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As a freelance writer I have an ACA plan.
It's jumping from $800/mo to $1,000/mo for 2026, which has gotten to the point where I need to see if I can get a better plan through my LLC or else reduce my benefits.
The price increases are largely thanks to GOP attacks on the ACA reducing the pool.
It's jumping from $800/mo to $1,000/mo for 2026, which has gotten to the point where I need to see if I can get a better plan through my LLC or else reduce my benefits.
The price increases are largely thanks to GOP attacks on the ACA reducing the pool.
Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
As a freelance writer I have an ACA plan.
It's jumping from $800/mo to $1,000/mo for 2026, which has gotten to the point where I need to see if I can get a better plan through my LLC or else reduce my benefits.
The price increases are largely thanks to GOP attacks on the ACA reducing the pool.
It's jumping from $800/mo to $1,000/mo for 2026, which has gotten to the point where I need to see if I can get a better plan through my LLC or else reduce my benefits.
The price increases are largely thanks to GOP attacks on the ACA reducing the pool.
Well, they repeated Sailor Moon and then we closed out. So no more fun jazz anime game for me.
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Well, they repeated Sailor Moon and then we closed out. So no more fun jazz anime game for me.
OKAY we got to Cowboy Bebop!
October 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
OKAY we got to Cowboy Bebop!
BTW this bar is like if the Mad Hatter discovered craft cocktails in 1992...
October 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
BTW this bar is like if the Mad Hatter discovered craft cocktails in 1992...
Oddly clocked Yu Yu Hakusho even though I've never watch it - I just know it from our Weeaboozu playlist 😂
October 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Oddly clocked Yu Yu Hakusho even though I've never watch it - I just know it from our Weeaboozu playlist 😂
They already played Cruel Angel's Thesis, so that's what sold them out! Also finally heard Sailor Moon!
October 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
They already played Cruel Angel's Thesis, so that's what sold them out! Also finally heard Sailor Moon!
Accurately clocked the jazz instrumental version of the K-On theme song being played in this bar in Osaka, so let's live-skeet (can we just steal "tweets" back??) how many I can guess
October 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Accurately clocked the jazz instrumental version of the K-On theme song being played in this bar in Osaka, so let's live-skeet (can we just steal "tweets" back??) how many I can guess
Why does listening to AC/DC on the train in Tokyo feel naughty? 😂
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Why does listening to AC/DC on the train in Tokyo feel naughty? 😂
Shirley Manson is one of those performers that just gets more powerful the longer she's around.
Amazing performance by @garbage.com at The Paramount tonight, glad I got to see them at least one more time.
Amazing performance by @garbage.com at The Paramount tonight, glad I got to see them at least one more time.
October 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Shirley Manson is one of those performers that just gets more powerful the longer she's around.
Amazing performance by @garbage.com at The Paramount tonight, glad I got to see them at least one more time.
Amazing performance by @garbage.com at The Paramount tonight, glad I got to see them at least one more time.
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The number of times I get asked "is that a band shirt" at work... yes 😂
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The number of times I get asked "is that a band shirt" at work... yes 😂
Microsoft, while continuing to be a wildly successful company, laid off 9,000 people from their Xbox team today.
Just remember that next time you bitch about how much you hate Nintendo and fire up your Game Pass account.
Just remember that next time you bitch about how much you hate Nintendo and fire up your Game Pass account.
July 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Microsoft, while continuing to be a wildly successful company, laid off 9,000 people from their Xbox team today.
Just remember that next time you bitch about how much you hate Nintendo and fire up your Game Pass account.
Just remember that next time you bitch about how much you hate Nintendo and fire up your Game Pass account.
I can't remember the last time I heard LFO's "Summer Girls" but it was likely 25 years ago and it should stay that way.
Total Wine, this is twice in two weeks. Your days are numbered.
Total Wine, this is twice in two weeks. Your days are numbered.
June 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I can't remember the last time I heard LFO's "Summer Girls" but it was likely 25 years ago and it should stay that way.
Total Wine, this is twice in two weeks. Your days are numbered.
Total Wine, this is twice in two weeks. Your days are numbered.
We need a section at all venues off to the side that is a MMA cage called Big Boy Jail where anytime one of those annoying Big Boys is a butthead at a show, they get put in jail so they can just be buttholes at each other and leave the rest of us alone. Everybody wins #rocktalk
May 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We need a section at all venues off to the side that is a MMA cage called Big Boy Jail where anytime one of those annoying Big Boys is a butthead at a show, they get put in jail so they can just be buttholes at each other and leave the rest of us alone. Everybody wins #rocktalk
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This video is absolutely fantastic, breaks down every single nonsense argument on GenAi made by GenAi advocates, and does so in such a succinct way! Plus its always a joy to watch people work on their craft! Watch asap because it’s spot on!
youtu.be/1L3DaREo1sQ?...
youtu.be/1L3DaREo1sQ?...
