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Nathaniel Comfort @nccomfort.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Thoughtful discussion by @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social and @nvpatel.bsky.social on the risks and benefits of going to the moon. To me, one of the most exciting prospects is finding 3 and 4 byo Earth rocks up there, perhaps right where they landed after the Really Big One. #astrobiology

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dan ozzi @danozzi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

was watching that bob dylan biopic and trying to think of what my generation’s equivalent of him going electric would be. closest i came up with was title fight releasing hyperview.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

i don't have thoughts on cracker barrel. have a good weekend everyone.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Some professional news: My portfolio is shifting a bit at New York Times Opinion and I'm now taking on AI as a deeper topic of coverage here. If you have a guest essay on AI you want to submit, I'll be your guy.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

James you gotta delete this

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Not that I totally love that Gujaratis are the focus of discourse at the moment but it is nice to see our history and the intricacies of our community become a learning lesson to Americans right now.

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I’m biracial (US dad, Ethiopian mom US born) and moved to Kenya at 4, had lots of Kenyan Indian friends, families there generations. When I moved to the states I didn’t know I was Black or have any idea of the American binary concept of race until someone called me the n word.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I’ve only been in town since Thursday but can attest to this. Friday night should felt buzzy and filled with mirth — instead it was as if everyone had cancelled plans, preparing for a natural disaster to strike.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Song of the year on the album of the year youtu.be/i1YzOOi0u68?...

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Where U Been?

YouTube video by Hotline TNT - Topic

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 19/06/2025

I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument. Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch

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Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims

ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Detroit must be stopped at all costs

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This Knicks / Pistons series is so good. They are about to scrap at every given turn. Finals-energy. God I hate Detroit

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 24/04/2025

“That someone as morally and scientifically confused as Kennedy is in charge of guiding our children’s health is a grave mistake,” Jessica Grose writes.

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Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Comments on Autism Take America Back a Century

Kennedy implies that disabled people are a taxpayer burden.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/04/2025

For the better part of a century, the US has been enormously enriched by emigrant scientists from around the world. Under Trump, the brain drain is reversing. If you like long-format radio, I had a great conversation with @nvpatel.bsky.social (NYtimes) and Libby Denkmann (KUOW) this morning.

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As Trump cuts funding, researchers look for opportunities outside the U.S.

As researchers at American universities face an uncertain future, other countries are doing their best to lure scientists away. Is the U-S set to face a brain drain as top talent moves overseas or int...

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

my favorite thing is that some of these stories from the last 24 hours present the same contradicting points in within the same graf

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Ruth Madievsky @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

for @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I wrote about the trump administration’s attacks on HIV care, and what health care providers can do to meet the moment

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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 03/04/2025

Great article by @nvpatel.bsky.social overviewing what’s at stake for young researchers. Finding jobs and seeking funding happen on tight timelines. Many of my peers are forced to leave, not because of a lack of fortitude but a lack of opportunity (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 03/04/2025

Times Opinion has heard from more than 100 readers who have shared stories of how their research has been affected by funding cuts. “America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists,” @nvpatel.bsky.social, a staff editor in Opinion, writes in response.

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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

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Lexi Pandell @lpandell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

"Many young researchers say they are having to choose between staying in the United States and staying in science." An essential read from @nvpatel.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

From a beacon of excellence to a brain drain in just three months. "America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists." -- @nvpatel.bsky.social, science and health editor at @nytopinion.nytimes.com

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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.

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Francesco Dalla Ricca @dallaricca.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Just read @nvpatel.bsky.social's article. Absolute banger, it really captures the heartbreak me and many other scientists feel in this moment, as well as the love and dedication we have for research. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Hitting on themes that many have been had in conversations, on social, blogs, essays, op-eds, and more, @nvpatel.bsky.social describes the ongoing crisis in the @nytimes.com. The fate of American science is not yet written, what we do now shapes the future. 🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Before I became a journalist, I had planned to become a scientist. It has been incredibly disorienting and disheartening to see how a career in research has now become just as uncertain and tumultuous as journalism itself. My latest for @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

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Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science or staying in the United States.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 14/03/2025

“The modern-day childhood vaccine schedule has allowed children to grow into healthy adults,” writes Elena Conis, a historian of medicine. “For people who’ve never seen them, the worst manifestations of some of these preventable diseases are almost unimaginable. It’s worth remembering their toll.”

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Opinion | A Reminder of What Pre-Vaccine America Was Like

The worst manifestations of preventable diseases have faded from public memory.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Meet Peter, Achol and Evan, ages 10, 8 and 5. The reckless actions of the world's richest men are killing the world's poorest kids www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 14/03/2025

Dr. Oz’s nonconformist approach endeared him to patients “and to a public eager for a warmer approach to medicine,” the journalist Eoin Higgins writes. “At the same time, it became a way to accrue decades of fame and fortune.”

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Opinion | Dr. Oz’s Journey From Heart Doctor to Celebrity to Iconoclast

A once-respected surgeon found fame and fortune as medicine’s biggest iconoclast. Now he’s on the cusp of power to help shape American public health.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Midtown is awful but a small joy is getting to witness a man in a suit zip by in a scooter complaining loudly on the phone about someone scooping up some building’s air rights before him.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Spreading the gospel on a Friday night

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

are they gonna refund me the ~$30 that I have sitting in my acct for international calls

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Lotta bad stuff in the world right now but I’ve noticed in the several weeks that nearly every bar I’ve been to has played “Only Shallow” by My Bloody Valentine at some point in the night, and I think that’s something our society ought to celebrate more openly.

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

God I love how much Draymond hates this loll

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Mr Beast is so awkward at the all star game — very clear evidence how YouTube celebrity doesn’t transfer to mainstream charisma

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Neel V. Patel @nvpatel.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I have to say I think this is all my fault. As a Philly hater I was really looking forward to how upset everyone in my group chats would be tn. I think my hubris led to this. My bad.

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