Benjamin Ryan
@benryanwriter.bsky.social
🔬Health & science reporter: New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NBC News, The Guardian, NY Sun, The Nation, NY Post. http://www.benryan.net 🔹 https://benryan.substack.com 🔹Columbia grad🔹
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Final Trump Administration Report Sharply Questions Benefits of Medical Gender Care for Kids: Newly Identified Authors Criticize Poor Scientific Evidence
The nine coauthors, all known as at least skeptical of such treatments, will now likely face intense scrutiny from transgender activists.
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Final Trump Administration Report Sharply Questions Benefits of Medical Gender Care for Kids: Newly Identified Authors Criticize Poor Scientific Evidence
The nine coauthors will now likely face intense scrutiny from transgender activists.
www.nysun.com/article/fina...
The nine coauthors will now likely face intense scrutiny from transgender activists.
www.nysun.com/article/fina...
Alejandra Caraballo: “We need to hold people to account, we need to hold systems to account, but try to be kinder to people.”
Also Caraballo:
On a NYT reporter’s work: “absolutely disgusting.”
On me: “He seriously needs help.”
On Simon Bazelon, Deciding to Win author: “legacy student nepo baby.”
Also Caraballo:
On a NYT reporter’s work: “absolutely disgusting.”
On me: “He seriously needs help.”
On Simon Bazelon, Deciding to Win author: “legacy student nepo baby.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Alejandra Caraballo: “We need to hold people to account, we need to hold systems to account, but try to be kinder to people.”
Also Caraballo:
On a NYT reporter’s work: “absolutely disgusting.”
On me: “He seriously needs help.”
On Simon Bazelon, Deciding to Win author: “legacy student nepo baby.”
Also Caraballo:
On a NYT reporter’s work: “absolutely disgusting.”
On me: “He seriously needs help.”
On Simon Bazelon, Deciding to Win author: “legacy student nepo baby.”
“They’re overplaying their hand,” Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo says of the Trump administration’s actions toward trans people, in a lengthy interview on PBS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rhy...
PBS News Hour full episode, Nov. 24, 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
“They’re overplaying their hand,” Harvard Law School clinical instructor and trans activist Alejandra Caraballo says of the Trump administration’s actions toward trans people, in a lengthy interview on PBS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rhy...
NEWS: Judge Tosses Criminal Charges Against James Comey and Letitia James
A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, on Monday.
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A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, on Monday.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Criminal Case Dismissed Against Former F.B.I. Chief Comey
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November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NEWS: Judge Tosses Criminal Charges Against James Comey and Letitia James
A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, on Monday.
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A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, on Monday.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
VACCINE NEWS: A pair of Cochrane Review papers provide the strongest evidence to date that the HPV vaccine is very safe and highly effective.
Girls who are vaccinated before age 16 have an 80 percent lower risk of cervical cancer.
Girls who are vaccinated before age 16 have an 80 percent lower risk of cervical cancer.
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
VACCINE NEWS: A pair of Cochrane Review papers provide the strongest evidence to date that the HPV vaccine is very safe and highly effective.
Girls who are vaccinated before age 16 have an 80 percent lower risk of cervical cancer.
Girls who are vaccinated before age 16 have an 80 percent lower risk of cervical cancer.
In his book Cis White Gay, @benappel.bsky.social , who grew up in a religious cult, was involved in an AA program that was run like a cult, and then went to Columbia and then an MFA program in his 30s, reflects on his academic experiences:
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
In his book Cis White Gay, @benappel.bsky.social , who grew up in a religious cult, was involved in an AA program that was run like a cult, and then went to Columbia and then an MFA program in his 30s, reflects on his academic experiences:
Calvin gives Diane her Saturday morning kisses.
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Calvin gives Diane her Saturday morning kisses.
Breaking: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she has had it and will leave Congress on Jan. 5, 2026.
“I believe in term limits and do not believe that Congress should be a lifelong career or an assisted living facility,” she says.
“I believe in term limits and do not believe that Congress should be a lifelong career or an assisted living facility,” she says.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Breaking: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she has had it and will leave Congress on Jan. 5, 2026.
“I believe in term limits and do not believe that Congress should be a lifelong career or an assisted living facility,” she says.
“I believe in term limits and do not believe that Congress should be a lifelong career or an assisted living facility,” she says.
