Mary
@mapymf.bsky.social
Healthcare public policy nerd, knitter.
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"Supermarket Cake is an innovative insurance option that allows you to skip tedious, traditional healthcare procedures such as 'seeing a doctor,' and 'surgery' to get straight to what makes you feel better: shoveling cheap grocery store cake into your cake hole."
Your Health Insurance Is Now Supermarket Cake
Dear Employees, We are pleased to officially roll out the company’s new health benefits. Supermarket Cake is an innovative insurance option that al...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"Supermarket Cake is an innovative insurance option that allows you to skip tedious, traditional healthcare procedures such as 'seeing a doctor,' and 'surgery' to get straight to what makes you feel better: shoveling cheap grocery store cake into your cake hole."
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“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.”
― Elizabeth Zimmerman
#KnitSky 🧶 #InTheseTimes
― Elizabeth Zimmerman
#KnitSky 🧶 #InTheseTimes
January 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.”
― Elizabeth Zimmerman
#KnitSky 🧶 #InTheseTimes
― Elizabeth Zimmerman
#KnitSky 🧶 #InTheseTimes
Halloween is a wonderful night to be an empty nester. I encourage the kids to take extra candy, I don’t sweat it when they forget to say thank you, and the sugar overload is not my problem.
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Halloween is a wonderful night to be an empty nester. I encourage the kids to take extra candy, I don’t sweat it when they forget to say thank you, and the sugar overload is not my problem.
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One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
If you are able, please donate to your local food bank.
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you are able, please donate to your local food bank.
Hope the Mariners clinch the division before the rapture
September 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hope the Mariners clinch the division before the rapture
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The West Coast Health Alliance, comprised of Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii, has issued its unified vaccine recommendations for the 2025-26 respiratory virus season, including the flu vaccine for everyone ages 6 months and older, and the COVID-19 shot for "all who choose protection."
September 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The West Coast Health Alliance, comprised of Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii, has issued its unified vaccine recommendations for the 2025-26 respiratory virus season, including the flu vaccine for everyone ages 6 months and older, and the COVID-19 shot for "all who choose protection."
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i do not think it can be overstated at this point that we do not know who killed charlie kirk or why they did it.
September 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
i do not think it can be overstated at this point that we do not know who killed charlie kirk or why they did it.
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The revolution is full of 60-year-old women who love their trans kids.
June 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The revolution is full of 60-year-old women who love their trans kids.
When you enroll in a graduate program in public health, the intro lectures tout vaccines as “the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century” so many times that you get tired of hearing it.
June 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
When you enroll in a graduate program in public health, the intro lectures tout vaccines as “the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century” so many times that you get tired of hearing it.
I sent my brother a recipe, and he said he would share it with my nephew, and I added “Double the zest,” and now I feel like that’s really good advice for life.
May 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I sent my brother a recipe, and he said he would share it with my nephew, and I added “Double the zest,” and now I feel like that’s really good advice for life.
I work in public health. If I were to write policy recommendations based on non-existent research, I would be fired. And for good reason.
May 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I work in public health. If I were to write policy recommendations based on non-existent research, I would be fired. And for good reason.
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Somebody somewhere
Needs an endless old road
Filled with flowers tonight
Needs an endless old road
Filled with flowers tonight
May 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Somebody somewhere
Needs an endless old road
Filled with flowers tonight
Needs an endless old road
Filled with flowers tonight
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…And all while wearing a dress!
May 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
…And all while wearing a dress!
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Seattle-area folks can get museum/aquarium/zoo passes from King County Library System AND Discover passes to visit all the state parks (including Discover pass kits that come with binoculars and nature guides).
April 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Seattle-area folks can get museum/aquarium/zoo passes from King County Library System AND Discover passes to visit all the state parks (including Discover pass kits that come with binoculars and nature guides).
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This one made me chuckle today.
April 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This one made me chuckle today.
On the needles: worsted weight shawl based on Easy as KFB (free on Ravelry), cable from “Viking Knits and Ancient Ornaments,” by Elsebeth Lavold.
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March 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
On the needles: worsted weight shawl based on Easy as KFB (free on Ravelry), cable from “Viking Knits and Ancient Ornaments,” by Elsebeth Lavold.
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They are called vaccine-preventable diseases for a reason.
February 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
They are called vaccine-preventable diseases for a reason.
One of my greatest points of professional pride is that I earned my MPH at the same university where Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine. #hailtopitt
February 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
One of my greatest points of professional pride is that I earned my MPH at the same university where Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine. #hailtopitt
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My favorite part of the super bowl is saying “it’s baseball season” when it's over.
February 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My favorite part of the super bowl is saying “it’s baseball season” when it's over.