Sally James
@jamesian.bsky.social
Science journalist. Yoga teacher. I'm an "indirect cost" writing for researchers at times.
More at https://seattlesciencewriter.com
More at https://seattlesciencewriter.com
Insightful take on using #AI for medicine from Gilles Frydman. He criticizes a recent @nature.com story, calling most results in accurate. Frydman argues that careful searching, and re-engineering the #AI, can make it more accurate.
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#patientsuseai #genailiteracy #healthai | Gilles Frydman | 11 comments
Last week I analyzed the Nature Medicine study testing LLMs as medical assistants. The headline: accuracy collapsed from 94.9% to under 34.5% when real people used the models.
I argued that's a workf...
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February 15, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Insightful take on using #AI for medicine from Gilles Frydman. He criticizes a recent @nature.com story, calling most results in accurate. Frydman argues that careful searching, and re-engineering the #AI, can make it more accurate.
www.linkedin.com/posts/gilles...
www.linkedin.com/posts/gilles...
All the more reason to March for #Science March 7th. @standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social
"...the administration is essentially saying that the vast majority of scientists around the world are wrong and that a hotter planet is not the menace that decades of research shows it to be.
It’s a rejection of fact that had been accepted for decades by presidents of both parties..."
Gift link.
It’s a rejection of fact that had been accepted for decades by presidents of both parties..."
Gift link.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
All the more reason to March for #Science March 7th. @standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social
Something #valentines about a Little Free Library painted red with "More than Two" a guide to #polyamory in it. #Seattle
February 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Something #valentines about a Little Free Library painted red with "More than Two" a guide to #polyamory in it. #Seattle
Hey @nswa.bsky.social @spjwash.bsky.social #journalism, #science
Ready for #standupforscience? @sufsseattle.bsky.social
🧪🧪 Speakers last year included @irahyman.bsky.social
Details to come.
Ready for #standupforscience? @sufsseattle.bsky.social
🧪🧪 Speakers last year included @irahyman.bsky.social
Details to come.
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Hey @nswa.bsky.social @spjwash.bsky.social #journalism, #science
Ready for #standupforscience? @sufsseattle.bsky.social
🧪🧪 Speakers last year included @irahyman.bsky.social
Details to come.
Ready for #standupforscience? @sufsseattle.bsky.social
🧪🧪 Speakers last year included @irahyman.bsky.social
Details to come.
Who thinks "raft of coots" might be good name for elder Rock band. #birding #seattle @uwurban.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Who thinks "raft of coots" might be good name for elder Rock band. #birding #seattle @uwurban.bsky.social
Reposted by Sally James
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
#Seattle author Paul Loeb asks the #seahawks to think wider than the game of football. @minakimes.bsky.social
#minneapolis #civilrights
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seah...
#minneapolis #civilrights
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seah...
Seahawks, take a stand for Minneapolis | Op-Ed
How about talking to the nation when all eyes will be on the Super Bowl, by stating that it’s not OK for government agents to shoot people on a whim?
www.seattletimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM
#Seattle author Paul Loeb asks the #seahawks to think wider than the game of football. @minakimes.bsky.social
#minneapolis #civilrights
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seah...
#minneapolis #civilrights
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seah...
Reposted by Sally James
Beautiful tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram).
This street art piece is located right outside the Swedish Medical Center (First Hill Campus) in Seattle, Washington. 💔
This street art piece is located right outside the Swedish Medical Center (First Hill Campus) in Seattle, Washington. 💔
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Beautiful tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram).
This street art piece is located right outside the Swedish Medical Center (First Hill Campus) in Seattle, Washington. 💔
This street art piece is located right outside the Swedish Medical Center (First Hill Campus) in Seattle, Washington. 💔
Reposted by Sally James
SPJ strongly condemns today’s arrest of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and Georgia Fort in connection with their reporting on a Jan. 18 demonstration at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
🔗 Read the full statement: bit.ly/4rrqYAQ
🔗 Read the full statement: bit.ly/4rrqYAQ
January 30, 2026 at 7:09 PM
SPJ strongly condemns today’s arrest of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and Georgia Fort in connection with their reporting on a Jan. 18 demonstration at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
🔗 Read the full statement: bit.ly/4rrqYAQ
🔗 Read the full statement: bit.ly/4rrqYAQ
A beautiful tribute to Bill Foege from @madhupai.bsky.social
#PublicHealth #SocialJustice #GlobalHealth
#PublicHealth #SocialJustice #GlobalHealth
My tribue to Dr Bill Foege and the lessons we can learn from his inspiring life
Lessons From William H. Foege, A Global Health Legend
@forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Lessons From William H. Foege, A Global Health Legend
@forbes.com
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 PM
"Lay Your Burden Down" is an interactive art project at @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social (Asian Art building at Volunteer Park). #fabric #community #art
Created by Carina A Del Rosario cadelrosario.com/about
youtu.be/mGrY_Pg_FrM?...
