What is #norovirus and how contagious is it? ... | #Infections | #pathogen | #publichealth | #diarrhea | #vomiting | By @foxpack.bsky.social via @theguardian.com

Wrote about love addiction in the wake of Elizabeth Gilbert’s recent memoir, and explored how our universal needs can become destructive compulsions.

The make you hot, they make you healthy. Check out my new piece on why we should all be eating more beans: tinyurl.com/3ey4myc9

Manufacturers have been trying to use less cocoa in a voltile market; will they soon amp up their products with lab-grown? www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Herbal supplements may seem harmless, but researchers say taking them is like playing Russian roulette with your liver. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

How to make things feel good again! My latest story: www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Unfazed to hear there’ll be a rapture on a random Tuesday

“There was a whole array of women’s magazines that glorified housewives” in Nazi Germany, says Claudia Koonz, professor emerita of history at Duke University. “It would be the equivalent of social media today.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

My new essay on how women end up laundering the failures of fascism here! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

‘The womanosphere trades in individualistic strategies for rebelling against the perceived liberal status quo, reinforcing age-old gender hierarchies.’ Great article by @foxpack.bsky.social My book also explores how the current romanticising of women’s unpaid labour has sinister undertones.

“We are living through fascism and the primary way we connect with and inform and organize w/ each other is under lethal attack. No one is coming to protect the internet for us, and people won’t even have a clue how catastrophic this can become until it’s over” @kattenbarge.bsky.social

🎙️ ON AIR: We're speaking with @katewoodsome.substack.com.web.brid.gy and @theguardian.com's @foxpack.bsky.social about the strange tension of moving through everyday life against a backdrop of unsettling change and what it does to us. ❓How are you navigating this cognitive dissonance? 📻 Listen:

🧠 FRI at 10AM: Journalist @katewoodsome.substack.com.web.brid.gy and @theguardian.com's @foxpack.bsky.social join to talk about the strange tension of moving through everyday life against a backdrop of unsettling change and what it does to us. ❓How are you navigating this cognitive dissonance?

Wrote a little something about sacrifice, community, propane and propane accessories. tinyurl.com/mr3e5c3u

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it’s possible that our worlds drain of colour over time tinyurl.com/4k6dee58

Senior cohousing is a way to alleviate both the care crisis and the loneliness epidemic - plus it helps make our later years more fun. My story: www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Using AI to write to friends? I consider the implications in this new guardian piece www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...

Toss your kitchen sponge and avoid bagged lettuce; I spoke to microbiologists for the guardian: www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Pls enjoy the wholesome trio of Don, Drew & I discussing my guardian article about aging men and hegemonic masculinity podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n...

"Witnessing large-scale systems slowly unravel in real time can be profoundly surreal and frightening. The hypernormalization framework offers a way to understand what we’re feeling and why."

I published this piece last week and the feedback has been wild - I’m glad it’s a tiny bit comforting that so many of us relate to the cognitive dissonance rn