Am I the only one who reads about the St. Paul mayoral stuff and thinks this?
Her Disbelief Meme: The Question
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Ezra Golberstein
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Health policy and economics. Some Prince, some Minnesota. Opinions my own.
When the AHRQ cancellations started, no one was giving the public a clear picture of what was being lost. My team built one. This is research that makes care safer and more affordable. Americans deserve to know what's happening to it. Researchinterrupted.academyhealth.org
Research Interrupted: Canceled AHRQ Grants | AcademyHealth
When health care research stops, the answers stop with it. Explore AcademyHealth's interactive tracker on canceled AHRQ research grants and lost funding.
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Sept 22 research conference at UMN HHH on the Impacts of DHS Operations in Minnesota Works in progress welcome. Quantitative or mixed-methods multidisciplinary. Due 8/13. #CallForProposals docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Post a perfect album from the 90s
geri katz@gerikatz.bsky.social · last wk.Post a perfect album from the 90s
Ask dumb questions, expect dumb answers*. *This answer is much dumber than I would’ve ever expected.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2w agoDOOCY: Where do you stand on LeBron versus Michael Jordan as the best ever? TRUMP: Michael Jordan's a friend of mine, play golf with him. He's a really good guy. and I think LeBron is maybe he's a racist but maybe he doesn't like Trump. I only like people who like me.
Health Care Agency Discontinues Dozens of Active Research Awards www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/s... “Nothing like this has ever happened before,” said Dr. @noraverlaine.bsky.social Becker, a physician-scientist at the University of Michigan who was three years into an award”
Health Care Agency Discontinues Dozens of Active Research Awards
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality slowed the awarding of new grants last year. Now it is stopping existing ones.
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Imagine what the comments to the proposed OMB rule would have looked like if this had come out two weeks ago.
tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w agoNEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
If I confused pasta with alcohol then I'd be so drunk that I'd probably be as incoherent as this
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoScalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
I expect the AG to file for an injunction against this by the afternoon.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago* U.S. HHS SECRETARY SAYS CMS IS PAUSING MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO CALIFORNIA AND MINNESOTA @reuters.com
Good piece. Always listen to what the amazing Doran Schrantz has to say.
madi mcvan@madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 3w agoReformer editor J. Patrick Coolican in conversation with Minnesota-based organizer Doran Schrantz — who Coolican describes as "one of the most influential people you’ve probably never heard of" — about how Americans are organizing to protect democracy in 2026 and beyond.
America is hiring a new director of the National Center on Health Statistics. It's an important job and we could use a great person in that role. www.usajobs.gov/job/875831300
Director, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
As a global leader in public health & health promotion, CDC is the agency Americans trust with their lives. In addition to our everyday work, each CDC employee has a role in supporting public health e...
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Wake up babe, a new way to teach signaling models in game theory just dropped
Zach Levin@zachlevin.bsky.social · 3w agoShowing up to my date with a prepackaged salad so he knows I'm brave.
Obviously the smallest thing in here, but... We're renaming "USA" to be "Guardian of the Hormuz Strait?" Does this mean we have to change it from "Gulf of America" to "Gulf of the Guardian of the Hormuz Strait?"
George Pearkes@peark.es · 3w agoThe President just announced a 20% toll on all cargo shipped through Hormuz, payable...to the US>
MNsure, Minnesota’s marketplace for Affordable Care Act insurance, recently announced a 12 percent drop in enrollment over the past year. It comes at a time when insurance premiums are skyrocketing and after a valuable federal tax credit that helped offset the cost of the policies expired.
Soaring costs and end of tax credit leads 17,000 Minnesotans to drop MNSure health coverage
This year, 17,000 Minnesotans have dropped the health insurance they had purchased in the Affordable Care Act marketplace known as MNSure, as insurance premiums soar and a tax credit that many people ...
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Maps are fine, but here's the real guide to answer the question, "Am I in Uptown?" 1) Is it where you want to be? (If so, you're in Uptown) 2) Is your mind free? (If so, you're in Uptown) 3) Is your body feeling hot? (If so, you're in Uptown) 4) Do you want to stop? (If so, you're not in Uptown)
David Brauer@dbrauer.net · 4w agoLYNDALE ISN’T UPTOWN [incessantly taps the sign]
Me: I’m going to feed you while your sister is on the porch. Hopefully she doesn’t notice. His sister:
So they have to voluntarily sit Balogun to have any honor in a potential win, right?
Late to this, but a big thank-you to @ckronenberg.bsky.social and @peibich.bsky.social for hosting this year's Economics of Mental Health Workshop. It's a great meeting and I encourage anyone doing mental health economics work to attend!
Christoph Kronenberg@ckronenberg.bsky.social · last mo.Some delayed impressions from day 2. Lots of exciting research before @marcounipd.bsky.social gave an equally exciting second keynote. Finally, Alden Cheng won the best paper prize for an outstanding paper. @peibich.bsky.social, @univdauphine.bsky.social and Paris were excellent hosts.
This was my old cat. Her name was Paraguay. Congrats on advancing to the round of 16, Paraguay.
First day of the Economics of Mental Health Workshop in Paris. Grateful to all funders and the local host @peibich.bsky.social Impressed how people's brains are still functioning in 40°C. #EMHW26
I can summarize in two words.
The Critic: It Stinks! (Jon Lovitz)
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The New York Times@nytimes.com · last mo.Big parts of Europe are under high-level warnings for extreme heat this week, with forecasters predicting record-breaking June temperatures across the region and “severe” weather impact. Here’s what to know.
Oh man, sorry to hear about David Hockney’s death. What a brilliant artist.
Bari Weiss tried to get “60 Minutes” to make Minneapolis protestors look more violent, AFTER the Feds killed two of us. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m... (Gift link)
Yes, and now think about the implications of impending coverage losses. I'm not at all in favor of thinking of health care policy as a jobs program, but we should still be mindful of what's ahead.
Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's worth watching where the jobs are being created.
