Science journalist, past president of NASW. Quiet here, words on BlueSky, art on Insta. She/her.
Albany, NY
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NEW: @CDCgov updated its measles death tally again. Now it shows 2 measles deaths for 2026. Pennsylvania has reported 4 measles-associated deaths.
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I love this idea - honoring your competitors in that sense that we're all in this together. Whether education beat or any other beat.
Each year, The 74’s staff highlights stories from other outlets we wish we’d written, like @IowaPublicRadio’s @npaseka’s thoughtful examination of Midwest districts’ experiments with four-day school weeks. See the full list here the74million.org/article/the…
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A maddening experience characterized by hatefulness, intimidation and stupidity. This man was separated from his family by a homophobic agent; told he has no rights as a US citizen; was met with disbelief when he said his “boss” was the local board of education.
Wilmer Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, said it was a “surreal” and “dehumanizing” experience that involved being separated from his spouse, with multiple federal officials aggressively questioning him in windowless rooms without clocks. buff.ly/x3LmqRy
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Plus: Claire Hutton!
📰 Great article from the @timesunion about the Albany Alleycats’ win over the Little Rock Rangers in the inaugural @UPSLsoccer Women’s National Championship - its really nice to see newspapers covering non-NWSL soccer timesunion.com/sports/articl…
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1. OMG
2. Would that same physician (who has not been identified) also refuse to prescribe Viagra to an unwed man?
3. OMFG
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A good read:
Is artificial intelligence polluting journalism and medicine? A collection of thoughtful analyses in both professions. garyschwitzer.substack.com/p…
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Holy shit.
National Bureau of Economic Research finds approx 1.4M excess deaths among Americans 25 and older between 2020-2023 due to COVID, saving Social Security over $200 Billion.
‘Social Security financial health improved due to excess deaths, driven primarily by the premature death.’
ALT NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE EFFECT OF US COVID-19 EXCESS MORTALITY ON SOCIAL SECURITY OUTLAYS Hanke Heun-Johnson Darius Lakdawalla Julian Reif Bryan Tysinger Working Paper 33465 http://www.nber.org/papers/w33465 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 February 2025, Revised March 2025
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Yes. This.
When I worked in politics and had instant access to data there was nothing my friends loved asking more on election day than “what are you hearing?”
And now that I’m out of politics, I still get asked the question with the hopes that I’ll have internal information about campaigns, data, mood (which I do sometimes).
But let me tell you that the “what are you hearing?” question almost always produces useless answers that really don’t give you any information.
No one knows anything.
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This is a really excellent piece about what happens to the other people in a lab where someone has committed scientific fraud. thetransmitter.org/science-a…
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Such a great - and hopeful! - piece by @KateCohen92.
How far we've come (detailed in an eye-opening paragraph of all the restrictions on women's rights and freedoms in 1964, when Harris was born), and how far we have to go. wapo.st/3TTatz6
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Listening to this audiobook now. Read by @rebeccanagle, who digs in to expand the narrative behind the Indian Removal Act of 1830. It's fascinating & excruciating-such a wide range of perspectives & decisions that led to the Trail of Tears. It was messy & was never inevitable.
Today is the pub date of #ByTheFireWeCarry. I’m thinking a lot about the shoulders I stand on. My parents who have always had faith in me. The friend who celebrated milestones and coaxed me through the overwhelm. The incredible staff @HarperCollins who guided this book into being
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This is the Steve Silberman obit I've been waiting for. Thanks to @Spectrum @_TheTransmitter and especially to Emily Willingham for this.
thetransmitter.org/spectrum/…
Also: “Is it safe?” What the hell?
Fridgescaping is everywhere … except in most people’s fridges.
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Fridgescaping is everywhere … except in most people’s fridges.
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