Created by Carina A Del Rosario cadelrosario.com/about
youtu.be/mGrY_Pg_FrM?...
Seattle Asian Art Museum exhibit is a communal act of care
YouTube video by king5evening
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January 22, 2026 at 6:19 PM
"Lay Your Burden Down" is an interactive art project at @seattleartmuseum.bsky.social (Asian Art building at Volunteer Park). #fabric #community #art
Created by Carina A Del Rosario cadelrosario.com/about
youtu.be/mGrY_Pg_FrM?...
Created by Carina A Del Rosario cadelrosario.com/about
youtu.be/mGrY_Pg_FrM?...
Science is vital, and local news is the lifeblood of democracy. So let's support and give awards for local #science #journalism.
Enter this award by Jan 31. Share with your networks.
#SciWri26
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Enter this award by Jan 31. Share with your networks.
#SciWri26
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The Victor K. McElheny Award for Local and Regional Science Journalism | Sally James
Science is vital, local news is the lifeblood of democracy and if you are a journalist covering local science, please enter this award contest.
#journalism #localnews #science #award
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January 21, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Science is vital, and local news is the lifeblood of democracy. So let's support and give awards for local #science #journalism.
Enter this award by Jan 31. Share with your networks.
#SciWri26
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Enter this award by Jan 31. Share with your networks.
#SciWri26
www.linkedin.com/posts/jamesi...
Huge thanks to @compatibilism.bsky.social for shepherding "best of NW" awards from @nswa.bsky.social
Congrats to winners: @seannealon.bsky.social for #Klamath dam removal story + Jes Burns for #magnetic #medicine story on endometriosis
🧪 #science #writing #communication #nonprofit
Congrats to winners: @seannealon.bsky.social for #Klamath dam removal story + Jes Burns for #magnetic #medicine story on endometriosis
🧪 #science #writing #communication #nonprofit
January 15, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Huge thanks to @compatibilism.bsky.social for shepherding "best of NW" awards from @nswa.bsky.social
Congrats to winners: @seannealon.bsky.social for #Klamath dam removal story + Jes Burns for #magnetic #medicine story on endometriosis
🧪 #science #writing #communication #nonprofit
Congrats to winners: @seannealon.bsky.social for #Klamath dam removal story + Jes Burns for #magnetic #medicine story on endometriosis
🧪 #science #writing #communication #nonprofit
Congrats to @docsirianni.bsky.social for comment today on @npr.org that cuts to #science threaten all our #🧪children, + grandchildren.
They may read "Ada Twist, Scientist" as 5-year-olds, but the #STEM damage may not support their dreams.
(Author of Ada is @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social )
They may read "Ada Twist, Scientist" as 5-year-olds, but the #STEM damage may not support their dreams.
(Author of Ada is @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social )
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Congrats to @docsirianni.bsky.social for comment today on @npr.org that cuts to #science threaten all our #🧪children, + grandchildren.
They may read "Ada Twist, Scientist" as 5-year-olds, but the #STEM damage may not support their dreams.
(Author of Ada is @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social )
They may read "Ada Twist, Scientist" as 5-year-olds, but the #STEM damage may not support their dreams.
(Author of Ada is @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social )
In stupidest reason to get a red pill divorce I have ever heard, a friend's daughter has left a man who got mad at her for not making a hot breakfast every morning. They both have full time jobs, but he pitched a fit about cereal so now he is single. She's fine, but we are undone by the ridiculous
January 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Reposted by Sally James
That we're in a place, at a time, when someone has to write this headline, this article — it's almost unfathomable. Please do read @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social's take. www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/m...
Medical schools must prepare tomorrow’s doctors for yesterday’s diseases
Medical schools must now prepare tomorrow’s doctors for yesterday’s diseases.
www.statnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
That we're in a place, at a time, when someone has to write this headline, this article — it's almost unfathomable. Please do read @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social's take. www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/m...
Dear #entomology,
If we dont really have "winter" here in #PNW, what impact on insects?
We have not had 5 nights with #freeze here in greater Puget Sound yet.
#fleas #mosquitoes
@bug-gwen.bsky.social @burkemuseum.bsky.social
If we dont really have "winter" here in #PNW, what impact on insects?
We have not had 5 nights with #freeze here in greater Puget Sound yet.
#fleas #mosquitoes
@bug-gwen.bsky.social @burkemuseum.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Dear #entomology,
If we dont really have "winter" here in #PNW, what impact on insects?
We have not had 5 nights with #freeze here in greater Puget Sound yet.
