Julie Marquis
@jdmarquis.bsky.social
Former editor on Reuters Enterprise team; former LA Times: Kaiser Health News
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When the astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth, markers of inflammation in his blood spiked to levels that laboratory tests had difficulty measuring. “Are these the highest levels ever seen in a human body?” one researcher asked. “How did he survive?”
Can the Human Body Endure a Voyage to Mars?
In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep space will make us sick.
www.newyorker.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
When the astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth, markers of inflammation in his blood spiked to levels that laboratory tests had difficulty measuring. “Are these the highest levels ever seen in a human body?” one researcher asked. “How did he survive?”
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Patrick Soon-Shiong is running the @latimes.com into the ground and it's deliberate
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Patrick Soon-Shiong is running the @latimes.com into the ground and it's deliberate
Reposted by Julie Marquis
Holy shit. Remember that Patrick Soon-Shiong had demanded that all op-ed pieces be run by him first, but to then change the argument of the piece entirely...
I feel sorry for the journalists who work there
I feel sorry for the journalists who work there
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Holy shit. Remember that Patrick Soon-Shiong had demanded that all op-ed pieces be run by him first, but to then change the argument of the piece entirely...
I feel sorry for the journalists who work there
I feel sorry for the journalists who work there
Reposted by Julie Marquis
The New Republic has kindly published what the LA Times and its RFK Jr-supporting billionaire owner Pat Soon-Shiong tried to suppress: newrepublic.com/article/1910...
February 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The New Republic has kindly published what the LA Times and its RFK Jr-supporting billionaire owner Pat Soon-Shiong tried to suppress: newrepublic.com/article/1910...
What the heck is going on here? content.app-us1.com/cdn-cgi/imag...
December 14, 2024 at 7:58 PM
What the heck is going on here? content.app-us1.com/cdn-cgi/imag...
Reposted by Julie Marquis
And another in the @reuters.com famine series: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
The world’s hunger watchdog warned of catastrophe in Sudan. Famine struck anyway.
Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why it’s not achieving its mission.
www.reuters.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:17 PM
And another in the @reuters.com famine series: www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
