Julia Wolfe

@juruwolfe.bsky.social

Americas editor, @graphics.reuters.com. Once: FiveThirtyEight, CUNY adjunct. Almost Canadian.

This story had me reliving all the doctor who told me that it was normal to have irregular cycles and not to worry. It wasn't until we started trying to have kids that I learned the importance of my period as a vital sign, something I wish I had known in my 20s www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...

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Period loss affects approximately 3% to 4% of women of reproductive age, and except for during pregnancy and breastfeeding, it’s not normal. The health impacts go far beyond the cycle. What happens, and how the body can heal: www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...

Fires are growing faster in the western United States. The fastest of them — termed 'fast fires' — often erupt near towns and account for most structural wildfire damage according to researchers who analyzed over 60,000 fires from 2001 to 2020 reut.rs/3WsCyyz

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If you'd like to truly and completely destroy your Spotify algorithm, may I suggest that you: * rely on video game soundtracks to get into coding flow-state * raise a 2-year-old

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We're working on a cool thing (no spoilers) that's got me revisiting news games that I actually liked. Like, @moriartymaps.bsky.social's www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int..., which probably is the best thing any of us have ever done. Any other great ones I should revisit?

Play mini golf to see how politicians tilt elections using maps

Can you beat par — and other Washington Post readers — in our first-ever Gerrymander Invitational?

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