THE AI 'ARTISTS' ARE MAD AT ME
YouTube video by LavenderTowne
youtu.be
April 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This video is absolutely fantastic, breaks down every single nonsense argument on GenAi made by GenAi advocates, and does so in such a succinct way! Plus its always a joy to watch people work on their craft! Watch asap because it’s spot on!
youtu.be/1L3DaREo1sQ?...
youtu.be/1L3DaREo1sQ?...
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If you haven't downloaded your social security statement yet (no matter how old you are), should make that happen.
If the system is disrupted (and boy, this sure could do it), having some proof of your account's history and status may help.
It also may not, but here we are.
If the system is disrupted (and boy, this sure could do it), having some proof of your account's history and status may help.
It also may not, but here we are.
March 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you haven't downloaded your social security statement yet (no matter how old you are), should make that happen.
If the system is disrupted (and boy, this sure could do it), having some proof of your account's history and status may help.
It also may not, but here we are.
If the system is disrupted (and boy, this sure could do it), having some proof of your account's history and status may help.
It also may not, but here we are.
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the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
the feminine urge to
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The most remarkable thing about Clotworthy Skeffington is that he went ahead and named is first son Clotworthy Skeffington.
March 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The most remarkable thing about Clotworthy Skeffington is that he went ahead and named is first son Clotworthy Skeffington.
We must now collectively commit to only referring to Zuckerberg as Little Broccoli moving forward @lastweektonight.com
Facebook & Content Moderation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We must now collectively commit to only referring to Zuckerberg as Little Broccoli moving forward @lastweektonight.com
I can't believe after all this time they haven't figured out how to make cute character noodle shapes that don't fall apart once you cook them.
I'm still gonna buy the Super Mario mac and cheese cups, but I'm just saying.
I'm still gonna buy the Super Mario mac and cheese cups, but I'm just saying.
March 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I can't believe after all this time they haven't figured out how to make cute character noodle shapes that don't fall apart once you cook them.
I'm still gonna buy the Super Mario mac and cheese cups, but I'm just saying.
I'm still gonna buy the Super Mario mac and cheese cups, but I'm just saying.
I tried to get re-medicated after a 5-year break in 2014, but my PCP was unhelpful. I turned to supplements.
In 2020 I was wrestling with burnout so I looked for a specialist in-network. No one emailed me back.
I filled out intake paperwork yesterday for my first psychiatrist since 2003. #yaydhd
In 2020 I was wrestling with burnout so I looked for a specialist in-network. No one emailed me back.
I filled out intake paperwork yesterday for my first psychiatrist since 2003. #yaydhd
February 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I tried to get re-medicated after a 5-year break in 2014, but my PCP was unhelpful. I turned to supplements.
In 2020 I was wrestling with burnout so I looked for a specialist in-network. No one emailed me back.
I filled out intake paperwork yesterday for my first psychiatrist since 2003. #yaydhd
In 2020 I was wrestling with burnout so I looked for a specialist in-network. No one emailed me back.
I filled out intake paperwork yesterday for my first psychiatrist since 2003. #yaydhd
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Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Years ago, after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, I interviewed a former fb employee, and I remember her continually emphasizing that these tech bros weren't evil geniuses, but were, in fact, dangerous because they were utterly clueless, totally reckless, and had too much power.
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Speaking of comics:
Whether this new administration “observes” it or not, it’s still Black History Month.
Here’s a list of great comics by Black creators, and/or centering Black characters & stories 🕊️ 📚
bookshop.org/lists/graphi...
Whether this new administration “observes” it or not, it’s still Black History Month.
Here’s a list of great comics by Black creators, and/or centering Black characters & stories 🕊️ 📚
bookshop.org/lists/graphi...
Graphic Novels for Black History Month
Graphic novels created by Black authors/artists, and/or centering Black stories and culture.
bookshop.org
February 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Speaking of comics:
Whether this new administration “observes” it or not, it’s still Black History Month.
Here’s a list of great comics by Black creators, and/or centering Black characters & stories 🕊️ 📚
bookshop.org/lists/graphi...
Whether this new administration “observes” it or not, it’s still Black History Month.
Here’s a list of great comics by Black creators, and/or centering Black characters & stories 🕊️ 📚
bookshop.org/lists/graphi...