Jess 💛🤍💜🖤
@gardenjess.bsky.social
ICU RN. Community gardener. Side-eyeing the coming end of chronic diseases. Rainbow mafia. CVID. They/he/any.
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If you get health care through your employer, your premiums are going up by an average of 26% no matter what.
Why? Because insurers had to set rates under the assumption Congress won't extend the ACA tax credits, destabilizing the whole market.
All thanks to Republican inaction.
Why? Because insurers had to set rates under the assumption Congress won't extend the ACA tax credits, destabilizing the whole market.
All thanks to Republican inaction.
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
If you get health care through your employer, your premiums are going up by an average of 26% no matter what.
Why? Because insurers had to set rates under the assumption Congress won't extend the ACA tax credits, destabilizing the whole market.
All thanks to Republican inaction.
Why? Because insurers had to set rates under the assumption Congress won't extend the ACA tax credits, destabilizing the whole market.
All thanks to Republican inaction.
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SR 20 is closed between Conrad Road and Cascade River Road in Marblemount (milepost 100-106) due to water over the roadway.
There is no ETA for reopening the road. Please use caution in the area.
There is no ETA for reopening the road. Please use caution in the area.
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
SR 20 is closed between Conrad Road and Cascade River Road in Marblemount (milepost 100-106) due to water over the roadway.
There is no ETA for reopening the road. Please use caution in the area.
There is no ETA for reopening the road. Please use caution in the area.
Last year my rep voted against the NDAA because of the trans healthcare ban...now he voted yes.
He voted no last year because of who his constituents are, it was in the news.
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He voted no last year because of who his constituents are, it was in the news.
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115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Last year my rep voted against the NDAA because of the trans healthcare ban...now he voted yes.
He voted no last year because of who his constituents are, it was in the news.
🥴
He voted no last year because of who his constituents are, it was in the news.
🥴
It's funny that it's my fault people get my name wrong at my job when they got it right initially...until summer 24. 🤨
December 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
It's funny that it's my fault people get my name wrong at my job when they got it right initially...until summer 24. 🤨
There was a lot of rain quite a few years back with a weak dam and they had to release the water to keep it from bursting...this does not sound great.
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
There was a lot of rain quite a few years back with a weak dam and they had to release the water to keep it from bursting...this does not sound great.
No, it does not normally *rain* for days on end here. It usually rains sometimes, but mostly drizzles or mists.
By end of day Thursday, more than 300 members will be ready to help.
100 WA National Guard members deploy amid ‘historic flooding,’ rescue efforts
By end of day Thursday, more than 300 members will be ready to help.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
No, it does not normally *rain* for days on end here. It usually rains sometimes, but mostly drizzles or mists.
The red is the approved evacuation route (there are road closures).
Some parts of the city are under a “go now” evacuation order, while other parts of Orting are under an evacuation warning due to Puyallup River flooding.
How can residents evacuate Orting during road closures and ‘go now’ orders?
Some parts of the city are under a “go now” evacuation order, while other parts of Orting are under an evacuation warning due to Puyallup River flooding.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The red is the approved evacuation route (there are road closures).
SR 520: Not *our* bridge.
Flooding continues affect many communities across Washington this week. Please stay safe, everyone.
A note about the SR 520 floating bridge: it’s designed to move with lake levels & stay stable with its watertight pontoons and anchor system. Here’s a closer look at those pontoons.
A note about the SR 520 floating bridge: it’s designed to move with lake levels & stay stable with its watertight pontoons and anchor system. Here’s a closer look at those pontoons.
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
SR 520: Not *our* bridge.
In case you had doubts about the "it isn't what you do, it's who you are" thing.
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
In case you had doubts about the "it isn't what you do, it's who you are" thing.
17hr shift.
It's your baby.
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
17hr shift.
I need the nurse's unions to step up and do their job cause what do you mean being a 6 month cop pays this much?
To the SPOG haters: we have to take care of violent people, not kill them, not safely "guard" a patient from outside the room, not sit there and watch while a nurse gets assaulted. 😮💨
To the SPOG haters: we have to take care of violent people, not kill them, not safely "guard" a patient from outside the room, not sit there and watch while a nurse gets assaulted. 😮💨
I'm in council chambers for the city council's vote on a new police contract that gives cops $126,000 a year after six months without any significant accountability gains.
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I need the nurse's unions to step up and do their job cause what do you mean being a 6 month cop pays this much?
To the SPOG haters: we have to take care of violent people, not kill them, not safely "guard" a patient from outside the room, not sit there and watch while a nurse gets assaulted. 😮💨
To the SPOG haters: we have to take care of violent people, not kill them, not safely "guard" a patient from outside the room, not sit there and watch while a nurse gets assaulted. 😮💨
I'm having a workup done for CIDP and I'm still pro vax...
December 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I'm having a workup done for CIDP and I'm still pro vax...
Can we get these as a last mile solution somehow?
Imagine how much more accessible transit could be...
(IDK how this would work, the bikes / scooters get left on sidewalks and tossed into ditches if somebody goes past sidewalk territory).
Imagine how much more accessible transit could be...
