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Miranda Yaver

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Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt. Roosevelt Institute Author-in-Residence. Cal bear/Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MSNBC. Writing on health insurance and administrative burden. Pre-order Coverage Denied: https://cup.org/4nfM2IM

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Mariners-Brewers World Series, please.

12.10.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The worst combination of incompetence, malevolence, and chaos.

12.10.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

While yes, EIS folks will be back, there will definitely be discouragement for the best of the best to apply for future cohorts of EIS that will have lasting long term effects.

Folks will have to consider to apply knowing they may get RIF’d on a whim

12.10.2025 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Jesus fucking Christ, it’s like a villain’s playbook.

12.10.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Onion is perfection.

12.10.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

We are losing the war for brilliant minds across the world to a country that lost a war against emus.

12.10.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just another day of β€œIs the Trump Administration’s incompetence outweighing its malevolence?”

12.10.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a Watergate-level crime every damn day in this administration, and Congress is appallingly unwilling to exercise its Article I obligations to check executive branch power.

Reprehensible, inexcusable, and indescribably dangerous.

12.10.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 439    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 4

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

11.10.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2295    πŸ” 565    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 14

Vought is truly evil. Just appalling amount of damage he’s doing.

12.10.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s pronounced cyclist.

11.10.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14823    πŸ” 2509    πŸ’¬ 316    πŸ“Œ 249

β€œIn the midtown area?”

11.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m obsessed with Love and Death.

Every time I taught Wickard v. Filburn, I would think, β€œDid you say, β€˜wheat’?”

11.10.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s hard to overstate just how incredibly fucked we are.

11.10.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She was sensational in Annie Hall, Sleeper, Play It Again Sam, Love and Death… I grew up on those movies and still love them.

I always crack up at the scene in Love and Death where he starts to make a move on her in bed and she says, β€œNo, not here.” And my mom basically is Annie Hall.

11.10.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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America's collapse in one swath of the NYT homepage

11.10.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 719    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5

That’s so sad. She was a truly spectacular actress, and stole my heart in Annie Hall.

La dee dah…

11.10.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Wait, that can’t be, they said they wanted to return to meritocracy.

11.10.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s all so broken. And we won’t be short things to write about, that’s for sure.

Also, to paraphrase from A Chorus Line, β€œAll I ever needed was the music and the mirror and the chance to meow for you.”

11.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know Trump and his minions all have sneering contempt for kids with special needs, but trust me when I say that their parents will absolutely fucking destroy anyone who messes with the special education supports to which they are entitled by law.

11.10.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3389    πŸ” 948    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 44

I’d like to get through one goddamn week teaching on US health policy without having to give a depressing AF news update for which only preposterous Maude pics can perk my students up.

11.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Republicans openly admit that extending democracy would be terrible for them.

11.10.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Spiked iced coffee flight with brunch was glorious.

11.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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She has decided to switch from hunting to observing.

11.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Caturday from our home to yours.

11.10.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Typos aside, there is simply no such thing.

ECGs are not an indicator of age.

They literally do not contain that information, either directly or indirectly.

This is just made up gobbledygook.

So, my question is: why?

11.10.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 381    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 19

I taught Constitutional Law during the first Trump Administration.

I’m teaching public health during the second Trump Administration.

This is worse.

11.10.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

11.10.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 13711    πŸ” 6112    πŸ’¬ 519    πŸ“Œ 395

Yeah, that’s our hope too.

11.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social looking in your direction!

11.10.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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