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Lisa L Lewis

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Professional inquiries: lisa@lisallewis.com 🎤 Public speaker 📘 Author, The Sleep-Deprived Teen 😴Parenting journalist obsessed with sleep

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump says 'Let them take out Los Angeles.' Recall this map: The *entire states* with population smaller than LA County. Among them they have 80+ US Senators. LA is about 1/3 of Calif's population, which has 2.
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just did the same! (but drove)
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
My book is now out in Japan! So excited to receive my copies, and to help tired Japanese teens and their parents get more sleep.
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Reminder of the day, from last week's newsletter. (Read here: open.substack.com/pub/letstalk...).
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Picture, 1,000 words, etc.
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Have you seen the latest data on teen sleep? New research shows that teen sleep loss is even more pronounced than what had previously been reported. Far too many teens are getting less than 7 hours of sleep – and even less than 5 hours!
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A new study in JAMA shows that the number of severely sleep-deprived teens is even higher than what we already knew. I've got the quick recap in my latest newsletter, out today. Read/subscribe for free: letstalksleep.substack.com
sleep-deprived teen
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
You don’t have to be an Olympic athlete to recognize that sleep provides a competitive advantage! For everyone from recreational exercisers to weekend warriors, sleep boosts athletic performance. Read more in my latest newsletter, out today. letstalksleep.substack.com/p/olympic-at...
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What Olympic athletes know about sleep
And why it's relevant for the rest of us
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
politico.com
The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.
As Europe moves to address its shame, it’s highlighting the comparative lack of accountability in the U.S.
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Solidarity from California (picture taken earlier today)
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
On the heels of Drowsy Driving Awareness Week comes this article in today’s San Francisco Chronicle about a driver falling asleep while driving the train. Even a microsleep (involuntary, can be less than a second) can have severe consequences while your car (or train) is still moving forward!
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Part of a museum display at SFO … feeling old 😂
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Decades of research have found that acetaminophen is safe for children when administered as recommended. Misleading claims link the medicine to autism. These false claims send a dangerous message to parents and does a disservice to autistic individuals. www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Current view
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Love the lede in @gailcornwall.com's latest . . . plus her thoughtful look at what kids gain when they no longer can access their phones during school hours.
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Welp, the California state legislature passed the bill today to authorize putting redistricting on the November ballot, and the first anti-redistricting mailer showed up in our mailbox this afternoon
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Saw that today is World Brain Day and looked up coverage, and one of the top results said “Brain-eating amoeba found in South Carolina,” which feels very on brand for 2025
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
More than half of the teens in the study went online when they woke in the middle of the night! We’ve known for some time that the best practices for sleep include getting devices out of the bedroom, and these latest results really underscore why.
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
My mid-summer news recap on four new sleep studies is now out. Subscribe for free to read more about new studies on screen use, weekend sleep, parent involvement and long-term health. letstalksleep.substack.com/subscribe
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 29/04/2025
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
A small good thing in the midst of everything: this flyer, deposited in our mailbox yesterday. Two immediate thoughts: 1. These kids aren’t on their screens! 2. AI may be taking over a lot of functions, but it still can't make cookies and lemonade. (And P.S. yes, we’ll be stopping by!)
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
This will “effectively gut the department, which manages federal loans for college, tracks student achievement and enforces civil rights laws in schools.” 😢 It’s not like students are our future or anything … www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Clears Way for Dismantling of Education Department
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
We are DELIBERATELY regressing. “Researchers often think of measles as the proverbial canary in a coal mine. It is often the first sign that other vaccine-preventable diseases, like pertussis and Hib meningitis, might soon become more common.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...
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Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
hard to feel celebratory today
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
pretty terrifying.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Interesting detail for US readers: It seems Iranians have a legislative branch that plays a part in war/peace decisions. Imagine that! __ Quaint background: 2002, Congress debated/voted on Iraq war. Bad outcome, but they had a voice. 2012: Cong insisted on right to review 'Iran deal,' JCPOA.
