Magdalena Michalowicz
@magdalenam.bsky.social
Screen, fiction, and freelance writer transitioning to policy work. Focused on public health, scientific authority/trust, and combatting misinformation. University of Utah MPP, 2026.
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Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world
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Put it in the papers - America persists because 700k civil servants have no quit in them.
October 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Put it in the papers - America persists because 700k civil servants have no quit in them.
Great visual metaphor, no notes
JUST IN: The Trump administration has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Great visual metaphor, no notes
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we are not having a lot of luck with institutional pushback - everyone who does is fired and replaced
we are definitely not having any luck with “norms”
what we are having luck with is ordinary people looking at the incompetent bullshit put in front of them and going “absolutely not”
we are definitely not having any luck with “norms”
what we are having luck with is ordinary people looking at the incompetent bullshit put in front of them and going “absolutely not”
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro lost 3x in a closely watched case that arose during the transfer of detainees to ICE outside of the D.C. jail.
~three grand jury no bills;
~one acquittal by the judge;
~one acquittal by the petit jury.
Juries are doing their jobs.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
~three grand jury no bills;
~one acquittal by the judge;
~one acquittal by the petit jury.
Juries are doing their jobs.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Jury Acquittal Hands Jeanine Pirro A Big L
Three-Time Loser In a closely watched case, a federal jury acquitted a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
we are not having a lot of luck with institutional pushback - everyone who does is fired and replaced
we are definitely not having any luck with “norms”
what we are having luck with is ordinary people looking at the incompetent bullshit put in front of them and going “absolutely not”
we are definitely not having any luck with “norms”
what we are having luck with is ordinary people looking at the incompetent bullshit put in front of them and going “absolutely not”
chatGPT just hallucinated an article with a title that's my own working title for a project and attributed it to a random person in 2023, so that's fun.
October 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
chatGPT just hallucinated an article with a title that's my own working title for a project and attributed it to a random person in 2023, so that's fun.
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The reason a lot of white people can operate in the privilege of a comment like “we used to be able to have dissenting opinions & now they break friendships” is because the people of color in the room had to be silent in order to remain in the room safely.
October 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The reason a lot of white people can operate in the privilege of a comment like “we used to be able to have dissenting opinions & now they break friendships” is because the people of color in the room had to be silent in order to remain in the room safely.
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Well, this is delightful news. 📚
bookriot.com/new-host-of-...
bookriot.com/new-host-of-...
Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian
After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.
bookriot.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Well, this is delightful news. 📚
bookriot.com/new-host-of-...
bookriot.com/new-host-of-...
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There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.
September 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There is a difference between righteous anger, directed at injustice, and hateful anger, directed at those who are different. Authoritarian regimes deliberately conflate the two to silence criticism and create false equivalence. It's important we don't let those in power succeed in this endeavor.
Having read the full Coates/Klein transcript now, it's striking how much Klein seems to want One Weird Trick to fix things. I think Coates has the right idea here.
September 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Having read the full Coates/Klein transcript now, it's striking how much Klein seems to want One Weird Trick to fix things. I think Coates has the right idea here.
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of all the things about ta-nehisi coates’s philosophy i wish people would internalize the main one is: sometimes you lose
September 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
of all the things about ta-nehisi coates’s philosophy i wish people would internalize the main one is: sometimes you lose
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This is Rubicon crossed. Never has elected official or appointee interfered with drug oversight like this. It has implications for public health, national security, and economic implications. They’re not good. You can’t invest in something when you think FDA is drafting policy from tweets.
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is Rubicon crossed. Never has elected official or appointee interfered with drug oversight like this. It has implications for public health, national security, and economic implications. They’re not good. You can’t invest in something when you think FDA is drafting policy from tweets.
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There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
Cringing in class because someone behind me is coughing/congested. Then I turn around and see their KN95. Public health classes ftw
September 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Cringing in class because someone behind me is coughing/congested. Then I turn around and see their KN95. Public health classes ftw
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praise for Kirk from liberal pundits is one of the clearest distillations of how ill-equipped they are for this fascist moment, & how devoted they are to a West Wing fantasy of a respectable right/conservative movement that does not exist, and which - like Kirk - almost never operates in good faith
September 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
praise for Kirk from liberal pundits is one of the clearest distillations of how ill-equipped they are for this fascist moment, & how devoted they are to a West Wing fantasy of a respectable right/conservative movement that does not exist, and which - like Kirk - almost never operates in good faith
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It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.
