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Kat McGowan@mcgowankat.bsky.social |
181 followers 243 following 154 posts
Journalist reporting on caregiving. Serious at www.katmcgowan.com. Mostly just silly here.
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Lydia Polgreen
@polgreen.bsky.social
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This is incredible news out of France - the left really saved the center's bacon. It has always seemed that the true cordon sanitaire for the center and right in the amnesiac 21st century was not against the far right but the left.
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD
@pdakean.bsky.social
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“But very few diseases of aging have just one cause. It’s just not logical,” www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/o...
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Mr. Am I Being Detained
@gonebabygone.bsky.social
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Biden passed the most aggressive climate package in US history and probably ever again and I feel like the environmental beat is the only place we’re covering it
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Eric Topol
@erictopol.bsky.social
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GLP-1 drugs and reduction of cancer
Among ~1.6 million people w/ T2 diabetes, for GLP-1 drugs vs insulin Rx, there was less risk for 11 of the 13 cancers associated with obesity
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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John Kennedy
@micefearboggis.bsky.social
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When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Sitting here drinking my coffee observing the mighty Pacific and wondering if Steve Bannon is in jail yet
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Not making any threats here, just thinking out loud as a historian — do they people brazenly pushing for impunity for the wealthy elites not know what traditionally comes next?
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Emily Nussbaum
@emilynussbaum.bsky.social
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In honor of my book "Cue The Sun," I present the single weirdest clip I stumbled across during my research—not a reality clip, but a 1985 anti-drug PSA filmed by Cops creator John Langley, a video that contains the pure essence of the Just Say No era: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5zJ...
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Mitchell Epner
@mitchellepner.bsky.social
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Steve Bannon's last ditch request to the Supreme Court to stay his sentence pending resolution of his request for cert to the Supreme Court has been rejected. In other words, Steve Bannon must report to federal prison in Danbury on Monday to serve his 4 months.
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Two monitors. Two of them. At least. Maybe three.
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Snitty
@clofsnitville.bsky.social
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The NYT is notorious for clickbait headlines that oversell the reporting. This is the exact opposite. The whole thing is just stunning. This should be a gift link - worth reading this one start to finish.
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/w...
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Jason Koebler
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social
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We spent $365 to build an AI news site that publishes 50 times a day, plagiarizes directly from our original reporting, uses services like Fiverr and popular WordPress plugins, is SEO optimized for Google and Adsense & breaks the rules of none of them
www.404media.co/i-paid-365-6...
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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In the 70s my mom (San Diego)had a bumper sticker: “There is no life east of I-5”. Back then, it was actually kind of true, so this is mind blowing!
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Chris Morran
@themorrancave.bsky.social
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Attention, fellow journalism nerds:
You might already know that nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. What you didn't know (because it just went live) is that @propublica.bsky.social has a new database that lets you easily search these organizations’ finances:
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Also a journalist. I am the “designated emergency contact” for many of my friends & their children because I am the only person they know who always answers the phone, even if unknown number.
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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As a reporter, I never write the headlines for the story, and almost never the “display copy” (captions, subheadings, etc). Editors do. I rarely meet the photographers assigned to my stories; they set their shoots up separately on request of editor. It’s still a top-down, hierarchical business.
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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This is infuriating. www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Nothings Monstered
@nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social
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Bette Davis - Ron Galella, 1980
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Jamestopher
@tarnation.bsky.social
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Kinda crazy that artificial intelligence needs the entire output of a nuclear reactor but actual intelligence can run on Twix bars and cocaine, for example.
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Thank you very much genius brilliant world conquering AI this is a very helpful transcript
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Dr Kat Day (she/her)
@chronicleflask.katday.com
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Good! Miles Astray entered a real, albeit surreal photo of a flamingo into the AI category of the 1839 Color Photography Awards [...] “I wanted to show that nature can still beat the machine and that there is still merit in real work from real creatives,” Astray tells PetaPixel over email.
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Dave Karpf
@davekarpf.bsky.social
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New post:
I’ve noticed that A.I. boosters put a lot of emphasis behind calling generative AI a new “general purpose technology.”
That’s a load-bearing phrase. If we just call it “improved machine learning” then a lot of their grand pronouncements fall flat.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
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Alexander Tin
@alexander-a-tin.bsky.social
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From CDC's latest health advisory today
on 10 hospitalizations linked to Diamond Shruumz microdosing chocolates and other candies so far
"several patients required intubation, mechanical ventilation, and admission to an intensive care unit"
emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han...
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
@seamas.bsky.social
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Thinking again of Raymond Chandler taking the piss out of science fiction and, accidentally, a) writing an absolute banger, and b) inventing the word Google. If anyone has any other favourite examples of writers parodying wildly different genres/writers - I'm all ears.
