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"Pulled to the surface, groundwater becomes more measurable, as does its use—as do debates over the ethics of its use." Fascinating story on France's controversial mega-basins, via marion renault. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

When it comes to flashing, wailing ambulances, “it’s engrained in our DNA” says Mike Taigman. “How do you know it’s an emergency vehicle? Look for the lights.” Research is now forcing EMS to rethink the iconic tool's universal use. 🚨 My latest for STAT statnews.com/2023/07/07/emt…

This is a special episode of 99 Percent Invisible because marion renault is a special writer and journalist. I know dementia is a daunting subject, but you won’t regret listening to this one. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/model-…

big thank you to @jfballenger — not only for sharing his perspective w/ 99 Percent Invisible, but for his book, Self, Senility, and Alzheimer's Disease in Modern America it's a 💡cultural history of Alzheimer's disease in the U.S. since the late 19th century. press.jhu.edu/books/title/37…

next Monday! Maryn McKenna, Carl Zimmer, @jaimealyse and I will be streaming our A's to your Q's with Science Friday, whose book club picked this year's BASNW for their December read. live! free! 5 p.m. et! sciencefriday.com/articles/scien…

tonight! i'm staying up late for this one!!

It’s easy to treat the media as a punching bag. But look to the nation’s local newsrooms. For little money or recognition, reporters in 2023 stood up to power brokers who tried to bully them into silence, exposed corrupt officials and even saved lives. Proof, from every state:

Calls/emails from reporters asking for a comment on last's years temperature are coming earlier than normal this year. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.

new: plastic producers have known for 30+ yrs that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. but they promoted it anyway, a new Center for Climate Integrity analysis shows. the report is full of new docs & evidence. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/f…

my mamie denise has left us. she died peacefully, accompanied, without pain. I can't find the words for all that she taught me. I can only say that I would not love the way I do, or conceive of love the way I do, without her. and I will never stop missing her.

I love these 1936 newsreel clips of Zdeněk Koubek, a Czech track star who publicly transitioned gender after his transition, he came to New York to perform on Broadway. this seems to be the only surviving video Koubek is the center of my book, THE OTHER OLYMPIANS — out June 4!

"In Starr County, Texas. . .escaping dementia can feel impossible. The condition affects about one in five adults on Medicare—more than double the national rate." marion renault 📸: Cheney Orr The Atlantic theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Dementia is the disease of our era—not just medical, but existential. For The Atlantic I reviewed Jennie Erin Smith's new book, "Valley of Forgetting," and explored how language betrays our deepest fears about memory and selfhood. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

Time for a new era in dementia coverage, one where journalists: — *actually* center people living with dementia — unpack drug trial science without the hype — drop the ableist clichés and tragedy tropes New The Open Notebook guide, out now: theopennotebook.com/2025/06/10/bey…