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Here’s the Chest X-Ray of a young boy with a condition that is now the leading cause of death in children and adolescents in the U.S. What’s the diagnosis?

"I can’t end. I must end. There are many more people waiting to be seen," writes @sarahdargouth in this enlightening essay about being a clinical psychologist during the mental health crisis. wbur.fm/3uuXt5L via Cognoscenti

My son first told me about ChatGPT because everyone at his high school was talking about what it could do. So I was excited to work with Ben Berman on this deeply thoughtful commentary. wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

"The ordinary world would take our breath away if only we paused our podcasts, took our earbuds out and listened to the wind in the pines." Truth from Margaret Renkl nytimes.com/2023/01/23/opi…

Very cool Instagram video by Kieran Huggins.b.photography instagram.com/reel/CnnhEsdoS…

"I’ve often had this fantasy that we should have Fox News, by which I mean news about foxes." Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of "Braiding Sweetgrass," in nytimes.com/interactive/20… NYT Magazine

Funny detail in an alarming Zeynep Tufekci New York Times Opinion piece: "The U.S. government keeps hundreds of thousands of chickens in secret farms with bodyguards." nytimes.com/2023/02/03/opi…

I wrote about why we need to be talking much more about preventing postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. Thanks to Cognoscenti and Cloe Axelson for making time and space for this.

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True refugee representation starts at the top. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency ExCom should be comprised of refugees to set the right priorities for refugees!

This is brilliant analysis on life and the Roys by James Poniewozik Warning: major spoilers! nytimes.com/2023/04/10/art…

A love letter to Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" (the book and new film) in which sharon brody very bravely quotes her '70s era 6th grade diary. It's funny and insightful and oh so relatable. Read immediately wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

Want to see sara petersen, Chelsea Conaboy, @agarbes and Kate Baer talk motherhood? There's an event for that ❤️🔥💪 Next week, Wed. May 10, at WBUR CitySpace. Bring your mom, your sisters, your friends. Get your tickets before the event sells out! wbur.org/events/842049/…

Sometimes your favorite writers are just as kind and smart and funny and down-to-earth as you imagined them to be. Listen to Kate Baer reflect on her life as an author and a mom, then read our extended interview. wbur.org/cognoscenti/20…

I'm thrilled that my son, Kieran Barlow, is the youth winner this year. The 2023 Audubon Photography Awards—via The Atlantic Photo: theatlantic.com/photo/2023/06/…

You’ve got one more week to nominate a rising star in science and medicine for this year’s #STATWunderkinds. Let’s shine a spotlight on the unheralded heroes shaping the future. Nominations are now due June 27. trib.al/RVUBtg3