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Roberta Rakove
@rmrakove.bsky.social
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Bob Dylan, Pro Choice, Patti Smith, public health, nonprofit advocacy, 2nd Wave feminist but catching up. She/her
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 10h
That’s me!
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 16h
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.

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Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016
YouTube video by Nobel Prize
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 1d
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.
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stevemmills.bsky.social @stevemmills.bsky.social · 1d
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.

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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 · 3d
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 · 4d
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 ...
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 4d
@henrybernstein.bsky.social I think I have found you a new job.
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Downtown Brandi Frown 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 5d
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 · 7d
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.
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Erin Callahan @inthephishbowl.bsky.social · 7d
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 · 8d
Happy Time Out of Mind Day to all who celebrate
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 9d
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.”

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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 13d
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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 · 13d
Medicaid work requirements REALLY don’t work.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14d
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...
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 13d
The Lowdown is great and has the added benefit of featuring the actual fabulous Tulsa bookstore Magic City Books.
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 14d
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:
The Lowdown recap: Season 1, episode 1 & 2, 'Pilot'/'The Devil's Mama'
Meet Lee Rabon. He's a LOT.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14d
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 14d
Profit doesn’t belong in health care.
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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 14d
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Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms
Staffing, salary cuts offer likely explanation for increase compared to non-private-equity hospitals
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 17d
🙏
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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 17d
His first all-60s set since…the last time Dylan played Farm Aid!

1. All Along the Watchtower
2. I Can Tell (Bo Diddley)*
3. To Ramona
4. Highway 61 Revisited
5. Don't Think Twice It's Alright

* Even the cover is from 1962
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 17d
It was exquisite. That Don’t Think Twice.
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 18d
You both have great taste.
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 18d
Totally.
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 18d
Just great!
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Tim Shorrock @timshorrock.bsky.social · 18d
Margo Price and Billy Strings ripping through a great version of Maggie's Farm just now on Farm Aid - their tribute to Bob Dylan, who played this at the first Farm Aid way back when! 🎵
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 18d
So so wonderful
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 18d
What a set from Margo Price and friends at Farm Aid!
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Henry B 🎸🖖🏻✡️🔧 @henrybernstein.bsky.social · 18d
9:22 Tonight on CNN! Save our Farmers!
#FarmAid
FARM AID SEPTEMBER 20, 2025 | MINNEAPOLIS, MN = BOB DYLAN
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Roberta Rakove @rmrakove.bsky.social · 18d
So good.
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