evidence-based as a concept has been well and truly bungled, it was a nice idea though

One day I'd like to live in a little cottage in a sea town and have a cat and a garden and my health

"What does it mean to love someone who has, or has had, a parasitic worm in their brain?"

I've been watching midsomer murders and so far they have interesting food and lots of murdered

ten days post surgery for advanced endometriosis and I decided it was a good time to re-read what I wrote about my recent experience being diagnosed in 2023 + how US Healthcare motivates surgeons double as influencers thebaffler.com/salvos/endo-...

does march still count as summer in New Zealand? I am of the opinion of YES but others (such as Google) say no

my friend sent me four long messages on instagram about her endometriosis and instagram offered to summarize them with AI?? I fear we are reaching the end point!

I went for a little walk to get a matcha and now my belly button incision is paying for it but hopefully it's matcha do about nothing

an excellent essay about the affiliate system in NYC public hospitals, mainly how contracting with private, often-university affiliated hospitals made organizing near impossible while simultaneously running up costs and cratering the quality of care. thebaffler.com/latest/in-po...

Last few spaces on my small museums & mental health w'shop this Sat 8 Nov I'll teach you neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood;we'll make small museums together. Also:30% off my Etsy: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...

In 1961, Ray Trussell was appointed as New York City’s hospital commissioner. You might not know his name, but you should—as @jessmcallen.bsky.social reports, he fundamentally transformed how the city’s hospital system works.

I wrote about something thebaffler.com/latest/in-po...

Affiliation contracts were intended to improve care—and lower costs—at New York City’s public “safety-net” hospitals by pairing them up with private nonprofit institutions. But as @jessmcallen.bsky.social reports, it hasn’t panned out that way.

i'm a big believer in never let them know ur next step but i'm also a believer in always let them know ur next step which really is the never let them know ur next step of letting them know your next step

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

I know I say this a lot but even w good insurance in the US chronic illness is soooo expensive

If I had a dollar for every time i knock over a mug of water foolishly placed on my bed right before I go to sleep I would have about $20

hello, I am looking for anyone who has had a ridiculous insurance denial recently, can be anonymous but must be in the US. Pls reply here or email [email protected] x

obsessed w the image help

i see mike king and "i am hope" is in the news again recently. just resharing this amazing piece @jessmcallen.bsky.social wrote for webworm last year: www.webworm.co/rockstar/

I've used public transport in ways u can't even imagine

Do u know if u fill a rice cooker with water and rosemary it makes the house smell so nice

omg it was a bird

From 1969 to 2008 John Margolies photographed the eccentric roadside architecture and ephemera of the US. @librarycongress bought the lot, a total of 11,710 colour slides, and lifted all copyright restrictions on them. Here's our highlights: publicdomainreview.org/collection/j...

When a hospital comes under the thumb of private equity, patients and workers suffer the consequences. That’s something James Kelly witnessed personally working as an ICU nurse. He spoke to @jessmcallen.bsky.social about his book back in March.

It's my fave season : just before autumn

there was no song of the summer? u mean phantom of the bop-era?

Unfortunately people were right about meal prepping

Journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have been on strike for more than 1,000 days. In our new issue, Tadhg Larabee reports on the union’s battle and its connection to Steel City’s labor history.

"What no one prepared us for, though, was that the logic that we followed—we want the business to succeed; we need our jobs to make money—didn’t apply to ownership." thebaffler.com/latest/a-fai...

good on dave the lamb www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

A former CDC staffer adds: “This is the work of a death cult.”

I did this last year and absolutely adored it, really encourage anyone who writes about science / sci-adjacent health to apply!

ok but guys there is a new penguin and it's called a Rockaroni 🦑 en.mercopress.com/2025/06/19/w...

u should be able to put on a CV: reduced medical bill from $4,024 to $100... especially if u are a health journalist

i'm a mimby (maybe in my backyard)

i woulda given the bribe in salt n vinegar chips but i'm different

New Zealand should do a general strike imo

going to the DMV for the first time later today..excited for the experience

There's a woman on insta who got her armpit biopsied bc they thought she has cancer and it came back as endometriosis ...truly bizarre disease that we know so little about!!

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

The regression of women’s actual lived status vs the regression of popular understanding of how sexism functions is a real chicken and egg problem.

someone should write an essay on how we've gone backwards on a very elementary understanding of what sexism is, to the point where ppl are missing the subtle and unequal ways it is wielded & just think it's like bugs bunny heart eyes at a broad

I said this on the other site (sorry) but: Something particularly bad about that Cuomo post is that it's spreading a lot of misinformation about NYC housing policies and I worry that it will turn people who don't live here against rent stabilization, which is a lifesaving program for so many NYers.

she's actually my hero, finally getting endometriosis some official ADA recognition www.wfmynews2.com/article/news...

was interviewing someone fr a freelance piece and at the end she said she'd read my other work and asked me to make sure i take care of myself bc i cover heavy stuff and it was soooo unexpectedly sweet lol