Jennie Erin Smith
@jennieerinsmith.bsky.social
Write about science and people, now for @science.org. Corazón colombiano. My book, VALLEY OF FORGETTING, is on sale from @riverheadbooks.
The Miami Herald speaks of "overcrowding and abuse," which is certainly the case. But this is not some mistake, it is by design. This is what concentration camps are like, after all, it is their purpose to horrify and torment. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Extreme overcrowding and abuse plague Florida ICE facilities, whistleblowers say
Whistleblower photos show people sleeping on floor and portable toilets overflowing with human waste at Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miramar
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Extreme overcrowding and abuse plague #Florida ICE facilities, whistleblowers say www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... via @miamiherald.com
Extreme overcrowding and abuse plague Florida ICE facilities, whistleblowers say
Whistleblower photos show people sleeping on floor and portable toilets overflowing with human waste at Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Miramar
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I know less than nothing about reptile keeping, but this podcast was fascinating. Can’t wait for @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social audiobook version of Stolen World. Lots of #Florida in it ☀️
Murray Carpenter@murray-journo.bsky.social · last wk.What happens when an HBO documentary steals the work of your nonfiction book? That's what happened to @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social, when #MonstersofGod used her book Stolen World without credit. See details at one-hour mark here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwvV...
What happens when an HBO documentary steals the work of your nonfiction book? That's what happened to @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social, when #MonstersofGod used her book Stolen World without credit. See details at one-hour mark here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwvV...
How HBO's Monsters of God Stole a Journalist's Life Work
YouTube video by Animals at Home Podcast
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The device made by Flow Neuroscience is approved by the FDA and could help people get off antidepressants—but it costs $2,200. www.wired.com/story/flow-n...
A New Headset to Help With Depression Is Now Available in the US
The device made by Flow Neuroscience is approved by the FDA and could help people get off antidepressants—but it costs $2,200.
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Jesus Christ: · According to Miami Herald deputy investigations editor Carol Marbin Miller, the reporter who broke the news of Ron Desantis diverting $10 million in child welfare funds to defeat a statewide marijuana legalization referendum is gone. Their replacement at Tallahassee is also gone.
The Poynter Institute@poynterinstitute.bsky.social · 2w agoMcClatchy, whose titles include The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, executed its most severe layoffs in years on Thursday, cutting newsroom staff at some papers by upwards of 40%. www.poynter.org/business-wor...
This “noticing” talking point comes out of white nationalist/neo-Nazi circles. Typically part of antisemitic conspiracy theories.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoJD Vance: "We were tired of being called racists for noticing that our country was becoming dirtier and poorer"
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
I would like ask JD Vance about Pierre Damas Bel.
Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 4w ago“A Haitian immigrant who had grown increasingly distraught after losing his protection from deportation and being outfitted with an ankle monitor was run over and killed Monday in what his family believes was a suicide.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
They know exactly what they’re doing to people with shackles and with ankle monitors
Derek Barker@dwmbarker.bsky.social · 4w agoAbsolutely horrifying. "Pastor Carl Ruby of Central Christian Church wrote on social media that Bel threw himself in front of a semi 'after being teased by fellow students at Wright State about his ankle monitor.'" www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/spring...
A holocaust without gas chambers, happening in your name This boy is just as discarded and dead as a 12 yr in Auschwitz, you just haven't accepted it yet
Abuse of Power Watch@abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · last mo.📍 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎, 𝐈𝐋: The Trump administration is escalating deportation efforts against unaccompanied children. A 12-year-old boy was ordered deported to El Salvador, even after advocates told the immigration judge he had no caregivers there. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
This is mass human disposal without direct execution. This is a holocaust of an entire subclass via transfer to Liberia instead of gas chambers. Germans living beside concentration camps pretended they didn't know what was happening, & Americans don't want to believe they've crossed this line either
Climate change is a moral catastrophe because countries like Nepal who are least responsible for causing it suffer the most.
Polk county, FL is replaying its dark, sordid history with daily body snatchings of harmless & sometimes helpless people. Its sheriff pretended for a minute to have regrets about the terror campaign. National media believed him and never followed up.
Chris⚖️Justice@chrisjustice01.bsky.social · last mo.💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador.
A recent @science.org investigation conducted by journalists @charlespiller.bsky.social & @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social casts serious doubt on whether famous genetic mutations truly protect people from early-onset #Alzheimers. Dr. Alison Goate shares her perspective. 👉 www.science.org/content/arti...
It’s bizarre to live in this guy’s district where his antics go unreported while national news has a field day with him.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.i once again ask what in the world is going on with Randy Fine's face
“And this investigative report is turning up employees of the Colombian neuroscience research center who would only speak if their names were withheld because of fear of retribution, which is never, ever a good sign.” Thanks @dereklowe.bsky.social for highlighting our work and its 😬 implications
Charles Piller@charlespiller.bsky.social · last mo.More Alzheimer's Research Trouble | Science | AAAS More Alzheimer's Research Trouble | Science | AAAS - Derek Lowe's thoughtful take on my latest investigation (with my colleague @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social ) www.science.org/content/blog... www.science.org/content/blog...
For years now there's been buzz that a particular genetic variant is protective against dementia — now people are suggesting there's been fraud. Investigation from @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social @charlespiller.bsky.social in @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Terrific investigative science reporting from the strong team of @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social and @charlespiller.bsky.social, for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti...
Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed for warding off Alzheimer’s disease
Mutations found in Colombian families raised hopes for treatments. Altered patient data and suspect images call their benefits into question
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“Magic or Realism?” Are recently discovered genetic variants that seem to protect against Alzheimer’s believable? My latest investigation – with @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social – takes a deep dive to answer. www.science.org/content/arti...
“The investigation suggests the group embraced a dubious approach to identifying protective mutations, improperly changed patient data to tease provocative findings from Christchurch carriers, and published multiple papers containing suspect or copied images.” More trouble in Alzheimer research…🧪
Science investigation casts doubt on genes hailed for warding off Alzheimer’s disease
Mutations found in Colombian families raised hopes for treatments. Altered patient data and suspect images call their benefits into question
science.org
It’s so important to have science journalists that have the time and resources to do these kinds of investigations. I feel very lucky to work in a place where that’s possible with amazing colleagues like @charlespiller.bsky.social and @jennieerinsmith.bsky.social, who reported this piece. 🧪
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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This is a catastrophic return to the bloody and counterproductive policies of the Uribe administration from two decades ago. They even want to bring back the futile policy of aerial spraying of coca crops with a super concentrated version of Roundup. I worked for 15 years to help end that practice.
Trump Administration Fast-Tracks Military Partnership With Colombia to Target Drug Traffickers (Gift Article)
The country’s new Trump-endorsed president takes office on Friday. Sweeping plans to target drug traffickers with U.S. help are already underway.
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short of the USAID omnicide, this might be the most horrifying thing trump’s doing, and a serious news media would be screaming about the disappeared every day, but ours was trained not to do that during the bush-era black site renditions
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2mo agoA LOT OF UPDATES to the Third-Country Removal Tracker. New entries for Belize and Dominica, and new removals added for Central African Republic, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...