Anthony Hansen
@anthonywhansen.bsky.social
Licensed Psychologist, Husband, Father, General Helper of People — Lift heavy weights, play video games, sing and dance, be merry
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
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yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone
Stephen Lynch, aiming to be top Dem on the Oversight Cmte, blew up at a constituent who asked him to oppose the GOP.
"I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"
"I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I get to decide that. I'm elected. I get to decide that. You wanna decide that? You need to run for Congress, okay? I get to decide that"
April 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
yeah i am pretty much on the side of primary everyone
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If one guy holds most of the tech people rely on, it is a vulnerability, but also it's one guy: as a global population we should be able to easily just take it from him, so it seems to me the real vulnerability is an internalized belief that private ownership is more sacrosanct than human thriving.
Musk threatens to shut off Starlink access if Ukraine won’t sign the minerals “deal”.
So many of us warned about Europe’s near-total tech dependence on the US. Deeply irresponsible to rely on the continued benevolence of an external actor for such vital systems. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...
So many of us warned about Europe’s near-total tech dependence on the US. Deeply irresponsible to rely on the continued benevolence of an external actor for such vital systems. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...
US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters
The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink service after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communicati...
kyivindependent.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
If one guy holds most of the tech people rely on, it is a vulnerability, but also it's one guy: as a global population we should be able to easily just take it from him, so it seems to me the real vulnerability is an internalized belief that private ownership is more sacrosanct than human thriving.
A 60 hour in-office workweek will kill life satisfaction, romantic partnerships, and lower birth rates.
I haven’t seen one shred of evidence to support longer work weeks as a factor to improve productivity levels. I’ve only seen the opposite.
I haven’t seen one shred of evidence to support longer work weeks as a factor to improve productivity levels. I’ve only seen the opposite.
“I recommend being in the office at least every weekday,” Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, wrote in a memo. He added that “60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity.” nyti.ms/41yElFc
March 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A 60 hour in-office workweek will kill life satisfaction, romantic partnerships, and lower birth rates.
I haven’t seen one shred of evidence to support longer work weeks as a factor to improve productivity levels. I’ve only seen the opposite.
I haven’t seen one shred of evidence to support longer work weeks as a factor to improve productivity levels. I’ve only seen the opposite.
There is light in darkness. Please uplift and support the light.
Update from WIRED head @katie-drummond.bsky.social.
We're hosting a webinar for subscribers w/ our reporters and editors next Thursday, Feb 13 @ 1pm ET.
We're hosting a webinar for subscribers w/ our reporters and editors next Thursday, Feb 13 @ 1pm ET.
February 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There is light in darkness. Please uplift and support the light.
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Popular or not Dems cannot bend on the need for trans people to be treated with basic humanity and respect. If we give up that because the right made trans people unpopular, we give up everything. They’ll dice us group by group like a salami. We die on this hill or we die alone in a ditch
February 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Popular or not Dems cannot bend on the need for trans people to be treated with basic humanity and respect. If we give up that because the right made trans people unpopular, we give up everything. They’ll dice us group by group like a salami. We die on this hill or we die alone in a ditch
This man and his unelected, unappointed posse will not stop until he is stopped.
I'm not convinced anyone will stop him.
I'm not convinced anyone will stop him.
new reporting that Elon is instructing GSA, the agency that manages government worksites, to terminate the leases for all (!) federal offices nationwide: apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration
One of the next moves in President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s effort to fire government employees and curtail operations is using the agency that manages federal employee worksites around the countr...
apnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This man and his unelected, unappointed posse will not stop until he is stopped.
I'm not convinced anyone will stop him.
I'm not convinced anyone will stop him.
The last 10 years have exhausted my own expectations of rules, norms, and ethics. What’s even more sinister is that now I continue to question whether humanity is inherently good or evil.
Recently, I don’t even question if evil, obviously wrong things will go unchallenged and eventually win.
Recently, I don’t even question if evil, obviously wrong things will go unchallenged and eventually win.
February 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The last 10 years have exhausted my own expectations of rules, norms, and ethics. What’s even more sinister is that now I continue to question whether humanity is inherently good or evil.
Recently, I don’t even question if evil, obviously wrong things will go unchallenged and eventually win.
Recently, I don’t even question if evil, obviously wrong things will go unchallenged and eventually win.
