Sophia Ramirez

A Post analysis reveals that rising carbon dioxide levels are reducing the nutritional value of crops like chickpeas and rice, potentially leading to widespread nutrient deficiencies. Experts warn that this trend could exacerbate health issues, particularly in poorer regions. wapo.st/4eT0YuU

These are just a few excerpts from my piece on Trump's first 15 months in his second term. The entire list, when you sit down and look at it, is so genuinely astounding I wasn't sure how to even present it to my audience. But here it is: readtangle.com/the-everything…

Pizza Hut's 'BOOK IT!' Summer Reading Program Returns to Provide Voracious Young Readers with Pizza Parties and More people.com/pizza-huts-boo…

Im so glad you're safe <3

Many of Herasight’s first customers were Bay Area rationalists. The company’s promise to use data gleaned from embryo genomes to predict the future of a child-to-be appealed to IQ-obsessed quants who were already thinking about their “reproductive health stack” of supplements and peptides. “It’s hard not to love this technology,” called polygenic screening, writes Scott Alexander, the author of the rationalist blog Astral Codex Ten. Peter Thiel, Alexis Ohanian, and Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong have all invested in companies that provide polygenic embryo screening. Now this innovation seems poised to breach Silicon Valley containment. In the fall, CBS ran two separate specials on polygenic screening, one on Herasight and one on Nucleus Genomics. And in November, Nucleus ran a high-profile series of ads in the New York subway system. “IQ IS 50% GENETIC” one read. In the Broadway–Lafayette Street station, commuters were confronted by banners with the tagline “HAVE YOUR BEST BABY.” The sales pitch is appealingly straightforward: Choose one embryo and gain four inches in height; choose another and add nine IQ points. In reality, behind each number is a series of nesting uncertainties inherent in prenatal testing, in how genetic risk is calculated, and in the IVF process itself, which, taken together, makes this technology deeply unreliable. “How many lawsuits are going to happen,” one clinician wondered, “because you’ve supposedly chosen an embryo that’s going to be tall, beautiful, and smart, and they’re short, squat, thick, and a little dull?” Christopher Cox reports on the shaky science behind polygenic embryo screening and the prospective clients who don’t seem to mind: nymag.visitlink.me/Hn3i66

On Dec. 31, 2025, Arizona moved to administratively dissolve the Colibrí Center for Human Rights. Board member David Newstone said the DNA database may already have been destroyed. f.mtr.cool/iddkfqehes

SFGATE's tenacious reporting on national parks seems to have struck a nerve. We've been blacklisted by the Department of the Interior. sfgate.com/national-parks…

Mylie Biggs, the 25-year-old daughter of Rep. Andy Biggs, is running for state senate in 2026. On a podcast last year, she said, “Honestly, I don’t know if I would vote for any female. I don’t know if females should be in office." By @tjlheureux0: phoenixnewtimes.com/news/female-ar…

@statepress @SophiaBraccio Its not free???? This is devastating

Tempe streetcar will now require fare to ride Here's why the days of free streetcar rides are over, and how to pay the fare. Read more @SophiaBraccio: statepress.com/article/2025/0…

We've seen news on how Trump's bill will kill clean energy projects & jobs. I wanted to know which were most at risk in Arizona. But report authors won't share & companies won't talk. It suggests outcomes may be worse than estimated. w/ Austin Corona: azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

First as a journalist and now as Arizona’s Attorney General, I've seen firsthand the critical role Arizona PBS and NPR stations play in informing the public. Press release here: azag.gov/press-release/…

The author of the MIT paper inserted AI traps into it because she knew people would summarize it with AI??? Im obsessed

The Trans Journalists Association, of which I am a card-carrying member, has resources on reporting on U.S. v. Skrmetti today: transjournalists.org/2025-skrmetti-…

Revoked visas never reinstated, restricts affected students from entering US As visas remain revoked, students from 12 countries are unable to travel to the U.S. Read more @carstenoyer : statepress.com/article/2025/0…

Dutch Bros will move headquarters to Arizona from Oregon azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

may everyone out there on the right side of history make it home safe

BREAKING: RFK Jr. removes every member of scientific committee that advises the CDC on vaccine use, pledging to replace them with his own picks. apnews.com/article/kenned…

.@NASA "skinny" budget, from @orbitalindex "...puts NASA at pre-1961 levels...canceling 41 in-dev & active science efforts, ~1/3 of the science portfolio..@exploreplanets est. $12B of previous NASA spending lost due to the decision, ~2x what would be returned through the cuts."

“He told people he was taking so much ketamine that it was affecting his bladder. He took Ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms. And he traveled with a daily medication box that held about 20 pills, including ones with the markings of the stimulant Adderall…” nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/…

The MAHA report made up at least seven of its citations. Dozens of other citations in the report have broken links, incorrect authors or missing information. notus.org/health-science…