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JSant@jmsantiago· Jul 7

When you look at the underlying data though, there was a sharp drop around 2010 when ACA passed & small businesses could xfer EEs to marketplace, and slow increase after. Bad part is what happens to those ppl now that Trump & Republicans are gutting ACA?

KFF health system tracker 2000-2020ish % of non-elderly population enrolled in employer sponsored insurance

JSant@jmsantiago· Jul 1

They are right. Why have ugly solar panels when you can have this attractive landscaping on the neighboring property?!

Image of oil field - barren dirt covered with derricks, chain link fence, mechanical stuff. Source: Getty Images.

JSant@jmsantiago· Jun 28

Not coincidentally this park was the site of BLM protests which led to the infamous photo of Trump holding the upside down Bible. He is obsessed with his failure and humiliations.

Scowling Donald Trump holds upside down Bible at church adjacent to Lafayette Park.

JSant@jmsantiago· Jun 27

And what about the connector between North and South Stations, which has been the bane of travelers for at least 130 years?! See this article about a train trip from Los Angeles to Worcester in 1890s & traveler’s one complaint is difficulty navigating North to South Stations

1890s newspaper article “What little inconvenience I did have was in Boston. I was landed in North Station…. I then asked how I could get to … South Station. … the information was, to say the least, very vague.”

JSant@jmsantiago· Jun 9

My dogs would smell the sun but someone keeps gluing them to the driveway.

Two dogs laying in their sides in the driveway

JSant@jmsantiago· Jun 9

Very sweet story about Pope Leo. This line towards the end killed me. Siblings! (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

NYT article: Last month, Leo mentioned to Mr. Lovera that his brother, John Prevost, still called the pontiff from Chicago for I.T. support.
“And Roberto says, ‘John, I’m the pope,’” Mr. Lovera recalled.

“‘Oh, sorry, pope,’” the pope’s brother responded, according to Mr. Lovera. “‘My computer is broken.’”

JSant@jmsantiago· Jun 6

Not everyone outside the US loves him. Spotted this in France.

Graffiti cartoon of orange face framed by swoop of yellow hair with the words “Trump? No thank you”

JSant@jmsantiago· May 26

For those like me who want to verify things, it is on page one of the e-edition

JSant@jmsantiago· May 20

His congratulations emails. His photo is twice as big as the photos of candidates he’s promoting. (Courtesy of the Trump RePoster)

Trump Vance notice that Cobgressman (AL-04) wins. Endorsed by President Trump. Image of Anderholt with a giant image of Trump glaring over Anderholt’s shoulder, with hell-red background.

JSant@jmsantiago· May 17

Pick a Bond from photos you already have on your phone

Medieval woman in red gown beats demon with a big black mallet

JSant@jmsantiago· May 16

Tell me how wind farms are an eyesore again… (Credit Paul Ratje of NYT for photo)

Acres of barren field, nothing but dirt, pipes sticking out of the ground, and an oil derrick. Credit Paul Ratje, New York Times.

JSant@jmsantiago· May 1

I’m still reeling from this one in GQ last month.

GQ header.
Note: this story has been updated. Alexander Vindman received a Purple Heart after being wounded by an IED, not an IUD. We regret the error.

JSant@jmsantiago· Apr 21

Book cover: Agatha Christie,
yellowblock lettering on a silhouette of head and shoulders of a man in hat and trench coat.The Mysterious Mr. Quin

JSant@jmsantiago· Apr 20

If I am going to buy technology-enabled accessories I’d rather buy a baseball hat with the fan in the brim.

JSant@jmsantiago· Apr 17

Dog drama

White and brown dog being swatted by a brown blur that is her smaller, faster pack mate

JSant@jmsantiago· Apr 15

Drop your crime-fighting Catholics:

Actors Tom Bosley and Tracy Nelson in promo photo for Father Dowling Mysteries. Bosley in black coat, shirt and hat behind Nelson in a wimple. Both peer around a brick wall.

JSant@jmsantiago· Apr 14

It isn’t just other countries. 143m sea level rise takes out entire US states (FL, MS, LA) and big chunks of others along the Eastern seaboard.

Map of Eastern US, Carribean, Gulf of Mexico
at 145 m sea level rise. Half of Southern NE, NYC, big chunk of Mid Atlantic, half of GA, all of FL, LA, MS, Cuba, chunks of coastal Central America are flooded in this scenario.

JSant@jmsantiago· Mar 28

Mid-century modern album cover: Ray Ellis and his Orchestra, “Ellis in Wonderland”. Cover image: dark haired white man wearing red vest, horn-rimmed glasses sits in desk chair surrounded by young women dressed as “sexy” versions of the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.

JSant@jmsantiago· Mar 26

And it only gets better

Writing of the shark’s meat the author says, “They become safe only if the meat is buried for several months and left to ferment, then hung out to dry for months more. Served in small chunks, and known as hákarl, it is considered, by some, a delicacy, and by others an abomination. Apparently it tastes like a very ripe cheese, left for a week in high summer in a teenage boy’s car.”

JSant@jmsantiago· Mar 22

Blue sky dotted with clouds reflected in shimmering ocean

JSant@jmsantiago· Mar 11

I hope every article about him from now on is accompanied by this photo:

JSant@jmsantiago· Mar 10

Serendipity

A tale of two skeets: #1: just 300 billionaire families accounted for 19% of federal donations in 2024. The deluge was even larger in many states and local races.
#2: @EndlessScreams tweets “AAAAGH”

JSant@jmsantiago· Mar 1

Today for the first time I saw a cedar waxwing. Very pretty!

Cedar waxwings have remarkably smooth and silky-looking brown plumage. Photo of light brown crested bird with dark mask of feathers around eyes and a bright yellow stripe across the edge of its tail feathers.

JSant@jmsantiago· Feb 26

Does last night count?

Thank you for your $20 one-time donation to Trans Continental Pipeline

JSant@jmsantiago· Feb 20

Trump did all that, and STILL had time for a mid-meeting nap. #winning

JSant@jmsantiago· Feb 16

There’s no happiness like a lap full of dogs

Two dogs snoozing in a lap. One dog is brown with caramel markings. The other dog is wearing a blue sweater and is facing away from the camera.

JSant@jmsantiago· Feb 8

I hope both teams lose. So many problems with football… paying people to disable themselves and give themselves CTE. The ties to domestic violence. The racism. I am excited about the half time show. Also, great day to go to Home Depot if you aren’t boycotting them.

Grumpy cat frowning at camera with the caption “I hope both teams lose.”

JSant@jmsantiago· Feb 7

Snow blowing parallel to the ground!

JSant@jmsantiago· Feb 1

Mood

Barely visible white and brown dog peers out from under a giant pile of blankets

JSant@jmsantiago· Jan 23

Today in the more things change the more they stay the same… Newspaper interview of my ancestor in the 1890s about being an elderly woman crossing the country solo from Los Angeles to Boston. Biggest complaint? Navigating from North Station to South Station in Boston.