“Growing holes”
Call it what it is. It’s greed fueled by the everlasting push for more profits and privatization at the expense of safety and the health/well-being of others.
Capitalism must end. At the very least be reigned in more than ever before.
This is madness.
Call it what it is. It’s greed fueled by the everlasting push for more profits and privatization at the expense of safety and the health/well-being of others.
Capitalism must end. At the very least be reigned in more than ever before.
This is madness.
The deadly collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet appeared to confirm what pilots, air traffic controllers and safety experts had been warning for years: Growing holes in the U.S. aviation system could lead to the kind of crash that left 67 people dead in the Potomac River.
Clues From D.C. Plane Crash Suggest Multiple Failures in Aviation Safety
Clues emerging from the moments before an Army helicopter collided with a passenger jet suggest breakdowns in the system meant to help aircraft land safely at the busy Reagan National Airport.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Growing holes”
Call it what it is. It’s greed fueled by the everlasting push for more profits and privatization at the expense of safety and the health/well-being of others.
Capitalism must end. At the very least be reigned in more than ever before.
This is madness.
Call it what it is. It’s greed fueled by the everlasting push for more profits and privatization at the expense of safety and the health/well-being of others.
Capitalism must end. At the very least be reigned in more than ever before.
This is madness.
Therapy. These men need therapy.
These men normalize clearly defined traits of anxiety as “masculine instincts” and it’s clearly impacting their mood states and close relationships.
These men normalize clearly defined traits of anxiety as “masculine instincts” and it’s clearly impacting their mood states and close relationships.
“oh, you think conservative men are terrified of big cities? common mistake. we are actually all just self-taught jason bournes.”
January 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Therapy. These men need therapy.
These men normalize clearly defined traits of anxiety as “masculine instincts” and it’s clearly impacting their mood states and close relationships.
These men normalize clearly defined traits of anxiety as “masculine instincts” and it’s clearly impacting their mood states and close relationships.
Endorsed wholeheartedly by a licensed psychologist and practicing psychotherapist.
Please read.
Please read.
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Endorsed wholeheartedly by a licensed psychologist and practicing psychotherapist.
Please read.
Please read.
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If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].
January 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].
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one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.
January 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.
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great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
Happy new years to everyone EXCEPT all the doctors and therapists that work for insurance companies to help to deny coverage for people in need.
You can all eat shit and I hope your 2025 sucks worse than all the other years combined.
You can all eat shit and I hope your 2025 sucks worse than all the other years combined.
January 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Happy new years to everyone EXCEPT all the doctors and therapists that work for insurance companies to help to deny coverage for people in need.
You can all eat shit and I hope your 2025 sucks worse than all the other years combined.
You can all eat shit and I hope your 2025 sucks worse than all the other years combined.
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NEW: “You have made progress.”
“You are not a danger to yourself or others.”
The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.
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“You are not a danger to yourself or others.”
The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.
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Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
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December 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM
NEW: “You have made progress.”
“You are not a danger to yourself or others.”
The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.
propub.li/40iZlPO
“You are not a danger to yourself or others.”
The denial letter from Geneva Moore’s insurer directly contradicted her therapist’s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.
propub.li/40iZlPO
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United Healthcare’s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to “We’ll just gamble with her life.”
Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposin...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2024 at 4:36 PM
United Healthcare’s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to “We’ll just gamble with her life.”
Wow big news here that a Billionaire owner of a large media outlet is not benevolent and may, in fact, just prefer to censor and control news and opinion at said outlet.
Shocking.
Shocking.
LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong has recently killed more than one editorial that was critical of Trump, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social reports.
Apparently, he's forcing the editorial board to present an "opposing view" piece side-by-side with any Trump-critical op-ed.
www.status.news/p/patrick-so...
Apparently, he's forcing the editorial board to present an "opposing view" piece side-by-side with any Trump-critical op-ed.
www.status.news/p/patrick-so...
December 17, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Wow big news here that a Billionaire owner of a large media outlet is not benevolent and may, in fact, just prefer to censor and control news and opinion at said outlet.
Shocking.
Shocking.
The same forces that enable a slew of executives to deny healthcare to citizens with no penalty also encourage the courts to punish the woman for nothing more than a whisper of a “threat” with prison.
Compassion is dead. Only punishment and greed remain. Talk about toxic for the soul.
