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Jennie Dair Berney
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''[T]he best…so cool.'' –Quincy, age 7
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I couldn’t love our pediatrician more.
One of two screenshots of an email: CMG Pediatrics Bulletin 11.23.25 On the CDC's Vaccine Safety Messaging The CDC this week changed the vaccine safety portion of its website to suggest there may be a link between vaccines and autism. This change was not made because there is new data to support the claim - in fact, no such data exists. Rather, it seems the CDC's public stance on vaccine safety has been changed to reflect the personal beliefs of the current Secretary of HHS, RFK Jr. The vaccine safety issue has been studied vigorously and repeatedly since 1998, when a fraudulent case series was published alleging a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism. That case series was subsequently retracted, and its author lost his medical license. 40 studies across multiple countries involving millions of patients ensued. None has shown a link between any vaccine and autism. The second of two screenshots of an email: The American Academy of Pediatrics and a joint group of leading medical organizations have issued statements contradicting the CDC's messaging. We agree with these organizations. CMG will not be changing its stance on routine pediatric vaccination. The politicization of the CDC means that it's guidance cannot be uniformly relied upon without independent review. Portions of its website do still reflect up-to-date science, such as the travel health sections. We will have to see whether this changes with time. If you are not sure whether you should rely on a particular piece of information from the CDC, please contact the office to discuss with one of our providers. The American Academy of Pediatrics remains a reliable source for science-based information. No CDC vaccine scientist has defended the CDC's new messaging. The scientists themselves were blindsided, and our hearts go out to them. They have spent careers serving the institution and the country selflessly and tirelessly, and for the time being their work has been set aside. They have our thanks, our sympathy, and our respect.
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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so many amazing signs at No Kings DC today, along with MULTIPLE inflatable axolotls—what a dream!
An elderly white man wearing a shirt that reads “TRUMP MAY HE DIE IN PRISON OF ADVANCED SYPHILIS” rests his “TRUMP KISS MY ASS” sign against a lamppost. a sign that says “SQUISH THEM” with a dozen spotted lanternfly bodies bearing Trump and associates’ heads protest signs held aloft in front of the National Gallery of Art: FUCK Donald Trump, Grab Him By The NUSSY, POWER TO THE PEOPLE, STOP the Injustice a woman in a crowd of people hola a sign that says STEPHEN MILLER IS A TERRIBLE PRESIDENT
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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no crime in DC my ass
a VERY GUILTY THIEF of a muppet-ass dog holding a birkenstock in her mouth
September 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Reading every dang one of these
Screen shot of related stories: The world's oldest chicken keeps surviving everything life throws at her From pigeons to coyotes, what makes an urban wildlife species a pest for humans? Behold Turkules, the turkey who charmed and terrorized a New Jersey town for months Canadian captures extraordinary beauty of ordinary pigeons in award-winning photo These bold little birds snatch the hairs off living mammals to use in their nests Nova Scotia lumberjack teaches crows how to logroll Canuck the crow is pecking everyone off — except this mail carrier
September 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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My #teen took me as her date to the Ethel Cain concert last night and I haven’t seen a crowd this hyped up since Neil Diamond opened with Coming to America a week after 9/11.
A girl with shaggy dark hair, bathed in red light in a large concert hall, holds a phone up to take a photo of the stage. Ethel is backlit by a stunning red godlight. There’s a dark sea of heads below her. Moody and magical. Teen and mama combo! We’re standing together after the show with our arms linked, looking goofy and happy with our tongues sticking out and our eyes scrunched up. She looks like me and her dad and her very own person all in one.
September 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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the ol’ office pothos is having a real Sistine Chapel ceiling moment
one tendril of a leggy pothos plant reaches up from the lower left (this would be leafy Adam) towards another that reaches down from the upper right (leafy God, obvs)
August 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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I saw this ⬇️, assumed it was about a Miss Piggy cosplayer, and was ~very~ confused. Realized what it was actually about, am still ~very~ confused.
Alt text is hiding the bottom half of someone named HorsegiirL’s face, the top half of which looks very much like a tan Miss Piggy
April 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Late to the party but here’s mine
hand-lettered sign saying “some people didn’t pay enough attention to Mister Rogers and it shows”
April 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I was behind one with TWO stickers this morning at DuPont Circle.
Tesla with one bumper sticker that says “bought it before I knew how awful he is” and another that says “I bought this before I knew Elon was crazy”
March 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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happy Valentine’s Day, lovelies!
a print by Annie Howe of a papercut heart, filled with scenes of Baltimore city life with a ribbon winding through that reads “reproductive justice is racial justice and economic justice”
February 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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how it started ———>how it’s going
A young child’s mixed media collage featuring a stick figure with a speech bubble that reads “It is love I Am Peeing” A 16-year-old’s charcoal drawing of Ethel Cain that will make you weep
February 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Oogie Boogie ain’t no scab.
December 6, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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November 16, 2024 at 5:31 AM
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maybe if we keep celebrating Halloween, Election Day just won’t be a thing that happens? IDK, just spitballing over here
November 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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I know y’all were wondering where Quincy’s talent comes from, so here’s the moo deng pet rock I made for a coworker. EXACTLY EQUALLY TALENTED.
stunning likeness of moon deng the baby pigmy hippo, drawn on a smooth rock with gray, pink, and black sharpies. she’s ready to bite!
October 7, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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I know I’m biased, but holy cannoli is my kid talented and smart and cool and gorgeous and kind and thoughtful and funny and cool and talented
a black and white painting of fifteen forearms and hands in different poses on a solid tomato red background
October 4, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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asked and answered
October 3, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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weird, this is the one I got
August 16, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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My personal favorite of the genre
yellow flag featuring a crudely drawn—but very angry—snake, with the text “no step on snek” in comic sans below
August 2, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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lol cry more you giant baby
July 24, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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I cant stop laughing
An envelope from the Biden campaign that says “Jesse, let’s finish the job” in bold font.
July 15, 2024 at 10:58 PM
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👀
Vanity Fair article preview cuts a headline off at “Kristi Noem Apparently Still Thin….” I refuse to click through to see what the full headline is.
June 21, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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when your kid definitely doesn’t have adhd
A list of student catchphrases, compiled by a 5th-grade class, including “Can we watch CNN10,” “Ermmmm…what the sigma?,” and several references to roaches. Gus’s catchphrase, as reported by the other students, is “Oh, I’m so sorry, what were you saying?”
June 18, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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we’re just taking it one day at a time over here, darth
March 28, 2024 at 2:33 AM
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It’s what the people want!
October 14, 2023 at 4:49 PM