Michaela Martinez
@michaelakmartinez.bsky.social
Science writer. Runner. Springsteen enthusiast.
Mime is money!
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Mime is money!
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Butte, Montana residents persist despite a century of setbacks.
The indomitable Butte, Montana - High Country News
The misunderstood, often-maligned mining town helps itself.
www.hcn.org
April 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Butte, Montana residents persist despite a century of setbacks.
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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
NC Court of Appeals gives over 60,000 challenged voters 15 days to prove eligibility
The majority wrote that, even though they have the authority to completely throw out the contested ballots, they decided to instead mandate a cure period for most of the challenged voters.
www.newsobserver.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks.
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
The website to check linked in the reply.
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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For my fellow infectious disease and desert nerds 👇🏻
On a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters
After years in Big Pharma, a chemist pivoted to help save the species that made Ozempic possible.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
For my fellow infectious disease and desert nerds 👇🏻
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The Trump administration's cuts in science funding will likely lead to an exodus of scientific expertise, the research community warns. "That beacon of research that the US was for several decades — it’s just not going to be there.” www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/t...
Trump policies spark fears of brain drain, threatening to undermine U.S. dominance in biomedicine
A torrent of Trump administration policies is alarming scientists who fear the current climate is weakening researchers’ resolve to stick with careers in academic science.
www.statnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Trump administration's cuts in science funding will likely lead to an exodus of scientific expertise, the research community warns. "That beacon of research that the US was for several decades — it’s just not going to be there.” www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/t...
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🧪 A $4B cut to to NIH funding will have a seismic impact on science & medicine in the US. What's at stake? Our competitive edge in biomedical innovation, access to high quality health care (including for kids w/cancer), local economies...It's a big deal. My latest
@opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
@opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
Trump NIH Cuts Will Devastate US Research and Communities
Science, medicine and Americans’ access to high-quality care will be impacted by $4 billion budget cut.
www.bloomberg.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🧪 A $4B cut to to NIH funding will have a seismic impact on science & medicine in the US. What's at stake? Our competitive edge in biomedical innovation, access to high quality health care (including for kids w/cancer), local economies...It's a big deal. My latest
@opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
@opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
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On Friday evening, the Trump administration slashed NIH grant "indirect costs" in a change set to massively undercut university & hospital budgets on Monday.
@statnews.com explains what indirect costs are, how this will decrease American scientific dominance, & whether this is illegal:
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@statnews.com explains what indirect costs are, how this will decrease American scientific dominance, & whether this is illegal:
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What are indirect research costs? A quick explainer in light of NIH’s sweeping policy change
National Institutes of Health slashed overhead costs allowed under its grants to match private foundations, but the two don't account for expenses in the same way.
www.statnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
On Friday evening, the Trump administration slashed NIH grant "indirect costs" in a change set to massively undercut university & hospital budgets on Monday.
@statnews.com explains what indirect costs are, how this will decrease American scientific dominance, & whether this is illegal:
🧪🧬🧫
@statnews.com explains what indirect costs are, how this will decrease American scientific dominance, & whether this is illegal:
🧪🧬🧫
I need 10 seasons of The Pitt and I need them now.
January 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I need 10 seasons of The Pitt and I need them now.
There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see
December 23, 2024 at 8:05 PM
There are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see
Bit of a different landscape for today’s morning run
December 21, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Bit of a different landscape for today’s morning run
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Bill Belichick did you know you can get a Cook Out tray with two quesadillas and then order a quesadilla for each of your two sides and then swap your drink for a quesadilla? So five quesadillas for the price of one tray. It’s an incredible deal
Here is an assignment: Please reply with your best photoshops of grumpy-ass Bill Belichick in stereotypically North Carolina situations
December 12, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Bill Belichick did you know you can get a Cook Out tray with two quesadillas and then order a quesadilla for each of your two sides and then swap your drink for a quesadilla? So five quesadillas for the price of one tray. It’s an incredible deal
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U.S. officials moved Tuesday to protect the monarch, an iconic orange and black butterfly famous for its marathon migration across North America, under the Endangered Species Act.
U.S. moves to add monarch butterfly to the endangered species list
The major U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal would declare the iconic species as threatened, with federal scientists saying the species is on the decline.
wapo.st
December 10, 2024 at 9:23 PM
U.S. officials moved Tuesday to protect the monarch, an iconic orange and black butterfly famous for its marathon migration across North America, under the Endangered Species Act.
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It’s not AZ but this will do
November 18, 2024 at 11:44 PM
It’s not AZ but this will do
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To say: my profile pic is a LiDAR image showing the river-ghosts—historical meanders—of the Lower Mississippi.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.
November 18, 2024 at 11:08 PM
To say: my profile pic is a LiDAR image showing the river-ghosts—historical meanders—of the Lower Mississippi.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.
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I have something to write that’s hard so I read a lot of books and articles to get ready to write and anyway my garage is now organized for winter.
November 17, 2024 at 3:48 AM
I have something to write that’s hard so I read a lot of books and articles to get ready to write and anyway my garage is now organized for winter.
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My XOXO talk is online. It's a v. personal look at what it was like to cover the pandemic, live through it, be broken by it, and heal from it. I talk about my approach to journalism, a 7-part code for being a public figure, why I left the Atlantic, and a lot more. xoxofest.com/2024/videos/...
Ed Yong · Videos · XOXO
Avid birder and Pulitzer-winning science journalist Ed Yong built a devoted audience for his deeply empathetic coverage of the pandemic for The Atlantic, while his two New York Times bestsellers, ...
xoxofest.com
October 10, 2024 at 10:08 PM
My XOXO talk is online. It's a v. personal look at what it was like to cover the pandemic, live through it, be broken by it, and heal from it. I talk about my approach to journalism, a 7-part code for being a public figure, why I left the Atlantic, and a lot more. xoxofest.com/2024/videos/...
Hi! I handle marketing and communications for Duke BME, which means I get to work with very talented faculty, staff and students and share stories about their work. Since we're doing introductions, here are a few of the stories I've worked on over the years:
November 13, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Hi! I handle marketing and communications for Duke BME, which means I get to work with very talented faculty, staff and students and share stories about their work. Since we're doing introductions, here are a few of the stories I've worked on over the years:
