This was so fun -- I spent an afternoon wandering around Boston talking with Sophia Nguyen of the Washington Post for this profile.

Storm drains! Nondescript network hubs! Spaceship Deb! How I crashed and burned in my senior year and how it all worked out (hi, students!))

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/11/05/deb-chachra-profile-infrastructure/

I just pre-ordered @jomc's new novel, out this fall

And YOU CAN TOO -- https://massivebookshop.com/products/9780374610661

Also: she wrote a great post about how y'all can help support her book, advice that applies to any other writer you like -- very worth reading: https://jomc.substack.com/p/about-wrong-way?publication_id=2382&isFreemail=true&utm_source=Robin_Sloan_sent_me

Not a huge goods and services person but Eighth Generation is one of maybe five companies I feel intense loyalty to—totally unmatched wool textiles, Indigenous-owned and run, featuring all Indigenous artists—and they are having a big sale this week on summer and back-to-school stuff, so I'm taking that as an excuse to link:

https://eighthgeneration.com

My family is struggling due to a recent breast cancer diagnosis and the monster of health profiteering reared its ugly head on day one.

Boostable Request: Do you anyone who might know if any solid cancer center in the US will accept a breast cancer patient without insurance?

Is it best to push through to get COBRA activated? Any way to start with cash payments first? Any other tips?

Context: both spouses are jobless & COBRA coverage activation is dragging.

#cancer #breastcancer