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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 17h

Can we just accept at this point that a significant number of US universities are sports franchises that happen to still have some education attached? It would be so much more clear-eyed. (Also, as a masters-degree holder from Northwestern: Shame on you.) www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...

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Inside look at the most expensive college football stadium ever

Northwestern University’s new Ryan Field is just days away from opening, and NBC News got an inside look at the $875 million project. The new stadium, with reduced capacity for 35,000 fans, will featu...

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The incredible Special Effects of KAREL ZEMAN — without whom there’d be no Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton or Wes Anderson to name but three.

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1,200 sexual assault cases were filed at Cornell from 2018 to 2024. Most of those found responsible received minor sanctions that allowed them to remain on campus, such as probation or training. Only 7 ended in expulsion or dismissal. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive

A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 20h

I want to attend this class.

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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Forget political parties for 10 seconds- watching Curtis Sliwa tough guy beret and all, sheepishly holding Mayor Mamdani’s hand through a flu shot is the purest thing on the internet today. We really are all just human.💙🥹

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 02/10/2026

just wanna re-up the part where I wrote that many immigrants in Maine have been sheltering in place since January for their own safety, with ICE still operating in the area. it is October.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Put this on your calendar! Next Weds at 6pm US ET I'll talk to Leidy Klotz (engineer, behavioral scientist, former pro soccer player!) about his new book IN A GOOD PLACE, about urban design's affect on health. From @emorycshh.bsky.social. RSVP to receive livestream links! bit.ly/author-qa-se...

A horizontal white card with taupe borders caries the legend:
Health Storytelling - Live Author Q&A

The middle of the card shows a blue book cover showing a sunny sky througha window and the title: "IN A GOOD PLACE: How the Spaces Where We Live, Work and Play Can Help Us Thrive," along with the face of the author, Leidy Klotz, who is Caucasian and has short dark hair, and the interviewer, Maryn McKenna, a Caucasian woman with dark auburn hair.

The bottom of the card gives the names of the sponsors: The Georgia Center for the Book and the Emory University Center for the Study of Human Health.

The rest of the information is in the post text.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So so so great. More of this, please.

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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire is quietly shooting a pro-ICE movie that dramatizes the Renee Good killing. We got the script. My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...

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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.

Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cornell police edited Jane Doe's statement. Are we in pitchforks and torches territory yet? I think we are close. "As we now know, Cornell police also condensed down Doe's statement, omitting crucial details including the fact that she said she was 100 percent confident she’d been raped."

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If this image is legit, the @britishmuseum.bsky.social is randomly closing queues of people who bought tickets from them for this exhibit and declining to admit them later. This will go well.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nope can't have nice things not ever nope:

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How does the design of where we live affect our mental health? Hear more on 7 October at 6pm US ET when I talk to Leidy Klotz, engineering prof at the Univ of Virginia, about his new book IN A GOOD PLACE. Sponsored by @emorycshh.bsky.social. RSVP for livestream links: bit.ly/author-qa-se...

A horizontal white card with taupe borders top and bottom shows a book cover and the faces of a smiling white man in a light blue henley and a smiling white woman with dark auburn hair. The book cover says: IN A GOOD PLACE: How the Places Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive. Remaining information is in the post text.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An essay and elegy on the inability to grow food — not just indigenous food, any food — in Mauritius thanks to climate change. In @vittles.bsky.social : www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/extinction...

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Extinction is a Continuum

Ariel Saramandi writes about eating through drastic climate change in Mauritius. Illustration by Ibrahim Rayintakath.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ugh tonight (well, it's tonight where I am) discovered that the algo has been not-showing me people I already follow and personally know and really like and... I should keep up with viewing lists more, I guess? Is that my only defense?

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you need a quick briefing on what's happening in Northern Ireland today, this thread is a good place to start.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The piece is rigorous, ferocious and appropriate, and people should click through and read it.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Nor’Easter is heading towards the east coast so reminder that if you have any other option DO NOT put your body in flood water. It has raw sewage, gasoline, chemicals, medical waste, radiological waste and more — anything the water touches. People die from infections after contact with it.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you were transfixed by THE HOT ZONE when you were young, or then read SPILLOVER and trusted it, then as a career scary diseases reporter, I urge you to read this thread. Science moves on. People discover fresh stuff. The work careers were built on becomes outdated. Be open to the new. Please.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...

