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Comment on Is it possible to get short term health insurance in California? in ~health
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Comment on Is it possible to get short term health insurance in California? in ~health
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentThat’s a great idea, sadly it looks like they can’t cover US residents. But I’ll look and see if that’s a regulatory issue or a company policy.That’s a great idea, sadly it looks like they can’t cover US residents. But I’ll look and see if that’s a regulatory issue or a company policy.
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Comment on Is it possible to get short term health insurance in California? in ~health
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentYeah no problems there thankfully and I have almost no living expenses. Total I’ve probably spent something less than a grand over the last year.Yeah no problems there thankfully and I have almost no living expenses. Total I’ve probably spent something less than a grand over the last year.
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Is it possible to get short term health insurance in California?
I was recently removed from medi-cal due to “potential fraud”. Long story short, I didn’t commit fraud. I have had zero income in over a year, have something like $1500 total, and receive no other...
I was recently removed from medi-cal due to “potential fraud”. Long story short, I didn’t commit fraud. I have had zero income in over a year, have something like $1500 total, and receive no other benefits.
However, I’m currently dealing with bureaucratic confusion as the trail of who is responsible has dead ended and no one seems to be clear on what happened or why.
The medi-cal coordinator at the county social services office thinks it’s best if I just reapply but while I wait for my new application to be processed I am uninsured. Of course, if it goes through then I should have coverage dating back to the 1st of April.
Yet, given that there’s no good reason for it to have been canceled in the first place I’m wary of placing all my eggs in that basket. And would prefer to have some sort of catastrophe insurance if at all possible.
Is this even possible in California? It seems like short term health insurance might be banned here? Any ideas would be welcome. The whole situation is frustrating to say the least.
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Comment on What to snack on (other than slices of parmesan) in ~food
AnEarlyMartyr LinkHow about popcorn with brewers yeast/nutritional yeast and maybe some butter or salt and tamari/soy sauce? Should be possible to at least order a bag of nutritional yeast to Germany and that’s...How about popcorn with brewers yeast/nutritional yeast and maybe some butter or salt and tamari/soy sauce? Should be possible to at least order a bag of nutritional yeast to Germany and that’s gonna be an easy umami heavy snack.
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Comment on What to snack on (other than slices of parmesan) in ~food
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentTo add: a quick bit of googling pulls up a news article about the popularity of Kerrygold products in Germany, including Kerrygold cheddar. Their aged cheddar or a similar product would be exactly...To add: a quick bit of googling pulls up a news article about the popularity of Kerrygold products in Germany, including Kerrygold cheddar. Their aged cheddar or a similar product would be exactly what I was thinking of. Though how it compares price wise to Parmesan I don’t know.
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Comment on What to snack on (other than slices of parmesan) in ~food
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )Link ParentI was thinking there was likely to be some sort of aged English cheddar hanging around somewhere. I think I used to get a Monoprix store brand that was pretty good when I lived in France.I was thinking there was likely to be some sort of aged English cheddar hanging around somewhere. I think I used to get a Monoprix store brand that was pretty good when I lived in France.
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Comment on What to snack on (other than slices of parmesan) in ~food
AnEarlyMartyr LinkAged cheddars are pretty similar in a salty umami kind of way and should probably be available at a local store and (probably?) cheaper than parmesan.Aged cheddars are pretty similar in a salty umami kind of way and should probably be available at a local store and (probably?) cheaper than parmesan.
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Comment on Looking for a clean, simple phone in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr LinkHonestly what comes to mind is the iPhone SE. the camera won’t be absolutely stellar but more than serviceable. For all Apple’s flaws they still do simple to setup, clean, and reliable well. It...Honestly what comes to mind is the iPhone SE. the camera won’t be absolutely stellar but more than serviceable. For all Apple’s flaws they still do simple to setup, clean, and reliable well. It still has a home button which is nice, especially for older people. It’s not too big and I’m pretty sure you can get one new for less than $500.
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Comment on Kamala Harris's speech killed any hope she would end the Gaza genocide in ~society
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )LinkEveryone seems to be talking as if she even has the option. Obama could barely manage to pull official US forces out of Iraq within 3 years. You really think Kamala or the US is gonna manage to...Everyone seems to be talking as if she even has the option. Obama could barely manage to pull official US forces out of Iraq within 3 years. You really think Kamala or the US is gonna manage to get Netahnyahu to stop killing Palestinians? Bibi is in the midst of destroying Gaza while provoking Hezbollah/threatening war with Lebanon and assassinating targets in Iran. It’ll be lucky if there’s even a ceasefire before Gaza is completely flattened and we manage to avoid some spiraling conflict with Iran that sucks in a whole bunch of players into a wide scale regional war. There is very little the US President can really do about this. Israel is still a sovereign country and it doesn’t just jump at the president’s beck and call. Even if there wasn’t all the internal US political stuff that comes up around this issue. Not to mention the internal Israeli political stuff.
