Astronomical • UK Bank reports a quadrupling of profits this morning • Another reports profits up 90%Bankers bonus bonanza, as bonuses soar by up to 44%I simply say this. It’s a crime that your energy bills are rising 54%. We’re being robbed in broad daylight— Jon Trickett MP (@jon_trickett) February 23, 2022
Everyone talks about US healthcare generally and I just wanted to SLAM our dental healthcare. It's needlessly treated as a luxury add on. Some employers don't offer dental coverage. That's a distinction without difference because coverage is a joke; you'll always pay out of pocket $$$. Dentists are often dismissive and won't offer preventative care beyond the usual cleaning, perhaps because they know you can't afford it out of pocket despite insurance. Everyone I know quietly carries shame and anger about their dental health. They skip visits they can't afford financially or mentally. They get teeth pulled for $250 instead of fixed for $2k. It's an extended metaphor for the investments we can't make into our own futures, and we see & feel it slowly deteriorating. Plus occasional catastrophes setting us back. Meanwhile the rich and glamorous get the Live Action Photoshop treatment. Their teeth are almost as fake-gross as…
Working from home is great, but the intrusiveness of managers and companies is frightening. The amount of information they can capture from work computers, work phones is disturbing. Plus, if you have fitbits that are given to you from your company give personal information that I feel a company has no right to have.