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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · 7d

This has been such a wild story arc.

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Exclusive | Bari Weiss to lead CBS News as part of major Paramount Skydance shakeup: sources

Weiss will report directly to Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison as she helps set the editorial direction at the third-place CBS News, a source close to the situation said.

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Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression @thefireorg.bsky.social · 28d

“Free speech is what we do instead of violence. Civilization started the day man first cast a word instead of a stone.”

We must not lose sight of this civilization-defining distinction.

🎙️: @nicoperrino.bsky.social
📺: @cnn.com

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · 28d

From: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Horrifying Assassination of Charlie Kirk

The shooting of the conservative activist is the latest act of political violence in the United States.

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · 28d

"Periods of political violence do end. But often not without shocking retrenchments of people’s freedoms or catastrophic events coming first. There’s little reason to expect that this period will end differently."

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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 28d

Migraines and other chronic headache conditions have been noted throughout human history — perhaps as far back as the Paleolithic. “The problem may be as old as our species,” Jerome Groopman writes in the @newyorker.com in a review of a new book about headaches by science journalist @tomzellerjr.com

Why Hasn’t Medical Science Cured Chronic Headaches?

More than 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from migraine and other debilitating conditions that are under-studied and often not taken seriously.

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Aug 20

@brookeborel.bsky.social and @annarothschild.bsky.social are such nimble stewards on these journeys into the thorniest questions facing science and society. Don't miss this inaugural episode of Season Two! undark.org/2025/08/20/p...

Podcast: Should We Make Viruses More Dangerous – For Science?

Kicking off Entanglements Season 2, our hosts talk to a microbiologist and a virologist about gain-of-function research.

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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · Aug 15

The role of the Psychologist in treating headache disorders.

@tomzellerjr.com, author of ‘The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Disorder’ (HarperCollins/Mariner, 2025).

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The role of the Psychologist in treating headache disorders | BPS

Tom Zeller Jr., author of ‘The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Disorder’ (HarperCollins/Mariner, 2025).

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Knight Science Journalism @ MIT @ksjatmit.bsky.social · Aug 15

"At any moment it can appear, creeping in like a shadow in some cases, ambushing like a predator in others."

"The Headache," by former KSJ Fellow and current @undark.org editor @tomzellerjr.com, gets a review in The New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Aug 17

Thank you!

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TRE - Talk Radio Europe @tre.radio · Aug 13

On Hannah Murray's TRE in the Afternoon from 16.00CET - @richardhwrote.bsky.social's 'I'm Fine: A true story of trust, betrayal and exploitation', Franny Joseph-Zywicki's 'Hump Day Happenings' - celebrity gossip, and @tomzellerjr.com's 'The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · Aug 13

Read an excerpt from “The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction – and a Search for Relief.” buff.ly/GuLxfbq

Why Do Headaches Feel So Different From Other Kinds of Pain?

Excruciating migraines and cluster attacks seem to collapse the sense of separation between body and self.

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · Aug 13

Despite being extremely common, headaches are still something of a neurological mystery. In his new book, journalist @tomzellerjr.com shares his own experience with debilitatingly painful cluster headaches, and chronicles his journey to uncover the science behind this “most confounding affliction.”

When Headaches Are Ruining Your Life, Where Can You Turn?

In “The Headache,” a science journalist documents his quest to understand his own cluster headaches.

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Aug 13

I'm the author of the book being reviewed here, and I can safely say that you are entirely correct—or at least that's one of the biggest reasons.

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Aug 13

Sorry to hear that you're going through it, Jessie. I hope the book, at the very least, confirms that you are very much not alone.

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Aug 12

Humbled to see "The Headache" receive such expansive and thoughtful coverage in ‪the @newyorker.com‬. Many thanks to Jerome Groopman -- a staff writer, physician, and migraineur himself -- for the deeply insightful read.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Why Hasn’t Medical Science Cured Chronic Headaches?

More than 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from migraine and other debilitating conditions that are under-studied and often not taken seriously.

www.newyorker.com

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Jul 30

@tomzellerjr.com explores how medical misogyny impacted the practice of neuroscience (and the treatment of migraines).

How Medical Misogyny Impacted the Treatment of Women’s Migraines

“I get ocular migraines, so they’re behind my eyes. And I can’t do anything when it’s bad. Like, even like the smallest light or the lightest noise sets me off. I wear sunglasses everywhere. It’s j…

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Jul 27

Truly an honor, @bschillace.brandyschillace.com! 🙏

Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · Jul 26

I reviewed @tomzellerjr.com upcoming book THE HEADACHE for @wsj.com —and I liked it so much that I invited him to do a podcast @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social —check out both! The review is below, and you can find the PBC pod on your fav platform! (Apple, Spotify, etc)

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

A black banner with the trace of tentacles and Peculiar Book Club Podcast at the top in white and purple. A photo of Tom with arms crossed in a gilt frame to the left and the book giver in blue and red-orange to the right WTH a human head and sparks/lines around it. Text reads Friday July 25, Tom Zeller Jr THE HEADACHE

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Jul 21

It's not news that women are often taken less seriously than men in health care settings, but the data can be eye-opening — and infuriating. From "The Headache" (amzn.to/44TeSXu).

#migraine #headache

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Jul 21

One ignores the testimony of @deborahb.bsky.social at their peril! :-)

Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · Jul 21

A shout out to my colleague @tomzellerjr.com on the launch of his smart, funny, surprising, entirely readable book about headaches. As @maryroach.bsky.social says, "required reading for anyone with a head."

The Headache

\"Required reading for anyone with a head.\"—Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and Fuzz For the many millions of headache suf...

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Jul 21

"It is not merely a headache, and it deserves our attention."

A truly wonderful review from @wsj.com for my new book, "The Headache."

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

‘The Headache’ Review: Of Migraines and Mystery

Billions of people worldwide suffer from headache disorders. Medical science continues to struggle with the difficulty of diagnosing their causes—and relieving the suffering.

www.wsj.com

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Jul 21

Thank you, friend!

Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Jun 15

Seven days left: Enter to win a free copy!

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Book giveaway for The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction―and a Search for Relief by Tom Zeller Jr. Jun 14-Jun 22, 2025

Enter to win one of 70 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Jun 14-Jun 22, 2025. Enter for a chance to win an early copy of this deeply-reported, o...

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · May 28

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Amid Turbulence, the NIH's Jay Bhattacharya Era Begins

Pandemic policies prompted his call for public health reform. But allies wonder if he can deliver it as a Trump insider.

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · May 28

"Some of Jay Bhattacharya's colleagues and supporters have struggled to square the man they know — who arrived at NIH promising to champion free speech — with the policies of the administration he serves."

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Tom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · Apr 24

Link: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-headac...

The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction-and a Search for Relief|Hardcover

"Required reading for anyone with a head."—Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Stiff and FuzzFor the many millions of headache sufferers, a deeply reported, sometimes harrowing, and...

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