Benjamin Wood

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@bri8trose Dude is on to something. I sleep on the floor regularly. I think what he's trying to get at is the alignment of your shoulders, spine, and hips are built for laying on hard surfaces. While soft beds may be more comfortable at first, it slowly pulls you out of natural alignment.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@lthlnkso @jk_rowling That dude is gonna pop one day.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@brontyman You mean affordable housing was just right around the corner? No. I remember all the flipper shows. S***'s been building and no one complained when there was money to be made.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@Grummz Tipper Gore. Youngins don't know this. BS has been going on for decades.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

No thanks. Insurance is a third party payer. They have a fiduciary obligation to ensure payments the rest of us make are used wisely. I would not be against arbitration though.

The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, participated with key federal and state law enforcement partners in the 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The action resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants, with intended losses exceeding $14.6 billion—making it the largest health care fraud Takedown in U.S. Department of Justice history and doubling the previous record of $6 billion.

324 defendants—including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals—across 50 federal districts and 12 State Attorneys General’s Offices were charged for their alleged roles in health care fraud schemes that exploited patients and taxpayers and resulted in over $14.6 billion in fraudulent activity.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@BoujeeFinances Depends. Static 3.5% interest on a 30 year is roughly double the cost amatorized. I decided to keep paying, because I can leverage elsewhere. I agree though, that there are stronger hands to be played than racing to payoff unless *gulp* you have a variable rate.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@TheAudraNyx Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@JohoFKindly1 I don't know John John from Africa

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@ProudSocialist I watched a video yesterday of an otter, who learned to trade stones for fish from a kind fisherman.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@AntiTrumpCanada There's always room for kindness

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

Actually, it's already used to speed up diagnosis. Your brain scans are uploaded to a collection of gpus, pre looking for things the naked I can't see, like micro lesions. It's also used for treatment planning to reduce damage to healthy tissue in your brain. Pretty important for people who want to keep as much brain as they can while removing a tumor.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@AnExiledDev @evisdrenova You were saying this back in 1991?

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@SlopHq All the good old days when the Cuyahoga River caught on fire...

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

My go-to all time fun fact:

The Outhouse Studies

Who: Elsie L. Caldwell (working with researchers like L.W. Parr) for the departments of public health and field studies in Alabama during the late 1930s.

What they did: They tracked the underground migration of fecal bacteria (such as E. coli and coliform groups) and chemical pollutants away from experimental pit latrines under varying soil and groundwater conditions.

Key findings: They found that bacterial contamination typically traveled shorter distances (often under 15 to 25 feet depending on soil saturation and groundwater flow), while chemical pollutants traveled further. They also noted that soil biology and clogging over time actually helped form a natural filter that slowed down bacterial movement.

I'm not anti-vaxx, but holy s*** did we figure out a lot of things before the needle came.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@corinnec With 40% dropping out after first year, they are considered high risk loans. Colleges are the predators. The loans will dry up all together if you try to cap them.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@marcorandazza We were warned about this over two decades ago. We knew it was coming. We talked about it. George w. Bush tried to push retirement into private sector like a 401k. Your benefits would have multiplied seven times by now.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@peterjhasson The Cuban missile crisis was in 1962 . The Chernobyl incident was in 1986. Those stupid people you were referring to were taught to hide under their desks in case of a nuclear strike and when they got older witnessed near calamity in the Soviet Union.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@Savsays From 1862 to 2024, the opposition party has won control of congressional chambers in roughly 74% to 76% of all midterm cycles.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@ZavalaA Less resistance, less grip, longer stop lengths. Pedestrians will pay for this.

[Benjamin Wood @Benjamin_A_Wood]

@Pat4calm @JasonJournoDC This is why I turned Independent. I caught myself saying stupid things for stupid reasons. This doesn't make mean I'm a Trump fan, but it does mean that I'm looking for the boring, the rational, the slow grind.