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ChaosCoati

@ ChaosCoati @midwest.social

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  • FDA Rewrites Rules of 'Healthy' Foods For First Time in 30 Years, do you think this will be beneficial for the populace?

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  • My understanding is it will be a symbol, kind of like the USDA Organic symbol. Not necessarily similar in design, but just that the organic symbol means it’s met USDA criteria for being organic

  • How the heck do you give you cat a pill?

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  • If you want to try the stick a pill down their throat method, this site has a video showing you how

    Edit: I usually try the pill wrapped in some cheese first, if he catches on to that then I have to use the above method

  • What's your "American healthcare" story?

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  • I’m glad you’ve recovered! They did say it was more likely for my spouse to have a lung collapse again, which is scary.

    Luckily my spouse’s employer has someone whose whole job is to fight with insurance. She got insurance to admit that in an emergency we didn’t need pre-approval which brought our bill down some.

  • What's your "American healthcare" story?

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  • My spouse had their lung collapse. Insurance denied it because we didn’t get advance approval for their lung to collapse.

  • Demon cat in motion

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  • Perfectly captures holidays with cats

  • Cat toys suggestions | Are there any cat toys made for "co-op?

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  • If they both seem interested you could use 2 boxes and throw a toy, ball, or crumpled piece of paper into each box. Cats being cats, they may still just take turns watching each other, but you could get some side by side play.

  • LET ME OUT

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  • Also no worries because “they can not get out”

  • Anthem Blue Cross Plans Won't Cover Anesthesia for Entire Length of Surgeries That Exceed Time Limit

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  • From a more recent article where Anthem now says they won’t implement this policy:

    Connecticut comptroller Sean Scanlon said the “concerning” policy wouldn’t affect the state after conversations with the insurance company. And New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an emailed statement Thursday that her office had also successfully intervened.

  • Anthem Blue Cross Plans Won't Cover Anesthesia for Entire Length of Surgeries That Exceed Time Limit

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  • Exactly, like how redheads need more anesthesia

    Real answer? Who knows

    Cynical answer? However low their lawyers told them they could get away with without being liable

  • I disturbed him when I got under the blanket.

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  • That glare is so strong I feel the need to apologize. I don’t know for what, but I’m very sorry and I’ll never do it again

  • Update: The deck cat that wasn't ours...

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  • Do You Ever Want To Use the Suction Tool That Dentists Have On Your Nose?

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  • I was in the store the other day and saw they now make electric ones

  • Yeah, we stole your seat. And we'll do it again!

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  • I would absolutely squeeze in there. And my cat would be annoyed but not enough to move, so we’d sit there like an old couple who show they love each other by constantly bickering.

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    How do you deal with loneliness?

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  • Along the same vein, if there’s a meal that always brings back good memories, make that. And if you’re comfortable sharing, invite some of your friends to eat it with you.

    The same goes for activities - is there a game or something you did a lot back home? Could you teach some friends in NZ how to do it?

    Finally, if possible, can you set up a regular time to play games online with friends or family back home?

  • What do you call upside-down loaf position?

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  • Backguette?

  • What do you like to do during a power outage?

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  • Several years ago we lost power for 4 days after an especially bad storm. We don’t have good enough cell service at our house to usually use data or run a hotspot. Mostly it’s like camping except we get to sleep in our beds.

    Prepare: We keep filled water jugs for both drinking and flushing the toilets.

    We have a small generator to run our fridge, so once a month we run it for about 10 minutes. We keep gas and spark plugs for it handy.

    We have a weather radio that’s solar powered with battery back-up.

    We have a solar-charging battery bank (to charge our phones) as well as lanterns and flashlights that use AA batteries and a stash of extra AA batteries. Winter here can be quite cloudy, making solar lights harder to use sometimes.

    We have a camping stove and extra fuel, as well as some easy to prepare foods. We use the food when we go camping and get new ones to store for emergencies, making sure the food doesn’t expire. We cooked outside (it was summer but even in winter I would do the cooking outside).

    For winter we have a kerosene heater and extra fuel and wicks.

    Entertainment: I would guess you’re especially asking about evenings, as during the day when our power was out we’d go outside if the weather was nice. In the evenings we played board games and card games, did puzzles and crosswords, did art (drawing, coloring, and painting), did crafts, and read.

    If we know ahead of time bad weather’s coming, I’ll download some shows and movies to my tablet. We also have a DVD player to connect to my laptop while the battery lasts.

  • Someone doesn't like his Christmas sweater...

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  • Because now Mariah Carey won’t leave him alone

  • What should i get my 10yo nephew that’s all into radical sports and anything physical for xmas?

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  • At-home laser tag game? When we were kids my brother had one - 2 battery powered chest plates you wore and 2 guns. We’d turn the lights off in the basement and play.

  • SF Couple Moved to France a Year Ago, They're Already Kind of Sick of It

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  • Why do I feel like they complained when people didn’t “speak American” in the States