Trump’s war against Americans... www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Everyone’s been doing hockey romance recs — and good thing! — but I’d like to also take a moment and point out that there’s a ton of great Asian-Canadian contemporary romance writing happening right now too!

If I can make something that helps someone else create the space I have when I read a book or whatever I'm doing to rest, then I have to do that. I can't not do that, especially when what I do feels pointless.

They forced everyone off my train at park street and the train is disabled. @universalhub.com

@universalhub.com any news on why helicopters are circling Roslindale?

www.ms.now/opinion/msnb... Smart and fabulous 1st person view of the gig economy

"Is this time-effective? Of course not. We’re dispersing the labor previously done by one person across five paid employees and hundreds of parents and guardians. But is it cost-effective? Also, no."

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Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU. YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.

In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies

Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation. To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

❓When people say, "the longest in U.S. history," how long is that? The U.S. was founded in 1776. So, "the longest" means 249 years. That’s 8-10 generations of people. Think about that when we say: Tonight, this government shutdown will become the longest in U.S. history. Let that sink in.

Breaking on MSNBC: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

Amazon is the employer with the most employees on Medicaid in the state of Nevada. Walmart is second. (Recent national stats broken out by employer are unavailable, prob because employers don’t want us to know the social safety net is a corporate subsidy.) CEOs are the only real welfare queens.

“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.” www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...

Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families? Now you know.

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

ICE in Portland: “Dear God, they’re Jazzercising in formation! Light ‘em up!”

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

Mike Johnson shamelessly lies: "We strengthened Medicaid. We improved healthcare access and we lowered premiums with our legislation."

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

Oh my GOD.

[checks calendar]

The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.

It is really hard to overstate how amazing this is

It's that time again. For the next 24 hours, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions below in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Responses are for information only and are NOT medical advice. #AskAnIDDoc October 2025 edition.

This “redacted” interview of an “anonymous” person about the Titan submersible incident is frying me.

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Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in. The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight. They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education. America’s children deserve better than this.

How long will it be before we learn that ICE is murdering some of these people the minute they’re off camera? When we learn the kidnapping squads are death squads, will that be enough to grind everything to a halt? To stop showing up to work normally, to stop throwing parties, until this ends?

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

RIFed: Several CDC staff currently working on an Ebola outbreak overseas. You know — the ones literally helping contain and prevent it from spreading. (Like, to the U.S.) Trust us: dying from Ebola is a MISERABLE way to die.

"Here’s a man who, together with a couple of fellow Silicon Valley freaks, helped return a sundowning caudillo to a presidency he is obviously unsuited for, and who uses the awesome might of the US government to remake society and the world."

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

Trump has explicitly stated that he is terminating federal employees based on political affiliation. Data is currently being collected, but layoff notices have already gone out to employees at the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy,

The parents of those 270 kids could get them vaccinated so the can return to school 🤷🏽‍♀️. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Not enough news outlets are making it absolutely clear that last night’s RIFs are unlawful

Hours after refusing to kiss the Presidential ring, #MIT wins court battle over Defense Department plan to slash its grant funding www.universalhub.com/2025/hours-a... #lawsuits

To avoid swearing in a duly elected Democratic House member who will force a vote to release the Epstein files, the House is in recess indefinitely

Missed last night's ballot question info session? You can check it out here. #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/2025-ballot-...

Can’t believe my new book is out tomorrow. And you can still get these goodies if you preorder/order from Blue Willow!

Today is the mid-autumn harvest moon🌕️

Another tragic accident.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN