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167.8K

Posts

411

Following

1.8K

Account age

18 yrs

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🥳 Meet the 2025 MacArthur Fellows!

These 22 exceptionally creative individuals expand the boundaries of knowledge, artistry, and human understanding. #MacFellow

https://t.co/g8gVaaRMzG

137.3K views 🥳 Meet the 2025 MacArthur Fellows! These 22 exceptionally creative individuals expand the boundaries of knowledge, artistry, and human understanding. #MacFellow https://t.co/g8gVaaRMzG

🎉 Meet the 2025 #100andChange Finalists!

100&Change is a competition for a single $100M grant to help solve one of the world's most critical social challenges.

These five teams each propose a bold solution to a critical problem of our time.

Learn more:
https://t.co/CV2tDZm6Lf

11.9K views 🎉 Meet the 2025 #100andChange Finalists! 100&Change is a competition for a single $100M grant to help solve one of the world's most critical social challenges. These five teams each propose a bold solution to a critical problem of our time. Learn more: https://t.co/CV2tDZm6Lf

Meet #100andChange Finalist Sentinel, one of five teams proposing a bold solution for our $100 million competition.

Housed at the Sabeti Lab at the @BroadInstitute, in partnership with @acegid_igh, Sentinel seeks to transform infectious disease surveillance and response.

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3.5K views Meet #100andChange Finalist Sentinel, one of five teams proposing a bold solution for our $100 million competition. Housed at the Sabeti Lab at the @BroadInstitute, in partnership with @acegid_igh, Sentinel seeks to transform infectious disease surveillance and response. More:

Initiatives to populate news deserts with small-but-mighty publishers are gaining traction.

Our President, @jpalfrey, joined experts at @aspenideas to explain why local news is vital in this era of low societal trust.

Full session: https://t.co/XN2IbPz877

📷: Craig Turpin

1.2K views Initiatives to populate news deserts with small-but-mighty publishers are gaining traction. Our President, @jpalfrey, joined experts at @aspenideas to explain why local news is vital in this era of low societal trust. Full session: https://t.co/XN2IbPz877 📷: Craig Turpin

📊 Post performance

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

0.37 / week

A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 3 video · 4 image · 11 text.

Follower / following

96×

Follows 1.8K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

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▶ 🔥 Top post 🥳 Meet the 2025 MacArthur Fellows! These 22 exceptionally creative individuals expand the boundaries of knowledge, artistry, and human understanding. #MacFellow https://t.co/g8gVaaRMzG 137.3K❤ 224🔁 76

🎉 Today we announce a $100M grant commitment to nonpartisan orgs and coalitions defending the essential elements of our democracy, including protecting fair and safe elections, civic freedoms, and the rule of law. “Democracy thrives when … 4K❤ 30🔁 11 We're proud to be a founder and Advisory Committee member of the Literary Arts Fund, a philanthropic effort to increase support for and the visibility of the nonprofit literary arts field. Over the next five years, the Literary Arts Fund … 1.2K❤ 12🔁 6 "For the first time, many talented reporters will find themselves adequately resourced, plugged in, and connected." @occrp discuss their #100andChange Finalist proposal supporting investigative journalists across the globe. Read more ⬇️ 3.1K❤ 8🔁 2 ICYMI: After loss of federal funding for local public radio and television stations, MacArthur, @Knightfdn, @FordFoundation, @PivotalVentures, @RWJF, and the Schmidt Family Foundation are supporting public media with $36.5M in emergency fu… 2.1K❤ 9🔁 15 After $1.1B in federal cuts, 115 public media stations serving 43 million people could be shut down. Alongside @Knightfdn, @FordFoundation, @PivotalVentures, @RWJF, and the Schmidt Family Foundation, we are giving $36.5M emergency funding… 1.3K❤ 10🔁 6 The U.S. has lost three quarters of its local journalists, and more than 1,000 counties have no one covering local news. @Rebuild_News recently shared a Local Journalist Index estimating how many journalists are in each U.S. County. Read… 1.7K❤ 12🔁 15

“We now have 41 chapters across the country under #PressForward funding local news. This is something that must exist.” Our President, @jpalfrey, discussed media, money, and democracy at the @NAHJ conference. Learn how we’re supporting … 1K❤ 13🔁 10

Initiatives to populate news deserts with small-but-mighty publishers are gaining traction. Our President, @jpalfrey, joined experts at @aspenideas to explain why local news is vital in this era of low societal trust. Full session: htt… 1.2K❤ 9🔁 7 Local news has the power to rebuild trust and help communities navigate challenges. Tomorrow, our President, @jpalfrey, will join a panel at @aspenideas to discuss more with leaders in local news. Panel details ⬇️ 1.2K❤ 14🔁 6 What if applying for a grant felt less like a high-stakes final exam and more like an invitation to a conversation? Our new guide aims to ease the pressure on project support grant applicants. Learn more ⬇️ 1K❤ 11🔁 2

We are honored to be a founding partner of The Courage Project, a new national initiative celebrating everyday acts of civic bravery. We join others in celebrating the acts – large and small – that make our democracy stronger. Visit http… 893❤ 12🔁 5

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🗓️Joined X in 2008 — 18 years ago.

👁️Averages 1.2K views per post.

📤Posts about 0.4× per week.

💬0.02% engagement rate.

🏅Earned the 100K Followers for passing 100K followers.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

46/100

Fair Credibility score

69%

Mixed Real audience

Medium Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 69% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.7% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Verified account.
Established account (18+ years old).
0.02% engagement — below the ~2.2% typical for this size.

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🛡️ Brand safety

✅Brand-safe90/100

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✓ Established channel (18+ yrs)

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JoinedApr 2008 · 18 yrs

Followers167,758

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