Compassion is dead. Only punishment and greed remain. Talk about toxic for the soul.
My normie liberal takes are as follows
1) Summary execution/cold blooded murder is bad, and cheering it is toxic to the soul.
2) The US healthcare system is a moral abomination and single payer would be much much better
3)Charging this woman with this crime is an insane miscarriage of justice
1) Summary execution/cold blooded murder is bad, and cheering it is toxic to the soul.
2) The US healthcare system is a moral abomination and single payer would be much much better
3)Charging this woman with this crime is an insane miscarriage of justice
Mom charged with terrorism for saying "Delay, deny depose" to health insurance company after being denied a claim:
December 14, 2024 at 3:29 AM
The same forces that enable a slew of executives to deny healthcare to citizens with no penalty also encourage the courts to punish the woman for nothing more than a whisper of a “threat” with prison.
Compassion is dead. Only punishment and greed remain. Talk about toxic for the soul.
Compassion is dead. Only punishment and greed remain. Talk about toxic for the soul.
I’m somewhat embarrassed to say, “Protein Bar, checking in”.
Your TOP GUN fighter tag is the last thing you ate. No more than two words.
GO.
GO.
December 8, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I’m somewhat embarrassed to say, “Protein Bar, checking in”.
"In June 2024, Elevance Health, the corporate name for Anthem, reported a 24.12% increase in its year-over-year net income to $2.3 billion and a 24.29% increase in its year-over-year net profit margin."
This is lunacy. Absolute sociopaths in charge of these corporations.
This is lunacy. Absolute sociopaths in charge of these corporations.
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 9:00 PM
"In June 2024, Elevance Health, the corporate name for Anthem, reported a 24.12% increase in its year-over-year net income to $2.3 billion and a 24.29% increase in its year-over-year net profit margin."
This is lunacy. Absolute sociopaths in charge of these corporations.
This is lunacy. Absolute sociopaths in charge of these corporations.
Everyone wants to scream regulations, but IMO executives don’t get nearly enough scrutiny historically for the almost inhuman decay of ethics that has permeated business culture.
Anything, and I mean ANYTHING to increase their bottom line. This isn’t sustainable for a functioning society.
Anything, and I mean ANYTHING to increase their bottom line. This isn’t sustainable for a functioning society.
An Oklahoma-based cleaning company has been fined nearly $172,000 after federal investigators found that it had hired nearly a dozen children to work dangerous overnight shifts at an Iowa slaughterhouse.
Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Everyone wants to scream regulations, but IMO executives don’t get nearly enough scrutiny historically for the almost inhuman decay of ethics that has permeated business culture.
Anything, and I mean ANYTHING to increase their bottom line. This isn’t sustainable for a functioning society.
Anything, and I mean ANYTHING to increase their bottom line. This isn’t sustainable for a functioning society.
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Why is it so hard to find a therapist who takes insurance?
We heard from more than 500 mental health care providers who left their networks because of red tape, low reimbursement rates, delayed payments and more.
📽️ @carissaqmb.bsky.social
We heard from more than 500 mental health care providers who left their networks because of red tape, low reimbursement rates, delayed payments and more.
📽️ @carissaqmb.bsky.social
Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes Insurance
In the midst of a mental health crisis, finding a therapist who takes your insurance can feel impossible. Insurers say that’s because there aren’t enough the...
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November 29, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Why is it so hard to find a therapist who takes insurance?
We heard from more than 500 mental health care providers who left their networks because of red tape, low reimbursement rates, delayed payments and more.
📽️ @carissaqmb.bsky.social
We heard from more than 500 mental health care providers who left their networks because of red tape, low reimbursement rates, delayed payments and more.
📽️ @carissaqmb.bsky.social
Hear me out but maybe we stop thinking billionaires will save anybody and focus on organizing to elect people who will pass laws based on policy that benefits people from the bottom up. Crazy? #genius
Hear me out… What if @mcuban.bsky.social bought MSNBC and basically did a high-quality video version of NPR? Actual news, commentary, markets/money, arts, culture/‘This American Life’-type stories… A linear/live stream like NPR’s schedule, and access to a library of past/original content. Crazy?
November 26, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Hear me out but maybe we stop thinking billionaires will save anybody and focus on organizing to elect people who will pass laws based on policy that benefits people from the bottom up. Crazy? #genius