Darius Tahir
dariustahir.bsky.social
Darius Tahir
@dariustahir.bsky.social
health tech journo at KFF Health News. do people really read the bios, if they're not of Civil War generals?
one observation approaching your thought from a different angle -- northern virginia's skyscrapers dominate VA's "tallest buildings" lists. Silver Spring and Bethesda have some pretty tall buildings, but none would be terribly notable in Baltimore. Why is that?
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 AM
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February 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
the essence of dad movie is Mark Wahlberg's line in THE DEPARTED: I'm the guy who does his job -- you must be the other guy!

Once they achieve this essence, all dad movies are truly equal. They are dad.
What’s everyone’s favorite dad movie
Trying to do a daily dumb little prompt to not think about The Horrors
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 AM
this is among your finest work.
February 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Milkshakes, really.
February 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Rule 5 draft coming! They only want the picks.
February 2, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Arbitration deadline passed and here we go!
February 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
“They don’t make stiff enough boots” feels like something a Bogart character would mutter in the third act of movie, at the bar, frustrated at some dilemma.
February 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Of course. How could I have been so foolish.
January 31, 2026 at 8:13 PM
“It takes two to get in an accident” as Jordan turns on FSD.
January 30, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Tom Buchanan referencing Grok instead of that man Stoddard
January 30, 2026 at 5:44 PM
is the IPO just a way to activate FOMO among CFOs/VCs/etc.?
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I’m not amused by this.
A powerful nor’easter will hit the East Coast this weekend, potentially bringing snow, wind and waves from the Southeast to New England, with blizzard-like conditions and coastal flooding possible. https://wapo.st/3Oa7MsM
January 29, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Not quite. It refers to using an apple core to turn coffee beans into dust.
January 28, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Today is "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" day!
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 PM
how much are the fits worth do you think
January 26, 2026 at 8:31 PM
whiskey tasting? that's right, peated rivalry.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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This is the mood.
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
*nervously* drinking?
January 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
the "too much time to prep" suggests maybe people are interested from like an industrial prep standpoint?
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM
it's an incompetent American in a Le Carre novel.
January 22, 2026 at 9:08 PM
is that annualized or total?s
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 PM
But have they denied him three times?
January 20, 2026 at 9:42 PM