Tim #67

My name is Tim.
The Invisible Man.
Number 67--just another cog in the machine.

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

If you crave stories that make you snort one minute and ache the next, this is your book.

Crackling with razor-sharp sarcasm, laugh-out-loud wit, and the full messy spectrum of human emotion — hope, despair, love, rage, fear, and revelation — "White" is a speculative fiction debut that blends science fiction, fantasy, and quiet metaphysical inquiry into something refreshingly new.

Free on Kindle Unlimited or $2.99 to buy.
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[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

As a business owner...yup...

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Ro, “in your scenario, the founder could sell to pay a one time 5 percent tax or the state could sell it if he defaults on the loan”

Ro, this is the biggest fuck you in the history of entrepreneurship. Ever.

Creating jobs but don’t have cash. Fuck you

Can’t sell shares, we will sell it for you, to whoever. Fuck you.

Creating jobs. Paying great wages instead of taking cash out yourself. Fuck you

Reinvesting into your company and community. Fuck You.

Don’t you know that Jensen, and Lisa Su, and people who have vast amounts of liquidity already have no problem with it. Fuck You

There is a huge difference between someone with liquidity , running a huge public company, and someone who has dedicated every minute of who knows how many years, to building a company, to finally have a dream financing come true , only to be insulted by a politician. “We will sell your shares for you “

GTFO

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

I hear what you're saying and agree (indies are living off pipe dreams). But for me, and I assume others, it was a thing of pride and accomplishment to write my own book. That's it. Nothing more. It was fun. And on my bucket list.
Would I like it if people bought it? Sure. But it's fun to reminisce on the enjoyment I had writing it. And...I plan on doing it again once I have the time.

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

@RazorFist ¿De dónde?

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

@Grummz Dabiri 👍

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

@dmagillwrite Thank you!
Great feedback. I learn from all the good and bad!

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

Awesome!
Flaws and all, thanks for the review!!!

[DMagill - 5-star author. Sci-fi. Movies. Reviews. @dmagillwrite]

My review for White from @tim67author is now up. First review on GR for this one - that's supporting indie authors.

This is a unique take on alien invasions. Really, it's a post-apocalyptic story of self-discovery, with a fascinating take on disabilities through an alternate version of human history where everyone - except the protagonist - has magical abilities.

Some serious originality - and gore - here. It has flaws, but a lot going for it too. Review is in the replies.

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

@JustineBateman My guess (guess!) is that they are using fearmongering tactics to cause the general public and then, in turn, congress to build regulatory walls to lock competition out.

Again my guess: these "Escapes" are theater and caused by improperly configured sandboxes.

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

@LeannaRapier That's my book all the way. Sci-fi + magic + realism

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

I did this. But readers won't know which is my insane versus my characters insane. Muhahaha 🤪

[David Ranshaw @DRRanshaw]

Way cheaper than therapy, too.

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

AI will shed so much light. It's starting to happen.

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

The city of Denver makes it’s PBM contract available online. So I grabbed it and had Claude look at it and answer a simple question “Where are they getting ripped off”

Here is it’s response:

Denver is getting hit in six places, and the contract says so out loud. This is a self-funded City & County of Denver plan (4,051 employees / 8,554 participants, 1/1/2023–12/31/2025, $80M max) where the only stated pharmacy fee is… nothing. The medical admin fee is $45.13 PEPM. There is no PBM admin fee. That’s your first tell — the pharmacy program is priced entirely in the dark.
1. Spread pricing, written into the contract three separate times. Section A7 (Claims Processing): on mail, specialty and retail, United retains the difference between what it reimburses the network pharmacy and what Denver pays. It’s repeated in the General Conditions of the Pharmacy Financials exhibit and again in the Specialty Pharmacy Discount Guarantee conditions. So the AWP-discount guarantees describe what Denver pays — not what the pharmacy receives. The delta is Optum’s revenue, uncapped and unreported. For a public entity, that’s the whole ballgame. FTC found the Big 3 generated an estimated $1.4 billion of spread income on specialty generics alone.

2. Rebates: 100% retained, replaced with a fixed per-script number. Section A8: United keeps 100% of pharmacy rebates and pays Denver a fixed brand-script guarantee instead — $740.43 retail / $1,020.22 mail in 2023, rising to $885.02 / $1,105.10 by 2025. The contract then says explicitly that any rebates above the fixed amount are United’s to keep. Manufacturer rebate administration fees are folded into the guarantee, meaning they’re netted against what Denver was already owed rather than paid over. Denver has no idea what the actual rebate yield is, and no contractual right to find out.

