Ron French

Projects Editor and Senior Writer at Bridge Michigan. Dad, Boilermaker, rum and bacon enthusiast

[Bridge Michigan @BridgeMichigan]

Opinion | I lost my child to social media. Kids over Clicks can protect Michigan families https://t.co/Xl4dtGXZLF

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

HOLY SH*T, this parting statement by Scott Pelley is WILD:

"New management has instructed me to INJECT FALSEHOODS AND BIAS into a politically sensitive story. I've been told to include assertions that are unverified."

I bet he knows a LOT more, too. 🔥

[Paula Gardner @PaulaGardner]

Saline data center brings out bigwigs. Big day for Michigan or big betrayal? https://t.co/ebGFiL1FSL

[Ron French @RonFrench01]

The toughest, most contentious vote in Michigan this year.
Public voting begins for Michigan’s ‘I voted’ sticker design contest https://t.co/o1AHDvt441

[Bridge Michigan @BridgeMichigan]

Michigan Dems clash on campaign cash, health care in heated US Senate debate https://t.co/vXjR6tioGS

[Jonathan Oosting @jonathanoosting]

Haley Stevens sure did seem to say "Michigan" a lot in that debate. So I crunched the numbers.

[Bridge Michigan @BridgeMichigan]

Michigan lawmakers revive push to legalize physician-assisted suicide https://t.co/Pk8ko9983e

[Avi Roy @agingroy]

Five cancers that used to be death sentences. Pancreatic. Glioblastoma. Triple-negative breast. Renal. Melanoma. The median survival for metastatic pancreatic cancer is still 6 months. Glioblastoma, 15 months.

Now personalized mRNA vaccines are producing complete remissions in some of these patients. Not responses. Remissions.

BioNTech’s pancreatic cancer vaccine has 6-year follow-up data. 8 of 16 patients who mounted an immune response are still alive. For a cancer that kills 95% of patients within 5 years, that's incredible.

Topol’s pyramid here maps the trajectory. From broad checkpoint inhibitors at the base to personalized neoantigen vaccines at the peak. The technology is climbing.

[Bridge Michigan @BridgeMichigan]

As MSU president exits, what the heck is going on? We have (some) answers https://t.co/2eGBCOZpsK

[Bridge Michigan @BridgeMichigan]

MSU loses another president, in spite of $1 million pay raise https://t.co/5MKFzyTxnh

[Jonathan Oosting @jonathanoosting]

Mop Up Michigan says it will turn in "over 500,000 petition signatures" this morning in Lansing for a potential ballot proposal that would ban political spending by regulated utilities and large state contractors.

[Bridge Michigan @BridgeMichigan]

Addiction counselor shortage hits Michigan hard: ‘We’re all struggling’ https://t.co/Es7tmq4p2w

[Bridge Michigan @BridgeMichigan]

Amid tax pressure, competition, marijuana may move out of rural Michigan https://t.co/2fh8OiiTNL

[Ron French @RonFrench01]

This is amazing

[Matthew Keys @MatthewKeysLive]

Just one day after ending "The Late Show" on CBS, Stephen Colbert returned to TV — to host a public access show with rocker Jack White in Monroe, Michigan.

Appearances by Jeff Daniels, Eminem and Steve Buscemi.

[Ron French @RonFrench01]

I work with talented people

[Bridge Michigan @BridgeMichigan]

Bridge Michigan, BridgeDetroit rack up 33 Society of Professional Journalists awards https://t.co/SEmPfb2Mef

[Jonathan Oosting @jonathanoosting]

National Dems draft 2024 autopsy says Slotkin won Michigan by 'losing better.'

[Simon D. Schuster @Simon_Schuster]

Huge news: Independent and former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is ending his campaign for governor.

[Ron French @RonFrench01]

He says he did so after selling $800,000 in Bitcoin that was a “gift from a longtime friend.”
Michigan governor hopeful got $800k Bitcoin gift. Won’t say from whom https://t.co/rb7TVbCpuz

[Malachi Barrett @PolarBarrett]

.@BridgeMichigan is in the top 25 nonprofit news organizations by monthly web traffic.

https://t.co/nDlSB3lHuC

[Ron French @RonFrench01]

MSU’s new ethics policy: Gag order or common-sense loyalty guide for trustees? https://t.co/F0svQMlHu7