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Farmers depend on climate data. They’re suing the USDA for deleting it. Growing food is a precarious business, and losing access to key information makes it worse. grist.org/food-and-agr... #Farmers #Farms #Food #Agriculture

submitted 23 hours ago • 2 comments

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

submitted 16 days ago • 597 comments

Removing public data about science, health, and the environment creates dire consequences. Science journalism outlets wrote to govt agencies, urging them to restore tax payer-funded information. Read here: casw.org/news/journal...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 22 days ago • 229 comments

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent two days of confirmation hearings claiming not to hold positions he's held for years, reversing statements he previously made, and denying saying things he said. With @kieraevebutler.bsky.social, we examined some of the wilder ones: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 29 days ago • 36 comments

hi any NASA / FDA / DHHS people: i write for Popular Science, and right we all know how much that concept is getting forcibly pushed aside... unpopular pseudoscience would love to chat securely about the current situation with y'all

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Hi again folks: If you're an NSF panel reviewer whose panel was canceled today -- or if you have submitted a proposal/grant application and are worried about it -- would love to chat with you today. Feel free to DM or email!

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able. #academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social

submitted 36 days ago • 23 comments

Ventura County strawberry workers are harvesting in heavy smoke from the Hughes Fire. We remind workers their employers have to provide them with respirator masks if the AQI exceeds 150. Stay safe! #WeFeedYou

submitted 37 days ago • 228 comments

I had an interview set up for tomorrow with a scientist at Lawrence Livermore for a story... and they just cancelled because, "LLNL has been asked by the administration’s transition team to pause all media interactions for the foreseeable future." I guess this is how it's going to be. 🧪

submitted 37 days ago • 5 comments

NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research. Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions

submitted 37 days ago • 321 comments

Scientists uncovered big connections between rapidly thawing permafrost and past landslides near Eyjafjörður, Iceland. The findings could improve understanding of future landslide risk in a warming climate. Story by @sarahderouin.bsky.social eos.org/research-spo...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Greenland is getting a lot of attention these days— and it’s all because of geology. I wrote a summary of the last 3+ billion years of Earth’s history for the BBC: 🧪 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

submitted 73 days ago • 789 comments

This reveals that RFK’s whole “oh you can get a vaccine if you want to, just no mandates” thing is bullshit because he’s going after the vaccines themselves. Vaccines which, for the record, are one of the keystones to our civilization. Particularly regarding the survival of children.

submitted 78 days ago • 111 comments

Bring your cocoa and you favorite story/podcast/pottery/new pet! We’re gonna hang out and bask in some good news and accomplishments!

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

😳😳 A case study on the importance of robust geoscience education and science communication.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.

submitted 89 days ago • 202 comments

No one has grifted more from a once-respected family name. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a conspiracy-theory crank who is a danger to public health, and every mention of him should be quite clear about that. slate.com/technology/2...

submitted 99 days ago • 32 comments

This is a great story reminding us all that there are real, dedicated people who make up the giant entity of “government”. (I was one of them for 8 years- I am proud of my colleagues and our critical work)

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Periodic reminder: You can submit your own work for consideration for The Best American Science and Nature Writing. (Editors, ofc, you can, too.) Info and submission form is all here, please share: jaimegreen.net/basn #scicomm #sciwri #sciencewriters #sciencewriting #naturewriters #naturewriting

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

It’s not too late. If you live in: California Colorado Connecticut D.C. Hawaii Idaho Illinois Iowa Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota Montana Nevada New Hampshire Rhode Island Utah Vermont Washington Wisconsin Wyoming YOU can register AND vote on #ElectionDay

submitted 118 days ago • 40 comments

Did you know honey is one of the most counterfeited foods? Researchers and nonprofits are trying to crack down on fake honey, including “fingerprinting” varietals. My latest: ambrook.com/research/sup...

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

Hear more about how #agroforestry can help farmers and fight #climate change 👇🏻

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

Me, every fall: yay, it’s butternut squash season! Me, peeling and prepping squash: ugh it’s so hard to cut… don’t cut yourself…why is it so slimy? Ack, I can’t get this goo off my hands! Me, eating: I should look up more fall recipes! 🤦‍♀️

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

Today, Oct. 7, 2024, is the last day to register to vote in Nov's general election for the following states: AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, MS, TN, TX Visit vote.gov to register, update, or check your voter registration status 👇

submitted 145 days ago • 4 comments

SAVE THE DATE: NASW members, join your colleagues @carmendrahl.bsky.social‬ @elandhuis.bsky.social @sarahderouin.bsky.social @tanyalewis.bsky.social and Lauren Young for a special #SciWriSocial for anyone juggling caregiving and career. All NASW members welcome: www.nasw.org/events/... 💚🧪📝

submitted 150 days ago • 0 comments

While it might not have drawn the most attention, I was particularly struck by the portion of VP Harris' economic speech in which she talked about her own experience as a caregiver for her ill mother with a kind of specificity that I suspect anyone who has done caregiving will recognize.

submitted 155 days ago • 12 comments

Some of our journalists to follow 🙌 @nandawenzel.bsky.social @alexdesanti.bsky.social @geraldrflynn.bsky.social @shokes.bsky.social @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social @rhettbuter.bsky.social @bykarlamendes.bsky.social + freelance team including: @jeremyhance.bsky.social @sarahderouin.bsky.social

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

Lake and #watershed enthusiasts- join the @miscicom.org group to hear a great talk and Q&A about the latest research being done on Lake Erie. It’s free! Just sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

submitted 157 days ago • 1 comment

Caregiver-scicom folks: come join us for a virtual meet up on Oct 9. Let’s support each other!

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

Happy birthday to Jim Henson, who would've been 88 years old today. You can celebrate his life and work by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness . . . and by always eating dessert. /1

submitted 157 days ago • 9 comments

I still think about hazelnuts being a key crop in the Midwest. Thanks to @erikhoffner.bsky.social and @mongabay.bsky.social for letting me talk about agroforestry and dream about a future Midwest Nutella-like treat :)

submitted 158 days ago • 2 comments

EVERYONE- Check you voter registration! See what documents you need, especially if you moved, changed your name, etc! Students, make a voting plan if you are out of state. Look here for more info: vote.gov

submitted 160 days ago • 0 comments

Three Kinds of Research xkcd.com/2977

submitted 186 days ago • 35 comments

Hi all! Come to hear about the latest science happening on Lake Erie 👇🏻

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

Happy 70th Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 36 senators and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.

submitted 173 days ago • 28 comments

Check Your Voter Registration Weekly

submitted 178 days ago • 3 comments

Well this is a delight!!!

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Farm workers are out harvesting plums in Kingsburg CA. They spend their day going up and down the ladders in a searing sun. They share the high this day was 107°. #WeFeedYou #HeatJustice

submitted 183 days ago • 2 comments

Quick reminder, gang: Texan voters must register 30 days before Election Day or earlier, and there is no day-of or online registration. Check your state's rules here, and make sure you're squared away! www.vote.org/voter-regist...

submitted 187 days ago • 14 comments