Jessica McMaster

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

😂 this is so good.

[IT Unprofessional @it_unprofession]

My wife and I finally got an offer accepted on a house and hired a home inspector.

I thought he'd just walk around and make sure the roof wasn't actively caving in.

Instead, a guy named Gary showed up with a tactical utility belt, an infrared camera, and the demeanor of a homicide detective.

Gary spent 6 hours meticulously documenting every structural sin committed in the last 50 years.

He handed me a 90-page PDF report that was color-coded by severity.

The whole document was basically just red.

He noted that the slope of the driveway deviates by two degrees, which could cause pooling during a catastrophic hundred-year flood.

I live in a landlocked state.

He pointed his thermal camera at a window and told me I was losing an unacceptable amount of ambient heat.

I told him the window was open.

He wrote that down as a critical mechanical failure.

He took me to the basement to look at the HVAC unit.

He shined his flashlight on a single speck of dust and asked if I was prepared for the respiratory consequences of poor filtration.

I asked him if the furnace actually worked.

He sighed deeply and said it functions, but it lacks the efficiency of a modern heat pump.

We moved to the electrical panel where Gary put on thick rubber gloves like he was about to defuse a bomb.

He told me the wiring was technically up to code but ethically questionable.

I don't know how electricity can lack morals, but Gary seemed very disappointed in the circuit breaker.

Finally, he found a tiny crack in the garage floor.

He used a digital caliper to measure it and informed me the foundation is undergoing micro-settlement.

Every house on earth is undergoing micro-settlement.

We're on a spinning rock in space, Gary.

I asked him for a bottom-line assessment on whether we should buy the property.

He looked me dead in the eye and said the house is technically habitable but still compromised.

I paid him $600 for this psychological warfare.

We're still going to buy the house.

I'm just going to live in constant fear that maybe Gary was right.

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

@MagEGordon I support ❤️

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

There’s a quiet all out war for the future of our country. Let us not misdirect our precious resources.

I do not believe I lost due to fraudulent votes, mail-in ballots, hacking, or mistabulated results. I respect those who want to make sure, but I won’t be requesting a recount.

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

I was told that my former Mayo Clinic doc experienced this. We eat up too much time.

[S Blitshteyn MD, FAAN, FANA, Dysautonomia Clinic @dysclinic]

I learned today that some clinicians are specifically told by their healthcare organizations NOT to see patients with #POTS. Perhaps it's time to mobilize and organize from a legal standpoint to fight this blatant patient discrimination.

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

@PRcarly 👏👏

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

@MagEGordon Who runs the world? MOMS.

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

A large swath of people do not fit neatly into traditional medicine. They have chronic illnesses that are poorly understood — but does that mean they should wait for the science to catch up to feel better? (I personally couldn’t). Good piece here.

[Maggie Gordon @MagEGordon]

What's functional medicine, and why does it feel like it's everywhere these days? @StraightArrow__'s Jess Craig flew to Iowa last month to spend some time with @terrywahls for this deep dive into the medical movement, and Wahls' story:

https://t.co/iH7J7M7ueN

[ABC News @ABC]

Grocery prices in the U.S. soared faster in April than any month in nearly four years, driving up the cost of everything from frankfurters to tomatoes to cupcakes, according to government data. https://t.co/Txg9D5599q

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

@MagEGordon Awww kitty. I owe you a document, I know. ☺️

[Mr Bat @linda_mot]

You need about 3-4 months to be productive at a new job. The learning curve is steep. Even for experienced hires

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

After our daughter was born our bill had an “excessive coding” fee. Well, maybe don’t excessively charge us.

[Riley Gaines @Riley_Gaines_]

It's been 7 months since we had our baby and we're still receiving unexplained hospital bills in the mail.

Hardly ever an adequate description of services. Just a QR code to pay online.

It feels intentionally confusing and difficult to get answers. We want price transparency.

[David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold]

The Trump administration gave a secret, no-bid contract to the firm building the WH ballroom -- after inflating its value 3X. This time, the government pays, not private donors.

https://t.co/k7bZdeSPMq

[Garrett Haake @GarrettHaake]

The President has repeatedly said the ballroom is fully paid for already by private donations, and by himself

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

@ThePOTSPostman No sarcasm—progesterone. I know that’s of little assurance for you, but once I hit peri and started taking it, the brain fog lifted immensely. Certainly there’s a hormonal component for me.

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

@MagEGordon Oh no sister. Don’t like that.

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

@MagEGordon I think you and this cat need a TikTok channel. For your news friends to take mindless entertainment breaks

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

There are days, like today, where I eat up every bit of that 8. But I do think we weren’t meant to focus that long. And I don’t exactly feel great after a full day of hyper focus. 😆

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

Unpopular opinion: people should work 4 hours a day, not 8.

People waste most of their day chit chatting, looking at their phone, and being stuck in useless meetings.

Then when their day is finally over they have zero energy left.

This makes no sense.
There’s more to life than working.

If you work in a flow state you can do your work in 4 hours, not 8.

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

Holy HAIL.

[Jessica McMaster @JessMcMasterKC]

@GasBuddyGuy You must have terrible whiplash—good job keeping up through this mess.