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unkate

@unkate.bsky.social

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Lover of the natural world, past & present

unkate @unkate.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

putin has already moved into the white house: russian state tv *appeared out of nowhere* to broadcast the zelenskyy dogfight (while associated press was banned). same as in donald's 1st term. and, imo, the first civil war never ended; it's just now occurring back out in the open.

Trump shaking hands with Russians in the Oval Office during his first term.

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unkate @unkate.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I CONFESS that I ripped the following from elsewhere (but there was no source....so feel free to provide one if you have it). This information needs to be spread to educate people on HOW TO DEAL WITH INSURANCE COMPANY'S AUTOMATIC REFUSALS OF CLAIMS.

This is a medical hack for when your doctor orders a test or treatment and your insurance company denies it. That is a typical cost-saving ploy used by the insurance company. Here is your next step:
(1) Call the insurance company and tell them you want to speak to the HIPAA Compliance/Privacy Officer (they're federally required to have one). (2) Ask that person for the names and credentials of every person accessing your record to make that decision of denial. By law you have a right to that info. (3) The insurance company will almost always reverse the decision very shortly rather than admit that the committee is made of low paid high school grads looking at "criteria words" and making decisions to deny your care. Even in the rare case that the refusal decision was made by medical personnel, it is unlikely that it was made by a board certified doctor in that specialty, and the insurance company doesn't want you to know that. (4) Any refusal should be reported to the US Office of Civil Rights (OCR.gov) as a HIPAA violation.

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unkate @unkate.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Are these Amanita Muscaria?

two multicolored mushrooms in pine needle bed, top view

two multicolored mushrooms in pine needle bed, side view

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unkate @unkate.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

#Books #BookSky

Book cover of The Chicago Manual of Style 18

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unkate @unkate.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

back at ya. :)

A black cat's head resting on a bench with eyes half-closed. Next to her head is a soapstone carving of a resting-sleeping cat.

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unkate @unkate.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Trout (as in rainbow trout or trout lily) and Martha May (the grinch's girlfriend).

Sitting on the floor, staring up at the camera: A black kitty (wrapped in a gray winter scarf) and a white kitty with calico coloring.

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