Dylan Scott

15 Mar

Obligatory Oscar Night Top 10 of 2025 that no one else cares about: 1) One Battle After Another 2) Weapons 3) Train Dreams 4) Bring Her Back 5) Superman 6) Sinners 7) Wake Up Dead Man 8) Strange Harvest 9) The Testament of Ann Lee 10) (tie) Black Bag/Presence

15 Mar

I really, REALLY hate how we have turned Oscar races into moral judgments with “right” answers

26 Jan

quantum of solace is underrated

vox.comWe have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics studyMicroplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.

We have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics study www.vox.com/health/47530...

We have to find a better equilibrium for thinking about plastic.‬ ‪It has enabled wonderful things we enjoy as modern humans. It also presents health risks worth taking seriously. ‬ ‪Both things can be true!‬ ‪https://www.vox.com/health/475307/plastic-microplastics-waste-human-effects-guardian‬

vox.comWe have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics studyMicroplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.

I talked to the authors of the disputed brain study and this comment stuck out to me: “We’re living longer than ever. Let’s not panic.” Just maybe avoid microwaving food in a plastic container and live your life: www.vox.com/health/47530...

vox.comWe have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics studyMicroplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.

We have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics study www.vox.com/health/47530...

vox.comWe have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics studyMicroplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.

I spoke with co-authors on the brain study critiqued in the Guardian article. “Nobody’s getting it perfect. But when you start combining the best practices, all of a sudden, I think in a year, maybe two, we’re going to have this unassailable approach." www.vox.com/health/47530...

vox.comWe have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics studyMicroplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.

Here is, I think, a more productive mindset for most of us: - Plastics do harm human health - Take "low pain" steps to mitigate risk without upending your life - Don't overreact, in either direction, to new research or new media fixations www.vox.com/health/47530...

vox.comWe have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics studyMicroplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.

We have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics study www.vox.com/health/47530...

‪The science on microplastics is hard to do and it is multifaceted. This week’s bombshell was about a specific kind of study. ‬ ‪We need a better framework for absorbing new developments:‬ ‪https://www.vox.com/health/475307/plastic-microplastics-waste-human-effects-guardian‬

vox.comWe have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics studyMicroplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.

Lost in the public squabbling about microplastics research is this reality: This is a young field and new research should be critiqued for its methods. That's how the research will improve. This is how science is supposed to work: www.vox.com/health/47530...

tmz.comGrateful Dead Founding Member Bob Weir Dead at 78Bob Weir -- the guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead -- has died ... TMZ has learned.

I am so sad www.tmz.com/2026/01/10/g...

vox.comDr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.

I gotta say, it was pretty rich hearing Dr. Oz claim there is no evidence for a more specific limit on drinking alcohol: www.vox.com/health/47472...

It’s a subtle thing. But the industry and Congress clearly felt they had a stronger argument if they portrayed the Biden admin alcohol study as coming after the industry-preferred study — and they have consistently twisted these facts to advance that story.

vox.comDr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.

It’s one particularly wonky example of how politicians warp reality to bend it to what they want people to believe — not what actually happened. And at the end of the day, even if they misled people, they won the fight. That’s politics, I guess: www.vox.com/health/47472...

vox.comDr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.

I gotta say, it was pretty rich hearing Dr. Oz claim there is no evidence for a more specific limit on drinking alcohol: www.vox.com/health/47472...

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A key talking point was this was a crusade and one that began AFTER Congress had authorized what would become the more pro-alcohol study. House Oversight published their final report on the controversy and they repeat this talking point throughout: oversight.house.gov/wp-content/u...

But this is false — and contradicted BY THE HOUSE REPORT ITSELF. Look at this page. They say the Biden admin authorized their alcohol study in APRIL 2022 —*after* Congress already authorized theirs. But follow the footnote. They cite a spending bill passed in DECEMEBER 2022

vox.comDr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.

I gotta say, it was pretty rich hearing Dr. Oz claim there is no evidence for a more specific limit on drinking alcohol: www.vox.com/health/47472...

vox.comExclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.Kennedy wants to “Make America Healthy Again” — but doesn’t want you to see a report that could do just that.

You can read the whole saga, but in short, two different studies analyzing alcohol and health were produced ahead of the dietary guidelines. One study found negligible negative effects, while the other found a serious mortality risk at low drinking levels www.vox.com/health/46008...

There was a coordinated effort between the alcohol industry and Congress to discredit both the findings of the study that found negative effects at low levels of drinking and the researchers themselves. Again read all about it here: www.vox.com/health/46008...

vox.comDr. Oz claims there’s no data to support reducing alcohol consumption. That’s not true.RFK Jr.’s new dietary guidelines ignore his own government’s findings on the harms of alcohol.

I gotta say, it was pretty rich hearing Dr. Oz claim there is no evidence for a more specific limit on drinking alcohol: www.vox.com/health/47472...

There’s an interesting lesson in DC spin and misinformation when it comes to the new dietary guidelines and alcohol and the studies produced to justify these new changes. A short thread —>

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vox.comThe problem with blaming everything on inflammationWhat your favorite TikTok influencer gets right — and wrong — about this widespread concern.

