Brendan Borrell
@bborrell
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Author of THE FIRST SHOTS Writer @outsidemagazine @natgeo @theatlantic @bw and others
Los Angeles, CA
Joined December 2008
I wanted to see what John Muir had once called “the floweriest piece of world I ever walked,” and to daydream about what it was like when the rivers here ran wild. "My Wild, Wet, and (Sometimes) Miserable Paddling Trip Through the Heart of California" https://t.co/tl64P5nD5G
outsideonline.com
Record winter storms turned the Central Valley into a 300-mile long flood zone. We sent a writer and photographer to check out conditions that hadn’t been seen in 40 years.
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Meet Richard Frye, whose research record on leucovorin traces the gulf between promise and proof. By @bborrell
https://t.co/gn5hoXcfEh
thetransmitter.org
Frye has led two placebo-controlled trials of the folate supplement in autistic people; the first was suspended by regulators, and the other has yet to be published.
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Just a tremendous weekend read from @eryney_ok. We are at the precipice of mass miracles and the end of much pain and suffering
corememory.com
How we got to Baby KJ and where we're going
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Over at @corememory @eryney_ok writes about the moment "when the promise of personalized gene therapy finally crystallized" and an all-hands-on-deck hustle saved a baby named KJ Muldoon.
corememory.com
How we got to Baby KJ and where we're going
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Operation Warp Speed was the most successful government program in decades. And mRNA vaccines were critical to that success. But RFK Jr. is committed to undermining that progress rather than building on it.
Reporter: You were the driving force behind operation warp speed, the mrna vaccines that are the gold standard. Your health secretary is pulling back all the funding for research. He is saying that the risks outweigh the benefits, which puts him at odds with the entire medical
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Amid RFK Jr.'s cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts, a reminder: The First Shots tells the inside story of how Trump's Operation Warp Speed defied precedent—and politics—to deliver them in record time.
amazon.com
The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine
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Can AI fix the weather forecast? @ryderkimball reports on WindBorne, the balloon-powered startup going head-to-head with world's biggest tech companies.
corememory.com
WindBorne Systems is chasing the once mythical 21-day forecast
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U.S. prosecutors probe a politically explosive tip that Pfizer in 2020 delayed announcing a successful Covid-19 vaccine until after the election that Trump lost to Biden https://t.co/M8Hpt0ETQ7 via @WSJ
wsj.com
The inquiry is looking into a politically explosive suggestion that Pfizer delayed announcing a successful vaccine against Covid-19 until after the election that Trump lost to Biden.
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The 2024 @SABEW Business Awards have been announced, and we’re excited to share that @BusinessInsider received three honorable mentions in the categories of Explanatory, Feature & Government! Congrats to @AkiIto7, @bborrell & @kcecireyes! 🎉 https://t.co/Axpf8E0DPO
sabew.org
Congratulations to our 2024 honorees! The Best in Business Awards attracted 1,103 entries from 181 news organizations, ranging from international, national and regional news outlets to specialized...
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"The Scientific Literature Can’t Save You Now": Our Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky reflect on RFK Jr.'s use of scientific papers at his hearings. https://t.co/6N9wNfPsNZ
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Outside in its heyday was one of the best magazines that ever existed. I'm proud I got to be part of that. It was thriving before the pandemic, and I firmly believe it would have thrived again post-pandemic if it had remained a stand-alone brand. What a waste.
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"During my fact-checking process for an upcoming magazine feature on him, Bryan Johnson had some concerns. They centered on his nighttime erections." 🔥 lede on this by @ashleevance for #corememory
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SCOOP: Insiders at a RFK Jr.-led nonprofit questioned why/how he funneled $67 million to a small environmental group he & a hedge-fund billionaire helped set up in the Bahamas. A board member resigned over this, noting he couldn't get RFK to explain it. https://t.co/VaDyRFeZ52
motherjones.com
Kennedy sent millions to the Bahamas. Did it help a billionaire pal?
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🧵 Well, friends, after a long, epic run at Bloomberg, I'm launching my own thing - Core Memory - a sci-tech media company making movies, shows, pods and stories. We're going deep on brains, energy, AI, transporation, manufacturing, you name it. And we could use your help.
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"Writers who can see a path to making films and television shows on their own, with the creative control and money that come along with that, have more reason than ever to jump ship."
semafor.com
The company will produce high-end documentaries along with the usual “digital” products.
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Drug Company to Share Revenues With #Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes. Variant Bio of Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes, by @bborrell
https://t.co/GN0INMs0bl via @NYThealth #bioethics
nytimes.com
Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes.
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Epic & entertaining tale looking at origins and current situation of largest oil palm plantations in Peruvian Amazon Includes behind the scenes look at related story of United Cacao in northern Peru, of which I was personally involved @bborrell
@ACA_DC
https://t.co/U4uFVkzLvf
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U.S. investors illegally razed 30,000 acres of Peruvian rainforest to make way for palm oil plantations which now generate $50M in revenue from business with companies including Cheetos, Colgate, & Pepsi. Grantee @bborrell reports for @BusinessInsider. 👉 https://t.co/EzUNonz9jj
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