Jon of The North
@krauza.bsky.social
Hippie leftist from Michigan.
Democratic Socialist, BLM, M4A, Eat the Rich.
FreeBSD/Linux/Open Source enthusiast.
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Democratic Socialist, BLM, M4A, Eat the Rich.
FreeBSD/Linux/Open Source enthusiast.
Cat Dad.
Arrived here with an OG BlueSky Invite Code.
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Jon of The North
@krauza.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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"Anguished" active duty military troops are feeling "moral doubt" and "profound legal confusion" as a result of Donald Trump's actions, according to a conservative veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
'Anguished' troops say Trump just put them in an 'impossible situation': ex-Republican vet
"Anguished" active duty military troops are feeling "moral doubt" and "profound legal confusion" as a result of Donald Trump's actions, according to a conservative veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.New York Times columnist David French, a former writer for the conservative National Review and Iraq ...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Anguished" active duty military troops are feeling "moral doubt" and "profound legal confusion" as a result of Donald Trump's actions, according to a conservative veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
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Right Wing Domination of Media & Politics Keeps Us Stuck in Disinformation and Right Wing Government
(I found a better named for this article later, after I first wrote it, and so I retitled it, which is why the title now comes out wrong when I type in the url.)
upine.medium.com/how-people-t...
(I found a better named for this article later, after I first wrote it, and so I retitled it, which is why the title now comes out wrong when I type in the url.)
upine.medium.com/how-people-t...
How People Try to Solve Problems in a Libertarian Culture
There once was a land without environmental regulations. So various companies routinely poisoned the air, the water and the land. Everyone…
upine.medium.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Right Wing Domination of Media & Politics Keeps Us Stuck in Disinformation and Right Wing Government
(I found a better named for this article later, after I first wrote it, and so I retitled it, which is why the title now comes out wrong when I type in the url.)
upine.medium.com/how-people-t...
(I found a better named for this article later, after I first wrote it, and so I retitled it, which is why the title now comes out wrong when I type in the url.)
upine.medium.com/how-people-t...
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Something like this. Twitter doesn't pay salaries of troll farm workers--though foreign trolls can make some money off of their Twitter accounts. Troll farm owners--who pay salaries, hoping to influence American elections--may be foreign govs, oligarchs connected to them, foreign billionaires etc.
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Something like this. Twitter doesn't pay salaries of troll farm workers--though foreign trolls can make some money off of their Twitter accounts. Troll farm owners--who pay salaries, hoping to influence American elections--may be foreign govs, oligarchs connected to them, foreign billionaires etc.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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It is also notable that so much of right-wing media being a grift with transnational participants and funding posing as Americans ought to tell us the presence, volume, and claims, etc of right wing media (esp social media) are not actually indicative of American political beliefs and preferences
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It is also notable that so much of right-wing media being a grift with transnational participants and funding posing as Americans ought to tell us the presence, volume, and claims, etc of right wing media (esp social media) are not actually indicative of American political beliefs and preferences
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Kristi and Kash’s taxpayer-funded travel adventures continue.
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Kristi and Kash’s taxpayer-funded travel adventures continue.
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Sen. Mark Kelly delivered a warning every American should hear: a president who calls for lawmakers to be hanged for speaking truth is stochastic terrorism. He’s trying to rule by fear.
Our democracy survives only when its leaders answer to the Constitution, not to one moron’s fury.
Our democracy survives only when its leaders answer to the Constitution, not to one moron’s fury.
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly delivered a warning every American should hear: a president who calls for lawmakers to be hanged for speaking truth is stochastic terrorism. He’s trying to rule by fear.
Our democracy survives only when its leaders answer to the Constitution, not to one moron’s fury.
Our democracy survives only when its leaders answer to the Constitution, not to one moron’s fury.
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🚨 Only a pussy maces a man who is handcuffed. True story. Also, nobody who has EVER spent time at ANY shooting range holds a firearm like this fool. 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🚨 Only a pussy maces a man who is handcuffed. True story. Also, nobody who has EVER spent time at ANY shooting range holds a firearm like this fool. 1/2
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
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Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Zohran Mamdani could charm the devil himself so Stephen Miller shouldn’t be a problem. 😂
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Zohran Mamdani could charm the devil himself so Stephen Miller shouldn’t be a problem. 😂