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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 15h

Truth

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 16h

Gorgeous

Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 2d

We’re very fond of Manchester

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 2d

Off Broadway in Masquerade

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 2d

Great story

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Pamela Stafford @pjsposts.bsky.social · 3d

www.vulture.com/article/bob-...
Dylan made a gate for this unusual retelling of phantom of the opera. Each audience member is masked and goes room from room throughout the musical production and each room includes art from famous modern artists. Sounds like a great production.

Phantom Gate is a welded piece of iron art by Bob Dylan with intricate details.

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 3d

Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Obamacare Enrollment by State: Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.

www.nytimes.com

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 6d

doomscroll break

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 5d

👏👏👏👏👏

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 5d

That’s me!

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 6d

In advance of the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Literature, posting the moment when The announcement was made when Bob Dylan won in 2016.

www.youtube.com/live/RZDPKYu...

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

YouTube video by Nobel Prize

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 6d

www.choosechicago.com/blog/special...

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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stevemmills.bsky.social @stevemmills.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: If you've ever fought with your health insurer -- and, let's be honest, who hasn't? -- then this explainer on external reviews from @deldeib.bsky.social of @propublica.org will surely help you.

www.propublica.org/article/heal...

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 9d

Today is the birthday of Vaclav Havel, poet, playwright, essayist, democracy activist, first democratically elected President of Czechoslovakia and then the Czech Republic, and serious Bob Dylan fan. So many lessons to be learned from his life and work.

Photograph of Bob Dylan and Vaclav Havel

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 9d

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Congressional District Interactive Map: How Much Will ACA Premium Payments Rise if Enhanced Subsidies Expire? | KFF

This analysis and interactive map illustrate how much more enrollees in Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plans would pay in premiums at the congressional district level if the enhanced subsidies ...

www.kff.org

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 10d

@henrybernstein.bsky.social I think I have found you a new job.

Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 10d

The LA Public Library research librarian explaining what is going on with Charli and Taylor is outstanding work

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 13d

It goes without saying that if you’re a Dylan fan you won’t want to miss this one. @inthephishbowl.bsky.social @raypadgett.bsky.social and The Rolling Thunder Review.

Erin Callahan @inthephishbowl.bsky.social · 13d

Here‘s a clip from the October episode. Special thanks to @raypadgett.bsky.social for chatting with me about the Rolling Thunder Revue. Check out the full episode!
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 14d

Happy Time Out of Mind Day to all who celebrate

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 15d

OTD Robert Shelton’s iconic review of Bob Dylan at Gerde’s Folk City. “Mr. Dylan is vague about his antecedents and birthplace, but it matters less where he has been than where he is going, and that would seem to be straight up.”

archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....

Reviews

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 18d

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Bob Dylan ~ May Not Be Here at All - Best of the Outlaw Tour & Farm Aid '25 (A Bennyboy Production)

YouTube video by OldHenry Lee

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 19d

Medicaid work requirements REALLY don’t work.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 20d

NEW: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027.

A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.

By @savmargaret.bsky.social

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

www.propublica.org

Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 19d

The Lowdown is great and has the added benefit of featuring the actual fabulous Tulsa bookstore Magic City Books.

Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 20d

Free at What’s Alan Watching?, my take on the two-part premiere of The Lowdown, and why the new Sterlin Harjo/Ethan Hawke comic mystery series left a huge smile on my face: