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Writing a book for Random House about suicide. Pulitzer finalist. Polk Award winner. Penn State/Washington City Paper/HuffPost.
May 10, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Hundreds outside Alito’s house right now in suburban Virginia A total of four cops standing in front of Alito’s house.
Nov 15, 2018 23 tweets 9 min read
Suicide is so hard to predict. And our interventions can feel harsh and stigmatizing. Those struggling can feel hopeless. But there's one researcher who made a discovery that should change the way we think about suicide and how we reach those we love: highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/ho… It started with me cold calling the researcher Jerome Motto. He was in 93 or 94 years old and hard of hearing. He ask me to just yell my questions at him. He then sent me a letter with a copy of his groundbreaking work. His handwriting was shakey.