Grace Niewijk

Chicago-based science writer & editor with a focus on healthcare. I love hagfish. Follower of Jesus. Opinions mine. (she/her)

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

I'm a co-first author! This paper is years in the making, and I hope it's a step on the road towards improving the lives of people with these rare mutation types. Incredibly proud to be part of the team at @LurieChildrens that put this together. https://t.co/AU95FBFsXU

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

@1followernodad @btpanko I love the em dash so much that my cat is named Emdash

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

Don’t cross the picket line! No engagement with anything produced by the Washington Post tomorrow

[Washington Post Guild @PostGuild]

A letter to our dedicated readers:

On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.
https://t.co/XTxD97lAWu

[Washington Post Guild @PostGuild]

Workers @washingtonpost have been in contract negotiations with our bosses for 18 months.

But the company is refusing to pay us what we’re worth or bargain in good faith.

So on Dec. 7, we’re walking off the job for 24 hours.

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

Southwest flight attendants are the Trader Joe’s cashiers of the sky

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

The progress photos are one of the best parts of #FatBearWeek

[Katmai National Park @KatmaiNPS]

Get ready for a jaw-dropping generational joust between the tough tectonic tank 806 Jr and the bomb of a boar, 32 Chunk the hunk. 💪

Will 32 flatten the floof? 😤 Or will the tenacious tank dunk on the Chunk? 🏀

Vote at https://t.co/NvXCYNigTJ by 5PM AK/9PM EDT.

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

😢 Lights off, curtains closed friends

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

As fall migration brought a pulse of birds through Chicago early Thursday, a single building killed a staggering 964 birds. It's an extreme case of an all-too-common phenomenon & has amplified calls for broader changes to stop preventable collision deaths. https://t.co/ZmunHHkTkV

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

@DiscussingFilm @Variety *due to the studio’s REFUSAL to give actors fair pay and working conditions

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

One day’s pay for a company to essentially own a copy of your face and body in perpetuity instead of needing to hire you ever again. Yeah, “groundbreaking.” #SAGAFTRAstrong

[🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 @johngreen]

!!!!!!!!!!!!! @JNJNews, THANK YOU for choosing #PatientsNotPatents. Takes real guts to live up to your credo. Generic bedaquiline WILL BE AVAILABLE in almost every country with a high tuberculosis burden. I am so happy and grateful to the Stop TB Partnership, J&J, and especially the activists around the world who are standing up for TB patients. So much more work to do, but WHAT WONDERFUL NEWS TO WAKE UP TO.

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

Heck yes! #FreelanceIsntFree

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

The members of Trinity Moravian Church in North Carolina purchased nearly $3.3 million of local residents’ medical debt for just $15,048.

Then, they held a debt jubilee ceremony and burned up the debt, canceling it all.

[GoodKidsMadCity @GKMC18]

It’s about the people not the politicians! Trust that the whole movement will be on @Brandon4Chicago ass if he ain’t doing the work for marginalized & divested communities!

So let’s all hold him accountable now!
#PeaceBook #TreatmentNotTrauma #BringChicagoHome and more!

[SciStarter @SciStarter]

🎉 It's here!
April is Citizen Science Month! Here's How to Get Involved: https://t.co/VC3t325Ttx @CitSciTC @CitSciMonth #citscitc #citsci #global #citizenscience #April

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

The origin of the pandemic is a crucial question that my colleagues & I have been researching for years now.

So we downloaded sequences from a public repository that might reveal clues about how the pandemic began.

They did. Here is our report:

https://t.co/M0OKKgXFvi

[National Human Genome Research Institute @genome_gov]

When you’re trying to advance genomic medicine to help all populations, but you can only find data that come from people with European ancestry.

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

New profile picture courtesy of @cglifeagency! Beautiful neuron art by the impeccable @dhsimmons1 (as always)

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

One of these things is not like the others 🤔

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

@girl_comrade I LOVE THIS SONG

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

I think we can all agree that they should have had Tom Holland come out and dance during Umbrella #SuperBowl2023

[Grace Niewijk @gniewijk]

Turns out “almonds and fruit are using up all the water resources” is the new version of anti-environmental PR in the same vein as the personal carbon footprint

[Jenny Stojkovic @jennystojkovic]

And what's even worse?

Nearly a decade ago, scientists across the country warned about this. But, beef and dairy lobbyists fought hard, and in response, invented the "almonds cause the drought" campaign to deflect from the looming water catastrophe.

https://t.co/6A8Gdxoqmo