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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 21d

Re-introducing myself 👋

I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter, where I cover politics as it relates to disability. I am also chronically ill/disabled myself.

You can get in contact with me at [email protected] or via Signal: juliametraux.49

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CNN @cnn.com · 4h

CNN Exclusive: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on Speaker Johnson to bring the House back to DC and rails on the GOP's handling of health care.

‘Everyone’s just getting destroyed’: MTG calls on Johnson to bring House back to DC and rails on GOP handling of health care | CNN Politics

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broke sharply with her party leaders on Wednesday as they tried to project a united front in the deepening standoff with Democrats over health care and the government s...

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 4h

Also for more Lucky photos, here is his Insta www.instagram.com/1000daysoflu...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, I need more coping skills, lol. But Lucky helps.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 4h

My mental health is literally only held together by me FaceTiming him.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 4h

Here's a photo of Lucky when he was a baby for everyone's mental health purposes

A small white fluffy puppy taking a snooze.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 6h

I was traveling to DC the day Covid vax became available in CA...but still got it within the week (Covid vax + flu).

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 6h

I made sure my immediate family got the updated Covid vax this year before the ACIP meeting just in case it was restricted.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 6h

Getting less acutely sick if you do get Covid is a good reason to get the Covid vaccine, even if you consider yourself to be healthy. Why feel worse when you don't have to?

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 6h

I'm team "books Covid vaccine the minute they're available" due to facts like this.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 9h

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 8h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 7h

Grateful for the chronically ill/disabled friends I may on the way.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 7h

Some people will also stop checking in on you when they realize chronic illnesses...are a chronic pain in the butt.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

People think that when you become disabled, support magically appears

That once it’s “official” you will have your basic needs met

The truth is people fight for years to get the bare minimum in benefits

Caregivers are nearly impossible to find

If you’re not rich or very lucky… you’re on your own

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 9h

"Siblings, cousins and playmates are often killed together, by an airstrike or artillery shell. Even children shot by snipers or quadcopters are sometimes brought into hospitals in groups, doctors say." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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404 Media @404media.co · 11h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Simon McGrath @simonmcg.bsky.social · 10h

There must be well over 100 ME/CFS biomarker studies, all claiming success – but none have been replicated.

And that's probably no better bet for forgetting media coverage either – it makes such a nice story (every time).

Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social · 23h

The research used to claim reliability of a ME/CFS blood test has important limitations, shown here.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Three possible confounders in a study proposing an ME/CFS blood test : sex/age, batch and inactivity/severity. Better designed studies by independent researchers are necessary.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you!

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you!

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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 10h

So much tear gas that people who aren't even protesting are getting sick when they leave their homes to run errands: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 10h

Reposts appreciated!

Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 10h

If you've fallen down inflammation-type wellness circle rabbit holes, hmu for a @motherjones.com essay I'm working on. My email is [email protected]. I can you your first name only.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 11h

I literally wouldn't be able to do my job without social media. It's how I've found most of my sources when I was starting out, and it's how I mostly still do.

Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 13h

There's a lot to be said about the evils of social media, but when it worked it was genuinely a game changer for marketing and networking. when I started as a writer I knew literally no one, and was only able to break through because I made friends on Twitter.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 12h

Me, banging out a 750-word draft right now.

a fluffy cat is sitting on a table and looking at the camera .

Alt: a fluffy cat is sitting on a table and looking at the camera .

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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 17h

Reupping this — I’m still looking for folks to talk to!

Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 1d

Are rising prices and inflation eating into your or a loved one’s Social Security payments? Want to talk about it with a reporter for a news article? DM or email sluterman at 19thnews dot org.

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 17h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

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