@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-02 15:39:09
How 10-minute procedures and routine scans become five-figure medical bills
Health care prices are on the rise,
and patients are flummoxed that
even insurance companies aren’t doing more to control costs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026
@rmdes@mstdn.social2026-01-02 12:30:41
Testimony from an Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC) Survivor https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2017/10/29/testimony-from-an-ogyen-kunsang-choling-okc-survivor/
@mlncn@social.coop2026-03-01 14:50:30
We in the US are so far failing in our historic role, following the Italian resistance, to keep our fascist regime busy dealing with us in the US and less able to attack and strangle other countries. (And less able to harm its targets of genocide here.)
@bourgwick@heads.social2025-12-03 00:00:29
light some incense, locate your frop, & widen your 3rd googly eye with the frow show, jamming all the freshest transcendence from now 'til 8pm ET on @…, filling in for music of mind control. https://wfmu.org/playlists/JJ/25120…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-02 00:30:38
U.S. troops killed amid Iranian counterattack, fueling air defense fears (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/01/us-troops-killed-iran/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260301/p79#a260301p79
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-31 18:10:59
Filing: SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI data centers (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-de…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-01 01:16:10
SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data centersatellites into orbit.
While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX’s strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations.
The filing proposes establishing a network of solar-powered data centers in low Earth orbit that communicate with one another via lasers. The filling speak…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-01 01:26:28
SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data centersatellites into orbit.
While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX’s strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations.
The filing proposes establishing a network of solar-powered data centers in low Earth orbit that communicate with one another via lasers.
The fillin…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-01 01:32:48
New court filings allege that federal and state officials withheld evidence of the Trump administration’s involvement in the Everglades detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” a revelation that could revive a court-ordered shutdown. The Jan. 7 filings come as the Miccosukee Tribe presses ahead with its legal challenge amid President Donald Trump’s recent veto of legislation expanding the tribe’s control over Everglades lands.
The filings, submitted by Friends of the Everglades…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-01 01:54:05
NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday
leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket,
a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby.
Already in quarantine to avoid germs,
Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will be the first people to launch to the moon since 1972.
They will monitor the dress rehearsal from their Houston base before flying to Kennedy Space Center once the rocket is cleared for flight.
The 3…
