Today is the 250th anniversary of Boston’s mass inoculation against smallpox on July 3, 1776. The city was effectively closed to commerce from July through September 1776. The mass immunization effort was cheered as evidence of true independence. Here's how I described it in my book:

I do not plan to consume all of these this weekend UNLESS something happens. Mostly I just wanted a variety

Fun thing about Weird Al: he sought and received permission from every artist he ever parodied, even passing on opportunities when he didn’t get the okay. AI companies did the opposite. Of course he wouldn’t work with them. variety.com/2026/biz/new...

We're so starving for consequences we're reading Vatican press releases

THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM

Who is day drinking on the 4th and what are we all day drinking? I'm thinking cider? It's a marathon and also it's the closest my gluten-free ass will get to an apple pie

You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out. There is still time to comment. bit.ly/4v2X4nQ

I'm looking for movies to watch on the 3rd and 4th and you know what? Blazing Saddles is going on the list.

My butt stuff has been scheduled - one month til butt stuff!

My doctor has not responded to my request for "butt stuff" and I promise I referred to it as "steroid injections" in the MyChart message

I have messaged my doctor about getting scheduled for BUTT STUFF (steroid injections for my tendinopathy of the gluteus medius) I am making a butt song playlist. It starts with "What What (In the Butt)". Contemplating adding hips.

WE HAVE A NEW ANSWER AND it's the gluteus medius is experiencing tendinopathy. So it's tendonitis. In my ass.

One of my mom's cousins is trying to get Irish... citizenship? Foreign birth registry? Whatever Americans can get by descent, I'm a generation removed to be eligible). She's looking for a copy of her grandfather (my g-grandfather's) death certificate. She asked me bc I'm the family genealogist.

I found a water bottle online a few weeks ago with a really cute pattern of boxer dogs (a fawn with ears and tail, a brindle with ears) and pieces of sushi over a dark teal background. It arrived yesterday and the dogs don't have eyes. I also think the pattern is stolen? So it will be returned.

We, as a nation, are collectively missing a great opportunity to get RFK Jr to drink from the reflecting pool.

O say can you see By the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed At the algae’s last greening

I have two vacuums (technically both were gifts). One is a Dyson, one is a Dirt Devil. One is better at picking up hair, the other is better at picking up dust. Who do I have to talk to so I have a vacuum capable of picking up both????

Wireless heating pads are perhaps the best invention of the 21st century

Ya girl is trying to beat fungus gnats Any further advice in this time beyond fruit fly traps and the lil sticky papers is welcome

despite the post office's best efforts, technology prevails, and YA GIRL CAN SEE HER OWN SPINE tagged as sensitive content only because some people might not want to see xrays.

"the post office lost my bones?!" And other things I didn't expect to say on a Friday morning

Substantial amount of rain in the Madison area today.

Talked to my doctor and he thinks SPORTS MEDICINE is the best next step and that I should get heated seats since driving has been a trigger

What are we getting our dads for Father's day?

My dog just expressed his glands on the couch and I have to clean it up and make sure they're empty, ask me anything 😭

You guys, the White House accidentally ordered 10x the amount of Porta-Potties that they needed. The lawn is just acres of Porta-Potties. It’s all fenced off and you can’t see, but I took this photo through a hole in the fence netting.

Zissou once came and got me in the shower (this dog hates getting wet) because my ex was having a "throw the trashcan across the room" meltdown because he couldn't find his car keys. It was never targeted at me, but it was only the stuff i contributed to the apartment getting destroyed.

I scheduled in-person PT and their soonest available was AUGUST 24TH

My dad: maybe you need new shoes Does he really think I didn't consider shoes being the problem at any point over the last EIGHT YEARS Also I just got new shoes, I went to Fleet Feet where they scan your feet with foot-scanning technology and it felt like the future

Me: lamenting not knowing what to do next about my back and the prohibitive costs of care and the general hellscape that is the American healthcare system in my family's group chat My dad, utterly ignorant, on a camping trip: I saw a moose today 🫎

New bedtime "skincare" routine: slap some voltaren on your ass to address your pain which has somehow migrated from your sacrum to BOTH hips now?

WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER apparently these are normal changes and not likely to be the cause of my pain!!! I am LIVID

It's mild facet arthropathy at L4-L5-S1! WE HAVE AN ANSWER (and no feedback from my physician regarding what I should do next but I am trying!)

I am getting an MRI this Thursday for my bad hip/lower back and ya girl is hyped for some ANSWERS

Someone nearly swam today!!!

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.

Is there like. A disposable version of a netipot? I have a head full of snot with this post travel cold and I want it out of me ☹️ taking Sudafed is only doing so much

thestockmarket.ca/collections/... This is the soup! I'm sure all their soups are amazing but I'm a simple woman: I see a gluten free chowder, I order it

Bad news: I got sick from my travels. Good news: it's not covid! Worst news: I had the most amazing salmon chowder in Vancouver and they sold bags of it to take home, and I didn't, because the logistics of traveling with soup in checked luggage is hard, but man. I could go for salmon chowder ☹️

[B52s]: sign says [woo!] STAY AWAY FOOLS this place is not a place of honor no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here nothing valued is here what is here was dangerous and repulsive to us this message is a warning about danger glitter on the mattress glitter on the highway glitter on the fron-

I got to go whale watching on my trip to Vancouver and it was incredible to not only see a humpback, but to see her breach several times. This was on Friday near Nanaimo. I like to think the whales knew it was my last day of vacation and wanted to give me a lil treat 🥹

Love is getting your girl a salmon carcass

Local governments across Wisconsin have been ending their agreements with the surveillance company Flock Safety. “If police chiefs are bailing on it, that really shows momentum,” says the mayor of Verona, which ended its Flock contract last year.

My dad went to move the rental car (lots of parking restrictions in Vancouver), and came back with Timmy's. He didn't take anyone else's order, just WENT TO TIMMY'S BY HIMSELF and only got his own order?? This feels like a crime?? Canadians, please advise.

Me: goes to the Galapagos, coats myself in sunscreen, gets no sunburn Also me: goes to Vancouver, uses no sunscreen, gets burned. There's an Icarus joke in here somewhere

I REGRET TO INFORM THE PEOPLE THE DRAIN STILL HAS GOOP.

Got a handful of stranger hair when I didn't think about unclogging the airbnb shower drain today, so that's a heck of a welcome to Vancouver. The host has been notified.

I'm in Vancouver BC eating masala flavo(u)red chips and watching Corner Gas, if any eligible Canadian singles are interested in a gluten-free American with atrophic gastritis who can assimilate with the best of them

My dad, trying to get into the AirBnB: I can't find the code Me, unhelpfully, knowing the joke went unloved this morning: have you tried 1-2-3-4?