Michael F. Fitzgerald
@mffitzgerald.bsky.social
Editor in chief #HarvardPublicHealth magazine. Former
@bostonglobe.bsky.social @niemanstoryboard.org @UChicagoalumni.bsky.social @niemanfdn.bsky.social
Posts express my views only.
@bostonglobe.bsky.social @niemanstoryboard.org @UChicagoalumni.bsky.social @niemanfdn.bsky.social
Posts express my views only.
This looks like the @bostonglobe.com public health edition. Those stories take up almost the entire front page. A chronicle of a broken system. Even the politics story's really about our health system.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This looks like the @bostonglobe.com public health edition. Those stories take up almost the entire front page. A chronicle of a broken system. Even the politics story's really about our health system.
Ballot boxes at the end of election night in Cambridge.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ballot boxes at the end of election night in Cambridge.
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#cambma Municipal Early Voting started on Saturday.
So far less than 1% of registered voters have voted early:
196 on Sat; 163 on Sun, for a total of 359 voters.
(As of July there were 40,725 active voters out of 66,539 registered voters. That's probably gone up but the final numbers aren't in.)
So far less than 1% of registered voters have voted early:
196 on Sat; 163 on Sun, for a total of 359 voters.
(As of July there were 40,725 active voters out of 66,539 registered voters. That's probably gone up but the final numbers aren't in.)
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#cambma Municipal Early Voting started on Saturday.
So far less than 1% of registered voters have voted early:
196 on Sat; 163 on Sun, for a total of 359 voters.
(As of July there were 40,725 active voters out of 66,539 registered voters. That's probably gone up but the final numbers aren't in.)
So far less than 1% of registered voters have voted early:
196 on Sat; 163 on Sun, for a total of 359 voters.
(As of July there were 40,725 active voters out of 66,539 registered voters. That's probably gone up but the final numbers aren't in.)
Members of the @cambridgeday.com team talking Election Guide 2025. Marc Levy, @sydneyywisee.bsky.social, Jane Peterson, Julia Carpi and me.
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Members of the @cambridgeday.com team talking Election Guide 2025. Marc Levy, @sydneyywisee.bsky.social, Jane Peterson, Julia Carpi and me.
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MIT says "Nope! to Trump "college compact" plan. Here's MIT prez Sally Kornbluth: "fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone." Full statement here 👇 orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
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October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
MIT says "Nope! to Trump "college compact" plan. Here's MIT prez Sally Kornbluth: "fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone." Full statement here 👇 orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Inspiring to write about @nabarund.bsky.social and the work he's doing that prompted a MacArthur genius grant.
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Dasgupta wins ‘genius grant’ for creative and effective harm reduction work
Dr. Nabarun L. Dasgupta, PhD, MPH ’03, is a 2025 MacArthur Fellow and "genius grant" recipient. The MacArthur Foundation noted Dasgupta, an epidemiologist and
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October 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Inspiring to write about @nabarund.bsky.social and the work he's doing that prompted a MacArthur genius grant.
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
noteworthy piece by @wudan.bsky.social on simultaneous pitching for freelancers and why it can no longer be considered verboten. In some cases it still will be, but she makes a good case for it. open.substack.com/pub/thewrite...
A story about simulpitching
Yes, you *can* send the same story pitch to multiple places
open.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
noteworthy piece by @wudan.bsky.social on simultaneous pitching for freelancers and why it can no longer be considered verboten. In some cases it still will be, but she makes a good case for it. open.substack.com/pub/thewrite...
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Our team got to work with Disclose, a French NGO, to help them use @documentcloud.org keep tabs on thousands of environmental assessments and other gov reports. Would love to have some US organizations following their lead! www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
Monitoring projects with an impact on the environment
Disclose, a French investigative newsroom and NGO, wanted to spot major projects impacting the environment before they slipped past public awareness. Relevant documents were scattered across governmen...
www.muckrock.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Our team got to work with Disclose, a French NGO, to help them use @documentcloud.org keep tabs on thousands of environmental assessments and other gov reports. Would love to have some US organizations following their lead! www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
AI can tell a joke. But does it know it's joking? @smjyoti.bsky.social in @undark.org undark.org/2025/07/21/a...
AI Can Make You Laugh. But Can It Ever Be Truly Humorous?
As people turn to AI for therapy and companionship, some say the models still need to learn the nuances of human humor.
undark.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
AI can tell a joke. But does it know it's joking? @smjyoti.bsky.social in @undark.org undark.org/2025/07/21/a...
AI "will perhaps allow a specific type of media executive to squeeze out a few more months of salary." A bracing take on the business case for AI in journalism from @404media.co .