8 Jan

Inflammation is on everybody's minds these days. But the social media remedies miss the complex biology underneath. I tried to get a picture of what the real, evidence-based future of managing inflammation looks like. Here's what I found: www.vox.com/health/47438...

vox.comThe problem with blaming everything on inflammationWhat your favorite TikTok influencer gets right — and wrong — about this widespread concern.

8 Jan

In the near feature, you could get your inflammation checked at your annual check-up along with your blood sugar and cholesterol. “I can envision a future where inflammation is a pre-symptomatic warning sign — something you notice before you feel sick." www.vox.com/health/47438...

7 Jan

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5 Jan

We're launching a new newsletter, Good Medicine, on a simple premise: These are chaotic times, with so much distrust and confusion around our health and our health care system. So our goal is to help all of us navigate through the cacophony, together: www.vox.com/pages/good-m...

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2 Jan

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vox.comThe year measles came backDoctors reflect on how the virus’s resurgence has affected their patients and themselves in 2025: “It’s been insane.”

29 Dec 2025

Measles came back because, paradoxically, our public health efforts worked so well. People lost their fear of a dangerous virus. www.vox.com/health/47333...

vox.comThe year measles came backDoctors reflect on how the virus’s resurgence has affected their patients and themselves in 2025: “It’s been insane.”

29 Dec 2025

“It only takes one generation to forget the progress we’ve made on certain things," one Arizona family doctor told me. "Twenty-five years ago, we were a measles-free nation. Now we’re back one generation later because we forgot how terrible it was.” www.vox.com/health/47333...

vox.comThe year measles came backDoctors reflect on how the virus’s resurgence has affected their patients and themselves in 2025: “It’s been insane.”

29 Dec 2025

“We’re going through a cycle, and there will be casualties. There will be needless deaths and illnesses,” a Texas pediatrican told me. “I think that the only generation that is going to learn from this will be maybe the next one.” www.vox.com/health/47333...

vox.comBlame Republicans for our health insurance messConservatives haven’t taken health policy seriously for decades.

11 Dec 2025

The ACA tax credit catastrophe revealed that after a decade-plus of the ACA, Republicans are no closer to having a serious, coherent plan for fixing the US health system and lowering costs: www.vox.com/health/47196...

vox.comRFK Jr.’s anti-vax committee is recklessly overhauling childhood vaccine policyAmerica’s vaccine playbook is being rewritten by people who don’t believe in them.

5 Dec 2025

Do we want a vaccine policy based on vibes? Because that's what we're getting: www.vox.com/health/47136...

vox.comThe disaster at the CDC, explained by its former bossThe CDC has lost one-third of its staff this year. What now?

16 Oct 2025

I talked with @drtomfrieden.bsky.social about what's happening at the CDC: www.vox.com/today-explai...

Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows. www.vox.com/health/46008...

It was fascinating to see how effectively the alcohol industry and its allies commandeered the narrative about these alcohol health studies. People were really treating the one that actually got commissioned first as if it were duplicative and suspect: www.vox.com/health/46008...

“The thing that the alcohol industry fears more than increased taxes is increased knowledge about the risks associated with drinking alcohol, particularly around cancer,” Mike Marshall, CEO of the Alcohol Policy Alliance, who was not involved, told me: www.vox.com/health/46008...

Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows. www.vox.com/health/46008...

The saga of the Alcohol Intake & Health Study reveals a lot about how public health and science collide with politics and corporate interests in Washington, DC: www.vox.com/health/46008...

10 May 2025

icing my knees and feet after coaching two youth soccer games today, I have never felt closer to 40

vox.comIs “moderate” drinking really that bad for you?The confusing guidance about alcohol, simplified.

14 Mar 2025

We took on the eternal question: Is "moderate" drinking really that bad for you? www.vox.com/health/40368...

vox.comThe AI revolution is here. Can we build a Good Robot?The battle over artificial intelligence is just beginning.

5 Mar 2025

the new Vox pod on AI is gonna be so good www.vox.com/future-perfe...

statnews.comRepublicans’ new Medicaid arguments: They’re only cutting waste, fraud, and abuseA conservative group's study claims there's a high level of improper payments in Medicaid, amid efforts to cut spending.

4 Mar 2025

This is an important quote from Trump's outside health care czar: “I think you can be pretty expansive about what’s considered waste, fraud, and abuse." He's referring to the ACA's Medicaid expansion match: www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/m...

2 Mar 2025

top 10 movies of 2024 for Oscar Day: 1. The Seed of the Sacred Fig 2. Civil War 3. Red Rooms 4. Dune: Part II 5. Nickel Boys 6. Longlegs 7. Conclave 8. Anora 9. Flow 10. Rebel Ridge HM: The Substance, The Wild Robot, Hit Man, His Three Daughters, Nosferatu

today my sick kindergartener kept asking me “what’s wrong with your gavel until I realized he meant the wrinkles when I arch my eyebrows I am deceased now and tweeting from the afterlife

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