like telehealth?? i know i do. i can see a doctor for something obvious instead of driving 40 min each way. if you want to keep access to insurance-covered telehealth, call your reps! click thru for scripts and easy access to phone numbers:

Which this administration would not do

BREAKING: A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk. It found that Russia, China, and Iran are likely aware of the breachable cloud system DOGE set up. Worst case scenario? The agency would need to reissue SSNs to EVERYONE. Great 🙃

This great article describes what's happened so clearly. What a horrible shitshow, which has harmed so many good people.

Sleepy little dude

Birch catkin bug, this afternoon on Maine Avenue. 🐞

Its notable that OMB cannot do this www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

I don't think this preparation has happened during leadups to earlier shutdowns? White House Prepares for Mass Firings in Event of Shutdown politicalwire.com/2025/09/24/w...

New resource alert - learn about including service dogs in accessible birding events from @birdability.bsky.social www.birdability.org/blog/service... #NationalServiceDogMonth

woo HOOOOOO www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...

Breaking: CDC advisers weaken COVID vaccine recommendations but stop short of requiring prescriptions ACIP narrowly rejected its working group’s proposal to require a doctor’s prescription for the #COVID19 vaccine www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

US Weekly COVID update: Sep 22, 2025 🔸1 in 57 Actively Infectious 🔸857,000 New Daily Infections 🔸6,450,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸177,000,000 Infections in 2025 🔸323,000 to 1,290,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸1,800 to 3,100 Weekly Deaths Source: pmc19.com/data/

AHIP, the country’s biggest health insurance association said its members will continue to cover updated COVID and flu vaccines through the end of 2026. AHIP covers over 200M people & includes Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Centene, Aetna, Elevance, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Molina, and Cigna.

I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition. www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...

My weekly reader Pandemic & Plagues Update – September 24, 2025 balloon-juice.com/2025/09/24/p...

Ric Grenell, who runs the Kennedy Center, appears to have set aside tickets for hecklers to disrupt the K-Center performance of an artist who got in a heated exchange with him months ago:

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The pettiness is so off the charts. Little boys giggling at their lame jokes.

"Researchers have discovered a plant that attracts pollinating flies by mimicking the odour of half-eaten ants." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Morning birding: Red Phalarope! Dgaf about humans nearby, was sleeping a fair amount after being up all night, eventually did "go swimming". So adorable to see so close.

Here’s the reporting @chrislhayes.bsky.social graciously referenced:

Big excitement in DC birding this afternoon/evening. A birder based in Pennsylvania (Erie) discovered a Red Phalarope near the US Capitol, initially reporting it as a Red-necked Phalarope! Many birders (not me, sadly), were able to make it over there before sunset to see. First in DC in 9 years!

❓Mystery Map Monday turns into Trivia Tuesday! 🧠The species from our map quiz yesterday (our last post) was BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON. Congratulations to those who guessed correctly! 🎉 Photo: Black-crowned Night Heron by Nitin Yadav from Pexels

Oh good lord no no NO

Great Egret at Horicon Marsh. I loved how it's wings looked like a big fan. They are such beautiful birds. #birds #GreatEgret

As mentioned on WTOP radio less than an hour ago 😀 www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

The article echoes what I’ve seen and heard from peers: AI makes it easy to produce slick but shallow work that looks plausible on the surface, yet riddled with errors or bad assumptions underneath. Your coworkers end up having to fix or redo it. It’s workslop, and it’s spreading fast.

I regret to inform you that Gwar has pushed the boundaries of good taste.

Now seems like a fun time to remind everyone that GWAR did an NPR Tiny Desk concert

this is the funniest possible way to describe GWAR

An amusing read! Late Night Open Thread: GWAAAAAAARRRR! balloon-juice.com/2025/09/23/l...

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

White nationalist livestreamer Nick Fuentes has never been more popular, and he has a plan in place to leverage that popularity to infiltrate all aspects of US society to spread his racist, antisemitic worldview. And it's already happening... www.wired.com/story/nick-f...

42 years ago today Minor Threat played its final show on September 23, 1983 at the Lansburgh Cultural Center in Washington. 3 years after the formation the band broke up after Brian Baker left and switched to Dag Nasty #punk #punkrock #minorthreat #history #punkrockhistory #otd

In memory of Hilly Kristal, owner of the legendary New York club CBGB, born on this day in 1931 in New York City. Photo: J. R. Rost, taken in Hilly's management Office 😍 #punk #punkrock #HillyKristal #cbgb #omfug #bowery #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory #otd

wow, this should be good!

So many crazy details in Ben Terris's story about Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski, who we can confirm are not only dating but running DHS together: nymag.com/intelligence...

my word nymag.com/intelligence...

tired of living in this Philip K Dick/Kafka mashup

Happy birthday!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO-T...

Born today, September 22. Happy Birthday, Joan Jett! www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6fB...

The Sound and the Fury

NSO No such organization

This does not meet constitutional muster. California cannot prosecute federal officials for conduct in the course of their official duties. It cannot define what is an essential part of federal law enforcement's work. As policy, police masking is anti-democratic, but it requires a federal response.

Liberals should also be hesitant to embrace a system where states get to dictate through targeted legislation how the federal government operates.

I keep saying, this guys numbers are TERRIBLE, he is VULNERABLE...now is the time for people to push back against Trumpism

Blaming Tylenol for autism isn’t the part that scares the hell out of me. THIS does. What type of snake oil quackery are they gonna start pushing on naive parents of young children?

For fuck sake they just said treating fevers prolong the illness. God damn these idiots!

There's a wrong way and a right way to report this