Darius Tahir

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

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).

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

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.

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 — 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 📰 and 📻

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

Jesterblizzzardmaxxed

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

Pure rain here in DC. normal cold February day.

"respected and valued diversity" is a chortle

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.

Do they though

A cartoon by Roz Chast. #NewYorkerCartoons

Nighttime in Adams Morgan

I’m American?

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

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

nah americans say it

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 — 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

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...

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

thanks, yes, i saw, but does the terminal show where the underlying source of the comments are from?

sorry to be a pest -- where is this from?

Trump Required Hospitals To Post Their Prices for Patients. Mostly It’s the Industry Using the Data. - KFF Health News Politicians have pushed for price transparency in health care. But instead of patients shopping for services, it’s mostly health systems and insurers that are using the information, as fodder for nego...

President Trump required hospitals to post their prices online to help patients shop. But it’s mostly hospitals and insurers using the data, as fodder for contract negotiations.

“There’s no evidence that patients use this information,” said one health economist.

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you could barely get a ticket in DC for love or money

Political culture of different exurbs is understudied also. Someone posted a good map of the 2024 election that showed number of votes from each county, and the gradient between red exurbs (probably won 2024 election for Trump) and blue ones (moved many states into Harris column) is unmissable.

"Hey man, it says Granny Smith? That can't be right."

takes the brown m&m test to a new level. at least m&ms are actually good.

A synthesis is that it’s actually easier to pander to the public when you have, and are perceived to have, strong views.

Isn’t DC’s population over 700k now?

I would like some intrepid news critic to figure out which Olympics *hasn't* run out of condoms early. It's the same story every time!