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Some of the hardest stories I have ever written have been my own. Six months ago today, I was leaving the hospital after receiving a permanent & life-changing surgery. On September 21, 2022, I ended over 25 years of pain & suffering by having my uterus & fallopian tubes removed.
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Light from satellites will ruin majority of some space telescope images, study says > tinyurl.com/247a2ax2 @Chandelis
#LawAndOrderSVU got me in my feelings and we’re only 15 mins into the new season. Cragen. “I love you.” What???? 😭
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I think @__katrinarenee @NebulousNikki @Chandelis does an amazing job covering space. Its important to see someone that looks like you covering the thing you love the most. ✨️🔭🛰🚀
Space journalists are essential: they decode complexity, inspire future explorers, and ensure accountability in science. Let’s uplift their role this #SharingTheUniverse day. Do you know any Space journalists? #BlackSpaceWeek
My first story as Contributing Senior Correspondent for @the_emancipator.
Exclusive: Family of Harriet Tubman ‘angry’ after references removed from National Park Service website @Chandelis for @the_emancipator
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"Over the last 80 years, we have built the greatest innovation engine that the world's ever seen... And the other countries have paid attention and they wanna copy it and we shouldn't make it easy for them"
- AAAS CEO @sudipsparikh to @NPR's @Chandelis
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NEW: Results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that Dark Energy, a force that is pushing the Universe apart, may be weakening. That MIGHT mean that the Universe will end in a big "crunch" after all. (by @Chandelis )
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Special thanks to @utmbhealth marketing team & @NPR’s @Chandelis Duster for reaching out on this, and striving to provide accurate reporting!
Welcome home, Butch, Suni, and Crew-9! What does the post-flight recovery look like for astronauts? Natacha Chough, MD, MPH helps explain for @NPR.
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#aerospacemedicine #spacemedicine @utmb_spph 🚀✈️🩺 @natachac
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Recently @Chandelis asked me about the role of Smoot-Hawley on the Great Depression. It wasn't the cause, of course, but it worsened the economy. The economic effect was smaller for the US & larger for other countries.
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Happy Birthday and Happy Black History Month to my dad, Joe Duster! He became Florence, Alabama's first Black firefighter on September 21, 1981. And my dad broke more ceilings: He was also the city’s first Black lieutenant fire inspector and first Black fire truck engineer. ❤️
And Happy #BlackHistoryMonth to my mother, Ethelene Duster, Florence, AL’s 1st Black deputy director of the Lauderdale County Emergency Management Agency. Here is a photo of her by the NWS with other EMA Directors on January 30, 2003 at the Weather Field Office in Huntsville, AL.
I come from a family of firsts and I am grateful for the dedication of my parents to Florence, Alabama citizens. I am in awe of their resilience and loving spirit despite everything they went through. Proud of you both and ❤️ you forever. #BlackHistoryMonth
The Geminids will peak this weekend. But keep in mind it is competing with the brightness of the moon that will be full this weekend. More of my reporting below: npr.org/2024/12/11/nx-s1-522…
The International Space Station shifted its orbit Tuesday to avoid a piece of debris. The debris was "small," the U.S. Space Forces-Space told me. More of my reporting below:
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Reported on air and online about C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, a comet that will appear starting this weekend. If you don’t get a chance to see the comet, you won’t be able to see it again unless you’re immortal because it won’t be back for 80,000 YEARS. Read my reporting below:
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Yassssss congrats @ReporterBlayne!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
NBC News correspondent Blayne Alexander @ReporterBlayne has been named the newest correspondent for "Dateline" @DatelineNBC!
Got to report a story that is literally close to home. I spoke with Ms. Lillie Cunningham of my hometown, Florence, Alabama, who just turned 110 YEARS OLD. We talked about her life and the secret to living a long life. My story: npr.org/2024/10/03/nx-s1-513…
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This is my friend @PilarScratch ‘s twin sister. Please retweet and share! #missingperson #JerseyCity #rt #findmadisonjaye #MentalHealthMatters #newjersey #prrequest #journorequest #blackandmissing
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I’ve always said journalism is a service, not just a job. Here is an example, which shows that not only does journalism matter but the power of radio.
Local broadcasters become lifeline for hard-hit North Carolina communities in wake of Helene’s wrath cnn.com/2024/09/30/media/hur… by @brianstelter