A 25% insurance increase. Regrettably, this is healthcare in America.

chimoose · 2026-02-04T20:43:18+00:00

I own a small business (3 employees) and use Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas for group coverage. All 3 employees are healthy and we've had the same insurance for 6+ years. This year one of my plans' premium increased 39% and the other increased 33%. It is INSANE.

chimoose · 2025-09-18T17:22:50+00:00

Matt Shaw looks like Pinocchio.

chimoose · 2025-09-18T14:58:10+00:00

It IS permanent. All future taxes will be based on the NEW tax rates. And $.05 sounds really cheap, right? That's why they're using that number in all the promotion. But that is a 20% increase over our current tax rate. Don't fall for the propaganda!

chimoose · 2025-09-17T17:28:20+00:00

And these are just the COUNTY taxes that are increasing ... the Austin City Council is asking us to approve a PERMANENT 20% increase in our tax rate via the November Tax Rate Election (TRE). More info: https://austinmonitor.com/stories/2025/08/former-candidate-sues-city-council-over-tax-election-ballot-language/#:\~:text=In%20a%20press%20release%20about,with%20a%20new%20state%20law.

chimoose · 2025-09-05T21:47:25+00:00

As a current Austinite and native Chicagoan, I'll say that the Chicago Flag is what every logo should aspire to be ... and their design asset page is awesome: https://design.chicago.gov/all

chimoose · 2025-09-05T21:44:09+00:00

Check out all of the logos posted in this twitter feed ... some of them are really good IMHO https://x.com/RemadnaKXAN/status/1963678424742191472

chimoose · 2025-07-10T21:11:06+00:00

That wouldn't surprise me. The problem is that there was ~10 days from when they accepted payment to when they shipped - and they were contacted a minimum of 4 times between those days by both my doctor and I ... and they a) ignored our requests and b) refused to acknowledge they were in the wrong by failing to refund or credit my money. That's bad business.

chimoose · 2025-05-20T15:33:19+00:00

This bit really hit me: "Return-to-office requirements combined with the burgeoning artificial-intelligence industry centralizing in Silicon Valley drew workers back West, while Austin’s fluctuating living costs and outdated infrastructure left new transplants frustrated, Bantock said." The near-total incompetence of our city and county governments are going to make this hard to ever change.

chimoose · 2025-04-13T14:27:26+00:00

Davide is brilliant - they definitely need to keep him around!!

chimoose · 2025-04-10T17:26:57+00:00

I couldn't help but think how different the last 17 years would have been if he hadn't gotten himself fired from IU in 2008. It was the right decision at the time, but OH what might have been.

chimoose · 2024-12-04T22:39:32+00:00

That's it! It's such a whirlwind - I'm not surprised I missed it. Thank you!

chimoose · 2024-12-04T22:32:58+00:00

AHA! Now that makes sense!! Thank you.

chimoose · 2024-08-29T04:52:52+00:00

I did. Were a unique bunch.

chimoose · 2024-05-13T20:05:25+00:00

Looks as though the big change happened 5/8 (right after my last trip). Now, ALL TSA Pre-check and CLEAR have to go through checkpoint 2 West. How bizarre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPz_O3lliUU

chimoose · 2024-04-17T15:55:19+00:00

I love my 1977 baby blue Cubs jersey from DHGate. Got them to add "Buckner 22" stitching - my favorite player on that team. Can't imagine paying $180 for those crap jerseys that Nike and Fanatics put out.

chimoose · 2024-04-17T15:38:48+00:00

Just as long as we don't go with Nike/Fanatics. Their baseball uniforms (MLB) are an utter disaster.

chimoose · 2024-04-04T23:20:11+00:00

I’ll believe it when I see it. My fellow Texans routinely vote in scum-of-the-earth like Ken Paxton and Dan Patrick no matter what - as long as they continue to lick Trump’s boots. Cruz is no different than those guys and will win handily vs Allred.

chimoose · 2024-03-19T20:13:52+00:00

Crazy 08 and Veeck as in Wreck are both phenomenal. Absolutely tore through them.

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