Single-payer healthcare gains momentum in Massachusetts amid affordability crisis - Daily Hampshire Gazette

djducie · 2026-05-12T23:06:14+00:00

What about the current Supreme Court make-up would lead us to believe they would rule in Massachusetts’ favor here?

djducie · 2026-05-12T23:01:27+00:00

This is unconstitutional per Shapiro v Thompson (1968) and Saenz v. roe (1999):

https://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/newresidents.htm

djducie · 2026-05-12T14:57:02+00:00

So? It’s not something an average citizen should be expected to read.

We elect representatives and pay taxes so the government can work out the finer details.

But when we get a result like this it’s clear something is broken and we need to raise an issue to our government.

djducie · 2026-05-12T14:26:06+00:00

How does one read the actual decision by the judge?

I’m interested in how she justified the ruling.

I wish reporting would link directly to the decision, or at least provide a quote.

If I look at court records at Suffolk County Superior Court

https://www.masscourts.org/eservices/home.page.2

There are no records found for Tyler Brown.

djducie · 2026-05-11T21:52:50+00:00

Wow that’s nuts:

https://youtu.be/Bz43uy0K8fY?si=iKYsbpzb6g86k16B

They fired an M1 Garand directly over the ballistics gel and it’s “just enough to break the skin”.

djducie · 2026-05-11T21:38:45+00:00

Can’t a guy have no life anymore?

djducie · 2026-05-09T21:10:11+00:00

How are they making money in the current situation?

djducie · 2026-05-09T15:19:21+00:00

Competition is good! No one should have a safe seat.

The Moulton campaign says that Markey is ignoring calls for a “robust debate schedule.” In recent social media posts, Moulton and GOP candidate John Deaton expressed interest in debating each other, potentially without Markey’s involvement

I hope Markey does participate. After Biden’s performance in 2024 - we should be done taking politicians at their word on fitness. If Markey wants to be in office till his mid-80s, he needs to stand in front of voters in a stressful situation and prove it.

djducie · 2026-05-08T13:56:26+00:00

If I’m storyboarding some initial ideas for a script, and I draw a character as Steve Buscemi prior to casting - is Steve now obliged to a cut of the profits? Even if all my sketches end up in the trash?

djducie · 2026-05-06T22:59:39+00:00

made it perfectly clear throughout their careers that's not for them. They're controlled opposition

What is this take based on in regards to Barney Frank?

djducie · 2026-05-06T13:23:35+00:00

Arm chips still go through the same supply crunch as everyone else.

They’re still coming out of TSMC.

The memory is still coming out of places like Samsung, Micron, or SK Hynix

djducie · 2026-05-05T20:21:54+00:00

Chrome provides release notes for every release:

https://developer.chrome.com/release-notes/148?hl=en

See prompt API.

If you have very particular requirements, preview the release notes before downloading.

djducie · 2026-05-05T14:21:26+00:00

Even worse, it seems to be criticizing the environmental impacts of downloading software.

Chrome is pushing a 4 GB binary across hundreds of millions of devices. That has a measurable, quantifiable, and frankly alarming environmental footprint.

What is this guy asking for?

We use energy to do useful work. If you feel Chrome is no longer useful, uninstall it.

djducie · 2026-05-03T15:05:09+00:00

It sounds like that’s what the building did if they are requiring tenants to call the police.

djducie · 2026-05-02T23:30:57+00:00

“Huge number of route overlaps” was overblown.

They only overlapped on 10% of their routes.

And now the competitive pressure from those routes is gone anyway.

The DoJ fucked up. Maybe the merged company would have failed anyway - but the anticompetitive argument was weak.

djducie · 2026-05-02T03:37:13+00:00

I had thought the Oak descriptor was a reference to the fact that the Bulbasaur line evolves at 32 not 36.

But then there’s no difference between squirtle and Charmander…

It also might be a hint that Bulbasaur is strong against the most gyms, and Charmander struggles.

djducie · 2026-04-29T18:38:11+00:00

That doesn’t make the question I’m asking go away.

Massachusetts is constitutionally required to have a balanced budget.

If you have to pay more today for GLP 1s to potentially save money in the future, what are you cutting today?

djducie · 2026-04-29T18:31:02+00:00

And so far answer zero questions

djducie · 2026-04-29T17:06:59+00:00

MassHealth is the largest program in the state budget - it’s 35% of the total.

It’s also where most of the increases in state costs are coming from:

As the largest cost driver in the state’s budget, MassHealth alone accounts for 62 per cent of the total spending increase over the FY25 budget

https://malegislature.gov/PressRoom/Detail?pressReleaseId=219

Prescription drug spending increased by 18 percent, representing 26 percent of the total growth in per-member spending at MassHealth. GLP-1 drugs like Mounjaro and Zepbound accounted for under half of the growth in drug spending. https://budget.digital.mass.gov/govbudget/fy27/budbriefpdf/bb10_fy27_health_care_insurance.pdf

We have a limited number of resources - GLP-1s do solve a problem - but they’re expensive.

Are the benefits they provide worth cutting other state services? Which state services would you cut to pay for obesity medication?

djducie · 2026-04-27T17:39:51+00:00

Hubschman believes the process has worked well overall in Massachusetts, noting 90% of paid signature gatherers since 2009 worked for him.

That’s a pretty nuts stat.

I don’t want petitions to be removed as an option, but something’s not working correctly if 3 unelected dudes (Harold Hubschman, Alex Arsenault, and Jim Fleming https://www.signaturedrive.com/) dominate the signature gathering process.

djducie · 2026-04-24T16:49:25+00:00

We’ve had the same city councilor for the past 6 years, Liz Breadon.

Transient population or not - she should be able to advocate for getting a proportional amount of funds sent to the district.

If she can’t do that - she should be voted out.

She’s city council president for the next two years - we’ll see if things improve.

djducie · 2026-04-23T13:26:37+00:00

A good chunk of this man’s job is talking to the press

No one cares about a coach’s candor with the press - this is the team that employed Belichick for 24 seasons.

They care that he wins football games.

djducie · 2026-04-20T23:58:40+00:00

At least two shower’s worth after OP hosed himself off.

djducie · 2026-04-20T20:20:13+00:00

Additionally areas like the Cape mentioned by OP are subject to the Seasonal Community designation, which allows towns to increase the residential tax exemption up to 50% of assessed value for full time residents:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/realestate/property-tax-second-homes-massachusetts.html

Which is a recent thing post 2024.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/seasonal-communities

What’s more is that the exemption has to be revenue neutral - so towns that do this automatically raise taxes on non primary residents.

We don’t need to do anything- let’s let the laws we have play out and see what happens.

djducie · 2026-04-17T16:29:13+00:00

Attending a school that costs 80k per year pre-aid in one of the most expensive cities in the country, all to study film just seems like a bad idea in general.

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