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Interactive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labels

Pork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In 2 weeks! On 7 Oct, 6pm ET, you'll want to watch this Q&A with Leidy Klotz, engineering prof at the Univ of of Virginia (and former pro soccer player!). His IN A GOOD PLACE argues for how design of physical spaces can meet our mental health needs. RSVP for livestream links: bit.ly/author-qa-se...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.” Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy. That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done. If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Finally announcing! The fall episodes of the Health Storytelling author Q&As, by me, from @emorycshh.bsky.social and the Georgia Center for the Book. 7 Oct: Leidy Klotz and IN A GOOD PLACE. 4 Nov: Barry R. Davis and THE PREVENTIONEERS. 6pm ET, livestreamed, RSVP here: bit.ly/author-qa-series

A horizontal white card with taupe borders caries the legend:
Health Storytelling - Live Author Q&A
RSVP required: bit.ly/author-qa-series

The middle of the card shows the faces of the two authors, Leidy Klotz and Barry R. Davis, and the interviewer, Maryn McKenna, a Caucasian woman with dark auburn hair.

The bottom of the card gives the names of the sponsors: The Georgia Center for the Book and the Emory University Center for the Study of Human Health.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“Dig deep into your device” Hahahaha fuck no

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

If this reality were being scripted by any halfway decent writers' room, they would admit the jokes aren't landing, irony has expired, and they need to rip it up and try again. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

The image is a screengrab of a NYTimes headline from 14 Sept 2026 that says "Trump Says a Smart President Is All That’s Needed to Rein In A.I.".

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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Another Pennsylvania #measles death, this time in an unvaccinated 40 year old woman. 3 deaths with less than 700 confirmed cases suggests this outbreak is much larger than reported (no surprise).

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Pennsylvania woman dies of measles-related complications, local coroner says

The 40-year-old woman, who was from Jefferson County was unvaccinated, according to the coroner.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I love my Irish people because they hate fascists, love word play, and adore swearing. From the Dublin protests today.

The image from a Dublin protest today against US President Trump shows a crowd in which one person is holding a sign saying “Céad míle fuck offs,” a play on the actual Irish phrase céad míle fáilte, a hundred thousand welcomes.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s such a perfect example of the Gilded Age have/have not world we’re living in right now where people are suffering more then ever but Apple thinks it’s reasonable to release a $2,000 phone.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

*Insert Benny Hill/Curb Your Enthusiasm music*

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...

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LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby

Gamers Nexus comes for LG again.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Quote posts and replies have been disabled. But if lately you have been sorrowing over the condition of humanity, and you navigate to the original post, you may find that the replies restore some of your faith in people. The replies, mind. Not the original post.

A post from Peter Sagal reads:

“I’ve said it before, and I’ve said it again: the Harry Potter books are terrific, especially when read aloud. They appeal to any child who is told they are special, and great things are expected of them, and yet they have no idea how to live up to that.
I heard the author died. Not sure. Too bad.”

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A staggering story with all kinds of implications, none of them good.

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Jeffrey Perkel (he/him) @jperkel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is so cool: researchers studying ancient parchments as biological objects uncover the hidden history of sheeppox virus. 📚🦠🧪. From @science.org @andrewcurry.com www.science.org/content/arti...

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Ancient sheep virus found hiding in medieval parchment

Newly recovered sheeppox sequences reveal when and how the virus emerged

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

First day of the first full week of the semester and MS365 including Outlook are down. I don't know whether to curse them or thank them.

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

“Lost media” no longer! I finally got permission to upload “AL’S BRAIN,” an 11-minute educational 3-D film attraction which ran at the Orange County and Western Washington fairs, and hasn’t been seen publicly since 2009. You can watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/2xujU87ZHt4

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A provocative and thoughtful long thread about the present and future of diagnosing post-infection chronic conditions, including long Covid. Worth a read.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I am going back to bed for the rest of the year. And pulling the covers over my head.

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