cwgrody
@cwgrody.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy
Author. Retired social worker specializing in family therapy. Former sportswriter. Hopefully funny once in a while.
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Got tired of being indoors, so I went outside to work on the garden (in the rain... yes, yes, I know, not recommended, but desperate times require desperate measures).
Good: waterproof hat works great!
Good: rain jacket works great!
Bad: When bent over gardening, rain jacket channels all the […]
Good: waterproof hat works great!
Good: rain jacket works great!
Bad: When bent over gardening, rain jacket channels all the […]
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m.ai6yr.org
January 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Got tired of being indoors, so I went outside to work on the garden (in the rain... yes, yes, I know, not recommended, but desperate times require desperate measures).
Good: waterproof hat works great!
Good: rain jacket works great!
Bad: When bent over gardening, rain jacket channels all the […]
Good: waterproof hat works great!
Good: rain jacket works great!
Bad: When bent over gardening, rain jacket channels all the […]
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Data centers pose significant health and safety risks to nearby communities, and rely on fossil fuels such as coal, the largest contributor to climate change. Local governments and communities need to continue to have a say on what’s built in their own backyard.
Tell Congress: REJECT efforts to […]
Tell Congress: REJECT efforts to […]
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m.ai6yr.org
January 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Data centers pose significant health and safety risks to nearby communities, and rely on fossil fuels such as coal, the largest contributor to climate change. Local governments and communities need to continue to have a say on what’s built in their own backyard.
Tell Congress: REJECT efforts to […]
Tell Congress: REJECT efforts to […]
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Lol when the local pharmacy is more proactive about vaccination reminders than the CDC.
January 2, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Lol when the local pharmacy is more proactive about vaccination reminders than the CDC.
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As an aside, I've also put together a table which breaks out the various programs which some states have implemented to mitigate the damage.
Blue = state program for lower/moderate-income enrollees (mostly already existed)
Yellow = state subsidies to backfill lost federal tax credits
Blue = state program for lower/moderate-income enrollees (mostly already existed)
Yellow = state subsidies to backfill lost federal tax credits
January 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
As an aside, I've also put together a table which breaks out the various programs which some states have implemented to mitigate the damage.
Blue = state program for lower/moderate-income enrollees (mostly already existed)
Yellow = state subsidies to backfill lost federal tax credits
Blue = state program for lower/moderate-income enrollees (mostly already existed)
Yellow = state subsidies to backfill lost federal tax credits
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This only leads to your data being sold... or a subscription fee. Or security holes. Or rapid obsolescence because your fridge stops working. Or your fridge becoming the next botnet, LOL. 🙄
GE's new Smart Refrigerator automates grocery shopping with a barcode […]
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GE's new Smart Refrigerator automates grocery shopping with a barcode […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
January 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
This only leads to your data being sold... or a subscription fee. Or security holes. Or rapid obsolescence because your fridge stops working. Or your fridge becoming the next botnet, LOL. 🙄
GE's new Smart Refrigerator automates grocery shopping with a barcode […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
GE's new Smart Refrigerator automates grocery shopping with a barcode […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
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Now you're talking, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Hakeem Jeffries urged Congress to bring the same investigative rigor to Trump’s ailing health that it brought to the Epstein files.
Top Dem Demands Congress Investigate Trump’s Health Lies
The House Minority Leader urged Congress to demand honest answers from the White House.
trib.al
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Now you're talking, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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A surprising number of people I have run into this holiday season who have loaded Linux, who I would not expect would be loading Linux. (all driven by owning Windows 10 computers and sick of Microsoft advertising on their desktop). I am talking senior citizens with modest technical skills, but […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
A surprising number of people I have run into this holiday season who have loaded Linux, who I would not expect would be loading Linux. (all driven by owning Windows 10 computers and sick of Microsoft advertising on their desktop). I am talking senior citizens with modest technical skills, but […]
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[Fascism, Racism, Immigration]
Curious, this map.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g-s1-104284/dhs-pause-immigration-applications-20-countries
Curious, this map.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g-s1-104284/dhs-pause-immigration-applications-20-countries
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
[Fascism, Racism, Immigration]
Curious, this map.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g-s1-104284/dhs-pause-immigration-applications-20-countries
Curious, this map.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g-s1-104284/dhs-pause-immigration-applications-20-countries
Having the portal in the middle of the playoffs was always a bad idea, and this was bound to happen — especially with Kiffen involved.
#cfb #CFBplayoffs
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47479549/ole-miss-cfp-staff-uncertain-kiffin-plots-lsu-transfer-portal-period
#cfb #CFBplayoffs
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47479549/ole-miss-cfp-staff-uncertain-kiffin-plots-lsu-transfer-portal-period
Kiffin's assistants in flux as Ole Miss advances
Shortly after Pete Golding and Ole Miss finished an upset of Georgia on Thursday, a source told ESPN's Mark Schlabach to expect some "fireworks," as LSU coach Lane Kiffin decides how many of his assistants can remain with the Rebels for the CFP semifinal.
www.espn.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Having the portal in the middle of the playoffs was always a bad idea, and this was bound to happen — especially with Kiffen involved.
#cfb #CFBplayoffs
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47479549/ole-miss-cfp-staff-uncertain-kiffin-plots-lsu-transfer-portal-period
#cfb #CFBplayoffs
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47479549/ole-miss-cfp-staff-uncertain-kiffin-plots-lsu-transfer-portal-period
Last week, I saw a headline that said DaRon Holmes II was playing a lot of minutes in the G League to learn how to play Joker’s role in the offense.
Tonight, with Joker and Valanciunas both out for at least four weeks, Holmes is starting for the #nuggets in Cleveland.
