The ACA freight train approacheth. Meanwhile, interactions with the Vermont health exchange remain kafkaesque and will likely take all of open enrollment to sort out, as usual 🙄

Was excited about the aurora and drove to a dark spot north of the city, hoping the clouds would clear. Brought a flask of mint tea and a blanket, and gazed out into the cold dark.There was definitely something happening on the northern horizon under the lid of cloud but the sky did not clear, alas.

The view out of my studio window today

Absolutely delighted with last night’s wallop of heavy snow but as an avid weather watcher, I am amazed it wasn’t in any forecast. Everyone is surprised!

A lot of people who get health insurance through the ACA are freaking out and looking for solutions. Something coming up often in comments is health share platforms, like CrowdHealth.1/

It is snowing and STICKING TO THE GROUND!! ✨❄️❄️❄️✨

“It's astonishing how much it costs." Zoë Keating, a Burlington-based cellist and composer, says the health insurance plan she pays $73 a month for this year could cost her $1,636 every month next year.

Good morning, health insurance apocalypse!

Let 1000 Mamdanis bloom

I talked to Vermont Public about my sticker shock over the ACA premiums

A message for the senate democrats

Ah, I remember that phase. I wore variations on this outfit - jacket,waistcoat,knickerbockers - for quite some time.

There are so many reasons to boycott Spotify.

me flirting

Thinking about 9 years ago when I was a token artist at WEF Davos and I went around attending high level panels on things I didn’t know about. I particularly remember the one where an academic laid out how AI would eat jobs and UBI would be necessary to avoid civil unrest.

This with bells on

Wishing a great weekend to everyone except for the Mad King in the White House and his Flunkies.

Remembering Leonard Cohen, who left us #OTD 2016.

Did you know that you can burn soup?

Did you know that the GOP Congress has worked less than 20 days since July? Yet we’re still paying their full salary.

Every new exciting development in cancer vaccine research depresses me anew. Not because my wife didn’t survive long enough to benefit from it, but because the administration is dismantling the systems of caring for each other as a society (which includes boomed research)

How nice to wake up to some good news. It’s a bluetiful day 💙

Happy Full Beaver Moon! 🦫🌝

It’s been a while since I hopescrolled

[Exit Clown.]

"We found ourselves rallying around a common theme: 'Perhaps we really are Canadian in the best way.' Friendly. Apologetic. Slightly baffled. And above all, subtly smug: “Look at us, staying respectful while watching those American political fireworks explode all over the world?”

Smell the onions #nocontextskeet

Vote vote vote!

I don’t want to say I’m crossing my fingers for Mamdani, because I crossed my fingers for the Jays and look what happened

If an additional $15,000 in health insurance premiums (my increase for 2026) were framed as a $15,000 tax increase, I think there would be a revolution

WTF Montreal

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

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The goal of trolls who lie, attack and shitpost is to obfuscate the truth and bully you into silence. Keep sharing. Keep caring.

Hapmeow Halloween

The autotypos are hilarious right now with my iphone changing correct words to incorrect ones. Just now it changed “studio” to “airship”. You can find me in my airship today.

Huge thank you to the comedians, musicians, artists and writers who are just as mad and bewildered as the rest of us but are still doing their best to make life worth living for everyone.

“Steal This Story, Please!” follows journalist Amy Goodman as she takes on soldiers, politicians and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of the truth. It’s won audience choice for best doc at all 4 festivals it’s gone to so far. Next up is St Louis & then DOC NYC. Orig score by me 😊. Go see it!

If you’re looking for all of your tea cups and mugs, they are in my studio, again. Sorry about this.

Two vampires that are not Dracula

I also posted this photo of my ACA premiums for next year on Threads. I had to spend an hour yesterday deleting and blocking comments from MAGA trolls saying I am a liar, a libtard, a freeloader, a single mom lowlife, should get a real job, etc etc.

Felt cute. Might delete later

Just opened the letter stating the premiums for our high deductible bronze plan in 2026. Hahahahahahahaha

It is not a coincidence that Trump razed the part of the White House where so much history has been made by and for women.

This week’s news has me thinking about the subterranean ruins of Nero’s Golden House, the Domus Aurea, that we visited this past March.

Every day is #caturday

Democrats should just start rolling out ad after ad of Reagan voiceovers.

“Comet 3I/ATLAS Losing At Least Two Kangaroos' Worth Of Dust Every Second” I estimate that’s approximately half a giraffe?

wait did ronald reagan just say go blue jays