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Darius Tahir

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health tech journo at KFF Health News. do people really read the bios, if they're not of Civil War generals?

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This RAND report puts the RHTP's inability to offset upcoming Medicaid cuts in grim perspective

www.rand.org/pubs/researc...

05.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

"Agèntic"

05.03.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In a sense, he was the younger man.

05.03.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Found this amazing Washingtonian article declaring what’s hot and not for 1997. Some things never change (β€œprotein loading”) but puzzled
Mike Wilbon is β€œin” and Tony Kornheiser is β€œout

05.03.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

waiting for Stephen A to drop the "RASH-O NEST-EROVIC" style pronunciation on him

04.03.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminded of of @dsquareddigest.bsky.social’s line that much of white collar life consists of waiting by the water cooler for your skills to be needed.

03.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NEW: Most of the Medicaid cuts passed by congressional Republicans last year don't take effect until after the midterms, but the Trump's signature law is already squeezing state Medicaid programs.

In Idaho, one service on the possible chopping block is home care for people with disabilities.

02.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I didn't make the joke obvious enough! my bad

02.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tom?

02.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Philips Collection and National Museum
Of Women In the arts often have some interesting stuff.

01.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whoa whoa whoa, DC United hasn’t been relegated.

28.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the original Dos Toros in NYC (started at least a decade or more back) was genuinely pretty good but the quality has nosedived as they became a chain (post-pandemic).

26.02.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

the "recipe posts are too long" problem, but for the whole internet

26.02.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Lonny Fritzler installs paneling on a future therapeutic foster home for kids whose parents need addiction treatment elsewhere. He says he had to leave his hometown of Lodge Grass to recover from his own addiction to meth.

Lonny Fritzler installs paneling on a future therapeutic foster home for kids whose parents need addiction treatment elsewhere. He says he had to leave his hometown of Lodge Grass to recover from his own addiction to meth.

Illustration by Oona Zenda of a man having to weigh prioritizing either his job or access to health care with a lawmaker in the background.

Illustration by Oona Zenda of a man having to weigh prioritizing either his job or access to health care with a lawmaker in the background.

Hundreds of people join a protest in downtown Hamilton, Montana, in April supporting the work of federal employees as President Donald Trump oversees efforts to restructure the nation’s government.

Hundreds of people join a protest in downtown Hamilton, Montana, in April supporting the work of federal employees as President Donald Trump oversees efforts to restructure the nation’s government.

Hi β€” new to BlueSky! I’m a journalist covering how health policy and systems impact people. Lately I’ve reported on federal cuts hitting a rural bioscience hub, a town recovering from meth, and a man who said he had to break Medicaid rules.

Based in Montana, I write for both πŸ“° and πŸ“»

25.02.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I had two dreams about Rehnquist… in a sense he was the younger man.

25.02.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jesterblizzzardmaxxed

24.02.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If Corbyn had somehow won, where would he have fit in?

22.02.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pure rain here in DC. normal cold February day.

22.02.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"respected and valued diversity" is a chortle

22.02.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you increasingly see NFL draft people complaining they don't know how to evaluate 25-year-old rookies. optimized world is kinda uncanny in the same way a lot of [BLANK]maxxing stuff is.

22.02.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Do they though

21.02.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 1272 πŸ” 185 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 21
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A cartoon by Roz Chast. #NewYorkerCartoons

20.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Nighttime in Adams Morgan

20.02.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m American?

20.02.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Far be it for me to disagree with an archon of prose usage and style, but I have heard many Americans say it!

19.02.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i dunno, feel like i hear it from time to time.

19.02.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

nah americans say it

19.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump and states in a tug of war over insurance and AI Both red and blue states are fighting against the use of artificial intelligence in health insurance determinations β€” but Trump disagrees.

Trump wants to deregulate AI, especially in healthcare. Red states and blue states alike, want to curb AI in health insurance. Here's a new battlefield:

www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...

My latest, with Lauren Sausser, for @usatoday.com/@kffhealthnews.org

18.02.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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FDA reverses course, agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine The FDA reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.

BREAKING: FDA reverses course and will now review Moderna's flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/f...

18.02.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 245 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 22

rafe make them bring it back to movie theaters in the US

18.02.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0