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Jo Craven McGinty

@mcjomcg.bsky.social
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Alum of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and others. Email jacmcginty@gmail.com

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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Experts and human rights advocates predicted such abuse after the Trump administration began deporting people to authoritarian countries where they had no ties or, in many cases, legal rights. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How does it feel, Claude? "Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic says its chatbot Claude is taking over the work of building its own successor
The company said Claude leads 26 percent of its research and development, an indicator of progress toward AI that builds itself without human help.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Right. Um, cause why? "Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say
National Park Service officials acknowledge that President Donald Trump’s planned arch would harm dozens of historic sites but say it must move forward anyway.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Jr.: We're just friends. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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Russian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party
The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump’s Effort to Assert Control Over Elections Continues, Despite Court Loss www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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Trump’s Effort to Assert Control Over Elections Continues Despite Supreme Court Loss
President Trump has launched a broad, governmentwide effort to take more control of state-run elections and sow doubt about the outcome.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
News alert for people who breathe: Under the Trump administration, the E.P.A. has stopped estimating the public health benefits of reducing pollution. Instead, it estimates only the costs to businesses of complying with the rules. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is going to make me sound old and maybe a little nostalgic but it’s really striking how in the Trump era, no one even pretends to debate about policy anymore.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Takeaway: If you've ever washed and conditioned, you've figured it out. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
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Are You Using Conditioner All Wrong?
Conditioner does a lot more than just moisturize your hair. Our expert explains how to choose one, how to use it, and which marketing myths to ignore.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Roughly one in five unvaccinated people in the United States who contracts measles lands in the hospital." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/w...
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Unvaccinated Woman Likely Died of Measles Complications, Pa. County Coroner Says
The case is the third reported death linked to a rapidly expanding outbreak that has sickened more than 670 people in the state.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ban gerrymandering? Plus1. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...
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A Gender War Explodes in Utah Over the Courts, Abortion and Representation
When Republicans tried to repeal a law that voters passed banning gerrymandering, they found an opposition that flew in the face of Utah women’s “tradwives” imagery.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
To lawmakers say they have no ideas. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/u...
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Top Lawmakers Agree A.I.’s Risks Are Rising but Say They Have No Quick Fix
House Speaker Mike Johnson warned on Sunday of competitive risks from China, and Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader, said Congress should start regulatory talks this week.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 01/09/2026
Jenna was placed on retaliatory administration leave following the release of the letter, and later reinstated without explanation. Today she remains a vocal critic of the administration's anti-science actions and dismantling of the scientific workforce.
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The Trump Administration Is Dismantling One of America's Greatest Strategic Assets: Its Scientific Workforce
The loss of US scientific expertise will be measured in discoveries and medical advances never made, and lives that might have been saved.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Latest installment of Make America Ugly. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Trump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer
The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Less than 4% of immigrants arrested in July had a past violent criminal conviction. The rest included people married to U.S. citizens, people who had entered legally and were pursuing an asylum claim, and people with a temporary legal status. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted
As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly, a woman who walked the talk: “You have to accept everything and everybody,” she said in “Songteller,” talking about the lessons to be learned about open-mindedness and inclusion from “Coat of Many Colors.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When children die in school shootings, pro-gun PACs dramatically increase spending in those districts to support their preferred candidates. #SariHorwitz reports for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Gun Lobby’s Most Cynical Move Yet
New data show how pro-gun groups target their political spending after fatal school shootings.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Pentagon fires editor and publisher of Stars & Stripes after reporting on hardships that Navy sailors were facing on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Trump’s plane ruse echoes Clinton’s Pakistan swap, with one key difference: Clinton briefed the press corps on the operation and its danger www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Trump’s plane ruse echoes Clinton’s Pakistan swap, with one key difference
Bill Clinton’s White House used a similar plane-change maneuver in 2000. But unlike July’s flight, the press corps was briefed on the operation and its dangers.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Clear account by #nytmike based on documents about how a counterintelligence inquiry into Trump’s Russia ties was derailed www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...
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How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Trump’s Russia Ties Was Derailed
Documents released by the White House shed new light on the demise of an often-overlooked 2017 F.B.I. investigation.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 09/07/2026
I appreciate all of you talking about washing your leafy greens, but it just doesn’t remove much cyclospora. Cooking kills them, otherwise we have to just keep them out of the food supply.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The Costs of the Iran War: Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
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The Costs of the Iran War: Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The conversation a 98-year-old retired physician never expected to have www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | The conversation a 98-year-old retired physician never expected to have
Vaccine misinformation isn’t new. These tried-and-true methods work to combat it.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
M. Gessen: This Is the Formula That Defeated Orban. It Would Defeat Trump, Too. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/o...
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Opinion | This Is the Formula That Defeated Orban. It Would Defeat Trump, Too.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Trump administration is downsizing US science by historic margins — but it's not just via funding or workforce cuts. Our new @nature.com analysis reveals the government has cut more than 100 scientific advisory panels across major agencies. w/ @alexwitze.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social
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Key US science panels are being axed — and others are becoming less open
A Nature analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies — and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
You think AI will make life easier? Tell that to folks in Vineland, N.J., who live near a massive new data center serving Microsoft that emits a loud annoying hum, sometimes at 2 am With dozens of data centers in the works, your hometown could be next. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/data...
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The annoying buzz of our AI future is keeping Vineland awake | Will Bunch
A massive data center on the outskirts of Vineland is triggering noise complaints as the future of data centers arrives.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
This is so cool. Ten sperm whales assisted as a mother-to-be gave birth. @catrineinhorn.bsky.social reports for NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/c...
