emilygest @emilygest

Media strategist, former reporter, mom, luvs all things NYC, TC, Calif., and, now, Amherst, Mass. All opinions my own. RT not = agreement. Memphis, TN Joined October 2008

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Erin Durkin @erinmdurkin

2 weeks ago

Yeah guys everything’s fine, it’s just mid-July and you can’t breathe the air or eat a salad.

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emilygest @emilygest

3 weeks ago

How old do we think this is?

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{CJN} Ethan @eb1302_

a month ago

Jalen Brunson’s and Josh Hart’s first pitches vs Victor Wembanyama’s 😭

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UMass Amherst Alumni @AlumniUMass

2 months ago

Last call for Fenway fun! ⚾ Tickets are still available for @UMassAmherst at Fenway—come make memories like this crew. We’ll see you there! 🎟️bit.ly/UMassFenway26

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Any journalists looking for a new job? The Martha Vineyard Gazette is looking for a reporter to write about big issues on the small island. The job comes with a furnished two bedroom home. Details here: vineyardgazette.com/henry-beetle-h…

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6 months ago

And here is a GoFundMe for the more serious needs of those who have been laid off. gofundme.com/f/standing-tog…

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Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper

6 months ago

DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:

Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper

6 months ago

New Epstein docs justice.gov/epstein/files/…

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emilygest @emilygest

8 months ago

Great work out of @UMassAmherst

Physics Today @PhysicsToday

9 months ago

Bottom-up self-assembly is a powerful approach to engineering at small scales. As Gregory Grason, W. Benjamin Rogers, and Michael Hagan illustrate, materials scientists use several strategies to formulate nanoscale components that can self-assemble into predetermined shapes with

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Physics Today @PhysicsToday

9 months ago

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Kevin Hall @KevinH_PhD

a year ago

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology. Lately, I’ve focused on unravelling the reasons why diets high in ultra-processed food are linked to epidemic proportions of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Our research leads the world on this topic. Given recent bipartisan goals to prevent diet-related chronic diseases, and new agency leadership professing to prioritize scientific investigation of ultra-processed foods, I had hoped to expand our research program with ambitious plans to more rapidly and efficiently determine how our food is likely making Americans chronically sick. Unfortunately, recent events have made me question whether NIH continues to be a place where I can freely conduct unbiased science. Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction. I was hoping this was an aberration. So, weeks ago I wrote to my agency’s leadership expressing my concerns and requested time to discuss these issues, but I never received a response. Without any reassurance there wouldn’t be continued censorship or meddling in our research, I felt compelled to accept early retirement to preserve health insurance for my family. (Resigning later in protest of any future meddling or censorship would result in losing that benefit.) Due to very tight deadlines to make this decision, I don’t yet have plans for my future career. The NIH has been a wonderful place because it allows scientists to take risks, form unique collaborations, and do studies difficult to conduct elsewhere. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished and I’m fortunate to have had such wonderful colleagues and scientific collaborators. I hope to someday return to government service and lead a research program that will continue to provide gold-standard science to make Americans healthy.

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emilygest @emilygest

a year ago

@UMassHockey 💔💔💔💔

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emilygest @emilygest

a year ago

So many important issues and problems to talk about in our world today but I am grateful for a respite. Thanks, Conan #Oscars2025

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UMass Football @UMassFootball

2 years ago

Introducing the 32nd head coach in @UMassFootball history, Joe Harasymiak 🤝 @coachharasymiak | #Flagship 🚩

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UMass Football @UMassFootball

2 years ago

“We will set the tone here of creating a great environment for our student-athletes.” @coachharasymiak | #Flagship 🚩

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emilygest @emilygest

2 years ago

How great are those kids?! “That’s my Dad!” 🥰🥰🥰

Stephanie Ruhle @SRuhle

2 years ago

Forget politics. If you aren't moved seeing 17yr old Gus Walz in tears watching his Dad walk on stage as the Vice Presidential nominee.... then please just move on.

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emilygest @emilygest

2 years ago

Banal comment of the day: Very little is more disappointing than buying a flat @DietDrPepper from a vending machine. 😭

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The Lancet Haematology @TheLancetHaem

2 years ago

"As a society, we must think critically and act collaboratively to both understand and relieve the exclusivities arising from current health-care delivery models" #sicklecell #genetherapy NEW Comment by @AkshaySharmaMD & Tami D John thelancet.com/journals/lanha…

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St. Jude Research @StJudeResearch

2 years ago

The St. Jude Cryo-EM Center empowers researchers with state-of-the-art tech to visualize genomes in unprecedented detail. @kellogg_liz, PhD, and her team are now utilizing a “cold FEG” microscope to understand molecular processes for groundbreaking translational studies.

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Scott Detrow @scottdetrow

2 years ago

I have a lot of opinions about what's happened at NPR this week, and I’ll keep most of them in-house. But I’ll say this: going public to torch your workplace, then doing media hit after media hit to continue torching it, is not a thing you do when you have good-faith intentions.