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David Oliver

@doliver8.bsky.social

editor at @usatoday.com adjunct prof at university of maryland. he/him. gay, jewish. “the carousel never stops turning. you can't get off.” doliver@usatoday.com.

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i went to a conference about death and laughed a lot more than expected. here’s why: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

02.12.2025 13:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's easy for many, from sexually active people to medical providers, in the United States to dismiss HIV given how much cases have declined. But a decline does not mean a disappearance. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

01.12.2025 17:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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i knew on date two. i love you forever, kevin 🥹🥰😘❤️💍

(special shout out to everyone who lied to me to keep this a surprise, and extra special shout out to that hinge algorithm!!!!!!)

17.11.2025 11:37 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Everyone's buzzing about the blood test that detects 50 types of cancer. I tried it. Is Galleri the future of cancer treatment? It's not that simple. The new research from the company, while promising, isn't some cure-all.

new, from me: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

05.11.2025 14:16 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Anderson Cooper's father left him gifts from the grave | Exclusive Anderson Cooper's grief podcast "All There Is," which he premiered three years ago, is turning into a weekly year-round endeavor with a live show.

anderson cooper's grief podcast is expanding. my interview with him here: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

28.10.2025 12:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

a dentist office is scary enough, why put up halloween decorations?

21.10.2025 13:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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❤️

02.10.2025 15:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a sweet new year to all ❤️🥖

21.09.2025 16:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❤️

14.09.2025 17:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Emma Heming Willis, Bruce Willis, my dad and me Bruce Willis' illness coincided with my father's. I can't stop thinking about their connection and our families' ensuing caregiving journeys.

A must-read on grief, caregiving and life’s many intersections by @doliver8.bsky.social

www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

13.09.2025 00:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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13.1 miles 🙂 a reminder to anyone out there doubting themselves — you can do it!

14.09.2025 17:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

i talked with emma heming willis this week and wrote a few pieces ❤️ www.usatoday.com/story/life/h... www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

10.09.2025 12:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

can you imagine planning an engagement for today then getting overshadowed

26.08.2025 17:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | Let’s Not Make America Gilded Again

I wrote about the gilded age

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...

10.08.2025 10:40 — 👍 2980    🔁 634    💬 141    📌 20

❤️❤️❤️

05.08.2025 16:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I thought grief camp would make me cry. I can’t stop smiling. Grief is not just one thing – nor is it something a day-long event tackles on all fronts. But the Wendt Center in Washington, D.C., tackles a lot.

my dispatch from grief camp ❤️🥹🙂 www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

05.08.2025 12:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

fascinating read here: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...

01.08.2025 16:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This 25-year-old survived breast cancer. Now, she's dealing with menopause. Alexis Klimpl, 25, is one of a growing number of women under 40 diagnosed with breast cancer in recent years. Now, she's a survivor with menopause.

Alexis Klimpl felt an itch. So, like anyone else, she went to scratch it. But her fingers curled around something else. A massive lump on her right breast.

read my latest, here: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

31.07.2025 12:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

exCUSE me, the end of tonight’s THE GILDED AGE

28.07.2025 02:05 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

this one will break me youtu.be/dZmuTiAXtQ4?...

24.07.2025 22:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🏃‍♂️👖😵‍💫 www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

24.07.2025 13:41 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

22.07.2025 16:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

achieved inbox zero at work, no one email me ever again please

11.07.2025 15:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This med student removed their fallopian tubes and found community, support online Delia Sosa is transgender and intersex and a survivor of sexual assault. They feared a future assault could result in an unwanted pregnancy.

my latest: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

09.07.2025 12:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

highly recommend baking to the DEATH BECOMES HER musical soundtrack

04.07.2025 15:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

THE MATERIALISTS ,,,,,, loved it! a cinematic retelling of jason robert brown’s “stars and the moon”

29.06.2025 01:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pete Buttigieg got real about transracial adoption. It's making waves – with good reason. Some now-adult transracial adoptees are determined to share their stories too, to combat what they say is an overly rosy narrative about adoption.

a complicated story we spent a lot of time on to try and get right. hope you give a read. www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

08.05.2025 13:08 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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had a moving, meaningful chat with teddi mellencamp. you can read it here: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

07.05.2025 13:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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WHCD-bound 🫡📝

26.04.2025 20:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

❤️❤️ so sorry you experienced this too. sending love your way. thank you

23.04.2025 17:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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