Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 23hPDA: Portland airport @flypdx.bsky.social is crazy crowded today. Even PreCheck has long lines. 010
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceMax Blau @maxblau.bsky.social · 09/10/2026My colleagues and I at @propublica.org are looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization — the extra layer of approval insurers require before covering a medical expense — impacts patients. We need your help. 👇 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...propublica.orgWe’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests... 9222110
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceData Report @datareport.bsky.social · 09/10/2026More breaking news: Kentucky has passed 100 cases of measles just days after stating they were not concerned because they were below 100 cases of measles. Also, it would appear they added another county to the list. 32712
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You’d think that for some Republicans that would be crossing a line. But no. It shows how far the Republican Party has fallen. 57218
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026Breaking News: The U.S. rushed to withdraw its B-1 bombers from an air base in England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation, officials said.nyti.msU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New ThreatsThe withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 59269119
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Rattled.” Prediction: Spineless Republicans (again) won’t put a stop to his illegal crap. 010
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I will poke my eardrums out with a fork if I have to listen to @christinedrazan.bsky.social for four years. For the love of all things #Oregon vote for @tinakotek.bsky.social 021
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Me To TV: Hi, Jalen (Brunson, SNL host) Husband: What movie was he in? 000
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m glad ProPublica is rebutting Susan Collins’ dishonest attempts to explain away allegations that her campaign took a bribe from a defense contractor and Trump killed the FBI’s probe into the scam.propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o... 17642273
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like. 540154377242
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Old person here. I’ve never not paid for a newspaper subscription, even when I worked for one. 100
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceMike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026NBC has picked up the #bluewashing story. On August 14, the CDC downshifted how they categorize wastewater levels to make all current and historical COVlD levels lower. 315478
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceChas Hundley @chashundley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Our local governments have started producing AI slop images and whole email newsletters, which means I will now have to start filing public records requests for LLM prompts. What a strange time to be a journalist. 021
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceChas Hundley @chashundley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I stopped at a farm stand to get their hours for a "Fall Fun" guide and uh, now I'm writing a story about coffins. Meet Gary Duyck, who at 89, makes coffins in his 115-year-old barn! 012
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Get your boosters, Oregon. And follow @gorgepulse.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceLiz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Update: CDC has opened up the ordering process for Covid vaccines for low-income kids. 0108
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“When I was in kindergarten in 1961, I survived a near-fatal case of measles… my clearest memory of that period is my father carrying me to our station wagon & rushing me to the hospital. I stayed for a month, part of it in a coma, my blood pressure dangerously unstable” @jackiantonovich.bsky.socialstatnews.comMeasles almost killed me. Now I’m a doctor — and I'm scared of what's happeningJewel Mullen was in kindergarten in 1961 when she almost died from measles. Now a physician, measles’ return frightens her. 1640051686
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceUofT-TCAIREM @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Cognitive Cost of #ArtificialIntelligence: SLU - Saint Louis University www.slu.edu/medicine/abo... #MedEd #AIinHealthcare #HealthAI #HealthTechslu.eduThe Cognitive Cost of Artificial Intelligence 001
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceChris Carvalho @gorgepulse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Albany, Portland, Bend, & Hermiston. 022
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceChris Carvalho @gorgepulse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On 9/16/26, OHA reported 1 new COVID death in Oregon; the total is now 10,976. Hospitalizations are at 0.3 per 100,000 compared to a national average of 0.7. After a brief drop in wastewater levels, they are rising again. Sustained increases reported in Tillamook, Dallas, ... 163
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceUofT-TCAIREM @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@uoft-tcairem.bsky.social member Dr. Fahad Razak discussed the rise of #deepfake #AI #doctor videos peddling bogus drugs. (He should know. He was deepfaked!) 🫣 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #MedEd #AIinHealthcare #HealthAI #HealthTechcbc.ca© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved. 001
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A magnificent friend. Judy Gumbo, Who Found Freedom as a Yippie, Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/u...nytimes.comJudy Gumbo, Who Found Freedom as a Yippie, Dies at 83She was part of the leftist radical group, which mocked institutional authority with political satire and street theater. 020
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PricePeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever 188137432918
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceThanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I am dead. 716141
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I bet @councilorgreen.bsky.social @mitchgreen.bsky.social can empathize. 110
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026BREAKING: Judge Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, D.C., has *blocked* the administraiton's mail-in ballot plan, saying USPS lacked the authority to issue it. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show... 4140291106
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026WHAT??? Fetterman Appears in Video in Opening Night of Trump’s Convention www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...nytimes.comFetterman Appears in Video in Opening Night of Trump’s ConventionSenator John Fetterman, who has become alienated from his own party, made a surprise virtual appearance, breaking with Democrats’ midterm message, 100
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I hope every first responder calls him out. Disgusting. 010
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026And yet so many women who want this and/or a hysterectomy are denied because “you might change your mind” about having more children. Medical misogyny & paternalism is real. 010
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceDan Izzo @izzos.net · 06/09/20268 men murdered their entire families during the course of the trial. Wonder why the same arguments aren't being made taking away men's rights... 0234
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Jackson is interesting -- same populist agenda as Platner, a real workingclass background, and none of the oratorical artifice 15414
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026And now she’s a lobbyist for data centers www.wsj.com/business/for...wsj.comFormer Labor Secretary Oversaw a ‘Toxic, Intimidating’ Workplace, Report FindsInternal watchdog concluded Lori Chavez-DeRemer had an inappropriate relationship with a security staffer and used public resources for personal travel before her April resignation. 020
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/09/2026BREAKING: Democrats say Hegseth and the Pentagon is attempting to steal funds from the National Institute of Health to make up for the record amount of taxpayer money they’ve spent in their war on Iran. 36586337
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026What the heck, Oregon. @tinakotek.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceMother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/08/2026“Whatever funds you’re spending on a camera, you’re not spending on getting someone into treatment.”motherjones.comPolice are spending opioid settlement funds on Flock camerasHistoric opioid settlements were supposed to be a lifeline for underserved communities. But much of that money is flowing to law enforcement. 619473
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceLos Angeles Times @latimes.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, country music legend who became a national treasure, dies at 80latimes.comDolly Parton, country music legend who became a national treasure, dies at 80Dolly Parton, a national treasure whose country music career married grit and wit, faith and sex appeal, virtuosity and plastic surgery and more, has died. 26819
Naomi Kaufman Price @writeo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Saw a guy at the coast pay ~$1,800 to fill up his fishing boat. Also, “about to?” 110
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PricePrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026it may not look like much of a difference, but it is: measles has an R₀ of 12 to 18 (number of people an infected person infects w/o vaccination) herd immunity [when the outbreak stops] follows the formula 1 - (1/R₀) 1-(1/12)=0.917 (91.7% vax) 1-(1/18)=0.944 (94.4%) 21810
Reposted by Naomi Kaufman PriceLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026RIP, Richard Lingeman, biographer of Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser, and longtime editor of The Nation.nytimes.comRichard Lingeman, Cultural Historian and Biographer, Dies at 95He spent decades as a magazine editor and wrote an acclaimed history of small-town America, as well as biographies of the novelists Theodore Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis. 2245