Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech)

Consulting in Mobile Tech / Connected Health / Informatics/ Product Strategy / Business Development. Consider donating blood @RedCross. Views my own, of course.

[Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) @baxination]

@nikillinit Just got the kicker - notified my ACA health insurance policy premium is increasing 50% in 2024.

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@nikillinit If people COULD shop and not be penalized for it this way, they would. In Mich I'm on $9K deductible ACA plan (self-emp). One of my Rx costs $200/3 mos using ACA/Optum and $60/3 mos w/ GoodRx. I'm betting I won't reach my deductible and go GoodRx. This is stupid and depressing.

[Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) @baxination]

https://t.co/ZvDAmqYISg

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@Kirk_Westphal @GovWhitmer @MichiganDOT

[Alex Cohen @anothercohen]

I was laid off from Twitter today. I was the designer in charge of our new rebranding to X.

I learned so much in my 2.5 weeks at the company but I’m excited to see where I land next.

If you’re hiring a self taught, junior designer please DM me. Graphic design is my passion!

[Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) @baxination]

@reallynotgross @healthcareandy Dark

[City of Ann Arbor @A2GOV]

With construction “season” in full swing, sign up to receive road closure notifications at https://t.co/N1ZNoYWbod.?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=ap_0yesswxsoj The city also provides road closure notices to WAZE, a free app.

[Mike Lydon (mikelydon.bsky.social) @MikeLydon]

“The lesson here is that traffic is not an inalterable and irreducible quantity dictated by nature; it’s actually very dynamic and elastic. People readily change their travel behavior in response to the availability of road capacity.” 💯
@CityObs.

https://t.co/dMUrKSHmjT

[Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) @baxination]

First up…EPA AIRNow https://t.co/asxzVKrz7P

[Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) @baxination]

Maryland!

[Kirk Westphal @Kirk_Westphal]

Places that have lowered their voting age to 16
Berkeley, CA – school board elections
Greenbelt, MD – all local elections
Hyattsville, MD – all local elections
Oakland, CA – school board elections
Riverdale Park, MD – all local elections
Takoma Park, MD – all local elections

[Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) @baxination]

Most people don’t know much at all about HIPPA, except as a term that broadly refers to an expectation of patient privacy. Amazon is intentionally misleading people using the Business Associate status to dodge the regulation to gather the data. Good work @geoffreyfowler

[Geoffrey A. Fowler @geoffreyfowler]

Amazon has a new low-cost health service called Clinic.

But there's a hidden price: Your privacy.

Before you can sign up, you have to sign away some of your HIPAA protections to Amazon.

You agreed to what?

I investigated @washingtonpost: https://t.co/67CEI5gB5l

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.

Via @StreetsblogUSA
https://t.co/vTLLMEQiYe

[Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) @baxination]

@Rachel_Bax Under the well-known and understood circumstances this is an issue that should and could have been avoided with a little thinking ahead. Or planning. Or whatever that sort of thing is called that congressional Dems don’t do very well.

[Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) @baxination]

@Rachel_Bax We’re grateful as well. Love it when a plan comes together!

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FBI warns consumers of malware threat to phones from public charging stations Always carry your own plug. https://t.co/3grCqlD39K

[Henk Swarttouw @copenhenken]

Electric Cars Will Not Save Cities. Bicycles, Trains, Trams and Buses Will. https://t.co/fGwiezSn93

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@MsPackyetti

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@dvasishtha One of today’s winners!

[Rob Baxtresser (tech/not tech) @baxination]

@DharmaAkmon Excellent. Until air-bikers take to the sky and insist on their own protected air-lanes and ruin everything for everybody!

[Christina Farr @chrissyfarr]

This is infuriating. 😡