O. Rose Broderick
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disability reporting fellow @statnews
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How Trans Journalists Can Stay Safe and Well While Changing Their Bylines - The Open Notebook
Changing a name is a very personal decision. Unfortunately for trans journalists, it’s a decision that has to occur in public. Changing a byline can mitigate the abuse and harassment that trans journa...
www.theopennotebook.com
Are you a trans journalist trying to change your byline? You should check out this guide I have been writing for the last few months for @theopennotebook.bsky.social, which is full of tips/tricks from me and many other trans journalists.
www.theopennotebook.com/2025/07/22/h...
www.theopennotebook.com/2025/07/22/h...
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Scoop: The CDC is moving to end telework agreements for employees with disabilities — again
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CDC moves to end telework for employees, including those with medical needs
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended full-time telework agreements for reasonable accommodations, employees say.
www.statnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Scoop: The CDC is moving to end telework agreements for employees with disabilities — again
www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/c...
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The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest.
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest.
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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Scoop: The Trump administration has quietly erased trans people, people of color and to some extent, the idea that some groups have more or different difficulties than others from the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
Why? Unclear! They wouldn’t tell me.
Why? Unclear! They wouldn’t tell me.
Trans people and people of color have been quietly erased from national caregiving plan
The decision ignores the stark reality that underserved communities experience greater negative impacts from caregiving, from financial hardships to worse health outcomes, advocates say.
19thnews.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Scoop: The Trump administration has quietly erased trans people, people of color and to some extent, the idea that some groups have more or different difficulties than others from the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
Why? Unclear! They wouldn’t tell me.
Why? Unclear! They wouldn’t tell me.
Last night, the CDC's website abruptly changed to promote the debunked idea of a link between vaccines and autism.
It's the latest move by Kennedy-led HHS to sow doubt about vaccines.
More below:
www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
It's the latest move by Kennedy-led HHS to sow doubt about vaccines.
More below:
www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
Under RFK Jr., federal health agency reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism
A CDC website now promotes the debunked idea of a link between vaccines and autism.
www.statnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Last night, the CDC's website abruptly changed to promote the debunked idea of a link between vaccines and autism.
It's the latest move by Kennedy-led HHS to sow doubt about vaccines.
More below:
www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
It's the latest move by Kennedy-led HHS to sow doubt about vaccines.
More below:
www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
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A very good article about one fake freelancer and the grim state of journalism/the world: thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A very good article about one fake freelancer and the grim state of journalism/the world: thelocal.to/investigatin...
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a disconcerting and remarkable story from @msjpauly.bsky.social and @pablo.show about anti-trans grifter Riley Gaines and how she transmogrified from collegiate swimmer to a conservative star
(stay for the kicker quote!)
(stay for the kicker quote!)
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
a disconcerting and remarkable story from @msjpauly.bsky.social and @pablo.show about anti-trans grifter Riley Gaines and how she transmogrified from collegiate swimmer to a conservative star
(stay for the kicker quote!)
(stay for the kicker quote!)
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
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The new report reveals that many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care and belong to anti-LGBTQ+ groups www.statnews.com/2025/11/19/h...
HHS names authors and releases peer-review comments for gender dysphoria report
The new report reveals that many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care and belong to anti-LGBTQ+ groups
www.statnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The new report reveals that many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care and belong to anti-LGBTQ+ groups www.statnews.com/2025/11/19/h...
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STAT rounded up on what is known about the authors and reviewers.
The key point: "many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people."
The key point: "many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people."
HHS names authors and releases peer-review comments for gender dysphoria report
The new report reveals that many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care and belong to anti-LGBTQ+ groups
www.statnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
STAT rounded up on what is known about the authors and reviewers.
The key point: "many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people."
The key point: "many of the authors and reviewers have been outspoken critics of gender-affirming care, are affiliated with anti-LGBTQ+ groups, and have little-to-no experience providing clinical care for young trans people."
have any speech-to-text girlies found that google docs is really bad at dictation the last few days?
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
have any speech-to-text girlies found that google docs is really bad at dictation the last few days?
what a blessing to live in the world at the same time as hanif abdurraqib
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
what a blessing to live in the world at the same time as hanif abdurraqib
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I stand by what I said. It's always worth noting the very different available opportunities and standards applied to non-white journalists, especially this year.
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I stand by what I said. It's always worth noting the very different available opportunities and standards applied to non-white journalists, especially this year.
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New from me, Casey Ross and Sarah Todd: We got the inside story of how RFK Jr. has become the driving voice on America’s health — including running his department like Trump runs the White House and how his lifestyle has melded into his policy goals: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
How RFK Jr., America's celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science
RFK Jr. is plowing ahead with sweeping changes to U.S. health care that have thrilled supporters, purged opponents, and horrified critics.
www.statnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New from me, Casey Ross and Sarah Todd: We got the inside story of how RFK Jr. has become the driving voice on America’s health — including running his department like Trump runs the White House and how his lifestyle has melded into his policy goals: www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
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Breaking: per internal sources, there is an all-hands meeting at what's left of the Dept. of Ed. Expected to announce movement of remaining special education programming to the Dept. of Labor. (The move is illegal and most disability-related workers from DoL are also gone.) Meeting at 2pm.
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Breaking: per internal sources, there is an all-hands meeting at what's left of the Dept. of Ed. Expected to announce movement of remaining special education programming to the Dept. of Labor. (The move is illegal and most disability-related workers from DoL are also gone.) Meeting at 2pm.
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A new profile of RFK Jr offers fresh insights into how he works, the bond he shares with Trump, & how he's moved HHS “from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making." Story by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, & me:
www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
How RFK Jr., America's celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science
RFK Jr. is plowing ahead with sweeping changes to U.S. health care that have thrilled supporters, purged opponents, and horrified critics.
www.statnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A new profile of RFK Jr offers fresh insights into how he works, the bond he shares with Trump, & how he's moved HHS “from evidence-based decision-making to decision-based evidence-making." Story by @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social, @caseyross.bsky.social, & me:
www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
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writers! you can just have a garden, you don’t have to have a metaphor
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
writers! you can just have a garden, you don’t have to have a metaphor
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A new tool, the Trans News Initiative, draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions in trans coverage. Read Carolina Abbott Galvão. www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
The Trans News Initiative draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions of trans coverage.
A new tool, the Trans News Initiative, draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions.
www.cjr.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A new tool, the Trans News Initiative, draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions in trans coverage. Read Carolina Abbott Galvão. www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
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Ancient philosophy is 50% profound eternal wisdom and 50% that same exact guy declaring with supreme confidence two paragraphs later that pee is stored in the armpit.
Aristotle in his books on nature insisted men have more teeth than women.
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ancient philosophy is 50% profound eternal wisdom and 50% that same exact guy declaring with supreme confidence two paragraphs later that pee is stored in the armpit.
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This is one of the most recent things Alice did. It was, as ever, a clear, trenchant, messy, and powerful exploration of not just her own experiences but also society's expectations around disability.
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is one of the most recent things Alice did. It was, as ever, a clear, trenchant, messy, and powerful exploration of not just her own experiences but also society's expectations around disability.