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Allison Bailey
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advocate & organizer for #insulin4all, #access2meds, #disabilityjustice • health care is a human right ⚕️

she(/her) who walks behind the (iowa) rows 🌽
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Ashes, our formerly feral, proper princess of a cat (2005-2020), and Noah, the derpiest of derps (2006-2023).
A grey and white cat stretched out on white sheets in front of a pillow, basking in a sunbeam. A domestic shorthair black cat staring at the camera in an upside down position after sliding off a denim-clad lap.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Behold: Floof.
A photo of a domestic longhair black cat with green eyes staring directly into your soul.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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I’m type 1 and was wondering this, too, since my insulin is from Denmark, so I looked into it. If your stepdaughter’s insulin is made by Novo Nordisk or Sanofi, both companies should be exempt from these tariffs because they have both committed to expanding US operations.
Excerpt from September 25, 2025 article from FiercePharma, titled “Trump's pharma tariffs arrive by way of Truth, offering 'relief' to many large drugmakers: analyst.” Excerpt reads: “The analysts compiled a list of 14 large cap drugmakers that have made U.S. production commitments this year, chronicling pledges from AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi. Those pledges ranged anywhere from $195 million on the low end to $50 billion.” Source: https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/trumps-100-pharmaceutical-tariff-threat-could-come-relief-analysts-note-many-drugmakers
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Samhain has started off her Monday morning with some light screaming. As one does.
Photo of a very fluffy domestic longhair black cat standing on a wood floor; her mouth is open, mid-meow/yowl.
September 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Excellent advice.
A photo of Samhain, a domestic longhair black cat with green eyes, perching next to her rainbow string toy on a wood floor next to some white baseboard and an off-white plaster wall.
September 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Tis the season 🎃
A domestic long haired black cat with green eyes laying on a white fleece blanket with a design featuring jack-o’-lanterns in various shades of orange.
September 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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From a form letter response from Sen. Grassley: “…while I am aware Secretary Kennedy wants to make changes to vaccine recommendations, I do not think it's quite fair to call him ‘anti-vaccine’.”

Gotta say, based on every single action he’s taken as HHS Secretary, I think it’s fair, Chuck.
Excerpt from form letter from U.S. Senator Charles Grassley: “That said, while I am aware Secretary Kennedy wants to make changes to vaccine recommendations, I do not think it's quite fair to call him "anti-vaccine". During his nomination process, Secretary Kennedy provided sworn testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, of which I am a senior member, about his views on vaccines. During Secretary Kennedv's testimony he said ‘News renors have claimed…’
September 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The dictionary says one thing, but in my heart “potatorius” means something else.
Screenshot of the word “potatory” from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary. Definition reads “potatory, adjective po•ta•to•ry, 'pōtə,tōrē : of, relating to, or given to drinking Word History Etymology Late Latin potatorius, from Latin potatus (past participle of potare to drink) + - orius -ory
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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definitely
Photo of a domestic longhair black cat with green eyes lounging on a striped bedspread with a white pillow behind her.
August 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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We got a basket for storing cat toys and Sami has decided the basket is also for storing cat.
Photo of a domestic longhair black cat with yellow eyes, staring directly at the camera while sitting in a rather small beige basket that has a cat face design on the front (black eyes, nose, mouth, and whiskers). A hint of orange can be seen to the left of her neck; it is from a mostly-obscured plush pumpkin pie cat toy.
July 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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💀🥲
A photo of a greeting card with a cartoon grim reaper on a white background and the words, “You’re killing it.”
January 13, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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This is not a good way to start the weekend. 🤦🏻‍♀️
Photo of me holding my Tandem insulin pump in my left hand. The screen is lit up with the message “MALFUNCTION. The pump cannot operate. Visit [Tandem Website]” Screen also shows phone numbers to call Tandem’s hotline and the error code.
December 6, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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Samhain has spent the day plotting against her greatest foe, static electricity.
A longhaired black cat sitting on top of off-white sheets and a ticking stripe bedspread. She has one paw forward, her ears are back at an angle, and her eyes look sad.
December 1, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ bookish checkpoint ୧⋆｡˚ ⋆

✧ last book you read: Poor Deer
✧ your current read: O Caledonia
✧ last book added to your tbr: Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart & Other Stories
✧ next anticipated read: Lincoln in the Bardo

quote with yours! #booksky #books 💙📚👀
Cover image of the book ‘Poor Deer’ by Claire Oshetsky. Cover is orange and purple and shows a frame made out of twigs, with a young girl’s head in profile directly above an upside down deer’s head. Cover image of the book ‘O Calendonia’ by Elspeth Barker. Cover shows a young white woman’s face partially obscured by a jackdaw. Image includes title, author, and the words “‘One of the best least-known novels of the twentieth century.’ - Ali Smith, author of Autumn” and “Introduction by Maggie O’Farrell, author of Hamnet.” Cover image of the book ‘Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart & Other Stories’ by GennaRose Nethercott. Cover features a black fox in front of a tree and roots, looking toward the figure of a black goat, and an illustration of a pink flower with a skull in its center. Cover also includes the quote “‘GennaRose Nethercott is a literary trickster god.’ - New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray.” Cover image of the book ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ by George Saunders. Cover shows a nature scene in a jade-colored duotone effect behind the title and author, and with the additional words “New York Times bestselling author of TENTH OF DECEMBER”
November 20, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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Since it appears that public health in the U.S. is going to be overseen by hacks and charlatans for the next 4 years, could we get more musicians to subtley include valuable public health information in their song lyrics?
Phone screenshot from Apple Music as the device plays the song ‘Stick Season’ by Noah Kahan, with the song name and artist listed at the top next to a thumbnail image of the album cover. Below that are the song’s lyrics, visible in white lettering over a brownish background. The lyrics that are currently playing, “Doc told me to travel, but there’s COVID on the planes” are in bold, with upcoming lyrics below in more transparent lettering: “And I love Vermont but it’s the season of the sticks And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed” Phone screenshot of a January 8, 2023 article on Forbes.com, titled “Over 96% Of Airplane Flights Had Covid-19 Coronavirus In Their Wastewater.” The screenshot also shows the author name, “Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor” and a fragment of the author’s bio, reading “Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and...” Screenshot also includes the story date and a Getty image of an airplane shortly after takeoff, with a caption reading, “Wastewater samples from around 96.5% of flights tested in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from June through December 2021, contained the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Photo by Syaiful Redzuan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)”
November 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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When I say I’m spending time over the weekend recharging, I may mean that more literally than you realize. 🤷🏻‍♀️
Photo of my insulin pump laying on my lap on the edge of the purple plaid shirt I’m wearing, connected to a charging cable.
November 17, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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MANY years ago today, we shoved cake up each other’s noses/got married. We continue to communicate mainly via inside jokes that leave everyone around us thoroughly confused.

#ProTip: Marry your bestie (though probably wait until you’re a bit older than we were at the time).
November 15, 2024 at 5:46 PM