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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Holy moley, that's wild.
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I've been wondering how these turned out. The outcomes were not trumpeted as loudly as the program launches. And I haven't heard much about Social Impact Bonds lately at all.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm getting tired of the communal amnesia about the impact of policies. This report says that reducing criminal drug penalties likely resulted in 7,000 more homeless people in CA. But yanno where they would have been if arrested? Yeah, not getting treatment in jail. www.kpbs.org/news/politic...
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Reducing drug penalties likely increased homelessness in California, new report says
The report, released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California, set out to measure the long-term effects of Proposition 47 — a 2014 ballot measure that lowered some drug and property crime...
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I knew something was off with all those people who said "run the government like a business." Couldn't put my finger on it before, but now it's clear. They don't want citizens, they want serfs or worse slaves.
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I want to know this too. Presumably the state Medicaid plan ALREADY has this clinical information about the member, so why all the performative paperwork?
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
When they announced DOGE I wondered how it was that the GAO with the same mission had become irrelevant. DOGE was a scam all the way down. More transparency my butt. When all is settled, it will turn out there were no true savings from the ignorant cuts.
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
With this administration, every time I see them use the word "empower" when it comes to a public program, my first response is to shudder and wonder how they have weakened it. Example: www.hhs.gov/press-room/a...
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
And what if the big gamble with children's lives doesn't work and all we get is a higher death and disability rate due to vaccine-preventable diseases and no change to the autisim identification rate? What then? This natural experiment brewing makes me uneasy.
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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This, from food safety attorney Bill Marler, is so much better than anything I've seen from the FDA.
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Taylor Farms Posted Its Own Recall. It Went to 27 States, Not 5 — and the List Includes Bags Sold in Grocery Stores.
Taylor Farms has posted a recall notice on its own website. As of this morning it is still not on FDA's recalls page, which means the only
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Well, it finally happened, took 6 years but someone irl asked me if I'd heard about the internet story about the guy who ordered a ton of rice
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The more I learn about the OBBBA Medicaid work requirements, the more I wonder if the folks in favor of this have ever been unemployed, had an unreliable car, or had a health condition that causes fatigue that doesn't count as a disability. You're gonna lose your health coverage if the car breaks.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13/07/2026
Welcome to Puppy Court
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I was happy to contribute to this new short documentary on Arizona’s voucher system, what i called the “gold standard for what not to do, and how to do what not to do.” @moreperfectunion.bsky.social youtu.be/JpmIaajDfcM?...
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We Investigated The Biggest Government Fraud In America. You're Paying For It.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This hits the nail on the head: Aging and planning for what might be a long retirement requires thinking about purpose and what can be accomplished as physical and cognitive abilities permit. Watching TV just fills a vacuum. www.wealthmanagement.com/retirement/w...
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Ken Dychtwald on Why the Retirement Model Is Broken
Aging expert Ken Dychtwald shares what surprises him about getting older and why retirees need more purpose in their lives
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The DOJ has decided that the ADA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Olmstead decision do not require states to provide community integration for people with mental disabilities. www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's time for resistance hobbies that don't intersect with or reward any media companies owned by jerks.
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Burnout isn’t about working too much
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 09/06/2026
This is Bruce. He was rescued by two tour boat operators after his kayak broke loose and was carried out to sea by strong winds. 13/10 for all (IG: farne_islands)
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Can anyone explain why these authors decided that the reason the US workers slowed down was b/c of Medicaid expansion? SNAP didn't change. TANF is still at 1990s levels. SSI is still hard to get. www.nber.org/papers/w35020
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Why Do Americans No Longer Work So Much More Than Non-Americans?
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Judge orders jail time for former Gov. Matt Bevin over failure to produce financial information kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/05/j... They placed their adopted child at a residential facility for troubled youth in Jamaica and when the facility was found to be AWFUL, they left the child there.
