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Benjamin Ryan

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🔬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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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 8d

Republicans seek deep cuts to HIV prevention and treatment funding

Cuts proposed by the Trump administration and House Republicans could drive up new HIV cases by more than 200,000 by 2030, one expert projects, I report for @nbcnews.com.

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Republicans seek deep cuts to HIV prevention and treatment funding

Cuts proposed by the Trump administration and House Republicans could drive up new HIV cases by more than 200,000 by 2030, one expert projects.

www.nbcnews.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 8h

What will the new Adam O'Neal–hosted WaPo opinions podcast sound like for the next few decades? Maybe a little something like this x.com/WashPostComm...

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 12h

This is 2023 data.

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 12h

I’d also like to see this broken down by what articles related to causes of death people click on most eagerly. Cancer: probably not a hot topic!

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 18h

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 1d

In what way did he dox someone?

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 1d

In what sense?

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky’s head of trust and safety explains why they can’t factor off-site behavior into demands for suspending Bluesky accounts. People are not happy. They want Jesse Singal kicked off because he posted screenshots on X of Alejandra Caraballo’s Bluesky posts. They think this is harassment.

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 1d

People often ask why we don’t act on off-platform evidence when investigating reports. Here’s an example of how complex that can get. 1/9

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Posting something someone said is not harassment.

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

If you think GLAAD is an arbiter of truth I can’t help you.

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Funny, because she evades my block of her to post my posts all the time.

Things she has said:

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Benjamin Ryan on X: "As usual, Alejandra Caraballo, an activist and clinical instructor at @Harvard Law School, is incapable of mentioning me without making demonstrably false claims. It is very easy to find references I have made to the extraordinarily long GIDS waiting list. https://t.co/csSvqr6m8c" / X

As usual, Alejandra Caraballo, an activist and clinical instructor at @Harvard Law School, is incapable of mentioning me without making demonstrably false claims. It is very easy to find references I have made to the extraordinarily long GIDS waiting list. https://t.co/csSvqr6m8c

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Because he posted what Caraballo said on Bluesky?

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Such a great book.

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

That’s not what she said. She is complaining that I routinely post the things she says on X. And then she makes stuff up about me as she usually does.

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, posting the unhinged things someone has said is not harassment.

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, reposted her own words is not harassment.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

If Kramer vs. Kramer were made today, Ted Kramer would have started and monetized a single-dad blog by the fourth day he had to take care of his kid and Joanna would have come back from Cal. to NYC for meetings with publishers who bid on her manuscript about emotional labor. I would watch.

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 3d

What behavior of Singal’s is Jay excusing?

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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 3d

oh god, Dollar Store Jesse Singal (Ben Ryan) is over here being a snivelling little apologist for Original Jesse Singal. Recommend blocking @benryanwriter.bsky.social immediately.

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Caraballo has instigated countless harassment campaigns against people, for what it’s worth. She’s the reason I have a service that scrubs the internet of my personal info. For her to claim that anyone else should be punished for posting her own words is rich.

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Caraballo has one of the biggest accounts on here. Quote tweeting her is not harassment.

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 3d

How did Jay rewrite the TOS to protect Singal?

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Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 3d

So sharing what people post on here is against the rules?

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Can you point to a thing he’s posted on Bluesky that would warrant his expulsion?

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks!

Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter.bsky.social · 3d

How does his history with trans people translate into an imperative to kick him off BS?

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