Catherine White Flattmann

Um, it's okay to say Mass in Latin. The other issues are legitimate issues. Latin is not an issue.

Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961

A friendly and vocal Northern Mockingbird in The Battery.

This Year’s Flu Season Just Surpassed a Grim New Record Almost one in 10 people who visited a doctor in the U.S. in the week ending on December 27 were there for flulike symptoms, according to new data

This year’s flu has caused the most doctors’ visits in almost 30 years.

It’s not too late to get vaccinated.

I think she's got dirt on all of them. That's why they are being so nice--

Excellent question! Marketplace insurance covers urgent care visits because they are cheaper than ER visits. My personal experience with crappy marketplace insurance (hello, United Healthcare and Anthem BCBS) is that it's covered. But to be safe, of course give the insurance company a call.

Wow!

Hard to like this post but I appreciate the honesty.

Urgent care! Go there. It's covered.

I would have voted for Biden while he was taking a nap.

He looked like he was running out the clock the whole time. This guy can't campaign anymore.

It's a thing called "Medicaid."

Pretty sure that's a thing called "Medicaid."

No way!

Um, she decided to write about their sex life instead of, you know, news. What she writes isn't journalism.

A Cooper's Hawk perches in the Central Park Ramble.

Yesterday. Yesterday would have been even better.

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

A selfie of Zohran on the plane to DC

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MBS.

Just putting it out there--it's really quite possible to hire a TOTALLY DIFFERENT ECONOMIST to lead whatever lead-y thing you have. You don't have to hire a fossil who claims women can't do math, who asks Epstein for dating advice. Hire someone else. You can do it.

Larry Summers's wife cannot be feeling great about this new development--

"Those eggs are totally not $20 a dozen!" and "You can buy gas at $2 a gallon." Sure, Jan.

"All right, class, who knows what Watson and Crick discovered?"
"Rosalind Franklin's notes."
"That's correct."

Astoria the Wild Turkey shows her favorite way to rest on a park bench in The Battery. 🦃 ❤️

Bruce the Chicago Pope

Kinda wondering how the current First Lady feels about her husband bulldozing her office.... Don't think he's getting any--

He was out having an explore, and now would like Mom or Dad to pick him up. With treats.

View from the sky of tens of thousands gathered in Chicago's Grant Park for the No Kings protest

Helicopter view of Chicago #NoKings in Grant Park via @cbschicago.bsky.social