R. Coxeter
@ruthcoxeter.bsky.social
Life science news and startups. Producer. Editor. New Yorker.
Hudson River Run.
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hudson River Run.
“Companies that offer concierge medical testing often explicitly lean into frustration with the traditional health care system in their marketing.” Reading this as I help friends and family navigate extravagant health premium increases and long waits for basic care is an interesting experience.
The Rise of the ‘Just in Case’ M.R.I.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“Companies that offer concierge medical testing often explicitly lean into frustration with the traditional health care system in their marketing.” Reading this as I help friends and family navigate extravagant health premium increases and long waits for basic care is an interesting experience.
“During the CAR-T treatment, a method developed over many decades with millions of dollars of government funding, my cousin, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was in the process of being nominated and confirmed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“During the CAR-T treatment, a method developed over many decades with millions of dollars of government funding, my cousin, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was in the process of being nominated and confirmed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
A powerful read from Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK’s granddaughter: “I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the NIH.”
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A powerful read from Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK’s granddaughter: “I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the NIH.”
Your perfect Friday biotech and beyond listen. Tom Hanks should make this movie.
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Your perfect Friday biotech and beyond listen. Tom Hanks should make this movie.
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"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
Revisiting Alison Roman’s piece on the delight and drudgery of social: “While people love to say everyone is ‘a brand’ these days, I would just like to remind everyone that no, they aren’t. They’re humans, people, individuals, and we shouldn’t feel so much pressure to behave as if that’s not true.”
Carrot Cake Is Better Cold
come for the carrot cake, stay for the existential crisis
www.alisoneroman.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Revisiting Alison Roman’s piece on the delight and drudgery of social: “While people love to say everyone is ‘a brand’ these days, I would just like to remind everyone that no, they aren’t. They’re humans, people, individuals, and we shouldn’t feel so much pressure to behave as if that’s not true.”
Pretty New York City.
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Pretty New York City.
Here for the 🐱 explainers for remarkable science: “It’s as if, instead of creating ‘a better mousetrap, they invented a cat,’ said Fyodor Urnov, a professor of molecular therapeutics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a gene editor at its Innovative Genomics Institute.”
New Gene-Editing Strategy Could Help Development of Treatments for Rare Diseases
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here for the 🐱 explainers for remarkable science: “It’s as if, instead of creating ‘a better mousetrap, they invented a cat,’ said Fyodor Urnov, a professor of molecular therapeutics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a gene editor at its Innovative Genomics Institute.”
Awkward art direction for awkward art direction sake.
Melinda French Gates and Her Daughters, Jennifer and Phoebe Gates, Give Their First-Ever Joint Interview
Melinda French Gates has long adhered to the principle, “to whom much is given, much is expected.” Her daughters are carrying that forward. “We’re not people who sit around and eat bonbons,” says Jenn...
www.vogue.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Awkward art direction for awkward art direction sake.
No pressure. “She staged it the same way she conjured her essays, novels, screenplays and memoirs, with an almost military mustering of planning and ambition.”
Joan Didion’s Thanksgiving: Dinner for 75, Reams of Notes
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
No pressure. “She staged it the same way she conjured her essays, novels, screenplays and memoirs, with an almost military mustering of planning and ambition.”
Presented in parallel.
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Presented in parallel.
“In dozens of interviews with The New York Times, Americans described using chatbots to try to compensate for the health system’s shortcomings. A self-employed woman in Wisconsin routinely asked ChatGPT whether it was safe to forgo expensive appointments.” 😶
Frustrated by the Medical System, Patients Turn to A.I.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“In dozens of interviews with The New York Times, Americans described using chatbots to try to compensate for the health system’s shortcomings. A self-employed woman in Wisconsin routinely asked ChatGPT whether it was safe to forgo expensive appointments.” 😶
From the NYT comment section: Wendy from Irvine is spot on.
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
From the NYT comment section: Wendy from Irvine is spot on.
A theatrical Central Park sunset.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A theatrical Central Park sunset.
A perfect Central Park cardinal.
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A perfect Central Park cardinal.
In the spring, Ms. Brous said she asked on the chat group if anyone was giving up something for Lent. The women didn’t miss a beat.
“The answers were, ‘Yeah, the use of my arms!’” Ms. Brous said. “‘Feeding myself.’ ‘Walking.’ ‘Talking.’”
“The answers were, ‘Yeah, the use of my arms!’” Ms. Brous said. “‘Feeding myself.’ ‘Walking.’ ‘Talking.’”
The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
In the spring, Ms. Brous said she asked on the chat group if anyone was giving up something for Lent. The women didn’t miss a beat.
“The answers were, ‘Yeah, the use of my arms!’” Ms. Brous said. “‘Feeding myself.’ ‘Walking.’ ‘Talking.’”
“The answers were, ‘Yeah, the use of my arms!’” Ms. Brous said. “‘Feeding myself.’ ‘Walking.’ ‘Talking.’”
Another gorgeous rainy day in Central Park.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Another gorgeous rainy day in Central Park.
“This should definitely be an episode of ‘Silicon Valley. Reboot the show!”
SF tech founders go to finishing school — and Garry Tan does not approve
The founders learned how to shake hands and bump caviar at Slow Ventures’ “Etiquette Finishing School.”
sfstandard.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“This should definitely be an episode of ‘Silicon Valley. Reboot the show!”
😶 PSA: Reading this op-ed is time you can’t get back.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
😶 PSA: Reading this op-ed is time you can’t get back.
“The worst advice people get when they're being interviewed is to show up with these 3 points that they're supposed to repeat over and over and over again. But the best interviews, the ones that you like the most, are the ones where it feels like the person is actually grappling with the question.”
ReThinking: The art of the interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin
Podcast Episode · Worklife with Adam Grant · 10/21/2025 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“The worst advice people get when they're being interviewed is to show up with these 3 points that they're supposed to repeat over and over and over again. But the best interviews, the ones that you like the most, are the ones where it feels like the person is actually grappling with the question.”
My kind of longevity story:“somewhere where every subject in the world can come up, and any type of person in the world might walk in.”
One Bookstore, 3 Sisters and 100 Years
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My kind of longevity story:“somewhere where every subject in the world can come up, and any type of person in the world might walk in.”
NYC Marathon Sunday countdown…
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NYC Marathon Sunday countdown…
“The vast majority (96%) of investors believe AI will have a net positive impact on worker productivity. However, only 47% of the public say AI will result in a net positive impact on productivity.”
New JUST Capital Survey Shows American Public and Investors Disagree on Key AI Issues. One Area Of Alignment? More Spending on Safety. — JUST Capital
As executives race to deploy AI's transformative potential, another urgent question looms: What do the people who determine a company's success — employees, consumers, communities, and investors — ac...
justcapital.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“The vast majority (96%) of investors believe AI will have a net positive impact on worker productivity. However, only 47% of the public say AI will result in a net positive impact on productivity.”