Kat McGowan
Journalist reporting on caregiving. Also, pictures of owls, crows and Mr. Peanut. www.katmcgowan.com.
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- So it's a power move to make lots of typos and spelling mistakes? I am just figuring this out.
- Reposted by Kat McGowanHere’s What the Latest Epstein Files Say About His Ties to Higher Ed: Collectively, the files underscore how deeply Epstein remained embedded in academic and intellectual circles even after his criminal history became public. www.chronicle.com/article/here...
- Reposted by Kat McGowanThis image is a bit different than my usual "style," if that's even a thing. Much more minimalistic given the Snowy Owl sitting out in the field. Not sure how well this image translates to a smaller screen (phone, thumbnail, etc.) but thought I'd share it nonetheless. #wildlife #birds #owls
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- exactly. this is not difficult. as.ft.com/r/58ed1b23-d...
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- Reposted by Kat McGowanDownfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
- Reposted by Kat McGowanSelective silencing of the CDC: ~50% of surveillance databases have halted updates —87% of these were vaccine related www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/... editorial www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
- Reposted by Kat McGowanI am taking down the paywall for this one, as I believe it remains relevant as a reflection on the limits of the authoritarian assault – and the need to push back against the idea that America is inevitably and irresistibly marching towards a Trump dictatorship. This week’s piece:
- Reposted by Kat McGowanthere are so many gutting stories, but this one is hitting me extra hard. just imagining wael tarabishi slowly dying without his dad there to care for him because he was jailed by ICE makes me…i don’t have words. this country is disgusting.
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- Reposted by Kat McGowanThe Trump administration reinstated on Tuesday hundreds of CDC employees who had been placed on administrative leave in April. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/h...
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- I grew up glued to the Iran-contra bearings—so shocking at the time!—so I see a lot of wisdom in this framing of the Venezuela coup as an 80s reboot
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- I've heard about this before, but the details are fascinating. A Saudi-owned alfalfa farm in the middle of the Arizona desert, pumping groundwater to irrigate crops that feed dairy cows in Saudi Arabia--because growing water-intensive crops is banned there. www.latimes.com/environment/...
- The book of Job really brings it:
- Reposted by Kat McGowanI count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
- I'm obsessed with this topic--the lions of a Certain Type of literary journalism, the ones seated on thrones and pedestals (Joseph Mitchell! Truman Capote! Tom Wolfe!) so clearly made up their dialog and probably more. (I have libelous suspicions about John McPhee, too.)
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- Reposted by Kat McGowanIn 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
- If you would like to be shocked and appalled this afternoon--and who wouldn't, really?--please to read this dismaying roundup of the worst healthcare frauds, abuses and moral bankruptcies. The Shkreli awards! lowninstitute.org/projects/shk...
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- To get ahead of the curve, here are some spots in California that we voters could rename after Trump: •the stretch of 99 between Fresno and Stockton •the fetid toxic dustbowl developing where the Salton Sea used to be •Castiac •the Coalinga-Avenal rest area on northbound I-5
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- Reposted by Kat McGowanCATO INSTITUTE: Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡 www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
- Reposted by Kat McGowanSincerely one of the funniest things the WSJ has ever written or done. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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- Advocates and policy experts tell me adult caregiving is getting more visible, but I was still surprised by yesterday's speech by Senator @andykimnj.bsky.social. His "maiden speech" was 100% about care. He was real and raw about caregiving for his dad with Alz. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3oK...
- Reposted by Kat McGowanIf you've been thinking of subscribing to Scientific American, or gifting a sub, now's the time -- it's 50% off! sciam.com/getsciam/
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- Paid my respects over the holiday weekend
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- Terrific that the New York Times is covering family caregiving in such depth! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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- Reposted by Kat McGowanThis is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
- ICYMI, as I did: Trump has now pardoned two nursing home fraudsters, both convicted for failing to pay payroll taxes. One of the lowest forms of thievery, in my opinion. www.mcknights.com/news/trump-p...
- Reposted by Kat McGowanThis study show that using poems to jailbreak LLMs is... super effective? What the heck.
- Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..." arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
- Hot take (US version): 6. Grey-cheeked #thrush 6. Bicknell's (tie) 5. Robin 4. Swainson's 4. Wood (tie) 3. Hermit 2. Veerio ..... .... 1. *Varied* #Birdoftheday #Birds
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- Reposted by Kat McGowancan bad prose be sexually transmitted
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- I cringe whenever well known magazine writers write books and suddenly must go before their public without their usual support network of experienced editors and copyeditors who normally save them from making fools of themselves. I have been that editor.
- I can’t quote post the original feed but this is the most purely Oregon coast thing I have ever seen
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- Days like today I like to spend time reviewing how and why many important national publications have rejected my story pitches about family caregiving (63 MILLION in the US). No space, said one. Not relevant enough, said another. "The readers aren't there for it." Or just: "What's new here?"
- Today I've had interviews by phone, on Teams, via Zoom and on Google Meet. It's the EGOT of modern journalism!
- I always thought the emails I write to myself are pretty weird. Until today. >>beards and long hair , are meant to catch and hold smells. ?
- Reposted by Kat McGowanFor folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
