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EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected. Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43

Does anyone know why or how that song “Favorite Things” from the Sound of Music became a Christmas thing? There’s no holiday in the movie. I guess the references to packages and winter? Seems pretty secular to me though.

Really needed this story today. Proof that no good deed goes unpaid.

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions. To manually turn off go to: Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under “How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

One of my kid’s closest friends is a wheelchair user who desperately needs a motorized chair in order move more freely, as her disability effects her wrists and elbows - meaning her current push chair limits her independence. Please consider donating!!! justgiving.com/campaign/sop...

As a long time Bari hater (god she is insufferable), this is the funniest takedown I’ve read in forever.

Why does basically every Libra I know have a birthday in the same ten days in October? Clearly I love this particular varietal, but phew the parties will have me worn out and broke bc a Libra will always do it UP🤣

I used to be confused why people wouldn’t get their neighborhood stray cats fixed, until I tried to trap a cat myself. It’s really not easy!! I’m gonna end up with a teen mom on my hands at this rate, sheeeeesh!

Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.

Gig alert! Looking for a senior level Project Manager/Producer for a 2-3 month contract with a really cool #Chicago organization! It’s work from home and paid hourly. Send me a dm with your email & LinkedIn or similar & I will connect you with the team.

This Buttigieg nonsense shows how misunderstood HRT is. In tgirls, it’s a performance reducer, eliminates any “biological” advantage. She has 0 testosterone in her body, which is less than cis women. This scrutiny over gender makes everyone unsafe and is just a way to control women. Full-stop.

No one should die by drowning. Swimming and water safety are human rights and should be taught like any other subject. To EVERYONE. So much preventable loss.

Faith Ringgold as painted by Alice Neel in 1977

in a world so consistently hostile to larger bodies, I must once again give props to my besties at Seattle’s Sea Wolf and Oxbow bakeries, who ping me from time to time to help them make sure their seating is inclusive normalize asking your fat friends for advice on furniture! we appreciate it!!!!

Aging is such a trip, man! Weird meeting adults out in the world half your age. Like I was already a whole ass adult when you were born! How is this possible?! 😂

Schrodinger's Left. Simultaneous have no impact and All The Impact.

You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).

Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.

Guess where he caught Covid? At the chemo infusion center bc none of the staff wore masks.

There is a special place in hell for people who go out sick and don’t mask. Even if it really is just a cold, it will still spread and ruin someone else’s week. We should know better by now.

My brother in law says people wearing masks have been infected by the mind virus, so I sent him articles about how Covid damages the brain and told him people wearing masks are trying to avoid being infected by the mind virus, and I could tell he did not like my response.

I’m also annoyed with the discourse and one-upping of web platforms in general. No software is perfect, or best for every situation. They’re all valid, even the controversial ones. If it works for somebody, that’s great! Not everything has to be my business.

Why do we still have snobby tech dudes in 2025? Your way isn’t inherently better or more correct. You gotta earn the right to criticize a CMS by putting in your time first.

$720/mo for a Blue Cross Affordable Care Act plan that is no longer accepted at CVS. I’m so mad! Means no more access to a 24 hr pharmacy. Walgreens is awful, private equity narcs, so I guess Costco it is. This county is vile.

These calls do make a difference. R’s generally call their reps much more and much more consistently than left leaning people(since the 1990s and contract w/ America days).Calls matter for how reps gage public opinion.Calls shape who they think is watching&who they think will hold them accountable.

I’m on the bargaining team for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Non-Tenure Track Faculty union. We’ve been bargaining for nearly 19 months—grueling. Now we’re ready to say: we are preparing to possibly strike. We’ve launched our strike fund today app.betterunite.com/aicwufaculty...

Temporarily broke my TikTok boycott to learn people are absolutely ripping Coke to shreds for calling Ice on their own employees. Millions of views & doubling down on boycotts. Pepsi is loving this!

This is why I have 10 Covid vaccines. If you’ve had Covid several times, or any other pre-existing condition you are immunocompromised. Time to re-up in case rfk slashes access.

Evergreen request: For @motherjones.com, I am always looking for stories of local projects led by disabled/chronically ill people to help other disabled/chronically ill people. These days, we need hope. If you have any leads. My email is [email protected]

PSA for anyone who makes software or code tutorials online, PLEASE date your content! I shouldn’t have to read a whole thing to learn that it’s outdated and no longer relevant.

Alright who is looking for work? I got a connection to FOUR open social media roles. Must have experience with big brands, a portfolio, making TikTok’s, reels, and shorts. LMK!!!

✅ downloaded data ✅ deleted fb account ✅ deactivated Twitter ✅ removed IG & threads for boycott Keeping IG for the time being for networking and as a secondary portfolio for my business, until something else comes up. Pixelfed, maybe? Tumblr?

Ugh I hate that tiktok is praising trump for allowing them back online. They just sold their soul to the devil. I feel gross about going back now.

Here's a small weird potentially good thing: The USPS website is still, as of a few minutes ago, processing requests under the free covid test program. No idea when that'll be shut down, but it hasn't been yet.

Are you a cartoonist (artist or writer) in the Chicago area? I’m thinking about hosting some community get togethers in the future. Sound off below if you would be interested in something like that.

New cheaper prices…they said. Yet the least scammy plans for a single adult on Healthcare.gov start at $690/mo?! That’s before co-pays, prescriptions. It really is just lies and made up nonsense to extort people at this point.

‼️🧵 #MedSky IMPORTANT & URGENT #Telehealth flexibilities will expire 12/31/24 unless Congress acts before then! I just contacted my Senators/Rep to 👍 CONNECT Health Act (S. 2016/H.R. 4189) & Telehealth Modernization Act (S. 3967/H.R. 7623). /1

Pentagram is getting dragged on tiktok for using ai to produce 1500 icons & illustrations for a government website. Not only is the work sloppy, but it’s not trademarkable bc you can’t prove the source. How is a BRANDING agency selling work that can’t be protected as intellectual property?

My fam does a white elephant w/ gifts under $20 & it’s the hardest! General items suitable for ages 10 & up. I typically do a box of chocolates, a puzzle, or a small plant, but that’s expected now. What else is there??

Unless Congress acts in the next three weeks, Medicare will stop covering telehealth. For people too sick to leave home for months, including millions who have been disabled by Covid, this will mean losing all access to healthcare. Please sign this petition urging your representatives to act

Drinking game: do a shot any time Paul Hollywood says “concertina” on GBBO. You never know when it’s coming and all of a sudden there are like three in a row!

Where does everyone go for web development support these days? I need a MailChimp pro to help me find away to start an automation based on the answers someone inputs into a conditional form. Happy to pay for your advice & time!

After the city replaced our lead pipes and installed a water meter the water bill went from $140 to…$39/mo?!?! Shocked at the difference & how much we were being over-charged before.

Do y’all ever dream you’re wearing a cute outfit and wake up all bummed bc it doesn’t actually exist?

I think one reason is character limit. People be posting whole journal entries on threads, it’s an investment to read all that, can’t scroll as casually.

Where to look for design jobs besides LinkedIn? It’s so flooded. I follow a couple other boards, but they’re reposting the same roles.

Is there a way to generate a cover letter summary based on a job description, but that doesn’t require adding a bunch of personal info to a bot?