Deborah Blum
@deborahb.bsky.social
Book author, toxicology journalist, fascinated by poison and murder (current book project), and, oh yeah, I'm the former director of the Knight Science Journalism program at MIT.
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If you haven't read her stunning essay for The New Yorker about living with a terminal diagnosis, here it is: “When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If you haven't read her stunning essay for The New Yorker about living with a terminal diagnosis, here it is: “When you are dying, at least in my limited experience, you start remembering everything.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Food safety also relies on education of those who handle food. Not those who inspect it but the very poorly paid and fairly poorly trained workers.
Saying this as someone who had been in such a position. I was college educated and I took it seriously (your books played a role in that).
Saying this as someone who had been in such a position. I was college educated and I took it seriously (your books played a role in that).
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Food safety also relies on education of those who handle food. Not those who inspect it but the very poorly paid and fairly poorly trained workers.
Saying this as someone who had been in such a position. I was college educated and I took it seriously (your books played a role in that).
Saying this as someone who had been in such a position. I was college educated and I took it seriously (your books played a role in that).
And the nasal cavity. 😂
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And the nasal cavity. 😂