Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 10hoh eric, i'm so sorry. your work means so much to so many! i hope you are able to find a new gig soon 140
Reposted by Rose BroderickEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11hSome ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85 1661260400
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 11hYou can reach me via DM, email (rose.broderick@statnews.com), or Signal (rosebroderick.11). Thank you! 001
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 11hThe aim with this story is to hear from folks currently navigating the complicated web of information on what does/doesn't help autistic kids and adults. If you are autistic and your parents used these kinds of treatments on you, please reach out, as well. 101
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 11hSource Request: I'm looking to talk with parents of autistic kids who are currently trying or have recently tried any of the following as treatments: bleach, chelation, stem cells, hyperbaric oxygen, special diets, leucovorin. 112
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 12hThe Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee has opened a portal for anyone to submit their bid for the most consequential research on autism published in 2025 and 2026. Deadline is Oct. 21. Link below: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...forms.cloud.microsoftMicrosoft Forms 000
Reposted by Rose BroderickSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 09/10/2026184 new cuneiform tablets ✍️ (total), dating to c.1400 BCE. “Preliminary examination of the texts has revealed references to military activities, epidemics, the death of an infant princess & requests for assistance sent to the king by Hittite military commanders” www.heritagedaily.com/2026/10/184-...heritagedaily.com184 cuneiform tablets discovered in Hittite royal archiveArchaeologists excavating the ancient city of Kayalıpınar in Türkiye have discovered a Hittite royal archive containing 184 cuneiform tablets and fragments. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News 11716167
Reposted by Rose Broderick19thnews @19thnews.org · 07/10/2026In 1999, Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson brought a challenge to the Supreme Court, which ruled in their favor and agreed that people with disabilities have a right to live outside the walls of asylums, state hospitals and nursing homes. More than two decades later, that right is under threat. 19thnews.orgThe federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promiseLois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won a victory that gave people with disabilities the freedom to choose where they live. That legacy is now under threat. 28638
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 13hdude was a legend maybe my favorite non-Reds baseball player of all time 010
Reposted by Rose BroderickNPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALan.prOver 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwideResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. 6519921198
Reposted by Rose BroderickGarnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 06/10/2026SCOOP: Nearly $9 million in federal family planning funds will go to organizations with anti-abortion ties. One org, which received almost $4.3 million, has never taken in more than $50k in a single year. Read more @autonomynews.co:autonomynews.coNearly $9 Million in HHS Grants Go to Groups With Anti-Abortion TiesMillions in family planning funds are earmarked to create training centers, including one dedicated to infertility. The recipients have links to crisis pregnancy centers, the Heritage Foundation, and ... 35807434
Reposted by Rose BroderickAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026We've reached the open use of anti trans slurs phase by Trump. Dems haven't done shit to call out Pete Hegseth and Nancy Mace doing it so now it's become normalized. 1713001663
Reposted by Rose BroderickMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.nbcnews.comHow Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rightsAfter issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community. 26854497
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The CDC wants to redesign its annual health survey. Their proposed changes would make people with intellectual and developmental disabilities "invisible." www.statnews.com/2026/10/01/c...statnews.comAs CDC redesigns annual health survey, it removes questions about disabilitiesProposed changes to the federal government’s health survey would undercount Americans with disabilities, advocates say. 05237
Reposted by Rose BroderickJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026just secured my first round of funding for my startup! it's called OMELAS. Its goal is to make Omelas in real life 30966152
Reposted by Rose BroderickMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration 3433581066
Reposted by Rose Broderickgwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026this post is designed to be an example of the kinds of things happening to trans people right now. nobody is asking for new stuff, they're asking for the stuff happening now to stop getting worse 335736
Reposted by Rose Broderickjoyce’s monster 🎃 @joycelaurie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026what a terrible failure of both our sanctuaries 16827
Reposted by Rose Broderickcolin feral @sal.gay · 29/08/2026Shout out to the nyt for enthusiastically laundering and mainstreaming anti trans extremism these last several years 2449107
Reposted by Rose BroderickAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 31/08/2026Late last week, the HHS released a report claiming to show a link between "transgender ideology" and political violence. Among other bizarre features of this unpublished, non-peer reviewed paper it included a grand total of 13 transgender people. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgHHS Touts Online Survey of 13 Trans People as Evidence Trans Acceptance May Cause Violence - Assigned MediaDigging into the latest propaganda from our nation’s health experts. 421371
Reposted by Rose BroderickPenelope Wang @pennywriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026After being forced out of the military, many trans service members have yet to receive tens of thousands of dollars in severance pay they are owed, leaving them destitute and homeless. (gift link) wapo.st/4qN0TNqwapo.stA trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severanceChloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments. 15644289