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Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Are there any crafters in the audience...? Anyone...? Asking for a friend. 🦝 #Feral #CivilDisobedience #PeacefulRainbowGlitterOfLoveAndJoy
A post that says, "Breaking: ICE agents are complaining that every time they go out wearing masks in unmarked cars with no uniforms or identification as law enforcement to abduct people, protesters keep dumping pounds of glitter on them so that everyone can tell they're ICE for days afterwards."
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#nokings Larkspur, CA
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Starting off well-rested (i.e., with more sleep “in the bank”) isn’t a perfect solution: Sleep isn’t a commodity to be neatly deposited & then retrieved when needed. However, sleep banking can help cushion the pending shortfall vs. when you start off already exhausted!
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
There’s a bidirectional relationship between sleep and mental-health: You can’t look at mental-health issues without looking at sleep, and the reverse is also true. Read more in this month’s free newsletter, out today, and also find out more about my upcoming events. (Link to read: bit.ly/4329xMD)
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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines” 
Subheader:
“In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
When I visit schools to talk about sleep/wellness, I love hearing directly from students. Recently, I asked the kids to write down what they wanted their parents to know. One response: “I need time to relax! I have so much to do in the day and it’s so stressful.” Reminder: They need downtime too.
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Anyone else having trouble sleeping lately?!
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Graphic: As many as 69 million American women lack access to valid birth certificates
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The teen brain undergoes a MASSIVE, multiyear remodel. This takes place at different times: the prefrontal cortex, which regulates emotions, lags behind the amygdala (AKA the brain’s emotion center). Teens feel things more intensely as a result. (And this is heightened when they’re sleep-deprived!)
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 06/04/2025
Sign of the day…
Science keeps your dumb ass alive
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#handsoff San Francisco
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Straight down seems bad
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Congratulations, Gail!
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Today's PR pitch in my inbox that I will NOT be following up on: "Unlock Muscle Gains with SWOLY Creatine Gummies!"
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
What to know about sleepmaxxing in this month’s newsletter, out today, plus info on events: bit.ly/3YcJv7A
bit.ly
Should you be sleepmaxxing?
It’s trending now, but what is it, anyway?
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Plus calling it an entitlement is flat-out wrong, given that these are EARNED by paying into SS for many years
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Shameful!
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Remember that dragginess you felt when the clocks lurched forward an hour recently? Adjusting was equivalent to adjusting to 1 hr of jet lag. There’s a similar dynamic when you sleep later on the weekends and have to adjust when your alarm clock goes off on Monday morning. Read more: bit.ly/4hv9sGy
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Still pretty loopy after having two teeth extracted today
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Sadly, this is mostly false. If you’re waking earlier than you really want to during the week, you may want to sleep late on the weekend. “Catching up” is a bit of a misnomer, though, especially if you’ve built up a large sleep debt over the course of the week. More here: bit.ly/4igFSFT
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
freedom.press
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I’m shutting down my Twitter account (to me, it will always be Twitter — sniff). My pinned post there was when my book was featured in the Sunday New York Times Book Review 🎉, and I thought this would be a good opportunity to share it here!
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Lisa L Lewis @lllewis.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
After a recent school visit, I asked middle-schoolers to write down what they wanted their parents to know. Here’s 1 response: a GREAT reminder! And it's backed by research: Parent-set bedtimes help younger teens get more sleep (about 20 minutes more) + help keep bedtimes from drifting as late
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Andrew Solender @andrewsolender.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
House Dems' text chains lighting up with apoplexy. "Complete and utter meltdown," says one member. Members floating marching onto the Senate floor. Others urging primaries not just for Schumer, but any Senate Dem who votes for the GOP bill. @Axios.com www.axios.com/2025/03/14/h...
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"People are furious": House Democrats have "complete meltdown" as Schumer folds on shutdown
Members have talked openly about backing primary challenges to Democratic senators who support the GOP's spending bill.
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