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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS
@kokedit.bsky.social
No to fascism and no to interference with people’s civil rights.

Medical editor 🧪✍️ helping researchers in 20+ nations get published in 60+ medical journals. Member of ACES, AMWA, BELS, CSE, EFA. She/her. New Yorker. https://www.kokedit.com/
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Current (2026) profession-related data on me, your #medical #editor:

• 42 years in #publishing, 31 of them in medical #publishing

• Self-employed full time since 1995

• Holder of #professional #certification as an editor in the #life #sciences since 2008; see tinyurl.com/2uwnx3wd
Do not want, do not want, DO NOT WANT! Headline in The New York Times: “3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older People.” Subhead: “Medicare’s A.I. Referee.” #Medicare #AI www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/h...
3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older People
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Look at the Reuters social media team laundering lies from the Trump regime with no pushback. Their social media copy directly contradicts their own article, but you would not have realized it unless you went around their partial paywall.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I am sitting here grinning so hugely right now! ☺️

A physician–researcher and I have been having an email conversation about the possibility of my editing his research paper. He just now wrote: "Thank you again for your professionalism and for your support of #multilingual #authors." ☺️
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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They have tried everything they can think of to distract us and prevent the truth from coming out — posting racist memes and even shutting down the House. But we will not stop until all involved are held accountable and the survivors get justice.
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Otherwise known as Concentration Camps.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.

If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Wh*te people have so often been thieves when it comes to art. This must stop.
Issue #987 The origin of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." The original South African composer died penniless, while his song made $Millions worldwide.
Click to read the full post: https://bit.ly/4qiOyyD
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Have your Affordable Care Act health insurance premiums spiked? PBS News wants to hear from you. pbsnewshour.formstack.com/forms/afford...
ACA premiums-callout - Intellistack
pbsnewshour.formstack.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Have your monthly premiums increased under the Affordable Care Act? Has this been affecting your cost of living?

We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/4qmoBOK
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Research reported by @jama.com says that APPs manage half of Medicare urgent-care visits because the number of visits has doubled. (APPs are usually nurse practitioners or physician assistants.) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Urgent Care Trends Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2012-2019
This cross-sectional study examines urgent care utilization among adults aged 65 years or older and assesses whether utilization rates varied by beneficiary sociodemographic and community characterist...
jamanetwork.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Here’s an important podcast episode from The New York Times: “Why #Trump Voters Are Torn Over #Minneapolis.” I think it’s vital that both those on the #right and those on the #left hear what voters have to say. (Disclosure in case you’re wondering: I’m on the left.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/p...
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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"The people of Minneapolis have been courageously confronting the Trump administration’s bullies in the streets. The least Democratic elected officials could do is confront the administration seriously in Congress...Speak out and fight. Be like Bad Bunny."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Good Bunny. Bad Super Bowl. Defund ICE.
Political lessons from the wide world of sports. And music.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I found this article about the 4 types of #introverts interesting. I identify as a thinking introvert. How about you? www.huffpost.com/entry/there-...
There Are 4 Types Of Introverts. Which One Are You?
Social introverts, thinking introverts, anxious introverts and restrained introverts all have positive qualities.
www.huffpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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Lesbian singer Brandi Carlile sets up $25k grant to support Minnesota ICE detainees ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Mm647c

📷 Getty
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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Friends in Minneapolis are very worried about this development. Both in terms of state police's role in arresting protestors and the worry that this could set off the kind of spiral of distrust and destruction that followed George Floyd's murder.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
At Least 50 Arrested After Protests Escalate Outside Minnesota Federal Building
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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Why are state police doing this, @governorwalz.mn.gov ???
Friends in Minneapolis are very worried about this development. Both in terms of state police's role in arresting protestors and the worry that this could set off the kind of spiral of distrust and destruction that followed George Floyd's murder.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
February 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Hang it in the Louvre
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.

She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.

It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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Not just any Chinese American, too, a daughter of political dissidents whose family was literally chased by spies stateside. I was saving these three until the women's singles event when most people will be watching!!

bsky.app/profile/roey...
And the women’s team:
- the daughter of Chinese immigrants who rebuffed an aggressive campaign to get her to skate for China
- the daughter of an Italian immigrant embryologist mom who named her after a Michelle Pfeiffer character
- the pansexual daughter of a Texas cop (who is her biggest fan)
This year, the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Men's Team is represented by:
• the son of Ukrainian Junior World Champion skaters in Florida who like Papa John's
• the son of Russian World Champion skaters in Connecticut
• the son of Uzbek Olympic skaters in Virginia

That's what makes America great.
February 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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The Olympic Figure Skating Team Gold Medalists are:

• the son of Russian-Uzbek Olympic skaters
• Two Asian Hawaiians
• Two Michigan guys (lol)
• a Chinese American
• the oldest American woman to qualify for an Olympic singles team since 1928 and a queer icon

That's what makes America great.
This year, the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Men's Team is represented by:
• the son of Ukrainian Junior World Champion skaters in Florida who like Papa John's
• the son of Russian World Champion skaters in Connecticut
• the son of Uzbek Olympic skaters in Virginia

That's what makes America great.
This year, the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Pairs Team is represented by:
• A Japanese and Chinese Hawaiian
• A Michigan guy (You'll notice a trend here)
• A Hong Kong and Taiwanese Texan
• A Japanese American and Army soldier who is studying to become a chaplain!

That's what makes America great.
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM
A new study reported in the Lancet projects an extra 9.4 million deaths by 2030 if current trends persist. It’s an early picture of how funding reductions from the United States & other Western countries could undo decades of health gains. wapo.st/4rYeCk3

* www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030, study projects
The Lancet study examines how the dismantling of international aid by the U.S. and other countries could undo decades of health gains.
wapo.st
February 8, 2026 at 9:51 PM
♥️ Thank you, #Europe! At the Olympics, “when Vice President J.D. #Vance appeared on the stadium’s big screen during the kickoff of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games on Friday, the unmistakable sound of boos and jeers broke out among the crowd of 65,000 people.” time.com/7372884/jd-v...
Here's Why J.D. Vance Was Booed at the Winter Olympics
European attitudes toward the U.S. have shifted dramatically over the past year, recent polls indicate.
time.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
#ScienceEditors and #MedicalEditors, this is a must-read.
"If we get 'science' from people who are willing to lock children in cages, what are we really getting? If we can only have 'science' on their terms, what does that mean for who we are willing to throw under the bus to continue our work?"

What comes from science with no values?
I wrote about the last several days.

(It's free on Substack, we will likely also get it on the website. Don't send me death threats. THANKS!)

open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Not to be a hater, but EVERYTHING we’ve done in the last 365 days, we done with *hundreds of thousands* of dollars less than the salary of the CEO of AAAS.

So help us keep it up: www.standupforscience.net/donate
February 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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You will never get the sense of accomplishment from writing with AI that you will get from actually writing with just yourself
February 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM