Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(& just realized while CHIP is a fairly universal acronym, HIP is just Healthy Indiana Plan) 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 07/10/2026You know states handle a lot of Medicaid, right? So many experiences in Indiana might be different than in other states. And you might find that Medicaid experiences for CHIP differ from those of adults, and from adults on HIP. 110
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yes. But this was using braces (often cosmetic) as the argument. We’re so far from that being the biggest issue for most people. It is AN issue - I knew people with severe congenital jaw issues that required braces who couldn’t get them as a kid b/c of $$$ - but basic care is still hard to get. 010
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It is a problem. And using healthcare for dinner, a movie, and some attention when you’re not sick is actually really bad. 100
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I disagree. When people suddenly have access to affordable healthcare, they definitely use more healthcare. I knew some people that went to the ER in hopes of getting admitted so they could get doted on by nurses and free meals. So… MAYBE if wages increased & we had enough mental health coverage… 210
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You mean Medicare? Only federally funded medical centers with annual staff turnover take Medicaid much anymore. 100
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I mean, braces are expensive and can be critical care, but… Medicaid reimbursements are so low that only 1 dentist in our state takes Medicaid for root canals, and people on private insurance get teeth pulled b/c copays are so high for anything else. Braces for cosmetic reasons? Maybe later. 200
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Sounds like a great idea for a low-budget play to offer up in every civic theater around, not as a $100 million plus movie. 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 03/10/2026No. The challenge is to stop letting ultra-competitive folks run the world into an uninhabitable place because of artificial goals. (The jet set routinely makes my backyard smell like jet exhaust, just so they can see football games at an “elite” university in my city.) 000
Reposted by AlisonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/10/2026The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiottheguardian.comThe expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George MonbiotA third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 86119
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 30/09/2026startbybelieving.org/unbelievable...startbybelieving.orgUnbelievable Netflix Series – Start By Believing 020
Reposted by AlisonUndead Kat, The Oracle Near Delphi Falls. @originallabgrrl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My son was told about affirmative consent his entire life, so much so that I was wrestling with the cat which was growling at me (not seriously and she was a cat who growled when she was playing also when she ate food) and my toddler son told me that the cat said no. That shit's not hard to teach. 422659304
Reposted by AlisonHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10134943784
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Remember, this is instead of investigating rapes and murders of indigenous women. 010
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Well, SCOTUS did declare several years ago that shareholder profits must be maximized, so workers must be swapped to part time non-benefits-eligible positions or subcontractors if at all possible, so long as it’s legal. 000
Reposted by AlisonAlbino Badguy @albinobadguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We should study data-center heat, but we can also use it. In Finland, waste heat from data centers is captured and fed into district-heating systems to warm homes and businesses. One major project is expected to supply about 40% of local heating demand. Instead of dumping the heat, use it. 1110223
Reposted by AlisonHigh Country News @highcountrynews.org · 26/09/2026Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a ‘fed bear’ really should be a ‘dead bear.’ buff.ly/wfv6lgybuff.lyAs bears ‘spin out’ in southern Montana, wildlife managers are at wit’s end - High Country NewsAmid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really… 3145
Reposted by AlisonFighting the good fight @elpeposo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Unless we stop the destruction of public education across the US through voucher scams and charter schools, the descent of the country will only accelerate. Oklahoma must allow taxpayer-funded religious charter school, judge rules | Reuters share.google/JBaNB7iB18Ut...share.googleOklahoma must allow taxpayer-funded religious charter school, judge rulesA federal judge in Oklahoma cleared the way on Thursday for a Jewish organization to establish the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious charter school in a case over religious rights in American ... 021
Reposted by AlisonThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 25/09/2026A federal court ruled that Oklahoma cannot prevent a Jewish charter school from operating in the state, paving the way for the nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school. The school had previously been blocked from operating in Oklahoma.washingtonpost.comFederal court gives green light to first-of-its-kind Jewish charter schoolThe school had previously been blocked from operating in Oklahoma. 72011