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026my neck only goes one way now, and it's becoming a serious problem 010
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026That link has been disproven again and again. But that didn't stop RFK Jr.-aligned committee members from asking for more research into the matter. More about the meeting and the plan, which the committee ultimately approved. www.statnews.com/2026/08/28/v...statnews.comVaccines take center stage at federal autism advisory committeeComments about vaccines overshadowed an advisory committee meeting to discuss a plan for boosting federal funding for autism research. 0110
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It's feeling more like 2006 than 2026. Yesterday's meeting of the federal autism advisory committee was supposed to be about a new strategic plan that would reshape autism research. It was, instead, dominated by calls to consider vaccines as a cause for autism. www.statnews.com/2026/08/28/v...statnews.comVaccines take center stage at federal autism advisory committeeComments about vaccines overshadowed an advisory committee meeting to discuss a plan for boosting federal funding for autism research. 3289
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Back from lunch: a trio of moms — Jennifer Philips, Honey Rinicella, and Ginger Taylor — are explaining what caused their children to "regress" into autism. Both Honey and Ginger pointed to vaccines as one culprit. 010
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A member of IACC, the federal committee that shapes autism research, just said their new strategic plan "leaves the door open" on research into potential "triggers" of autism — including vaccines. 121
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 27/08/2026was this sylvia??? it looked like someone different 110
Reposted by Rose BroderickBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry had such a genuine enthusiasm for performing that it was impossible not to love them for it, there were things more highly and lowly regarded in their bodies of work but both of them threw themselves into everything because it was pure joy for them and that rules 2054181212
Reposted by Rose BroderickReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 24/08/2026There is something so frustrating about watching basically every staff sports writer completely mangle this story about transphobia in the WNBA, while so many trans journalists who would do a great job (and who have been pitching stories about this!) are struggling to get hired and make ends meet. 2662160
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026but i'm sure there's another cabal out there ready to prove me wrong 000
Reposted by Rose BroderickLaurel Powell @laurelpowell.net · 20/08/2026NEW THIS MORNING: An exclusive analysis of Census Bureau data shows LGBTQ+ people make up a record-breaking 12% of the total population - but, even more importantly, represent 10% of adults in 40 of 50 states.hrc.orgRecord Breaking: LGBTQ+ Adults Now 12% of Population; Greater than…HRC Foundation analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Data finds a record-high 25.6 million people now identify as LGBTQ+ Heading into the midterms, the LGBTQ+… 07029
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Vaccines have saved so many lives. They do not cause autism. Good writeup of today's event from @danielpayne.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2026/08/10/t...statnews.comTrump returns to controversial vaccine policy with order questioning childhood scheduleThe Trump administration, which had recently avoided public discussions of vaccine policy because of concern around the political repercussions, is changing course. 0114
Reposted by Rose BroderickLauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha... 4244151076
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 04/08/2026apologies, this was not a scoop! @mayakaufman.bsky.social had it before me. 000
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Scoop: The Trump administration wants to expand involuntary commitment. But a new evaluation of New York's system casts doubt on whether mandating care is effective at treating people with serious mental illness. www.statnews.com/2026/08/04/n...statnews.comAs Trump administration pushes court-ordered mental health care, a new report raises questionsA study of New York’s court-ordered care for people with serious mental health conditions adds to the research on this type of involuntary care. 153
Reposted by Rose BroderickAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026When disabled people/many people who work on disability/health pointed to the dangers of this kind of framing since COVID, they were usually mocked ("oh you think everything is eugenics") or ignored. But normalising the idea that the deaths of disabled people are desirable/reassuring is dangerous. 7340123
Reposted by Rose BroderickBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026so I just want to emphasize something here that non-media people might not pick up on: Marisa is an independent journalist and is taking on the risk of being sued by Moraff here without any institutional backing. That's admirable bravery - and also means being very, very certain of the facts. 2848111085
Reposted by Rose BroderickCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/07/2026* U.S. HHS SECRETARY SAYS CMS IS PAUSING MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO CALIFORNIA AND MINNESOTA @reuters.com 2371638838
Reposted by Rose BroderickAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 20/07/2026The story of a trans girl who tried to fight Idaho's anti-trans laws, and died to suicide earlier this year, is only now coming to light. Our hearts are broken, but we need to tell these stories and mourn our dead, because the media is barely bothering to look for the victims of trans genocide.assignedmedia.orgIdaho didn’t want May Pollard to live. Now she’s dead by her own hand. - Assigned MediaA trans teen tried to fight Idaho's bathroom ban in court, but hate prevailed. 161205497
Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 20/07/2026a heartbreaking read, phenomenally-told by @joyurcaba.bsky.social 0102
Reposted by Rose BroderickWIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone. 9499172987