Michael Torrice

Tell me five courses you took in college:

Advanced organic chemistry
Molecular biology
Philosophy of quantum mechanics
Introduction to film studies
Synthetic organic chemistry I/II

The NOTUS reporters said they spent five days (!) going through the 522 citations in the report.

🆘 Our work over the past few years has shown that COVID-19 in pregnancy is a serious problem that requires serious public health and medical consideration.

Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

I'm looking to talk to international students in the chemical sciences at #Harvard about the Trump administration's halt on the school's ability to enroll international students for @cenmag.bsky.social. #chemsky
Signal: bethanyhalford.29
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

Am I going crazy or are we announcing a trade deal with a country with whom we have a trade surplus?

www.census.gov/foreign-trad...

The oath doesn’t say preserve and protect the Constitution only when it’s convenient.

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This year's ScienceWriters meeting is now seeking a new home. So many ripple effects from the current federal funding situation. Can you help us find a new venue, sponsors, partners? Details here: casw.org/news/joint-s...

Our congressional delegation pursuing oversight on reports of Elon Musk’s illegal activity at USAID was just barred from entering the building on the orders of Musk and the Trump Administration.

Nobody elected Musk — this is illegal and corrupt and we will keep fighting it.

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.

Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.

As of this morning, it’s gone.

One of my favorite players. Greatest leadoff hitter ever. There are 4 players in MLB history with >2,000 walks--Bonds, Williams, Ruth, and Rickey. And most of Rickey's walks were unintentional.

Harris and Walz spoke about Project 2025 constantly on the campaign trail. Constantly.

I think many Americans live amazing lives of plenty. Yes some people truly struggle but many of us do not. That comfort gives us the luxury to be angry about nonsense and believe in alternative realities. Many of us are so comfortable that we can’t fathom the reality we’ve just chosen.

Thanks, Laura!

I’m starting a new chapter in my career this summer. I’m now working as a freelance science editor. If you need help editing news/feature stories or science communication projects, please contact me: mmtorrice.com.