Ellen Kuwana, MS (#SciComm #SfN25)
@ellenkuwana.bsky.social
Science & medical writer/editor. Public speaker, mentor, coach. Expert on APA, plain language. Past-Pres NW Science Writers Assoc. Interested in editing, ethics, AI, chocolate. If I've helped you, thank me with a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/ellenkuw
“U.S. Border Patrol agents detained multiple people with work permits and American citizenship in the agency's "Catahoula Crunch" immigration sweeps so far, according to immigrant rights groups and attorneys representing one detainee.”
Citizens, permit holders detained in New Orleans immigration sweeps, attorneys and advocates say
"They’re not focusing on particular people, they're focusing on particular traits," said attorney Homero López, a former immigration judge. "Those traits tend to be physical in nature.”
www.nola.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Mike Johnson says the GOP healthcare plan will be announced in about two weeks.
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Mike Johnson says the GOP healthcare plan will be announced in about two weeks.
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Rolling Stone: clearly documents a 30+ year long con job. A rural county's own leadership lined their pockets by helping ag interests destroy the water supply.
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Rolling Stone: clearly documents a 30+ year long con job. A rural county's own leadership lined their pockets by helping ag interests destroy the water supply.
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Everyone who read the article apparently??: Amazon data centers did this in 2011
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.
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If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.
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Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
Reposted by Ellen Kuwana, MS (#SciComm #SfN25)
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
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It's a campaign of terror.
Her terror (and the terror of entire communities, forced into hiding) is not incidental.
It is a product they are manufacturing, a key part of the spectacle for their intended audience.
Which is the terrorized, but also the terror consumers.
Her terror (and the terror of entire communities, forced into hiding) is not incidental.
It is a product they are manufacturing, a key part of the spectacle for their intended audience.
Which is the terrorized, but also the terror consumers.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It's a campaign of terror.
Her terror (and the terror of entire communities, forced into hiding) is not incidental.
It is a product they are manufacturing, a key part of the spectacle for their intended audience.
Which is the terrorized, but also the terror consumers.
Her terror (and the terror of entire communities, forced into hiding) is not incidental.
It is a product they are manufacturing, a key part of the spectacle for their intended audience.
Which is the terrorized, but also the terror consumers.
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This is the entirety of his bio on the official Vandy roster
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is the entirety of his bio on the official Vandy roster
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To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
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‘Abbott Elementary’ star Quinta Brunson launches fund to provide free field trips to thousands of Philly students
‘Abbott Elementary’ star Quinta Brunson launches fund to provide free field trips to thousands of Philly students
“Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson is teaming up with the School District of Philadelphia to create a fund to provide free school trips to students.
www.phillytrib.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
‘Abbott Elementary’ star Quinta Brunson launches fund to provide free field trips to thousands of Philly students
wow, that’s bad
I cannot convey to you the sheer fucking weirdness of Olivia Nuzzi's book.
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
wow, that’s bad
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people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
I just said this (in different words) today at a talk I gave at a state agency! #GenAI
YAY SOMEONE GETS IT
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I just said this (in different words) today at a talk I gave at a state agency! #GenAI
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
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Doodling, drowsiness and a conspicuous misspelling highlight Trump’s last Cabinet meeting of 2025
Doodling, drowsiness and a conspicuous misspelling highlight Trump’s last Cabinet meeting of 2025
The proceedings Tuesday didn't outlast Trump's August Cabinet meeting, which stretched on for more than three hours.
www.1011now.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Doodling, drowsiness and a conspicuous misspelling highlight Trump’s last Cabinet meeting of 2025
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"In the With Love, Meghan festive special, the Duchess of Sussex subjects crackers to psychoanalysis and makes broccoli into a wreath" | ✍️ Hilary Rose
With Love, Meghan review: Christmas special is more than we deserve
In the With Love, Meghan festive special, the Duchess of Sussex subjects crackers to psychoanalysis and makes broccoli into a wreath. By Hilary Rose
www.thetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"In the With Love, Meghan festive special, the Duchess of Sussex subjects crackers to psychoanalysis and makes broccoli into a wreath" | ✍️ Hilary Rose
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There is no such thing as a ‘preventive MRI.’ This is not a thing.
When something that doesn’t exist gets done anyway, it’s reasonable to ask: what was the real reason? 🤔
When something that doesn’t exist gets done anyway, it’s reasonable to ask: what was the real reason? 🤔
White House Releases Trump's MRI Report
Imaging of heart and abdomen was 'preventive,' White House doctor says
www.medpagetoday.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
There is no such thing as a ‘preventive MRI.’ This is not a thing.
When something that doesn’t exist gets done anyway, it’s reasonable to ask: what was the real reason? 🤔
When something that doesn’t exist gets done anyway, it’s reasonable to ask: what was the real reason? 🤔
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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Nearly every metric economists use to determine the strength of the economy “is somewhere between moderately concerning” and “virtually stagnant,” said Ben Harris, vice president and director of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution.
https://to.pbs.org/4pctkmc
https://to.pbs.org/4pctkmc
From 'moderately concerning' to 'virtually stagnant.' 4 measures economists use to make sense of this moment
Nearly every metric economists use to determine the strength of the economy “is somewhere between moderately concerning” and “virtually stagnant,” said economic expert Ben Harris.
www.pbs.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Nearly every metric economists use to determine the strength of the economy “is somewhere between moderately concerning” and “virtually stagnant,” said Ben Harris, vice president and director of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution.
https://to.pbs.org/4pctkmc
https://to.pbs.org/4pctkmc
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like big tobacco funding cancer research
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
like big tobacco funding cancer research
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
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Back on my soapbox: Mandatory return-to-office 5 days a week is the kind of policy you implement to cover up for leadership skills issues (& to recoup real estate costs.)
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Back on my soapbox: Mandatory return-to-office 5 days a week is the kind of policy you implement to cover up for leadership skills issues (& to recoup real estate costs.)