Laura Casey
@lauraannecasey.bsky.social
Ex-@wsjmag / @wsj / @IAPE1096 board/WSJ Trust fellow, disability coverage.
Views are my own.
NYC
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/laura-casey
Views are my own.
NYC
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/laura-casey
“‘Please don’t do in the news nothing about me.’
‘I just wanted to be her friend….I just wanted to have one good friend. It’s nothing.’” www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
‘I just wanted to be her friend….I just wanted to have one good friend. It’s nothing.’” www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“‘Please don’t do in the news nothing about me.’
‘I just wanted to be her friend….I just wanted to have one good friend. It’s nothing.’” www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
‘I just wanted to be her friend….I just wanted to have one good friend. It’s nothing.’” www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Though it’s a HuffPost UK link, this is about the US.
Covid surge, heads up. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/covid-...
We're Heading Toward A COVID Surge — Here's When It's Predicted To Peak
It's hard to predict COVID infections, but rates are high and growing throughout the country. Here’s what you should do to keep you and your loved ones safe.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
August 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Though it’s a HuffPost UK link, this is about the US.
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NEW: A team of security researchers have successfully pulled off the first-known instance of using prompt injection against an AI tool carry out an attack involving physical devices. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/google...
Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home
For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.
www.wired.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NEW: A team of security researchers have successfully pulled off the first-known instance of using prompt injection against an AI tool carry out an attack involving physical devices. @mattburgess1.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/google...
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✨ Exciting summer fundraiser update! ✨
We're thrilled to share that all donations this month will now be matched, up to our goal of $30,000, thanks to @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's Disability Visibility Project!
Help us keep our vital work going into 2026: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
We're thrilled to share that all donations this month will now be matched, up to our goal of $30,000, thanks to @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's Disability Visibility Project!
Help us keep our vital work going into 2026: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
July 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
✨ Exciting summer fundraiser update! ✨
We're thrilled to share that all donations this month will now be matched, up to our goal of $30,000, thanks to @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's Disability Visibility Project!
Help us keep our vital work going into 2026: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
We're thrilled to share that all donations this month will now be matched, up to our goal of $30,000, thanks to @sfdirewolf.bsky.social's Disability Visibility Project!
Help us keep our vital work going into 2026: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Who ever could have predicted this? There’s already at least one wrongful death suit working its way through the court system, after a 14yo AI user died by suicide.
“Move fast, break things” is the most horrifyingly literal motivational tech philosophy.
www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt...
“Move fast, break things” is the most horrifyingly literal motivational tech philosophy.
www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt...
ChatGPT is pushing people towards mania, psychosis and death
Record numbers of people are turning to AI chatbots for therapy, reports Anthony Cuthbertson. But recent incidents have uncovered some deeply worrying blindspots of a technology out of control
www.independent.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Who ever could have predicted this? There’s already at least one wrongful death suit working its way through the court system, after a 14yo AI user died by suicide.
“Move fast, break things” is the most horrifyingly literal motivational tech philosophy.
www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt...
“Move fast, break things” is the most horrifyingly literal motivational tech philosophy.
www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt...
“HHS said that CMS and NIH would establish a data use agreement focused on Medicare and Medicaid enrollees — about 36% of Americans — and follow autism diagnoses before expanding their research into additional chronic health conditions.”
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“HHS said that CMS and NIH would establish a data use agreement focused on Medicare and Medicaid enrollees — about 36% of Americans — and follow autism diagnoses before expanding their research into additional chronic health conditions.”
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
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🚨ULP filed at The Wall Street Journal🚨
The charge accuses Dow Jones of unfair labor practices by unilaterally imposing new byline and tagline policies that deny journalists credit for their work. Management has referred to the new policy as “nonnegotiable.” #NLRB
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
The charge accuses Dow Jones of unfair labor practices by unilaterally imposing new byline and tagline policies that deny journalists credit for their work. Management has referred to the new policy as “nonnegotiable.” #NLRB
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
IAPE Files Labor Board Complaint Over Bylines, Taglines — IAPE 1096
“Non-negotiable” policy requires bargaining, union says The Wall Street Journal management’s puzzling decision to restrict bylines and eliminate taglines will be reviewed by the National Labor ...
www.iape1096.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🚨ULP filed at The Wall Street Journal🚨
The charge accuses Dow Jones of unfair labor practices by unilaterally imposing new byline and tagline policies that deny journalists credit for their work. Management has referred to the new policy as “nonnegotiable.” #NLRB
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
The charge accuses Dow Jones of unfair labor practices by unilaterally imposing new byline and tagline policies that deny journalists credit for their work. Management has referred to the new policy as “nonnegotiable.” #NLRB
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
“[O]ne large survey [from] the [CDC] found about 6% of adults in NY state [had] long COVID in 2023, similar to the national rate. That amounts to about 500,000 people with long COVID in [NYC] alone.”
gothamist.com/news/shrinki...
gothamist.com/news/shrinki...
