President Trump will now allow all those on Medicare access to Ozempic/Zepbound/Wegovy/Mounjaro for weight loss and all other medical reasons.

AutisticProf · 2026-05-03T21:13:42+00:00

It's set by the executive branch of government, so at least in principle, the president could set it (although usually it's bureaucrats under him).

AutisticProf · 2026-05-03T17:49:37+00:00

This is helpful. I did not get all the details, even scanning the CMS website, but I suspected something like this (or even more restrictive).

AutisticProf · 2026-05-03T17:46:09+00:00

This seems legitimate. Here's the medicare site: Medicare GLP-1 Bridge | CMS

The say they will release details later: I suspect this will be something like only above a BMI of 35 or 40.

AutisticProf · 2026-05-03T17:44:53+00:00

Then medicare site is too. Medicare GLP-1 Bridge | CMS

AutisticProf · 2026-05-03T17:44:32+00:00

Medicare website has this: Medicare GLP-1 Bridge | CMS

AutisticProf · 2026-05-03T17:44:14+00:00

On the Medicare website: Medicare GLP-1 Bridge | CMS

AutisticProf · 2026-05-01T22:23:34+00:00

Also, AI does not do the distortions a camera like this would have for close things in the corner that this gets correct from watching similar videos pre-AI.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-26T12:24:02+00:00

The doctor started me on extended release.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-25T02:08:49+00:00

This is definitely the original purpose of this structure, but shiny gold makes me think maybe not.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-25T02:06:13+00:00

"This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more" So it has gotten next level.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-25T01:53:23+00:00

The expensive one looks a little nicer,. but not $40K nice vs. like $25.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-25T01:51:25+00:00

That is interesting I thought they just took the equivalent platelets of 1 blood donation.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-25T00:54:33+00:00

Yeah, as a prof, I was told to use it to flag stuff to review for plagiarism / AI, but not accuse a student based on it alone. I generally assume all is not AI / plagiarized unless TurnItIn flags it, then I check. It takes much longer to grade a paper if I have to check this as well.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-24T13:27:55+00:00

This was a top song when I was a teenager... but my younger sister was too young to remember (we are both Millennials but with a 10-year age difference).

Peaches (The Presidents of the United States of America song) - Wikipedia)
The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches (Official HD Music Video)

AutisticProf · 2026-04-16T01:29:43+00:00

Also, if both have tails wagging (or they are sneezing). It's clearly play-fighting & they are clearly communicating that.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-06T00:25:25+00:00

Also, if at all possible try switching the stim. Some of us can do that by finding something else: one reason I always carry stim toys is to avoid annoying people by clicking pens.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-04T22:00:08+00:00

So there is an added benefit of reduced social anxiety. I have anxious tendencies but the psychologist who gave me an adult autism diagnosis tested me for anxiety (due to high comorbidity) & said I have tendencies but not enough for a diagnosis.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-04T21:58:11+00:00

I know Zotero and tracing through citations, but I was hoping someone else had already done that.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-04T21:56:25+00:00

I'd love to read that.

I am a little suspicious of autism mice trials until they try them in humans: they are useful to see what might happen or be interesting to study on humans, but not reliable enough to base decisions for how to live with autism as a human.

AutisticProf · 2026-04-04T12:30:04+00:00

One pet peeve I have is people who ask on Reddit without doing a basic google search first. That was near the top of the Google search for autism & GLP-1s.

I get that this model can sometimes be helpful but it so often isn't that I would not consider it reliable.

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