I had a root canal this morning, and all I can think about is how much of a privilege it is to be able to afford dental care. Teeth should not be considered luxury bones. Teeth issues can cause a huge amount of health problems down the road.

At this point, I’m expecting to see a heavily redacted set of files, with DEMOCRATS written on it in Sharpie pen. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

“The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” takes the spectrum, bends it and hog-ties it into a bow. These are modest women who behave badly and dress skimpily but also submit to traditional gender roles and repeatedly announce their devotion to their faith. This article nails it.

I’ve been feeling better these past few months, and the surest sign that I’m feeling better is I can feel my creativity and motivation starting to come back. It feels like waking up after years of sleep-walking.

I recently read a book about an Inuit woman who was the only survivor of an Arctic expedition, and now I’m obsessed with scurvy, which one of the expedition members died of. The descriptions of what scurvy is like have me squeezing lemon into my iced tea like I’m about to head off to the Arctic.

There’s a woman on Instagram doing a series on “things I say to my cat that make sound like a creepy old man,” and yup, guilty as charged.

I keep wearing a sweatshirt, in the hopes that it will manifest fall weather, but so far, Houston is continuing to Houston.

Hearing about Nuzzi succeeding in spite of some huge ethical violations is really fun when you are a journalist who is barely scraping by.

I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.

GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of #LongCovid. @wired.com @emilymullin.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/weight...

My most woke opinion is that not only does everyone deserves a comfortable place to live, good nutritious food to eat, quality healthcare, and a good education, but that we can afford to give everyone this. I will die on this hill. And I do mean everyone, not just the people who "deserve" it.

Can we have an actual opposition party, rather than just three spineless Schumers in a trenchcoat?

“Those mean judges are trying to force me to feed hungry people.” www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Great work from Rachel Fairbank on the winding story of metformin for #LongCOVID at @thesicktimes.org. Quotes from @jencurtinmd.bsky.social, Rachel Hall Clifford, @chromatowski.bsky.social, Carolyn Bramante, Ed Mills, Melissa Mazur & myself. thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m... #MedSky

There are a lot of cultures where it’s common to call relatives ‘aunt’ or ‘uncle.’ Why are we being so weird about this?

Happy to be featured on my thoughts on metformin for (long) covid in this great new piece by @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social

Thank you so much Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social for this important piece on the evidence behind metformin for preventing Long Covid. Really hope it helps improve access to this med.

NEW: A series of studies have shown that the diabetes drug metformin may help reduce the risk of #LongCOVID. So why isn't the information being translated into guidelines for providers? @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social reports for @thesicktimes.org! thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...

Today @thesicktimes.org: Multiple studies suggest taking metformin during acute COVID-19 can help reduce the risk of Long COVID. So why aren't more clinicians prescribing it for that purpose? Great reporting by @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...

I’ve taken metformin for LC for 2 yrs; it was the only thing my GP would prescribe from a list of possible research-backed treatments. I also took an increased dose for a recent reinfection; no baseline decrease. Thanks to @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social @thesicktimes.org for a great piece! 👏👏👏

Bezos thinks The Expanse is aspirational, rather than a cautionary tale of what happens when billionaires colonize space. tech.yahoo.com/science/arti...

I’m headed to a Halloween party at the Children’s Museum with my son, and my costume is quite on the nose.

I've been doing some historical research lately, and came across this old profile of my family from 1979, which was six years before I was born. My mother was basically the OG tradwife, except without money, and boy, did my parents make it sound a lot more idyllic than it actually was.

One out of every 8 people in the U.S. receives support from the federal hunger relief program called SNAP. (Former known as "food stamps.") That's more than 41 million people. SNAP funding expires in November due to the shutdown. People you know *will* be affected. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

I had to meet with my son’s teachers and apparently the key to a teacher’s heart is bringing kolaches. Instant mood-lifter for everyone in the room.

Sometimes I wish I were a cat: These two haven’t moved all morning.

One of these days, I’d like to read an apocalypse story where all the doomsday preppers die because all they have are bullets and dried food that they don’t know how to cook, while the people who survive are the women who have life skills and a community they can rely on.

“It starts with a safe virus that has been altered to contain a specially designed sequence of DNA. This is infused deep into the brain using real-time MRI scanning to guide a microcatheter to two brain regions - the caudate nucleus and the putamen.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Look it's really important that we do, but it breaks my heart that I had to spell out that autism isn't an epidemic, and that it's a horrific statement for anyone but particularly people with such power to make.

A reminder to follow journalists, today and every day. If you say you're going to have disability representation in an article on a disability topic, interview a disabled person, not a non-disabled parent. Their perspectives don't count as disability representation.

SLATE: 'Nagging Pain | They had a mysterious, sometimes debilitating condition. At special “boot camps,” they were promised a cure. They experienced something much different.' “They set up unrealistic expectations and took a patient-blaming approach,” Stiles said slate.com/technology/2...

I recently found out that my lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is 37 percent, and I’m ashamed to admit my first thought was, “at least I wouldn’t have to convince my doctors that breast cancer is a real illness.” (Please do not interpret this as me making light of breast cancer.)

Living in a city can be surreal, in the sense that there’s the bar traffic on Saturday/Sunday nights AND there are also possums, raccoons and skunks.

Jimmy Kimmel has got to be the most milquetoast, non-offensive comedian around, and his words on Charlie Kirk were about the least offensive thing you could say about the guy, while still staying within reality. What world are we living in now?

I’m not a fan of Kirk, and I’m also not a fan of what happened to him. I just wish that we would actually do something about it. We are the only nation that has this magnitude of gun violence.

The principal at my son’s school just gave birth, which I was aware of, but what I didn’t realize was that she had TRIPLETS. I could barely handle one newborn. The thought of three is enough to break out into a cold sweat, just on her behalf.

A Phase 2 clinical trial found that twice-daily use of a common allergy spray, called azelastunr, reduced the risk of a COVID infection by more than 50 percent. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

In hindsight, eating two banh mi after three days of being unable to keep solid food down was a rather bold move. We’ll see if it pays off or not.

I’ve started getting acupuncture, and if nothing else, I am getting some epic naps out of it. It’s basically a Pavlovian response at this point: I feel the needles go in and I pass out. Who knew turning yourself into a human pincushion could be so relaxing?

The most unrealistic part of Superman was when a billionaire was held accountable for the bad things he did.

Attention science and health communicators: We are hosting our first informational session dedicated to helping you share about infection-associated chronic illnesses like Long COVID, ME/CFS, and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. Reach out to [email protected] for more info!

It turns out asking a nephrologist about their beefs with cardiology is enough to out you as a @glaucomflecken.bsky.social fan

There is a guy on TikTok who turns awful Tinder conversations into songs, and I regret to inform you these songs are way more catchy than they should be. If you hear me singing 🎶 SAY POTATO 🎶 please know this song is to blame. (Also, you’re welcome.) www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6MgysMQ/

As much as I want to talk to the best experts for all my stories, it often comes down to who is available. This is doubly true when I’m on a tight deadline.

Buy something once from an online store, receive daily emails from them from now until eternity

Life gets a lot better once you stopped engaging with bad faith actors.

They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and I’m kind of hoping that will be Angela Paxton.

Your regular reminder that most people in this country can't afford to move to another state and the inclination to say they're getting what they voted for in the devastation of a hurricane or flood or whatever the hell is a failure of common sense and empathy on multiple levels.

I’ve been dealing with a stomach bug these past few days, which means my heart is saying ‘feeeeeed meeee,’ and my stomach is saying ‘hell no.’ It takes a lot for me to not want to eat.