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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 10h

“Whatever, that’s a future me problem.”

- Me, making bad decisions

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 10h

This edible ain’t shi-

*proceeds to eat a brick of cream cheese like a candy bar

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.

Here’s what experts say you need to know.

How to Fight Your Health Insurance Denial with an External Appeal

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 1d

Just caught something out of the corner of my eye and had one of those “OH MY GOD WTF IS TH- oh, it’s a cat toy” moments

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

the list of things that needs to be done to repair this country is extensive but high up on it is breaking the power of the tech lords

they are convinced they are untouchable feudal barons whose money allows them to dictate everyone else's life and they must be disabused of that notion

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 2d

My mix-tapes weren’t just songs, there were *experiences* and oh my god I’ve become John Cusack’s character in High Fidelity

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 2d

Almost time for my weekend bender of ibuprofen, edibles, and chunky peanut butter

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 2d

I’d relocate to Amsterdam just so I could stroopwafel my face off

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 3d

I used to sneak licks of these as a kid at the grocery store lol

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 3d

Sugar cubes but for salt

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Pandy Fackler 🎃 @thatbrenna.bsky.social · 3d

1st guy: dude do i smell like weed?
2nd guy: nah you're good dude, do i smell like weed?
1st guy: nah dude

- 2 dudes that smell like weed

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 3d

Everything is just one long swear word lately

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[Sic] Burns @sicburns2.bsky.social · 3d

Good god how did I miss that Herbie the Love Bug movies were parables about the dangers of Herpes

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 3d

I hope his fucking cankles explode

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 3d

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 3d

Local elections matter significantly. Don’t skip.

Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 3d

Voting isn’t the solution unto itself, but it’s critically important at the local level.

There will be 52,000 elections held next month alone, and many will be determined purely by turnout.

You know what to do.

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LovelyDeep @midnightviolets.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t miss calls, I stare at them.

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 3d

Hand marked paper ballots or gtfo

Axios @axios.com · 3d

SCOOP: Dominion Voting, the voting machine behemoth that Trump and his allies baselessly attacked after the 2020 election, has been sold to a company run by an ex-GOP election official.

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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SpecialKimtamine™ 🚩🏴‍☠️🇮🇹🇺🇸 @lorazekim.bsky.social · 8d

Every pleasure can be a guilty pleasure if your anxiety is high enough

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 3d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 3d

All we need is a:

a) blood clot;
b) UTI;
c) heart attack;
d) stroke;
e) aneurism;
f) adderall od;
g) any of the above just get this motherfucker off this mortal coil already

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 4d

Regularly think of this all timer

Ayah
@carmela1161
Why do so many people romanticize the 1950's? Like calm down we still have milkshakes and racism
2/12/16, 10:01 PM
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 3d

“visionary oeuvre” is what i call my shitposts

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the Hungarian novelist, for his “visionary oeuvre.”

Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

The award comes with prize money of almost $1.2 million.

nyti.ms

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Erik with a K @erikwithk.bsky.social · 3d

I firmly believe that the release of the Epstein files will restructure the pillars of society

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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