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Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Journalist and biographer @vermontgmg.bsky.social remembers Robert Mueller. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rememberin...
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Remembering Robert Mueller
The reporting subject I knew best
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My new hero: Ryan Clark. The ex-NFL safety laid out the Trump White House for using a clip from his playing days as part of its ludicrous pro-Iran War propaganda video. PLEASE watch Clark's entire analysis of the obscenity that is the Bozo Fascist Regime. Brilliant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-9i...
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Ryan Clark reacts to White House war video using hits from him and other NFL players| The Pivot
YouTube video by The Pivot Podcast
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
ICYMI: James Talarico interview airing on YouTube after #CBS tells #StephenColbert that he can't host #Talarico on the broadcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
"The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president’s company." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
NYT dissects, frame by frame, the shooting of Alex Pretti. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti
A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
WaPo: A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
A former Marine contemplates the intent, and effect, of broadcasting and consuming gleeful violence. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
A Highway Is Crumbling. New York Can’t Agree on How to Fix It. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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New York’s BQE Is Falling Apart. The City Can’t Agree on How to Fix It.
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted IG community_clothing and campaignforwool
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Why are Penn Station platforms so narrow, and why can't the station be (easily) fixed? www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...
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Video: Why Can’t We Fix Penn Station?
The biggest thing holding Penn Station back from a much-needed rehaul is what’s on top of it: Madison Square Garden.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for her work promoting democracy and fighting dictatorship www.wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com
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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado
The prize was awarded to the opposition leader for her work promoting democracy and fighting dictatorship in the country.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
In a first, astronomers watched a rogue planet in the Milky Way consume six billion tons of gas and dust per second, a rate never before seen. @eniiler.bsky.social reports for #WSJScienceShorts www.wsj.com/science/spac... via @wsj.com
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Scientists Observe Rogue Planet’s Explosive Growth in Real Time
The record-breaking event is providing insight into how these strange objects form.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
How many meaningful social relationships can a human brain handle? One scientist has an answer. @aylinwoodward.bsky.social reports for #WSJScience www.wsj.com/science/soci... via @wsj.com
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Our Brains Evolved to Socialize—but Max Out at About 150 Friends
The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
A trio of professors in the U.S. won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit. @aylinwoodward.bsky.social reports for #WSJScience www.wsj.com/science/nobe... via @wsj.com
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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Trio of Researchers for Work in Quantum Mechanics
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis shared the prize for their work on the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
How many meaningful social relationships can a human brain handle? One scientist has an answer. www.wsj.com/science/soci... via @WSJ
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Our Brains Evolved to Socialize—but Max Out at About 150 Friends
The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Daniel Day-Lewis, pulled out of retirement by his son, finds his acting fire still burns apnews.com/article/dani... via @apnews.com
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Daniel Day-Lewis, pulled out of retirement by his son, finds his acting fire still burns
Eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting, he returns in "Anemone." His son, Ronan Day-Lewis, directs the film which they wrote together.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The Trump administration is considering delaying the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Doctors warn a delay would lead to more childhood cases and, ultimately, deaths. @sumathireddy.bsky.social ready reports for @wsj.com www.wsj.com/health/welln...
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Hep-B Is the Only Vaccine Given at Birth. Why Doctors Say It Can’t Wait.
The vaccine has virtually eliminated childhood infections of a disease that doesn’t only transmit through drugs or sex.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
No one could resist that smile, neither man, woman, child, nor chimp. :) She didn't have an undergraduate degree. She wassimply admitted for graduate study at Cambridge University where she received her doctorate in 1966. Gift link!
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Jane Goodall, Who Studied Chimpanzee Behavior for Decades in Africa, Dies at 91
The British primatologist and global activist won the trust of a chimpanzee group in 1960 that became the focus of her life’s work.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Jane Goodall, the English primatologist and anthropologist who was considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at age 91 www.wsj.com/science/jane... via @wsj.com
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Jane Goodall, Who Studied Chimpanzee Behavior for Decades in Africa, Dies at 91
The British primatologist and global activist won the trust of a chimpanzee group in 1960 that became the focus of her life’s work.
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katydyd79.bsky.social @katydyd79.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Scientists have solved the puzzling origin story of the modern spud: “We revealed that tomato is the mother of potato.” @aylinwoodward.bsky.social reports for #WSJScienceShorts www.wsj.com/science/pota... via @wsj.com
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Potato, Meet Tomato: How the Modern Spud Was Born
A potato-like plant interbred with ancient tomatoes. Without this evolutionary event, the tuber we know wouldn’t exist.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Is there a lesson here? Researchers applied modern-day tools of epidemiology to trace how the spread of false rumors provoked the “Great Fear” of the French Revolution. @eniiler.bsky.social reports for #WSJScienceShorts www.wsj.com/science/fren... via @wsj.com
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Panic-Inducing Rumors Went Viral Ahead of the French Revolution
The tools of epidemiology were used to trace how false tales spread from place to place, and provoked a revolt.
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Jo Craven McGinty @mcjomcg.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
When the WSJ’s Sharon Weinberger was diagnosed with a one-in-a-million cancer, she learned how hard it is to find treatment and support for a rare disease—and discovered reasons for hope. www.wsj.com/health/what-... via @WSJ
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Essay | What It’s Like to Face a One-in-a-Million Cancer
After an unthinkable diagnosis, a Journal editor learned how challenging it is to find treatment and support for a rare disease—and discovered reasons for hope.
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