July 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
AI "will perhaps allow a specific type of media executive to squeeze out a few more months of salary." A bracing take on the business case for AI in journalism from @404media.co .
Was scanning @theatlantic.com's newsletter and saw this @arthurbrooks.bsky.social article on how professional decline comes for us sooner than we think. They snuck in a piece first published in 2019. It was still good the 2nd time around. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
Here’s how to make the most of it.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Was scanning @theatlantic.com's newsletter and saw this @arthurbrooks.bsky.social article on how professional decline comes for us sooner than we think. They snuck in a piece first published in 2019. It was still good the 2nd time around. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @ditikohli.bsky.social @lizkowalczyk.bsky.social look at how the Ivy League's pain may be the SEC's gain. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/m...
As Trump administration punishes Ivy League, universities in the heartland stand to benefit - The Boston Globe
The Trump administration’s assault on elite East Coast schools, which the president says must be punished for indoctrinating students with leftist ideology and allowing antisemitism to flourish, barel...
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June 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @ditikohli.bsky.social @lizkowalczyk.bsky.social look at how the Ivy League's pain may be the SEC's gain. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/m...
I still like getting a contributor's copy of a magazine. Thanks @briansimpson99.bsky.social and looking forward to reading the package..
June 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I still like getting a contributor's copy of a magazine. Thanks @briansimpson99.bsky.social and looking forward to reading the package..
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This thread from @bxroberts.org is worth your time 👇👇
THREAD: An ex-DOGE engineer with no government or medical experience used AI to identify which Veterans Affairs contracts to kill, labeling them as “MUNCHABLE.”
@vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social and I got the code. Here’s what it tells us 1/
@vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social and I got the code. Here’s what it tells us 1/
June 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This thread from @bxroberts.org is worth your time 👇👇
@mariahblake.bsky.social 's book on forever chemicals has a redemptive arc. @deborahb.bsky.social is making grim jokes to make sure we don't lose sight of the problem.
May 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
@mariahblake.bsky.social 's book on forever chemicals has a redemptive arc. @deborahb.bsky.social is making grim jokes to make sure we don't lose sight of the problem.
At the @mariahblake.bsky.social event for "They Poisoned the World" with @deborahb.bsky.social at Harvard Bookstore.
May 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
At the @mariahblake.bsky.social event for "They Poisoned the World" with @deborahb.bsky.social at Harvard Bookstore.
I talked with researchers and policy types about the slashing of U.S. science. Here is what they said: magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/scienti.... Thx @briansimpson99.bsky.social for the opportunity.
Scientists’ Uncertain Future | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
U.S. researchers face sudden funding cuts that threaten studies, careers, and scientific progress.
magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu
May 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I talked with researchers and policy types about the slashing of U.S. science. Here is what they said: magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/scienti.... Thx @briansimpson99.bsky.social for the opportunity.
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This conversation between two “sides” was deep, thoughtful, and truly honest… in ways that I didn’t expect.
Take a listen:
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@brindabee.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social
Take a listen:
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@brindabee.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social
Special: MAHA Meets w Public Health, the 2nd Conversation: On RFK Jr., Vaccines, Corporate Influence, & More
Podcast Episode · Why Should I Trust You? · 05/20/2025 · 1h 34m
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May 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This conversation between two “sides” was deep, thoughtful, and truly honest… in ways that I didn’t expect.
Take a listen:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
@brindabee.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social
Take a listen:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
@brindabee.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social @kkjetelina.bsky.social
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“My concern is that there is going to be a large outbreak of not just measles, but other vaccine-preventable diseases as well, that’s going to end up causing a lot of harm, and possibly deaths in children,” said Dr. Anna Durbin of @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social.
(Published April)
(Published April)
“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s…
www.propublica.org
May 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“My concern is that there is going to be a large outbreak of not just measles, but other vaccine-preventable diseases as well, that’s going to end up causing a lot of harm, and possibly deaths in children,” said Dr. Anna Durbin of @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social.
(Published April)
(Published April)
Have been standing in the rental line for Budget Rental Car for more than an hour. It is 4x as long as when I started. I'm still 8 people from the counter.
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Have been standing in the rental line for Budget Rental Car for more than an hour. It is 4x as long as when I started. I'm still 8 people from the counter.
@hatethegamebook.com looks like it is selling well at terminal C at BOS. I bought one. 😀
May 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
@hatethegamebook.com looks like it is selling well at terminal C at BOS. I bought one. 😀
So much great work in this year's @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social!
May 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
So much great work in this year's @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social!