Todd Knarr
@tknarr.bsky.social
Software engineer, furry, sci-fi fan. Mostly quiet because I'm usually busy. I'm more active on @[email protected]
What's interesting here is that all of this is the result of the switch to HMOs, something that was touted by the HMO industry as a way to control prices. When I was growing up, the norm was mutual insurance that made no attempt to control prices.
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thehill.com/opinion/heal...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What's interesting here is that all of this is the result of the switch to HMOs, something that was touted by the HMO industry as a way to control prices. When I was growing up, the norm was mutual insurance that made no attempt to control prices.
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thehill.com/opinion/heal...
There's an easy out: point out that in the US justice system "accused of" is not equivalent to "convicted of" and it's not the ISP's place to act as judge and jury deciding whether an accusation merits a conviction.
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Supreme Court Seen as Likely to Overturn Fourth Circuit’s ruling in Cox v. Sony
But it’s not clear what new standard justices will lay out.
broadbandbreakfast.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
There's an easy out: point out that in the US justice system "accused of" is not equivalent to "convicted of" and it's not the ISP's place to act as judge and jury deciding whether an accusation merits a conviction.
broadbandbreakfast.com/supreme-cour...
broadbandbreakfast.com/supreme-cour...
Maybe she should investigate why her boss pardoned Phillip Esformes, one of the people behind this fraud.
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www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
Noem says Homeland Security is investigating fraud in Minneapolis
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday posted a video on the social platform X showing DHS officers going into an unidentified business and questioning the person working behind the counter...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Maybe she should investigate why her boss pardoned Phillip Esformes, one of the people behind this fraud.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
I think the reasoning is clear: the Legislature knows the appeal will go nowhere, they're having no luck with their initiative, their only option is to keep the question open and try to be allowed to use the gerrymandered map as long as possible. They're cooked.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Why haven’t GOP legislators appealed the redistricting rulings? Even the judge in the case wonders.
Judge Dianna Gibson says her redistricting rulings should go to the Utah Supreme Court for review and scolds GOP lawmakers for not appealing sooner.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I think the reasoning is clear: the Legislature knows the appeal will go nowhere, they're having no luck with their initiative, their only option is to keep the question open and try to be allowed to use the gerrymandered map as long as possible. They're cooked.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
I'd love to change tax law so that proceeds from loans secured by tangible property (or used to purchase tangible property which would be security for the loan, eg. mortgages and car loans) would be non-taxable (and payments not tax-deductible). Loans not secured by tangible property WOULD be...
December 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I'd love to change tax law so that proceeds from loans secured by tangible property (or used to purchase tangible property which would be security for the loan, eg. mortgages and car loans) would be non-taxable (and payments not tax-deductible). Loans not secured by tangible property WOULD be...
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I think a lot of it is recognizing that Congress will be controlled by the Democrats after the mid-terms, and these Republicans are moving to offices where they can depend on state-level control to help them as opposed to fighting a losing fight in Congress.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/p...
More House Republicans are leaving Congress to run for governor than in decades amid frustration over ‘toxic environment’ | CNN Politics
Congressional Republicans have yet to break the record for most retirements in a single year, but some say it’s only a matter of time before widespread frustration with the current state of Washington...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I think a lot of it is recognizing that Congress will be controlled by the Democrats after the mid-terms, and these Republicans are moving to offices where they can depend on state-level control to help them as opposed to fighting a losing fight in Congress.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/25/p...
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
What I find interesting about this ruling is that it's the first time where this Court has addressed the critical points of "What does the law say?" and "What's the likely outcome?". I think Roberts and the others might be getting a clue finally.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration’s request to deploy National Guard troops in Illinois at this time, over the dissenting votes of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
![We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under § 12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.
18 U.S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.
At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. The President has not invoked a statute that provides an exception to the Posse](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibdsy2sqw2yxt3ztz7pwc6pigtulgalqxwwnzxhlmyg2ntchkswwu@jpeg)
![Comitatus Act. Instead, he relies on inherent constitutional authority that, according to the Government, allows him to use the military to protect federal personnel and property. But the Government also claims-consistent with the longstanding view of the Executive Branch-that performing such protective functions does not constitute
"executing] the laws" within the meaning of the Posse Comitatus Act. See Supp. Letter Reply Brief for Applicants
8; 1 Supp. Op. OLC 343, n. 1 (1971) (collecting sources). If that is correct, it is hard to see how performing those functions could constitute "executing] the laws" under
§12406(3). See Azar v. Allina Health Services, 587 U.S. 566, 574 (2019) ("This Court does not lightly assume that Congress silently attaches different meanings to the same term in e same or related statutes"). Thus, at least in this posture, the Government has not carried its burden to show that §12406(3) permits the President to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois. We need not and do not address the reviewability of findi „s made by the Pres-
ident under §12406(3) or any other statute.
The application for stay is denied.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreid5gspjdv7pcrmexr4orqigpujw2rnwoyphysinbcbwarn23rzim4@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What I find interesting about this ruling is that it's the first time where this Court has addressed the critical points of "What does the law say?" and "What's the likely outcome?". I think Roberts and the others might be getting a clue finally.
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It’s D&D night and the party is trying to use old Boy Scout tricks to plug a magical leak.
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It’s D&D night and the party is trying to use old Boy Scout tricks to plug a magical leak.
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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I just found this about Jonathan Bailey VO from an updated article, it's at the bottom.
Update, 12/19/25, 9:15 a.m.: A representative of Bailey told Kotaku that he “won’t be commenting or participating in any interviews regarding FF XIV” at this time.
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Update, 12/19/25, 9:15 a.m.: A representative of Bailey told Kotaku that he “won’t be commenting or participating in any interviews regarding FF XIV” at this time.
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Final Fantasy 14 Fans Worry Jonathan Bailey Has Been Recast
Jonathan Bailey has also become the year's top-grossing actor after Wicked and Jurassic World
kotaku.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I just found this about Jonathan Bailey VO from an updated article, it's at the bottom.
Update, 12/19/25, 9:15 a.m.: A representative of Bailey told Kotaku that he “won’t be commenting or participating in any interviews regarding FF XIV” at this time.
kotaku.com/final-fantas...
Update, 12/19/25, 9:15 a.m.: A representative of Bailey told Kotaku that he “won’t be commenting or participating in any interviews regarding FF XIV” at this time.
kotaku.com/final-fantas...
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Whoa...she's still there...honestly thought she'd have been corrected with maint. Rather pleased she wasn't.
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Whoa...she's still there...honestly thought she'd have been corrected with maint. Rather pleased she wasn't.
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The people I want to interact with on social media tend to be the sort who don't want videos because they're very much a non-interactive unidirectional channel and a low-bandwidth one at that.
okay somehow this totally banal observation about the relative scale and influence of social media platforms has made some people extremely mad
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The people I want to interact with on social media tend to be the sort who don't want videos because they're very much a non-interactive unidirectional channel and a low-bandwidth one at that.
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