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ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.

They’re jacking up ACA premiums up to 30%, not to save lives, but to fatten portfolios.

American healthcare isn’t broken. It’s rigged.

You don’t get care. You get billed.

You don’t heal. You hemorrhage money.

This is cruelty for profit, dressed up as policy.

#HealthcareGreed

I grabbed a galley already, thank you!!

I've seen some people talk about Gavin Newsom being the potential Dem nominee and I'd like to remind you that election day is over 3 years away and in that time we can work to push someone who is, ya know, not Gavin Newsom.

If you’re a moderate Democrat already worried about the specter of leftists refusing to vote for Gavin Newsom I do have a solution for you: do not nominate that fucker

A secret police in every way.

UPDATE: DOJ Ethic director Tirrell posts his termination letter on LinkedIn. Says his oath “did not come with the caveat that I need only support the Constitution when it is easy or convenient.”

I feel so dumb about this, but the Finch app helps me in the same way. I don’t really feel like vacuuming my room BUT my little virtual bird will earn points if I do, and her fake happiness is somehow enough to get off the couch???

Illustrated book cover. FUN AT PARTIES by Jamie Harrow. A white m/f couple sit atop a car with a cityscape in the background. She is in athletic gear and has a blonde ponytail; he is in a blue hoodie with brown hair. The night sky is the backdrop.

FUN AT PARTIES by Jamie Harrow out 9/16/2025 from Dutton at @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social . Fun road trip romance! The reason for the road trip requires a bit of suspension of disbelief, but the trip is fun and so is the romance. Work/life balance, self-worth - all good themes. #ewgc

Illustrated book cover for SECRET NIGHTS AND NORTHERN LIGHTS by Megan Oliver. A man and woman in warm clothes embrace in the foreground with a lake, mountain range, and aurora borealis in the background. A camera on a tripod is to their right.

SECRET NIGHTS AND NORTHERN LIGHTS by Megan Oliver. Out from @berkleyromance.bsky.social 11/18/2025. Another great travel romance - family friends and first loves reconnect on a work trip to Iceland. Made me want to recreate their travel itinerary! #ewgc

Reposting for the correct week of #ewgc!

Reposting for #ewgc correct week!

Reposting this since it took me a minute to figure out #ewgc was a week off this month! ;)

Not kidding when I say that if our national leaders had half the moral principles of this man our nation would be a radically better place

Oooh this sounds so good!

Book cover for Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun. A blue background. A yellow window with buildings and boats on the water through the window. Two women sit at a cafe table leaning toward each other as if in deep conversation. Illustrated cover.

EVERY STEP SHE TAKES by Alison Cochrun out 9/2/25 from @atriabooks.bsky.social Super loved this queer romance set on Portugal’s Camino de Santiago- adventure romance is really having a moment! All the feels for these two, even if I did want to shake them to just tell each other how they felt! #ewgc

Book cover for the book Ew, It’s Beautiful: a False Knees Comic Collection by Joshua Barman. Mustard yellow background with black text. 2 Black crows peer at the reader from the right bottom corner of the image.

EW, IT’S BEAUTIFUL by Joshua Barkman out 7/15/25 from @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social I laughed so hard I cried and completely alienated my family by making them stop to read comics the entire time I was reading this darkly hilarious collection! #ewgc

An illustrated cover for the book by Rachel Harrison PLAY NICE; a purple haunted house with creepy imagery like spider webs and a demon tail wrapped around the house; pink and black accents.

PLAY NICE by Rachel Harrison coming out 9/9/25 from @berkleypub.bsky.social LOVED this haunted house book that’s really about family, grief, and memory - @rachelharrison.bsky.social is always a slam dunk for me! #EWGC

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Hoping we'll all have a little less patience for defeatism, moaning about the electorate and democracy, etc. We can win. It is not a given that we will. But if you aren't willing to see it as a possibility or think creatively about how to get there, politics isn't for you.

you know some folks are seething tonight about this part specifically

they do NOT want her to be the new kingmaker because they’re scared shitless of the people she would pick

I am sure everyone will look the other way, but the guy who just won the Democratic mayoral primary in NYC _ran on expanding access to trans healthcare._

I frequently take comfort in the fact that the Universe is vast and beautiful and entirely unaffected by petty human foolishness

I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Ideally, a country should be led by a person that understands that other people are real.

Trying not to cry as I type this, but in regards to a recent court decision in the US:

While yes, ALL THE HEARTS YOU EAT is about vampires, it's also about growing up with your body against you and the constant destructive prison of this.

young Hailey almost didn't make it. This book is for her.

A yellow cactus flower with a deep orange center

A yellow-green cactus flower

TWO cactus flowers, one yellow, one orange

A pale peach cactus flower looking rather like a rosebud

Stuff is terrible! But the prickly pear are blooming, and will continue to do so long after we’re all dead.

A Rhode Island Judge Tells Trump "No" And it's a very important "no"

Today’s decision out of Rhode Island isn’t getting a lot of attention, but it’s very important. Trump tried to withhold fed’l funds from states that won’t help with his immigration policy & mass deportations. A Judge just told him he can’t do that. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

We are two thirds of the way through Pride, my friends.

One of my favorite things about Pride new queer books! “The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses” by Malka Older @older.bsky.social (the newest in the Mossa and Pleiti mysteries) is a mystery in academia styled after Sherlocke Holmes. /1