This will only make us […]
Tonight, with Joker and Valanciunas both out for at least four weeks, Holmes is starting for the #nuggets in Cleveland.
This will only make us […]
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mastodon.sdf.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Last week, I saw a headline that said DaRon Holmes II was playing a lot of minutes in the G League to learn how to play Joker’s role in the offense.
Tonight, with Joker and Valanciunas both out for at least four weeks, Holmes is starting for the #nuggets in Cleveland.
This will only make us […]
Tonight, with Joker and Valanciunas both out for at least four weeks, Holmes is starting for the #nuggets in Cleveland.
This will only make us […]
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Welcome to 2026
NEWS: Donald Trump furious at media and Americans for talking about his health.
Trump threatens military action in Iran if Iran targets protestors.
DHS starts cutting disaster response jobs. An important update. Subscribe to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Trump threatens military action in Iran if Iran targets protestors.
DHS starts cutting disaster response jobs. An important update. Subscribe to support my work: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: Trump Lashes Out at Americans for Talking About his Health and Threatens Iran with Further Military Intervention
Good morning everyone.
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Welcome to 2026
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so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda media campaign to demonize taxpayer-funded childcare, our garbage oligarch press parroted the attack, and now they're going to steal that money to put into their assorted cryptocurrency grifts
‘Scorched-Earth Attack’: Trump Admin Cuts Off Childcare Funds to All States | Common Dreams
"My team and I are exploring all our legal options to ensure that critical childcare services do not get abruptly slashed based on pretext and grandstanding," said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ell...
www.commondreams.org
January 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
so basically our rich oligarchs launched a racist propaganda media campaign to demonize taxpayer-funded childcare, our garbage oligarch press parroted the attack, and now they're going to steal that money to put into their assorted cryptocurrency grifts
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Keep 'em coming
Schwartz was set to host the Washington National Opera Gala in May, but he told Newsday there’s “no way” he would set foot in the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump’s renaming.
‘Wicked’ Composer Stephen Schwartz Says He’ll Back Out Of Kennedy Center Hosting Gig
Schwartz was set to host the Washington National Opera Gala in May, but he told Newsday there’s “no way” he would set foot in the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump’s renaming.
www.forbes.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Keep 'em coming
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The industry term for this is “adverse selection.”
Left unabated, it leads to a less wonky-sounding phenomenon known as a “death spiral.”
Left unabated, it leads to a less wonky-sounding phenomenon known as a “death spiral.”
Healthy people are going to drop insurance because it no longer makes financial sense. The insurance companies will only have folks with chronic illnesses as customers. And rates will be even more insane. The industry will collapse. It’s only a matter of time.
January 2, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The industry term for this is “adverse selection.”
Left unabated, it leads to a less wonky-sounding phenomenon known as a “death spiral.”
Left unabated, it leads to a less wonky-sounding phenomenon known as a “death spiral.”
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The ACA won’t go FULL death spiral since the original subsidy structure will still be in place (well, a weaker version of it anyway), but it’s still not gonna be pretty.
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The ACA won’t go FULL death spiral since the original subsidy structure will still be in place (well, a weaker version of it anyway), but it’s still not gonna be pretty.
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“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off,’" one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:58 AM
“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off,’" one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said another.
Trump is a monster.
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Once again, the government has responded to a Court order with which it disagrees by
pretending it doesn’t exist.
Mr. Abrego moved for sanctions based on senior DHS official Gregory Bovino’s flagrant violation of this Court’s October 27 Order
(Dkt. 183, the “Order”)
governing extrajudicial […]
pretending it doesn’t exist.
Mr. Abrego moved for sanctions based on senior DHS official Gregory Bovino’s flagrant violation of this Court’s October 27 Order
(Dkt. 183, the “Order”)
governing extrajudicial […]
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c.im
January 2, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Once again, the government has responded to a Court order with which it disagrees by
pretending it doesn’t exist.
Mr. Abrego moved for sanctions based on senior DHS official Gregory Bovino’s flagrant violation of this Court’s October 27 Order
(Dkt. 183, the “Order”)
governing extrajudicial […]
pretending it doesn’t exist.
Mr. Abrego moved for sanctions based on senior DHS official Gregory Bovino’s flagrant violation of this Court’s October 27 Order
(Dkt. 183, the “Order”)
governing extrajudicial […]
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January 2, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Imagine having a playoff team with enough character to pull off a win like that, but still saying, “Naw, I want to coach somewhere else.”
#olemiss #sugarbowl #collegefootball
#olemiss #sugarbowl #collegefootball
January 2, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Imagine having a playoff team with enough character to pull off a win like that, but still saying, “Naw, I want to coach somewhere else.”
#olemiss #sugarbowl #collegefootball
#olemiss #sugarbowl #collegefootball
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In addition to confabulations, current diagnostic criteria for the bvFTD variant describe that behavioral disinhibition may manifest as “socially inappropriate behavior,” “loss of manners/decorum,” or “impulsive, rash or careless actions” [Reference here]
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21810890/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21810890/
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 AM
In addition to confabulations, current diagnostic criteria for the bvFTD variant describe that behavioral disinhibition may manifest as “socially inappropriate behavior,” “loss of manners/decorum,” or “impulsive, rash or careless actions” [Reference here]
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21810890/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21810890/
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And if you’re thinking, “I’m just one person, what difference can I make?” my pinned post has you covered:
I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
And if you’re thinking, “I’m just one person, what difference can I make?” my pinned post has you covered:
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And my free newsletter has a “what you can do” section every week!
Are we really doomed?
Is it too late to do anything about climate change?
www.talkingclimate.ca
January 2, 2026 at 4:07 AM
And my free newsletter has a “what you can do” section every week!
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January 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM
January 2, 2026 at 4:07 AM