Yeah. Besides the extra costs (of course), I really resent the amount of time I spent double and triple checking that the plans I was looking at would cover the things I wanted it to- and my husband and I are pretty uncomplicated as far as these things go.

Really downgraded our choice on the ACA this year and still paying more than $100 more per month on a much higher deductible plan. Really keeping our fingers crossed that we don't have to use it beyond the usual checkups.

I also remember a similar feeling of joy and adventure reading Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

And a sequel is coming out in 2026

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty is a great adventure tale. There are some more serious bits but mostly just a super compelling story.

Hegseth’s Pentagon “renaming” these bases after obscure veterans with the same names as the Confederates the bases were originally named for has all the subtlety of a school bully putting his hand in your face and yelling “I’m not touching you! I’m not touching you!”

I am calling my places where I use insurance on Monday morning and asking a real person just to double check before I hit the button.

Well yes, I know it wasn't /actually/ because of privacy concerns.

to defend abrego garcia, you didn't have to defend the guy, you didn't have to defend unauthorized migration, you didn't have to defend biden's handling of the southern border. you only had to stand up for the constitution! that's it!

At one point people in this state (Michigan) were trying to make red light/speeding cameras illegal because of "privacy" while we are putting up facial recognition technology all over the place. Make it make sense.

Well if it doesn't include CAC I will have to think of some other similar test....