For anyone in DC, please come to this book launch for Furious Minds on Nov. 18, discussion with @lkatfield.bsky.social, @ositanwanevu.com, me and more www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

New Webinar: How Medical Debt Is Pummeling Americans, Mon., 11/10, 10 am PST. Medical #debt is crushing 100M+ Americans — many insured. Hear reporting tips, insights & story ideas from @raelnb.bsky.social & @jessicaglenza.bsky.social on the U.S. medical debt crisis. Register: bit.ly/MedicalDebtReg

I left a job I loved w/ an abusive boss. So when offered new jobs, I picked the job w/ the boss who wrote me an email about why this job & the city was great. Took a pay cut. I gotta say, it was the wrong job, BUT the right boss. & I'm grateful to be working with them whenever there a challenge.

Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: The state is applying for grants meant to offset Medicaid cuts made by Congress in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The proposal includes funding for providers, IT and maternal health.

CBS' "Evil" was freaky good for too many reasons to name, but @andreagrimes.com  sure gave it her best, anyway:

- How law enforcement is irredeemably violent and perpetuate gun violence - Mark Lamb who is now running for Gosar's seat in AZ (ick) - how the Claremont Institute is building a violent army with sheriffs (and other cops too)

Okay, I am tooting my horn because this book includes - stuff about sheriff elections and civilian oversight and why they dont work - a whole chapter about the push on the right to criminalize voters (which is what Trump's threat of a voting executive order does)

Join Rainbow Railroad and the The Interfaith Center at Miami University for a virtual conversation on November 11, 2025 at 7pm ET to learn more about their work helping LGBTQI+ individuals around the world escape persecution & find safety RSVP: bit.ly/TIC-RR

As we wait for NYC to drop, a plug for @boltsmag.org: If you've enjoyed our work, our journalism at Bolts has no paywall, but it requires a lot of resources. As a nonprofit, we thrive with your support & subscriptions! Right now is the GOLDEN time to make your support multiply, here's why:

This is relevant to every body and partnership navigating parenthood & family planning decisions. I desperately want more of these conversations out there in the universe. www.queerhealthpod.com/episodes/que...

GLMA is proud to be partnering with @pointofpride.org to launch the Trans Health Survey; and it’s officially LIVE! 🏳️‍⚧️ This is a national effort by and for trans people to share our experiences and shape a future of accessible care. https://loom.ly/5ia3tI4

This! I'm always amazed by how many people aren't aware that people die from the flu every year. Please, please get your seasonal flu and covid shots before the holidays!

Why does a massive US private healthcare company own 2 NHS PFI projects? 🚨

don't sleep on these prosecutor races!

will kim is still in ICE detention

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These Baltimore community resources below!

Holy crap. How the heck did I never notice as a kid that in Back to the Future II Marty leaves his passed out girlfriend in an alleyway with garbage for the whole movie? Who read that script and was like cool! Nothing dangerous or inappropriate here...

This one lands… www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM4CUeSu/

I wrote about the life of Darsombra's Ann Everton for the Baltimore Banner and spoke to several friends and collaborators, including her husband and bandmate Brian Daniloski: www.thebanner.com/obituaries/d...

New publication with @susanshort.bsky.social in @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social. We analyzed 2025 revisions to womenshealth[dot]gov under the Trump administration -documenting how credible health content was replaced with ideology: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Seems a purposeful attempt at softening that they don't use the new nomenclature "Department of War" & call this "US Missions". wapo.st/433N9Dk

Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming. Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:

Someone pls survey US academics on time they've spent discussing what words they can use & revising content in the last 3 years. Why 3? bc about ~2 years ago there was an increase in "institutional neutrality" policy & we're approaching~1yr of this admin.

57 now dead in 13 attacks. Fact sheet now updated at www.wola.org/analysis/fac...

We need a "Mike's dunno counter" on the internet. Possibly along with a sign indicating days since last dunno.

The shit we have to factcheck, y’all.

Of course. Sisqó grew up at 908 Newington Avenue in Reservoir Hill

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown. Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

OK. *deep sigh* If we’re really doing this … If anyone has information about this alleged $130 million “donation” — including the identity of the “donor,” if such a person or corporation exists, and any legal opinions purporting to authorize this — please send it my way. I am at crg.32 on Signal.

The word ai also refers to a three-toed sloth. I think from now on I'm just going to pretend every AI post is about sloths.

This is chilling. The President is asserting authority to kill completely outside of the law. And plans to keep at it. We are not at war, and he is ignoring the criminal laws that actually apply (eg, murder). No limiting principle stops him from doing this to others he labels "terrorists." 1/3

reposting this every time i see a bad rural take. via @janprobst.bsky.social www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

Sad and deeply frustrating that this is needed, but it is NEEDED! Science-informed voices must step up! NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c... via @statnews.com

Trump is extorting his own Justice Department for $230 million in taxpayer funds. He refuses to open the government or lower health care costs — but he's eager to steal YOUR money to enrich himself. Unprecedented, unfathomable corruption.

Oh my GOD.

A group is petitioning the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to develop regulation to require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration Submit comments asking the EAC NOT to initiate rule-making in response to this petition by 11:59pm October 20. www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social Historical eel facts.

I'm grateful to @60minutes.bsky.social featuring our study published @justsecurity.org. Link to the study (on the 'presumption of regularity'): www.justsecurity.org/120547/presu...

This is sick. Several of the MS13 gang members Trump traded to Bukele so he could have access to CECOT prison for deportees were actually COOPERATORS with law enforcement. He betrayed them. wapo.st/4nbNiM4

Major media FINALLY starts paying attention to the Brownstone Institute. I’ve been covering this group for years and Jeffrey Tucker’s influence in this administration. This Politico story adds new layers like sexual harassment allegations against Tucker and Heritage Foundation sponsoring a retreat

A 200-person homeless encampment in Gainesville, GA, is being cleared this week. Many of those living in tents have jobs but can't afford rent. One woman estimated she's been forced to move 20 times. "There's a lot of people who get checks that don't have enough money to get places," she said.

The little ray of sunshine I neede today. I hope others follow suit.

On Thursday, Judge Sarah Ellis ordered that the guy in charge of ICE Chicago, Russell Hott, show up for a hearing on Monday bc ICE is violating so many parts of an order she issued last week. On Friday, DHS decided Hott was no longer overseeing Chicago. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The reason you see people post about this today isn't because October 15th was some magical deadline. It's just two weeks after the point when -- if your billers are keeping up -- you've sent your last claims from September. Medicare processes payments in 14 days. You just posted your last check.

U.K. medical leaders are urging the government to back International Criminal Court prosecutions for war crimes targeting health workers, patients, and medical facilities.

The latest stressor for overburdened U.S. nurses and other health workers: Masked, armed ICE agents in hospitals.

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

The Residence is the best show I've seen in ages. The writing & wit is incredible. & such a fantastic cast. Lots of delightful little gems, like a joke from Airplane! & a nod the book "A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time".