Brian Patrick Moore

Hate health insurance? Stop whining and do something. 1. Google "Direct primary care (DPC) doctor near me". Sign up. 2. Google "Sedera." Sign up. 3. Call your employer's HR and cancel your company plan, (maybe keep HSA if offered) and give you a raise of 50% of their cost.

@JK_Lundblad Right, but then take it one further: who determines how much that MRI will actually be reimbursed for? "Charging" something on the bill (or EOB) that the patient actually sees is a meaningless concept.

Anthony is correct here.

@melissa he had his own book series too, before the Purge

husband's favorite niche star wars character is wedge. he's a dangerous professional. the only character who's there for both death star kills. on the second one he goes: i'm already on my way out. we look him up. ewan mcgregor's his nephew. thank god he got the part

@StefanFSchubert @tszzl @Noahpinion the amplitude of the secular cycles is decreasing

@tszzl @Noahpinion To that point these oscillations are much smaller than the ones involving Communism and Nazism

The progressive revolution failed faster and harder than communism did, and the rightist reaction failed faster and harder than nazism did. We're into the "sequels and remakes" era of ideological politics. Fortunately that means fewer people die this time.

Heck yeah. In a sane world, Norman Borlaug would be the most revered scientist of the 20th century. It's possible that Borlaug saved more lives than any other man in history. And yet many people familiar with that bonehead Ehrlich have never heard of Borlaug.

@CountDankulaTV gentlemen, the system works

The Afroman Trial. -Cops raid Afromans house for bullshit reasons. -Steal money, break his door, fuck his house up. -No criminality found whatsoever, no charges at all pressed on Afroman. -Afroman spends the next 3 years making songs that make fun of all the officers involved by name, even using footage of the raid from his own CCTV cameras. -Songs had titles like "Randy Walters is a son of a bitch" and "Lick Em Low Lisa" accusing one of the officers of being a lesbian and sleeping with the other officers wives. -During the raid one officer looked like he was about to eat some lemon pound cake sitting on Afromans counter, Afroman made a whole album calling the officer fat. -The cops get mad and file a lawsuit for defamation. -Afroman turns up to court in a whole American flag suit. -Officers performatively mald and cry while listening to the songs really trying to oversell how badly the songs upset them. -One officer was suing because Afroman made a whole song about him saying he was fucking the officers wife. When the officer was asked if Afroman was really fucking his wife, he said "I don't know". Nuking his own case and establishing that there is a non-zero chance that Afroman might actually be fucking his wife. -As his only witness for the trial, Afroman brought a deputies EX FUCKING WIFE. -The jury ruled completely in favour of Afroman. This entire thing has been a great win for free speech and absolutely fucking hilarious.

Washing machines are the *only* modern invention which every single Amish group has embraced at least to some extent Washing clothes is truly the worst chore without modern technology, bar none

@peterrhague @oscarcsims United Provinces*

@oscarcsims Definite candidate for incorporation into the United Kingdom

'netherlands is anglosphere' theory strikes again

@PatrickHeizer doesn't the structure of the book lend itself more to gazillion dollar adaptation by multiple auteurs? I know "this should be prestige TV" is a cliche opinion but truly this is what the Rings of Power money should've gone to

@StefanFSchubert @alexstubb it made ME happy too

@alexstubb Sisu

Finland is the Happiest country in the World for the 9th year running. We also climbed up the world brand index from 7th to 5th. I am often asked why we do well in these rankings. I do not think there is a magic potion, but it helps to have a society which strives towards freedom, equality and justice. The basis of it all is a welfare society, a robust education system, a sense of security and a close attachment to nature. There is no such thing as a perfectly happy society, but providing some building blocks that give us a chance to live a meaningful life, to help others, will nudge us in the right direction during the journey of life.

@jaredpolis a good ribeye steak should be shaped like ohio

You are so weird. Who eats their steak raw and in such a weird shape? Now HERE’S dinner. 🍴

@peterrhague @OVTweetmarck "Already we have turned all of our critical industries, all of our material resources, over to these...things. And now we propose to teach them intelligence? What, pray tell, will we do when they awaken one day announce that they have no further need for us?

@OVTweetmarck The ones from Alpha Centauri are unbeaten though

Civ IV and V are deeply aspirational which makes them all the better

@bryan_caplan replace with a cover that's just adorable real pictures of babies

What cover maximally makes you want to buy this book?

dune 3 is only the "epic conclusion" because they're too scared to make a movie that's just two straight hours of a sandworm arguing with jason momoa

@exfatloss @PGC1a_RB you sound like my kids, yes, I need more pictures of THESE specific mushrooms!

@otherBrianMoore @PGC1a_RB Do we really need more pictures of mushrooms and flowers?

Peaty trail mix

@exfatloss @PGC1a_RB but then how will I take pictures of all the mushrooms and flowers I see???

@otherBrianMoore @PGC1a_RB Hike farther than the others, faster.

One of the best interviews @reason has ever run was @RonaldBailey's with Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. reason.com/2000/04/01/bil…

@smod4real see it's stuff like this that make us think you're not living up to your potential: news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

@simonsarris @Scholars_Stage these peculiar metal horses are galloping over the trenches, how strange

@Scholars_Stage its funny because its not the first modern war that we get to see in real-time, but nothing that happened since 2022 has shifted commentators perceptions much, somehow

I spent most of the last week in the hospital and not reading the news. Catching up on the Iran stuff now. My main conclusion: the epistemic certainty you all have on this is *crazy.*

@exfatloss @PGC1a_RB how do I win at hiking!?

@PGC1a_RB Sorry, but keto "trail mix" wins for serious hiking. Fat is just so much more energy dense, plus fat metabolism is way more amenable to most hiking-style levels of exercise. You could bring a bunch of dark chocolate and beat everyone and their fancy high-sugar trail mix easily..