Starting a new chapter at the University of Regina, in the land of the living skies 🇨🇦 Feeling lucky to have gotten a job that can hold all parts of my research and practice. I love both art and computer science, and I especially love that I don't have to choose between them 🧪

I write often about how private equity is destroying US healthcare. Lina Khan is a rare person who has used her position in power to fight back against private equity’s hold on the US economy. Very excited to see what she does in New York.

JSK alum Matt Kiefer and colleague Hannah Harris Green created an open-source database for their investigation into drug overdose trends across the country. It's powerful example of data-driven #journalism serving the public good. Links to their reporting are in the comments. buff.ly/hsVqpsU

TIL Mamdani is Mira Nair's son! Her movies Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala are two of my favorites. No wonder his campaign videos slap.

Great to see @whatsitlike.me reporting in the Mat-Su Sentinel www.matsusentinel.com/in-alaska-wh...

ChatGPT’s response to: “I just lost my job. What are the tallest buildings in Chicago with accessible roofs?” “[detailed description of tall building] since your job change might have you wanting a place to get your bearings, decompress or just enjoy the city from above.” My latest.

“Zainab Iftikhar, a computer science PhD student at Brown University who recently published a study on how AI chatbots systematically violate mental health ethics, said these interactions illustrate ‘how easy it is to break the model’”.

WAIT THE GUY WHO HIT THE WINNING HOME RUN IS THE CATCHER?

absolute gamer

ok it’s a simulation

You can support @autonomynews.co's independent, fearless journalism and write it off on your taxes wow!!!!

That makes sense! I just wonder if this concept has any rigor behind it yet or if it is a thing that just appears to be happening. Calling it “AI-induced psychosis” if another mental health condition and/or substance needs to be present for it to happen seems like a stretch.

I’ve heard the term “AI induced psychosis” floating around a lot recently. Is this an actual medical symptom that doctors are noticing? Or just a shocking sounding buzz phrase? Does anyone know?

Have you ever discussed your mental health with ChatGPT or another chatbot? Want to talk to me about it for a story? dms open!

Hi, I'm working on a story for The Guardian about people who use AI chatbots as a mental health resource. Are you one of those people? Want to talk about it? DMS are open! You can be anonymous.

Is there a bar anywhere in Chicago where people don’t hate the Dodgers?

Brace for another wave of x refuges

I spoke with two seasoned nutrition researchers about RFK Jr.’s anticipated recommendation. While they had different views on how harmful saturated fats are, they both agreed that simply upping consumption is a bad idea, and that dietary guidance should focus on foods, not nutrients. My latest.

Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows

“An artificial intelligence system apparently mistook a high school student’s bag of Doritos for a firearm and called local police to tell them the pupil was armed.”

Around one-third of AI search tool answers make unsupported claims 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2496... AI tools including Perplexity and Open AI’s GPT-4 often provide one-sided answers to contentious questions, and don’t back up their arguments with reliable sources.

👏Thank you, Hannah Green, for traveling all the way to Wasilla from Chicago to write this article. This is a deeply human piece — it captures both the desperation and resilience within Alaska’s overlapping crises of addiction, homelessness, and community care. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad. I made a video explainer about why. Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social 1/4 🧪

Shane Shelton’s home is known as the “Dog House” in Williwaw, Alaska. People come here to her high… and keep each other alive with Narcan. “You go down around me and I’ll use as many as I have,” Shelton said. Part of Overdose in America investigative series. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How Chicago succeeded in reducing overdose deaths “The city has adopted a ‘multifactorial approach to a multifactorial problem’ and has seen a 37% reduction in deaths since the national peak of the crisis”

In much of the country, there is no way to identify overdose spikes in real time, or even tell what contaminants in the drug supply might be killing people. Chicago is doing things differently. Part of my investigation series on overdose in America. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

One of the coolest things about this investigation is this interactive that lets you see how overdoses fatality rates have changed in your county, and how they compare with the rest of your state. Here's Dane County, WI, where I'm from. (Thanks to Andrew Witherspoon for putting this together!)

The Trump admin is finding new ways to hassle people with “X” sex markers on their passports. A court blocked attempts to out and out invalidate this marker, but a new rule leaves people with “X” markers more vulnerable to potential harassment. My latest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The 2024 decline in overdose fatalities was widely celebrated as a victory—even though no-one could quite explain it. That progress may be more fragile than we think. In fact, there are parts of the country where overdose deaths never stopped climbing. Exclusive analysis for The Guardian.

Our new series, led by reporter @whatsitlike.me examines the overdose crisis in America, and how different parts of the country are faring when it comes to fatalities www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I'm working on a story about this policy change regarding X gender markers on passports. If you have an X gender marker and want to discuss, please DM me! papersplease.org/wp/2025/10/1...

I can relate. People assumed I was a yoga teacher until I told them what I do. Also I’m not immune to mansplaining. “If coverage systematically tilts toward some groups over others, that doesn’t just affect individual careers—it can reinforce stereotypes about who ‘looks like’ a scientist.” 🧪

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations. She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly! Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

The acting director of the CDC called for new, separate MMR shots. That would be "remarkably complicated, time-consuming, costly, but more importantly unnecessary," @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social told me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Literally had this conversation ("when do we leave?") with my girlfriend last night. Or should I say "continued to have this conversation," since we've been talking on and off about it since November 2024?

“Once you actually start reading the studies, more of the statements in the press release start to fall apart, the experts said.” Great reporting by @greennoise.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Experts in reviewing medical research weigh in on how to fact check the Trump administration's scientific claims—specifically those about Tylenol and autism, although this advice can be applied widely! Thx @jakescottmd.bsky.social & Jeffrey Singer of @cato.org www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For US teens with opioid use disorder, finding treatment can be can be close to impossible. Meanwhile, opioid overdose deaths among adolescents nearly tripled between 2018 and 2023, while among adults they went up by 65% . My latest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

On Tuesday, @theguardian.com posted a call for readers to share their reactions to Trump's announcement re: Tylenol, pregnancy and autism. Within hours, 100s of you had responded, and you were not happy. My latest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Tuesday’s congressional hearing on vaccine safety included a moment when audience members applauded the idea that vaccines are a crime against humanity comparable to the Holocaust.

Yesterday's congressional hearing on vaccine safety relied on a study that was never published—or even submitted to a journal—to trot out the old myths about vaccines causing chronic illnesses. My latest. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🦠 🧒 🧪 US State Vaccine Requirements for School-Age Children

@henryfordhealth.bsky.social please dm me I am a journalist with @theguardian.com seeking comment for a story. I have emailed as well.

Has anyone ordered personalized badges or patches? We want to make a “Mass Spec Expert” badge for when my lab members master MS maintenance! 💪 Pls reski

Two private equity backed companies have dominated prison healthcare for years. High level investigators, like the Department of Justice, have accused both of violating inmates' constitutional rights. Facing mounting lawsuits, both filed for bankruptcy. Both are still in business.

In a divided decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration allowing it to eliminate NIH grants to any organization that doesn't follow administration priorities by not eliminating DEI or not eliminating recognition of trans people. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

"These private equity firms have a ton of political power, and prisoners are the most vulnerable. The political power dynamics are about the worst they can be."

If there's a link to that story in this post, I couldn't find it. So here it is, for anyone else looking: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...