September 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.
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politics is conflictual; a reality you cannot poll, focus group, or message your way out of.
If you want to build a society around solidarity & non-zero-sum cooperation, you have to find a way to go around these folks, to deny them power, to develop social norms that marginalize them. You're not going to persuade or convert them.
August 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
politics is conflictual; a reality you cannot poll, focus group, or message your way out of.
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Mississippi banned abortion and refused to expand Medicaid. This isn't complicated. This is a policy choice. 'Pro-life' politicians would rather babies die than their mothers receive health care. www.waaytv.com/news/nation-...
Mississippi declares public health emergency over rising infant mortality rate
(CNN) — The Mississippi health department declared a public health emergency Thursday over rising infant mortality rates in the state.
www.waaytv.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Mississippi banned abortion and refused to expand Medicaid. This isn't complicated. This is a policy choice. 'Pro-life' politicians would rather babies die than their mothers receive health care. www.waaytv.com/news/nation-...
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Laura is one of the most brilliant brains in journalism these days, and I honestly can't think of a more essential article. This is a set of LEGAL and reasonable things you can do to keep the entire country from escalating into the police state that it's becoming in so many places.
America is no longer descending into fascism. We are seconds away from impact
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
Military occupation has come to DC. If and when military occupation comes to where you are, there are things that you can do. This article outlines some of them
How To Fight A Military Occupation
Friction. Obstruction. Demoralization.
www.bannedinyourstate.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Laura is one of the most brilliant brains in journalism these days, and I honestly can't think of a more essential article. This is a set of LEGAL and reasonable things you can do to keep the entire country from escalating into the police state that it's becoming in so many places.
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Power is power.
I'm back teaching stats in a School of Public Policy this fall, and I can't decide whether to show this clip from Game of Thrones on the first day of class or the last.
Knowledge can be helpful, but power is power.
Knowledge can be helpful, but power is power.
August 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Power is power.
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The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
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Democratic supporting money folks spend all their money on policy and messaging and Republicans have been relentlessly focused for 30 *years* on owning every piece of information architecture or bullying it into submission and that's why we are here.
since the election i have seen reports of mark halperin getting $40M for a new media startup, $200M to bari weiss and now rupert murdoch investing in a california based conservative media outlet
have yet to see reports of a single dollar being invested in left-leaning media orgs or influencers tho
have yet to see reports of a single dollar being invested in left-leaning media orgs or influencers tho
August 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Democratic supporting money folks spend all their money on policy and messaging and Republicans have been relentlessly focused for 30 *years* on owning every piece of information architecture or bullying it into submission and that's why we are here.
Sir this is an Arby's
At a United Nations meeting on pollution, the U.S. delegate said the U.S. has a "national position" on gender.
The position leaves no room for the existence of transgender, nonbinary and intersex people, who face discrimination around the world.
My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The position leaves no room for the existence of transgender, nonbinary and intersex people, who face discrimination around the world.
My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical wast...
www.propublica.org
August 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sir this is an Arby's
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I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread theconversation.com/i-analyzed-m... by @karmvirpadda.bsky.social
"What emerges is a chilling picture of how deep-seated misogyny, disguised as grievance and moral outrage, can escalate ideological violence."
"What emerges is a chilling picture of how deep-seated misogyny, disguised as grievance and moral outrage, can escalate ideological violence."
I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread
Gender identity–driven violence is the most common ideological theme across ‘lone-actor’ extremist manifestos in a recent study.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread theconversation.com/i-analyzed-m... by @karmvirpadda.bsky.social
"What emerges is a chilling picture of how deep-seated misogyny, disguised as grievance and moral outrage, can escalate ideological violence."
"What emerges is a chilling picture of how deep-seated misogyny, disguised as grievance and moral outrage, can escalate ideological violence."
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women aren't foregoing motherhood because they were hoodwinked into believing it's something it's not. They were told the truth about what it is-- a relentless, thankless job that is mostly pretty boring, pays zero dollars, and, without serious support, undermines/stunts your personal development
July 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
women aren't foregoing motherhood because they were hoodwinked into believing it's something it's not. They were told the truth about what it is-- a relentless, thankless job that is mostly pretty boring, pays zero dollars, and, without serious support, undermines/stunts your personal development
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Picard civics tip: If there is one truth, one constant that history shows us over and over, it is that resistance is never futile.
July 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Picard civics tip: If there is one truth, one constant that history shows us over and over, it is that resistance is never futile.