I was paying $550/month for health insurance this year.
Then I had an emergency and had to take an ambulance.
I got a bill for $1340. Insurance covers exactly $0 because I haven’t even come close to the $5000 deductible.
Fuck this.
When Google puts 4 paid ads ahead of the first organic result for your own brand name, you’re forced to pay up if you want to be found. It’s a shakedown. It’s ransom. But at least we can have fun with it. Search for Basecamp and you may see this attached ad.
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Google and Facebook’s duopoly is a cancer upon the web. This report is from two years ago. Surely it’s gotten worse since. We went Facebook free at Basecamp a while back. It’s time to get serious about the second step: Google free. staltz.com/the-web-began-dyi…
"However, lest I be cast as a meek housewife who cannot speak for herself, I would like to make the following statement", Jamie, my wife, chimes in on the @AppleCard kerfuffle. dhh.dk/2019/about-the-apple-…
Please consider making a donation—big or small—to my campaign. As the House’s only independent, I don’t have a party machine behind me. I have you! Because I threaten the partisan power structure, I’m a top target this term. Thanks for making a difference. secure.anedot.com/justinamas…
Introducing Analogue Pocket.
A multi-video-game-system portable handheld. A digital audio workstation with a built-in synthesizer and sequencer.
A tribute to portable gaming.
analogue.co/pocket
Analogue's Pocket is a gorgeous handheld that plays original Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges.
It will eventually support Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color and Atari Lynx games, too.
engadget.com/2019/10/16/anal…
It’s as though the White House is unfamiliar with the difference between impeachment in the House and trial in the Senate. It’s also as though the White House is unfamiliar with the Constitution generally.
When asked about a politician’s suggestion that the poor of America lift themselves up by their bootstraps, soprano Jessye Norman (1945-2019) replied with regal righteousness,
“Some people have no boots!”
Today a customer mentioned that she could get a new hardcover book online for $15. Our mission is not to shame anyone for their shopping practices, but we do feel a responsibility to educate about what it means when a new hardcover is available for $15 online.