Now, Kamala could try betting her career on trying to get Israel to stop killing Palestinians. She would lose her career and Israel would continue on.
I’m not trying to excuse the mass murder of hundreds of thousands by a modern day apartheid state. Nor do I love a Bay Area prosecutor. But people way overestimate how much Kamala could accomplish here, even if she wanted to.
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Comment on Which content-recommending algorithms are actually good? in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr LinkI can’t answer the actual question. Just share that I have the same problem with the almighty algorithms. I want a nice level of diversity in my options whereas they seem to want to just feed me...I can’t answer the actual question. Just share that I have the same problem with the almighty algorithms. I want a nice level of diversity in my options whereas they seem to want to just feed me basically the exact same thing.
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Comment on Why do people believe true things? in ~humanities
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )Link ParentI think the author seems to be best classified as Liberal but more in a classical European philosophy kinda sense than in a colloquial US politics usage kinda sense.I think the author seems to be best classified as Liberal but more in a classical European philosophy kinda sense than in a colloquial US politics usage kinda sense.
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Comment on Why do people believe true things? in ~humanities
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentFor what it’s worth, I got a similar vibe from the article. Reading through a bit more of the site, it turns out he’s a lecturer in philosophy at a university in the UK. Which I think helps...For what it’s worth, I got a similar vibe from the article. Reading through a bit more of the site, it turns out he’s a lecturer in philosophy at a university in the UK. Which I think helps explain some of it. Reading through just this article left me a bit on edge as to how straightforward I should take some of these arguments and how intellectually honest he was being as a writer. The rest of the site helps contextualize it a bit. There’s some interesting and nuanced stuff there but I also think we have some underlying disagreements.
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Comment on Californian police can’t stop sideshows. Solution: Make the streets more annoying. in ~transport
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentIs it still a problem in Australia though? That wiki article seems to indicate there’s been a rise in hoon groups in the 2010s so after laws confiscating vehicles were put into effect.Is it still a problem in Australia though? That wiki article seems to indicate there’s been a rise in hoon groups in the 2010s so after laws confiscating vehicles were put into effect.
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Comment on Kamala Harris lacks charisma and time in ~society
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )Link ParentIf you’re explicitly disallowing feedback from people in the spaces you’re spending time/online forums and you don’t seem to have much experience yourself with life on the ground in Europe then...If you’re explicitly disallowing feedback from people in the spaces you’re spending time/online forums and you don’t seem to have much experience yourself with life on the ground in Europe then that seems to just create a space where your vague assumption never gets challenged in a way you have to listen to.
For what it’s worth there is a very noticeable difference in my personal experience having lived multiple places in the US both moderate and low income, urban and rural and having lived in and spent time in multiple cities and countries in Europe. This is also true of the experiences of other people I’ve talked to and spent time with, both women and men and pulling from a wide range of lifestyles and incomes.
While Europe is hardly a utopia and obviously experiences can differ greatly even within countries much less between them. So for example the experience of being out in Marseille is quite different from Copenhagen.
However, on the whole and in general, public spaces and being out in public at all hours of the day tends to feel safer. There also tends to be less homelessness and the likelihood of having an unpleasant encounter with someone experiencing a mental health crisis is lower. Also, the crime that one is likely to encounter is much more likely to be petty theft or property crime instead of violent crime.
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Comment on US Federal Communications Commission closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high in ~tech
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )LinkAbout time, but also still wild that in this age of incredibly cheap and extensive phone coverage the new cap is still ~$1 per 15 min call. Prison services are such an exploitative grift,...About time, but also still wild that in this age of incredibly cheap and extensive phone coverage the new cap is still ~$1 per 15 min call. Prison services are such an exploitative grift, regularly taking advantage of what is a complete lack of options. I remember trying to talk to my friend in prison a couple years back and running into problems because not only were the phone calls ridiculously expensive and required 30 minutes or so to set up an account but also the provider wouldn’t guarantee call quality over mobile networks. I mean what the fuck? What kind of telecom service provider requires a landline connection in 2022? This was not an empty warning, my friend and I were unable to talk because the provider kept dropping my calls.
Maintaining connection to family and friends can play a big part in recidivism rates. The fact that jails and prisons are regularly charging ridiculous amounts, from what are not uncommonly low income families to maintain minimal connections with their loved ones is nuts, though it does make a bit more sense when one remembers that correctional institutions public and private regularly get kickbacks as part of their contracts with the providers. Further incentivizing funneling communication down expensive, poorly managed, Byzantine systems. See also, jails that ban in person visits so they can route more communication through janky, expensive video calls.
