Carole Tarrant
@carolet.bsky.social
Once a #journalist, now a fundraiser in #communitycollege land.
Former editor, The #Roanoke (Va.) Times, with earlier stops in Fargo and Tampa.
#WVU grad
Teach Les Mills BODY PUMP, CORE and RPM on the side 🏋️🚴♂️
❌👑
Former editor, The #Roanoke (Va.) Times, with earlier stops in Fargo and Tampa.
#WVU grad
Teach Les Mills BODY PUMP, CORE and RPM on the side 🏋️🚴♂️
❌👑
Welcome to the future of breaking news.
"Grok got crucial facts wrong about Bondi Beach shooting" techcrunch.com/2025/12/14/g...
Grok got crucial facts wrong about Bondi Beach shooting | TechCrunch
Grok, the chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI and popularized on his social media platform X, appears to have repeatedly spread misinformation about today’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia.
techcrunch.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Welcome to the future of breaking news.
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
Y'all, I just want to get my medicine to stave off kidney failure; I do not want to call 100 different people to figure it out.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Y'all, I just want to get my medicine to stave off kidney failure; I do not want to call 100 different people to figure it out.
Thank you, @kaine.senate.gov, for backing @bethmacy.bsky.social. You know her warmth, her integrity and trust her pledge to truly represent Virginia!
Major endorsement for Beth Macy in VA06 - by Sen. @kaine.senate.gov. For a bunch of reasons - name ID, money, endorsements - Macy appears to be the favorite for the VA06 Democratic nomination at this point. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Thank you, @kaine.senate.gov, for backing @bethmacy.bsky.social. You know her warmth, her integrity and trust her pledge to truly represent Virginia!
This is a corker of a series, what I'd expect from ProPublica. But the double-delight is listening to the podcast version and hearing the voice of the great David Strathairn.
Why ARE we spending so much more on health care yet getting sicker?
Why ARE we spending so much more on health care yet getting sicker?
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape.
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
By @gingerthompson.bsky.social, with research by Doris Burke
Sick in a Hospital Town: As Phoebe Memorial Grew, the Health of Albany, Georgia, Declined
The five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” pursues one question: Why are people in Albany so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
projects.propublica.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is a corker of a series, what I'd expect from ProPublica. But the double-delight is listening to the podcast version and hearing the voice of the great David Strathairn.
Why ARE we spending so much more on health care yet getting sicker?
Why ARE we spending so much more on health care yet getting sicker?
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
The infant botulism outbreak is an example of what public health does everyday to save lives--to identify the source and put an end to it.
New "Osterholm Update" podcast episode! @mtosterholm & @cvdall review the latest flu trends and how this year's vaccine compares to circulating strains. Dr. O also discusses H5N1 impact on mammals in Antarctica and answers an ID Query on infant botulism
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The infant botulism outbreak is an example of what public health does everyday to save lives--to identify the source and put an end to it.
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
Public trust is not a renewable resource. Our health agencies must be unwavering in their commitment to evidence, transparency, and integrity. Anything less jeopardizes the public’s ability to make informed decisions and ultimately puts more people at risk.
As public health citizens, we rely on agencies like the CDC for science-based guidance. But last night’s change to its “Vaccines & Autism” page - now hinting at a possible vaccine link - deeply undermines that trust. When credible institutions shift in ways that echo anti-vax rhetoric, we all lose.
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Public trust is not a renewable resource. Our health agencies must be unwavering in their commitment to evidence, transparency, and integrity. Anything less jeopardizes the public’s ability to make informed decisions and ultimately puts more people at risk.
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
If ACIP chooses to ignore evidence, when it comes to vaccines, parents and clinicians must ignore ACIP and look to those who continue to offer data-based guidance, especially our medical societies.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If ACIP chooses to ignore evidence, when it comes to vaccines, parents and clinicians must ignore ACIP and look to those who continue to offer data-based guidance, especially our medical societies.
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
In voting to eliminate the universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ACIP ignored decades of evidence confirming its strong safety profile and effectiveness. Its decision will result in more hepatitis B infections and more people with chronic liver disease.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In voting to eliminate the universal birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, ACIP ignored decades of evidence confirming its strong safety profile and effectiveness. Its decision will result in more hepatitis B infections and more people with chronic liver disease.
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
As a useful reminder for your readers, Prasad began his campaign against the pediatric covid vaccine months before there was a pediatric covid vaccine.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-vinay-pra...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-vinay-pra...
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
As a useful reminder for your readers, Prasad began his campaign against the pediatric covid vaccine months before there was a pediatric covid vaccine.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-vinay-pra...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-vinay-pra...
WTF has happened to journalism?
A🧵
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
WTF has happened to journalism?
The path to victory for @bethmacy.bsky.social in Congress is lined with doodles!
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The path to victory for @bethmacy.bsky.social in Congress is lined with doodles!
The bottom of the barrel get lower again.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The bottom of the barrel get lower again.
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
Author Beth Macy, who wrote nonfiction bestseller "Dopesick" that became a miniseries, will seek the Democratic nomination to oppose GOP Rep. Ben Cline. Virginia's 6th District is safely red, but it may not be much longer if Democrats pass a new map. www.the-downballot.com/i/179197084/va
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Author Beth Macy, who wrote nonfiction bestseller "Dopesick" that became a miniseries, will seek the Democratic nomination to oppose GOP Rep. Ben Cline. Virginia's 6th District is safely red, but it may not be much longer if Democrats pass a new map. www.the-downballot.com/i/179197084/va
Absolutely jam-packed house inside Fire Station No. 1 for @bethmacy.bsky.social campaign launch. As the Rev. Bill Lee just said, "Beth's not running against anyone. She's running for us."
