Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.

Measles is NOT "just like chickenpox". It can kill years later. This woman was so brave for coming forward with her story.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

It Could Lead to Tens of Thousands of Deaths. In the Meantime, It’s Wreaking Havoc on Americans’ Sanity. Imagine not being able to feed your kid because of a mistake on a piece of paperwork.

For @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social, I reported on how chaos and changes surrounding SNAP benefits are taking a toll.

People described endless fear and worry over feeding their kids, where their next meal will come from, and whether SNAP could become even more difficult to access.

2012 levels of “your editor should not let you do this to yourself.”

Whew.

Chris Hondros Fund

Fifteen years seems impossible. What incredible pictures would you make in 2026, I wonder. www.chrishondrosfund.org

Have you put Merlin on your phone yet? If not, that’s next.

It is truly delightful, what a catastrophe.

I read this story walking back from a child’s birthday party and lost my mind

Shreveport shooting: Louisiana gunman was father of 7 of the 8 children he killed, police say | CNN Eight children were killed in a domestic attack across three Shreveport, Louisiana, homes early Sunday in the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since January 2024.

JUST IN: The Shreveport, Louisiana, gunman was the father of seven of the eight children he killed, police said. He also shot their mother and another woman.

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For nonfiction, especially an audio script. Get paper. List your four top scenes on one piece. Then your four top characters on another. Your four top quotes. Your four top ideas. Rip paper so that each piece has one thing on it. Assemble like a puzzle.

I rolled up to the neighborhood pharmacy at 4:56 PM on Super Bowl Sunday and the guy was like no ma’am we are closed. I said I just need one thing he asked me what and I said pinworm medication. “Come right in I’m so sorry. Been there.”

Some of the worst weeks of my life right there

Ok predictive text adding another line about shitposts 🤷‍♀️

Iran’s Memes Are Winning A picture is worth a thousand words, but video of Jesus throwing Trump into hell will leave you speechless.

On today’s show, I talk to @alibreland.bsky.social about the shitpost war. And how Iran is … really good at trolling. Iran is hitting Trump right in the shitposts. slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Trump Thwarted, Orban Toppled: The New Roadmap for Democrats | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts Norm Eisen on the lessons learned in Hungary and their application to this moment in American history.

Breaking down Hungary's lesson for democracy repair with the great @normeisen.bsky.social --

In Gregory Hines’s skates!!

A silver Subaru forester with the vanity plate INAGARTN.

store bought is fine

Hell yeah girl

Pee wee baseball is an incredible combination of everyone batting and absolutely no one fielding

Prospect Park full of small children absolutely sprinting away from their organized sports.

No, she’s a pittie mix

Big jump still no bee :/

She’s got ups

I’m so sorry

Senior brown and white pit bull trying to eat a bee for lols

so close

I love my dog and adopting her was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. But also sometimes I question the devotion to a creature whose big life goal is eating a bee.

Sorry … what?

Put this in participatory budgeting and it will do insane numbers.

How does it code an episode with an author Altman is mad at?