This CAP report goes into depth about the problem, and also notes: “Roughly 1 in 5 Catholic hospitals in the United States do not explicitly disclose their religious affiliation on their websites, and only a small percentage of those disclose how that affiliation might affect patient care.”

Lucid thread on Medicaid expansion (and ACA waivers) — how they work, and why it matters, and who’s affected. If you, like me, are lucky enough never to have wondered how the hell you’d pay for health care even though you have insurance, it’s worth understanding.

Wild (well: cultivated, but...) and beautiful - New Orleans City Park Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, today

WCAX reported on our preview screening of Ken Burns' upcoming series The American Revolution: www.wcax.com/2025/11/14/v...

"There were spaces to meet (and argue), spaces to organize and plan – and spaces to socialize too... Having different groups sharing the same space provided opportunities for people to learn how to organize together." "Yet now, the left is looking at a very different and less vibrant landscape."...

A trip to the beach! 😎 (in November, at 54 degrees north latitude on the edge of the Boreal forest) 🌿

Peeping Tom

ANYWAY if you'd like to read a fun, mid-century, country mansion mystery novel set during Thanksgiving, I literally have the book for you! You do not need to have read the first in the series to "get" it: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717309...

Astronaut turtle, New Orleans

Saturday mood

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m

Pauline Kael @paulinekaelbot.bsky.social coming in scorching hot

PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C. The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end. “We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.” current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS

I make this cranberry-lime pie every year and it's delicious www.bonappetit.com/recipe/cranb...

Pork Noodle Soup with Ginger and Toasted Garlic Gift Link 🎁

It's Caturday! #caturday

My walk in New Orleans City Park today included a loop through the Museum's Sculpture Garden, too...

An autumnal scene from Heididorf!

Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand. If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers. If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers. Spread the word.

I want to live in a society!

My walk in New Orleans City Park today included a loop through the Museum's Sculpture Garden, too...

The local New Orleans group who recycle fabrics and fiber, and teach sewing classes, RickRack, had a message on Instagram today I thought I'd pass along here, too....

bet you didn't know you needed this photo of Pedro Almodóvar with a kitten on his head today

It's Caturday! #caturday

Mark Bittman's sweet potato fries cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014...

THANKSGIVING RECIPES THREAD 🧵🍁🦃 I’m Head Chef at this year’s Bower family Thanksgiving. The soup season thread was a hit, so now I’m turning to Bluesky for your best Turkey Day recipes. What’s the one dish you can’t live without? Drop recipes and tips in the replies ⬇️ (Photo: my fave appetizer)

My most *boring* woke opinion is that “peace*, order, and good government” [🍁] is a necessary prerequisite for “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” [🇺🇸]. *defined as ‘not the absence of war, but the presence of justice.’

Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany. The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

with a kitten, you never bathe alone

I love a good literary hoax, especially if it’s at the expense of Modernism. But these are my takeaways from ‘about this poem’: Witter Bynner was an asshole; the hostess a hero; I hope the waitress sued.

"But it's not only the letting go — there's also the rejoicing of how we can break the system that created the trauma and the division between us and the original caretakers of the land."

Respectfully, Emma Thompson in Down Cemetery Road.

#Caturday appreciation for artist and illustrator Enid "Marco" Marx (1902–1998), a distant relative of Karl and herself an appreciator of Siamese cats

So uh. I've spent the last five years working on a book about grief, mourning, who is allowed to grieve and how, and where we go from here, and... you can now preorder it!

ell oh fucking ell

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Night lights

Wolfenoot! #Wolfenoot 🐺🌙

oh this is fuckin rad

My version of that:

Rueful laughter at the idea that I could hold it down to TWO. Two! ahahahahahahahaahhaahha

Listen. Next time I decide to create clay heads for stop motion characters with moving eyes and multiple expressions, remind me that it would be a lot easier if I made them BIGGER THAN THIS.

Let me add my congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social! 🎉

Yes! If you didn’t know: there’s a Neko Atsume 2! It’s new!

CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945) screens at Regal Cinemas nationwide Dec 18 to celebrate its 80th anniversary. Stanwyck on the big screen. What a Christmas! www.regmovies.com/movies/hs25-... #FilmSky #TCMParty