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Absolutely jam-packed house inside Fire Station No. 1 for @bethmacy.bsky.social campaign launch. As the Rev. Bill Lee just said, "Beth's not running against anyone. She's running for us."
The overflow crowd at the @bethmacy.bsky.social for Congress event tonight in Roanoke!
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The overflow crowd at the @bethmacy.bsky.social for Congress event tonight in Roanoke!
If you love community colleges, you might perk up hearing that my friend, "Dopesick" author and former community college instructor @bethmacy.bsky.social is running for Congress in Virginia. #vote2026
cardinalnews.org/2025/11/18/b...
cardinalnews.org/2025/11/18/b...
Beth Macy makes her run for Congress official
Roanoke-based journalist Beth Macy sat down with Cardinal News for an interview about her decision to run for Congress. Her formal campaign announcement is slated to take place Tuesday at the Histo…
cardinalnews.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If you love community colleges, you might perk up hearing that my friend, "Dopesick" author and former community college instructor @bethmacy.bsky.social is running for Congress in Virginia. #vote2026
cardinalnews.org/2025/11/18/b...
cardinalnews.org/2025/11/18/b...
Listen: A North Carolina family struggles with the ridiculous choice that their hardworking electrician father either starts over in Mexico or faces #ICE. Devastating.
In every house, behind every closed door, a private drama is unfolding. In the Rivera house, the drama comes in the form of a question: should they stay or should they go?
Under One Roof
What’s great about living in a family is that everyone sees everything differently. Also, that’s what’s awful about living in a family. We go behind closed doors with two families. Visit…
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Listen: A North Carolina family struggles with the ridiculous choice that their hardworking electrician father either starts over in Mexico or faces #ICE. Devastating.
I love that the bad guy in "The Lowdown" is wearing a Glenn Youngkin vest.
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I love that the bad guy in "The Lowdown" is wearing a Glenn Youngkin vest.
Good lord, @propublica.org is on 🔥this week! I can't keep up with all of their outstanding reporting. There's this, Trump's BS about the Portland "riots" and the Chicago ICE escapade. Go support these people!
NEW: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefited from the deal.
Kristi Noem-Tied Firm Secretly Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Campaign
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Good lord, @propublica.org is on 🔥this week! I can't keep up with all of their outstanding reporting. There's this, Trump's BS about the Portland "riots" and the Chicago ICE escapade. Go support these people!
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
You’re going to have to bear with me, as I haven’t been sleeping well for a decade or so.
Admittedly, I’m not at my best these days.
I’m exhausted from having to give all the sh*ts about people that you’re supposed to be giving, along with my own.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
Admittedly, I’m not at my best these days.
I’m exhausted from having to give all the sh*ts about people that you’re supposed to be giving, along with my own.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
A Letter to My Unbothered Friend, From Your Angry Friend
Dear Friend,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You’re going to have to bear with me, as I haven’t been sleeping well for a decade or so.
Admittedly, I’m not at my best these days.
I’m exhausted from having to give all the sh*ts about people that you’re supposed to be giving, along with my own.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
Admittedly, I’m not at my best these days.
I’m exhausted from having to give all the sh*ts about people that you’re supposed to be giving, along with my own.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
Last Saturday my little community raised $10,000 for Feeding America, which they turn into 100,000 meals. I run a meme account and have done more for the hungry in this country than the president, who is intentionally starving women and children for no reason.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
If you're in line to see the full moon, STAY IN LINE
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If you're in line to see the full moon, STAY IN LINE
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
The Vaccine Integrity Project’s new Executive Summary on COVID, RSV, & flu vax pulls together findings from 509 published studies to show where we stand for the 2025–26 season.
Highlights & interactive data tool: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Full manuscript: bit.ly/42MMMNu
Highlights & interactive data tool: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Full manuscript: bit.ly/42MMMNu
Vaccine Integrity Project - Data visualization tool
www.cidrap.umn.edu
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Vaccine Integrity Project’s new Executive Summary on COVID, RSV, & flu vax pulls together findings from 509 published studies to show where we stand for the 2025–26 season.
Highlights & interactive data tool: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Full manuscript: bit.ly/42MMMNu
Highlights & interactive data tool: www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-inte...
Full manuscript: bit.ly/42MMMNu
Reposted by Carole Tarrant
A recent HHS video is filled with selective data and misleading claims about vaccines.
Dr. Michael Osterholm of @CIDRAP breaks down how – and why - it misleads.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/Lh5hP6zcVrs
Dr. Michael Osterholm of @CIDRAP breaks down how – and why - it misleads.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/Lh5hP6zcVrs
Vaccine Integrity Project - Response to HHS claims about vaccines (Oct 2025)
YouTube video by CIDRAP
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A recent HHS video is filled with selective data and misleading claims about vaccines.
Dr. Michael Osterholm of @CIDRAP breaks down how – and why - it misleads.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/Lh5hP6zcVrs
Dr. Michael Osterholm of @CIDRAP breaks down how – and why - it misleads.
🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/Lh5hP6zcVrs