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wait you're telling me that the mound built of coconut shells and manatee dung isn't holding up
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A terrible loss. She was the world's premiere infectious disease reporter -- an icon for all of us in public health science and journalism alike.
It is hard to believe that Helen Branswell has passed away. Just heartbreaking.
On January 4, 2020, Helen wrote STAT's first story on a mystery pneumonia outbreak in China. She saw the pandemic coming well before anyone was paying attention.
Helen was a journalist who knew more than most of the experts she interviewed. She understood the science, the history and the politics of every outbreak she covered. She asked the hardest (and best) questions and never let me get away with a vague answer
Experts learned from her. I certainly did
It's hard to imagine a world of pandemics, biological threats and so much more without a Helen Branswell to explain it all.
statnews.com/2026/10/13/hele…
Michael P. King retweeted
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This July, while flying back from a NATO summit in Turkey, President Trump slipped off Air Force One in a catering truck and secretly boarded a different aircraft — leaving traveling reporters to fly on, unaware the president was no longer with them.
Instadocs: The Decoy Plane, premiering September 4, unpacks the incident through firsthand accounts from members of the press corps who were aboard Air Force One as well as a former Secret Service agent and a former Air Force One crew member.
Michael P. King retweeted
Pope Leo: For Lent, fast from words that hurt others, disarm language, avoid rash judgment, refrain from speaking ill of those who can't defend themselves. Let's cultivate kindness, respect in our families, friends, at work, on social media, in political debates, in parishes.
ALT Pope Leo XIV prays the rosary during a prayer vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 11, 2025. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Michael P. King retweeted
THE MOST REMARKABLE DOUBLE PLAY YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR LIFE
#MagicBrew
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They’ve been playing baseball for 150 years and you’ll still see stuff you’ve never seen before. Unbelievable.
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The craziest double play you'll ever see. With the bases loaded, Sal Frelick leaped to pull back a Muncy grand slam, but the ball popped out of his glove, glanced off the wall and back in his glove. Brewers threw home for a force, then Contreras ran the ball to third.
Michael P. King retweeted
Doing the work of a journalist can never be considered a crime, but it is a right that must be protected. Free access to information is a pillar that upholds the edifice of our societies, and for this reason, we are called to defend and guarantee it.
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Ten years after his passing, beloved #Badgers sportswriter and @uw_sjmc alum Tom Mulhern’s legacy lives on through the next generation of sports journalists.
Read more: journalism.wisc.edu/news/mor…
ALT Photo of two Wisconsin football players being interviewed by Tom Mulhern, who spent 15 years as the Wisconsin State Journal’s main beat reporter for the UW football team.
Michael P. King retweeted
In one of his first acts and messages, Pope Leo called Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy and spoke to the media today: “Let me, therefore, reiterate today the Church’s solidarity with journalists who are imprisoned for seeking and reporting the truth while also asking for their release. The Church recognises in these witnesses – I am thinking of those who report on war even at the cost of their lives – the courage of those who defend dignity, justice and the right of people to be informed, because only informed individuals can make free choices. The suffering of these imprisoned journalists challenges the conscience of nations and the international community, calling on all of us to safeguard the precious gift of free speech and of the press.”
Really interesting preprint out of Stanford showing that while the public is doing somewhat well in recognizing generative AI images, they're also becoming more suspicious of real images.
🚨 New Preprint! 🚨
“Detecting Synthetic, Doubting Authentic: AI Attribution Bias for Political Imagery”
📍 Link: osf.io/preprints/osf/w6bzx_v…
🧵 During the 2024 U.S. presidential election, many #GenAI political images appeared. But did voters mistake them for authentic? (1/)
Michael P. King retweeted
In response to the federal directive issued on Feb. 7, 2025 to change the Facilities and Administration rate for all existing and ongoing new @NIH research awards, UW–Madison has issued the following statement.
news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-res…
