Michelle C. McAdams
@mcmcadams.bsky.social
writer | editor | optimist | fiction in december mag + oracle fine arts review
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Seventy years ago, Jonas Salk and his team worked in a lab between a morgue and a darkroom to develop the world’s first successful polio vaccine.
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab
Polio may finally be defeated in the next 5 years. Will the world recognize what an extraordinary achievement that is?
theconversation.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Seventy years ago, Jonas Salk and his team worked in a lab between a morgue and a darkroom to develop the world’s first successful polio vaccine.
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
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Facebook knows that it is committing fraud and does not care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Facebook knows that it is committing fraud and does not care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
microsoft word, this feels personal...
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
microsoft word, this feels personal...
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‘Reading Rainbow’ is being revived on YouTube with new host Mychal Threets taking over from LeVar Burton. A new generation of public-media defenders is about to rise up.
Reading Rainbow Is Back for a Reread
‘Reading Rainbow’ is being revived on YouTube with new host Mychal Threets taking over from LeVar Burton. A new generation of public-media defenders is about to rise up.
www.vulture.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
‘Reading Rainbow’ is being revived on YouTube with new host Mychal Threets taking over from LeVar Burton. A new generation of public-media defenders is about to rise up.
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Are you with us in the battle against misinformation? If so, we’d appreciate your support.
Just this week, we’ve explained the importance and safety of vaccines… 🧵
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🩺 🧪 #VaccinesWork
Just this week, we’ve explained the importance and safety of vaccines… 🧵
buff.ly/cRsOxNT
🩺 🧪 #VaccinesWork
Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US
Before universal vaccination for hepatitis B began in 1991, 18,000 children contracted the virus by age 10 each year, and most of them developed chronic illness and liver damage. Vaccination reduced…
theconversation.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Are you with us in the battle against misinformation? If so, we’d appreciate your support.
Just this week, we’ve explained the importance and safety of vaccines… 🧵
buff.ly/cRsOxNT
🩺 🧪 #VaccinesWork
Just this week, we’ve explained the importance and safety of vaccines… 🧵
buff.ly/cRsOxNT
🩺 🧪 #VaccinesWork
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AP gets it right
BREAKING: President Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.
Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence
President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving new evidence.
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
AP gets it right
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The debate around what is or isn’t “cancel culture” really just obscures a simple truth that it’s BAD to be massively racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic and it’s GOOD to speak out against injustice. Some things are good and some things are bad and it’s okay to say which you think are which.
September 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The debate around what is or isn’t “cancel culture” really just obscures a simple truth that it’s BAD to be massively racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic and it’s GOOD to speak out against injustice. Some things are good and some things are bad and it’s okay to say which you think are which.
September 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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We asked newsroom leaders and ethicists what they’re keeping or changing in an era of Trump, “fake news,” AI, and industry decline. Read Julie Gerstein and Margaret Sullivan. www.cjr.org/feature/thir...
Thirteen Journalists on How They Are Rethinking Ethics
We asked newsroom leaders and ethicists what they’re keeping or changing in an era of Trump, “fake news,” AI, and industry decline.
www.cjr.org
August 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We asked newsroom leaders and ethicists what they’re keeping or changing in an era of Trump, “fake news,” AI, and industry decline. Read Julie Gerstein and Margaret Sullivan. www.cjr.org/feature/thir...
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‘Staying engaged is better than tuning out altogether. But many are really not using their time or energy in a way that could create change or make a difference.’
@sulliview.bsky.social offers ways to to move beyond hobbyism and into citizen action.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dont-be-a-...
@sulliview.bsky.social offers ways to to move beyond hobbyism and into citizen action.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dont-be-a-...
Don't be a 'political hobbyist.' Here's how to harness your power.
Plus, three eye-rolling media goofs (or actual travesties) of the week
margaretsullivan.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
‘Staying engaged is better than tuning out altogether. But many are really not using their time or energy in a way that could create change or make a difference.’
@sulliview.bsky.social offers ways to to move beyond hobbyism and into citizen action.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dont-be-a-...
@sulliview.bsky.social offers ways to to move beyond hobbyism and into citizen action.
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/dont-be-a-...
