After Condé Nast's decision to close SELF, I spoke to chronically ill women about what the women's health site meant to them. "We have to acknowledge chronic illness as a politically, culturally, and socially marginalized category" Latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

please god let me interview peter serafinowicz about souls games pLEASE

It really is laid off if you do, laid off if you don't with corporate media www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/b...

keep trying to make a bleak joke about SELF magazine folding but it's actually just too bleak. i spent 4+ years there on work i was and am still very proud of. infuriating to learn that bosses don't have the creativity/trust to support it the way it deserves and workers will pay the price yet again.

therapist picked a really fucking rude time to respect my autonomy as a patient and let me make the careful, considered decision to stop sessions for the time being

bothered, inflamed, despondent, in the wrong lane

New: 150 unionized ProPublica workers are on strike TODAY over AI, layoff protections, wages, and more. They're asking readers to not visit ProPublica or engage with content on other platforms. It's the first work stoppage of its kind at the newsroom. www.theverge.com/news/908401/...

against my better judgement i DID start to get excited about elden ring the movie

it only took me 19 days of being back on duolingo to min-max my optimal XP strat

has the pod saved america yet or what

biosphere 2!!

simply fascinated by the apparently continent-spanning web of underground labs in the resident evil universe

aarp member leon kennedy has entered the longevity discourse

The number of confirmed #measles cases in South Carolina has hit an astonishing 558 in an outbreak that started in October. For context: that is more cases in 4 months than the entire US racked up most years in the past 30+ years. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

no one told me pluribus was about a miquella virus!

you are not beholden to dietary geometry www.today.com/health/diet-...

my heart could be hardened a bit, actually

Here’s a thread for anyone who wants to help buy gifts this year for trans kids in need this year Please share!! Every year I use my social media accounts to collect money for kids’ Transanta wishlists When we pool our money it goes far — we’ve bought ~$17,000 worth of gifts since 2022

penn station is full of people who have no idea where they're going but they need to be there NOW

"these are facts, robert."

putting in my community service hours (letting people summon me for malenia)

The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

you ever wanna dissociate like the good old days but you did too good in therapy?

i am now "wearing my weekend hokas to the concert" years old

As a pediatrician, I have treated kids with measles, bacterial meningitis, and whooping cough, and let me tell you, these kids are miserable. Vaccines can help prevent and save lives from these diseases. www.today.com/health/news/...

appreciated these insights from @prh.org fellow Dr. Mariana Montes, an obstetric anesthesiologist

and spent yesterday talking to experts about... this 🫠 www.today.com/health/women...

recently spoke to @repkimschrier.bsky.social , the first and only pediatrician in congress, about the risks we face when vaccine misinformation takes hold www.today.com/health/news/...

addressing the "root cause of chronic diseases" by cutting out the middle man and just causing them ourselves

American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press.

28 years later & the power of palliative care

i was at baby metal when cuomo conceded 💖

BREAKING: NYC mayoral candidate and comptroller Brad Lander was handcuffed by 'masked agents' at an immigration court, his campaign says.

i'm so sorry but the song of the summer is actually just four Carcass songs on repeat

uh oh my trader joe's cashier asked an innocent question about my niche interest......

feel like it's p unfair that my colleagues can judge my work outfit without knowing what i decided NOT to wear

and what exactly are you doing with those precious 15 seconds you think AI saved you on that little email?

maryland deathfest really had me asking someone "do *i* smell like piss or does it just smell like piss?"

i have found the Health Angle (spoilers!!!!!!) www.today.com/health/news/...

april showers bring may flowers may showers bring seasonal depression and misery

oh, RTO? you mean Return To redOing my makeup after my morning panic attack? love it

"so, what do i do about the grief, dentally speaking?"

wishing my fellow New Yorkers a pleasant "the weather is perfect but i have to carry a jacket with me anyway because i know the office AC will be blasting" season

Five years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, experts worry that misleading information and barriers to health care have weakened trust in vaccines, with devastating consequences we're only just beginning to see. @meganranney.bsky.social comments. Read more ⬇️ www.today.com/health...

we support bodily autonomy 😌 as long as you're trying to make your body 💕 smaller 💕

i see fromsoft is going full goofy silly

BREAKING: Layoffs are underway across government health agencies, impacting divisions overseeing drug approval, health insurance and infectious diseases.

Hi friends, help me boost? Looking to talk to people who work in child vaccines (providers, schools, health depts, clinics, data folks or coalitions, etc.) who might have insight or experiences to share about how their work has been impacted the last couple of months. Don't reply just DM me please!

the first US child death from measles in 20+ years is the depressingly foreseeable result of a mis/disinformation campaign that flourished w covid. that plus persistent disparities in access to care leaves us unprepared for the next inevitable pandemic threat. www.today.com/health/coron...