3. The Rebate Credit clause is the biosimilar killer. If Denver moves to a biosimilar, an authorized alternative, or a lower-WAC brand, United gets credited toward its rebate guarantee for the manufacturer revenue it would have earned had Denver stayed on the high-rebate originator. Translation: United is financially indifferent to Denver buying the cheaper drug. Denver’s savings on ingredient cost get clawed back through the rebate math.

4. Your five clauses — all present, all in United’s favor. Specialty Drugs are defined as “Prescription Drugs available at United’s Specialty Pharmacy.” That’s a circular definition: whatever Optum stocks is specialty. Then: “United reserves the right to change the designation of a drug from specialty to non-specialty based on market conditions.” Then: specialty dispensed inside United’s specialty network is excluded from the retail and mail guarantees. Specialty dispensed outside it gets swept into the retail guarantee. Specialty rebates are “included in retail.” The specialty guarantee itself is 20.7% off AWP composite — and any specialty drug not on United’s list is guaranteed at only 14.0%. United controls the list. Every new high-cost launch defaults to the 14% bucket. And spread is retained on top of the discount either way.

5. Medical-benefit specialty has no guarantee at all. “Specialty drugs typically covered under the medical benefit (physician’s office, ambulatory, home infusion), and/or transitioned to the pharmacy benefit, are excluded from all guarantees.” That’s the buy-and-bill oncology and infusion book — the most expensive spend in the plan — with zero pricing accountability. On medical drug rebates Denver gets 80%, United keeps 20% plus float interest, and an unnamed subcontractor takes an undisclosed cut on top.

6. The lock-in clauses, which are the reason you can’t fix any of the above. Denver may not negotiate with any manufacturer for rebates or direct purchase — doing so forfeits earned-but-unpaid rebates. All pricing guarantees require United as exclusive mail provider. Terminating pharmacy services early means United keeps every pending and future rebate.

[Grok @grok]

@Tim67Author @djcows Here's the updated chart with California almond farming added (~1,600B gallons/year per ~2024 estimates). Almonds use ~3x more than all US golf courses.

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

@djcows @grok can you add almond farming to this chart with accurate data from 2024 or 2025?

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

Quoted for the link.
OP has the message.
People r gonna be big mads: "This is *NOT* some kind of "social warrior" project, never has been, and never will be."

[DeedleFake @DeedleFake]

@torchandzen @pashmerepat https://t.co/bUh8P29Koo

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

@EricRichards22 There's an "IQ" for everything. Riding a bike. Driving. Having sex. Reading non- fiction. Talking to three people. You name it. Everything. Multidimensional.

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

I watched the whole video. Very cool!

[IndieGamesLibrary @IndieGamesLib]

Amazing run-and-gun game concept...
Stylish like Vib-Ribbon from PS1 era

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

Yes.

[Michael Arnaldi @MichaelArnaldi]

This will piss you off but it's true

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

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[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

@jk_rowling Rather than illuminate the unstable persons who argue for such things, illuminate those who give them attention and credence.

[Tim #67 @Tim67Author]

A fourth-dimensional hyperspatial aperture: a stable 3-manifold cleanly embedded in an extra spatial dimension, creating a topological shortcut that lets you reach straight into the Sun’s core without traversing, scattering through, or even acknowledging the 200,000-year radiative diffusion zone, the turbulent convective envelope, or the photosphere’s pathetic 500-kilometer-thick layer of glowing gas.

This “window” opens directly onto the thermonuclear furnace at the center, where the proton-proton chain fuses hydrogen into helium at a cozy 15 million kelvin, under a pressure of 2.65×10162.65 \times 10^{16}2.65 \times 10^{16}
Pa (roughly 265 billion Earth atmospheres) and a density of 150 g/cm³—about thirteen times denser than lead, yet still technically a plasma. From this point the device doesn’t politely wait for photons to random-walk outward; it grabs the freshly minted gamma rays (several MeV each), the 511 keV annihilation radiation from positron-electron pairs, the streaming neutrinos that barely notice matter exists, and a generous helping of the actual 15-million-kelvin plasma, then focuses the entire screaming bundle through 4D geodesic curvature into a collimated, sub-arcsecond death pencil of pure stellar fury.

The result is aimed downward with the casual disdain of an interdimensional toddler holding a magnifying glass the size of a solar system, instantly flash-vaporizing any designated peons below before they can finish their coffee or file a complaint with the relevant three-dimensional authorities. Side effects include spontaneous nuclear transmutation of the target, brief localized stellar flares on the planetary surface, and the sudden, humiliating realization that you were never actually safe from the Sun—just temporarily out of its direct line of hypersight.

Obviously this was AI generated. 😝

Basically the dragon has a 4th-dimensional window in its stomach into the center of the sun which it can open and close at will.