Julia Métraux
@juliametraux.bsky.social
Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • [email protected] • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49
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Julia Métraux
@juliametraux.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Re-introducing myself 👋
I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter, where I cover politics as it relates to disability. I am also chronically ill/disabled myself.
You can get in contact with me at [email protected] or via Signal: juliametraux.49
I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter, where I cover politics as it relates to disability. I am also chronically ill/disabled myself.
You can get in contact with me at [email protected] or via Signal: juliametraux.49
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the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know
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Chronic fatigue, go away. No one likes you.
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Chronic fatigue, go away. No one likes you.
A disabled Indigenous low income friend of mine is fundraising. Please share and donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/severely-d...
Donate to URGENT: Disabled elder needs consistent community support!, organized by Friends of Eli
Eli (Elizabeth) is a lifelong and beloved movement worker, or… Friends of Eli needs your support for URGENT: Disabled elder needs consistent community support!
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A disabled Indigenous low income friend of mine is fundraising. Please share and donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/severely-d...
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
"Nearly 60% of special education teachers reported using AI to develop an IEP or Section 504 plan during the 2024-25 school year."
YIKES. AI has anti-disability biases, so this is bad.
www.k12dive.com/news/artific...
YIKES. AI has anti-disability biases, so this is bad.
www.k12dive.com/news/artific...
Heightened AI use in special education brings elevated risks
Nearly 60% of special education teachers reported using AI to develop an IEP or Section 504 plan during the 2024-25 school year, a CDT report finds.
www.k12dive.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Nearly 60% of special education teachers reported using AI to develop an IEP or Section 504 plan during the 2024-25 school year."
YIKES. AI has anti-disability biases, so this is bad.
www.k12dive.com/news/artific...
YIKES. AI has anti-disability biases, so this is bad.
www.k12dive.com/news/artific...
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JAMA study: NIH grant terminations disrupted 3.5% of active clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 patients and resulting in a $1.81 billion funding loss. More than 115 active cancer trials were disrupted. www.ajmc.com/view/nih-gra...
NIH Grant Terminations Disrupt 1 in 30 Clinical Trials, Impacting Over 74,000 Participants | AJMC
Infectious disease was hit hardest by funding cuts to NIH grant for clinical trials that did not align with the Trump administration's priorities.
www.ajmc.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JAMA study: NIH grant terminations disrupted 3.5% of active clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 patients and resulting in a $1.81 billion funding loss. More than 115 active cancer trials were disrupted. www.ajmc.com/view/nih-gra...
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Serious pregnancy complications 'dramatically reduced' in HPV-vaccinated women medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Vaccinating boys alongside girls enhances herd immunity, significantly reducing the risk of HPV-related cancers in all genders..."
#VaccinesWork
"Vaccinating boys alongside girls enhances herd immunity, significantly reducing the risk of HPV-related cancers in all genders..."
#VaccinesWork
Serious pregnancy complications 'dramatically reduced' in HPV-vaccinated women
Pregnant women who were vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) at school are less likely to experience serious pregnancy-related complications, according to University of Aberdeen research.
medicalxpress.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Serious pregnancy complications 'dramatically reduced' in HPV-vaccinated women medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11...
"Vaccinating boys alongside girls enhances herd immunity, significantly reducing the risk of HPV-related cancers in all genders..."
#VaccinesWork
"Vaccinating boys alongside girls enhances herd immunity, significantly reducing the risk of HPV-related cancers in all genders..."
#VaccinesWork
This is absolutely repulsive.
Jewish Federations applauds Olivia Reingold, a staff writer at Bari Weiss's Free Press, as she victory laps her (ghoulish and erroneous) reporting that some of the children Israel was starving to death and denying medical aid to in Gaza had pre-existing conditions.
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is absolutely repulsive.
Me, returning to regular work after attending a conference + two days off in this current news cycle.
a sign that says one eternity later on a wall
Alt: a sign that says one eternity later on a wall
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Me, returning to regular work after attending a conference + two days off in this current news cycle.
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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
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For every narcissistic reporter or operative you read about, I know dozens of advocates and public servants who quietly save lives and livelihoods in DC every day. Who pass and protect monumental policies, argue and defend cases that change history—people born in and of this town to admire wholly.