“We are watching the collapse of the checks and balances in the Constitution by Congress and by the Supreme Court that were central to holding a president’s abuse of office and abuse of power and abuse of civil liberties to account…”
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I had the chance to talk with @scottdetrow.bsky.social for “All Things Considered” about my belief that an important line was crossed in America this month: www.npr.org/2025/08/30/n...
August 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“We are watching the collapse of the checks and balances in the Constitution by Congress and by the Supreme Court that were central to holding a president’s abuse of office and abuse of power and abuse of civil liberties to account…”
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“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.”
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group.”
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
This is on Trump.
Gift link here:
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
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American Academy of Pediatrics not holding back: “It differs from recent recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC, which was overhauled this year & replaced with individuals who have a history of spreading vaccine misinformation.”
www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/h...
In break with current CDC recommendations, leading pediatrics group recommends Covid-19 shots for young children | CNN
The American Academy of Pediatrics released its updated recommendations for vaccines on Tuesday, including Covid-19 shots for infants and young children – a break from the current US for Centers for D...
www.cnn.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
American Academy of Pediatrics not holding back: “It differs from recent recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the CDC, which was overhauled this year & replaced with individuals who have a history of spreading vaccine misinformation.”
www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/h...
“Local residents said a more comprehensive strategy to combat crime in the city would involve bigger investments in recreation centers, arts and youth job programs. But that will be difficult after Republicans in Congress forced a $1 billion hole in the district’s budget.”
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look what happens when you actually speak to the people living in these neighborhoods instead of ventriloquizing them to make an ideological point: you get a good story www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
Where D.C. Crime Is Bad, Residents Question Trump’s Motives
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Local residents said a more comprehensive strategy to combat crime in the city would involve bigger investments in recreation centers, arts and youth job programs. But that will be difficult after Republicans in Congress forced a $1 billion hole in the district’s budget.”
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I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
“… Mr. Trump’s approach is more of a pyramid scheme than a plan. Cuts to research will starve innovation. Tariffs are likely to drive trade to China. Tax cuts will almost certainly widen inequality. Mass deportations predictably divide communities ...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
Opinion | We’re Trapped in Trump’s Reality. This Is How We Escape It.
www.nytimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“… Mr. Trump’s approach is more of a pyramid scheme than a plan. Cuts to research will starve innovation. Tariffs are likely to drive trade to China. Tax cuts will almost certainly widen inequality. Mass deportations predictably divide communities ...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
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The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Campbell Robertson Chris Cameron www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Here’s the latest.
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
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You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
August 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
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RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
So much damage being done by this administration every day. It’s cowardly and petty and malicious. The MO seems to be how to do the most harm to people, along with the planet. So like the opposite of the Hippocratic Oath. But sure, let’s trust them with personal health data… 🙄
August 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So much damage being done by this administration every day. It’s cowardly and petty and malicious. The MO seems to be how to do the most harm to people, along with the planet. So like the opposite of the Hippocratic Oath. But sure, let’s trust them with personal health data… 🙄
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"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit
Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
In what (other) world would such unhinged behavior ever be acceptable from a president?
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The Obama arrest video is Trump’s most unhinged Epstein diversion. Here’s a brief guide to how Trump’s deranged Truth Social posts, including an AI video calling for Obama’s arrest, helped him flip the Epstein scandal back on his enemies.
Obama Arrest Video Is Trump’s Most Unhinged Epstein Diversion
The Obama arrest video is Trump’s most unhinged Epstein diversion. Here’s a brief guide to how Trump’s deranged Truth Social posts, including an AI video calling for Obama’s arrest, helped him flip the Epstein scandal back on his enemies.
nymag.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In what (other) world would such unhinged behavior ever be acceptable from a president?
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They keep demolishing anything that could inform/educate the populace. I wonder why?
The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a severe blow to 1,500 local public stations, as well as PBS and NPR
Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR
The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in a severe blow to NPR and PBS.
variety.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
They keep demolishing anything that could inform/educate the populace. I wonder why?
Loved every minute. Thank you, Lucius!!! 🤩🤩🤩 @ilovelucius.bsky.social @docmcadams.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Loved every minute. Thank you, Lucius!!! 🤩🤩🤩 @ilovelucius.bsky.social @docmcadams.bsky.social