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Incredibly important reporting
For months, I've been talking to providers and researchers across the country to understand how the Trump administration's immigration policies are impacting reproductive health. The story is out today in @rewirenewsgroup.com. I hope you'll give it a read:

rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/12/17/i...
Pregnant Immigrants and Their Babies May Suffer Complications from Chronic Stress of ICE Raids, Experts Warn
At least two doctors say they're already seeing warning signs in patients, including high blood pressure and deteriorating mental health.
rewirenewsgroup.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes a hammer to mRNA vaccine development, canceling $500 million in contracts, a public health scientist writes about the importance of preventing one of the most common illnesses, and the myth of “mild measles."
medium.com/@jsteier_292...
The Immunity Thief: Why Measles Is Much Worse Than a Rash
How one infection can wipe out years of hard-earned immune protection
medium.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Tuesday writing tip from @jodipicoult.bsky.social:

"You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page."

Start on that piece!
August 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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My latest ⬇️.

If you are a current or former employee at #HHS or #FDA and have thoughts on the regulation of reproductive health, I'd love to hear from you. Always happy to have background chats without expectation of a formal interview. DM for contact info.
NEW: A July 8 letter from anti-choice groups asks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to allow mifepristone to be provided only up to seven weeks of pregnancy and in person, among other changes.

The majority of U.S. abortions involve mifepristone.
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/07/09/a...
Anti-Choice Groups Seek Stricter Rules on Abortion Medication Mifepristone
A July 8 letter asks HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to allow its use only up to seven weeks of pregnancy and in-person, among other changes. The majority of U.S. abortions involve mifepristone.
rewirenewsgroup.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The way some of you act on public transit makes me wonder why they went through the trouble of creating headphones in the first place
July 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is what happens when you give people someone to vote FOR and not just someone to vote against!
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Happy weekend from most of the US
June 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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They say we’re the average of five people we spend most of our time with. But what happens if some of those people aren't friends or family, but strangers with microphones?
medium.com/@colinmyers2...
Are You Closer to Podcasters Than Your Friends?
How Podcasts Quietly Rewired Our Social Lives Without Asking
medium.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Here’s some surprising info from a recent story on Medium: Early retirement — a life goal we all seem to aspire to — isn't the Eden everyone imagines it to be, according to science.
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Laid off in his mid-50s, @robertroybritt.bsky.social found himself at a crossroads. Retire early or return to the corporate treadmill. The latter would only lead to burnout. The former meant saying goodbye to the work he loved. So, he created a third option:
medium.com/wise-well/wh...
Why I Chose ‘Pretirement’ over Retirement
My happy place is somewhere between the corporate treadmill and a La-Z-Boy
medium.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I follow so many tennis creators across different platforms can’t believe not a single one of them has said how much #UnitedCEOshooter suspect looks just like #JohnIsner
December 7, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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To fulfill his campaign promise of carrying out mass deportations nationwide, Donald Trump will likely turn to the interior of the country, where an estimated 11 million people are undocumented, many of whom have lived in the U.S. for more than ten years.
The Immigrants Most Vulnerable to Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans Entered the Country Legally
Biden could still pursue additional protections for many of them—so far, he appears unwilling to do so.
www.newyorker.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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“Snow just doesn’t have the reliability that it has had in our imagination from the 20th century,” one climate scientist tells @zoeschlanger.bsky.social. “That’s just gone.”
Winter Is Cooked
It’s getting not only warmer but wetter.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Never really cared to get a PhD but seeing incels on Twitter lose their minds over that woman who dared to get an education fills me with a whole new level of inspiration and drive
December 2, 2024 at 3:58 PM
While I no longer live in #RepublicofGeorgia, all of my family and high school friends still do. They’re all describing what’s happening on the ground as revolution-like protests against the newly-elected governments pro-Russia/anti-EU position
December 1, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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Kash Patel has openly expressed his plans to “come after” journalists he doesn’t like. He is for retribution, not justice.

This is from my book, #RoughBeast:
December 1, 2024 at 2:31 AM