Michelle Appel
@msappel.bsky.social
Data geek, higher ed policy wonk, institutional researcher, disability activist, swimmer, hoarder of yarn, and spouse of John Appel the SFF author.
All views are mine.
All views are mine.
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Hope is not a moral or intellectual failing. It’s okay to hope.
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Hope is not a moral or intellectual failing. It’s okay to hope.
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The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Proper healthcare and preventative treatments are incompatible with capitalism's goal of profit maximization.
The profit motive needs to be entirely removed from the realm of healthcare.
The profit motive needs to be entirely removed from the realm of healthcare.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Proper healthcare and preventative treatments are incompatible with capitalism's goal of profit maximization.
The profit motive needs to be entirely removed from the realm of healthcare.
The profit motive needs to be entirely removed from the realm of healthcare.
If you live in Nevada or New Hampshire, or Pennsylvania or Virginia, or Illinois or Maine, maybe call or write to let your senator know what you think of the deal.
apnews.com/article/gove...
apnews.com/article/gove...
These 8 senators broke with Democrats on the government shutdown deal. Here's how they explain it
Eight senators are facing criticism from Democrats for their deal with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If you live in Nevada or New Hampshire, or Pennsylvania or Virginia, or Illinois or Maine, maybe call or write to let your senator know what you think of the deal.
apnews.com/article/gove...
apnews.com/article/gove...
Watching Monday Night Raw with my adult children, having way more fun than 30 year old me would ever have thought.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Watching Monday Night Raw with my adult children, having way more fun than 30 year old me would ever have thought.
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A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A lot of people aren't old enough to remember US Healthcare before the ACA.
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
It was a dark time.
-Pre-existing insurance-no coverage
-kids off parents plans at 18
-even workplace insurance could exclude pre existing conditions
-no insurance funded breast pumps
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October 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Half my family are federal workers/retired federal workers.
The Republicans are pissed because why didn't Dems do this in the first place. The Democrats are pissed because why put them through all this for nothing.
Absolutely everyone is furious with Democrats, and for good reason.
The Republicans are pissed because why didn't Dems do this in the first place. The Democrats are pissed because why put them through all this for nothing.
Absolutely everyone is furious with Democrats, and for good reason.
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Half my family are federal workers/retired federal workers.
The Republicans are pissed because why didn't Dems do this in the first place. The Democrats are pissed because why put them through all this for nothing.
Absolutely everyone is furious with Democrats, and for good reason.
The Republicans are pissed because why didn't Dems do this in the first place. The Democrats are pissed because why put them through all this for nothing.
Absolutely everyone is furious with Democrats, and for good reason.
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Thus do all traitors
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Thus do all traitors
I told my Senators that the message Senate Dems are sending is that if we vote for Democrats resoundingly in an election, they’ll promptly fold.
Is this what they want us to take from this?
Is this what they want us to take from this?
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
Dear @vanhollen.senate.gov and @alsobrooks.senate.gov - the DMV has not endured this shutdown just to have the Dems in the Senate cave on ACA anyway. What was this pain even for!?!
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Dear @vanhollen.senate.gov and @alsobrooks.senate.gov - the DMV has not endured this shutdown just to have the Dems in the Senate cave on ACA anyway. What was this pain even for!?!
Did anyone else think about the #NormalGossip Pet Mayor episode when reading the last sentence? @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Did anyone else think about the #NormalGossip Pet Mayor episode when reading the last sentence? @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social
My spouse will never get over Baltimore losing the Colts, or the trashing from the league when they were hoping for an expansion team. Irsay and Tagliabue are 4 letter words in our house.
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My spouse will never get over Baltimore losing the Colts, or the trashing from the league when they were hoping for an expansion team. Irsay and Tagliabue are 4 letter words in our house.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
The Maryland Alpaca and Fiber Festival is my favorite fall activity.
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Maryland Alpaca and Fiber Festival is my favorite fall activity.
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Just sit with this subhead for a moment.
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Just sit with this subhead for a moment.
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Is it good politics to ask the Supreme Court if you can continue starving people?
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Is it good politics to ask the Supreme Court if you can continue starving people?
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Spreading the word in case this is new info.
These Chicago restaurants are offering free meals to SNAP recipients
Here's where you can find free food in Chicago right now.
www.timeout.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Spreading the word in case this is new info.
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If we learn nothing else tonight, please PLEASE let's learn that the American people were NOT won over by an absolute firehose of the most vile dehumanization of trans people. Please @democrats.org, for the love of God and all that's holy, let's FINALLY start refusing to throw ANYone under ANY bus.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If we learn nothing else tonight, please PLEASE let's learn that the American people were NOT won over by an absolute firehose of the most vile dehumanization of trans people. Please @democrats.org, for the love of God and all that's holy, let's FINALLY start refusing to throw ANYone under ANY bus.
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May all terrible people be sad tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
May all terrible people be sad tonight.
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fact: transphobia is for losers
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
fact: transphobia is for losers
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live view from cuomo hq
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
live view from cuomo hq