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Meanwhile, the VP of AHCA says the rule is "crazy", an existential threat. Stay tuned. Context: 1.2M Americans live in 15,000 nursing homes nationwide, funded by 38.5B in taxpayer money. 70% are for-profit; about 5% owned by private equity.
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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In the last few weeks, both Senate and House have introduced "Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval", an attempt to overturn the new rules. Everybody's having press conferences, AARP and SEIU have a billboard truck driving around Capitol Hill with this banner. (more)
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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AHCA, the big trade group, says that 50% to 80% of nursing homes won't meet new standards, and nursing homes are still in a labor crunch. They're suing, and the association of nonprofit nursing homes says it will join in. Now Congress is getting involved (more) www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Com...
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Many states have stiffer staffing requirements already: California, for instance, with 3.5. But this is the first time the feds require it, and it follows what is arguably a staffing crunch--the industry's trade groups say homes just can't hire/afford more staff, and will have to shutter. (more)
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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The fight about nursing home staffing is heating up. The federal govt., which effectively* oversees most US nursing homes, announced on April 22 that facilities must have 3.48 hours stafftime per day per person. Big drama ensues! (more)
www.cms.gov/newsroom/fac...
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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I have lived in the Bay Area 10+ years now but will never not laugh at getting an email from county emergency management about a HEAT ADVISORY because IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE 80s tomorrow. (fans self vigorously)
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Jan Rosenow
@janrosenow.bsky.social
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An incredible story:
When the latest batch of solar plants come on line, Texas will have added more solar capacity per capita in a single year than any US state and any country in the world.
Data from @EmberClimate.
www.ft.com/content/ef2f...
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Brittany Trang
@brittanytrang.bsky.social
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Exclusive: Elevance's PBM president quietly separates from the company amid customer complaints of receiving wrong medications.
The wave of complaints coincide with the launch of two new pharmacy services at CarelonRx.
Latest @statnews.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2024/06/03/e...
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Neighbor and her toddler have been playing with Wheels on the Bus toy in our shared yard for an hour and a half is this a war crime. Should I post on next door neighbor. At least Dirt Man is now out of my head
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Family caregiving usually means sacrifice--time, money, peace of mind. But the people I spoke with for this NPR story paid an even bigger price: They wound up homeless. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
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i regret to inform you that martha-ann alito and ginny thomas are now legally obligated to have a breakdance fight
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Entities that have made me cry most frequently while fulfilling my duty as power of attorney for my ill and elderly mother, ranked: 5. Wells Fargo bank 4. CareLon Rx pharmacy benefits manager 3. California DMV 2. California Public Employees Retirement System the winner: 1. Anthem, by a landslide
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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Jolie laide!
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Karl Bode
@karlbode.bsky.social
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it is the year 2024. once essential technology giants set themselves on fire while the few journalists that remain eat glue for attention
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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And don’t forget the incredible technology of picking up the phone and asking another human being who actually knows stuff
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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about 3 feet tall! flowers are about 4-5 inches across
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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I just got back home after a week away for a family memorial and this is what my poppies have been up to 🌱
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Helen Branswell
@helenbranswell.bsky.social
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Scientists have managed to generate a full genetic sequence of #H5N1 #birdflu from store-bought milk, suggesting commercial milk products could be a way to monitor the outbreak in cows, given the lack of cooperation from dairy farmers. www.statnews.com/2024/05/21/b...
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Pictures of the Floating World
@floatingworlds.bsky.social
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#ItoYuhan
(1892 -1951) Aki no Miyajima (1930)
#japanese #woodblock
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Renewable Energy
@renewableenergy.bsky.social
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100% of California’s main grid energy demand was met by the combo of solar, wind & hydropower generation for 9 hours & forty-five minutes! Today marks the 44th day straight & the 68th out of 74, where solar, wind & hydro exceeded demand for part of the day. And they say it can’t be done…
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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It's remarkable how crappy Google search has become, very quickly. For instance: Up into the 1960s, women's colleges still held an (annual?) formal dinner, with hats, gloves, etiquette, etc. It had a name that I don't remember. Google is no help. Anyone know what that was called?
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Ricardo J. Salvador
@cadwego.bsky.social
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Billionaires Lynda and Stewart Resnick, owners of the world's largest pistachio and almond grower, Fiji Water, Pom pomegranate juice and Justin wines, and Teleflora flower service, are suing to roll back legal protections for farmworkers.
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Kat McGowan
@mcgowankat.bsky.social
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What’s your sign?
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Sam
@mardiroos.bsky.social
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the way neurotransmitters tend to be used popularly to understand experience and behavior is only marginally more scientific than astrology
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Tulletilsynet
@tulletilsynet.bsky.social
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Jesse James was a maga. TJ Stiles, Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War (2003) 225.
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