Lesley Pittman
@lpittman.bsky.social
Mom, Longtime Nevadan, Tennis player.
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Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
That Yankees and Dodgers players won the AL and NL MVP awards tells us everything about baseball/sports journalism in the USA.
Shohei Ohtani won his fourth MVP award in a unanimous vote for the NL honor and Aaron Judge earned the AL accolade for the third time.
Dodgers 2-way star Shohei Ohtani becomes 4-time MVP after unanimous win in National League
Two-way Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani was the unanimous winner of the National League Most Valuable Player award on Thursday, giving him three straight MVPs and fourth overall in a career that’s quickly reaching legendary status.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
That Yankees and Dodgers players won the AL and NL MVP awards tells us everything about baseball/sports journalism in the USA.
Should’ve been Cal.
From @theathletic.com: The Yankees’ Aaron Judge won his third American League MVP. In the National League, the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani won unanimously for a fourth time. nyti.ms/3JJmbdP
Yankees’ Aaron Judge wins third MVP, cementing his Hall of Fame case
In evaluating two historic seasons, the voters went with Judge over Cal Raleigh, further bolstering the Yankee star's Hall of Fame resume.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Should’ve been Cal.
We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o.... Excellent!
Opinion | We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We’re In a New Everything-Is-Connected Epoch. But What to Call It? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o.... Excellent!
C’mon, if you don’t miss this guy there might be something wrong with you.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
C’mon, if you don’t miss this guy there might be something wrong with you.
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Ordering in is, and never will be the same as a dining out experience. Food doesn’t taste nearly as good and the service, well that’s now on you. If this has become a thing, I think it is REALLY dumb. you should mostly cook at home which is even better ( and less expensive) if you’re up to it.
Food delivery was a convenience, until it became a lifestyle. Now America is a nation of order-inners—and it’s destroying restaurants as we once knew them, @elcush.bsky.social argues: https://theatln.tc/SghPaI1R
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Ordering in is, and never will be the same as a dining out experience. Food doesn’t taste nearly as good and the service, well that’s now on you. If this has become a thing, I think it is REALLY dumb. you should mostly cook at home which is even better ( and less expensive) if you’re up to it.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump is destroying democratic norms. Democrats have decided to follow him into the basement,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “When both parties cooperate to degrade public morality, then nobody even notices as it’s happening.”
“Trump is destroying democratic norms. Democrats have decided to follow him into the basement,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “When both parties cooperate to degrade public morality, then nobody even notices as it’s happening.”
Opinion | The Death of Democracy Is Happening Within You
Yes, Trump is assaulting democracy, but what worries me more is what has happened to the rest of us — the loss of the convictions and norms that undergird democracy.
nyti.ms
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump is destroying democratic norms. Democrats have decided to follow him into the basement,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “When both parties cooperate to degrade public morality, then nobody even notices as it’s happening.”
“Trump is destroying democratic norms. Democrats have decided to follow him into the basement,” our columnist David Brooks writes. “When both parties cooperate to degrade public morality, then nobody even notices as it’s happening.”
The “stars” need to perform.
Somebody needs to be getting hot
October 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The “stars” need to perform.
@andersonhirst.bsky.social
Love the emotion tonight Anders. As a life long suffering M’s fan since 1977, I share it with you. ❤️
Love the emotion tonight Anders. As a life long suffering M’s fan since 1977, I share it with you. ❤️
October 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
@andersonhirst.bsky.social
Love the emotion tonight Anders. As a life long suffering M’s fan since 1977, I share it with you. ❤️
Love the emotion tonight Anders. As a life long suffering M’s fan since 1977, I share it with you. ❤️
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Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. www.wired.com/story/scott-...
One Republican Now Controls a Huge Chunk of US Election Infrastructure
Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. Election experts don't know what to think.
www.wired.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Former GOP operative Scott Leiendecker just bought Dominion Voting Systems, giving him ownership of voting systems used in 27 states. www.wired.com/story/scott-...
Srsly? We’re putting in Emerson Hancock when down 4 in Game 4? I guess we’re giving this game up too. Cant even.
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Srsly? We’re putting in Emerson Hancock when down 4 in Game 4? I guess we’re giving this game up too. Cant even.
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How many wins do the #Mariners need to go to their first World Series?
a bald man with a beard is making a peace sign with his hand .
ALT: a bald man with a beard is making a peace sign with his hand .
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
How many wins do the #Mariners need to go to their first World Series?
Cutting food aid to Americans while bailing out Argentina is NOT America First. And never will be.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Cutting food aid to Americans while bailing out Argentina is NOT America First. And never will be.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Can presidents unleash the armed forces on their own people based on facts that they contrive?” Stephen Vladeck asks in a guest essay. “The text of the relevant statutes doesn’t answer that question. But our constitutional ideals, to say nothing of common sense, should.”
“Can presidents unleash the armed forces on their own people based on facts that they contrive?” Stephen Vladeck asks in a guest essay. “The text of the relevant statutes doesn’t answer that question. But our constitutional ideals, to say nothing of common sense, should.”
Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Order Troops to Wherever He Wants
The president’s claims about cities don’t hold up.
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Can presidents unleash the armed forces on their own people based on facts that they contrive?” Stephen Vladeck asks in a guest essay. “The text of the relevant statutes doesn’t answer that question. But our constitutional ideals, to say nothing of common sense, should.”
“Can presidents unleash the armed forces on their own people based on facts that they contrive?” Stephen Vladeck asks in a guest essay. “The text of the relevant statutes doesn’t answer that question. But our constitutional ideals, to say nothing of common sense, should.”
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www.valatkinson.com/Val-selects-.... More of this please.
Order Fine Art Prints - Val Atkinson Photography
Solitude on Hat Creek
www.valatkinson.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:50 AM
www.valatkinson.com/Val-selects-.... More of this please.
Welcome to the 2025 Trump shakedown of private and public entities. Tony Soprano style. Never mind the democrats but how can republicans and libertarians even stand this crap?
President Trump threatened to cut off federal funding to New York City if front-runner Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor.
Mamdani needs the money “to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises,” Trump wrote of the democratic socialist.
Mamdani needs the money “to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises,” Trump wrote of the democratic socialist.
After Adams exit, Mamdani looks to solidify lead in NYC as Trump meddles
The front-runner faces a field of opponents led by former New York governor Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat who is running as an independent and hoping to pull off an upset.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Welcome to the 2025 Trump shakedown of private and public entities. Tony Soprano style. Never mind the democrats but how can republicans and libertarians even stand this crap?
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Calling on all Catholics.
Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington, decried the immigration policies of President Trump’s White House, located just blocks away, likening them to an “assault” that “seeks to make life unbearable for undocumented immigrants.”
D.C. archbishop calls U.S. immigration crackdown a ‘governmental assault’
Hundreds gathered in Northwest Washington for a procession led by Catholic faith leaders to support migrants and refugees.
wapo.st
September 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Calling on all Catholics.
Trump’s lawfare escalates in Virginia.
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Trump’s lawfare escalates in Virginia.
No free press anymore.
September 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
No free press anymore.
Reposted by Lesley Pittman
I warned last October that if Donald Trump returned to the White House, the fate of the free press would depend on the willingness of corporate media executives to fight for it.
It's not going well. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
It's not going well. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
September 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I warned last October that if Donald Trump returned to the White House, the fate of the free press would depend on the willingness of corporate media executives to fight for it.
It's not going well. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
It's not going well. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...