#fleas #mosquitoes
@bug-gwen.bsky.social @burkemuseum.bsky.social
If we dont really have "winter" here in #PNW, what impact on insects?
We have not had 5 nights with #freeze here in greater Puget Sound yet.
#fleas #mosquitoes
@bug-gwen.bsky.social @burkemuseum.bsky.social
Thanks to sponsors of our nonprofit @nswa.bsky.social #science #facts
Including: @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @geekwire.com @oregonstate.edu @outrider.org @alleninstitute.org
@kavlifoundation.org
Parse Biosciences, Kuwana Consulting, Message Lab + @seattlechildrens.org
Including: @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @geekwire.com @oregonstate.edu @outrider.org @alleninstitute.org
@kavlifoundation.org
Parse Biosciences, Kuwana Consulting, Message Lab + @seattlechildrens.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Thanks to sponsors of our nonprofit @nswa.bsky.social #science #facts
Including: @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @geekwire.com @oregonstate.edu @outrider.org @alleninstitute.org
@kavlifoundation.org
Parse Biosciences, Kuwana Consulting, Message Lab + @seattlechildrens.org
Including: @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
@uwmedicine.bsky.social @geekwire.com @oregonstate.edu @outrider.org @alleninstitute.org
@kavlifoundation.org
Parse Biosciences, Kuwana Consulting, Message Lab + @seattlechildrens.org
Apply to become a "scholar or artist" in residence at @townhallseattle.bsky.social
My 2023 fellowship was a huge highlight in my writing life. You can apply without knowing exactly how your 2 events will unfold! Be bold.
#writing #journalism #curator #community
townhallseattle.org/residencies/...
My 2023 fellowship was a huge highlight in my writing life. You can apply without knowing exactly how your 2 events will unfold! Be bold.
#writing #journalism #curator #community
townhallseattle.org/residencies/...
Residencies at Town Hall Seattle
Town Hall’s Residency program offers local Artists or Scholars a paid opportunity to nourish their creative disciplines and engage with Town Hall programs and collaborate with our programming team to ...
townhallseattle.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Apply to become a "scholar or artist" in residence at @townhallseattle.bsky.social
My 2023 fellowship was a huge highlight in my writing life. You can apply without knowing exactly how your 2 events will unfold! Be bold.
#writing #journalism #curator #community
townhallseattle.org/residencies/...
My 2023 fellowship was a huge highlight in my writing life. You can apply without knowing exactly how your 2 events will unfold! Be bold.
#writing #journalism #curator #community
townhallseattle.org/residencies/...
Reposted by Sally James
ICE’s budget now rivals the militaries of nations around the world and that money is building an enormous domestic surveillance machine. Learn about the surveillance tactics they’re using and how you can protect yourself and your community. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree
We need to have a hard look at the surveillance industry. It is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, and it continues to be used by aspiring autocrats to
www.eff.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
ICE’s budget now rivals the militaries of nations around the world and that money is building an enormous domestic surveillance machine. Learn about the surveillance tactics they’re using and how you can protect yourself and your community. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Enter this. The come to #SciWri26 in Corvallis, #oregon in the fall for @sciencewriters.org conference and see (or be) winner.
The Science in Society Journalism Awards & Excellence in Institutional Writing Awards are open until Feb 1. If you're reflecting upon your own work, or have been moved by the work of another, please consider submitting to the awards.
www.nasw.org/article/subm...
#SciWriAwards @sciencewriters.org
www.nasw.org/article/subm...
#SciWriAwards @sciencewriters.org
Submit by Feb. 1: Entries open for NASW’s annual awards
Each year, the #SciWriAwards recognize some of the best works in science journalism and science writing, as judged by fellow science journalists and science writers. Deadline to enter is Feb. 1, 2026.
www.nasw.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Enter this. The come to #SciWri26 in Corvallis, #oregon in the fall for @sciencewriters.org conference and see (or be) winner.
Reposted by Sally James
Washington state is continuing to recommend 16 vaccines for children and adolescents, in line with the schedule recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The feds just overhauled the childhood vaccine schedule. WA is sticking with the old one
Washington state is continuing to recommend 16 vaccines for children and adolescents, in line with the schedule recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
www.kuow.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Washington state is continuing to recommend 16 vaccines for children and adolescents, in line with the schedule recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
My Tiny Love Story made it into @nytimes.com on New Year's Day. (I'm not the 1st on this digest, but the second)
#family #chaos #holiday #glass
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/s...
#family #chaos #holiday #glass
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/s...
Tiny Love Stories: ‘Am I Too Old to Experience Butterflies?’
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
My Tiny Love Story made it into @nytimes.com on New Year's Day. (I'm not the 1st on this digest, but the second)
#family #chaos #holiday #glass
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/s...
#family #chaos #holiday #glass
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/s...