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Comment on US judge dismisses classified documents case against Donald Trump in ~news
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )Link ParentSome people think they can ride this wave to their own benefit, there’s a long history of more moderate or centrist conservatives thinking they can control these sorts of movements so that they...Some people think they can ride this wave to their own benefit, there’s a long history of more moderate or centrist conservatives thinking they can control these sorts of movements so that they get what they want (like tax cuts and less regulation). Some just want power and money and don’t care about anything else. Some are just true believers in the cause. And lastly, I think some already feel they are in too deep and there’s no safe way out, at least not without sacrificing their careers and reputations.
I don’t think many of them are really thinking long term here. Except maybe the true believers. If the others read more history and paid more attention they’d realize they will almost assuredly get eaten by the monster they’ve helped create and it will only get worse.
Obviously that’s mainly true of the “elite” side. I think the average people side of things, the backbone of the movement, just think things are bad now and Trump will fix it. I imagine the particulars of what’s wrong and how it will be fixed look pretty different to each individual. The Q-Anon people have a different idea of what all that means than the evangelicals do, than the GOP business people do, than the rural working class does, etc. And because Trump and Trumpism (and Fascism for that matter) is really all about aesthetics and projecting strength no one really has to worry too much about what the details are or how it’s going to happen. They get to just fill it in however they imagine it. In fact I bet many people don’t even bother to imagine it. It’s like that old meme
Step 1: Trump gets power.
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Comment on Your favorite deeply unpopular music in ~music
AnEarlyMartyr (edited )LinkI like at least some folk punk which feels like the perfect answer to this question as it is unpopular in all ways, being both obscure and deeply polarizing. I’m specifically thinking of Pat the...I like at least some folk punk which feels like the perfect answer to this question as it is unpopular in all ways, being both obscure and deeply polarizing. I’m specifically thinking of Pat the Bunny’s various different projects. He’s a good writer who did a good job capturing a very specific view of the world. What it’s like to grow up a very distressed nihilistic leftist. Then to struggle with homelessness and substance abuse and finally to get clean and find some kind of meaning in a more mundane version of life. However, the vibe is very DIY; the musicianship especially on the earlier stuff is pretty rough; his voice can take quite a bit of getting used to, I don’t know just about anyone, myself included, who liked it on the first listen; and without some sort of connection to the lyrical themes I think it can play as a bit too angsty and self indulgent (though intensely self aware of it). So, here’s a random sampling from the start of his career at 16 to his retirement at 27. I can’t even say these are specifically my favorites by him but there are some of the more “famous” ones and some I just really like here.
Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains - Whiskey Is My Kind of Lullaby
Wingnut Dishwashers Union - Jesus Does the Dishes
Ramshackle Glory - From Here To Utopia
Your Heart Is A Muscle The Size Of Your Fist
Pat The Bunny - I’m Not A Good Person
Take Me By The Hand And Lead Me Through This Disaster
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Comment on How late is too late for a house party? in ~talk
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentAhhh I definitely was missing that context, it’s the first time I’ve run across it, but I was also partly just trying to share some of the context for how nuts this was to people who didn’t read...Ahhh I definitely was missing that context, it’s the first time I’ve run across it, but I was also partly just trying to share some of the context for how nuts this was to people who didn’t read French and couldn’t read the photo of the letter even with google translate.
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Comment on How late is too late for a house party? in ~talk
AnEarlyMartyr Link ParentOkay but that actually kinda feels unhinged. The letter wasn’t that rude or anything, I mean a bit passive aggressive sure. But the OP didn’t even hear any noise. The OPs sole relationship to this...Okay but that actually kinda feels unhinged. The letter wasn’t that rude or anything, I mean a bit passive aggressive sure. But the OP didn’t even hear any noise. The OPs sole relationship to this neighbor was this letter. The neighbor was new and was being passive aggressive because someone called the cops on him for noise for a get together instead of talking to him first. A bit out there to send everyone in the building a letter sure, but nothing actively harmful or anything. Also not like this was a pattern of behavior or something. Anyways OPs response to getting this mildly annoying letter is to freeze his piss so he can flood the entryway of the neighbors apartment with it. Which actually is kinda insane.
Thanks for sharing your expertise. I’ve been hoping to avoid escalating to any sort of hearing for the simple reason that it sounds like a pain to deal with. But it does seem like that’s the next logical step so I’ll start examining that and look at pairing that with my new application.
I have managed to track down the office where I’m pretty sure this decision came from. It’s not the normal investigations division but the specialized fraud investigations division of the intake unit. Which is a state agency and out of the county’s hands. The problem is that they don’t really have contact info. The phone number only accepts tip offs and and the email and PO Box are both for tip offs too. I’ve emailed them several times anyways and did finally hear back with a pro forma email acknowledging receipt of my complaint.
I’ll start looking in to some sort of public benefits legal aid though.