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Judge orders jail time for former Gov. Matt Bevin over failure to produce financial information • Kentucky Lantern
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has been ordered to serve 60 days in jail after he failed to meet a deadline for producing complete financial information, as ordered by a judge.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This is extremely chilling - virologists being targeted for what appears to be minor (if any) "offenses". We all know _why_ this is happening, so I'm not going to belabor that point - but I want to provide some context on the technical details. 🧵 www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH scientists plead not guilty to smuggling monkeypox viruses into U.S.
Defendants face prison time for criminal charges but samples may all have been inactivated and used for routine diagnostics
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Oh yikes!!! Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
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Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I think the tech bros are the types who would leave earth, and then return to loot it when their space lair doesn't work out.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026
Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
OH no! where should we look first?
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Amplify this: Corporations that want the rights of "people" in terms of speech, must also be bound by the full responsibilities of people, and not solely the duty to protect shareholder value.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 19/05/2026
Donald Trump has not only ROBBED YOU of $1.8 billion to reward his allies, but he just used his own government to permanently shield himself, his family, and his businesses from IRS accountability.
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SwiftFischer @swiftfischer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This is absolutely fucking insane. People should be screaming about this. There should be no other news than this and the slush fund created yesterday. It’s a brazen, massive heist and he’s all but admitting it.
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Insurers are not directly the primary cause of health spending growth. But, with major insurers posting strong profits as health care costs grow, it’s reasonable to ask what value they provide for the overhead they consume.
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Yeah, shipping jobs overseas didn't do American workers any good at all.
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Love these things!
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Ireshresists @eilishparker.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
And if you haven’t heard this. Jackson Browne, Allison Browne and Steve Martin’s new release. “Dear Time”. It might make you tear up. @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/v_yJFbvOkXs?...
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Alison Brown & Steve Martin - Dear Time (feat. Jackson Browne with Jeff Hanna)
YouTube video by Alison Brown
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
What if we all stopped consulting AI anything? What if what really mattered was human interaction?
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
NO thanks. Full stop.
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I really like the fish tank on Comics Unleashed. The fish are beautiful.
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🎃 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 🎃 @skippythekangaroo.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Yes, it’s a Substack article. It may also be the best ADHD article I’ve ever read. If it might help someone I’m willing to put it out there.
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A Generation Got Told to 'Just Try Harder.' The Neuroscience Just Said 'That Was Never Going to Work.
400 people with ADHD told me what advice destroyed them. The research just said "yeah, we knew."
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Now do Florida! energycommerce.house.gov/posts/e-and-...
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E&C Leaders Expand Investigation into Medicaid Fraud Nationwide
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
In all of the chaos that is today, I am loving this retro-chaos: hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/11/dogs...
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Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving
Packing all of your belongings into a U-Haul and then transporting them across several states is nearly as stressful and futile as ...
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The line items are so much worse - fraudwise- than I anticipated. AZ needs to fix this program and impose accountability.
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
@airtable.com where are you? My base has been down for more than an hour.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
HHS announcing $100 mill in substance use grants: harm reduction and housing first "enabled future drug use and were never intended to support people in their recovery to lead productive lives in their communities." #Psychsky #opioids #addiction #mentalhealth #homelessness
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 21/01/2026
Shocking to account for what was nearly lost: - 417 programs to prevent suicide, 465 for alcohol, and 351 for HIV - 218 to help Americans with depression, 9 for schizophrenia - 573 program focused on rural areas. - Over 300 to support law enforcement dealing with mental health crises
A word cloud of terms from cancelled SAMHSA grants, with the largest terms being training, capacity, prescription, prevention, and disorder
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Steve Morgan @steveve.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This has been true for well over a decade. nepc.colorado.edu/publication/...
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Wait, Wait. Don’t Mislead Me! Nine Reasons to Be Skeptical About Charter Waitlist Numbers
In this Policy Memo, Kevin Welner and Gary Miron outline nine reasons that policymakers, reporters and others should be skeptical about reports that purport to show that large numbers of students are ...
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Full moon manatee eclipse! #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #fullmoon #eclipse #coralcityafterdark #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
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terrygrf.bsky.social @terrygrf.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
$150,000 is the line? geebus, we've always been below.
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