BREAKING: UK's NHS to Launch Long-Awaited Puberty Blocker Trial
The trial will randomize 226 gender-incongruent youths under age 16 to receive puberty blockers immediately or on a one-year delay and will follow them for two years post-randomization.
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The trial will randomize 226 gender-incongruent youths under age 16 to receive puberty blockers immediately or on a one-year delay and will follow them for two years post-randomization.
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UK's NHS to Launch Long-Awaited Puberty Blocker Trial
The trial will randomize 226 gender-incongruent youths under age 16 to receive puberty blockers immediately or on a one-year delay and will follow them for two years post-randomization.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
BREAKING: UK's NHS to Launch Long-Awaited Puberty Blocker Trial
The trial will randomize 226 gender-incongruent youths under age 16 to receive puberty blockers immediately or on a one-year delay and will follow them for two years post-randomization.
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The trial will randomize 226 gender-incongruent youths under age 16 to receive puberty blockers immediately or on a one-year delay and will follow them for two years post-randomization.
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Can TX go blue?
It’s official!
I just filed to run for the US Senate.
It’s time to take power back for working people.
I just filed to run for the US Senate.
It’s time to take power back for working people.
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Can TX go blue?
Surgical trainees have worse dexterity these days because kids aren’t doing crafts with their hands much anymore. All those hours I spent cutting photos out of magazines could’ve set me up for quite the surgical career.
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Surgical trainees have worse dexterity these days because kids aren’t doing crafts with their hands much anymore. All those hours I spent cutting photos out of magazines could’ve set me up for quite the surgical career.
Debunking podcaster Michael Hobbes insists that Yuval Noah Harari, a professor in the Department of History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, consulted no research in preparation for writing Sapiens: a Brief History of Mankind—a book with 21 pages of footnotes.
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Debunking podcaster Michael Hobbes insists that Yuval Noah Harari, a professor in the Department of History at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, consulted no research in preparation for writing Sapiens: a Brief History of Mankind—a book with 21 pages of footnotes.
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Former Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino has turned to podcasting to tell her story since losing tenure and leaving Harvard after being accused of manipulating data.
Evan H.C. Epstein and Graham W. Lee report.
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Evan H.C. Epstein and Graham W. Lee report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
‘In Defense of Francesca Gino’: HLS Professor Lawrence Lessig Uses Podcast to Tell Former HBS Professor’s Side in Tenure Denial Story | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino, together with Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig, have turned to podcasting to tell her story since her tenure was revoked last…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Former Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino has turned to podcasting to tell her story since losing tenure and leaving Harvard after being accused of manipulating data.
Evan H.C. Epstein and Graham W. Lee report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Evan H.C. Epstein and Graham W. Lee report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Final Trump Administration Report Sharply Questions Benefits of Medical Gender Care for Kids: Newly Identified Authors Criticize Poor Scientific Evidence
The nine coauthors will now likely face intense scrutiny from transgender activists.
www.nysun.com/article/fina...
The nine coauthors will now likely face intense scrutiny from transgender activists.
www.nysun.com/article/fina...
Final Trump Administration Report Sharply Questions Benefits of Medical Gender Care for Kids: Newly Identified Authors Criticize Poor Scientific Evidence
The nine coauthors, all known as at least skeptical of such treatments, will now likely face intense scrutiny from transgender activists.
www.nysun.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Final Trump Administration Report Sharply Questions Benefits of Medical Gender Care for Kids: Newly Identified Authors Criticize Poor Scientific Evidence
The nine coauthors will now likely face intense scrutiny from transgender activists.
www.nysun.com/article/fina...
The nine coauthors will now likely face intense scrutiny from transgender activists.
www.nysun.com/article/fina...
Unmasked At Last: The 9 Authors of the Trump Administration Report On Pediatric Gender Medicine. So Who Are They?
The authors, all of were finally revealed today after HHS published the final, peer-reviewed version of the controversial report on this field.
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The authors, all of were finally revealed today after HHS published the final, peer-reviewed version of the controversial report on this field.
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Unmasked At Last: The 9 Authors of the Trump Administration Report On Pediatric Gender Medicine. So Who Are They?
