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Sarah Laskow
@slaskow.bsky.social
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senior editor at the Atlantic. I think a lot about climate, disease, animals, plants, risk, kids, New York City, and sometimes other cities too
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · 23d
HHS put dozens of high ranking officials on administrative leave and then just ignored them www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
The HHS Officials Being Paid Six Figures to Do Nothing
The Trump administration hasn’t fired them but won’t let them do their jobs.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Aug 28
Seems like a good time to re-up this one www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like
At first, much the same. But inevitably, dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Jul 16
NOAA Atlas 15 Vol 2, which would have focused on downscaled precip projections, is being held up, @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social reports.
NOAA was developing a way to predict extreme rainfall — until Trump officials stopped it
The tool would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity in communities across the nation.
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Laura Poppick @laurapoppick.bsky.social · Jul 16
Come on out NYC!

We'll talk deep time and, indeed, MUD.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Jul 16
I will be hanging out with the excellent @laurapoppick.bsky.social next Monday at Books Are Magic to talk about the stories found in the ground. And also MUD.

Come by! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-l...
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Jul 16
The nine-person board was already down to three members. Then, on Monday, the White House sent them an ultimatum: Fire the CEO, or be fired. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Trump’s Ultimatum for America’s Largest Public-Energy Provider
Earlier this week, the White House told the board of the Tennessee Valley Authority to fire the CEO, or be fired.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Jul 16
I will be hanging out with the excellent @laurapoppick.bsky.social next Monday at Books Are Magic to talk about the stories found in the ground. And also MUD.

Come by! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-l...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jul 15
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
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The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
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Laura Poppick @laurapoppick.bsky.social · Jul 14
Very much looking forward to being in conversation with the brilliant @slaskow.bsky.social at Books are Magic in Brooklyn a week from today! 🌏🪨🎉

Come on out and join our conversation about deep time + ancient stories in rock.

More info + tickets here:

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jul 5
As a doctor in a hospital that serves the urban poor, Lindsay Ryan's patients already face such a gantlet of obstacles that modest barriers to accessing government programs can effectively screen them out.
The Reality My Medicaid Patients Face
With work requirements in place, many will be removed from Medicaid even though they should qualify.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Apr 10
“He never said anything about the vaccine being helpful..."

Important stuff from @tombartlett.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
What RFK Jr. Told Grieving Texas Families About the Measles Vaccine
The nation’s top public-health official has been promoting suspicions of the shot even as he offers comfort.
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Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · Apr 4
My first piece in @theatlantic.com!

I wrote about the looming boom in geothermal energy, one of the few renewables generating as lots of excitement among both Republicans and Democrats.

www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The Hottest Thing in Clean Energy
Little of America’s energy comes from geothermal sources, but that could change quickly.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Mar 28
good guess but no
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Mar 28
HHS can make ineffective resources available to states but… no one has to take them www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Texas Never Wanted RFK Jr.’s Unproven Measles Treatment
Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities. The state’s public-health department didn’t take up the offer.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Mar 28
Who needs a good medical mystery for Friday? www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
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Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · Mar 27
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“Why are people going to be willing to contribute to science and enroll in these studies if they feel like the rug can be pulled out from under them at any time?” Fernandez Lynch told me.

Answer: They won't.
The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet
Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Mar 14
NIH officials were told this morning that approximately 1,000 more grants would be targeted for termination www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
A Decade of Cuts in a Matter of Days
The Trump administration’s rapid terminations of NIH grants is its most aggressive attempt yet to control American science.
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Katherine J. Wu @katherinejwu.com · Feb 27
I talked to NIH officials, current and former, about what's been happening inside the agency since the Trump administration shut down their grantmaking pipeline in January. Their stories showed just how willing our new leaders are to break the law: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Feb 27
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
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Alex Silvestre @sylvester-a.bsky.social · Feb 15
Trump and his administration are now deciding how deep a rift to make in America’s scientific firmament. How long it takes to repair the damage, or whether that will be possible at all, depends on the extent of the damage they inflict now.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Feb 14
Read this one by the great @katherinejwu.com www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Feb 14
Read this one by the great @katherinejwu.com www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Erasing of American Science
How far can the Trump administration bend U.S. research before it breaks?
www.theatlantic.com
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Feb 1
CDC data’s “explicit purpose” is to guide researchers toward the places and people who most need attention, Patrick Sullivan, a former CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officer, said. “It’s hard to understand how this benefits health.”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Jan 29
What is the Senate going to ask RFK Jr. tomorrow and is it “how will you handle the outbreaks of disease that will follow a drop in vaccination rates?” www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like
At first, much the same. But inevitably dangerous diseases would resurge in a country that isn’t prepared for them.
www.theatlantic.com
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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Jan 15
related: EV batteries complicate debris removal after wildfires

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Sarah Laskow @slaskow.bsky.social · Jan 15
LA is breathing in burnt plastic www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
What Happens When a Plastic City Burns
Most modern couches are basically blocks of gasoline.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · Jan 9
The LA fires are sadly an example of what @mikecaulfield.bsky.social and I wrote about in our Justification Machine piece earlier this week. It's not an opportunity to learn anything about how to help people or what needs to be done. it's an opportunity to blame. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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