(IDK how this would work, the bikes / scooters get left on sidewalks and tossed into ditches if somebody goes past sidewalk territory).
Holy shit. Stellantis says it's bringing the Fia Topolino minicar to the USA.
My quick read:
🔹 This is great
🔹 No word yet on pricing
🔹 The EU version hits 28 mph, too fast for a US Low-Speed Vehicle. I suspect it'll be throttled to 25 mph (max LSV speed).
My quick read:
🔹 This is great
🔹 No word yet on pricing
🔹 The EU version hits 28 mph, too fast for a US Low-Speed Vehicle. I suspect it'll be throttled to 25 mph (max LSV speed).
Stellantis to bring tiny Fiat car to U.S. following Trump remarks
Stellantis on Monday announced it will offer an all-electric small "car" called the Fiat Topolino in the U.S.
www.cnbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Can we get these as a last mile solution somehow?
Imagine how much more accessible transit could be...
(IDK how this would work, the bikes / scooters get left on sidewalks and tossed into ditches if somebody goes past sidewalk territory).
Imagine how much more accessible transit could be...
(IDK how this would work, the bikes / scooters get left on sidewalks and tossed into ditches if somebody goes past sidewalk territory).
$1000-1500? A year?
This is not comparable to the rate increases.
This is not comparable to the rate increases.
Here is the full Crapo-Cassidy bill that Senate Republicans will hold a floor vote on this week as their alternative to ACA funds as they're set to expire next month: www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
Official summary:
Official summary:
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
$1000-1500? A year?
This is not comparable to the rate increases.
This is not comparable to the rate increases.
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"Clearly people did it for a long time, no problem."
"Yes"
"Yes"
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Clearly people did it for a long time, no problem."
"Yes"
"Yes"
ANOTHER bridge is closed.
Crews have shut down the structure indefinitely while they inspect it for weather-related damages.
Major Pierce County commuter bridge closed until further notice for inspection
Crews have shut down the structure indefinitely while they inspect it for weather-related damages.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
ANOTHER bridge is closed.
“This is the group that can’t shoot straight,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccine expert who for decades has been involved with ACIP and its workgroups.
US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“This is the group that can’t shoot straight,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccine expert who for decades has been involved with ACIP and its workgroups.
"They voted for this" is bad public health & questionable ethics...but if you must, it's also not true.
Timely: Did Americans vote in 2024 for major changes to vaccine policy? No.
Only 3% picked vaccines as a top 3 issue in the election.
Our just-published research letter in @jamahealthforum.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Only 3% picked vaccines as a top 3 issue in the election.
Our just-published research letter in @jamahealthforum.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"They voted for this" is bad public health & questionable ethics...but if you must, it's also not true.
Fwiw, the Xtian Nationalists believe that giving your infant the hep B shot encourages them to be gay or do drugs.
I'm not endorsing the logic. This is just something parents of kids that I babysat told me years ago.
I'm not endorsing the logic. This is just something parents of kids that I babysat told me years ago.
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Fwiw, the Xtian Nationalists believe that giving your infant the hep B shot encourages them to be gay or do drugs.
I'm not endorsing the logic. This is just something parents of kids that I babysat told me years ago.
I'm not endorsing the logic. This is just something parents of kids that I babysat told me years ago.
"“Most people get their affordable housing not through subsidies from the government, but through being forced to make a trade-off between quality and affordability,” says Swanstrom."
And there's also the "low income housing landlord can't afford maintenance, must sell building" at least here.
And there's also the "low income housing landlord can't afford maintenance, must sell building" at least here.
Heat is killing people in their homes. AC laws vary wildly by state. Cooling is becoming a tenant right—and a political battle.
Read the story here: 🔗 bit.ly/4pajBwI
#CoolingRights #ClimateHousing
Read the story here: 🔗 bit.ly/4pajBwI
#CoolingRights #ClimateHousing
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"“Most people get their affordable housing not through subsidies from the government, but through being forced to make a trade-off between quality and affordability,” says Swanstrom."
And there's also the "low income housing landlord can't afford maintenance, must sell building" at least here.
And there's also the "low income housing landlord can't afford maintenance, must sell building" at least here.
My cat has learned how to turn off my phone screen.
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 AM
My cat has learned how to turn off my phone screen.
It's a good story. It'll sell. It's why Biden was too old even though 47 was problematic (that one time).
I went to the NYT and this is in fact their lede and like, you know how bad things have to get for NYT of all pubs to call something “unapologetic bigotry”? Infinity alarm fire
NYT: “.. Even for Mr. Trump — who has a long history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries — his outburst was shocking in its unapologetic bigotry.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
It's a good story. It'll sell. It's why Biden was too old even though 47 was problematic (that one time).
Long Covid is not airborne AIDS.
I think a lot of people saying this really have no way of knowing.
Which is why it's being said.
I think a lot of people saying this really have no way of knowing.
Which is why it's being said.
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Long Covid is not airborne AIDS.
I think a lot of people saying this really have no way of knowing.
Which is why it's being said.
I think a lot of people saying this really have no way of knowing.
Which is why it's being said.