year at Minicon, they have a photo session for the League of Super Davids. One year I attended, the photo included 47 people, one of them a woman (whose surname was David).

There was an APA for years called APA-David. All authors had the name David.

Gods, I'm glad I never had kids. For a multitude of reasons....

Oh neat! Just found out that I misremembered the "health care plan" I'd signed up for '24, & wound up picking the OTHER ("cheaper") one for '25—with the net result that my prescriptions for the year comes in at 4x what I paid last year. "Covered 100% AFTER deductible."

I wonder what other gotchas are laying in wait....

& those of delicate sensibilities wonder why people are sympathetic with Luigi....

#HealthInsurance #Scam

@cstross

Okay, WOW.

I initially parsed PIGS as some obscure military jargon acronym or something, but on 2nd reread realized you meant actual porcine type mammals. Holy fuck.

& pigs are smart enough I bet they don't even need the drones; I suspect they just quietly track Russian troop movements, on principle.

Jfc 😬

@bmacDonald94

People seriously don't want to hear it when I comment that I'm not making any plans past 2030. There are days when I wonder if we'll get even that far....

@_elena

Thank you. I can't imagine that my nym has remotely enough attention to be worth pirating, but I also just haven't had the bandwidth to deal with deleting my Xitter account. Good: something to cross off my to-do list.

@PJ_Evans @skinnylatte

I have a family curry recipe that is basically curried tomatoes.

It only occurred to me recently that it's not far off chicken tika masala. Just doesn't have the yogurt in.

@StephenRees @pluralistic

Read it a couple of weeks ago. 10/10 totally recommend.

@mekkaokereke @nazokiyoubinbou @VampiresAndRobots @futurebird

> Danger: everyone measures the success of sketch artists by convictions. Not by accuracy.

I could happily have gone all year without that thought in my brain. I mean, it's obvious when you think about it, but still 😬

@VampiresAndRobots @futurebird

Oh ew. We've got "free PT" in our "health plan." I haven't tried it, but wonder if that's what it is? Ew ew ew....

@VampiresAndRobots @futurebird

I've heard it posited that all those captchas "click all instances of motorcycles" are secretly AI training, & I find this disturbingly plausible.

@Twoflower @alice @axnxcamr @actuallyautistic

Oh the f'ing "lazy" flag. Got saddled with that one through my entire childhood. (Try "stuck" or "frozen" or f'ing "exhausted," MOM) It's still a stick I reflexively beat myself with if I don't apply a LOT of conscious attention to giving myself grace.

Angels Praise Dani Donovan who validated my entire existence with this one image: #adhd

@kagan @kyonshi @cykonot @servelan

And if, historically, one's "normal or nice" conduct was consistently or repeatedly reacted to badly, it might worth having a good hard think about whether one's baseline for "normal and nice" is, in fact, not extremely problematic.

@pluralistic

This is an incredibly useful post. Gods be thanked, I'm not currently wresting any health management issues, but I am trying to wrangle funding to get a heat pump installed, and the byzantine nature of the logistics is...not dissimilar.

I'm particularly grateful for the concept of the Suspense File. It's obvious once you say it, but that's a class of steps I keep getting up on.

@pluralistic

I don't know if a flickr login is required, but the link for the pictures of the scan visualizations is coming up as a blank search page page with faint text in the middle: "Upgrade to Flickr Pro to hide these ads." (The link for the mass worked fine.)

@cstross @CatherineFlick @jeffjarvis @gnoll110

Leeches are good where blood flow, I think esp venous return is compromised, like with reattached limbs & fingers & whatnot. Yes, one can get medical grade leeches! (Very expensive, I imagine.)

@davidtheeviloverlord @rupert

Head & Shoulders Connection Service

@DoctorBrodsky @pluralistic

Patriarchal white supremacy is a hell of a drug.

Nice to see someone's going after this from the legislative side:

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-blumenthal-slam-private-equity-company-for-consolidating-veterinary-care-raising-costs-for-pet-owners

#Private#Equity #VeterinaryCare #Pets #Dogs #Cats #GuineaPigs #Ferrets #SenatorWarren #ElizabethWarren

@irina

It seems like there are numerous opportunities for error along that particular side-chain.

If I was sufficiently motivated, it would have been interesting to call the restaurant and see if they knew anything about this attempted delivery.