‘Shrinking my world really small’: How New Yorkers are coping with long COVID
An estimated 500,000 New Yorkers suffer from COVID’s lingering effects, with 1 in 5 saying the condition significantly limits their activities.
gothamist.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“[O]ne large survey [from] the [CDC] found about 6% of adults in NY state [had] long COVID in 2023, similar to the national rate. That amounts to about 500,000 people with long COVID in [NYC] alone.”
gothamist.com/news/shrinki...
gothamist.com/news/shrinki...
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Use alt-text for text! (A reminder to myself as much as anyone else.)
<3 i advocate for always using it, but there are zero excuses when reporters are posting screenshots of text, which is what is really irksome & inaccessible
March 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Use alt-text for text! (A reminder to myself as much as anyone else.)
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"If Dow Jones violated our collective agreement with these latest layoffs, we’ll hold them accountable."
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
WSJ Cuts News Staff Again — IAPE 1096
IAPE members are once again outraged at the news that several colleagues, including six IAPE-represented WSJ reporters, were laid off today in the San Francisco and New York bureaus. Wall Street Jour...
www.iape1096.org
March 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"If Dow Jones violated our collective agreement with these latest layoffs, we’ll hold them accountable."
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
“[The CDC and FDA,] key players in the [WHO]-led process to select the flu viruses for [2025-26 flu] vaccines are participating in a meeting to discuss the issue, despite the Trump administration’s plans to withdraw from the global health agency, sources told STAT.”
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...
U.S. joins WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite planned withdrawal from agency
The United States has joined a WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite the Trump administration's plans to withdraw from the global health agency.
www.statnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“[The CDC and FDA,] key players in the [WHO]-led process to select the flu viruses for [2025-26 flu] vaccines are participating in a meeting to discuss the issue, despite the Trump administration’s plans to withdraw from the global health agency, sources told STAT.”
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...
www.statnews.com/2025/02/24/u...
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“It’s a six-month production cycle,” Dr. Offit said. “So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article)
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
“It’s a six-month production cycle,” Dr. Offit said. “So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.” 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
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www.barrons.com/articles/mod...
Shares of vaccine maker Moderna dropped more than 5% late Wednesday after reports that the Health and Human Services Department was re-evaluating its $590 million contract to develop a bird flu vaccine…
@barrons.com
Shares of vaccine maker Moderna dropped more than 5% late Wednesday after reports that the Health and Human Services Department was re-evaluating its $590 million contract to develop a bird flu vaccine…
@barrons.com
Moderna Shares Fall on Report HHS Is Reviewing Bird Flu Vaccine Contract
Moderna is one of the pharmaceutical companies best known for developing the messenger RNA vaccine against Covid-19.
www.barrons.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
www.barrons.com/articles/mod...
Shares of vaccine maker Moderna dropped more than 5% late Wednesday after reports that the Health and Human Services Department was re-evaluating its $590 million contract to develop a bird flu vaccine…
@barrons.com
Shares of vaccine maker Moderna dropped more than 5% late Wednesday after reports that the Health and Human Services Department was re-evaluating its $590 million contract to develop a bird flu vaccine…
@barrons.com
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"IAPE takes no position on controversies of geographic nomenclature. But we do view it as a grave affront to the foundational principles of democracy for the federal government to coerce a news organization to alter its stylebook to promote the president’s agenda."
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
IAPE Joins SPJ Statement Calling on Trump Administration to Lift AP Ban — IAPE 1096
As an organization representing employees committed to journalistic values of fairness and objectivity, IAPE does not take positions on political issues. There is an exception, the same one that appli...
www.iape1096.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"IAPE takes no position on controversies of geographic nomenclature. But we do view it as a grave affront to the foundational principles of democracy for the federal government to coerce a news organization to alter its stylebook to promote the president’s agenda."
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
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I'd like to talk to federal workers with Long COVID and related chronic diseases/disabilities about how they're being impacted by the Trump administration's actions, for a story @thesicktimes.bsky.social. Sources can absolutely be anonymous. Message me on Signal at betsyladyzhets.25.
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'd like to talk to federal workers with Long COVID and related chronic diseases/disabilities about how they're being impacted by the Trump administration's actions, for a story @thesicktimes.bsky.social. Sources can absolutely be anonymous. Message me on Signal at betsyladyzhets.25.
