"You want to be a 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟. Why would I want that? This [publishing] industry is 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛. Publishing can pretend that it cares about discovering talent, 𝑓𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 talent, but it's just a machine, chewing people up, spitting out their work. Nobody's happy. Nobody wins." —𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝐼𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 💙📚

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Elon Musk’s dismantling of USAID has already killed more civilians than the war in Gaza, and no one is blinking. He cut the lifelines for millions to save a few pennies, and the result is a silent massacre

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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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“Please get the truth out about our son.” Read and share the statement from the parents of Alex Pretti, the VA ICU nurse who was shot and killed by border patrol.

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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

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