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Jill U. Adams

@juadams.bsky.social

Science journalist covering health, biomedical research & more. Past president of @ScienceWriters I post my art & photos on Insta, write mini book reviews on facebook, and have gone silent on Twitter. She/her, upstate New York.

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“We are taking back your papers, you have no papers now” is even more chilling than “show us your papers”

26.02.2026 07:19 — 👍 837    🔁 278    💬 6    📌 6

Kansas legislature overrode the Gov veto on a nightmarish anti-trans law, so today's a great day to send some funds to the pipeline.

26.02.2026 13:39 — 👍 8    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1

One of the kind of fucked up parts of the ICE occupation here is that a lot of folks want to believe it’s over, and the media seems to tell us it’s over, but folks on the ground are still seeing tons of activity and vulnerable people are still (rightfully) terrified to go outside. We can’t stop yet.

23.02.2026 20:11 — 👍 3234    🔁 1050    💬 8    📌 33
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Katyal: "I was able to go to court - the son of immigrants-- & say on behalf of small businesses, 'Hey, this president is acting illegally.' I was able to present my case, have them ask really hard questions, & at the end of it they voted & we won. That is something extraordinary about this country"

20.02.2026 21:15 — 👍 17044    🔁 4137    💬 539    📌 234

Okay, I love everything about this.

20.02.2026 22:33 — 👍 107    🔁 26    💬 3    📌 0

Shame on NYU Langone for ending gender-affirming care & kicking trans New Yorkers to the curb. It's a violation of their promise to treat all people equally, kindly, and respectfully — and a violation of NYC's human rights law as well. Bending the knee is bad; denying people care is even worse.

18.02.2026 16:45 — 👍 2745    🔁 549    💬 23    📌 23
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Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth

Arghhh.

Manhattan Hospital Ends Medical Treatment for Transgender Youth www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...

18.02.2026 17:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you so much for this.

12.02.2026 20:23 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

12.02.2026 03:22 — 👍 11814    🔁 4181    💬 273    📌 255

Gah “A most excellent”

09.02.2026 13:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Almost excellent thread breaking down all the details and references in Bad Bunny’s halftime show. So good (so helpful!)

09.02.2026 05:06 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

I just confessed this very thing to my husband!

06.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wow. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

04.02.2026 22:12 — 👍 163    🔁 92    💬 2    📌 9

Absurd.

(a word that doesn't even begin to capture the sheer brazenness of this action)

05.02.2026 16:17 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Democracy dies in billionaire hands. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]

05.02.2026 16:11 — 👍 2651    🔁 914    💬 80    📌 29

My mom's trick. :)

05.02.2026 16:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This former gymnast really appreciated your terrific gymnastics coverage. Thank you for renewing my love the sport!

Very sorry for you and the Post

05.02.2026 16:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's great for basting roast chicken or turkey as well...

05.02.2026 15:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Opinion | This Is the Real Reason Susie Wiles Talked to Me 11 Times

"My theory is simple: People want to tell their stories."
#chefskiss

This Is the Real Reason Susie Wiles Talked to Me 11 Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

05.02.2026 15:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

05.02.2026 02:48 — 👍 15318    🔁 4649    💬 445    📌 252
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The graph speaks for itself:

05.02.2026 05:09 — 👍 65    🔁 44    💬 2    📌 2
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Lake Oswego theater loses rights to screen 'Melania' after marquee jokes - Lake Oswego Review Lake Theater & Cafe announced that it will no longer show “Melania,” the Amazon Studios documentary about the first lady, after Amazon revoked the theater’s rights to the film. “Got […]

“TO DEFEAT YOUR ENEMY. YOU MUST KNOW THEM. MELANIA.”

I'd donate to this place simply for that advertisement alone.

04.02.2026 22:07 — 👍 420    🔁 112    💬 1    📌 3
The Washington Post - Opinion
Little to gain by raising taxes on the rich
New research shows the current top federal income tax rate is close to revenue-maximizing.

The Washington Post - Opinion Little to gain by raising taxes on the rich New research shows the current top federal income tax rate is close to revenue-maximizing.

Truly hilarious headline from the Bezos-owned Washington Post yesterday.

Never, ever let the guys who control half the wealth in America and just got billions of dollars in tax breaks tell you we shouldn't tax the rich.

04.02.2026 17:29 — 👍 1549    🔁 419    💬 71    📌 63

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

04.02.2026 20:58 — 👍 9922    🔁 3033    💬 143    📌 125

"We know enough." Gut punch.

1. Start the thread from the beginning and then listen.
2. Get a transcript of this man's speech to read at city/county council meetings if detention camps are coming to your area.

We all know enough.

h/t @hudsonette.bsky.social

04.02.2026 13:42 — 👍 92    🔁 49    💬 0    📌 3
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Bad Bunny's hottest local Super Bowl pregame is at the Chicago Public Library

The library? Yes, the library is hosting a series for Chicagoans to learn about Puerto Rican history ahead of Bad Bunny’s historical Super Bowl halftime show performance this weekend.

03.02.2026 16:26 — 👍 398    🔁 110    💬 2    📌 16
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New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.

04.02.2026 11:13 — 👍 866    🔁 323    💬 107    📌 227

Deepak Chopra, who has always impressed me as a "spiritualist" hustler, to Jeffrey Epstein: "God is a construct Cute girls are real"

04.02.2026 13:23 — 👍 53    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 2
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Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.

Writers -- amiright? 👏👏👏

How a Judge Weaponized Wit to Free the 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

03.02.2026 15:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.

02.02.2026 12:38 — 👍 4070    🔁 1371    💬 21    📌 88