I wouldn’t have it any other way but a zip line in front of the court house does feel like a parody of Mamdani’s NYC
Sarah Sloat
@sarahsloat.bsky.social
science and culture writer and editor with words in The Guardian, NYT, Wired, The Atlantic and more https://www.sarahsloat.net
Trump can roll back climate policy. But he can't roll back every single solar project, every local coalition, every community fighting for cleaner air and a more resilient future. So, that's where this story begins. @sarahsloat.bsky.social with the latest from our Repairing America series
The Climate Fight That Doesn’t Depend on Washington
Even as Trump rolls back federal climate policy, communities across America are proving that lasting climate progress starts locally—not in Washington.
damemagazine.com
Frustration with a lack of solutions has turned vaginal supplements into a billion-dollar industry. But this could be a boon to scientists racing to develop vetted cures. My latest: www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
Wellness culture is trying to sell you products your vagina doesn’t need
There isn’t enough research about the vaginal microbiome. But that doesn’t mean you need ‘feminine probiotics’ that companies are pushing
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when I reported on threats to mRNA research for @damemagazine.bsky.social something that came up frequently was how scared scientists were of losing funding, precisely bc their mRNA projects were already achieving the previously unthinkable
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz@igallupd.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Filing this under "articles I wish I wrote." If you see this shared everywhere today, it's because it's good!! www.curbed.com/article/dogs...
Where Does a Dog Belong?
Tensions between canine lovers and other New Yorkers are boiling over.
curbed.com
#Journorequest: I'm looking to speak to women who use AI chatbots like ChatGPT for health questions and guidance. If you're open to chatting, please send me a message or email. Thank you! sarahsloat9@gmail.com 🧪🧠💬
If you’ve felt exhausted, anxious, or numb in the face of nonstop political turmoil, you’re not imagining it and you're definitely not alone. @sarahsloat.bsky.social looks at the research on the psychological and physical toll of polycrisis.
How Political Chaos Is Affecting Americans’ Mental Health - Dame Magazine
As political instability rises, so do anxiety, depression, and disengagement. New research shows how national turmoil is reshaping Americans’ mental health.
damemagazine.com
I'd like to know what the MAHA crowd thinks of this
The Barbed Wire@thebarbedwire.com · 6mo agoNEW: @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social is calling for Dilley Immigration Center to be “shut down immediately.” Dilley released Liam Ramos. But hundreds of children who remain in the facility are facing a measles outbreak. The highly contagious disease can be deadly. thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/02/h...
#Journorequest: I'm looking to speak to women who use AI chatbots like ChatGPT for health questions and guidance. If you're open to chatting, please send me a message or email. Thank you! sarahsloat9@gmail.com 🧪🧠💬
i suppose it makes sense but it is completely demoralizing that we live in a moment where there is more video/photographic evidence (often from multiple angles) than ever before and also a durable system in place for propagandists to gaslight or convince others into not believing their eyes
I'm looking to get in touch with scientists in Minnesota. Best ways to reach me are here or LDattaro.73 on Signal. Thanks! #chemsky #neuroskyence
You can use ChatGPT for life advice—but should you? Experts told me AI guidance is much riskier than most realize. My latest for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
AI as a life coach: experts share what works, what doesn’t and what to look out for
It’s becoming more common for people to use AI chatbots for personal guidance – but this doesn’t come without risks
theguardian.com
If you want to understand this moment in time, and all the ways unassuming tech is weaponized, you need to be reading @404media.co.
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 7mo agoICE has recently bought the capability of monitoring the location histories of entire neighborhoods worth of phones. The data is likely harvested from apps that sell your data, which filters up through data brokers and eventually to companies that sell to ICE: www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
When I reported on why some Oura ring users were uncomfortable with a Palantir connection, this is the sort of behavior that's why they said any link—however distant—made them so unsettled. slate.com/technology/2...
The Frightening Reason Some Women Are Ditching Their Oura Rings
“It’s not paranoid to be concerned about your data. It’s justified.”
slate.com
"In the Philippines, Jollibee is an institution; in America, it’s mostly just another chicken restaurant, and may never be destined to be anything more." @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Can Jollibee Beat American Fast Food at Its Own Game?
A fast-growing Filipino chain is serving burgers and chicken that seem like typical American fare—until you taste them.
theatlantic.com
for the "sounds like The Onion but isn't The Onion" file www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
nbcnews.com
It's that time of year again: are you sick....or is your dry af apartment making you feel sick www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Is the heating giving me a headache?
Hot, dry air from heating and decreased air circulation can make us feel under the weather. Here’s what to know
theguardian.com
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
washingtonpost.com
A new profile of RFK Jr offers fresh insights into how he works, the bond he shares with Trump, & how he's moved HHS “from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making." Story by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, & me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
How RFK Jr., America's celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science
RFK Jr. is plowing ahead with sweeping changes to U.S. health care that have thrilled supporters, purged opponents, and horrified critics.
statnews.com
Conservatives had a meltdown over young women going for Mamdani, Sherril, and Spanberger, calling them miserable and insane. It's no wonder polls show this group is imagining a future elsewhere, a trend that's not happening in other advanced economies. news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
what's the German word for when you realize you need to go outside to get the last minutes of sunlight but then you answer a quick text then realize oh the sunlight is all gone
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
404media.co
And it's like spiders at the beach Weird but fkin' beautiful onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪
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NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants. "What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
“While the growing mutualism between tech and government strengthens, it may leave some consumers behind, particularly women concerned about surveillance and the exploitation of reproductive health data.”
The Frightening Reason Some Women Are Ditching Their Oura Rings
“It’s not paranoid to be concerned about your data. It’s justified.”
slate.com
“I don’t think a company marketed to women and trying to help them regulate and better understand their bodies should be working with the government.” Here’s my latest on messy layers, mental calculations, and what happens when a user base feels betrayed: slate.com/technology/2...
The Frightening Reason Some Women Are Ditching Their Oura Rings
“It’s not paranoid to be concerned about your data. It’s justified.”
slate.com
I know *a lot* has happened, but remember when RFK said he could tell if a kid had "mitochondrial challenges"? I wrote about how that and metabolic syndrome became MAHA buzzwords, and what the science actually says. For @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/wellness/202... 🧪
What is metabolic syndrome – and do we really need to worry about it?
Metabolic syndrome – popularized by two architects of Maha – is a real health issue, but messaging can take a turn toward scienceploitation
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