This is an important story by Rowan Jacobsen in The Atlantic.

And not just because we're figuring out that sun exposure has real benefits - this is an object lesson.

It's *exactly* why science gets prescriptive things (like diet!) wrong.

A brief 🧵
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The thing that most strikes me about the current #H5N1 #birdflu outbreak in cattle (and terrifies me to some extent) is how much the virus surprised us once again. And how cavalier our response seems in the face of that fact.

Two full days later. No return call received from either practice.

I'm heartened by how many people in the replies hate this ad and value creativity and humanity

For The Atlantic, I wrote about the importance of forgoing euphemism and calling things what they are. Journalists should offer some perspective on what average student protesters want - and information about what the organizing groups actually demand.
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“It’s kind of comical to see people running for governor like they’re gonna roll back the Chinese and defend the border,” Mitch Daniels tells Adam Wren. “I mean, who are they kidding? The job will ultimately be about other things.” tinyurl.com/27u3bv4y

Great job by NCPR and Emily Russell remembering our great friend and colleague. northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/497…

To the professional journos I've engaged with the past few days: I'm a journalist, not a source.

I have lots of DMs from journos asking what I saw at CCNY yesterday but few replies from editors who want to pay for my work.

For Student Journalists: 20 tips for staying safe while covering protests. I’ll be posting more resources here but this is a great start. 1/x splc.org/protests/

propublica.org/article/cigna-… ProPublica has done it again. These terrifying glimpses inside health insurance corporations are so important. People need to understand what we're up against. These corporations don't care about you. Cigna Healthcare

Today on @NCPR, we remember Robbi Mecus, a New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation forest ranger in the ADKs, an avid climber, and a trans woman who advocated for the LGBTQ+ community.

She was also a remarkably kind and caring person. I'm lucky to have met and helped tell her story.
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better late than never, I guess. It's about effing time.

This is beautiful. Those whose land McGill sits on is give permission to the protesters to be on it.

Journalists: Do you write about the intersections of health between people, place and planet?

If so, definitely check out this opportunity from Nova Institute for Health! Applications due May 28.

novainstituteforhealth.org/our-communitie…

Nice piece about local newspapers. Margaret Renkl introduces readers to a new online news site that does only news -- no editorials or opinion pieces.

The Nashville Banner is run as a nonprofit.

Can Nonprofit News Save the South From Itself? nytimes.com/2024/04/29/opi…

This is absolutely beautiful work identifying the first-known eukaryotic nitrogen fixer. When I left oceanography three decades ago, this was the one result I really wanted to live long enough to see—I knew it had to be out there somewhere! Congratulations to those who persisted!