R. Coxeter
@ruthcoxeter.bsky.social
Life science news and startups. Producer. Editor. New Yorker.
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I don't need AI to help me overuse em dashes. I've been doing that on my own since middle school.
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
December 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I don't need AI to help me overuse em dashes. I've been doing that on my own since middle school.
“The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to ‘gold standard, evidence-based science’ —a piece of doublespeak so thick that it might unsettle Orwell.”
The Undermining of the C.D.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle Orwell.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to ‘gold standard, evidence-based science’ —a piece of doublespeak so thick that it might unsettle Orwell.”
“I went into a room with dark suits and men with gray hair,” she said. “And I sat down and somebody came and told me that these were seats for the doctors, and the drug reps needed to go to the back of the room.”
“Oh, I’m sorry, I’m a doctor,” she said she told them. “I’m one of the surgeons.” 😶
“Oh, I’m sorry, I’m a doctor,” she said she told them. “I’m one of the surgeons.” 😶
Female Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Unlocking the Male Fortress
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“I went into a room with dark suits and men with gray hair,” she said. “And I sat down and somebody came and told me that these were seats for the doctors, and the drug reps needed to go to the back of the room.”
“Oh, I’m sorry, I’m a doctor,” she said she told them. “I’m one of the surgeons.” 😶
“Oh, I’m sorry, I’m a doctor,” she said she told them. “I’m one of the surgeons.” 😶
>10% of US heart & lung surgeons are women: Dr. Kharazi recalled how she once told a male surgeon that she planned to ask for operating privileges at his hospital in order to expand her practice. “And he told me, ‘Well, it’s generally not a good idea to go where you’re not invited.’”
Female Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Unlocking the Male Fortress
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
>10% of US heart & lung surgeons are women: Dr. Kharazi recalled how she once told a male surgeon that she planned to ask for operating privileges at his hospital in order to expand her practice. “And he told me, ‘Well, it’s generally not a good idea to go where you’re not invited.’”
Hudson River Run.
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hudson River Run.
“Companies that offer concierge medical testing often explicitly lean into frustration with the traditional health care system in their marketing.” Reading this as I help friends and family navigate extravagant health premium increases and long waits for basic care is an interesting experience.
The Rise of the ‘Just in Case’ M.R.I.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“Companies that offer concierge medical testing often explicitly lean into frustration with the traditional health care system in their marketing.” Reading this as I help friends and family navigate extravagant health premium increases and long waits for basic care is an interesting experience.
“During the CAR-T treatment, a method developed over many decades with millions of dollars of government funding, my cousin, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was in the process of being nominated and confirmed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
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.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“During the CAR-T treatment, a method developed over many decades with millions of dollars of government funding, my cousin, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., was in the process of being nominated and confirmed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
A powerful read from Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK’s granddaughter: “I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the NIH.”
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.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A powerful read from Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK’s granddaughter: “I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the NIH.”
Your perfect Friday biotech and beyond listen. Tom Hanks should make this movie.
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Your perfect Friday biotech and beyond listen. Tom Hanks should make this movie.
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"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
Revisiting Alison Roman’s piece on the delight and drudgery of social: “While people love to say everyone is ‘a brand’ these days, I would just like to remind everyone that no, they aren’t. They’re humans, people, individuals, and we shouldn’t feel so much pressure to behave as if that’s not true.”
Carrot Cake Is Better Cold
come for the carrot cake, stay for the existential crisis
www.alisoneroman.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Revisiting Alison Roman’s piece on the delight and drudgery of social: “While people love to say everyone is ‘a brand’ these days, I would just like to remind everyone that no, they aren’t. They’re humans, people, individuals, and we shouldn’t feel so much pressure to behave as if that’s not true.”
Pretty New York City.
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Pretty New York City.
Here for the 🐱 explainers for remarkable science: “It’s as if, instead of creating ‘a better mousetrap, they invented a cat,’ said Fyodor Urnov, a professor of molecular therapeutics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a gene editor at its Innovative Genomics Institute.”
New Gene-Editing Strategy Could Help Development of Treatments for Rare Diseases
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here for the 🐱 explainers for remarkable science: “It’s as if, instead of creating ‘a better mousetrap, they invented a cat,’ said Fyodor Urnov, a professor of molecular therapeutics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a gene editor at its Innovative Genomics Institute.”
Awkward art direction for awkward art direction sake.
Melinda French Gates and Her Daughters, Jennifer and Phoebe Gates, Give Their First-Ever Joint Interview
Melinda French Gates has long adhered to the principle, “to whom much is given, much is expected.” Her daughters are carrying that forward. “We’re not people who sit around and eat bonbons,” says Jenn...
www.vogue.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Awkward art direction for awkward art direction sake.
No pressure. “She staged it the same way she conjured her essays, novels, screenplays and memoirs, with an almost military mustering of planning and ambition.”
Joan Didion’s Thanksgiving: Dinner for 75, Reams of Notes
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
No pressure. “She staged it the same way she conjured her essays, novels, screenplays and memoirs, with an almost military mustering of planning and ambition.”
Presented in parallel.
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Presented in parallel.
“In dozens of interviews with The New York Times, Americans described using chatbots to try to compensate for the health system’s shortcomings. A self-employed woman in Wisconsin routinely asked ChatGPT whether it was safe to forgo expensive appointments.” 😶
Frustrated by the Medical System, Patients Turn to A.I.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“In dozens of interviews with The New York Times, Americans described using chatbots to try to compensate for the health system’s shortcomings. A self-employed woman in Wisconsin routinely asked ChatGPT whether it was safe to forgo expensive appointments.” 😶
From the NYT comment section: Wendy from Irvine is spot on.
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
From the NYT comment section: Wendy from Irvine is spot on.
A theatrical Central Park sunset.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A theatrical Central Park sunset.
A perfect Central Park cardinal.
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A perfect Central Park cardinal.
In the spring, Ms. Brous said she asked on the chat group if anyone was giving up something for Lent. The women didn’t miss a beat.
“The answers were, ‘Yeah, the use of my arms!’” Ms. Brous said. “‘Feeding myself.’ ‘Walking.’ ‘Talking.’”
“The answers were, ‘Yeah, the use of my arms!’” Ms. Brous said. “‘Feeding myself.’ ‘Walking.’ ‘Talking.’”
The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
In the spring, Ms. Brous said she asked on the chat group if anyone was giving up something for Lent. The women didn’t miss a beat.
“The answers were, ‘Yeah, the use of my arms!’” Ms. Brous said. “‘Feeding myself.’ ‘Walking.’ ‘Talking.’”
“The answers were, ‘Yeah, the use of my arms!’” Ms. Brous said. “‘Feeding myself.’ ‘Walking.’ ‘Talking.’”
Another gorgeous rainy day in Central Park.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Another gorgeous rainy day in Central Park.
“This should definitely be an episode of ‘Silicon Valley. Reboot the show!”
SF tech founders go to finishing school — and Garry Tan does not approve
The founders learned how to shake hands and bump caviar at Slow Ventures’ “Etiquette Finishing School.”
sfstandard.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“This should definitely be an episode of ‘Silicon Valley. Reboot the show!”
😶 PSA: Reading this op-ed is time you can’t get back.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
😶 PSA: Reading this op-ed is time you can’t get back.