The authors, all of them skeptics or opponents of pediatric gender medicine, were finally revealed today after HHS published the final, peer-reviewed version of the controversial report on this field.
benryan.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Unmasked At Last: The 9 Authors of the Trump Administration Report On Pediatric Gender Medicine. So Who Are They?
The authors, all of were finally revealed today after HHS published the final, peer-reviewed version of the controversial report on this field.
benryan.substack.com/p/unmasked-a...
The authors, all of were finally revealed today after HHS published the final, peer-reviewed version of the controversial report on this field.
benryan.substack.com/p/unmasked-a...
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"Greene presents an interesting test case. She is no establishment politician. She never wore MAGA like a skinsuit. She's lived and breathed it for her entire political career. Will this give her the antibodies she needs to withstand this sort of attack?" www.thebulwark.com/p/mtg-won-th...
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Greene presents an interesting test case. She is no establishment politician. She never wore MAGA like a skinsuit. She's lived and breathed it for her entire political career. Will this give her the antibodies she needs to withstand this sort of attack?" www.thebulwark.com/p/mtg-won-th...
As Rights Are Taken Away, a Transgender Trailblazer Seeks Refuge Abroad
Robyn McCutcheon, the first American diplomat to come out as trans, helped to shape personnel and foreign policy at the State Department. The country she served doesn’t feel like home anymore.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Robyn McCutcheon, the first American diplomat to come out as trans, helped to shape personnel and foreign policy at the State Department. The country she served doesn’t feel like home anymore.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
As Rights Are Taken Away, a Transgender Trailblazer Seeks Refuge Abroad
Robyn McCutcheon, the first American diplomat to come out as trans, helped to shape personnel and foreign policy at the State Department. The country she served doesn’t feel like home anymore.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Robyn McCutcheon, the first American diplomat to come out as trans, helped to shape personnel and foreign policy at the State Department. The country she served doesn’t feel like home anymore.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
I’ve only just learned that Bach wrote a mini comic opera about a man’s dismay over his teenage daughter’s immodest consumption of coffee, known as The Coffee Cantata.
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Chamber Music Society on Instagram: "Did you know that Bach wrote a mini-opera about coffee? Hear the “Coffee Cantata” and other Bach vocal gems on Dec. 9 at CMS."
7 likes, 0 comments - chambermusicsociety on November 17, 2025: "Did you know that Bach wrote a mini-opera about coffee? Hear the “Coffee Cantata” and other Bach vocal gems on Dec. 9 at CMS.".
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November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I’ve only just learned that Bach wrote a mini comic opera about a man’s dismay over his teenage daughter’s immodest consumption of coffee, known as The Coffee Cantata.
www.instagram.com/p/DRKsd-EDOt...
www.instagram.com/p/DRKsd-EDOt...
Opening night of Chess on Broadway.
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Opening night of Chess on Broadway.
What Gen Z will never understand about the 80s and 90s is that there were people with affected British accents who used to drive around in Rolls Royces, pull up beside cars at stop lights, roll down the window, and imperiously demand jars of white-wine mustard.
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
What Gen Z will never understand about the 80s and 90s is that there were people with affected British accents who used to drive around in Rolls Royces, pull up beside cars at stop lights, roll down the window, and imperiously demand jars of white-wine mustard.
The Pope and I share a love of Ordinary People.
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Pope and I share a love of Ordinary People.
The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles predicts that “within 50 years” gay marriage will no longer be legal in the US.
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles predicts that “within 50 years” gay marriage will no longer be legal in the US.
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
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November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, had asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
A father reckons with his child’s transformation, and with his own.
By James Marcus
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
By James Marcus
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Who My Child Was and Would Be
When Nat transitioned, I learned that when someone you love changes, you change, too.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A father reckons with his child’s transformation, and with his own.
By James Marcus
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
By James Marcus
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
In five days, a GoFundMe launched by one of the six Teen Vogue staffers laid off last week has raised nearly $40,000 for the sextet.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In five days, a GoFundMe launched by one of the six Teen Vogue staffers laid off last week has raised nearly $40,000 for the sextet.
I’m trying to teach Calvin to play Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 on the air harpsichord. We’ve got some work to do on his tempo and phrasing. But I think he’s really coming along in some of the heavier cadences.
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I’m trying to teach Calvin to play Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 on the air harpsichord. We’ve got some work to do on his tempo and phrasing. But I think he’s really coming along in some of the heavier cadences.