Reposted by AlisonIndivisibleNWI @indivisiblenwi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026IndivisibleNWI registers more than 40 new voters at the urban league event yesterday in Northwest Indiana! Thank you voter registration squad! 031
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 21/09/2026As in “the bigger issue is that minimum wage hasn’t been raised in over a decade and our customers don’t have any money thanks to wealth inequality… and those pesky gas & diesel prices” 000
Reposted by AlisonThe Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16/09/2026Josh Johnson isn't sure Mitch McConnell’s return to the Senate dispelled the “secretly dead” rumors 2152992
Reposted by AlisonProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵 22834401321
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I remember when I moved into a house that didn’t have energy star appliances and my water bill doubled because the washer and dishwasher were less efficient than a toddler with a wash tub and a hose… 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 09/09/2026As long as they aren’t real children, it’s maybe protected by an obsolete 1A Supreme Court decision per a Wisconsin judge 110
Reposted by AlisonCassandra Jaramillo @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New reporting from my colleagues: Ectopic-related deaths in abortion banned states are increasing. One expert said deaths from ectopic pregnancies should “really be a never event.” www.propublica.org/article/ecto...propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 17555300
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 08/09/2026But using freshwater withdrawal metrics that include California to argue that data centers aren’t a problem in a place like Indiana that historically didn’t draw much on its aquifer is annoying and wrong. 000
Reposted by AlisonJeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026YETI co-founder is helping Trump destroy Big Bend. www.kut.org/news/2026-06...kut.orgYETI co-founder among owners of West Texas ranch facilitating border wall constructionPublic records show Ryan Seiders, co-founder of global lifestyle and outdoor brand YETI, is one of the owners of the Moody Bennett Ranch in the state's Big Bend region. The ranch, which lies in the pa... 179977
Reposted by AlisonRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 12/08/2026Incarcerated for Life in Trump’s War on the Left Autumn Hill had already gone home when a protest outside an ICE facility in Texas turned violent. She was still sentenced to 50 years in prison, over twice as long as any Jan. 6 defendant. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 17311193
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 08/08/2026If you aren’t addressing wealth inequity and wage stagnation, please don’t bother running. 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 06/08/2026If we’re still talking about lowering costs instead of destroying the wealth & wage gaps, we’re already failing. 021
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/08/2026And do you mean the local public school fields? Youth travel sports aren’t in the time or $$ budget. 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/08/2026How did you get home? I don’t mean the field, I mean there isn’t a public phone for 5 miles in any direction, but there is a gas station down the street where a cop killed a woman in a mental health crisis last week, and that’s related to why I can’t foster teens anymore. 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I can’t give my kids a quarter to call for a ride, I have to either pay for a phone plan or count on the kindness of strangers, and often they can’t comply because when the school bus gets cancelled after practice, the coach can’t share her phone with 26 kids when she needs to pick up her own 100
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I’m also going with schools. In don’t remember being late for school very often. My kid’s bus is routinely 1/2 hour late or cancelled. The nationwide shortage of school bus drivers has been going on for years and for those parents who are reliant, or who have given up and do drop off, it’s awful 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 05/08/2026How much of the homicide rate improvement is fewer shootings/stabbings vs better medical treatments? I really hope it isn’t medical treatments, because living well with disabilities can be really rough. 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Watching a professor slowly die from cancer over a semester was not something that made me fond of the U.S. healthcare system. 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The right way would be taxing the rich, worker protections, and raising the minimum wage, for a start. 000
Reposted by Alisonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/07/2026not really surprised to learn that terminal stupidity and racism is the reason i can’t walk into a CVS and just buy a toothbrush without flagging down the one person who might be in the store dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...dannykatch.substack.comWe used to be able to buy things in this countryLocking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy 28459461011
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I knew a teen whose second job paid $2.90 an hour. Last year, with tips expected to make up the difference. So she gave up on working. Hope you like paying her ER bills. 000
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Have you ever taken a dog for a walk in the woods? I’m guessing they’ve cut back on dog food and just clean up the pee. 010
Alison @mapsanddata.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Was it explosive diarrhea from a now voluntary-to-report parasite? 000