“The US seems so distracted that key officials are barely keeping track of aid shipments that last week they claimed were a priority.” theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promised two years ago to hold a vote on a bill to ensure people with all types of insurance have access to $35/month insulin. He hasn't done it.

I dug into the counterintuitive dynamics that have led to a stalemate statnews.com/2024/04/16/chu…

paper's almost done the only thing still missing is what the point is

Palestinian Doctors Uncover New Mass Grave at Al-Shifa in Wake of Israeli Siege democracynow.org/2024/4/16/head…

Perhaps not surprisingly, rural areas are disproportionately affected by provider networks. Restrictiveness --> ~35% as many specialists being seen as in Traditional Medicare

With attention diverted to the Iran situation, these are deadly incidences that have occurred in just the last few days in Gaza:

ochaopt.org/content/hostil…

Just a few days ago, the world watched as an Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza killed 7 aid workers. Now, with the world waiting to see what Israeli counter-attack in Iran will be, Gaza is suddenly out of sight. foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/15/isr…

Reckless incitement to violence, not even a dog-whistle.

Fewer employers are offering their workers supplemental health benefits for retirement, and those that still do are increasingly pushing retirees into Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.

Combination could accelerate MA takeover and undercut retiree's financial stability

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Sauron had a lot of problems, but he knew how to manage a wetland. The Dead Marshes were one of the environmental gems of Mordor, and an impressive nature-based solution to help remediate the environmental damage caused by the corpse issue after the Battle of Dagorlad

'A broader war with Iran is exactly what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been seeking for more than two decades.'

foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/15/isr…

Even putting aside the rest of the world for a moment, it is braindead obvious that an Israeli attack on Iran at this stage will endanger the lives of large numbers of Israelis.

axios.com/2024/04/15/isr…

From a scholar whose work played a critical role in spurring current reforms.

the Galenic humors are real

The amount of physical & economic & human resources that are expended on the development & manufacture & utilization of ever-more-efficient technologies for the destruction of human bodies is one of the most demoralizing realities, however cliched it is to register.

It is sheer insanity to assert you would continue to give weapons to someone regardless of what they are doing with them.