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"It’s as if management turned to AI with the question, what’s a way to further diminish newsroom morale while providing no economic or journalistic benefit to the company?"
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
Denying Credit Where it’s Due: WSJ Restricting Bylines Again — IAPE 1096
Have you heard the news? For weeks, rumors of management plans to limit the number of bylines on stories have been swirling through WSJ newsrooms. This week, during several department meetings with s...
www.iape1096.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"It’s as if management turned to AI with the question, what’s a way to further diminish newsroom morale while providing no economic or journalistic benefit to the company?"
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
www.iape1096.org/iapework/202...
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📣📣WE HAVE A DEAL!📣📣
Last week, @nymagunion.bsky.social reached a tentative agreement with New York Magazine and Vox Media. We could not be prouder of our members who made it clear they were ready to withhold their labor if Vox Media didn’t meet them with a fair contract.
Last week, @nymagunion.bsky.social reached a tentative agreement with New York Magazine and Vox Media. We could not be prouder of our members who made it clear they were ready to withhold their labor if Vox Media didn’t meet them with a fair contract.
February 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📣📣WE HAVE A DEAL!📣📣
Last week, @nymagunion.bsky.social reached a tentative agreement with New York Magazine and Vox Media. We could not be prouder of our members who made it clear they were ready to withhold their labor if Vox Media didn’t meet them with a fair contract.
Last week, @nymagunion.bsky.social reached a tentative agreement with New York Magazine and Vox Media. We could not be prouder of our members who made it clear they were ready to withhold their labor if Vox Media didn’t meet them with a fair contract.
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If possible, please consider donating to the talented reporters, editors and designers impacted by this decision ✊#SolidarityForever www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
Donate to Stand with HuffPost Workers Impacted by Job Cuts, organized by HuffPost Union
This week, HuffPost was hit by devastating job cuts which saw over 20%… HuffPost Union needs your support for Stand with HuffPost Workers Impacted by Job Cuts
www.gofundme.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If possible, please consider donating to the talented reporters, editors and designers impacted by this decision ✊#SolidarityForever www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
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It’s “business as usual” for the RECOVER, the NIH’s flagship Long COVID research program, despite disruptions across the federal government over the last two weeks — but concerns abound about future clinical trials and other upcoming research. bit.ly/3CAQyzt
January 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It’s “business as usual” for the RECOVER, the NIH’s flagship Long COVID research program, despite disruptions across the federal government over the last two weeks — but concerns abound about future clinical trials and other upcoming research. bit.ly/3CAQyzt
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🚨 Breaking: Vital Long COVID data taken down following Trump order.
#LongCOVID prevalence data are among CDC information taken offline following Trump order to remove “gender ideology” references.
Read more from @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social: bit.ly/4jHhbTU
#LongCOVID prevalence data are among CDC information taken offline following Trump order to remove “gender ideology” references.
Read more from @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social: bit.ly/4jHhbTU
Breaking: Vital Long COVID data taken down following Trump order - The Sick Times
A key source of U.S. Long COVID data is now offline following a purge of information related to sexual orientation and gender identity ordered by President Donald Trump’s administration. The Household...
bit.ly
February 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🚨 Breaking: Vital Long COVID data taken down following Trump order.
#LongCOVID prevalence data are among CDC information taken offline following Trump order to remove “gender ideology” references.
Read more from @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social: bit.ly/4jHhbTU
#LongCOVID prevalence data are among CDC information taken offline following Trump order to remove “gender ideology” references.
Read more from @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social: bit.ly/4jHhbTU
“The memo directs the FAA ‘to immediately return to non-discriminatory,merit-based hiring’ &rescind DEI initiatives….[And] to review…all employees in ‘critical safety positions’ &replace any who fail to show the necessary proficiency w/a ‘high-capability individual.’” www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
FAA employees with disabilities targeted by Trump's anti-DEI push
Despite current policy, the FAA during Trump’s first administration actively sought to recruit workers with disabilities.
www.govexec.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“The memo directs the FAA ‘to immediately return to non-discriminatory,merit-based hiring’ &rescind DEI initiatives….[And] to review…all employees in ‘critical safety positions’ &replace any who fail to show the necessary proficiency w/a ‘high-capability individual.’” www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Hi friends, if you're a journalist who has been reporting on the LA fires the International Women's Media Foundation is offering a virtual support group session next week and one/time grants up to $1500 if you need funding for gear. iwmf.org for more and if you need more details message me
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The International Women’s
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strengthening the role of female journalists worldwide.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Hi friends, if you're a journalist who has been reporting on the LA fires the International Women's Media Foundation is offering a virtual support group session next week and one/time grants up to $1500 if you need funding for gear. iwmf.org for more and if you need more details message me