Patreon Fuckup!

Apparently something fell over at Patreon in a way that many people's banks have noticed.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/3/23818598/patreon-payment-blocked-processing-declined-subscription-canceled

I got a text from my bank asking me to confirm whether I had intended to spend money at Patreon, and I know various people doing their stuff through Patreon have noticed that a whole bunch of their patrons simultaneously and unexpectedly didn't pay/didn't have payments go through.

If you're subscribed to anyone through there, probably best to go check, and talk to your bank if it looks like something went wrong?

From Dr. Skelebones to Dr. Twatbeams & Dr. Bitsblobs

Dr. Skelebones says that at this point she's not doing surgery, and in fact is handing me over to colleagues because of reasons.

( Reasons! )

So because of all of that, I'm getting handed "back" to Gyn-Oncology. ("Back" here is in scare quotes on account of the whole 2016 thing was in a different state and through a different medical group.)

I have appointments with Dr. Bitsblobs and Dr. Twatbeams on the 16th. As new patient appointments, those appointments can be telehealth. So I've got an hour of video chat with the first bone, half an hour to recruit my forces and refresh my drinks, and then another hour of video. I suspect that I won't be kept waiting for an hour on the video appointment.