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
For every narcissistic reporter or operative you read about, I know dozens of advocates and public servants who quietly save lives and livelihoods in DC every day. Who pass and protect monumental policies, argue and defend cases that change history—people born in and of this town to admire wholly.
My take on the Olivia Nuzzi situation is that I'm happy to be in my little disability reporting corner.
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My take on the Olivia Nuzzi situation is that I'm happy to be in my little disability reporting corner.
I am leaving Lucky the Havanese, but I won’t be gaining the flu or Covid on my flight.
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am leaving Lucky the Havanese, but I won’t be gaining the flu or Covid on my flight.
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So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
Btw about this from Lizza's reply: Olivia and I lived together for 4+ years (4 b'days, 4 Xmases, 4 anniversaries). That's like $1250 of jewelry per celebration. And her apartment was a writing studio. And I made an f-ton then. What was I supposed to do? Get her a lot of Gift Certificates from Kmart?
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So if Olivia is 32 now, broke up with Lizza last year, was together with him for a decade, and then was living with you for 4+ years before that, how old was she when you moved her out of her (presumably parents’) house in the suburbs to live with you?
As someone with a rare disease, I don't hate this. I highly dislike how pharma companies exploit the pain of rare disease patients to lobby for drugs that don't really have evidence of working.
A cluster of FDA rejections for rare disease applications based on one trial plus confirmatory evidence may represent a shift away from the regulatory flexibility that had come to characterize ultra-rare drug development. #healthpolicy
insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/r...
insights.citeline.com/pink-sheet/r...
Do US FDA Complete Response Letters Suggest Turn To Less Flexibility In Rare Disease?
A cluster of CRLs for rare disease applications based on one trial plus confirmatory evidence may represent a shift away from the regulatory flexibility that had come to characterize ultra-rare drug d...
insights.citeline.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As someone with a rare disease, I don't hate this. I highly dislike how pharma companies exploit the pain of rare disease patients to lobby for drugs that don't really have evidence of working.
Appreciate this article pointing to a clear reason why educational proficiency has dropped: intense screen time among the youngsters, and not the lazy excuse of blaming Covid. Proficiency in English/Math dropped before 2020.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
How Public Education Failed in the Liberal Enclaves That Care About It Most
Student achievement has fallen off a cliff. Neither Trump nor the pandemic is to blame.
nymag.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Appreciate this article pointing to a clear reason why educational proficiency has dropped: intense screen time among the youngsters, and not the lazy excuse of blaming Covid. Proficiency in English/Math dropped before 2020.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Minutes before, this little doofus started to hit me with his paws bc I stopped giving him belly rubs.
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Minutes before, this little doofus started to hit me with his paws bc I stopped giving him belly rubs.
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BREAKING: Trump is restoring a rule that penalizes lawfully present immigrants who use Medicaid, arguing that “government benefits should not incentivize immigration.”
Advocates warn the rule will cause both individual suffering & negative population-wide effects.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Advocates warn the rule will cause both individual suffering & negative population-wide effects.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump revives policy penalizing immigrants for using safety net programs
The public charge rule makes it harder for legal Medicaid enrollees to obtain a green card.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
BREAKING: Trump is restoring a rule that penalizes lawfully present immigrants who use Medicaid, arguing that “government benefits should not incentivize immigration.”
Advocates warn the rule will cause both individual suffering & negative population-wide effects.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Advocates warn the rule will cause both individual suffering & negative population-wide effects.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend
Though we were in frequent conversation for a decade, I only got to meet my friend Alice Wong in person just once. And when I did, I was a bundle of nerves—and that was before she cussed me out wi…
lithub.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Remembering Alice Wong: Writer, Advocate, Friend"
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
Steven W. Thrasher on Meeting and Collaborating with the Outspoken Founder of the Disability Visibility Project
published by @literaryhub.bsky.social | art by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social lithub.com/remembering-...
To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
Why We’re Running a Series About Access
Access is still treated as if it’s a privilege, a burden, or a form of special treatment.
web.archive.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
FYi I am OOO through tomorrow (long scheduled time off post conference). I will try to put some brain juices together to write something honoring Alice's legacy at some point but it may not be an immediate obituary.
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
FYi I am OOO through tomorrow (long scheduled time off post conference). I will try to put some brain juices together to write something honoring Alice's legacy at some point but it may not be an immediate obituary.