Amanda D. Esposito

Writer, editor, communications strategist, mom. Great Resignee. @broadinstitute alum. Current or former resident of three ‘M’ states.

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It's all fun and games until someone loses an "I." @broadinstitute

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@kirstin_chen @JWillsNYC @WmMorrowBooks @michellebrower Wonderful news! Congratulations, dear!

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This is kind of like when my friend flew home from semester abroad with all the steins they stole in checked luggage, and at the bag claim they collected a duffel bag full of broken glass

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@DavidFCavell Don’t ask me why, but feel like you might be subtweeting some folks who aren’t on Twitter

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@mchonig @NatureMedicine @broadinstitute @MGHHeartHealth @MGH_RI @mghcvrc @harvardmed @MySMFM @ACCinTouch @preeclampsia @buutrg @pnatarajanmd In 2020, my preeclampsia went undx ‘ed for weeks, in part b/c I didn’t have the right quantity/combo of risk factors to raise alarms — there’s a clear need for better predictive tools. Thank you so much for doing this important work.

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@somershade1 NOOOOOOOOOOO

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@MerriamWebster Impactful

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@AmericanGwyn Which isn’t to say that I don’t think it happens, or that it happened before Submittable and PayPal replaced snail mail and personal checks. Long ago and far away, I saw a stack of applications to a degree program meet a date similar to what you describe.

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@AmericanGwyn Since these were print submissions, I assume these writers had wasted only the costs of postage and printing (which aren’t nothing, but). However, many mags now charge $3-5+ for online subs and $25 for contest entries. Rejecting paid subs unread is fraud.

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@VdaGeraldine @broadinstitute Best of luck to you, Geraldine. So glad our paths crossed there!

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@karamat @universalhub Tom Brady. Still.

[ℳatt (matttomic.bsky.social) @matttomic]

Michigan went left, but as is their custom, it involved a complicated process where they first drove through the intersection then did a u-turn

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@Namrata13 @CambSciFest @broadinstitute So excited for you! Congratulations, @Namrata13!

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What a thrill: @kirstin_chen’s #counterfeit is at @PorterSqBooks!

[Bess Kalb @bessbell]

The people telling you banning guns won’t make them go away are trying to ban abortion.

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Unless it’s to say “I am complicit, I am ashamed, I will no longer accept a dime from the NRA, and I commit no less than $13,647,676 to repairing the harm my colleagues and k have done,” sir, sit down and shut up.

[Mitt Romney @MittRomney]

Grief overwhelms the soul. Children slaughtered. Lives extinguished. Parents’ hearts wrenched. Incomprehensible. I offer prayer and condolence but know that it is grossly inadequate. We must find answers.

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@calebscoville When I worked, I didn't mind off-hours emails from my manager (or anyone) to me only, but group emails/chats drove me nuts. If I didn't weigh in right away, someone else would, & by morning I'd have lost the chance to influence the outcome &/or have a huge mess to untangle.

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I likely lived to tell about all this in part because I am white & middle-class, with good insurance & access to care. My heart breaks that so many other moms did not, and still do not, have the same good fortune. 15/end

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Unfortunately, all that surprises me about the rise in #maternalmortality during 2020 is that it's received so little attention before now. 1/x https://t.co/iVfoT4wnUp

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I wondered: what about the moms of all those healthy, full-term babies? Did they have stories like mine? Were NICUs empty in 2020 b/c complications indicating early induction weren't detected & treated? 14/x